Title
Dynamics of Cell System and Molecular-Machine Components in Bacteria

Organizers
Takayuki Nishizaka (Gakushuin University), Hiroyuki Noji (Osaka University)

Synopsis
The purpose of the symposium is to review advanced studies focusing on ‘bacteria cell as a simple model of living molecular assembly system’ to the research field of Biophysics. While the understanding of function and mechanism of proteins as individual molecular machines has been advanced, the trans-hierarchy interconnection between the system and constituting molecular machines still remains unclear. The following questions should be addressed; how the cellular system correlates with constituting molecular machines; how the cellular systems is sustained against the internal perturbation due to the intrinsic fluctuation of molecular machine’s activity. One of the most intriguing experimental approach is the simultaneous visualization of the states of the cellular systems and constituents. In this symposium, speakers will provide recent findings as to how molecular motor assembles, cell division system, or signal transductions interconnect with upper cellular systems in a bacteria cell. Advanced technology for single bacteria cell analysis will be also introduced. Additionally, it is hoped that the symposium will both encourage international cooperation in the field and stimulate young workers in Asian and Pacific rim.

Speakers
・ Linda Kenny (University of Illinois at Chicago)
・ Hironori Niki ( National Institute of Genetics): Bacterial Cytoskeletal Proteins on DNA migration and Cell Morphology
・ Makoto Miyata (saka City University): A novel biomotility, Mycoplasma gliding
・ Beiyan Nan (University of California)
・ Yuichi Wakamoto (The University of Tokyo): Microbial persistence as spontaneous phenotypic adaptation through stochastic drift
・ Sivan Pearl (The Hebrew University, Israel)








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