[March 14, 2025] We hosted our third international symposium at Osaka International Convention Center (Grand Cube Osaka) “Osaka University Symposium, 3rd WPI-PRIMe International Symposium.” The symposium, titled “Towards Patient Bio-Digital Twin,” was hosted by Osaka University and WPI-PRIMe.
The symposium highlighted advancements in dry-lab research, featuring sessions on biological modeling, bioinformatics, systems biology, and the emerging field of Bio-Digital Twin.
The symposium commenced with an opening address from our university’s President Shojiro Nishio, followed by a congratulatory message from JSPS WPI Program Director Dr. Akira Ukawa, and an overview of WPI-PRIMe by Kohji Nishida, the Center Director of the WPI-PRIMe.
Alongside the exceptional Keynote Lectures delivered by Prof. Gary Bader (University of Toronto) and Prof. Edda Klipp (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), we organized three unique sessions emphasizing an integrated approach to wet- and dry-lab research, wrapped up by the closing remarks from Prof. Takao Onoye, the Executive Vice President of our university. The program also had poster session followed by Exchange Event with the symposium participants, which accelarated the discussion among the symposium. We were pleased to welcome over 110 attendees from both academia and industry.