[Date]
August 27th, 2026

[Venue]
RIKEN Yokohama, North bldg F6, Conference Room

HKUST - RIKEN IMS Joint Symposium: Connecting Life Sciences: From Genomes to Systems Complexity is a joint symposium co-hosted by the HKUST Department of Life Science, the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS). As a premier hub in Asia, HKUST drives excellence across genomics and biodiversity, mirroring RIKEN IMS's world-class focus on interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to life and medical sciences encompassing immunology, genomics, and transcriptomics, structural biology and data science. 

The symposium aims to be a a vital catalyst for international networking, scientific exchange, and future cross-institutional collaborations between the two institutions. Speakers from both institutions as well as speakers from several Japanese universities will present on diverse topics such as Genome to Disease, Epigenetics and Phenotypes, Genome and Multi-omics, and Genome, Transposon, 3D-Chromatin bringing together latest expertise in their respective fields.  Ultimately, this event aims to foster research exchange, accelerate breakthroughs at the frontiers of life sciences, and establish robust pathways for long-term joint research ventures and global talent mobility between Japan and Hong Kong. 

[Registration] 

Please register in advance using this form.
Registration deadline: August 21st, 2026

[Program]

Please refer to the program here.

[Speakers]

Guojun Bu, HKUST [Web page]
Yukinori Hirano, HKUST [Web page]
Danny Leung, HKUST [Web page]
Angela Wu, HKUST [Web page]
Xingze Wang, HKUST
David Liu, HKUST [Web page]
Yu Hong Lam, HKUST [Web page]
Kyohei Arita, Tokushima University [Web page]
Kei Fukuda, Yamanashi University [Web page]
Keiichiro Ishiguro, Chiba University [Web page]
Akihiko Sakashita, RIKEN BRC [Web page]
Masayuki Amagai, RIKEN IMS [Web page]
Chung Chau Hon, RIKEN IMS [Web page]
Tomoichiro Miyoshi, RIKEN IMS [Web page]
Yukinori Okada, RIKEN IMS [Web page]
Shihori Yokobayashi, RIKEN IMS [Web page]

[Organizers]

RIKEN Center for Integrative Life Sciences (RIKEN IMS)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

This symposium is supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas A "Mobile Genome".