Keynote talk title: Mass spectrometry imaging to create a Lipidome Atlas
Dr. Makoto Arita received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo in 1997. Currently he is a Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and a Professor of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism at Keio University, and a Team Leader of RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences. Dr. Arita has experience leading multidisciplinary research teams as a principal investigator for “Biology of LipoQuality” a program project supported by JSPS Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (FY2015-2020). He serves as an Executive Editor for the Progress in Lipid Research. Now he is leading JST-ERATO Lipidome Atlas Project (FY2021-2026) to pioneer the spatiotemporal biology of lipid diversity through a creation of the Lipidome Atlas, and to discover unknown molecules associated with important biological processes. Also, he is a Core Director of the Keio University World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI-Bio2Q) (FY2022-2032) to integrate human biology, microbiome research, and quantum computing to explore the foundations of healthy longevity.
