Poster / Contributed
Yasuhiro Sakai*, Yasushi Okumura, and Kohzo Ito
“Nanoscale Surface Structures of Slide-Ring Gel”
LXII Yamada Conference 2008 “Topological Molecules” (Sep. 1-4, 2008), Hyogo, Japan
（酒井康博：実験、伊藤耕三：研究に関するアドバイス）

Oral / Invited
Koji Fukao* and Daisuke Tahara
“Glassy Dynamics in Polymer Glass Observed through Dielectric Susceptibility and Volume”
JSPS Japan-France Bilateral Joint Seminar 2008 on “Frontiers of Glassy Physics” (Nov. 19-22, 2008), Kyoto , Japan

Oral / Invited
Koji Fukao* and Daisuke Tahara
“Glassy Dynamics in Thin Polymer Films : Memory and Rejuvenation Effects of Dielectric Susceptibility and Volume”
5th International Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and Its Applications (Aug. 26-29, 2008), Lyon, France

Oral / Contributed
Koji Fukao* and Daisuke Tahara
“Aging Phenomena in Thin Polymer Films Observed through Volume and Dielectric Susceptibility”
The XVth International Congress on Rheology (Aug. 3-8, 2008), Monterey, USA

Poster / Contributed
Daisuke Tahara*, Koji Fukao, Hideyuki Nakanishi, and Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata
“Aging Phenomena in Polymer Glass Using Capacitance Measurements”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan
(深尾浩次：実験実施、データ解析　　宮田貴章：試料提供)

Poster / Contributed
Shuhei Takahashi and Koji Fukao*
“Dielectric Relaxation of Polystyrene-silica Nanocomposite”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan
(深尾浩次：データ解析)

Oral / Invited
Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata
“Design and Morphology Control of Polymer Nano-composites Using Light-Driven Phase Separation Phenomena”
APCTP-ASEAN Workshop on Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechology (Sep. 15-21, 2008), Nha-Trang, VietNam

Oral / Invited
Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata
“Reacting Polymer Blends as a Soft Matter System with Competing Interactions: Morphology and Phase Separation Kinetics”
International Symposium on Polymer Physics (PP-2008) (Jun. 8-12, 2008), Xiamen, China

Oral / Invited
Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata
“Competing Interactions and Patterns Selection Driven by Chemical Reactions in Polymer Mixtures”
“International Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics in Polymeric Systems” at the 35th National Meeting, American Chemical Society (ACS) (Apr. 7-11, 2008), New Orleans, USA

Poster / Contributed
Takeaki Araki, Tommaso Bellini, and Hajime Tanaka
“Glassy Behaviors of Nematic Liquid Crystal Confined in Porous Media”
International Conference Unifying Concepts in Glass Physics IV (Nov. 25-28, 2008), Kyoto, Japan
(田中肇：共同研究)

Poster / Contributed
Takeaki Araki*, Tommaso Bellini, and Hajime Tanaka
“Memory Effects of Nematic Liquid Crystal Confined in Porous Media”
JSPS Japan-France Bilateral Joint Seminar 2008, Frontiers of Glassy Physics (Nov. 19-22, 2008), Kyoto, Japan
(田中肇：共同研究)

Oral / Contributed
Takeaki Araki*, Tommaso Bellini, and Hajime Tanaka
“Monte Carlo Simulation of Nematic Liquid Crystal in Porous Media: The Topological Constraint and Surface Anchoring Effect”
Knots and soft-matter physics: topology of polymers and related topics in physics, mathematics and biology (Aug. 26-29, 2008), Kyoto, Japan
(田中肇：共同研究)

Oral / Contributed
Takeaki Araki*, Marco Buscaglia, Tommaso Bellini, and Hajime Tanaka
“Defect Configuration in Nematic Liquid Crystals Confined in Porous Media: a Monte Carlo Simulation Study Provides Evidence for Defect-induced Memory Effects”
7th Liquid Matter Conference (Jun. 27 – Jul. 1, 2008), Lund, Sweeden
(田中肇：共同研究)

