Program

Plenary Lectures

  • Scott Gilbert (Swarthmore College, USA)
  • Doris W T Au (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • Tomoko Obara (Oklahoma University of Health Sciences Center, USA)

Speakers

  • Asaoka, Yoichi (Yamaguchi University)
  • Uemura, Norihito (Kyoto University)
  • Sasakura, Yasunori (Tukuba University)
  • Tanaka, Toshio (Mie University)
  • Kashiwada, Shosaku (Toyo University)
  • Araki, Masasuke (Nara Medical University)
  • Kato, Takashi (Waseda University)
  • Ogino, Hajime (Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology)
  • Yokoyama, Hitoshi (Hirosaki University)
  • Mori, Tsukasa (Nihon University)
  • Sanoh, Seigo (Hiroshima University)
  • Okano, Toshiyuki (Waseda University)
  • Agata, Kiyokazu (Kyoto University)
  • Iguchi, Taisen (National Institute for Basic Biology)
  • Kitada, Masaaki (Tohoku University)
  • Iwao, Yasuhiro (Yamaguchi University)
  • Kashiwagi, Akihiko (Hiroshima University)
  • Naruse, Kiyoshi (National Institute for Basic Biology)
  • Satoh, Akira (Okayama University)
  • Takahashi, Takayuki (Hokkaido University)
  • Ochi, Haruki (Yamagata University)

Program

Program List [PDF | DOCX]

March 18 (Fri) at Okazaki Conference Center (OCC)

8:30 - 09:00 Registration
Opening Remarks
09:00 - 09:05 Naoto Ueno (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)
Plenary Lecture 1
Chair: Kiyoshi Naruse and Toshio Tanaka
09:05 - 09:45 "Medaka as a Model for Human Diabetic Nephropathy"
Tomoko Obara (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA)
Session 1
Chair: Kiyoshi Naruse and Toshio Tanaka
09:45 - 10:10 "Multiple Roles of Hippo-YAP Signaling Pathway in Organ Development: Lessons from Medaka And Zebrafish"
Yoichi Asaoka (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
10:10 - 10:35 "Viable Neuropathic Gauche Disease Model in Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Displays Axonal Accumulation of Alpha-Synuclein"
Norihito Uemura (Kyoto University, Japan)
 
10:35 - 10:50 Coffee Break
 
10:50 - 11:15 "Zebrafish-Based Drug Discovery and Systems Pharmacology"
Toshio Tanaka (Mie University, Japan)
11:15 - 11:40 "Leptin Receptor Knockout Medaka Exhibit Hyperglycemia due to Impaired Insulin Secretion"
Shin-ichi Chisada (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)
Session 2
Chair: Takashi Kato and Masasuke Araki
11:40 - 12:05 "Evoking Functional Joint Regeneration in Xenopus laevis Using Reintegration Mechanism"
Kiyokazu Agata (Kyoto University, Japan)
12:05 - 12:30 "Xenopus as a Useful Resource for Studying Gene Evolution and Disease-causing Mutations"
Hajime Ogino (Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Japan)
 
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
 
Plenary Lecture 2
Chair: Kiyokazu Agata and Hajime Ogino
13:45 - 14:25 "How Symbiosis Changes the Way We See Nature and Study Disease and Toxicology"
Scott F. Gilbert (Swarthmore College, USA)
Session 3
Chair: Kiyokazu Agata and Hajime Ogino
14:25 - 14:50 "Xenopus Model of Retinal Regeneration as an Approach to the Development of Mammalian Ocular Tissue Stem Cells"
Masasuke Araki (Nara Medical University, Japan)
14:50 - 15:15 "Skin Regeneration of Xenopus, as a Model for Scar-Free Skin Regeneration in Adulthood"
Hitoshi Yokoyama (Hirosaki University, Japan)
15:15 - 15:40 "Organ Regeneration; Pioneering Another Choice"
Akira Satoh (Okayama University, Japan)
15:40 - 16:05 "The Great Capacity of the Ependymal Cells of the Spinal Cord in Amphibians - Toward the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury in Humans -"
Masaaki Kitada (Tohoku University, Japan)
16:05 - 16:30 "Zebrafish Models for Endocrine Disruptors and Steroid Deficiency"
Bon-chu Chung (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Poster Session
16:30 - 17:15 Poster Session (Odd Number)
17:15 - 18:00 Poster Session (Even Number)
 
18:00 - 20:00 Mixer
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March 19 (Sat) at OCC

Plenary Lecture 3
Chair: Shosaku Kashiwada and Taisen Iguchi
09:00 - 9:40 "The Past, Present and Future on Marine Environmental Research Using the Marine Medaka Oryzias melastigma Model"
Doris W.T. AU (City University of Hong Kong)
Session 4
Chair: Shosaku Kashiwada and Taisen Iguchi
09:40 - 10:05 "Medaka Fish Model for Environmental Health Sciences"
Shosaku Kashiwada (Toyo University, Japan)
10:05 - 10:30 "Applied Toxicity Tests for Endocrine Disrupters"
Taisen Iguchi (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)
 
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
 
Session 5
Chair: Tsukasa Mori and Toshiyuki Okano
10:45 - 11:10 "Suppression in Amiodarone on Xenopus metamorphosis"
Akihiko Kashiwagi (Hiroshima University, Japan)
11:10 - 11:35 "Developmental Changes of Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes Related to Accumulation of Chemicals in Tadpoles and Adult Frogs"
Seigo Sanoh (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Session 6
Chair: Takayuki Takahashi and Yasuhiro Iwao
11:35 - 12:00 "Dynamic Changes in Signal Transduction in the Brains of Xenopus Tadpoles under Exposure to a Predation Fear"
Tsukasa Mori (Nihon University, Japan)
12:00 - 12:25 "Insights into the Regulation of Hematopoiesis through New Animal Models"
Takashi Kato (Waseda University, Japan)
 
