Symposium
S1: Learning from the basic and advanced clinical laboratory testings of infectious diseaes
| Coordinator | Makoto Kuroda (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
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| Katsunori Yanagihara (Nagasaki Univ.) | |
| Speaker | S1-1: Current status, problems and future prospects of microbial testing Kosuke Kosai (Nagasaki Univ.) |
| S1-2: Complexity of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial typing and sequencing technology as a solution Satowa Suzuki (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
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| S1-3: Application of the Next-generation Sequencer in the Clinical Microbiological Laboratory: Perspective Tomoo Saga (Akita University Graduate School of Medicine) |
S2: Dynamism of the host-pathogen interaction
| Coordinator | Akio Abe (Kitasato University) |
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| Speaker | S2-1: Bordetella BspR is translocated into the nucleus of the host cells via its N-terminal moiety Akio Abe (Kitasato University) |
| S2-2: Actin cytoskeleton manipulating effectors of Vibrio parahaemolyticus T3SS2 Toshio Kodama (Osaka University) |
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| S2-3: Ca2+ spiking in root epidermis opens an effective infection route for symbiotic rhizobial bacteria Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences) |
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| S2-4: Bacterial invasion into placental trophoblast giant cells and infectious abortion Masahisa Watarai (Yamaguchi University) |
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| S2-5: Streptococcus suis an intestinal pathogen for pigs and humans Maria Laura Ferrando (University of Amsterdam) |
S3: Bacterial motility
| Coordinator | Makoto Miyata (Osaka City Univ.) |
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| Michio Homma (Nagoya Univ.) | |
| Speaker | S3-1: Dynamism and regulation of the torque-generating stator units in the bacterial flagellar motor. Seiji Kojima (Nagoya University) |
| S3-2: Motility in neutralophilic and alkaliphilic Bacillus Masahiro Ito (Toyo University) |
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| S3-3: Structure and dynamics of the rotor ring complex in the flagellar motor of Salmonella Toru Minamino (Osaka University) |
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| S3-4: Motility of magnetotactic bacteria: role of the actin-like cytoskeleton Akira Taoka (Kanazawa University) |
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| S3-5: Mycoplasma mobile gliding developed from accidental combination between adhesin and ATP synthase Makoto Miyata (Osaka City University) |
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| S3-6: Mechanisms of gliding motility of bacteria belonging to phylum Bacteroidetes Toshifumi Shibata (Nagasaki University) |
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| S3-7: The mysterious mechanism of gliding motility in Myxococcus: implications for the evolution of bacterial cell enveloppe machines Tam Mignot (CNRS-Aix-Marseille University) |
S4: Do we be able to control antibiotic resistant bacteria?
| Coordinator | Yoshikazu Ishii (Toho Univ.) |
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| Shizunobu Igimi (Nat'l Inst. of Health Sci.) | |
| Speaker | S4-1: Extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Salmonella isolates from chicken products in Japan. Koichi Murakami (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
| S4-2: Antimicrobial use and resistant bacteria in domestic animals in the meat exporting countries Tetsuo Asai (Gifu University) |
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| S4-3: The prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in Takikawa Municipal Hospital Masanori Matsukawa (Takikawa Municipal Hospital) |
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| S4-4: The perspective of resistant bacteria in Southeast Asian countries Kazunori Tomono (Osaka University) |
S5: Evolution towards pathogens beyond symbiosis
| Coordinator | Chihiro Sugimoto (Hokkaido Univ.) |
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| Hiroyuki Yamaguchi (Hokkaido Univ.) | |
| Speaker | S5-1: Mutualistic endosymbiosis in insects: its diversity and molecular basis Yoshitomo Kikuchi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)) |
| S5-2: Study of endosymbiont-induced anti-virus effects in host insects Shoichiro Kurata (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University) |
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| S5-3: Plant hormones and apicomplexan parasites Kisaburo Nagamune (National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan) |
