THE CONFERENCE
The Asia Pacific Drosophila Neurobiology Conference 3 (APDNC3) will bring researchers across the globe to the Asia Pacific region to discuss the latest findings in Neurobiology, using Drosophila as a powerful model. Sessions will highlight cutting-edge technology, medical research, cell and developmental biology, behavior, and physiology. The meeting will be highly interactive, giving students and up-and-coming researchers opportunities to interact with already-established field leaders. Many additional talks selected from abstracts provide good presentation opportunities for young researchers and research groups from across the diverse cultures of the Asia Pacific region. There will also be a series of career development sessions.
APDNC3 will be in Tokyo, an excellent city to visit with a rich cultural history and vibrant present "Yokoso APDNC3!"
Deadlines
Early Bird Application Deadline:
Thursday, 23rd November 2023
Final Application Deadline: Monday, 29th January 2024
Abstract Deadline:
Monday, 8th January 2024
SPEAKERS
Adam Claridge-Chang
Duke-NUS Medical School
Adrian W. Moore
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Anuradha Ratnaparki
Agharkar Research Institute
Azusa Kamikouchi
Nagoya University
Barry Dickson
Queensland Brain Institute
Bruno van Swinderen
Queensland Brain Institute
Chi-Kuang Yao
Academia Sinica
Christian Klämbt
University of Münster
Claude Desplan
New York University
Daisuke Yamamoto
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Dana Galili
University of Cambridge
Dion Dickman
University of Southern California
Fang Guo
Zhejiang University
Gaiti Hasan
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Gilad Barnea
Brown University
Greg Neely
University of Sydney
Greg Suh
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
Hokto Kazama
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Hongyan Wang
Duke-NUS Medical School
Jing Wang
University of California, San Diego
Joanna Chiu
University of California, Davis
Leslie Griffith
Brandeis University
Liming Wang
Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
Louise Cheng
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
Luoying Zhang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Margaret Ho
Shanghai Tech University
Susan Tsunoda
Colorado State University
Oren Schuldiner
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rohit Joshi
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD)
Ron Tanimoto
Tohoku University
Sangyu Xu
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB)
Sasha Rayshubskiy
Harvard Institute
Seungbok Lee
Seoul National University
Thomas Hummel
Univesity of Vienna
Tom Lloyd
Johns Hopkins University
Tony Southall
Imperial College London
Yan Li
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yulong Li
Peking UniversityCareer Development
Alexandra Terashima
University of Tokyo
Spyros Goulas
Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto UniversityCommittee
Adrian W. Moore
RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceChair
Akinao Nose
University of Tokyo
Tokyo Institute of Technology
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
REGISTRATION
Deadlines
Early Bird Application Deadline:
Thursday, 23rd November 2023
Final Application Deadline:
Monday, 29th January 2024
Abstract Deadline:
Monday, 8th January 2024
Student/Postdoc Campus Accommodation Application Deadline:
Thursday, 23rd November 2023
Costs
** Attendees who do not drink alcohol, please check the box on the registration page.
ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
You can submit an abstract for a poster or platform presentation after registering.
Maximum of 300 words.
Use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units, SI units.
URLs of all databases referenced should be included.
We aim to select at least 50% of abstracts for platform presentations from those with female presenters.
POSTER: Poster size W1100 mm x H1600mm.
PLATFORM PRESENTATION: If an abstract is selected, the talk length will be 12mins + 3mins questions.
LOCATION
VISA information
Some APDNC3 attendees will require a visa to enter Japan. You must apply for your visa at least 3 months before travel. Please check your requirements at the Immigration website.
Please contact us (organise.apdnc3@gmail.com) if you require a VISA to attend APDNC3 and you require VISA application support documents.
Important visa application information: You must have paid your registration fee before we can process your visa application invitation letters, and we cannot refund meeting fees once you have begun this process. We can only issue visa support documents that permit an APDNC3 attendee to enter Japan; we cannot issue documents that will enable accompanying non-attending people (e.g., partners and children) to enter Japan. Applicants are responsible for paying any visa application fees in their home country.
ACCOMMODATION
Several clean, low-cost hotels (called ‘business hotels’ in Japan) are near the meeting site. These include:
Wako city
Close to Wako station, which is a 20–25min walk or 15min bus ride from the campus. (Add 10 mins to walk across campus to the meeting site)
Narimasu
Close to Narimasu station, which is a 20–25min walk or 15min bus ride from the campus. (Add 15 mins to walk across campus to the meeting site).
Asaka
Close to Asaka station, this is 2 min by train from Wako station.
Ikebukuro
The area of downtown Tokyo closest to the venue is Ikebukuro, with many hostels and hotels. Ikebukuro station is a 20 min train ride from Wako station; it is one of the busiest train stations in the world.
Travelers from abroad: We strongly recommend you pick up a Suica or PASMO card at the airport, or install one on your iPhone. You can use this payment system for easy travel on local trains, subways, and buses. It is also the only form of payment used in the RIKEN campus cafeteria.
Runners: There are large parks near the RIKEN Wako campus and Narimasu station.
Students and PostDocs
There are limited single-occupancy campus accommodations for students and junior postdocs. Depending on the assigned room, these will cost 1,500–2,500 Yen/night. The room must be booked for the entire conference length. Apply for this accommodation only after payment of your registration fee. To apply, please email organise.apdnc3@gmail.com using the heading: CAMPUS ACCOMMODATION. Please note the room number is limited, and an assignment is not guaranteed, apply early. A cancellation fee will be charged if not notified one month in advance.
Payment will be on-site and in cash only.
POLICIES AND CONTACT
On-site childcare
On-site childcare will be available for registered meeting participants; this will include English-speaking staff. The participant is required to cover approximately 50% of the costs for each child.
To ask for further details or to arrange childcare, please email organise.apdnc3@gmail.com and title your email CHILDCARE. The deadline for childcare applications is Monday, 8th January 2024.
Code of conduct
All meeting participants are required to adhere to a code of conduct.
Registration & Abstract Submission Questions:
JTB Corp., Western Mice Branch
The Asia Pacific Drosophila Neurobiology Conference 3 (APDNC3) Desk
E-mail: westec_op4@jtb.com
Office Hours: 9:30-17:30 (weekdays only)
Other Questions: organise.apdnc3@gmail.com