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Invited Talks

8.  Sensing surface mechanical deformation of soft materials using biomolecular motors.

     The Sweden-Japan Academic Exchange MIRAI 2.0 Materials Science TEG Workshop,

     01 December 2021 (online).

7.  Utilization of biomolecular motors as actuators for a minimal artificial brain

     The Cell Synth14.0 International Meeting (#Cellsynth14)

     The Japanese Society For Cell Synthesis Research (JSCSR), 05 November 2021 (online).

6.  Inert chamber system opens a new door to employ biomolecular motor protein systems for                                                 nanotechnological applications.

     Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, 15 May 2018. 

5.  Mechano-responsiveness of microtubule and modulation of its biochemical functions.

     The 65th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry,

     Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 15 September 2016.

4.  Role of surface morphology in the drag force of micron-sized objects

    The Workshop on Molecular Robotics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 23 May 2015. 

3.  In situ observation of mechanical stress-induced deformation of microtubules,

     The 13th L & M Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Asahikawa Medical University,

     Hokkaido, Japan, 10 December 2014.

2.  Inert chamber system opens a new door to employ biomolecular motor protein in                                                                     nanotechnological applications.

     The 29th Summer University in Hokkaido (Organized by The Society of Polymer Science Japan,                                               Hokkaido Branch), Hokkaido, Japan, 29-30 August 2014. 

1.   Study on in vitro lifetime of a biomolecular motor and its extension in an inert chamber,

     Seminar on Supramolecular Systems

     Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, 15 November 2012.

International Presentations (selected)

    Oral presentations

  1. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan, “Kinetic Investigation on the Alkaline Hydrolysis of Crystal Violet in the Presence of Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate”, Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2006, March 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  2. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Akira Kakugo, Daisuke Inoue, Jian Ping Gong, “Prolongation of the Active Lifetime of Biomolecules Using Inert Environment”, International Fusion Bioscience Symposium, March 2011, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

  3. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Yoshiki Tamura, Tamaki Kajihara, Daisuke Inoue, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, Jian Ping Gong, “Formation of Microtubule Ring at the Air-buffer Interface”, The 3rd Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials– Chemistry & Physics of Functional Materials –(ASAM-3), September 2011, Fukuoka, Japan.

  4. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, Jian Ping Gong, “Cleaning and Curing of In Vitro Motility Assay System”, IGP Symposium 2012, March 2012, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

  5. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, “In situ observation of mechanical stress induced fragmentation of microtubules”, International Workshop for Motor Proteins toward Emerging Nano Systems, April 2014, Kyoto University, Japan.

  6. Md. Sirajul Islam, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Establishment of Treadmilling Based In Vitro Motility System for Microtubules”, International Workshop for Motor Proteins toward Emerging Nano Systems, April 2014, Kyoto University, Japan.

  7. Md. Sirajul Islam, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Establishment of an In Vitro Motility System for Observing the Treadmilling and Elongation of Microtubules by TIRF Microscopy”, 3rd Frontier Chemistry Centre International Symposium, June 2014, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  8. Tanjina Afrin, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Effect of Deformation of Microtubule on Kinesin-based Cargo Transportation In Vitro”, 3rd Frontier Chemistry Centre International Symposium, June 2014, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  9. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Hiroyuki Mayama, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Establishment of methodology for fragmentation test of cytoskeletal filaments”, 63rd SPSJ Symposium on Macromolecules, September 2014, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.

  10. Md. Sirajul Islam, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Study on the effect of ROS in dynamic instability of microtubules in vitro”, Japan-Taiwan Bilateral Polymer Symposium 2015, September 2015, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

  11. Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Akira Kakugo, “Intelligence of a reconstructed biomolecular motor system”, 9th EAI International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS), December 2015, New York City, NY, United States.

  12. Jakia Jannat Keya, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, ,Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya and Akira Kakugo, “DNA Assisted Control of Swarming of a Biomolecular Motor System”, The First International Symposium on Advanced Soft Matter, June 13-15, 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  13. Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “Collective motion of microtubules with different lengths and rigidity”, 6th Soft Mater International Symposium, October 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  14. Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Ai Saito, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “Collective motion of microtubules driven by kinesin”, 11th International Gel Symposium, March 2017, Chiba, Japan.

  15. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Akinori Kuzuya, Akira Kakugo, "Scaling-up biomolecular motors using DNA nanotechnology", The 45th Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics, 29 November- 01 December, University of Melbourn, Australia (selected talk). 

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    Poster Presentations

  1. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, Jian Ping Gong, “Prolongation of the Active Lifetime of a Biomolecular Motor System for In Vitro Motility Assay”, The 3rd Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials– Chemistry & Physics of Functional Materials –(ASAM-3), September 2011, Fukuoka, Japan.

  2. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, Jian Ping Gong, “Cleaning and Curing of In Vitro Motility Assay System”, Soft Interface International Mini-symposium on Biomaterials Science (SIMS2012), March 2012, Tsukuba, Japan.

