We are excited to announce that the team registration for this year’s BIOMOD starts on April 29, 2024. Also, we are happy to share the news that this year’s jamboree will take place in Kyushu, Japan.

An Online briefing session will be held on April 29 (12:00-13:00 (JST), Zoom). Rules, schedule, jamboree venue, awards, etc., will be covered. The recording will also be available later on YouTube. We look forward to seeing you all at the briefing!

Online Briefing

• April 29, 12:00 (noon) - 13:00 (JST, Japan Standard Time)
  • Zoom Link
  • The session will be held in English

BIOMOD 2024 Committee

Steering Committee (SC)

• Shogo Hamada (Tokyo Tech, Japan)
• Shawn Douglas (UCSF, USA; Advisor)
• Shelly Wickham (U. Sydney, Australia)
• Shuwen Guan (Jilin U., China)
• Manish Gupta (DA-IICT Gandhinagar, India)
• Zhouqing Luo (Xiamen U, China)
• Jonathan Bath (Oxford U., UK)
• Yusuke Sato (Kyutech, Japan; 2024 LC chair)

2024 Local Committee (LC) Kyushu, Japan

• Yusuke Sato (Kyutech, Japan)
• Yusuke Morimoto (Kyutech, Japan)
• Junichi Taira (Kyutech, Japan)
• Kazuhiro Maeda (Kyutech, Japan)
• Daisuke Inoue (Kyushu U., Japan)

Congratulations to Team Sendai from Tohoku University for earning the 2023 Grand Prize!

Visit our winners page to see all final standings.

Jamboree Schedule (2023 QuickGuide)

The schedule and detailed information (QuickGuide) for the BIOMOD 2023 Jamboree is now online.

Please download the latest version here(PDF).

Springer Nature Travel Award

We are happy to announce that Springer Nature Applied Sciences is supporting BIOMOD by providing a Springer Nature Travel Award (200 Euros for the Grand Prize team) this year.

Webpage/Video Submission Form

Webpage and Video Submission Form (deadline Oct. 28 23:59 JST) is now open.

Dear Colleagues,

As you may have noticed in our previous announcement, BIOMOD, International Biomolecular Design Competition, is back this year and resuming its annual jamboree event in November. This year, 16 teams from 8 countries have registered for the competition, and currently, we estimate 14 will present at the jamboree, either online or on-site. To further regain the momentum and make the event a continuous educational activity for the next generation of researchers in our community, BIOMOD needs your help! Specifically, we would like to ask for your help with two topics:

Call for Judges

We need your help participating in this year’s competition as a judge. The online judging period (webpage and YouTube video) will take place on Oct 28 – Nov 3 (JST), and the live presentation judging at the jamboree will be held as a hybrid style (on-site and Zoom) on Nov 4 (JST). Joining the judging online, even part of the process, is also welcomed.

Future Plans

We are planning to make BIOMOD into a more international and open organization to make it more sustainable for the foreseeable future. As we mark the tenth event and restart after COVID, this timing would be a perfect opportunity to think about the next chapter of BIOMOD. We would like to have your input and form our future with volunteer mentors and judges. Please join the discussion if you are interested. Based on our online discussion, we are planning to hold an on-site meeting after the jamboree on 11/5 at Tokyo Tech.

Registration Form

For registration, please fill out the form (deadline Oct. 14)  (Google Form). Your comments and participation are highly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation.

Best regards,

Shogo Hamada
Chair, BIOMOD 2023
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science, Tokyo Tech

Jamboree registration and project abstract submission for BIOMOD 2023 starts Aug. 15! We reduced this year’s jamboree attendance fee:

• On-site: 5,000 JPY (approx. 35 USD) per attendee
• Online: Free

We hope this pricing will encourage many participants to join the jamboree on-site in Tokyo this year. Please follow the link below for the registration. Note that registrations are only considered complete when payment is received, and a confirmation email is sent.

Jamboree Registration & Abstract Submission Links

• Jamboree Registration (via Peatix, one ticket per participant)
  • On-site participant: Aug. 15, 2023 - Sep. 15, 2023
  • Online participant: Aug. 15, 2023 - Oct. 30, 2023
• Team Project Abstract Submission Form (one submission per team)
  • Deadline: Sep. 15, 2023 (23:59 JST)

Upcoming Schedule

• Aug. 15 - Sep. 15: Jamboree registration
• Sep. 15: Team project abstract deadline
• Oct. 28: Website/Youtube freeze
• Nov. 4-5: Jamboree (on-site (Tokyo, Japan) and online (Zoom))

Inquiry

Please feel free to contact info@biomod.jp (Steering Committee) for any questions, including visa issues.