The 63rd NIBB Conference

Program

November 30 (Mon) at the Okazaki Conference Center (OCC)
9:00	Registration

Opening Remarks
10:00 - 10:30	Masayuki Yamamoto (Director General, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)
	Taisen Iguchi (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)

Lecture 1
10:30 - 11:15	“From Biomolecules to Behavior: Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Factors on Thyroid Hormone-Dependent Frog Metamorphosis”
	Caren C. Helbing (University of Victoria, Canada)

11:15 - 12:00	“Transgenerational Inheritance of Prenatal Obesogen Exposure”
	Bruce Blumberg (University of California, Irvine, USA)

12:00 - 12:10	Group Photo

12:10 - 13:00	Lunch

Session 1: Developmental plasticity and ecotoxicology
13:00 - 13:45	“Towards the Understanding of Sexually Dimorphic Horn Formation”
	Teruyuki Niimi (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)

13:45 - 14:30	“Evolutionary and Developmental Underpinnings of Insect Polyphenisms”
	Toru Miura (Hokkaido University, Japan)

14:30 - 14:50	Coffee Break

14:50 - 15:35	“Genomic revelations of mutualism: the pea aphid and its obligate bacterial symbiont”
	Shuji Shigenobu (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)

15:35 - 16:20	“Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Stress”
	Joseph R. Shaw (Indiana University, USA)

16:20 - 16:40	Coffee Break

16:40 - 17:25	“Phylotoxicology: Breaking the Artificial Divide Between Human- and Eco-toxicology”
	John Colbourne (The University of Birmingham, UK)

Poster Session & Mixer
17:30 - 19:30	Poster Session & Mixer Poster Title (PDF 75KB)



December 1 (Tue) at OCC
Session 2: Estrogen receptors and endocrine disruption
08:45 - 09:15	“Cloning and functional characterization of Holocephalan elephant shark, Callorhinchus milii, estrogen receptors”
	Yoshinao Katsu (Hokkaido University, Japan)

09:15 - 09:45	“Effects of Developmental Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol on Female Reproductive Organs of Mice”
	Tomomi Sato (Yokohama City University, Japan)

09:45 - 10:15	“Long-Term Influences of Environmental Factors on Sex Determination and Differentiation in the American Alligator”
	Satomi Kohno (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)

10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break

Lecture 2
10:30 - 11:15	“Environmental Gestagens disrupt Endocrine Systems in Amphibians”
	Werner Kloas (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany)

11:15 - 12:00	“Development and Application of Transgenic Fish for Endocrine Disruption Chemical Research”
	Charles R. Tyler (University of Exeter, UK)

12:00 - 13:00	Lunch

Lecture 3
13:00 - 13:45	“Environmental Signaling: The Past and Future of Endocrine Disruption”
	John A. McLachlan (Tulane University, USA)

13:45 - 14:00	Coffee Break

Session 3: Endocrine disruptors and fish biology
14:00 - 14:30	“Gene Expression of Vitellogenin, Choriogenin and Estrogen Receptors in the Livers of Male Medaka (Oryzias Latipes) Exposed to Equine Estrogens”
	Koji Arizono (Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Japan)

14:30 - 15:00	“Examination of Testing Method to Evaluate Androgenic and Anti-androgenic Potency of Chemicals Using Medaka (Oryzias latipes) and Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)”
	Masaki Nagae (Nagasaki University, Japan)

15:00 - 15:30	“Sex-reversal induced by steroidogenic chemicals in the medaka”
	Tohru Kobayashi (University of Shizuoka, Japan)

15:30 - 15:45	Coffee Break

Short Presentations
15:45 - 16:30	Short Presentations from posters

16:30 - 16:45	Coffee Break


Session 4: Environmental research and approaches for future
16:45 - 17:15	“Critical Appraisal and Perspectives on Gastropod Imposex Studies”
	Toshihiro Horiguchi (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)

17:15 - 17:45	“The Concept of “Signal Toxicity” for the Planning of Research on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Issues”
	Jun Kanno (National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan)

17:45 - 18:15	“Development of Regulatory Approaches to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Europe”
	Michael Roberts (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK)

December 2 (Wed) at OCC
Session 5: Endocrine disruptions in aquatic environment
08:45 - 09:15	“Endocrine disrupting chemicals for the invertebrate”
	Norihisa Tatarazako (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)

09:15 - 09:45	“Nuclear receptors in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, reveal clear sequence homology to vertebrate species but do not directly promote the use of molluscs as surrogates for vertebrate risk assessment”
	Tim P. Bean (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), UK)

09:45 - 10:15	“Do Environmental Estrogens Induce Feminization of Wild Fish in Coastal Waters?”
	Kiyoshi Soyano (Nagasaki University, Japan)

10:15 - 10:30	Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00	“The stickleback embryo toxicity test (sFET) as a platform for investigating chemical mode of action”
	Ioanna Katsiadaki (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), UK)

11:00 - 11:30	“Sexual Disruption in Roach in UK Rivers - Causes, Mechanisms and Consequences”
	Anke Lange (University of Exeter, UK)

11:30 - 12:00	“Effect assessment of pharmaceuticals of environmental concern- a multigenerational approach”
	Anu Kumar (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia)

12:00 - 12:10	Coffee Break

Closing Remarks	(Tribute to Louis J. Guillette Jr.)
12:10 - 12:40	Taisen Iguchi (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)
	John A. McLachlan (Tulane University, USA)

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