Program

S = Short talk: 8 min. talk + 3 min. discussion

12:00 – 13:00 Registration

13:00 – 13:10 Announcement from the organizing office

13:36 F [03] M. Hanazawa, M. Mochii, N. Ueno, Y. Kohara, Y. Iino : RNAi screen for genes required for germline development in C. elegans.

13:51 F [04] Y. Sugiyama, A. Nishimura, Y. Kohara, Y. Goshima, Y. Tabuse, S. Ohno: Using RNAi technique of C. elegans embryo to identify cell polarity genes.

14: 06 S [05] K. Gengyo-Ando, E. Machiyama, S. Noguchi. S. Mitani: Systematic disruption of transcription factor genes in C. elegans.

14: 17 F [06] K. Kimura, I. Mori: An approach toward imaging activities of the neuronal network: a progress report 2000.

14:32 Coffee Break

14:52 F [07] A. Mohri, M. Koike, I. Mori: Genetic and behavioral analysis of neural modulation and learning in C. elegans.

15:07 S [08] M. Koike, A. Mohri, I. Mori: Isolation and analysis of novel mutants that cannot associate cultivation temperature with feeding state.

15:18 F [09] Y. Iino, S. Aihara: Involvement of the insulin-like signaling pathway in the associative learning in chemotactic behavior.

15:33 S [10] T. Ishihara, Y. Iino, I. Katsura: The ut236 mutant in C. elegans has defects in the interaction of two sensory signals and associative learning.

15:44 F [11] T. Sassa, X. Xu, R. Hosono: Characterization of a habituation contribution gene, hab-1.

15:59 Coffee Break

16:19 F [12] K. Kawamura, Y. Funabashi, S. Morita, K. Oshio, Y. Osana, K. Oka, E. Akiyama: Structure of Neuron Graph and Native Response of C. elegans.

16:34 S [13] S. Morita, K. Oshio, Y. Osana, Y. Funabashi, K. Oka, K. Kawamura: Geometrical Structure of the Neural Network of C. elegans.

16:45 F [14] E. Akiyama, K. Oshio, Y. Funabashi, K. Kawamura: Similarity and Cluster Analysis of the C.ELEGANS. Neural Network.

17:00 S [15] K. Omata, K. Oshio, S. Morita, Y. Osana, K. Oka, K. Kawamura: Overall Morphology of the C. elegans Neural Circuit.

17:11 F [16] S. Gomi, Y. Iwasaki, Y. Osana: Study of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Connections in Neural Circuit for Touch-induced and Tap Responses.

17:26-19:00 Dinner time

19:00 F [17] H. Sawa, H. Kouike, H. Okano: The SWI/SNF complex is required for asymmetric cell division in C. elegans.

19:15 S [18] A. Yoda, H. Kouike, H. Okano, H. Sawa: PSA-7 is involved in Ras and Wnt signaling pathways in C. elegans.

19:26 F [19] T. Kawano, J. G. Culotti: Two alternative transcripts of mig-6 affect different aspects of Caenorhabditis elegans distal tip cell migration.

19:41 F [20] M. Suzuki, K. Nishiwaki, N. Hisamoto, K. Matsumoto: The mig-23 gene required for DTC migration encodes a novel member of the apylase family in C. elegans.

19:56 S [21] K. Nishiwaki, N. Hisamoto, K. Maki, M. Tanaka-Hino, K. Matsumoto: MIG-17, an ADAM family metalloprotease controls cell migration in C. elegans.

20:07 F [22] N. Suzuki, M. Buechner, K. Nishiwaki, D. H. Hall, N. Hisamoto, K. Matsumoto: A faciogenital dysplasia gene homologue regulates the formation of organ structure in C. elegans.

20:22 S [23] R. Matsui, T. Morimitsu, D. Tomotsune, N. Takahashi: Regulation of the expression of mab-21:a candidate Hox target gene.

9:00 F [24] H. Inada, H. Komatsu, I. Mori: Identification of genes for temperature sensing by reverse genetics approach.

9:15 S [25] H. Sasakura, H. Inada, I. Mori: Isolation of mutants defective in AFD thermosensory neuron development.

9:26 F [26] A. Kuhara, H. Inada, I. Katsura, I. Mori: Calcineurin encoded by tax-6 gene functions in sensory neurons.

9:41 S [27] M. Okumura, Y. Okochi, I. Mori: Genetic analysis of thermotaxis-defective mutants isolated by a unique screening method.

9:52 F [28] Y. Okochi, M. Okumura, K. Kimura, I. Mori: Cloning and genetic analysis of novel thermotaxis genes, ttx-4 and ttx-5.

