Workshops at a Glance (pdf)

Day 1 Dec. 9 (Wed.)

Day 2 Dec. 10 (Thu.)

Day 3 Dec. 11 (Fri.)

Day 4 Dec. 12 (Sat.)

Date	No.	Session Theme
Day 1 (Dec 9 (Wed))	1W1	Metabolomics: A new approach to elucidating biology
	1W2	New Paradigm for Tumor Suppressor p53
	1W3	Integrative approaches towards evolutionary studies
	1W4	Molecular pathology of genetic instablity disorders
	1W5	Molecular dynamics of chromosome doubling apparatus
	1W6	Diversity achieved by RNA program
	1W7	New Frontier of Functional Regulation in the Nucleoid with High- Ordering Structure
	1W8	Signalosome-mediated basic principles common to plants and animals
	1W9	Nanobiology as a foundation of basic biology
	1W10	Structural and molecular evolution of the machinary of cytokinesis in eukaryotic cells
	1W11	Lymphostromal crosstalks in immune system development
	1W12	Leading-edge research on NF-kB, a mediator of inflammation and cancer development
	1W13	Frontier medical research using model animals
	1W14	Dissecting mechanisms of "sharp tricks" in symbiosis and parasitism
	1W15	Universal and unique features of heart development: insights into the mechanisms of general organogenesis
Day 2 (Day 10 (Thu))	2W2	Diverse roles of ubiquitin in regulating cellular functions
	2W3	Approaches for understanding the physicochemical field for genetic activities
	2W4	Novel insights into the roles for the spatial organization of chromosome territories and nuclear domains
	2W5	What every wet-lab scientist should know about bioinformatics and databases.
	2W6	Genomic stability under environmental stress
	2W7	Chromosome segregation and cell cycle progression
	2W8	Molecular and cellular mechanisms of mechanosensing
	2W9	Emerging Therapeutic Modalities for Neuromuscular Disorders
	2W10	Diversity and evolution of insects and related species
	2W11	Multiple control of cytokine regulators in homeostasis and host defense
	2W12	Fertilization and allogeneic authentication mechanisms in animals and plants
	2W13	Glycan in stem cells
	2W14	Notch Signaling: New Regulatory Mechanisms Revealed By Cell Biological Studies
	2W15	Forefront of structural biology into cell regulation mechanisms by post-translational protein modification and degradation
Day 3 (Dec 11 (Fri)	3W2	Genome network analysis opening the world of new biology and medical care.
	3W3	Cell cycle and chromatin regulation
	3W4	Transcriptional regulation by intrinsically disordered proteins
	3W5	Biology of TGF-β: a key regulator in a diverse array of biological phenomena
	3W6	Mechanisms for reproductive isolation and their relation to genome evolution
	3W7	Frontiers of bacterilal cell duplication
	3W8	New aspects of homologous recombination research
	3W9	Chronic inflammation: molecular basis of lifestyle-related disease and cancer
	3W10	What determines host-parasite or tissue/cell specificities: Molecular mechanisms for parasitic adaptation?
	3W11	Cilia: Assembly mechanisms and diverse biological functions
	3W12	Biological functions mediated by post-translational modifications in ER and　Golgi apparatus
	3W13	A new era of genetic studies on vertebrate organogenesis
	3W14	Bio-image processing: quantification and what is next
	3W15	Frontiers in RNA and Intron Evolution
Day 4 (Dec 12 (Sat))	4W2	Mechanism underlying directional cell migration
	4W3	Current Progress in TOR Research
	4W4	vasculodiversity in health and disease
	4W5	Molecular Mechanisms of meiosis
	4W6	Contribution of molecular biology to prevent global warming - Functional analysis of cellulosome super-complex for complete degradation of biomass
	4W7	In vivo molecular biology
	4W8	Clock genes to emerge as key molecules for etiology of cancer and metabolic disease
	4W9	Recent progress in molecular research of tetraspanin: its novel function from an etiologic standpoint
	4W10	Developmental timing: Molecular mechanisms for the temporal control of development and evolution of life histories
	4W11	Bioinformatics for phytochemical genomics
	4W12	New insights into mitochondrial function in metabolic adaptation and failure
	4W13	Functions of post-translational modification systems in suppressing genome aberration
	4W14	The nuclear envelope as a cell barrier for regulating gene expression
	4W15	Hierarchy in Chromatin Structure and Function

1W1
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 1(Conference Center 1F,Main Hall)

Metabolomics: A new approach to elucidating biology

Organizers: Tomoyoshi Soga (Keio Univ.), Hiroyasu Esumi (Natl. Cancer Centr. East)

1W2
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 2(Conference Center 3F,301)

New Paradigm for Tumor Suppressor p53

Organizers: Tomoaki Tanaka (Chiba Univ.), Tohru Minamino (Chiba Univ.)

