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Program
Okazaki Biology Conference, OBC 6 on
" Marine Biology "
December 2 – 8, 2007 |
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December 2,
2007 (Sun) at Okazaki New Grand Hotel |
Registration
at Okazaki New Grand Hotel |
17:30 ~ 18:30 |
Welcome Party
Welcome Address
OKADA, Kiyotaka (Director-General, NIBB, Japan) |
18:30 ~ |
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December 3,
2007 (Mon) at Okazaki Conference Center |
Registration
at Okazaki Conference Center |
10:00 ~ |
| Opening Remarks |
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OKADA, Kiyotaka (Director-General, NIBB, Japan) |
10:30 ~ 10:45 |
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SATOH, Nori (Kyoto Univ., Japan) |
10:45 ~ 10:55 |
| Plenary Lecture 1 |
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" Natural Selection in Genome Evolution "
BERNARDI, Giorgio (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy) |
11:00 ~ 12:00 |
| Lunch |
12:00 ~ 13:30 |
| Session 1. Reproduction |
| 1-1 |
" Cytoplasmic and Cortical Reorganizations that Pattern the Ascidian Embryo "
SARDET, Christian (CNRS UPMC, France)
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13:30 ~ 14:10 |
| 1-2 |
" Molecular Mechanism of the Regulation of Sperm Motility in the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis "
INABA, Kazuo (Univ. Tsukuba, Japan) |
14:10 ~ 14:50 |
| 1-3 |
" Extracellular Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Functioning as a Vitelline-Coat Lysin in Ascidians and Sea Urchins "
SAWADA, Hitoshi (Nagoya Univ., Japan) |
14:50 ~ 15:30 |
| Coffee Break |
15:30 ~ 16:00 |
| 1-4 |
" Sex Change in Coral Reef Fish "
NAKAMURA, Masaru (Univ. Ryukyus, Japan) |
16:00 ~ 16:40 |
| 1-5 |
" Environmental Control of Coral Spawning Behavior "
VIZE, Peter D. (Univ. Calgary, Canada) |
16:40 ~ 17:20 |
| 1-6 |
" Glycosignals for Fertilization "
HOSHI, Motonori (Open Univ., Japan) |
17:20 ~ 18:00 |
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December
4, 2007 (Tue) |
| Session 2. Evo-Devo |
| 2-1 |
" Deconstructing Deuterosomes: Origin of the Chordates "
SWALLA, Billie J. (Univ. Washington, USA) |
09:10 ~ 09:50 |
| 2-2 |
" Expression Patterns of Otx, Pax6 and Hox Genes during Development of Crinoids "
AKASAKA, Koji (Univ. Tokyo, Japan) |
09:50 ~ 10:30 |
| Coffee Break |
10:30 ~ 11:00 |
| Plenary Lecture 2 |
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" History of Biologging Science: the Best Journey of the World "
SATO, Katsufumi (Univ. Tokyo, Japan) |
11:00 ~ 12:00 |
| Lunch |
12:00 ~ 13:10 |
| Session 2. Evo-Devo (cont.) |
| 2-3 |
" Developmental Evolutionary Study of the Japanese Inshore Hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri) "
OTA, Kinya G. (RIKEN CDB, Japan) |
13:10 ~ 13:50 |
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" Evolution of Chordates and Their Genomes "
SATOH, Nori (Kyoto Univ., Japan) |
13:50 ~ 14:30 |
| Coffee Break |
14:30 ~ 14:45 |
| Session 3. Neurobiology & Physiology |
| 3-1 |
" Evolution of Excitability in Lower Metazoans: Structure and Function of Potassium Channels "
SPENCER, Andrew N. (Malaspina Univ.-College, Canada) |
14:45 ~ 15:25 |
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" How Do Animals Utilize Signals of Membrane Potentials?: Lessons from Two Voltage-Sensing Proteins "
OKAMURA, Yasushi (Okazaki Inst. Integrative Biosci., Japan) |
15:25 ~ 16:05 |
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" Invertebrate Deuterostomes, Marine Genomics and the Relevance of Model Organisms "
THORNDYKE, Michael C. (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden) |
16:05 ~ 16:45 |
| Coffee Break |
16:45 ~ 17:00 |
| 3-4 |
" A New Approach for Classical Osmoregulatory Hormones in Fishes "
SAKAMOTO, Tatsuya (Okayama Univ., Japan) |
17:00 ~ 17:40 |