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| S5-4: Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path and genomic adaptations from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasitism Arnab Pain (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) |
S6: Model organisms in the study of bacteriology
| Coordinator | Eriko Kage-Nakadai (Osaka City Univ.) |
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| Naoaki Shinzawa (Osaka University) | |
| Speaker | S6-1: Host responses to probiotic bacteria in C. elegans Eriko Kage-Nakadai (Osaka City University) |
| S6-2: Isolation of a novel toxin from entomopathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas entomophila Takayuki Kuraishi (Keio University) |
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| S6-3: Microbe-host interactions revealed using the silkworm infection model Chikara Kaito (The University of Tokyo) |
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| S6-4: Using the Zebrafish to Understand Tuberculosis David M. Tobin (Duke University) |
S7: The frontiers of genome analyzing method
| Coordinator | Makoto Ohnishi (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
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| Masataka Tsuda (Tohoku Univ.) | |
| Speaker | S7-1: Single-molecule sequencing method of DNA, RNA, and peptide Masateru Taniguchi (Osaka University) |
| S7-2: A bioinformatics analysis for efficient knowledge discovery from big sequence data with BLSOM Takashi Abe (Niigata University) |
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| S7-3: Genome-wide analysis of bacterial transcription Tobe Toru (Osaka University) |
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| S7-4: Complete methylomes at the single base resolution by single-molecule real-time sequencers Ichizo Kobayashi (Dept. Computational Biol. Medical Science, Univ. Tokyo, Inst. Med. Science, Univ. Tokyo) |
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| S7-5: Genomics deciphers the multi-layered symbiotic system in the unculturable termite-gut microbiota Yuichi Hongoh (Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
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| S7-6: The genomic analysis of an unclassified microorganism lurking in human airways Kazumasa Fukuda (University of Occupational and Environmental Health, JAPAN) |
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| S7-7: Whole genome data of Salmonella strains from foods and patients reveal their detailed relationships Hiroto Shinomiya (Ehime Pref. Inst. Public Health Environ. Sci.) |
S8: Physiological diversity of prokaryotes: a motive force that create the great variety
| Coordinator | Satoshi Hanada (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) |
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| Speaker | S8-1: A variety of microbial life in the anoxic world: respiration NOT using oxygen Shin Haruta (Tokyo Metropolitan University) |
| S8-2: Ultimate anaerobic respiration -methanogenesis- Koji Mori (Natl. Inst. Of Technology and Evaluation) |
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| S8-3: Chemolithoautotrophy:The oxidation of inorganic compounds to yield energy Manabu Fukui (Hokkaido University) |
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| S8-4: Rhodopsin-mediated phototrophy -light-driven ion pump- Susumu Yoshizawa (Tokyo University) |
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| S8-5: Anoxygenic photosynthesis: the ancient photosynthetic behavior Satoshi Hanada (Tokyo Metropolitan University) |
S9: Phylogeography through Bacteriology
| Coordinator | Tomotada Iwamoto (Kobe Inst. of Health) |
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| Taichiro Takemura (Nagasaki Univ.) | |
| Speaker | S9-1: Ancient human footprints left in a long time enemy Helicobacter pylori Yoshio Yamaoka (Oita University) |
| S9-2: Population structure and phylogeography of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: impact of human migration and strain pathobiology Igor Mokrousov (St. Petersburg Pasteur Insitute) |
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| S9-3: Dynamic genomic changes of Mycobacterium avium provide an evidence of geographical divergence Tomotada Iwamoto (Dept. Infect. Dis., Kobe Institute of Health) |
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| S9-4: Phylodynamics of globally disseminating Vibrio cholera El Tor associated with the 7th cholera pandemic Munir Alam (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) |
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| S9-5: Bacterial community associated with plants living in Chilean extreme environments Milko Jorquera (University of La Frontera) |
Workshop
WS1: Update on the role of cytokines in host defense
| Coordinator | Goro Matsuzaki (Univ. of the Ryukyus) |
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| Hiroshi Kiyono (The Univ. of Tokyo) | |
