*In order to promote discussion with the foreign researchers, the official language of this retreat is English.

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The primary purpose of this summer’s retreat is to create a solid foundation of new collaborative projects. We have therefore prepared the below schedule for achieving this.

On the first day there will be poster session. The purpose of this is to help you identify a lab of interest outside of your own. On the second day, you will be placed in groups with people who selected the same labs. Each group will then share why they find this lab interesting and together come to a better understanding of what it means. For this purpose, group members are encouraged to talk to members of the actual lab. They should also discuss interesting problems they think this field should consider. On the final day, each group will make a presentation about their 2nd day discussion to the remainder of the participants. Members of the laboratory being discussed in particular should ask questions that aid the discussion.

It is our expectation that these discussions will lead to new collaborative projects, leading to interdisciplinary approaches to bioscientific problems.

We will have a lecture from an expert. After the lecture, the speaker will ask questions to everyone. And you can respond to the question by agreeing or disagreeing followed by the explanation of your response.

*In this plan, we will invite a speaker. We may vary discussion style according to the lecturer.

Regarding this year’s excursion, there are two options.

1. A sightseeing tour of the sacred Enryaku temple on Mount Hiei.

>>Hieizan Enryakuji homepage

2. A sightseeing tour of the historic Sakamoto, which includes one of Japan’s oldest shrines, Hiyoshi Taisha.

>>Hiyoshi Taisha homepage

For those who do not speak Japanese, there are some members who have been specifically assigned to these excursions to provide English explanation of the sites.