English Seminars
October, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 10/08/2026 |
From Cell Wall State to Cellular Decisions:Early decoding of mechanochemical cues
Dr. Laura Bacete Cano (Umeå University, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden) |
September, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 09/18/2026 |
UCD-IGDB-NAIST Joint Seminar
Dr. Chunxia Zhang (IGDB)/ Dr. Sean M. Burgess (UC Davis)/ Dr. Fei He (IGDB)/ Dr. Siobhan M. Brady (UC Davis)/ Dr. Kenneth Burtis (US Davis)/ Dr. Takefumi Kondo (RIKEN BDR)/ Dr. Yasuyuki Takahashi (Pioneer Seeds Japan LLC) |
| 09/15/2026 |
UPM and EMTech: Exploring Opportunities and Building New Collaborations with NAIST
Dr. Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali（Professor, Head, Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Centre (EMTech), Universiti Putra Malaysia） |
| 09/09/2026 |
Regulation of stem cell identity in a moss meristem with a single stem cell
Dr. Yuki Hata (Wageningen University) |
| 09/09/2026 |
Multiscale modeling to understand robustness of stem cell maintenance
Dr. Venu Reddy Gonehal (UC Riverside) |
| 09/09/2026 |
Deciphering drought responses in banana: From physiological and transcriptomic responses to functional characterisation of MaMYB86-like
Dr. Boon Chin, Tan (Director, CEBAR, Universiti Malaya) |
| 09/08/2026 |
BIRD Proteins at the Nexus of Growth–Defense Trade-Offs
Dr. Ikram Blilou (KAUST, Saudi Arabia) |
| 09/08/2026 |
Cell cycle-driven epigenetic resetting maintains meristematic cell fate for shoot
Dr. Yuling Jiao (Peking University, China) |
August, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 08/21/2026 |
From Salivary Extracellular Vesicles to Aptamer-Based Diagnostics: A Translational Journey Towards Early Detection of Periodontitis
WAN NAZATUL SHIMA SHAHIDAN, Ph.D, (Universiti Sains Malaysia) |
July, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 07/29/2026 |
Molecular mechanisms underlying the unloading of terminated replisomes in human cells
Dr. Thanh Le (University of Edinburgh, School of Biological Sciences Postdoctoral Research Associate) |
| 07/17/2026 |
Metabolic flux regulation through co-substrate dynamics
Dr. Orkun Soyer (University of Warwick) |
| 07/09/2026 |
Epigenetic gene regulation in the germline
Dr. Satoshi H. Namekawa (Professor Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics University of California, Davis) |
May, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 05/11/2026 |
Signaling Processes during Plant Reproduction
Dr. Ueli Grossniklaus (Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich / Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center) |
April, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 04/21/2026 |
Vasculature as an Information Hub:
JULGI-Mediated Post-transcriptional Regulation Coordinates Growth and Patterning
Dr. Ildoo Hwang (Pohang University of Science and Technology) |
March, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 03/11/2026 |
Formative Pluripotency
Dr. Masaki Kinoshita (Assistant Professor, Stem Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Nottingham University, UK) |
February, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 02/24/2026 |
"Functional Dynamics of Peptide-Receptor Signaling in Plant Immunity." by Dr. Libo Shan / "Resistance, Resilience, and Reconciliation: Lessons from Plant Genetics" by Dr. Ping He
Dr. Libo Shan (Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan / Dr. Ping He (Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan) |
January, 2026
| Date | LECTURER・TITLE |
|---|---|
| 01/29/2026 |
From Parasitism to Mutualism: Understanding the Environmental Control of Plant Symbiosis.
Dr. Clarissa Frederica (University of California Santa Barbara (USA), Postdoctoral Fellow) |
| 01/20/2026 |
From microstructural features to macroscopic traits
Prof. Anja Geitmann (Canada Research Chair in Biomechanics of Plant Development, Department of Plant Science, McGill University) |
| 01/14/2026 |
Hidden genomic duplications important in human evolution and disease.
Dr. Megan Y. Dennis (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine) |
| 01/13/2026 |
How Cellular Context Shapes Brassinosteroid Signaling During Root Development
Dr. Trevor Nolan (Division of Biology and Biological Engineering California Institute of Technology) |
| 01/07/2026 |
Mutation rate variation in plants — epigenome-recruited DNA repair and why not all clones are created equal
Dr. J. Grey Monroe (Department of Plant Sciences, Genome Center, Climate Adaptation Research Center, University of California, Davis) |