| Speaker | WS1-1: IFNs and IL-27 regulate type 2 innate lymphoid cells Kazuyo Moro (RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences) |
| WS1-2: Involvement of IL-17 cytokine family in protective immunity to pulmonary mycobacterial infection Masayuki Umemura (University of the Ryukyus) |
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| WS1-3: Two roles of IL-27 during infection: Th1 induction and immunosuppression Hiroki Yoshida (Saga University) |
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| WS1-4: Intestinal epithelial glycosylation induced by ILC3 protect pathogenic bacterial infection Yoshiyuki Goto (Chiba University) |
WS2: Co-creation in microbial ecosystem
| Coordinator | Fumito Maruyama (Kyoto Univ.) |
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| Yoshitoshi Ogura (Kyushu Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS2-1: We can analyze complex biological interactions by mixing multiple microbes Kazufumi Hosoda (Osaka University) |
| WS2-2: Diversity and evolution of deep-sea vent chemolithoautotrophs. Satoshi Nakagawa (Kyoto Univeristy) |
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| WS2-3: Fluctuation of soil microbiome by chemical perturbation and ideas for achieving regime shift Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo (Tohoku University) |
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| WS2-4: Multi-scale simulation of infection dynamics Shinji Nakaoka (Tokyo University) |
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| WS2-5: Adaptation strategies of tardigrades to rapidly desicatting environments Kazuharu Arakawa (Keio University) |
WS3: Blessing in disguise
| Coordinator | Tsutomu Sekizaki (The Univ. of Tokyo) |
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| Hideaki Maseda (Tokushima Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS3-1: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae pathogenicity: what has been lost and gained during evolution? Yoshihiro Shimoji (National Institute of Animal Health) |
| WS3-2: Antibiotic resistance obtained at the expense in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Hideaki Maseda (Tokushima University) |
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| WS3-3: Altered pathogenicity gained by loss of capsule: A case of Streptococcus suis Tsutomu Sekizaki (The University of Tokyo) |
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| WS3-4: An evolutionary analysis of norV that encodes nitric oxide reductase in EHEC O157 Takeshi Shimizu (Dept. Mol. Infectiol., Grad. Sch. Med., Chiba Univ.) |
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| WS3-5: Characterization of spontaneous fabT mutations in the novel-type Streptococcus pyogenes isolates Ichiro Tatsuno (Dept. Bacteriol., Grad. Sch. Med. Sci., Nagoya City Univ.) |
WS4: Invasive bacterial infections -current situation of each pathogens and common issue-
| Coordinator | Naruhiko Ishiwada (Chiba Univ.) |
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| Toru Akiyama (NCGM) | |
| Speaker | WS4-1: Invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae -Hib and NTHi Junichiro Nishi (Kagoshima University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Department of Microbiology) |
| WS4-2: Pneumococcal vaccine and invasive pneumococcal diseases Naruhiko Ishiwada (Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Mycology Research Cnter, Chiba University) |
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| WS4-3: Present circumstances of invasive meningococcal diseases in the world including Japan Hideyuki Takahashi (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
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| WS4-4: Group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome Tadayoshi Ikebe (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
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| WS4-5: Current situations and issues of invasive GBS infections Kouji Kimura (Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine) |
WS5: Current status of vaccine development
| Coordinator | Yukihiro Akeda (Osaka University) |
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| Speaker | WS5-1: New insights learned from current pneumococcal vaccines Yukihiro Akeda (Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine) |
| WS5-2: Vaccination with S. aureus fibronectin binding domain of FnBPA induces IL-17A-dependent protection Kouji Narita (Depart. Microbiol. Immunol., Grad. Sch. Med., Hirosaki Univ., Inst. Anim. Exp., Grad. Sch. Med., Hirosaki Univ.) |
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| WS5-3: A replication-incompetent PB2-knockout influenza A virus as a platform for a bivalent vaccine Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo) |
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| WS5-4: The protective effect of an extract antigen from Salmonella. Masahiro Eguchi (Natl. Inst. Anim. Health, NARO) |
