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The 3rd International Symposium on Mechanobiology (ISMB 2017) concluded on 14th December, 2017.

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The 3rd International Symposium on Mechanobiology (ISMB 2017) will cover fundamentals, recent advances and emerging issues, providing a unique opportunity to advance knowledge and understanding in mechanobiology.

The 3rd International Symposium on Mechanobiology (ISMB 2017) is organized by the Mechanobiology  Institute, National University of Singapore and the International Society of Mechanobiology. This symposium is the third in a series of scientific meetings supported and endorsed by the International Society of Mechanobiology, the first two being held in Shanghai and Okayama respectively.

The symposium aims to cover the fundamentals, recent advances and emerging issues related to mechanobiology. It will provide a unique opportunity to advance knowledge and understanding in the areas of basic and applied research in mechanobiology.

This field involves interdisciplinary approaches combining biology with mechanics/physics as well as experimental techniques and computational modelling.

In addition, mechanobiology has also increasingly been involved in the study of a plethora of biological and pathological processes, including development, aging, infection as well as diseases such as cancer. A wide spectrum of these aspects across multiscales from the molecular, cellular, tissue to the organ level will be covered in this symposium.

We look forward to welcoming you in Singapore in 2017.

Topics to include

Speakers

The organizers are honored to welcome the following speakers to present at the 3rd International Symposium on Mechanobiology (ISMB 2017).

Keynote Speakers
(Special Sessions)

Christoph Ballestrem

University of Manchester, UK

Dedric Carter

Washington University in St. Louis, USA

David Elad

Tel Aviv University, Israel

Ming-Jer Tang

National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Taiwan

David Weitz

Harvard University, USA

Kimiko Yamamoto

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Bailong Xiao

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Feng Xu, Xi’an

Jiaotong University, China

Xiaoqiang Yao

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Xiaohui (Frank) Zhang

Lehigh University, USA

Invited Speakers

1.   Farid Alisafaei, University of Pennsylvania, USA
2.   Cristina Bertocchi, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
3.   Monica Burdick, Ohio University, USA
4.   Ryan Calcutt, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
5.   Weiqiang Chen , New York University, USA
6.   Xuemei May Cheng, Bryn Mawr College, USA
7.   Sangkyun Cho, University of Pennsylvania, USA
8.   Ohad Cohen, Weizmann Institute, Israel
9.   Derrick Dean, Alabama State University, USA
10.  Linhong Deng, Inst of Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences, China
11.  Dan Deviri, Weizmann Institute, Israel
12.  Marcus Foston, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
13.  Shigetomo Fukuhara, Nippon Medical School, Japan
14.  Tetsushi Furukawa, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan
15.  Guy Genin, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
16.  Anna Grosberg, University of California, Irvine, USA
17.  Arno Gutleb, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology, Luxembourg
18.  Hans Harn, University of Southern California, USA
19.  Michael D. Henry, University of Iowa, USA
20.  Hiroaki Hirata, Nagoya University, Japan
21.  K. Hsia, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
22.  Shiqiong Hu, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
23.  Pingbo Huang, Hong Kong Univ of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
24.  Masaki Ieda, Keio University, Japan
25.  Roger Kamm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
26.  Motoi Kanagawa, Kobe University, Japan
27.  Ching-Hwa Kiang, Rice University, USA
28.  Michael R. King, Vanderbilt University, USA
29.   Noriyuki Kioka, Kyoto University, Japan

30.   Jing Li, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China
31.   Yuezhou Li, Zhejiang University, China
32.  CT Lim, Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore
33.  Takeo Matsumoto, Nagoya University, Japan
34.  Rene Marc Mege, Institute Jacques Monod, France
35.  Michael R Mitchell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
36.  Takeshi Nikawa, Tokushima University, Japan
37.  Rei Ogawa, Nippon Medical School, Japan
38.  Kazumasa Ohashi, Tohoku University, Japan
39.  Michael Ostap, University of Pennsylvania, USA
40.  Amit Pathak, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
41.  Igor V Pivkin, Institute of Computational Science, Switzerland
42.  Kate Poole, University of New South Wales, Australia
43.  Madan Rao, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
44.  Felix Rico, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes – Inserm, France
45.  Sam Safran, Weizmann Institute, Israel
46.  Vivek Shenoy, University of Pennsylvania, USA
47.  G.V. Shivashankar, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
48.  Lei Sun, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
49.  Ken Takahashi, Okayama University, Japan
50.  Hitoshi Tatsumi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
51.  Yau-Sheng Tsai, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Taiwan
52.  Shelly Tzlil, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
53.  Yingxiao (Peter) Wang, University of California, San Diego, USA
54.  Hao-Chen Wang, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan
55.  Haguy Wolfenson, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
56.  Zhiqiang Yan, Fudan University, China
57.  Jie Yan, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
58.  Kenjiro Yoshimura, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
59.  Peng Zheng, Nanjing University, China

Local Organizing Committee

The organizing committee for ISMB 2017 comprises of faculty from the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore.