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" The Derived Genome of Oikopleura and Its Biological Significance "
CHOURROUT, Daniel (Univ. Bergen, Norway) |
17:40 ~ 18:20 |
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" Integrative Approach to Adaptation in Hyperosmotic Marine Environment "
TAKEI, Yoshio (Univ. Tokyo, Japan) |
18:20 ~ 19:00 |
| Mixer at OCC (Okazaki Conference Center) |
19:00 ~ |
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December
5, 2007 (Wed) |
| Session 4. Marine Algae/Fungi |
| 4-1 |
" Marine Macro-Algae, a Challenge in Fundamental and Applied Marine Biology "
KLOAREG, Bernard (CNRS, Universit & eacute; Pierre et Marie Curie, France) |
09:10 ~ 09:50 |
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" Porphyra yezoensis as a Model for the Study on Origin and Evolution of Life Cycle "
SAGA, Naotsune (Hokkaido Univ., Japan) |
09:50 ~ 10:30 |
| Coffee Break |
10:30 ~ 11:00 |
| Session 5. Marine Genomics |
| 5-1 |
" Marine Genomics Europe, an Initiative for Empowering the Oceans "
BOYEN, Catherine (CNRS & Univ. Paris 6, France) |
11:00 ~ 11:40 |
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" Isochore Patterns and Gene Distributions in Fish Genomes "
BERNARDI, Giorgio (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy) |
11:40 ~ 12:20 |
| Lunch |
12:30 ~ 13:30 |
| 5-3 |
" Ecological Population Genomics of Non-Model Organisms "
MATZ, Mikhail V. (Univ. Texas, Austin, USA) |
13:30 ~ 14:10 |
| 5-4 |
" Medaka Genome Sequence: Insights into the Chromosomal Evolution and the Gene Evolution in Fish "
NARUSE, Kiyoshi (NIBB, Japan) |
14:10 ~ 14:50 |
| Coffee Break |
14:50 ~ 15:20 |
| Poster Short Talks (7min. for each Posters) & Poster Presentation |
15:20 ~ 17:30 |
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December 6,
2007 (Thu) |
| Excursion to Toba |
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December
7, 2007 (Fri) at Toba Hotel International |
| Session 6. Behavior |
| 6-1 |
" Bioluminescence Effector Systems in Dinoflagellates: Evolutions and Applications "
WIDDER, Edith A. (Ocean Research & Conservation Assoc., USA) |
09:10 ~ 09:50 |
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" Stroke Frequency of Aquatic Animals "
SATO, Katsufumi (Univ. Tokyo, Japan) |
09:50 ~ 10:30 |
| Coffee Break |
10:30 ~ 11:00 |
| 6-3 |
" The Migration of Freshwater Eel: the Process, Mechanism and Evolution "
TSUKAMOTO, Katsumi (Univ. Tokyo, Japan) |
11:00 ~ 11:40 |
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" Physiological Mechanisms of Imprinting and Homing Migration of Salmon "
UEDA, Hiroshi (Hokkaido Univ., Japan) |
11:40 ~ 12:20 |
| Lunch |
12:30 ~ 13:30 |
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Free Time |
13:30 ~ 16:30 |
| Session 7. Ecology |
| 7-1 |
" The Future of Planet Ocean "
KNOWLTON, Nancy (Smithsonian Institution, USA) |
16:30 ~ 17:10 |
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" Diverse Life History and Symbiosis in Corals and Other Cnidarians "
HIDAKA, Michio (Univ. Ryukyus, Japan) |
17:10 ~ 17:50 |
| 7-3 |
" Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Gamete Recognition Proteins in Sea Urchins "
LEVITAN, Don R. (Florida State Univ., USA) |
17:50 ~ 18:30 |
| Farewell Party |
19:00 ~ |
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December 8,
2007 (Sat) |
| Session 8. |
| 8-1 |
General Discussion
SATOH, Nori
LEVITAN, Don |
09:10 ~ 12:00 |
| 8-2 |
Current Status of Marine Stations
INABA, Kazuo (Univ. Tsukuba, Japan)
SPENCER, Andrew (Malaspina Univ.-College, Canada)
CHOURROUT, Daniel (Univ. Bergen, Norway)
BOYEN, Catherine (CNRS & Univ. Paris 6, France) |
| Closing Remarks |
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NAGAHAMA, Yoshitaka (Deputy Director-General, NIBB, Japan) |
12:00 ~ 12:10 |
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