1W3
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 3(Conference Center 3F,302)

Integrative approaches towards evolutionary studies

Organizers: Shigeru Kuratani (RIKEN), Kiyokazu Agata (Kyoto Univ.)

1W4
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 4(Conference Center 3F,303)

Molecular pathology of genetic instablity disorders

Organizers: Kaoru Sugasawa (Kobe Univ.), Masayuki Seki (Tohoku Univ.)

1W5
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 5(Conference Center 3F,304)

Molecular dynamics of chromosome doubling apparatus

Organizers: Toshiki Tsurimoto (Kyushu Univ.), Hisao Masukata (Osaka Univ.)

1W6
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 6(Conference Center 3F,Lounge)

Diversity achieved by RNA program

Organizers: Kunio Inoue (Kobe Univ.), Toshifumi Inada (Nagoya Univ.)

1W7
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 7(Conference Center 3F,311+312)

New Frontier of Functional Regulation in the Nucleoid with High- Ordering Structure

Organizers: Kaneyoshi Yamamoto (Hosei Univ.), Taku Oshima (NAIST)

1W8
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 8(Conference Center 3F,313+314)

Signalosome-mediated basic principles common to plants and animals

Organizers: Jun-ya Kato (NAIST), Minami Matsui (RIKEN)

1W9
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 9(Conference Center 4F,411+412)

Nanobiology as a foundation of basic biology

Organizers: Nobuo Shimamoto (Natl. Inst. of Genetics), Kunio Takeyasu (Kyoto Univ.)

1W10
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 10(Conference Center 4F,413)

Structural and molecular evolution of the machinary of cytokinesis in eukaryotic cells

Organizers: Hiroshi Hosoya (Hiroshima Univ.), Takashi Murata (Natl. Inst. Of Basic Biol.)

1W11
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 11(Conference Center 4F,414+415)

Lymphostromal crosstalks in immune system development

Organizers: Taishin Akiyama (Univ. of Tokyo), Yousuke Takahama (Univ. of Tokushima)

1W12
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 12(Conference Center 4F,416+417)

Leading-edge research on NF-kB, a mediator of inflammation and cancer development

Organizers: Jun-ichiro Inoue (Univ. of Tokyo), Shoji Yamaoka (Tokyo Med. Dent Univ.)

1W13
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 13(Conference Center 5F,501)

Frontier medical research using model animals

Organizers: Norio Ishida (AIST), Sumihare Noji (Univ. of Tokushima)

1W14
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 14(Conference Center 5F,502)

Dissecting mechanisms of "sharp tricks" in symbiosis and parasitism

Organizers: Masahiro Yamamoto (Osaka Univ.), Hirotaka Kanuka (Obihiro Univ. of Agr. and Vet. Med.)

1W15
December 9 (Wed), 13:15-15:45
Room 15(Conference Center 5F,503)

Universal and unique features of heart development: insights into the mechanisms of general organogenesis

Organizers: Naoyuki Miura (Hamamatsu Univ. Sch. of Med.), Hiroki Kurihara (Univ. of Tokyo)

2W2
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 2(Conference Center 3F,301)

Diverse roles of ubiquitin in regulating cellular functions

Organizers: Kazuhiro Iwai (Osaka Univ.), Kazuhisa Nakayama (Kyoto Univ.)

2W3
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 3(Conference Center 3F,302)

Approaches for understanding the physicochemical field for genetic activities

Organizers: Akatsuki Kimura (Natl. Inst. of Genetics), Chikashi Obuse (Hokkaido Univ.)

2W4
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 4(Conference Center 3F,303)

Novel insights into the roles for the spatial organization of chromosome territories and nuclear domains

Organizers: Satoshi Tasihro (Hiroshima Univ.), Kei-ishi Shibahara (Natl. Inst. of Genetics)

2W5
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 5(Conference Center 3F,304)

What every wet-lab scientist should know about bioinformatics and databases.

