The 9th KEPLR Seminar Series was hosted by the Sato Group at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University.
The first part of the event included a facility tour.

6th Floor Live Imaging Center
The ITbM Imaging Center has the largest number of users among the dozen or so centers nationwide. During the introduction to the Live Imaging Center, there were demonstrations with dedicated presenters for fluorescence lifetime imaging, confocal microscopes with micro-robot tools, and optical tweezers.
In the Plant Culture Room, Torenia, Utricularia, Schistostega, and Physcomitrella were exhibited.

General Laboratory

Mix Office

The second part of the event included research presentations by the Sato Group and discussions among the participants.

Program
Date and Time: Thursday, May 16th, 14:00 ~
Venue: Lecture Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University
14:00-15:20
Facility Tour:

15:30-16:50
Research Presentations (Lecture Room)
Yoshikatsu Sato: Chemical Tools and Imaging
Fumika Okamoto: Dynamic Tracking Imaging of Pollen Tube Elongation
Chie Mitsui: Exploration of Novel Chloroplast Positioning Control Factors (Turbo ID & Chemical Compound Target ID)
Break
Yuko Ukai: Automatic Protoplast Retrieval Using Micro-Robot Tools
Takeshi Aoyama: Localization and Dynamics of Auxin