October 13, 2026
Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, Paris, France
Engineering Biology of Lipid Membranes and DNA Nanotechnology Seminar 2026 is an international scientific seminar focused on the engineering and synthetic construction of biological and biomolecular systems.
The seminar covers research topics including lipid membrane engineering, artificial cells, membrane proteins, molecular sensing, DNA nanotechnology, molecular programming, and related areas of synthetic and engineering biology.
By bringing together researchers from Japan and Europe, the seminar aims to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion and promote new collaborations across these rapidly developing research fields.
October 13, 2026
Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris
Paris, France
Prof. Yuval Elani
Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Guillaume Gines
ESPCI Paris, CNRS, France
Prof. Takeshi Harayama
Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, France
Prof. James Hindley
King’s College London, UK
Prof. Lorenzo Di Michele
University of Cambridge, UK
Prof. Yannick Rondelez
ESPCI Paris, CNRS, France
Prof. Kenji Uchimura
Université de Lille, CNRS, France
Prof. Ryuji Kawano
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Prof. Koki Kamiya
Gunma University, Japan
10:00–11:30 Oral Session 1 (Opening Remarks, Prof. Yuval Elani, Prof. James Hindley, Prof. Takeshi Harayama)
11:30–13:00 Lunch Break
13:00–14:00 Oral Session 2 (Prof. Kenji Uchimura, Prof. Koki Kamiya)
14:00–14:30 Funding Session: International funding frameworks for engineering biology: using current initiatives to catalyse future collaboration
14:30–15:20 Oral Session 3 (Prof. Lorenzo Di Michele, Prof. Yannick Rondelez)
15:35–16:35 Oral Session 4 (Prof. Guillaume Gines, Prof. Ryuji Kawano, Closing Remarks)
16:45–17:30 Poster Flash Talk
17:30–20:00 Poster & Networking Session
Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris
101 bis Quai Jacques Chirac
75015 Paris, France
The venue is located near the Eiffel Tower and is easily accessible by public transportation.
For inquiries regarding the seminar, please contact:
Engineering Biology of Lipid Membranes and DNA Nanotechnology Seminar 2026 Organizing Committee
Email: rjkawano[@]cc.tuat.ac.jp