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January 13, 2026

CiRA Mini-Symposium: iPSCs Coming of Age

To commemorate 20 years of iPS cell research, CiRA will hold the "CiRA Mini-Symposium: iPSCs Coming of Age" on January 30 (Fri.), 2026.

The event will be held in a hybrid format and available for online attendance via Zoom. For details and registration, please follow the link below. We look forward to your participation.

Date	January 30 (Fri.), 2026 13:00-17:30
Registration / Details	Registration is closed
Deadline	January 23 (Fri.), 2026
Language	English
Contact	CiRA Research Promoting Office research_support_gcira.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please change to @ )

Program

13:00-13:05	Opening Remarks Jun Takahashi (CiRA) Jun Takahashi (CiRA)
13:05-14:05	Genomics Kelly Frazer (University of California, San Diego) Alex Ng (GC Therapeutics) (TBC) Knut Woltjen (CiRA) Kelly Frazer (University of California, San Diego) Alex Ng (GC Therapeutics) (TBC) Knut Woltjen (CiRA)
14:10-15:10	Bioinformatics Kazumasa Kanemaru (Cambridge University) Jian Shu (Harvard University) Takuya Yamamoto (CiRA) Kazumasa Kanemaru (Cambridge University) Jian Shu (Harvard University) Takuya Yamamoto (CiRA)
15:20-16:20	Organoids Casey Gifford (Stanford University) Shi-Yan Ng (ASTAR IMCB) Kenji Osafune (CiRA) Casey Gifford (Stanford University) Shi-Yan Ng (ASTAR IMCB) Kenji Osafune (CiRA)
16:30-17:25	Keynote Lecture Deepak Srivastava (Gladstone Institutes) Deepak Srivastava (Gladstone Institutes)
17:25-17:30	Closing Remarks Shinya Yamanaka (CiRA) Shinya Yamanaka (CiRA)