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February 18 (Tuesday) Morning |
9:30 |
Welcome Address: Hideo Mohri, Director General, NIBB |
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Opening Remarks: Goro Eguchi, President, Kumamoto University |
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Session 1. Chairpersons: Toshitaka Fujisawa and Volker Schmid |
9:45-10:20 |
T. Fujisawa, H. Shimizu, T. Takahashi, Y. Muneoka, O. Koizumi, and T. Sugiyama |
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Isolation and Characterization of Morphogenetic Peptides in Hydra |
10:20-10:55 |
R.E. Steele |
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The Molecular Circuitry of Hydra Patterning |
10:55-11:10 |
Coffee Break |
11:10-11:45 |
B. Aerne, H. Gröger, L. Masuda-Nakagawa, T.L. Pan, S. Reber-Müller, J. Spring and V. Schmid |
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Gene Expression in the in vitro Transdifferentiation of Striated Muscle Cells of Hydrozoan Medusa |
11:45-12:20 |
H. Gröger, B. Aerne, L. Masuda-Nakagawa, T.L.Pan, S. Reber-Müller, P. Schuchert, J. Spring and V. Schmid |
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Pattern Formation in the Life Cycle of the Marine Hydrozoan Podocoryne carnea |
12:20-15:00 |
Lunch Break |
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February 18 (Tuesday) Afternoon |
Session 2. Chairpersons: Shin-ichi Abe and Emili Saló |
15:00-15:35 |
K. Agata, C. Kobayashi, T. Tanaka, K. Kato, M. Katsuta, N. Shibata, Y. Umesono, H. Orii and K. Watanabe |
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Pattern Formation along A-P, D-V and L-R Axis in Planarian |
15:35-16:10 |
E. Saló, E. Castillo, A.M. Muñoz-Mármol, J.R. Bayascas and J. Font |
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Planarian Homeobox Genes: an Example of Functional Conservation in Triploblastic Organ and Cell Determination |
16:10-16:25 |
Coffee Break |
16:25-17:00 |
JR. Bayascas, E. Castillo, A.M. Muñoz-Mármol, J. Tauler, J. Garcia-Fernàndez, J. Baguñà and E. Saló |
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Planarian Hox Genes and Axial Polarity |
17:00-17:35 |
S. Abe, Y. Nakayama and T. Yamamoto |
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Proliferation of Spermatogonia and Initiation of Meiosis in vitro by Mammalian FSH in the Japanese Newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster |
17:35-18:10 |
H. Weissig, L.L. Richardson, C. Sikström, C. Hiort, K. Smans, P.G. Olsson and J.L. Millán |
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Identification and Characterization of Transcripts Expressed Differentially during Germ Cell Differentiation, Germ Cell-Sertoli Cell Interaction and in Testicular Germ Cell Tumors. |
18:15 |
Reception |
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Februrary 19 (Wednesday) Morning |
Session 3. Chairpersons: Panagiotis A. Tsonis and Yutaka Imokawa |
9:30-10:05 |
P. Savard, M. Beauchemin, M. Tremblay, N. Noiseux and P.A. Tsonis |
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Homeobox Gene Expression and Positional Information in the Newt Limb Regeneration Blastema |
10:05-10:40 |
Y. Imokawa, K. Miyazaki and K. Yoshizato |
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Expression of Genes Associated with the Newt Limb Regeneration |
10:40-10:55 |
Coffee Break |
10:55-11:30 |
P.A. Tsonis, C. D'Jamoos, JC.Jung and K. Del Rio-Tsonis |
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Expression of FGF Receptors in Lens and Limb Regeneration |
11:30-12:05 |
K. Del Rio-Tsonis, J.C. Jung and P.A. Tsonis |
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Regulation of Homeobox-Containing Genes in Lens Regeneration |
12:05-13:30 |
Lunch |
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Februrary 19 (Wednesday) Afternoon |
Session 4. Chairpersons: Thomas Reh and Atsushi Kuroiwa |
13:30-14:05 |
H.-G. Simon, R. Kittappa and S. Oppenheimer |
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A Novel Family of T-Box Genes in Amphibian Limb Development and Regeneration: Candidates for Vertebrate Forelimb/Hindlimb Patterning |
14:05-14:40 |
H. Yokoyama, T. Endoh, K. Tamura and H.Ide |
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Limb Bud Development and Regenration in Xenopus laevis |
14:40-15:15 |
Y. Yokouchi, J. Sakiyama, T. Kameda, H. Iba, A. Suzuki, N. Ueno and A. Kuroiwa |
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The Role of BMP-2/-4 and Hox Genes in Limb Pattern Formation |
15:15-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
15:30-16:05 |
M. Mochii and Goro Eguchi |
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Role of Microphthalmia in Transdifferentiation of Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells |
16:05-16:40 |
T. Reh, C. Pittack, N. Fox, B. Dierks and O. Bermingham-McDonogh |
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Activin and Follistatin in the Development and Regeneration of the Retina |
16:40-17:20 |
G.E. Pollerberg |
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Cell Adhesion Molecules and Guidance Molecule Receptors in Regenerating Chick Retinal Axons |
17:20-20:00 |
Buffet |
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February 20 (Thursday) Morning |
Session 5. Chairpersons: Kunio Matsumoto and Bruce C. Carlson |
9:00-9:35 |
T. Saito, H. Sakai, C. Chiba and Y. Kaneko |
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Regeneration of Newt Retina: Immunohistochemical and Electro-Physiological Studies |
9:35-10:10 |
Y. Fukuda, M. Watanabe, T. Miyoshi and H. Sawai |
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Cell Type Specific Ability of Axonal Regeneration after Peripheral Nerve Graft in Retinal Ganglion Cells of Adult Cats |
10:10-10:45 |
B.M. Carlson |
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Tissue Plasticity under Conditions of Long-Term Denervation and Extreme Old Age |
10:45-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:00-11:35 |
K. Matsumoto, S. Aoki, H. Ohmichi and T. Nakamura |
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Roles of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Morphogenic Epithelial-Mesenchymal (-Stromal) Interactions |
11:35-12:10 |
Y. Otsuka, C. Shukunami, K. lyama and Y. Hiraki |
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A Role of FGF Signaling for Chondrogenesis during Regeneration of Epiphyseal Morphology in Full Thickness Defects of Articular Cartilage |
12:10 |
Closing Remarks: Ryuji Kodama, NIBB |