CT Lim (Chair)

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

GV Shivashankar (Co-chair)

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

Jie Yan (Scientific Program Chair)

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

Min Wu (Scientific Program Co-chair)

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

Boon Chuan Low

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

Tony Pakorn Kanchanawong

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

Timothy Saunders

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

Yusuke Toyama

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

International Society of Mechanobiology Organizing Committee

Shu Chien, Honorary President

University of California at San Diego, USA

Masahiro Sokabe, President

Nagoya University, Japan

Linhong Deng, Co-President

Changzhou University, China

K. Jimmy Hsia, Co-President

Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Ching Kung, Co-President

University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA

Mian Long, Co-President

Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Xiaohui (Frank) Zhang, Co-President

Lehigh University, USA

Yong-de Shi, Honorary Secretary General

Shanghai Medical College, China

Chwee Teck Lim, Secretary General

Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, Singapore

Keiji Naruse, Secretary General

Okayama University, Japan

Wojciech Dzwolak, Regional Head, Europe Area

University of Warsaw, Poland

Boris Martinac, Regional Head, Oceania Arm

Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia

Ming-Jer Tang, Regional Head, Taiwan Area

Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Xiaoqiang Yao, Regional Head, Hong Kong Area

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

International Scientific Committee

Michael Sheetz, Chair

Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

Taiji Adachi

Kyoto University, Japan

Joji Ando

Dokkyo Medical University, Japan

Denis Discher

University of Pennsylvania, USA

David Elad

Tel Aviv University, Israel

Guy Genin

Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Edward Guo

Columbia University, USA

Shigeo Hayashi

RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan

Jonathan Howard

Yale University, USA

Shin’ichi Ishiwata

Waseda University, Japan

Chris Jacobs

Columbia University, USA

Roger Kamm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Michael King

Vanderbilt University, USA

Sanjay Kumar

University of California at Berkeley, USA

Maria Leptin

EMBO, Germany

Chwee Teck Lim

Mechanobiology Institute,  National University of Singapore

Satyajit Mayor

National Centre for Biological Sciences, India

Mohammad Mofrad

University of California at Berkeley, USA

Daniel Mueller

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Alphonso Ngan

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Toshihiko Ogura

Tohoku University, Japan

Toshiro Ohashi

Hokkaido University, Japan

Matthieu Piel

Institut Curie, France

Sam Safran

Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Geert Schmid Schobein

University of California at San Diego, USA

Ulrich Schwarz

University of Heidelberg, Germany

Vivek Shenoy

University of Pennsylvania, USA

GV Shivashankar

Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

Xavier Trepat

Institute of Bioengineering at Catalonia, Spain

Peter Wang

University of California, San Diego, USA

David Weitz

Harvard University, USA

Ken Yamada

Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, NIH, USA

Alpha Yap

University of Queensland, USA

Zhaocai Zhou

Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China

Cheng Zhu

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Accommodation

Campus Housing

A number of basic non-air conditioned rooms and a very limited number of air-conditioned rooms (student accommodation) have been reserved on campus for the participants of the conference.  These rooms will be available for booking for the period from 10th to 15th December 2017 (5 nights only). Participants will have to book the accommodation directly with the Office of Housing and make the payment for the accommodation at the time of booking. For more information on campus housing, please visit http://nus.edu.sg/ohs/conference/utown/about-utown.php

Please use the following link for booking the campus accommodation for ISMB 2017: https://uhms.nus.edu.sg/Conferences/go/conferences/5574

Contracted Housing

For participants who do not wish to book campus housing, the following nearby hotel is providing discounted rates for the conference.

Park Avenue Rochester
31 Rochester Drive
Singapore, 138637
Phone: (65) 6808 8600
Google Map
Hotel Website: www.parkavenuerochester.com

Method of Reservation: Please reserve your rooms by mailing  the booking form to the hotel directly to secure a reservation. A credit card guarantee is required to make a reservation. Download Park Avenue Rochester Booking Form.

Registration

Registration and Submission of Abstracts

Registration and online submission of abstracts

Interested applicants may register online for the symposium by filling in the online registration form and submitting an abstract of not more than 200 words.

Kindly note the deadlines for registration and abstract submission:

Registration for participants who do not wish to submit an abstract

Interested participants who want to register and attend the conference but do not wish to submit an abstract may do so by registering HERE and paying the registration fee.

Registration Fees

Applicants are required to pay the applicable registration fees as shown below:

Please note that all presenters (both oral & posters) are required to pay the registration fee after receiving the notification of acceptance via the online registration payment portal. Only payment by credit card is allowed. The last date for payment of registration fees for participants whose abstracts have been accepted is October 30, 2017.

Please note that the registration fee for STUDENTS excludes the Conference banquet. If you would like to attend the banquet, please indicate your interest on the registration form and proceed to make payment for both the registration fee and banquet.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation made:

1. before October 31, 2017 – Refund of registration fee paid less administration fee of SGD$100
2. before November 15, 2017 – Refund of 50% of registration fees
3. after November 15, 2017 will NOT be refunded
4. no show will NOT be refunded

Notification of cancellation must be submitted by email to the conference organizers at ismb2017@gmail.com.

Travel to Singapore

Please ensure that you have a valid passport for travel and check with your local Embassy. Please note that some countries require your passport to be valid for up to six months.

Nationals from a wide majority of countries do not require visas for social visits of up/to 30 days duration provided that they are in possession of recognized and valid travel  documents, adequate funds and return tickets. A list of countries whose nationals require visa to travel to Singapore can be found here. Should an official letter of invitation and V39A form be required for your visa, please send your request by email to ismb2017@gmail.com once the conference registration formalities are completed with the payment of registration fees.

If your visa is declined, refunds will be offered in line with our cancellation policy.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Delegates may still register onsite (cash payment only) during the conference.

Registration closed

Programme

Special Sessions