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| WS5-5: Dendritic cell-based vaccine against fungal lung infection induces lung resident memory T-cells Keigo Ueno (Dept. Chemother. Mycoses. NIID) |
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| WS5-6: Development of novel vaccine against infectious diseases Yasuo Yoshioka (RIMD, Osaka Univ) |
WS6: Educational seminar on introduction to statistical analysis
| Coordinator | Koji Yahara (Kurume Univ.) |
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| Speaker | WS6-1: Warming-up exercise before statistics lesson Satowa Suzuki (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
| WS6-2: Basic and practical introduction of statistical analysis Koji Yahara (Kurume University) |
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| WS6-3: Key points in Next Generation Sequencing data analysis Mari Miyamoto (QIAGEN) |
WS7: Bacteriology through incidence (s)
| Coordinator | Akemi Kai (Tokyo Metro. Inst. of Public health) |
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| Shinji Yamasaki (Osaka Prefecture Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS7-1: An outbreak attributed to E. coli O166:H15 harboring a gene coding for enteroaggregative E. coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 (astA) Hiromi Nakamura (Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences) |
| WS7-2: An Foodborne Outbreak Caused by Kanamycin-Sensitive Clostridium perfringens of Keema Curry in 2014 Takahiro Hashimoto (Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences) |
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| WS7-3: Foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Typhi associated with vegetable salad in Tokyo Noriko Konishi (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public health) |
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| WS7-4: The early determination of outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 using MLVA Shinichiro Hirai (Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health) |
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| WS7-5: A nosocomial outbreak caused by Corynebacterium striatum Haru Kato (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
WS8: Frontiers of research in bacterial proliferation
| Coordinator | Daisuke Shiomi (Rikkyo Univ.) |
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| Masayuki Suetsugu (Rikkyo Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS8-1: Proliferation mechanism of polyploidy cyanobacteria. Satoru Watanabe (Tokyo University of Agriculture) |
| WS8-2: Reconstitution of the chromosome replication cycle of E. coli Masayuki Suetsugu (Dept. Life Sci., Col. Sci., Rikkyo Univ.) |
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| WS8-3: Plasmid partitioning mechanism by a novel tubulin-like GTPase from Bcillus cereus Ikuko Hayashi (Yokohama City University) |
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| WS8-4: Genome-wide analysis of the in vivo trafficking of RNA polymerase Taku Oshima (NARA Institute Science and Technology) |
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| WS8-5: Mechanism of determination of bacterial shape Daisuke Shiomi (Rikkyo University) |
WS9: New perspectives on the study of short-chain fatty acids
| Coordinator | Kuniyasu Ochiai (Nihon Univ.) |
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| Atsukazu Kuwahara (University of Shizuoka) | |
| Speaker | WS9-1: Commensal microbe-derived butyrate regulates the mucosal immune system Daisuke Takahashi (Keio University) |
| WS9-2: The role of short-chain fatty acids in the interplay between gut microbiota and host homeostasis Atsukazu Kuwahara (University of Shizuoka) |
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| WS9-3: Production of SCFA by infant gut microbiota Takahiro Matsuki (Yakult) |
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| WS9-4: Understanding the dual function of periodontal butyric acid in relation to the butyrate paradox Marni E. Cueno (Nihon University) |
WS10: We'll be the stars of bacteriology! 2016
| Coordinator | WS10-1: Structural insights for novel gliding protein of Mycoplasma mobile Tasuku Hamaguchi (Grad. Sch. of Sci., Osaka City Univ.) |
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| WS10-2: The consumption of bicarbonate-rich mineral water alters gut microbiota profiles Shinnosuke Murakami (Grad. Sch. Media and Governance, Keio Univ., Inst. Adv. Biosci., Keio Univ.) |
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| WS10-3: Development of the novel genomic integration system to study the host tropism of Bordetella spp. Keisuke Ishigaki (Dept. Mol. Bact., RIMD, Osaka Univ.) |
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| WS10-4: Establishment of an animal model for elucidating the pathogenic mechanism of whooping cough Keiji Nakamura (Dept. Mol. Bact., RIMD, Osaka Univ. ) |
