★ Program
| November 22(Mon) |
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| 10:00〜10:10 | Opening remarks |
Session 1 Epigenomics I (chair Takashi Shinohara) |
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| 10:10〜10:35 | O-1 Toru Nakano
DNA methylation in early embryogenesis and spermatogenesis |
| 10:35〜11:00 | O-2 Haruhiko Koseki
Genetic dissection for epigenetic regulations in male meiosis of mice |
| 11:00〜11:20 | -- Coffee break -- |
Plenary lecture (chair Yoichi Shinkai) |
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| 11:20〜12:05 | John Gurdon Epigenetic and transcriptional changes in somatic cell nuclei transplanted to amphibian eggs and oocytes |
| 12:05〜13:25 | --Lunch -- |
Poster session I |
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| 13:25〜14:45 | Odd number posters |
Session 2 Cloned animal (chair Masaru Okabe) |
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| 14:50〜15:15 | O-3 Teruhiko Wakayama
Nuclear reprogramming potential of oocyte for parthenogenetic cell |
| 15:15〜15:40 | O-4 Atsuo Ogura
Critical involvement of aberrant X chromosome inactivation in the defective development of cloned embryos |
| 15:40〜16:00 | -- Coffee break -- |
Session 3 Stem cells I (chair Kuniya Abe) |
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| 16:00〜16:25 | O-5 Masaru Okabe
Establishment of a rat ES cell line and a formation of chimeric animals by injection of rat ES cells into mouse blastocyst |
| 16:25〜16:50 | O-6 Shaorong Gao
Pluripotency of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells |
| 16:50〜17:15 | O-7 Hans Scholer
Induction of pluripotency in adult stem cells |
November 23(Tue) |
| Session 4 Stem cells II (chair Mitinori Saitou) | |
| 9:30〜9:55 | O-8 Yoichi Shinkai
Histone methyltransferase ESET constrains proviral transcription in embryonic stem cells |
| 9:55〜10:20 | O-9 Takashi Shinohara Purification of spermatogonial stem cells in germline stem cell |
| 10:20〜10:45 | O-10 Anne Ferguson-Smith Epigenetic control of imprinted gene dosage in the regulation of the stem cell niche |
| 10:45〜11:05 | -- Coffee break -- |
Plenary lecture (chair Hiroyuki Sasaki) |
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| 11:05〜11:50 | Azim Surani A journey through the mammalian germ line |
11:50〜13:10 | -- Lunch/ Executive meeting -- |
Poster session II |
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| 13:10〜14:30 | Even number posters |
Session 5 Germ cell development I (chair Satoshi Tanaka) |
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| 14:35〜15:00 | O-11 Yasuhisa Matsui
Epigenetic mechanisms underlying germ cell formation and their survival |
| 15:00〜15:25 | O-12 Mitinori Saitou Specification of germ cell fate in mice in vivo and in vitro |
| 15:25〜15:50 | O-13 William Kelly Epigenetic reprogramming and transcriptional regulation in the primordial germ cells of C. elegans |
| 15:50〜16:10 | -- Coffee break -- |
Session 6 Germ cell development II (chair Yasuhisa Matsui) |
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| 16:10〜16:35 | O-14 Kuniya Abe
Gene expression in embryonic pluripotential cells and germ cells in mice |
| 16:35〜17:00 | O-15 Yumiko Saga Molecular functions of Nanos2 as a switcher of sexual differentiation of germ cells |
| 17:00〜17:25 | O-16 David Page Licensing gametogenesis: A Dazl-dependent transition that precedes sexual differentiation of fetal germ cells |
| 18:00〜20:00 | -- Reception -- |
November 24(Wed) |
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| Session 7 RNA silencing (chair Toru Nakano) | |
| 9:30 - 9:55 | O-17 Shinichiro Chuma
Germline tudor genes, germinal granules and spermatogenesis in mice |
| 9:55 - 10:20 | O-18 Hiroyuki Sasaki Genomic imprinting, DNA methylation and small RNA in male germ cell development |
| 10:20 - 10:45 | O-19 Haifan Lin Drosophila Piwi functions in Hsp90-mediated suppression of phenotypic variation |
| 10:45 - 11:05 | -- Coffee break -- |
Session 8 Epigenomics II (chair Atsuo Ogura) |
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| 11:05〜11:30 | O-20 Satoshi Tanaka
DNA methylation profile of mouse stem cells and their origin |
| 11:30〜11:55 | O-21 Tomohiro Kono Methylomes and transcriptomes in mouse germ cells |
| 11:55〜12:20 | O-22 Bradley Cairns The epigenome of zebrafish sperm |
12:20〜13:40 | -- Lunch -- |
Session 9 Reprogramming (chair Haruhiko Koseki) |
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| 13:45〜14:10 | O-23 Fugaku Aoki
Involvement of histone variants replacement in the genome remodeling after fertilization |
| 14:10〜14:35 | O-24 Jorn Walter Epigenomic reprogramming in the mouse zygote - hydroxylation enters the stage |
| 14:35〜15:00 | O-25 Wolf Reik Mechanisms and functions of epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian development |
| 15:00〜15:10 | Closing remarks |