Symposium 2026

The International Symposium on Exploring Chiral Field-Matter Interactions Through Spatio-Temporal Phenomena 2026 expands upon the foundation laid during last year’s kick-off meeting to further unify and advance the global chirality community.

Concept Expansion: Exploring the existence, precise tunability, and functional advantages of dynamic chirality, with special emphasis on how chiral fluctuations actively drive natural phenomena from different perspectives.

Deepening International Collaboration: Transitioning from our 2025 kick-off into structured, long-term international research partnerships across chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and materials science.

Network Growth: Welcoming new international collaborators and industrial partners bringing fresh perspectives from emerging subfields of chirality.

Special Session "Young Scientist Sessions": Several sessions conceptualized, organized, and led entirely by early-career researchers to cultivate sustainable leadership and cultivate interdisciplinary global networks among young scientists.

Reiko Oda (CNRS, U. Bordeax & AIMR, Tohoku U.) Symposium Head, Project Coordinator

Wijak Yospanya (AIMR, Tohoku U.) Symposium and Project Manager

Yoko Goto (AIMR, Tohoku U.) Secretary

Jun Harada (AIMR, Tohoku U.) Secretary

Yizhou Zhang (AIMR, Tohoku U.)

Gabriela Handzlik  (ICMCB, U. Bordeaux)

Ryojun Toyoda (IMRAM, Tohoku U.)

Shun Hashiyada (RIES, Hokkaido U.)

Sonia Mahmoudi (AIMR, Tohoku U.)

Amrutha Manoj Lena (AIMR, Tohoku U.)

Marco Bertuolo (CBMN, U. Bordeaux)

Eriko Shinkawa (AIMR, Tohoku U.)

Yutaka Okazaki (Kyoto U.)

Takeharu Yoshii (IMRAM, Tohoku U.)

Akshaya Kunnummal (CBMN, U. Bordeaux & AIMR, Tohoku U.)

Detailed Program

Abstract Book (password protected)

Tohoku University and Tohoku University Forum of Creativity (TFC)