Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

UK-Japan FoS 2025

Date: June 16 - June 19, 2025
Venue: London, UK
Participants: 60 total (30 from each country)
Co-organizer:  The Royal Society

Session Topics

List of Participants

PGM : Planning Group Member

Experimental evolution to understand and engineer life (Biology / Life Science)

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PGM (Co-chair) YAMAMICHI Masato National Institute of Genetics
PGM (Co-chair) Thomas Gorochowski University of Bristol
Introductory Speaker Tiffany Taylor University of Bath
Speaker MIZUUCHI Ryo Waseda University
Speaker Harison Steel University of Oxford

Experimental and Computational Exploration of Three-Dimensional Biological Structures (Chemistry / Material Science)

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PGM INOUE Keiichi The University of Tokyo
PGM Alice Bowen University of Manchester
Introductory Speaker YAMAMOTO Junpei Osaka University
Speaker KOSUGI Takahiro National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Institute for Molecular Science
Speaker Max Jaderberg Isomorphic Labs

Resourcing society: metals for the future (Earth Science / Environment)

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PGM TAKAYANAGI Hideko Tohoku University
PGM Ross Anderson University of Oxford
Introductory Speaker Frances Cooper University College London
Speaker YASUKAWA Kazutaka The University of Tokyo
Speaker Julie Cosmidis University of Oxford

Singular Learning Theory (Math / Applied Math / Informatics)

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PGM KANEKO Miki Kyushu University
PGM Dimitra Kosta University of Edinburgh
Introductory Speaker NAGATA Kenji National Institute for Materials Science
Speaker YANO Keisuke The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Speaker Anthea Monod Imperial College London

Non-conventional organismal biology (Medical / Neuroscience)

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PGM TAKEMI Mitsuaki Hiroshima University
PGM Chris MacDonald University of York
Introductory Speaker MIURA Kyoko Kumamoto University
Speaker OGINUMA Masayuki RIKEN
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Quantum Information Science and Technology 2025 (Physics / Astrophysics)

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PGM NAKATA Yoshifumi Kyoto University
PGM Youngchan Kim University of Surrey
Introductory Speaker Youngchan Kim University of Surrey
Speaker MITARAI Kosuke Osaka University
Speaker Anna Kowalczyk University of Birmingham

General Participants (Japan)

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General Participant TAMAGAWA(NAKAGAWA) Nao Kagoshima University
General Participant IMADA Yume Kyoto University
General Participant TASHIRO Yosuke Shizuoka University
General Participant KOBAYASHI Yuzu RIKEN
General Participant FUJIWARA Masazumi Okayama University
General Participant OKAZAKI Atsushi Chiba university
General Participant TAKAI Yuki Kyushu University
General Participant WATANABE Yasuto National Institute for Environmental Studies
General Participant UWATE Yoko Tokushima University
General Participant NGUYEN Kien Chiba University
General Participant KIMURA Niko Tokyo Univeristy of Agriculture and Technology
General Participant KANAMORI Sayako Osaka University
General Participant SAKATA Dousatsu National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
General Participant TOMITA Takafumi Instute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
General Participant KAMINISHI Eriko Keio University

General Participants (UK)

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General Participant Andrew Holding University of York
General Participant Jennifer Tomlinson University of Leeds
General Participant Glenn Masson University of Dundee
General Participant Tobermory Mackay-Champion University of Oxford
General Participant Rich Crane University of Exeter
General Participant Alex Kaspryzk University of Nottingham
General Participant Anne-Sophie Kaloghiros Brunel University
General Participant Sara Veneziale Imperial College London
General Participant Kamil S. Jaron Wellcome Sanger Institute
General Participant Susie McLaren University of Cambridge
General Participant Jongseok Lim Imperial College London
General Participant Ophelia Crawford Riverlane
General Participant Laura Blackburn University of Sussex
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