Organizers: Yasukazu Nakamura (Natl. Inst. of Genetics), Shoko Kawamoto (DBCLS)

2W6
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 6(Conference Center 3F,Lounge)

Genomic stability under environmental stress

Organizers: Mutsuo Sekiguchi (Fukuoka Dent. Coll.), Hisaji Maki (NAIST)

2W7
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 7(Conference Center 3F,311+312)

Chromosome segregation and cell cycle progression

Organizers: Takashi Ushimaru (Shizuoka Univ.), Ayumu Yamamoto (Shizuoka Univ.)

2W8
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 8(Conference Center 3F,313+314)

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of mechanosensing

Organizers: Takeshi Nikawa (Univ. of Tokushima), Shin'ichi Takeda (Natl. Centr. Of Neurology and Psychiatry)

2W9
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 9(Conference Center 4F,411+412)

Emerging Therapeutic Modalities for Neuromuscular Disorders

Organizers: Kinji Ohno (Nagoya Univ.), Shoichi Ishiura (Univ. of Tokyo)

2W10
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 10(Conference Center 4F,413)

Diversity and evolution of insects and related species

Organizers: Shigeo Hayashi (RIKEN), Toshiro Aigaki (Tokyo Meto. Univ.)

2W11
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 11(Conference Center 4F,414+415)

Multiple control of cytokine regulators in homeostasis and host defense

Organizers: Atsuko Masumi (Natl. Inst. Infect. Dis.), Tomohiko Tamura ( Yokohama City Univ.)

2W12
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 12(Conference Center 4F,416+417)

Fertilization and allogeneic authentication mechanisms in animals and plants

Organizers: Megumi Iwano (NAIST), Hitoshi Sawada (Nagoya Univ.)

2W13
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 13(Conference Center 5F,501)

Glycan in stem cells

Organizers: Shoko Nishihara (Soka Univ.), Seiji Hitoshi (Natl. Inst. For Physiological Sci.)

2W14
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 14(Conference Center 5F,502)

Notch Signaling: New Regulatory Mechanisms Revealed By Cell Biological Studies

Organizers: Motoo Kitagawa (Chiba Univ.), Kenji Matsuno (Tokyo Univ. of Sci.)

2W15
December 10 (Thu), 13:15-15:45
Room 15(Conference Center 5F,503)

Forefront of structural biology into cell regulation mechanisms by post-translational protein modification and degradation

Organizers: Toshio Hakoshima (NAIST), Shuya Fukai (Univ. of Tokyo)

3W2
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 2(Conference Center 3F,301)

Genome network analysis opening the world of new biology and medical care.

Organizers: Etsuko Miyamoto-Sato (Keio Univ.), Hiroshi Yanagawa (Keio Univ.)

3W3
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 3(Conference Center 3F,302)

Cell cycle and chromatin regulation

Organizers: Masatoshi Kitagawa (Hamamatsu Univ. Sch. of Med.), Keiichi Nakayama (Kyushu Univ.)

3W4
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 4(Conference Center 3F,303)

Transcriptional regulation by intrinsically disordered proteins

Organizers: Yoshifumi Nishimura (Yokohama City Univ.), Kenji Sugase (Suntory Inst. For Bioorganic Research)

3W5
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 5(Conference Center 3F,304)

Biology of TGF-β: a key regulator in a diverse array of biological phenomena

Organizers: Keiji Miyazawa (Univ. of Yamanashi), Susumu Itoh (Univ. of Tsukuba)

3W6
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 6(Conference Center 3F,Lounge)

Mechanisms for reproductive isolation and their relation to genome evolution

Organizers: Nori Kurata (Natl. Inst. of Genetics), Tetsuya Higashiyama (Nagoya Univ.)

3W7
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 7(Conference Center 3F,311+312)

Frontiers of bacterilal cell duplication

Organizers: Naotake Ogasawara (NAIST), Hironori Niki (Natl. Inst. of Genetics)

3W8
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 8(Conference Center 3F,313+314)

New aspects of homologous recombination research

Organizers: Takashi Hishida (Osaka Univ.), Hiroshi Iwasaki (Yokohama City Univ.)

3W9
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 9(Conference Center 4F,411+412)

Chronic inflammation: molecular basis of lifestyle-related disease and cancer

Organizers: Yoshihiro Ogawa (Tokyo Med. Dent Univ.), Yuichi Oike (Kumamoto Univ.)

3W10
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 10(Conference Center 4F,413)

What determines host-parasite or tissue/cell specificities: Molecular mechanisms for parasitic adaptation?

