The “Molecular Robotics Research Group” regular meeting will be held as follows.
・Date: Saturday, June 29, 2013
・Time: 13:00–17:00
・Venue: Main Auditorium, Low-Rise Building, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
060-0810 Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Low-Rise Building, Faculty of Science Building No. 2, 2F, Hokkaido University
[Access] About a 15-minute walk from JR “Sapporo” Station / Subway Namboku Line “Sapporo” Station; about an 8-minute walk from Subway Namboku Line “Kita-12-jo” Station.
URL: http://www.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/
You can view the poster here.

In conjunction with the regular meeting, a social gathering will be held as follows.
Please RSVP by Friday, June 14 to Kakugo (kakugo (at) sci.hokudai.ac.jp).

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Date/Time: Sat, 6/29, 17:20–19:20
Place: Kyaratei, on the Hokkaido University campus

Fee: 4,000 JPY per person (all-you-can-drink included)

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●Program
13:00–13:20
Yuichi Hiratsuka (JAIST)
“Micromachines Built with Motor Proteins”
13:25–14:25
Special Lecture by an Ig Nobel Prize Winner: Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Future University Hakodate)
“A Rheological Mechanism for Behavioral Choice in the Plasmodium of True Slime Mold”
14:25–14:35 Break
14:35–15:20
Special Lecture: Takashi Miyata (Kansai University)
“Biomolecule-Responsive Gels: From Biomolecular Nano-Phenomena to Dynamic Macroscopic Behavior”
15:20–15:35 Break
15:35–15:55
Shinichiro Nomura (Tohoku University)
“Artificial Cell Model Research from a Molecular Robotics Perspective”
16:00–17:00
Special Lecture: Mizuo Maeda (RIKEN)
“Unique Properties and Functions of Soft Interfaces Created by DNA”
17:20 Social Gathering
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