Program
Invited Speakers
Opening remarks
| Makoto Asashima | JPN | U. Tokyo |
Cell adhesion and cell behavior
| Darren Gilmour | DEU | EMBL | |
| Thomas Lecuit | FRA | IBDM | |
| Angela Nieto | ESP | IN/CSIC-UMH | |
| Yoshiko Takahashi | JPN | NAIST | |
| Masatoshi Takeichi | JPN | RIKEN, CDB |
Growth factor signaling in cell differentiation and development
| Kiyokazu Agata | JPN | Kyoto U. | |
| Azad Bonni | USA | Harvard U. | |
| Philip Ingham | SGP | IMC | Cell fate specification in the zebrafish myotome: a paradigm for cross-talk between the Hedgehog and BMP signalling pathways |
| Christof Niehrs | DEU | DKFZ | Regulation of Wnt/Lrp6 signalling |
| Tetsuya Taga | JPN | Tokyo Med. Dent. U. | Cross-talk between growth and differentiation pathways in cell fate determination in the developing brain |
Epigenetics
| Genevieve Almouzni | FRA | Institut Curie | Variation on the theme of chromatin assembly |
| Steve Cohen | SGP | TLL | MicroRNA functions: Insights from Drosophila Genetics |
| Haruhiko Koseki | JPN | RIKEN | |
| Hiroyuki Sasaki | JPN | Kyushu U. | |
| Mikiko Siomi | JPN | Keio U. |
Stem cells (Basic)
| Martin Pera | USA | USC | |
| Patrick Tam | AUS | U. Sydney | |
| Derek van der Kooy | CAN | U. Toronto | Pancreatic Stem Cells |
| Fiona Watt | GBR | U. Cambridge | Stem cells in adult mammalian epidermis |
| Shosei Yoshida | JPN | NIBB |
Stem cells and regeneration
| Yann Barrandon | CHE | EPFL-CHUV/UNIL | |
| Christine Mummery | NLD | NIOB | Cardiovascular derivatives of embryonic stem cells in cardiac repair and drug discovery |
| Hideyuki Okano | JPN | Keio U. | |
| Tannishtha Reya | USA | Duke U. | |
| Nadia Rosenthal | ITA | EMBL, Monterotondo |
Organogenesis
| Jon Clarke | GBR | KCL | Role of cell division during neural tube formation in the zebrafish |
| Frank Costantini | USA | Columbia U. | |
| Ryuichi Nishinakamura | JPN | Kumamoto U. | Nephron progenitors in the embryonic kidney |
| Didier Stainier | USA | USCF | |
| Claudio Stern | GBR | UCL |
Growth factor signaling in cancer
| Randy L. Johnson | USA | BCM | |
| Akira Kikuchi | JPN | Osaka U. | Wnt5a: Its Signaling, Cellular Functions, and Diseases |
| Kohei Miyazono | JPN | U. Tokyo | TGF-β signaling maintains tumorigenicity of glioma-initiating cells through the Sox4-Sox2 axis |
| Alan Perantoni | USA | NCI-Frederik | |
| Michael Shen | USA | Columbia U. |