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| WS10-5: A novel transcriptional regulator of biofilm formation from a clinically isolated S. aureus Liansheng Yu Dept. Bacteriol., Grad. Sch. Biomed. Health Sci., Hiroshima Univ.) |
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| WS10-6: Comparative genome analysis for the mechanisms of decapsulation in Streptococcus suis Mari Tohya (Res. Cemter for Food Safety, Grad. Sch. Agr. Life Sci., Univ. Tokyo) |
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| WS10-7: A novel bacterial transport mechanism of Acinetobacter baumannii via activated human neutrophils Go Kamoshida (Dept. Microbiol. and Immunol., Teikyo Univ. Sch. Med.) |
WS11: Microbiota in Health and Diseases
| Coordinator | Koji Hase (Keio Univ.) |
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| Kiyoshi Takeda (Osaka University) | |
| Speaker | WS11-1: Dysbiosis increases the risk of arthritis Kiyoshi Takeda (Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University) |
| WS11-2: Obesity and liver cancer: a gut microbial connection Eiji Hara (Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University) |
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| WS11-3: DNA methylation machinery in Treg cells prevents inflammatory response to microbial colonization Koji Hase (Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University) |
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| WS11-4: Gut microbial polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism generating bio-active fatty acids Jun Ogawa (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University) |
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| WS11-5: Role of probiotics in the homeostatic regulation Koji Nomoto (Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research) |
WS12: Bacterial Membrane Vesicles: Basic Research and its Application
| Coordinator | Nozomu Obana (Univ. of Tsukuba) |
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| Ryoma Nakao (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) | |
| Speaker | WS12-1: Immunoactive membrane vesicles are actively produced by the Gram-positive clostridial pathogen Nozomu Obana (University of Tsukuba) |
| WS12-2: Periodontal pathogen shoots outer membrane vesicles as bullets against gingival tissues Atsuo Amano (Osaka University) |
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| WS12-3: Role of outer membrane vesicle produced by Helicobacter pylori Hideo yonezawa (Kyorin University) |
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| WS12-4: Membrane vesicle-mediated selective signaling Yosuke Tashiro (Shizuoka University) |
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| WS12-5: Outer membrane vesicles of Porphyromonas gingivalis as mucosal immunogen for vaccine development Ryoma Nakao (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
WS13: Bacteria meet Viral Infection
| Coordinator | Shigefumi Okamoto (Kanazawa Univ.) |
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| Shigetada Kawabata (Osaka Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS13-1: Pneumococcal diseases: role of co-infection with influenza virus Kazunori Oishi (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
| WS13-2: The role of nasopharyngeal colonization for postinfluenza secondary pneumococcal pneumonia Shigeki Nakamura (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
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| WS13-3: Secondary pneumonia model after influenza virus infection that recapitulates the clinical features Soichiro Kimura (Dept. Microbiol. Infect. Dis., Toho Univ. Sch. Med., Dept. Pathol., Univ. Michigan) |
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| WS13-4: Trend in study about invasive diseases by superinfection with influenza virus and Streptococcus Shigefumi Okamoto (Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Division of Health Sciences) |
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| WS13-5: Influenza A virus-induced surface display of Gp96 promotes bacterial adherence to epithelial cells Tomoko Sumitomo (Dept. Oral and Mol. Microbiol., Grad. Sch. Dent., Osaka Univ.) |
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| WS13-6: Oral bacteria and periodontal diseases promote viral infections. Kuniyasu Ochiai (Nihon University Faculty of Dentistry) |
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| WS13-7: Helicobacter pylori augments Epstein-Barr virus infection of gastric epithelial cells Hisashi Iizasa (Shimane Univ.) |
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| WS13-8: Impact of Ureaplasma parvum co-infection on Chlamydia trachomatis survival in genital tract Tomohiro Yamazaki (Faculty Health Sci. Hokkaido Univ., JSPS Research Fellow DC1) |
WS14: Front-line of Bacterial Infectious Diseases of Mice
