Academia Sinica-Kumamoto University Joint conference on Organogenesis
April 8-9, 2010
B 1C Auditorium, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica

Thursday, April 8

9:00-9:05 Opening Remarks
　　　Yuan-Tsong Chen (IBMS-AS), Shoen Kume ( IMEG-KU )

Session 1: Embryogenesis and Organogenesis I
Moderators: Fumio Endo (FMPS-KU), John Yu (ICOB-AS)

9:05-9:35 Fumio Endo (FMPS-KU)
　　 Differentiation of salivary-gland-derived progenitor cells   9:35-10:05 Gen Yamada ( IMEG-KU) Molecular mechanisms of urogenital/reproductive organ formation 

10:05-10:30 Masayo Harada ( IMEG-KU )
　　 FGF signaling functions during the external genitalia development; toward the general understanding of FGF functions during appendicular organogenesis

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15 Tetsuya Taga ( POIE-KU , MRI-TMDU )
　　Regulation of neural stem cell self-renewal by transcriptional regulatory networks

11:15-11:45 Hideaki Tanaka (FMPS-KU)
　　 Rep ulsive axon guidance cue, Draxin

11:45-12:10 Eva Chen (GRC-AS)
　　 Aberrant gene expressions and Fgf3-Fgfr2 signaling in parthenogenetic preimplantation embryos”

12:10 - 2:00 Lunch Break

Session 2: Gene Regulation in Development
Moderators: Shoen Kume ( IMEG-KU ) , Alice Yu (GRC-AS)

2:00-2:30 Mitsuyoshi Nakao ( IMEG-KU )
　　 Epigenetic cell regulation and deregulation by chromatin factors

2:30-3:00 Teru Ogura ( IMEG-KU )
　　 Roles of p97, a multifunctional AAA chaperone, in C. elegans development

3:00-3:30 Cheng-Fu Kao (ICOB)
　　 The Epigenetic Dynamics during Lineage commitment

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-4:15 Hirofumi Kai (FMPS-KU)
　　 Bio-electrics: its application in basic and clinical sciences

4:15-4:45 Tsuyoshi Shuto (FMPS-KU)
　　 Increased expression of toll-like receptor-2 (TLR2) during bacterial infection, ER stress-related inflammation, and in cystic fibrosis and its modulation by curcumin.

4:45-5:15 Tang Tang (IBMS-AS)
　　 CPAP: role in centriole duplication and its implication in neurodevelopmental disorders

5:15-6:20 Touring facilities

6:30-8:00 Dinner at B1B, IBMS

Friday, April 9

Session 3: Embryogenesis and Organogenesis II
Moderator: Gen Yamada ( IMEG-KU ), Patrick Hsieh (IBMS-AS)

9:00-9:30 Shoen Kume ( IMEG-KU )
　　 In vitro differentiation of stem cells into digestive organs

9:30-10:00 Chia-Ning Shen (GRC-AS)
　　 Reprogramming of pancreatic acinar cells into multipotent progenitors

10:00-10:30 Ryuichi Nishinakamura ( IMEG-KU )
　　 Nephron progenitors in the embryonic kidney

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:10 Takeshi Terabayashi ( IMEG-KU )
　　 Sall1 is involved in maintenance of nephron progenitors through regulation of Six2

11:10-11:40 Hung-Chih Kuo (GRC-AS)
　　 The preimplantation developmental origin and derivation of isogenic embryonic stem cells

11:40-12:10 Patrick Hsieh (IBMS-AS)
　　 Cardiac stem cell therapy-- Are we getting closer

12: 10 -14: 4 0 Luncheon Discussion, followed by General Discussion

Institutions:

FMPS-KU: Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University

IMEG-KU: Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University

POIE-KU: Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University

MRI-TMDU: Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

ICOB-AS: Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology

GRC-AS: Genomics Research Center , Academia Sinica

IBMS-AS: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica