National Institute for Basic Biology
| Organizers | Toshihiko Fujimori (NIBB) Hiroshi Sasaki (Kumamoto University) |
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| Venue | Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan |
| Date | Jul. 10-12, 2013 |
| Link | Official Website （http://www.nibb.ac.jp/conf61/） |
| Poster |
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July 8 heralded the end of the Japanese rainy season just in time for this year's 61st annual NIBB conference on Cellular Community in Mammalian Embryogenesis, held from July 10th through the 13th. The end of the rainy season brought the summer heat, but the heated discussions inside the halls were no less intense. Thanks to support from a Grant in Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (MEXT) “Cell Community in Early Mammalian Development,” the conference hosted not just Japanese researchers, but speakers from England, Spain, Canada, China, Singapore, and Switzerland as well, with the final total of attendees and participants coming to just under 100 people, all gathered together to participate in, further, and listen to discussions of the latest research in early development in mammals.
Understanding of initial embryogenesis in mammals, particularly in mice, has advanced quite far from when the Scientific Research in Innovative Areas team first began their operations, with Japanese research groups often leading the field. Most of the first day was spent on presentations and discussions relating to research on pre-implantation embryos, with many attendees reporting astonishment at some of the findings. It was not a one-note session however, with presentations on embryology in mammals other than mice, quantitative analyses of post-implantation embryos and embryogenesis, and other related research as well. Both at home and abroad, chances for leading edge researchers to gather and discuss their findings are rare, with the tightly focused theme of this conference making this gathering even rarer, and one that will be remembered in years to come. Indeed, though throughout the world researchers sharing an interest in this topic are limited in number, it is our hope that this conference, through providing a central venue to gather, hold poster sessions, go on excursions, eat, drink, talk and discuss both findings and the future potential of that research, will prove to be a fruitful event for all involved. Many attendees voiced their hope that around the world, research conferences in a similar vein to this one will continue to be held. As the hosts of the 61st NIBB conference, we are humbled and delighted, and hope to be hosts and participants to more such conferences in the future, wherever they may be.
(Toshihiko Fujimori)
| July 10 (Wed) at the Okazaki Conference Center (OCC) | |
| 08:30 - 08:50 | Registration |
| Opening Remarks | |
| 08:50 - 09:00 | Toshihiko Fujimori (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan) |
| Session 1 | |
| Chair: Toshihiko Fujimori | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | “Digitizing Mouse Blastocyst Development To Investigate Inner Cell Mass Formation” |
| Shankar Srinivas (University. of Oxford, UK) | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | “Mechanisms of Position-dependent Specification of Cell Fates in Preimplantation Embryos” |
| Hiroshi Sasaki (Kumamoto University, Japan) | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | General Discussion |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee Break |
| Session 2 | |
| Chair: Yayoi Toyooka | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | “Lineage Specification and Plasticity in Preimplantation Development” |
| Berenika Plusa (The University of Manchester, UK) | |
| 11:10 - 11:40 | “Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Epithelial Polarization” |
| Atsushi Suzuki (Yokohama City University, Japan) | |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | “The Regulation and Importance of Nuclear Reformation Timing in the Mouse Zygotes” |
| Miho Ohsugi (The University of Tokyo, Japan) | |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | General Discussion |
| 12:30 - 13:20 | Lunch |
| Session 3 | |
| Chair: Yoh Wada | |
| 13:20 - 13:50 | “Imaging and Function of Proprotein Convertases in Preimplantation |
| Development” | |
| Daniel Constam (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switerland) | |
| 13:50 - 14:20 | “Uterine Notch-RBPJ Signaling is Essential for Normal Embryonic Axis Orientation |
| During Peri-implantation Development” | |
| Haibin Wang (Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) | |
| 14:20 - 14:50 | “Genesis of Asymmetry Through Reconstituted Lateral Inhibition” |
| Miki Ebisuya (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan) | |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | General Discussion |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| Session 4 | |
| Chair: Tetsuya Kobayashi | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | “Mechanism and Reconstitution in vitro of Germ Cell Development in Mice” |
| Mitinori Saitou (Kyoto University, Japan) | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | “Surviving Pluripotency. Who Picks Who Will Live and Who Will Die |
| in the Early Mammalian Embryo?” | |
| Tristan Rodriguez (Imperial College London, UK) | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | “How Cells Get Together with Right Tempo and Orientation - An Example from Social Amoeba” |
| Satoshi Sawai (The University of Tokyo, Japan) | |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | General Discussion |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Coffee Break |
| Session 5 | |
| Chair: Chikara Meno | |
| 17:40 - 18:30 | Short Talks from Posters |
| Poster Session | |
| 18:30 - 20:50 | Poster Session (Posterlist pdf. 61KB) ＆ Light meal |
| July 11 (Thu) at OCC | |
| Session 6 | |
| Chair: Hiroshi Sasaki | |
| 08:50 - 09:20 | “Blastomere Fate During Human Pre-implantation Embryo Development” |
| Carlos Simon (Fundación IVI; University of Valencia; Iviomics, Spain) | |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | “Restriction of Pluripotency in Development-Modeling in vitro” |
| Hitoshi Niwa (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan) | |
| 09:50 - 10:20 | “Signaling Pathways in Blastocyst Development” |
| Janet Rossant (University of Toronto, Canada) | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | General Discussion |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 7 | |
| Chair: Hitoshi Niwa | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | “Molecular Control of the Morula to Blastocyst Transition” |
| Paul Robson (Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore) | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | “Analyzing Stochastic Dynamics of Cellular & Multi-cellular Systems” |
| Tetsuya Kobayashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan) | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | General Discussion |
| 12:20 - 13:10 | Lunch |
| Session 8 | |
| Chair: Daniel Constam | |
| 13:10 - 13:40 | “Anterior-posterior Axis Formation in Amniotes” |
| Shinichi Aizawa (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan) | |
| 13:40 - 14:10 | “Generating and Sensing Fluid Flow by Cilia” |
| Hiroshi Hamada (Osaka University, Japan) | |
| 14:10 - 14:30 | General Discussion |
| 14:30 | Excursion + Free Discussion |
| 18:30 - 21:00 | Mixer |
| July 12 (Fri) at OCC | |
| Session 9 | |
| Chair: Isao Matsuo | |
| 08:50 - 09:20 | “Common Progenitors for Neurectoderm and Mesoderm are Present from Gastrulation |
| to Tail Bud Stage in Mouse” | |
| Elena Tzouanacou (University of Cambridge, UK) | |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | “Inhibitory Mechanisms Required for Deriving Specific Somatic Lineages |
| from the Epiblast” | |
| Hisato Kondoh (Osaka University, Japan) | |
| 09:50 - 10:20 | “Specification, Maintenance and Elimination of Axial Progenitors in Mouse” |
| Val Wilson (University of Edinburgh, UK) | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | General Discussion |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 10 | |
| Chair: Ryuichi Nishinakamura | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | “Analysis of the Dynamics of X Chromosome Inactivation by Nuclear Transfer” |
| Atsuo Ogura (RIKEN BioResource Center, Japan) | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | “TBA” |
| Hideyuki Okano (Keio University, Japan) | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | General Discussion |
| 12:20 - 13:10 | Lunch |
| Session 11 | |
| Chair: Shankar Srinivas | |
| 13:10 - 13:40 | “TBA” |
| Atsushi Mochizuki (RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Japan) | |
| 13:40 - 14:10 | “Behaviors of Cells and Gene Expression in Early Mouse Development” |
| Toshihiko Fujimori (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan) | |
| 14:10 - 14:40 | “Quantitative Information of Developmental Dynamics” |
| Shuichi Onami (RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Japan) | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | General Discussion |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee Break |
| Session 12 | |
| Chair: Atsushi Suzuki | |
| 15:20 - 15:50 | “Regulation and Function of Wnt Signaling in the Mouse Early Embryogenesis” |
| Chikara Meno (Kyushu University, Japan) | |
| 15:50 - 16:20 | “Modeling Lung Branching Morphogenesis” |
| Takashi Miura (Kyushu University, Japan) | |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | General Discussion |
| Closing Remarks | |
| 16:40 - 16:50 | Hiroshi Sasaki (Kumamoto University, Japan) |