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10:07 S [30] Y. Yamada, Y. Ohshima: Behavioral analysis of thermotaxis in C. elegans.

10:18 Coffee Break

10:49 F [31] R. Shingai and K. Hoshi: Durations of Locomotion of Wild Type and GABAergic Mutants of C. elegans.

11:04 F [32] M. Doi, K. Iwasaki: The defecation gene aex-1 may regulate a retrograde signaling pathway at neuromuscular junctions.

11:19 F [33] K. Kasuya, M. Inoue, D. Tsuboi, H. Qadota, K. Kaibuchi: A novel protein functions as a bridge between the GEX-2/GEX-3 complex and intermediate filaments in C. elegans.

11:34 S [34] D. Tsuboi, K. Kasuya, H. Qadota, K. Kaibuchi: Identification of interacting molecules with GEX-3 that is required for tissue formation in C. elegans

12:00 F [36] A. Asano, K. Asano, M. Furuse, H. Sasaki, S. Tsukita: CLC-1, a homologue of vertebrate claudin, is present at cell-cell junction of pharynx and has some barrier function.

12:15 Lunch time

13:15 F [37] J. Hirabayashi, Y. Arata and K. Kasai: The concept and strategy of C. elegans glycome project.

13:30 F [38] S. Mizuguchi, K. H. Nomura, T. Takaki, Y. Hirabayashi, V. Schmid, K. Nomura: Carbohydrate Antigens Expressed in Transdifferentiating Jellyfish (Podocoryne carnea) are Present in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

13:45 S [39] K. Hayama, J. Hirabayashi, K. Kasai: LEC-7-11 form a novel galectin subfamily of metal-mediated cross-linkers in C. elegans.

13:56 S [40] M. Yoshii, H. Zhang, K. Masaki, Y. Kato: Immune defense of worms: Analysis of intron/exon boundary positions in 128 C-type lectin-like genes.

14:22 S [42] H. Zhang, S. Yoshida, T. Aizawa, R. Murakami, M. Suzuki, N. Koganezawa, A. Matsuura, M. Miyazawa, K. Kawano, K. Nitta, Y. Kato: Immune defense of worms: In vitro antimicrobial properties of recombinant ASABF-type antimicrobial peptides isolated from Caenorhabditis elegans and Ascaris suum.

14:33 S [43] K. Masaki, Y. Kato: Immune defense of worms: CD36/class B scavenger receptor-like genes in C. elegans.

14:44 Coffee Break

15:04 F [44] T. Inoue, J. Aoki, K. Inoue, A. Sugimoto, M. Yamamoto, M. Tsujimoto, H. Arai: PAF-acetylhydrolase type II is essential for hypodermal cell epithelialization in C. elegans.

15:19 F [45] H. Koizumi, Y, Marubashi, J. Aoki, K. Inoue, A. Sugimoto, M. Yamamoto, H. Arai: Targeted disruption of C.elegans lis-1, a causative gene for human type I lissencephaly.

15:34 F [46] T. Oka, M. Futai: Requirement of V-ATPase for embryogenesis in C. elegans.

15:49 F [47] H. Kuroyanagi, T. Kimura, K. Wada, N. Hisamoto, K. Matsumoto, M. Hagiwara: SPK-1, a C. elegans SR protein kinase homologue, is essential for embryogenesis and required for germline development.

16:04 F [48] E. Sumiyoshi, A. Sugimoto, M. Yamamoto: C. elegans homologue of protein phosphatase 4 is required in spermatogenesis.

16:19 S [49] S. Ishiwa, T. Chimura, M. Horikoshi: Analysis of nucleosome assembly factors, cia-1 and -2, in differentiation and proliferation during oogenesis and embryogenesis.

16:30 S [50] S. Nakashima, N. Hisamoto, Y. Banno, K. Matsumoto, Y. Nozawa: Molecular cloning and expression pattern of C. elegans phospholipase D.

16:41 Coffee Break

17:01 F [51] T. Kawano, Y. Ito, K. Takuwa, M. Ishiguro, T. Nakajima, Y. Kimura: A possible candidate of the DAF-2 ligands: structure, expression, and physiological functions.

17:16 S [52] Y. Fukunaga,Y. Yamaguchi,Y. Tabuse,J. Miwa: Regulatory region of HSP90 gene in C. elegans.

17:27 F [53] N. Senoo-Matsuda, K. Yasuda, T. Ookubo, M. Tsuda, N, Ishii: The role of Cyt-1 in mitochondrial function and metabolism in C. elegans.

17:42 F [54] S. Yanase, J. Cypser, T. E. Johnson, N. Ishii: Adaptive response extends the life span through signaling to DAF-16 in Caenorhabditis elegans.

