| Opening remarks |
| Makoto Asashima |
JPN |
U. Tokyo |
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| Session 1 : Cell adhesion and cell behavior |
| Darren Gilmour |
DEU |
EMBL |
Crowd control: modulating cell motility within migrating collectives |
| Thomas Lecuit |
FRA |
IBDM |
The subcellular mechanics of tissue morphogenesis |
| Angela Nieto |
ESP |
IN/CSIC-UMH |
The antagonism between Sox3 and Snail control cell movements to define the ectodermal/mesendodermal boundary in vertebrates |
| Yoshiko Takahashi |
JPN |
NAIST |
Secondary neurulation: Another type of neurulation by mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition |
| Masatoshi Takeichi |
JPN |
RIKEN, CDB |
Remodeling of cell-cell contacts through the interactions of cadherin and cytoskeleton |
| Session 2 : Growth factor signaling in cell differentiation and development |
| Kiyokazu Agata |
JPN |
Kyoto U. |
How is differentiation of pluripotent stem cells regulated during planarian regeneration? |
| Azad Bonni |
USA |
Harvard U. |
Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity in the Brain by Ubiquitin Signaling |
| 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 |
| Session 3 : Epigenetics |
| Genevieve Almouzni |
FRA |
Institut Curie |
Variation on the theme of chromatin assembly |
| Steve Cohen |
SGP |
IMCB |
MicroRNA functions: Insights from Drosophila Genetics |
| Haruhiko Koseki |
JPN |
RIKEN |
Polycomb-dependent regulation for differentiation programs of stem cells and progenitors |
| Hiroyuki Sasaki |
JPN |
Kyushu U. |
Genomic imprinting and small RNAs in mammalian germ cells |
| Mikiko Siomi |
JPN |
Keio U. |
PIWI/piRNA-mediated gene silencing pathway in Drosophila |
| Session 4 : Stem cells (Basic) |
| Martin Pera |
USA |
USC |
A novel marker for endodermal progenitor cells in tissue repair and transformation |
| Patrick Tam |
AUS |
U. Sydney |
Rhou function and the differentiation of endoderm progenitors |
| 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 Cell Functionality in the Mouse Spermatogenesis |
| Session 5 : Stem cells and regeneration |
| Yann Barrandon |
CHE |
EPFL-CHUV/UNIL |
Role of the microenvironment on epithelial stem cell fate |
| Christine Mummery |
NLD |
NIOB |
Cardiovascular derivatives of embryonic stem cells in cardiac repair and drug discovery |
| Hideyuki Okano |
JPN |
Keio U. |
iPS based cell therapy for the damaged CNS. |
| Tannishtha Reya |
USA |
Duke U. |
Developmental Mechanisms in Stem Cells and Cancer |
| Nadia Rosenthal |
ITA |
EMBL, Monterotondo |
Enhancing mammalian regeneration |
| Session 6 : Organogenesis |
| Jon Clarke |
GBR |
KCL |
Role of cell division during neural tube formation in the zebrafish |
| Frank Costantini |
USA |
Columbia U. |
Control of branching morphogenesis during kidney development |
| Ryuichi Nishinakamura |
JPN |
Kumamoto U. |
Nephron progenitors in the embryonic kidney |
| Didier Stainier |
USA |
USCF |
Hepatopancreatic development and function in zebrafish |
| Claudio Stern |
GBR |
UCL |
Somite formation without a clock |
| Session 7 : Growth factor signaling in cancer |
| Randy L. Johnson |
USA |
BCM |
Genetic analysis of Hippo signaling in mammalian organ size regulation and tumorigenesis. |
| 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 |
STAT signaling in renal progenitor differentiation and tumorigenesis. |
| Michael Shen |
USA |
Columbia U. |
Stem cells and the origin of prostate cancer |