  3. Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, “Motion characteristics of biological molecular motors in static dynamic extension field (microtubule/kinesin system)”, 6th Biotechnology and Chemistry Symposium, September 2012, Hokkaido, Japan.

  4. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Hiroyuki Mayama, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Shear stress induced fragmentation of microtubules”, International Symposium on Advanced Soft Materials, October 2013, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  5. Shoki Wada, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Masaki Ito, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Formation of ring-shaped assembly of microtubules with a narrow size distribution at an air-buffer interface”, International Symposium on Advanced Soft Materials, October 2013, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  6. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Hiroyuki Mayama, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Shear stress induced fragmentation of microtubules”, The 14th RIES-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2013, Sapporo, Japan.

  7. Shoki Wada, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Masaki Ito, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Research on ring-shaped microtubules assemblies formed at the air-buffer interface”, The 14th RIES-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2013, Sapporo, Japan.

  8. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Akira Kakugo, Kazuki Sada, “In situ observation of buckling and breakage of microtubules under compressive stress”, International Workshop for Motor Proteins toward Emerging Nano Systems, April 2014, Kyoto University, Japan.

  9. Tanjina Afrin, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Cargo Transportation by Biomolecular Motor along Deformed Microtubule Track In Vitro”, The 10th Hokkaido University-Nanjing University Joint Symposium, August 2014, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  10. Md. Sirajul Islam, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Motility System for In Vitro Observation of Treadmilling and Elongation of Microtubules by TIRF Microscopy”, The 10th Hokkaido University-Nanjing University Joint Symposium, August 2014, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  11. Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “In situ observation of compressive stress induced deformation of microtubule”, The 15th Ries-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2014, Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo, Japan.

  12. Ren Sasaki, Shoki Wada, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Development of artificial cilia by microtubule-kinesin assembly”, The 15th Ries-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2014, Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo, Japan.

  13. Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Pattern formation of microtubules triggered by stretch stimuli”, The 15th Ries-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2014, Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo, Japan.

  14. Md. Sirajul Islam, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “In Vitro observation of Dynamic Instability and Treadmilling of Microtubules using Inert Chamber System”, The 15th Ries-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2014, Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo, Japan.

  15. Tanjina Afrin, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Biomolecular Motor-based Cargo Transportation along Deformed Microtubule Track In Vitro”, The 15th Ries-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2014, Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo, Japan.

  16. Md. Sirajul Islam, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “In vitro study of microtubule dynamics in the presence/ absence of ROS”, The 4th Frontier Chemistry Center International Symposium, February 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  17. Jakia Jannat Keya, Ryuhei Suzuki, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya, Akira Kakugo, “Programming of Swarm Robot Based on DNA Processed Biomolecular Motor System”, The 4th Frontier Chemistry Center International Symposium, February 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  18. Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Collective motion of microtubules in presence and absence of external indentation stress” The 4th Frontier Chemistry Center International Symposium, February 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  19. Tanjina Afrin, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akira Kakugo, “Effect of deformation of microtubule on biomolecular motor protein-based cargo transportation in vitro” The 4th Frontier Chemistry Center International Symposium, February 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan.

  20. Jakia Jannat Keya, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya and Akira Kakugo, “Construction of DNA Programmed Swarm Robots from a Biomolecular Motor System”, The 67th Divisional Meeting on Colloid & Interface Chemistry, September 22-24, 2016, Hokkaido University of Education, Asahikawa Campus, Japan.

  21. Jakia Jannat Keya, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya and Akira Kakugo, “DNA Programmed Logic-Gated Control of Swarming of a Biomolecular Motor System”, The 17th RIES-HOKUDAI International Symposium, December 13-14, 2016, Hokkaido, Japan.

  22. Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “Effect of external mechanical stress on active self-organization of microtubules”, The 67th Divisional Meeting on Colloidal and Surface Chemistry, August 2016, Ashikawa, Japan.

  23. Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “Effect of length and rigidity of microtubules on their collective motion”, The 17th RIES-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2016, Châteraisé Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo, Japan.

  24. Tasrina Munmun, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “Regulation of the motility of a nano-biomolecular machine using trimethylamine-N-oxide”, The 7th International Life-Science Symposium for Young Scientists (7th ILSS), November 2019, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

  25. Tasrina Munmun, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “Complete, rapid and reversible regulation of the motility of a nanobiomolecular machine using trimethylamine-N-oxide”, 2nd ICReDD International Symposium, November 2019, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

  26. Tasrina Munmun, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “A deep-sea osmolyte TMAO regulates the motility of a nano-biomolecular machine”, The 20th RIES-HOKUDAI International Symposium, December 2019, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

  27. Tasrina Munmun, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo, “Repeated on/off switching of the motility of a nano-biomolecular machine using a deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine-N-oxide”, Hokkaido University-National Central University Joint Symposium on Materials Chemistry and Physics 2019, December 2019, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

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