12:25 - 13:40 Lunch
 
Session 7
Chair: Haruki Ochi and Akira Satoh
13:40 - 14:05 "Medaka is a Good Experimental Model for Studies of Vertebrate Ovulation"
Takayuki Takahashi (Hokkaido University, Japan)
14:05 - 14:30 "Mechanisms of Egg Activation and Polyspermy Block in the Fertilization of Amphibians: Model Animals for Vertebrate Fertilization"
Yasuhiro Iwao (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Session 8
Chair: Akihiko Kashiwagi and Hitoshi Yokoyama
14:30 - 14:55 "Biological Rhythms and Cryptochromes in Xenopus tropicalis"
Toshiyuki Okano (Waseda University, Japan)
14:55 - 15:20 "Have Mammals Lost the Regenerative Ability though the Loss of Regeneration Signal Response Elements?"
Haruki Ochi (Yamagata University, Japan)
15:20 - 15:45 "Ascidian Ciona intestinalis as the Simple Model for Studying Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms for Constructing Chordate Body"
Yasunori Sasakura (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Closing Remark
15:45 - 15:50 Kiyoshi Naruse (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)

Poster Presentation

Poster List [PDF | DOCX]

March 18 (Fri) at Okazaki Conference Center (OCC)

P01
"Comprehensive Establishment of TLS Polymerase Mutants Using TALENs in Medaka Fish"
Yoshihiro Fujikawa
Osaka University
P02
"Targeted Inactivation of Oryzias latipes Rev1 Gene"
Tomoko Fujiwara
Osaka University
P03
"Nrf2-dependent Protection against Acute Arsenite Toxicity in Zebrafish"
Yuji Fuse
University of Tsukuba
P04
"A Variegated Medaka Mutant Va: A Model of Human Carney Complex"
Hisashi Hashimoto
Nagoya University
P05
"Comprehensive Analysis of IRE1 Mediated UPR Pathway in Medaka Fish"
Tokiro Ishikawa
Kyoto University
P06
"Pathological Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Induction Caused by Loss of Meigo Gene in Medaka Fish"
Byungseok Jin
Kyoto University
P07
"Environmental Immuno-Toxicology of Silver Nanocolloids Using Medaka"
Chisato Kataoka
Toyo University
P08
"Aberrant Translation and Ribosomopathies: Studying the Molecular Pathogenesis of Human Diseases Using Zebrafish as a Model Animal"
Naoya Kenmochi
University of Miyazaki
P09
"A Zebrafish Model of Human Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Ia"
Makoto Kobayashi
University of Tsukuba
P10
"ngn1 is Required Cell-autonomously for the Neurogenesis of Zebrafish Habenula Nuclei"
Yung-Shu Kuan
National Taiwan University
P11
"Neurofibromatosis Type1 Model Medaka"
Shinji Kuninaka
Keio University
P12
"Whole Genome Assembly of Rotifer, Copepod, and Fish and its Application for Environmental Research"
Jae-Seong Lee
Sungkyunkwan University
P13
"Medaka Embryonic Toxicity of Silver Nanocolloids on Hindbrain Vascular Formation"
Tomomi Matsukura
Toyo University
P14
"PTEN Knockout Medaka Using Transcription Activator-like Effector Nucleases (TALENs) for Human Disease Model"
Yuriko Matsuzaki
Keio University
P15
"Elucidation of Molecular Mechanism Underlying Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in Alligator mississippiensis"
Shinichi Miyagawa
National Institute for Basic Biology
P16
"Analysis of hsp70 Expression in Crassostrea sikamea"
Taisei Nagata
Kumamoto prefectural fisheries research center
P17
"Functional Analysis of Androgen Receptor Gene in Medaka: Insights into the Diversified Sex Characteristics Development in Teleost Fishes"
Yukiko Ogino
National Institute for Basic Biology
P18
"A Simple Sperm-cryopreservation Method Established for Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Works in Xenopus laevis, X. tropicalis, and Several Other Frogs"
Takao Sasado
National Institute for Basic Biology
P19
"Glycosylation Relative Genes as Toxicity Targets of Silver Nanocolloids in Medaka Embryos"
Kaori Shimizu
Toyo University
P20
"The Regenerative Neurogenesis from Radial Glial Cells after Stab Injury in the Adult Zebrafish Optic Tectum"
Yuki Shimizu
Waseda University
P21
"A Role of JunB Proto-Oncogene in Tail Formation and Morphogen Signal Integration during Early Xenopus Embryogenesis"
Atsushi Suzuki
Hiroshima University
P22
"In vivo MR Imaging of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Model in Medaka"
Tomohiro Ueno
Kyoto University
P23
"MRI Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping by Wide Band Dipole Inversion for Investigating Neurodegenerative Disease Model in Medaka"
Yuya Umemoto
Kyoto University
P24
"Unique Form of Medaka Furin-like Proprotein Convertase (mflPC) and the Possibility of the Established Proprotein Convertase, Furin A KO medaka, Oryzias latipes, for Human Disease Model"
Kenji Murata
University of California
P30
"National BioResource Project Ciona intestinalis"
Kazuo Inaba
University of Tsukuba
P31
"National BioResource Project Medaka"
Kiyoshi Naruse
National Institute for Basic Biology
P32
"National BioResource Project Xenopus tropicalis"
Akihiko Kashiwagi
Hiroshima University
P33
"National BioResource Project Zebrafish"
Hitoshi Okamoto
Riken
P34
"Interuniversity Bio-Backup Project for Basic Biology"
Kiyoshi Naruse
National Institute for Basic Biology