The 57th NIBB Conference
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(As of September, 30)
October 14 (Thu) at Okazaki Conference Center
09:00-09:30
Registration at the Conference Center
Chair: Takashi Horiuchi
09:30-10:30
Keynote lecture
“Genomic Stability under Oxidative Stress”
Mutsuo Sekiguchi (Fukuoka Dental College, Japan)
Session 1 (Bacterial Genome and Genome Rearrangement)
Chair: Katsuki Johzuka
10:30-11:15
“The boundaries of the Ter Domain in Bacterial Nucleoid”
Hironori Niki (NIG, Japan)
11:15-11:35
Coffee Break
11:35-12:20
“Molecular Regulation of Recombinase-Mediated Strand Exchange Reactions, A Central Reaction of Homologous Recombination”
Hiroshi Iwasaki (Tokyo inst. of Tech, Japan)
12:20-14:30
Lunch & Poster at the Conference Hall
List of Poster titles
Chair: Hiroshi Iwasaki
14:30-15:15
“Programmed Genome Rearrangements in Tetrahymena: Links to RNAi and Transposons”
Meng-Chao Yao (IMB, Taiwan)
Session 2 (Gene Amplification Ⅰ)
Chair: Meng-Chao Yao
15:15-16:00
“Regulation of Ribosomal RNA Gene Copy Number and Its Role in Modulating Genome Integrity in Yeast”
Takehiko Kobayashi (NIG, Japan)
16:00-16:20
Coffee Break
16:20-17:05
“Gene Amplification in Chromosomal and Extrachromosomal Context”
Noriaki Shimizu (Hiroshima Univ., Japan)
October 15 (Fri) at Okazaki Conference Center
Session 2 (Gene Amplification Ⅱ)
Chair: Takehiko Kobayashi
09:00-09:45
“A Comprehensive Model of Gene Amplification Centering on Double Rolling-Circle Replication (DRCR)”
Taka-aki Watanabe (NIBB, Japan)
09:45-10:30
“Double Rolling Circle Replication (DRCR) is Recombinogenic”
Takashi Horiuchi (NIBB, Japan)
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
Session 3 (Condensin and Cohesin)
Chair: Tatsuya Hirano
10:50-11:35
“Hdac8 is a cohesin deacetylase that is required for recycling of cohesion”
Katsuhiko Shirahige (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
11:35-12:20
“Association of Condensin with The Chromosome: Mechanism and Its Effect on Transcriptional Silencing”
Katsuki Johzuka (NIBB, Japan)
12:20-13:30
Lunch & Poster at the Conference Hall
List of Poster titles
Chair: Katsuhiko Shirahige
13:30-14:15
“Mitotic Chromosome Condensation by Condensin-Dependent Intrachromosomal DNA Interactions”
Sebastian Heeger (LRI, UK)
14:15-15:00
“A Tale of Two Condensins: Differential Regulation and Concerted Actions”
Tatsuya Hirano (RIKEN, Japan)
15:00-15:20
Coffee Break
Session 4 (mtDNA and cpDNA Dynamics)
Chair: Ľubomír Tomáška
15:20-16:05
“Bases of Break-Induced Replication in Mitochondrial Genome Dynamics”
Takehiko Shibata (RIKEN, Japan)
16:05-16:50
“Chromosomal DNA Molecules in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts”
Arnold Bendich (Univ. Washington, USA)
16:50-17:10
Coffee Break
Chair: Takehiko Shibata
17:10-17:55
“Tinkering with Yeast Telomeres”
Ľubomír Tomáška (Comenius Univ., Slovakia)
18:30
Reception at the Conference Hall
October 16 (Sat) at Okazaki Conference Center
Session 5 (Mutation and Gene Evolution)
Chair: Joakim Näsvall
09:00-09:45
“Spontaneous Mutagenesis Associated with Nucleeotide Excision Repair in
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Hisaji Maki (NAIST, Japan)
09:45-10:30
“Genome Integrity Preserved by Induction of Apoptosis from DNA Damage”
Masumi Hidaka (Fukuoka Dental College, Japan)
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
Chair: Hisaji Maki
10:50-11:35
“DNA Methylation and Heterochromatin Formation in Neurospora Crassa”
Michael Rountree (Univ.Oregon, USA )
11:35-12:20
“An Experimental Model System for the Evolution of New Genes under Continuous Selection”
Joakim Näsvall (Uppsala Univ., Sweden)
12:20-12:30
Concluding remarks
Meng-Chao Yao (IMB, Taiwan)
12:30-13:30
Lunch at the Conference Hall
Contact : conf57@nibb.ac.jp
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