MACS 10th Anniversary Colloquium & 2024 MACS Achievement Report Meeting

14:45-15:00 Teatime discussion

[15:00-16:30 First part: MACS 10th Anniversary Colloquium]
15:05-15:05 Opening
15:05-15:30 Talk by Prof. Hiroshi KOKUBU
Title: How did MACS begin?
Abstract: As the MACS program, which began with a kick-off symposium in May 2016, enters its 10th year in the academic year 2025, I would like to look it back and talk about how it started, what thoughts shared by people involved at the time led to the spirit of MACS. I’d also like to share ideas and experiences in the history of MACS over the past 10 years, including what we wanted to do with MACS in the beginning but could not, or how MACS have collaborated with other subsequent activities of Kyodai RIGAKU (Kyoto U Science).
15:30-15:55 Talk by Prof. Yoshiko TAKAHASHI
Title: Excitement through the MACS program
Abstract: When the MACS program was launched, a research article was published by Harvard University, in which the gut looping during vertebrate development was beautifully explained by inter-disciplined science with experimental biology, physics, and mathematics. I was very impressed and motivated by this paper, and aimed at similar new waves through the MACS program. I have been running a study group, in which graduate- and undergrad students of not only life science but also physics and mathematics joined, and we enjoyed discussion and looking at real chicken embryos. Such experiences are not what we can easily obtain in conventional education program in campus life.

15:55-16:20 Discussion
16:20-16:30 Break

[16:30-18:30 Second part: 2024 MACS Achievement Report Meeting]
16:30-17:30 Flash Talks to report results
17:30-18:30 Poster Session by SG participating students