'frontiers2026' symposium on NanoBioEngineering - Day One
Event details
| Date | 14.01.2026 |
| Hour | 09:00 › 18:00 |
| Speaker | Miscellaneous speakers from EPFL Bioengineering, the University of Tokyo and Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
DAY ONE (click for Day Two or Day Three)
of 'frontiers2026', a two-and-a-half-day research symposium on NanoBioEngineering hosted by the EPFL's Institute of Bioengineering (IBI).
'frontiers2026' is held on the EPFL's Lausanne campus on January 14-16, 2026 and is organized jointly with University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and Science Tokyo (ISCT).
>>> funding and support from JSPS Core to Core Center for International Integration of Medical Modalities toward Living Body Modulation is gratefully acknowledged.
of 'frontiers2026', a two-and-a-half-day research symposium on NanoBioEngineering hosted by the EPFL's Institute of Bioengineering (IBI).
'frontiers2026' is held on the EPFL's Lausanne campus on January 14-16, 2026 and is organized jointly with University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and Science Tokyo (ISCT).
>>> funding and support from JSPS Core to Core Center for International Integration of Medical Modalities toward Living Body Modulation is gratefully acknowledged.
PLEASE NOTE:
- please make sure to put up your poster in the SV building
lobby space ahead of the dedicated January 14 session
(16:15-18:00) - ideally during lunch break, or even earlier.
Pins are provided on-site by the organizers.
- REGISTRATION, free of charge, is mandatory. The extended deadline (January 7, 2026, noon) having expired, registrations for ‘frontiers2026’ are now closed, sorry... But if you did sign up in time: see you at the meeting!
- Info for poster contributors:
- please make sure to put up your poster in the SV building
lobby space ahead of the dedicated January 14 session
(16:15-18:00) - ideally during lunch break, or even earlier.
Pins are provided on-site by the organizers.
- note: poster contributions needn't strictly fall in line with
the Symposium's NanoBioEngineering scope.
the Symposium's NanoBioEngineering scope.
- First year EDBB grad students: participation will count toward fulfillment of your seminar attendance requirement.
- To download the full program (pdf, 370 kB) please click here.
PROGRAM (Day One):
09.00 h Welcome & Opening Words by
Aleksandra Radenovic, Professor and Vice-Dean for Research,
EPFL School of Engineering
Opening Session:
Chair: Beat Fierz, EPFL
09.10 h Yasuteru Urano, UTokyo
Development of Novel Small-Molecule Based Theranostics Technologies for Cancer
09.35 h Akira Matsumoto, ISCT
Crafting Molecular Precision: Designer Boronolectins in Polymer Bioengineering
10.00 h Nako Nakatsuka, EPFL
Chemical Nanotechnologies for Human Health
10.25 h break
Session A - Biomaterials / Drug Discovery-Design-Delivery
Chair: Seiichi Ohta, UTokyo
10.55 h Christoph Merten, EPFL
Microfluidics in Drug Discovery and Personalized Cancer Therapy
11.20 h Sascha Keller, UTokyo
Development of Novel (Aza)Quinone Methide-Based Small-Molecule Anticancer Prodrugs
11.45 h Mitsuki Nagaura, UTokyo
Longitudinal Wave Emission During Crack Propagation in Hydrogels
12.00 h buffet lunch
13.30 h Tsukuru Masuda, UTokyo
Analysis of Wetting in Structure Controlled Polymer Brushes: Machine Learning Modeling & Spreading Dynamics
13.55 h Ruka Ito, UTokyo
Quantification of Polymer Gel Inhomogeneity Based on Osmotic Pressure Toward Homogeneous Network Structure
14.10 h Kazuya Kanemoto, ISCT
Development of a Novel Disulfurating Reagent
14.35 h short break
Chair: Kazuya Kanemoto, ISCT
14.55 h Hiroaki Itoh, UTokyo
Exploring Functions of Peptidic Natural Products Through Total Synthesis
15.20 h Mao Hori, ISCT
Enzyme-Triggered Assembly of Artificial Nucleocapsids
15.35 h Hirokazu Tamamura, ISCT
Prevention of the Spread of Virus Infection in Global Societies: Antiviral Agents From HIV to SARS-CoV-2
16.00 h Ryunosuke Chiba, UTokyo
Betta splendens: A Novel Fish Vertebrate Model for Exploring Sleep Function and Regulation
16.15 h Poster Session (with drinks & snacks)
18.00 h End (Day One)
Practical information
- Informed public
- Registration required
Organizer
- Prof. Nako Nakatsuka, Institute for Neuro-X and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, EPFL
Contact
- Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), Dietrich REINHARD