Online Panel Discussion by Young Overseas Researchers (tentative title)

The corona disaster, which started in 2020, has had a great impact on the research activities of our society's members in Japan and abroad. Last year, the Congress of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry was held onsite, but this year it will be held online. In recent years, online conferences have become common in many fields, but we often hear people say, "Online is not enough...". However, we believe that the online event is a unique opportunity to interact with overseas members who usually have to return to Japan to participate. In this social event, young members (mainly postdoctoral fellows) who are active overseas will take the stage for a panel discussion on several topics. This event, which is possible only because it is online, will allow young researchers from different backgrounds to talk about various topics, and we hope that members from Japan and abroad will actively interact with each other. (Discussion topic is in preparation… Trends in comparative physiological and biochemical research overseas, Research life at the corona disaster, etc.)

 

Panelists (in alphabetical order)

• Yasuko Isoe (Harvard University, Research Project: A study of response behavior to full-field stimuli in medaka and juvenile zebrafish)
• Yujiro Umezaki (University of California, Davis, Research Project: Mechanism of thermoregulation in Drosophila melanogaster)
• Yuri Ogawa (Flinders University, Research Project: Analysis of 3D target detection mechanism in male Drosophila melanogaster)
• Yohei Ogawa (Washington University in St. Louis, Research Project: Comparative study of vertebrate photoreceptors using single cell transcriptome analysis)
• Terufumi Fujiwara (Champalimaud Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Theme: Neural Basis of Walking Control in Drosophila)
• Matasaburo Fukutomi (Washington University in St. Louis, Research Theme: Sensory-motor processing in communication of weakly electric fish)
• MC：Yusuke Tomina (Hokkaido University, Construction and application of a three-dimensional high-speed neural activity imaging system)

Organizer Local Committee Member
Congress of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 2021
Project Assistant Professor Yusuke Tomina
(Nikon Imaging Center, Institute of Electronic Science, Hokkaido University)