18:00-18:30 General Meeting

19:00-21:00 Party

9:00 F [55] I. Kawasaki, A. Amiri, Y. Fan, T. Karashima, Y. Kohara, S. Strome: PGL-1, 2, and 3, a Family of P-granule-associated Proteins, Interact and Function Redundantly in C. elegans Germline Development.

9:15 S [56] A. Mori, T. Takanami, H. Takahashi, A, Higashitani: Studies on protein kinases involved in gametogenasis.

9:26 S [57] T. Takanami, A. Mori, H. Takahashi, A. Higashitani: Hyper-resistance of meiotic cells to radiation due to a strong expression of a single recA-like gene in Caenorhabditis elegans.

9:37 F [58] R. Maruyama, T. Karashima, A. Sugimoto, M. Yamamoto: DAZ-1, a C. elegans homolog of DAZ (Deleted in Azoospermia), localizes to cytoplasm of the mitotic germ cells.

9:52 F [59] Y. Nakano, Y. Ohshima: Analysis of large body size mutants.

10:07 F [60] K. Morita, M. Mochii, Y. Sugihara, S. Yoshida, Y. Suzuki, W. B. Wood, Y. Kohara, N, Ueno: Identification of genes regulating body length in the DBL-1 pathway by differential hybridization of arrayed cDNAs.

10:33 Coffee Break

10:53 F [62] Y. Kodama, A. Sugimoto, J. Rothman, M. Yamamoto: cdl-1 encodes a stem-loop binding protein (SLBP) homologue and may be essential for core histone expression.

11: 08 S [63] N. Okazaki, Y. Masuho, Y. Kimura: lgg-1 , a novel gene related to GABARAP and GATE-16 is necessary for embryogenesis.

11:19 S [64] A. Serizawa, N. Hisamoto, K. Matsumoto: The vab-22 gene is required for axis control in embryonic morphogenesis.

11:30 S [65] T. Fujii, F. Nakao, E. Kodama, F. Suto, H. Fujisawa, S. Takagi: An analysis of plexin genes of C. elegans

11:41 F [66] G. Shioi, H. Fujisawa, S. Takagi: ven-1encodes a novel secreted protein required for nerve attachment to the body wall in Caenorhabditis elegans..

11:56 Lunch time

12:56 F [67] H. Qadota, K. Kaibuchi: Functional analysis of PKN-1, an effector of Rho GTPase, in C. elegans muscle.

13:11 F [68] Y. Sakube, T. Hamada, H. Kagawa: Novel proteins interacting with the ryanodine receptor in C. elegans.

13:26 S [69] R. Adachi, H. Kagawa: Isolation and pharmacological analysis of C. elegans unc-68 suppressors.

13:37 F [70] A. Anyanful, Y. Sakube, H. Kagawa: Fourth tropomyosin isoform of C. elegans expresses in the pharynx and gut and is essential for development.

13:52 S [71] D. Yamamoto, K. Monse, H. Kagawa: Molecular Assembly and Mutation Rescue of Paramyosin-GFPs in C. elegans.

14:03 S [72] H. Osakada, T. Bando, H. Kagawa: Isolation of Transcriptional Factors Regulating the Expression of Body-wall Muscle Genes in C. elegans.

14:14 Coffee Break

14:34 F [73] H. Nakano, O. Uchida, M. Koga, Y. Ohshima: Functionnal analysis of the che-1 gene involved in chemotaxis of C. elegans.

14:49 F [74] Y. Goshima, S. Tsukamoto, Y. Sasaki, T. Ishihara, K. Ogura, I, Katsura: Effects of L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) on Caenorhabditis elegans Behavior, and Isolation and characterization of L-DOPA Response Abnormal Mutants.

15:04 S [75] M. Murakami, M. Koga, Yasumi Ohshima: DAF-11 guanylyl cyclase is required for DAF-7 TGF-b expression to inhibit dauer-larva formation in C. elegans.

15:15 S [76] A. Oishi, M. Takeuchi, T. Ishihara, I. Katsura: Analysis of class 2 flr genes, which control the growth rate of class 1 flr mutants.

15:26 F [77] M. Koga, R. Zwaal, K. Guan, L. Avery, Y. Ohshima: A deletion mutant of mek-1 (a MKK7 homolog in C. elegans) is hypersensitive to heavy metal ions and to starvation.

15:41 S [78] Y. Kimura, K. Eto, H. Tokumitsu: CaM-K-mediated signal cascade is conserved in some neurons of C. elegans in vivo.

15:52 F [79] T. Hirotsu, Y. Iino: The Ras-MAPK signal transduction pathway plays multiple roles in chemotaxis to odorants.

16:07 Closing Remarks