National Institute for Basic Biology
| Organizers | Takashi Horiuchi |
|---|---|
| Venue | Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan |
| Date | Nov. 4-7, 1998 |
| Program | |
| Wednesday, November 4 '98 | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Registration & Mixer |
| 14:00-14:10 | Opening Remark (Mohri, H& Ozeki, H) |
| Session I; Genome Project. | |
| Chair person; Isono, K. (Kobe Univ.) | |
| 14:10-14:40 | Makino, K. (Osaka Univ.) |
| "Genome Analysis of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli 0157:H7 Derived from Sakai Outbreak" | |
| 14:40-15:00 | Horiuchi, T. (Natl. Inst. Basic Bilo.) |
| "Comparison between Genomic Sequences of the Two E. coli strains, W3110 andMG1655." | |
| 15:00~ 15:25 | Tabata, S. (Kazusa DNA Res.) |
| "Genome Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana" | |
| 15:25-15:45 | Break |
| Session II; Genome Dynamics I | |
| Chair; Maki, H. (NAIST) | |
| 15:45-16:15 | Miller, J. (UCLA USA) |
| "Genomic Studies of Mutators and Mutations" | |
| 16:15-16:40 | Hiraga, S. (Kumamoto Univ.) |
| "Genetic Control of Chromosome Positioning in E. coei | |
| 16:40-17:05 | Kobayashi, T. (Natl. Inst. Basic Biol.) |
| "Physiological Function of the DNA Replication Fork Barrier (RFB) site in E. coli and Yeast" | |
| 17:05-17:30 | Mizobuchi, K. (Univ. Electro-Comm.) |
| "Organization and Diversification of Genomes of IncF and Incl Plasmids by Shuffling of Functional Modules" | |
| 17:40-19:30 | Welcome Party |
| Session III; Genome evolution and comparative genomics I | |
| Chair; Kanehisa, M. (Kyoto Univ.) | |
| 19:40-20:10 | Galperin, M. (NCBI USA) |
| "Families of Orthologous Enzymes from Complete Genomes: Use in Functional Annotation" | |
| 20:10-20:40 | |
| "Use of Paralogous Proteins to Trace Back the Evolution of Proteins and of Procaryotic Genomes" | |
| Session IV Functional analysis | |
| Chair;Miki,T. (Kyusyu Univ.) | |
| 20:40-21:05 | Mori, H. (NAIST) |
| "Proposal for Systematic Analysis of Escherichia coli in Post Genome Era" | |
| 21:05-21:30 | Murakami, Y. (RIKEN) |
| "Systematic Functioal Analysis of Novel Genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae" | |
| Thursday, November 5 | |
| Session IV; Genome evolution and comparative genomics II | |
| Chair; Sugawara, H. (Nat. Inst. Genetics) | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Kanehisa, M. (Kyoto Univ.) |
| "Prediction of Biochemical Pathways from Complete Genome Sequences and Gene Expression Profiles" | |
| 9:30-10:00 | Overbeek, R. (Argonne Natl. Lab. USA) |
| "Clues to Function from Comparative Analysis" | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Lichtarge, O. (Baylor College of Med. USA) |
| "The Evolutionary Trace: a tree-based method of genome comparison that integrates sequence, structure and function information." | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| Chair; Mori, H. (NAIST) | |
| 10:45-11:10 | Ohsawa, K. (ERATO) |
| "Analysis of the E. coli Genome by Two Dimensional Pattern Formation with Coloration" | |
| 11:00-11:35 | Sugawara, H. (Natl. Inst. Genetics) |
| "Role of a Public Database in the Study of Microbial Genomes" | |
| 11:35-12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30-16:30 | Excursion (to Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum by Bus) |
| 16:30-18:30 | Poster Session |
| 18:30- | Evening meal |
| Friday, November 6 | |
| Session V; Global gene regulation | |
| Chair; Aiba, H. (Nagoya Univ.) | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Ishihama, A. (Natl. Inst. Genetics) |