Oral / Invited
Takeaki Araki* and Hajime Tanaka
“Dynamics of Colloidal Particles in Soft Matters”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan
(田中肇：共同研究)

Oral / Contributed
Kentaro Suzuki*, Mieko Tamura, Koh-ichiroh Shoda, and Tadashi Sugawara
“Implication of Enzymatic Reactions in Capsule Revealed by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Giant Vesicle”
12th Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles (Sep. 24-26, 2008), Marseilles, France

Oral / Invited
Tadashi Sugawara
“Minimal Cell Model to Understand Origin of Life and Evolution”
12th Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseilles (Sep. 24-26, 2008), Marseilles, France

Poster / Contributed
Kentaro Suzuki*, Takuya Tomita, Taro Toyota, Masakazu Iwasaka, and Tadashi Sugawara
“Morphology of Self-assembling Soft Matter with Anisotropic Shape under Magnetic Field”
The 11th International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets (Sep. 21-24, 2008), Florence, Italy

Oral / Contributed
Tadashi Sugawara*, Koh-ichiroh Shohda, Katsuto Takakura, Kentaro. Suzuki, Taro Toyota, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Naoto Maru, Kensuke Kurihara, Hiroshi Takahashi, and Mieko Tamura
“Artificial Cell Models Exhibiting Self-Reproducing and Self-Replication Dynamics and Spontaneous Movements”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan

Poster / Contributed
Naoto Maru, Kentaro Suzuki*, Koh-ichiroh Shohda, and Tadashi Sugawara
“Sequential Fusion of Vesicles after Selective Aggregation”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan

Poster / Contributed
Kensuke Kurihara*, Taro Toyota, Kiyoshi Ohnuma, and Tadashi Sugawara
“Sorting and Analysis of Self-Reproducing Giant Vesicles by Cell Sorter”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan

Poster / Contributed
Mieko Tamura*, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Koh-ichiro Shohda, Kentaro Suzuki, and Tadashi Sugawara
“Replication of DNA in Giant Vesicles”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), Kyoto, Japan

Poster / Contributed
Takahiro Harada, Tomomi Yokogawa, Tomoshige Miyaguchi, and Hiroshi Kori
“Long-term Correlation in the Beat Rate Fluctuations of Single Cardiac Cells”
The Second Annual q-bio Conference on Cellular Information Processing (Aug. 6-9, 2008), Santa Fe, USA（原田崇広：研究全般）

Poster / Contributed
Akihiko Matsuyama
“Phase Separations of Liquid Crystal Colloids”
7th Liquid Matter Conference (Jun. 27 – Jul. 1, 2008), Lund, Sweden

Oral / Contributed
Tadashi Sugawara*, Taro Toyota, Kensuke Kurihara, and Kentaro Suzuki
“Time-Dependent Morphorogical Changes of Self-Aggregates of Amphiphiles”
International Workshop on Physical Phenomena in Multi-Component Membranes (Mar. 17-19, 2008), Tokyo, Japan

Oral / Invited
Tadashi Sugawara
“Bottom-Up Approach of an Artificial Cell”
11th Sanken, 6th Nanotechnology Center and 1st MSTEC International Symposium, New Advances in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (Feb. 4-5, 2008), Hyogo, Japan

Poster / Contributed
Kentaro Suzuki, Taro Toyota, Kazuhiko Sato, Masakazu Iwasaka, Shoogo Ueno, and Tadashi Sugawara
“Construction of Elastica Derived from the Collaboration between Magnetic Field Effect and Curvature-elasticity”
International Conference on Magneto-Science (ICMS2007) (Nov. 11-15, 2007), Hiroshima, Japan

