National Institute for Basic Biology
| Organizers | Mikio Nishimura, NIBB |
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| Venue | Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan |
| Date | Jun. 14-17, 2006 |
| Link | Official Website （http://www.nibb.ac.jp/conf53/） |
| Poster |
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Because they spread their roots in the ground, plants must survive in a given environment. In order to adapt, they utilize environmental changes in the life cycle as important signals that are necessary for their survival. Recent studies have shown that plant cells can induce, degenerate and differentiate their organelles to adapt to environmental changes.
This conference provided an excellent opportunity to review recent advances in the field of plant organelle studies with special emphasis on their dynamics. Thirty-three lectures were presented in five sessions, namely 1) Differentiation and degradation, 2) Biogenesis and protein transport, 3) Post-genome approach, 4) Metabolic regulation and signal transduction, and 5) Integrated functions. Over 200 researchers, including 20 researchers from overseas, participated in the conference, which also included one plenary lecture and 89 poster presentations.
The participants were inspired to develop their own research on dynamic organelles. The conference was well-timed to provide an excellent opportunity to clarify the molecular mechanisms underling organelle dynamics in plants.
The conference was supported by JSPS (Japanese Society of Promotion of Science), Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research of Priority Areas on “Organelle Differentiation”, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan Plant Science Foundation and the Daiko Foundation.
| Program | |
| Friday, October 18th | |
| 8:00 ~ 8:50 | REGISTRATION |
| 8:50~9:00 | WELCOME ADDRESS: Motoya Katsuki, Director of NIBB |
| Session 1 | Chair: P. Koopman |
| 9:00~9:30 | 1. David Zarkower: DM domain proteins and sexual dimorphism. |
| 9:30~10:00 | 2. Yoshitaka Nagahama: Molecular mechanisms of sex determination and gonadal sex differentiation in fish. |
| 10:00~10:30 | 3. Manfred Schartl: Evolution of Sex Determination Genes in Fish. |
| 10:30~11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| Session 2 | Chair: K. Shimada |
| 11:00~11:15 | 4. Mariko Kondo: A duplicated copy of DMRT1 in the sex determining region of the Y chromosome of the medaka, Oryzias latipes. |
| 11:15~11:30 | 5. Sok-Keng Tong: The expression of CYP19A during zebrafish gonad differentiation. |
| 11:30~12:00 | 6. Masahisa Nakamura: The expression of SOX9, SF-1/Ad4BP, DAX-1, DMRT1 and P450AROMATASE in Amphibian gonads. |
| 12:00~12:30 | 7. Craig Smith: Candidate Chicken Sex-Determining Genes. |
| 12:30~13:30 | LUNCH (at dining room) |
| Session 3 | Chair: R. Behringer |
| 13:30~13:45 | 8. lchirou Yamamoto: Gene expression in chicken embryonic gonads. |
| 13:45~14:00 | 9. Hidefumi Yoshioka: Signaling and transcriptional control of gonadal organogenesis in chick embryos. |
| 14:00~14:30 | 10. Peter Koopman: Molecular genetics of ovarian development :Leaping into the unknown. |
| 14:30~15:00 | 11. Francis Poulat: Function and regulation of SRY and SOX9 proteins during mammalian sex determination. |
| 15:00~15:30 | 13. Colin Bishop: A major locus on mouse chromosome 18 controls XX sex reversal in ods mice. |
| 15:30~16:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| Session 4 | Chair: R. Lovell-Badge |
| 16:00~16:30 | 14. Richard Behringer: Requirement of BMPR-IA/ALK3 in müllerian ductregression. |
| 16:30~17:00 | 15. Blanche Capel: Cell Signaling pathways in Testis Development.III |
| 17:00~17:30 | 16. Kenneth Albrecht: SRY expression level and protein isoform differences play a role in abnormal testis development in C57BL/6J mice carrying certain SRY alleles. |
| 19:00~21:00 | RECEPTIONAT OKAZAKI NEW GRAND HOTEL |
| Saturday, October 19th | |
| Session 5 | Chair: Y. Nagahama |
| 9:00 ~ 9:30 | 17. Ken-ichirou Morohashi: Molecular mechanisms underlying gonad differentiation. |
| 9:30~10:00 | 18. Keith Parker: Tissue-specific knockouts of steroidogenic factor. |
| 10:00~10:30 | 26. Colin Clyne: Regulation of estrogen production by the nuclear receptor LRH-1. |
| 10:30~11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| Session 6 | Chair: B. Capel |
| 11:00~11:30 | 20. Amanda Swain: The role ofwnt4 in gonad development. |
| 11:30~12:00 | 21. Anne McLaren: Germ cell- somatic cell interactions during sex determination. |
| 12:00~12:30 | 22. Norio Nakatsuji: Differentiation of OOCYTES and spermatogonia from mouse primordial germ cells. |
| 12:30~13:30 | LUNCH (at dining room) |
| Session 7 | Chair: L. Jameson |
| 13:30~13:45 | 23. Miwako Yamamoto: Identification of genes encoding secreted or cell-surface proteins preferentially expressed in male genital ridges of mice. |
| 13:45~14:00 | 24. Kozo Nagai: Molecular evolution of SRY and SOX. |
| 14:00~14:30 | 25. Bon-chu Chung: Function of steroid hormones in sex differentiation. |
| 14:30~15:00 | 27. Kenneth Korach: Molecular developmental phenotypes in estrogen receptor knock-out mice. |
| 15:00~15:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| Session 8 | Chair : B-C. Chung |
| 15:30~15:45 | 28. Tsutomu Ogata: Micropenis and the 5a-reductase-2(SRD5A2)gene: Mutation and V89L polymorphism analysis in 81 Japanese patients. |
| 15:45~16:15 | 29. Kenji Fujieda: Molecular pathogenesis oflipoid adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal hypoplasia congenita |
| 16:15~16:45 | 30. Gen Yamamda: External genitalia formation; Molecular basis for an 'attractive'morphogenesis. |
| Sunday, October 20th | |
| Session 9 | Chair: K. Korach |
| 9:00~9:30 | 31. Eric Vilain: Genetics of sexual development. |
| 9:30~10:00 | 32. Larry Jameson: Unusual Clinical Phenotypes Caused by SF-1 and DAX-1 Mutations. |
| 10:00~10:30 | 33. Shigeaki Katoh: Lesson from Androgen receptor knockout mouse. |
| 10:30~11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| Session 10 | Chair: K. MOROHASI |
| 11:00~11:30 | 34. Vincent Harley: How does SRY determine sex? |
| 11:30~12:00 | 35. Andreas Schedl: The role of Wnt1 and Sox9 during sex determination. |
| 12:00~12:30 | 36. Robin Lovell-Badge: How does SRY act in mammalian sex determination? |
| 12:30~12:40 | CLOSING REMARKS: Keith Parker |
| 12:40~14:00 | CLOSING LUNCH (at dining room) |