| Coordinator | Fumio Ike (RIKEN BioResource Center) |
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| Speaker | WS14-1: Cillia-associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus infection in mice Fumio Ike (RIKEN BioResource Center) |
| WS14-2: Rodent pasteurellosis and pathogenicity of Pasteurella pneumotropica Hiraku Sasaki (Juntendo University) |
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| WS14-3: Infection with Helicobacter species and its pathogenicity in laboratory mice Hitoki Yamanaka (Nagasaki University) |
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| WS14-4: Citrobacter rodentium infection as model of human A/E pathogens. Jun Kurushima (Gunma University) |
WS15: Latest provocative studies on tuberculosis and mycobacterial infections
| Coordinator | Sohkichi Matsumoto (Niigata Univ.) |
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| Manabu Ato (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) | |
| Speaker | WS15-1: A study of latent tuberculosis infection using streptomycin-dependent M. tuberculosis 18b strain. Manabu Ato (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
| WS15-2: Identification of katG gene mutations associated with isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Hyun Kim (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
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| WS15-3: A new screen for TB drug candidates utilizing a luciferase-expressing recombinant BCG. Yuriko Ozeki (Dept. Bacteriol. Grad. Sch. Med., Niigata Univ.) |
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| WS15-4: From Discovery of Immunostimulatory CpG-ODN to Development of Novel TB Vaccine Candidates Saburo Yamamoto (Japan BCG Laboratory) |
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| WS15-5: The molecular mechanism of the persistent infection of mycobacteria Sohkichi Matsumoto (Niigata University) |
WS16: Persister Cells in Biofilm Infection: Mechanism Analysis and Countermeasure
| Coordinator | Satoshi Tsuneda (Waseda Univ.) |
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| Keiji Murakami (Tokushima University) | |
| Speaker | WS16-1: Characterization of Dormant Persisters by Gene Expression Analysis and Single Cell Observation Satoshi Tsuneda (Waseda University) |
| WS16-2: Differential resuscitative effects of catalase and pyruvate toward VBNC Salmonella Yuta Morishige (Lab. Biodefense & Regulation, Osaka Univ. Pharm. Sci.) |
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| WS16-3: persister and quorum sensing Yukihiro Kaneko (Osaka University) |
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| WS16-4: The mechanisms of antibiotic tolerance in adherent and biofilm cells Keiji Murakami (Tokushima University) |
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| WS16-5: Promoted biofilm formation by iron homeostasis bankruptcy in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) Kumiko Kurabayashi (ASRLD Unit., Gunma. Univ.) |
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| WS16-6: Multidrug efflux pump contributes to antibiotic resistance in persisters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Hideaki Maseda (Tokushima University) |
WS17: Intracellular/Intercellular communication signalling mechanisms of plant-associated bacteria and their infectivity on host plants
| Coordinator | Yasufumi Hikichi (Kochi Univ.) |
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| Speaker | WS17-1: Analysis of N-acylhomoserine lactone-mediated quorum sensing and its application for biocontrol Tomohiro Moroboshi (Utsunomiya University) |
| WS17-2: Involvement of chemotaxis in the very early stage of plant infection in Ralstonia solanacearum Junichi Kato (Hiroshima University) |
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| WS17-3: Chemical cell-to-cell signaling in the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum Kenji Kai (Osaka Prefecture University) |
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| WS17-4: A lectin, RS-IIL, is involvement in biofilm formation by Ralstonia solanacearum Yasufumi Hikichi (Kochi University) |
WS18: Overlap and border between pathogenicity and symbiosis in bacteria composed normal microbiota
| Coordinator | Ken Kikuchi (Tokyo Women's Medical Univ.) |
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| Speaker | WS18-1: IL-1alpha-inducing activity of Streptococcus sanguinis in murine dendritic cells and macrophages Ayumi Saeki (Div. Oral Mol Microbiol., Dept Oral Pathobiol. Sci., Hokkaido Univ. Grad. Sch. Dent. Med.) |
| WS18-2: Oral bacteria-induced dysbiosis of the gut microbiota and its effect on the gut immune system Tomoko Ochiai (Dept. Microbiol. Immunol., Nihon Univ. Sch. of Dent. at Matsudo) |
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| WS18-3: Liver senses gut environmental alteration induced by oral pathobionts Toshifumi Osaka (Dept. Microbiol. Immunol., Tokyo Women's Medical Univ., Dept. Life Sci. Med. Biosci., Waseda Univ.) |