Organizers: Shin-ichiro Kawazu (Obihiro Univ. of Agr. and Vet. Med.), Tomoyoshi Nozaki (Natl. Inst. Infect. Dis)

3W11
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 11(Conference Center 4F,414+415)

Cilia: Assembly mechanisms and diverse biological functions

Organizers: Takahiko Yokoyama (Kyoto Pref. Univ. of Med.), Masafumi Hirono (Univ. of Tokyo)

3W12
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 12(Conference Center 4F,416+417)

Biological functions mediated by post-translational modifications in ER and　Golgi apparatus

Organizers: Tetsuya Okajima (Nagoya Univ.), Chihiro Sato (Nagoya Univ.)

3W13
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 13(Conference Center 5F,501)

A new era of genetic studies on vertebrate organogenesis

Organizers: Koichi Kawakami (Natl. Inst. of Genetics), Masahiko Hibi (Nagoya Univ.)

3W14
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 14(Conference Center 5F,502)

Bio-image processing: quantification and what is next

Organizers: Shuichi Onami (RIKEN), Shinichi Morishita (Univ. of Tokyo)

3W15
December 11 (Fri), 13:15-15:45
Room 15(Conference Center 5F,503)

Frontiers in RNA and Intron Evolution

Organizers: Akio Kanai (Keio Univ.), Yoh-ichi Watanabe (Univ. of Tokyo)

4W2
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 2(Conference Center 3F,301)

Mechanism underlying directional cell migration

Organizers: Kozo Kaibuchi (Nagoya Univ.), Akira Kikuchi (Hiroshima Univ.)

4W3
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 3(Conference Center 3F,302)

Current Progress in TOR Research

Organizers: Tatsuya Maeda (Univ. of Tokyo), Masahiro Uritani (Shizuoka Univ.)

4W4
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 4(Conference Center 3F,303)

vasculodiversity in health and disease

Organizers: Tetsuro Watabe (Univ. of Tokyo), Jun Yamashita (Kyoto Univ.)

4W5
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 5(Conference Center 3F,304)

Molecular Mechanisms of meiosis

Organizers: Yoshinori Watanabe (Univ. of Tokyo), Akira Shinohara (Osaka Univ.)

4W6
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 6(Conference Center 3F,Lounge)

Contribution of molecular biology to prevent global warming - Functional analysis of cellulosome super-complex for complete degradation of biomass

Organizers: Mitsuyoshi Ueda (Kyoto Univ.), Yutaka Tamaru (Mie Univ.)

4W7
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 7(Conference Center 3F,311+312)

In vivo molecular biology

Organizers: Takeshi Imamura (The JFCR Cancer Inst.) , Tomomi Nemoto (Natl. Inst. For Physiological Sciences)

4W8
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 8(Conference Center 3F,313+314)

Clock genes to emerge as key molecules for etiology of cancer and metabolic disease

Organizers: Masaaki Ikeda (Saitama Med. Univ.), Shigeki Shimba (Nihon Univ.)

4W9
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 9(Conference Center 4F,411+412)

Recent progress in molecular research of tetraspanin: its novel function from an etiologic standpoint

Organizers: Tohru Nakanishi (Shujitsu Univ.), Kenji Miyado (Natl. Center for Child Health and Dev.)

4W10
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 10(Conference Center 4F,413)

Developmental timing: Molecular mechanisms for the temporal control of development and evolution of life histories

Organizers: Ryusuke Niwa (Univ. of Tsukuba) , Akira Ogawa (MPI for Developmental Biology)

4W11
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 11(Conference Center 4F,414+415)

Bioinformatics for phytochemical genomics

Organizers: Kazuki Saito (Chiba Univ.), Shigehiko Kanaya (NAIST)

4W12
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 12(Conference Center 4F,416+417)

New insights into mitochondrial function in metabolic adaptation and failure

Organizers: Kazuto Nakada (Univ. of Tsukuba), Naotada Ishihara (Tokyo Med. Dent Univ.)

4W13
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 13(Conference Center 5F,501)

Functions of post-translational modification systems in suppressing genome aberration

Organizers: Mitsuko Masutani (Natl. Canser Center Research Inst.), Hideo Nishitani (Univ. of Hyogo)

4W14
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 14(Conference Center 5F,502)

The nuclear envelope as a cell barrier for regulating gene expression

Organizers: Tokuko Haraguchi (KARC, NICT) , Keita Ohsumi (Nagoya Univ.)

4W15
December 12 (Sat), 9:00-11:30
Room 15(Conference Center 5F,503)

Hierarchy in Chromatin Structure and Function

Organizers: Masami Horikoshi (Univ. of Tokyo), Takashi Ohyama (Waseda Univ.)