| "Control of the Promoter Selectivity and Transcription Activity of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase" | |
| 9:30-9:55 | Nakamura, Y. (Tokyo Univ.) |
| "Molecular Mimicry between Protein and tRNA" | |
| 9:55-10:20 | Inokuchi, H. (Kyoto Univ.) |
| "Organization of tRNA Genes and Search for Other tRNA like Structures in the Whole Genome of E. coli" | |
| 10:20-10:50 | Break |
| Chair; Mizuno, T. (Nagoya, Univ.) | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Netzer, WJ. (Cornell Univ. Grad. Sch. Med. Sci., USA) |
| "Has the E. coli Genome Been Shaped by Mechanics of Protein Folding ? " | |
| 11:20-11:45 | Ito, K. (Kyoto Univ.) |
| "Cellular Machinery for Translocation, Folding, and Degradation of Cell SurfaceProteins" | |
| 11:45-12:10 | Tokuda, H. (Tokyo Univ.) |
| "Many Lipoproteins Predicted in E. coli,; Their Expression, Membrane Localization, and Functions" | |
| 12:10-13:30 | Lunch |
| Chair; Ishihama, A. (Nat. Inst. Genetics) | |
| 13:30-13:55 | Mizuno, T. (Nagoya Univ.) |
| "His-Asp Phosphorelay: from Bacteria to Plants" | |
| 13:55-14:20 | Yura, T. (HSP Research) |
| "Regulation of the Heat Shock Transcription Factor Sigma 32 and Its Homologs" | |
| 14:20-14:50 | Inouye, M. (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School USA) |
| "Why does E. coli contain as many as nine CspA homologues while M. tuberculosis contains only two ? " | |
| 14:50-15:15 | Ogura, T. (Kumamoto Univ.) |
| "Cellular Activities Controlled by The Bacterial AAA Protease, FtsH" | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Break |
| Chair; Nakamura, Y. (Univ. Tokyo) | |
| 15:45-16:10 | Aiba, H. (Nagoya Univ.) |
| "Glucose Repression and Glucose Induction in Escherichia coli" | |
| 16:10-16:40 | Paulsen, I. (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) |
| "Microbial Genome Analyses: Global Comparisons of Transport Capabilities Based on Phylogenies, Bioenergetics and Substrate Specificities" | |
| 16:40-17:05 | Nakano, A. (RIKEN) |
| "The RER2 Gene Family Encodes cis-Prenyltransferase, a Key Enzyme that is Essential for the Dolichol Synthesis in Eukaryotes and for the Carrier Lipid Formation in Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis" | |
| 17:05-17:30 | Tobe, T. (Tokyo Univ.) |
| "Molecular Basis of Virulence Expression in Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)" | |
| 18:30- | Banquet & Concert |
| Saturday, November 7 | |
| Session VI; Genome dynamics II | |
| Chair; Shinagawa, H. (Osaka Univ.) | |
| 9:00-9:25 | Niki, H. (Kumamoto Univ.) |
| "Dynamic Organization of Choromosomal DNA during the Cell Division Cycle in Escherichia coli" | |
| 9:25-9:55 | Comet, F. (CNRS Toulouse, France) |
| "Regulation of chromosome dimers resolution in E. coli" | |
| 9:55-10:20 | Kato, J. (Univ. Tokyo) |
| "Identification and Characterization of a Novel Gene, hda, Which is Involved in DNA Replication" | |
| 10:20-10:40 | Break |
| Chair; Hiraga, S. (Kumamoto Univ.) | |
| 10:40-11: 10 | Michel, B. (INRA France) |
| "The Role of Homologous Recombination during Chromosomal Replication in E. coli" | |
| 11:10-11:35 | Shinagawa, H. (Osaka Univ.) |
| "Molecular Mechanism of Hmologous Recombination in E. coli: Resolution of Holliday Recombination Intermediates by RuvA, RuvB and RuvC Poteins" | |
| 11:35-12:00 | Ohtubo, E. (Tokyo Univ.) |
| "Identification and characterization of IS elements residing on the E. coliK-12 chromosomes" | |
| 12:00-12:25 | Maki, H. (NAIST) |
| "Molecular Mechanisms of Spontaneous Mutagenesis in Escherichia coli" | |
| 12:25-12:35 | Conclusion Remark (Yura, T) |
