Frontiers in Single Cell Genomics, AWAJI, JAPAN

Awaji Yumebutai Conference Center, JAPAN


November 5-8, 2024

Abstract deadline: August 16, 2024


Organized by:

William Greenleaf, Stanford University

Muzlifah Haniffa, Wellcome Sanger Institute

ChungChau Hon, RIKEN

Shyam Prabhakar, Genome Institute of Singapore

Fuchou Tang, Peking University


We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Frontiers in Single Cell Genomics will be held in Awaji, Japan, located approximately 60 km west of Osaka city.

The conference will begin in the evening of Tuesday November 5, 2024, and will  conclude after lunch on November 8, 2024The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in Single Cell. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Posters will be up for viewing and discussion throughout the conference. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions. 


Conference Venue & Accommodation
Cold Spring Harbor Asia conferences in JAPAN are arranged in Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center (https://www.yumebutai.co.jp/lang/en.html), which is part of a one-of-a-kind “environment creation” project equipped with professional conference facilities and blended into the magnificent landscape, designed by the famous architect Tadao Ando. Meeting participants are strongly recommended to stay at the conference hotel, Grand Nikko Awaji (https://www.okura-nikko.com/japan/awaji/grand-nikko-awaji/) during the meeting with the rest of the participants if possible. The accommondation booking URL will be sent to you after completion of meeting registration.


Major Topics:

1. Single cell sequencing technologies

2. Spatial omics technologies

3. Building organ atlases

4. Algorithms and data analytics

5. Single cell cancer biology

6. Single cell development

7. Single cell immunology


Keynote Speakers:

Oliver Stegle, EMBL Heidelberg


Invited Speakers: 

Omer Bayraktar, Wellcome Sanger Institute 

Sam Behjati, Wellcome Sanger Institute 

Brian Cleary, Boston University College of Engineering

Calliope Dendrou, University of Oxford

Joseph Ecker, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Nils Gehlenborg, Harvard Medical School

William Greenleaf, Stanford University School of Medicine

Guoji Guo, Zhejiang University

Muzlifah Haniffa, Wellcome Sanger Institute

Aibin He, Peking University

Ichiro Hiratani, RIKEN

ChungChau Hon, RIKEN

Yanyi Huang, Peking University

Hae-Ock Lee, The Catholic University of Korea

Boxiang Liu, National University of Singapore

Mo Lotfollahi, Wellcome Sanger Institute 

Shyam Prabhakar, Genome Institute of Singapore

Bing Ren, University of California, San Diego

Fuchou Tang, Peking University

Alexander van Oudenaarden, Utrecht University

Jianbin Wang, Tsinghua University

Aaron Wilk, Stanford University School of Medicine

Dong Xing, Peking University



We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers. 

Fellowship: 
We are eager to have as many young people as possible to attend our international meetings since they are likely to benefit most from meeting other international colleagues in the same field. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $100-$500) awards after the meeting to off set the registration fee. Announcements of the awardees will be made during the Banquet of the meeting.


We look forward to seeing you at Awaji, Japan in November, 2024.


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