Poster / Invited
Kentaro Suzuki, Tato Toyota, Masakazu Iwasaka, Shoogo Ueno, and Tadashi Sugawara
“Characteristic Shapes of Vesicles Basis of an External Stimuli”
Chembiogenesis 2007 -COST action D27 Final Evaluation Conference (Jun. 11-13, 2007), Dubrovnik, Croatia

Oral / Invited
Tadashi Sugawara
“On the Road to Giant Vesicle-based Artificial Cell”
Chembiogenesis 2007 -COST action D27 Final Evaluation Conference (Jun. 11-13, 2007), Dubrovnik, Croatia

Poster / Contributed
Tomoyuki Nagaya*, Shigetoshi Nara, and Stefania Residori
“Dynamics of the Petal-like Pattern in a Liquid Crystal Light Valve with Rotational Optical Feedback”
International Liquid Crystal Conference 2008 (Jun. 30 – Jul. 4,2008), Jeju, Korea(長屋智之：実験，奈良重俊：理論的解析, 折原宏：画像解析の手法について研究連携)

Poster /
Tomoyuki Nagaya*, Shigetoshi Nara, and Stefania Residori
“Nonlinear Dynamics of the Petal-like Patterns in a Liquid Crystal Light Valve with Rotational Optical Feedback”
International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Soft Matter (Jun. 2-5, 2008), kyoto, Japan(折原宏：画像解析についての助言)

Oral / Invited
Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata
“How Far Can We Control Morphology of Polymer Blends by Using Chemical Reactions ?”
The Second International Symposium on Polymer Materials Science (Dec. 10-11, 2007), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

Oral / Invited
Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata
“Reaction-Induced Elastic Deformation and Its Influence on Thermodynamic Instabilities of Polymer Networks”
Cargese Summer School on Morphogenesis through the Interplay of Nonlinear Chemical Instabilities and Elastic Media (Jul. 2-14, 2007), Cargese, France

Oral / Invited
Koji Fukao*, Akihiro Harada, Rodney D. Priestley, and John M. Torkelson
“Glass Transition and Dielectric Relaxation of Thin Films of Labeled Polymers”
American Chemical Society 234th National Meeting (Aug. 19-23, 2007), Boston, USA

Oral / Invited
Koji Fukao
“Glass Transition and Dielectric Relaxation of Thin Films of Labeled Polymers”
Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century – Novel Applications of Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy, NATO Advanced Research Workshop (Jul. 22-26, 2007), Suzdal, Russia
(深尾浩次：実験実施、解析、総括)

Oral / Contributed
Takeaki Araki* and Hajime Tanaka
“Attractive Interaction between Colloids in a Phase Separating Binary Liquids: Wetting-induced Dynamic Attraction”
International Soft Matter Conference (Oct. 1-4, 2007), Aachen, Germany
(田中肇：研究取りまとめ)

Oral / Contributed
Takeaki Araki* and Hajime Tanaka
“Fluctuation of Drift Velocity in Electrophoresis of Charged Particles”
YITP Workshop 2007 New Frontiers in Colloidal Physics: A Bridge between Micro- and Macroscopic Concepts in Soft Matter (Jul. 25-27, 2007), Kyoto, Japan
(田中肇：研究取りまとめ)

Oral / Contributed
Takahiro Harada
“Intermittent Fluctuations in a Single Cardiac Cell”
StatPhys 23, the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics (Jul. 9-13, 2007), Genova, Italy
（Takahiro Harada： 研究計画、実験および解析全般）

Poster / Contributed
Akihiko Matsuyama
“Phase Separations in Mixtures of Liquid Crystals and Colloidal Crystals”
International Soft Matter Conference 2007 (Oct. 1-4, 2007), Aachen, Germany

Oral / Contributed
Akihiko Matsuyama
“Volume Phase Transitions of Side-chain Liquid Crystalline Gels”
4th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference (Sept. 27-29, 2007), Ljubljana, Slovenia