NAIST Global COE International Symposium 2008 Cell Signaling
NAIST Global COE International Symposium 2008 Cell Signaling - Outline -

The global COE program "Frontier Bioscience Global Program: Adaptation- and Survival-strategies in a Changing Global Environment" has been started in NAIST 2007. We will have the third International symposium of the COE program in Nobember 13-14, 2008. The symposium will focus on the frontier in biology and international scientists will be giving talks in various fields of biology. You are cordially invited to participate in the symposium.
| Date | Nov. 13 - 14, 2008 |
| Venue | NAIST Millennium Hall Access Map Campus Map |
| Sponsor | NAIST Global COE program |
| Organizer | Yasumasa Bessho (NAIST), Seiji Takayama (NAIST) |
| Language | Language used in this symposium is English. There will be no simultaneous interpretation. |
| Program | Program (PDF 375KB) |
| Registration Fee | There will be no registration fee. Fee for the mixer is JPY4,000. Please register previously and pay at the registration desk at the symposium. |
| Registration for the mixer |
Plese send the following information by e-mail to bs-coe@bs.naist.jp The deadline for the registration is November 5 (Wed.). Personal information will be used only for collecting the mixer fee and not for any other purpose. |
| Informations necessary for the registration for the mixer. |
1. Name (in Japanese and English) 2. Univesity, Institute or company's name you belong to and your position or school year. 3. Your e-mail address |
| Enquiries | GCOE Office, Graduated School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0129 JAPAN E-mail : bs-coe@bs.naist.jp |
NAIST Global COE International Symposium 2008 Cell Signaling - Program -
| Nov. 13, 2008 | |
| 13:00 – 13:10 |
Opening Remarks NAIST, Global COE Program Leader |
Chairperson: |
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| 13:10 – 13:40 |
University of California - Davis, USA Pathfinding by the neural crest: the smart cell scenario. |
| 13:40 – 14:10 |
National Inst. Genetics, Mishima The cellular and molecular basis for dendritic patterning and plasticity |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Break |
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Kyoto University, Kyoto Regulations of nucleo-cytoplasmic RNA distribution |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Kobe University, Kobe Remodeling of claudin-based tight junctions |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Northwestern University, USA The PCP pathway instructs the planar orientation of ciliated cells in the Xenopus larval skin. |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | (Odd numbers) |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | (Even numbers) |
| 18:20 – | Mixer |
| Nov. 14, 2008 | |
Chairperson: |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 |
NAIST, Nara G protein signaling and its regulatory molecules |
| 10:30– 11:00 |
Washington University, USA Mechanism and Functional Consequences of Protein Palmitoylation |
| 11:00 –11:30 |
University of Tokyo, Tokyo Dynamics of cell death signaling regulates animal development |
| 11:30– 12:00 |
Kyoto University, Kyoto Apoptosis and engulfment of dead cells |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
Chairperson: |
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| 13:30 – 14:00 |
University of Birmingham, UK Self-incompatibility in Papaver: signaling to programmed cell death in incompatible pollen and identification of the pollen S-determinant |
| 14:00 – 14:30 |
NAIST, Nara Self-incompatibility signaling in Brassica |
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Nagoya University, Nagoya Pollen Tube Attractants Secreted from the Synergid Cell |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Keio University, Yamagata Global Protein Phosphorylation Profiling by High Performance Phosphoproteomics Approaches |
| 15:30 – |
Concluding Remarks University of California - Davis, USA |