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| WS18-4: Mechanism involved in respiratory disease aggravation by Streptococcus intermedius infection Katsuhiko Hirota (Dept.Oral Microbiol.Tokushima Univ.) |
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| WS18-5: Molecular analysis of pneumococcal surface protein PfbA in the evasion from host innate immunity Masaya Yamaguchi (Dept. Oral Mol. Microbiol., Grad. Sch. Dent., Osaka Univ.) |
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| WS18-6: Characteristics of bacteria isolated from infective endocarditis, compared to normal flora Ken Kikuchi (Dept. Infect. Dis., Tokkyo Women's Med. Univ.) |
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| WS18-7: Development of real-time PCR for detection of Streptococcus suis in pigs and its raising environment Sakura Arai (Res. Center for Food Safety, Grad. Sch. Agr. Life Sci., Univ. Tokyo) |
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| WS18-8: Staphylococcus aureus adapts to diabetic host environment by Isd-iron acquisition system. Yasuhiko Matsumoto (Lab. of Microbiol., Grad. Sch. of Pharm. of Sci., Univ. of Tokyo) |
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| WS18-9: Selective inhibition of cell-cell communication by alginate production Jiayue Yang (Grad. Life and Environmental Sciences., Tsukuba Univ) |
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| WS18-10: Clostridium botulinum type A-like non-toxigenic organisms isolated from a botulism patient (2) Chie Monma (Dept.Microbiol.,Tokyo Met. Inst. P.H.) |
WS19: Basic Researches in Bacterial Drug Resistances
| Coordinator | Haruyoshi Tomita (Gunma Univ.) |
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| Keigo Shibayama (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) | |
| Speaker | WS19-1: Elevated activity of fosfomycin under anaerobic conditions Hidetada Hirakawa (Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Advanced Scientific Research Leaders Development Unit) |
| WS19-2: Identification of a mutation involved in mexXY overexpression in multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa Mei Tagawai (Grad. Sci. Med. Dent. Pharm., Okayama Univ.) |
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| WS19-3: Outer membrane destabilized mutants of Escherichia coli and its drug hypersensitivity Seiji Kojima (Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku Univ., Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku Univ.) |
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| WS19-4: Group B streptococci with reduced beta-lactam susceptibility (GBS-RBS) including PRGBS Kouji Kimura (Dept. Bacteriol., Sch. Med., Nagoya Univ.) |
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| WS19-5: Mechanism of Resistance to Vancomycin in 'slow-VISA Responsible for a Recurrent MRSA Infection Yuki Katayama (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University) |
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| WS19-6: Novel inhibitors of diadenosine tetraphosphate phosphorylase and their antituberculosis activity Shigetarou Mori (Dept. Bacteriology II, NIID) |
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| WS19-7: Identification and mechanistic analysis of a novel antibiotic lysocin E Hiroshi Hamamoto (Lab. of Microbial., Grad. Sch. of Pharm. Sci., Univ. of Tokyo) |
WS20: Novel therapies for fungal infections based on "interactions":specialist perspectives
| Coordinator | Yukihiro Kaneko (Osaka City Univ.) |
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| Hironobu Nakayama (Suzuka Univ. of Med. Sci.) | |
| Speaker | WS20-1: Candida ssp. induces the apoptosis of human hepatic cells by reactive oxygen species (ROS) Susumu Kajiwara (Grad. Sch. Biosci. Biotech., Tokyo Tech) |
| WS20-2: Interaction of Antifungal Agents Yukihiro Kaneko (Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine) |
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| WS20-3: Stress response in pathogenic fungus Candida glabrata under iron-depleted conditions Koichi Tanabe (Dept. Food Sci. and Human Nutr., Faculty Agr., Ryukoku Univ.) |
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| WS20-4: Roles of stress response on virulence and drug resistance in Candida spp. Taiga Miyazaki (Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) |
WS21: News from the front-line: current insights into the molecular players in bacterial pathogenesis
| Coordinator | Yukako Fujinaga (Kanazawa Univ.) |
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| Akiko Takaya (Chiba Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS21-1: Functional analysis of long noncoding RNAs induced by Salmonella infection Katsutoshi Imamura (Depart. of Microbial and Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba Univ.) |
