UAAT x KOOU Bilateral Meeting: Plasticity in Development and Diseases

Jointly organized by National Taiwan University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, and Kumamoto University, this symposium centers on the theme “Plasticity in Development and Disease,” emphasizing how dynamic regulation at the molecular and cellular levels influences development, tissue homeostasis, and disease progression. The program is structured around three core themes:

• 1. Plasticity in Development: Exploring cell fate specification, morphogenesis, 3D genome architecture, and RNA biology to understand how cells flexibly transition between states during development.

• 2.  Plasticity in Diseases: Investigating how normal and aberrant plasticity contributes to disease mechanisms in systems such as cancer, metabolism, immunity, microbiota, stem cell regeneration, and tissue repair.

• 3. Development in Diseases: Tracing the developmental origins of pathology by examining systems like hematopoietic stem cells and the gut microbiota, to understand how developmental pathways are reactivated or dysregulated in disease.

This meeting aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration between the two alliances through research exchange and discussion. Core sub-project members will present recent work, and interested faculty and students from partner institutions are welcome to join and explore future collaborations.

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重點領域國際合作聯盟 UAAT x日本九州沖繩開放大學聯盟 KOOU 

–「發展與疾病中的可塑性」

UAAT x KOOU –「發展與疾病中的可塑性」子計畫旨在通過國立台灣大學 (NTU)、國立陽明交通大學 (NYCU) 和熊本大學之間的國際合作，推進學術研究並促進人才發展。  

本次交流會由國立臺灣大學、國立陽明交通大學與熊本大學共同主辦的學術交流主題，聚焦於細胞與分子層級的動態調控如何影響個體發育與疾病演化。會議內容圍繞三大主軸：

一、發展中的可塑性（Plasticity in Development）：探討細胞命運決定、形態發生、3D 基因體結構與 RNA 生物學等動態過程，理解細胞在發育過程中的狀態轉換。

二、疾病中的可塑性（Plasticity in Diseases）：著重於可塑性在癌症、代謝、免疫、微生物、幹細胞與組織修復中的角色，解析其對疾病發生與恆定機制的影響。

三、疾病中的發展機制（Development in Diseases）：從血液幹細胞與腸道菌叢等系統出發，追溯病理狀態的發展性起源與演變路徑。

藉由深入的對話與研究交流，本次會議不僅促進兩大聯盟間的跨領域合作與創新，也邀集子計畫核心成員分享最新研究成果，歡迎聯盟校內對相關議題有興趣之師生參與，共同深化校際互動、拓展未來合作契機。