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The 22nd East Asia Joint Symposium "
The 22nd East Asia Joint Symposium was held in Okinawa from
November 11th to 14th, hosted by the Okinawa Institute of
Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST).
This symposium was launched about 20 years ago, and aims to foster
good relationships between top Asian life science researchers. Participating
institutes host it in rotation. From this year, the Soonchunhyang University
has joined, and so 8 institutions in total were participated:
| The Institute of Medical Science, the
University of Tokyo (IMSUT) |
(Japan) |
| The Institute for Virus Research (IVR),
the Kyoto University |
(Japan) |
|
Okinawa Institute of Science and
Technology Graduate University (OIST) |
(Japan) |
|
Institute of Molecular Biology and
Genetics, Seoul National University (IMBG) |
(Korea) |
|
Samsung Biomedical Research Institute,
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SBRI) |
(Korea) |
|
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine (IBMB) |
(Taiwan) |
|
Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIBCB) |
(China) |
|
The Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio
Science, The Soonchunhyang University (SIMS) |
(Korea) |
A total of 13 researchers took part from IMSUT. The senior researchers
gave oral presentations of 25 minutes including Q&A, while the young
researchers supplemented their posters with 10-minute short talks.
As the presentations and short talks were all 5 minutes longer, and one more institution participated compared to last
time, the program was quite intense. Nonetheless, the participants discussed
issues enthusiastically during the sessions with unflagging energy, demonstrating
their engagement.
On the other hand, dinner, the campus tour, and the visit to Shuri
Castle were very relaxed in the restful atmosphere special to Okinawa. There,
they deepened their friendships.
We will continue to promote international exchange and look
forward to the further expansion of friendly and cooperative ties among Asian
countries.
Next year, the symposium will be hosted by Institute
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University, College of
Medicine (IBMB).