| WS21-2: Analysis of Francisella Pathogenic Island Takashi Shmizu (Dept. Vet. Public Health, Joint Fac. of Vet. Sci., Yamaguchi Univ.) |
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| WS21-3: Interaction of Vibrio parahaemolyticus diarrheal T3SS effector VopV with actin filaments Tetsuya Iida (Lab. Genomic Res. Pathog. Bac., Res. Inst. Microbial Dis., Osaka Univ.) |
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| WS21-4: Inhibition mechanism of RhoA signaling by ADP-ribosylating toxin C3 Hideaki Tsuge (Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) |
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| WS21-5: Adenylate cyclase toxin from B. pertussis but not B. bronchiseptica causes tracheal tissue damage Aya Fukui (Dept. Mol. Bacteriol., Res. Inst. Microb. Diseases, Osaka Univ.) |
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| WS21-6: Understanding the link between Staphylococcus aureus colonization and allergic skin disease Yumi Matsuoka-Nakamura (Dept. Dermtol., Chiba Univ.) |
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| WS21-7: SpeB-mediated cleavage of desmogleins contributes to development of skin lesion Yasushi Mori (Dept. Oral and Mol. Microbiol., Grad. Sch. Dent., Osaka Univ., Div. Spec. Care Dent., Dental Hosp., Osaka Univ.) |
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| WS21-8: Mechanism of intestinal absorption of type A botulinum neurotoxin complex Takuhiro Matsumura (Lab. Infect. Cell Biol., RIMD, Osaka Univ.) |
WS22: Phage renaissance: 100 years have passed since phage discovery
| Coordinator | Jumpei Uchiyama (Azabu Univ.) |
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| Yuichi Otsuka (Dokkyo Med. Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS22-1: Characterization of active Helicobacter pylori phage KHP30, and analysis of its latent infection Jumpei Uchiyama (School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University) |
| WS22-2: Structural studies of bacteriophage host recognition and infection process Shigeki Takeda (Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University) |
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| WS22-3: Relationship between bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems and phage infection Yuichi Otsuka (Dokkyo Medical University, School of Medicine) |
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| WS22-4: Phylogenetic prevalence of CRISPR-harboring prophages on bacterial genomes Takayasu Watanabe (The University of Tokyo) |
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| WS22-5: Development of phage-chromatographic test for detection of S. aureus using phage adsorption protein Hidehito Matsui (Kitasato University) |
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| WS22-6: Phage biocontrol of plant diseases: successful cases Takashi Yamada (Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University) |
WS23: Microb transfer: it's dèjà vu for researchers in infectious diseases
| Coordinator | Yutaka Tamura (Rakuno Gakuen Univ.) |
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| Masaaki Morikawa (Hokkaido Univ.) | |
| Speaker | WS23-1: Microbe transfer from animal to human: Role of flies and rats to disseminate drug resistant bacteria Yutaka Tamura (School of Veterinary Medicine Rakuno Gakuen University) |
| WS23-2: The spread of antimicrbial resistant organisms beyond the confines of healthcare facilities and its impact on the community Intetsu Kobayashi (Faculty of Nursing, Toho University) |
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| WS23-3: Blind Spots in Evaluation of Hospital Cleanliness and Bacterial Flora Analysis Rika Yano (Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University) |
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| WS23-4: Community-level distribution of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria. Itaru Hirai (Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus) |
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| WS23-5: Analysis of intrafamiliar infection of Helicobacter pylori and its infectivity in Mongolian gerbil Shigeru Kamiya (Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine) |
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| WS23-6: Ciliates provoke the ecology of pathogenic bacteria via conjugation and AI-2 accumulation Hiroyuki Yamaguchi (Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University) |
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| WS23-7: Effects of SEp22, nutrition factor, and cell density on acquisition of dry-resistance by Salmonella Fumio Amano (Lab. Biodefense & Regulation, Osaka Univ. Pharm. Sci.) |
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| WS23-8: Biofilm, a base of bacterial transfer in the stressful environments Masaaki Morikawa (Sect. Environ. Biol., Faculty of Environ. Earth Sci., Hokkaido Univ.) |