Symposium/Meeting

Meeting

Discussion between the meetings	The second floor of the EMMA facility (ISS)
Dinner with Dr. Nadia Rosenthal in Rome

Program
Wednesday 19 April
9:00	Shuttle departure from Best Western
9:30	Welcome - Nadia Rosenthal: Introduction to the EMBL Mouse Biology Unit
10:00-12:00	Cornelius Gross
10:20-10:50	Walter Witke: Actin dynamics in the synapse regulates neurotransmitter release and complex behaviour
10:50-11:10	Liliana Minichiello
11:10-11:30	Claus Nerlov: Genetic analysis of C/EBP function
11:30-11:40	COFFEE
11:40-12:30	Naoto Ueno: Introduction. The role of Prickle in the mouse development
12:30-14:00	LUNCH
14:00-14:20	Hitoshi Sakano: Transgenic analysis of the mouse olfactory system
14:20-14:40	Yumiko Saga: Mechanism of somite segmentation
14:40-15:00	Toshihiko Shiroishi: Exploration of genome function based upon mouse inter-subspecific difference
15:00-15:30	Tour of Monoclonal Antibody Facility
15:30-16:00	Tour of Animal House
16:00-16:45	Tour of Phenotyping Facility
17:00	Shuttle back to Best Western
19:00	Shuttle from Best Western to Rome
20:00	DINNER
23:00	Shuttle back to Best Western

Thursday 20 April
9:00	Shuttle departure from Best Western
9:30-9:50	Shinichi Aizawa: Otx2 gene cascade in A-P axis formation
9:50-10:10	Shinji Takada:A gene trap screening for identification of Wntresponsive genes
10:10-10:30	Toshikumi Sasaoka:Role of the sarcoglycan complex in the muscle degeneration and hypertrophy in the sarcoglycandeficient mice
10:30-10:50	Yoichi Gondo:Forward and reverse genetics with ENU mouse mutagenesis at RIKEN
10:50-11:10	COFFEE
11:10-12:30	Glauco Tocchini-Valentini:Introduction. EMMA-ICBEG-IBC
12:30-14:00	LUNCH
14:00-15:00	Tour of EMMA
15:00-	Final remarks - END