International Student Workshop 2008 - Goal -
Workshop goal
Based on an agreement of three institutes from Japan (NAIST-BS; Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology), USA (UCD-CBS; College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis), and China (CAS-IGDB; Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), NAIST will invite US and Chinese students to participate in an International Student Workshop, a one-week student exchange program to be held once a year from 2007 to 2011. About ten graduate students will be selected each from NAIST, UC Davis, and CAS IGDB, based on a specific scientific field (“Cell signaling” for the 2008 workshop), and will stay together for three days in the same accommodation. Participating students are responsible for on-site organization of the workshop, and will present and discuss their current research activities. All programs will be in English. We hope that in-depth discussion in a closed environment will promote international scientific and cultural exchanges at the personal level, and will facilitate practical communication among young scientists through a common language, English.
International Student Workshop 2008 - Program -
Nov. 11 2008 ( Tue ) | |
08:50 - |
Opening Speech (BS-NAIST) |
Session 1, Chairperson: | |
09:00 - |
The role of the Mus81-Mms4 endonuclease in reinitiation and repair of stalled replication forks |
UCD
09:20 - |
Expression of B2-type CDK is controlled by DNA damage signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana |
BS-NAIST
09:40 - |
Regulation of homologous recombination by the DNA damage response: Mechanism and function of Rad55 phosphorylation |
UCD
10:00 - |
The Xenopus maternal gene Xlacs may encode a negative regulator of oocytes G2/M transition through palmytoylation |
IGDB-CAS
10:20 - | Coffee break |
Session 2, Chairperson: | |
11:00 - |
Chromosomal passenger proteins coordinate spindle disassembly with septin dynamics |
UCD
11:20 - |
LET-99 acts through G-protein signaling to regulate spindle positioning forces during asymmetric cell division in C. eleganse embryos |
UCD
11:40 - |
Inferring causal relationships among different histone modifications and gene expression |
IGDB-CAS
12:00 - | Filling documents to be submitted to the NAIST GCOE office |
Session 3, Chairperson: | |
14:00 - |
Understanding the assembly of TOR complexes 1 and 2 |
UCD
14:20 - |
Regulation and the function of Abl tyrosine kinase by Abl-interactor-1 |
BS-NAIST
14:40 - |
Target DNA recognition by thyroid hormone and retinoic acid receptors |
UCD
15:00 - |
Down-regulation of CIBZ, a novel substrate of caspase-3, induces apoptosis |
BS-NAIST
15:20 - | Coffee break |
Session 4, Chairperson: | |
16:00 - |
Critical and specific regulation of Gs signaling by Ric-8B |
BS-NAIST
16:20 - |
Arginine methylation of srGAP2 mediated by PRMT5 regulates the cell migration |
IGDB-CAS
16:40 - |
Analysis of IRE1α induction mechanisms under ER stress |
BS-NAIST
17:00 - |
Kanpai! Whiskey-2: a toast to long life in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
UCD
17:20 - |
Introduction to Cultural Visits on Nov. 15 |
18:30 - | Welcome party |
Nov. 12 2008 ( Wed ) | |
Session 5, Chairperson: | |
9:00 - |
The role of phospholipid/syntaxin interactions in mediating vesicule fusions |
UCD
9:20 - |
Lysosome biogenesis mediated by vps-18 affects apoptotic cell degradation in C. elegans |
IGDB-CAS
9:40 - |
The C. elegans kinesin1 functions in nuclear migration |
UCD
10:00 - |
The neuronal membrane protein retrolinkin interacts with endophilin 1, a protein essential for endocytosis |
IGDB-CAS
10:20 - | Coffee break |
Session 6, Chairperson: | |
11:00 - |
Drosophila Fragile X mental retardation gene dfmr1 interacts with actin cytoskeleton regulator twinfilin |
IGDB-CAS
11:20 - |
Role of sumoylation in MAX-1 mediated axon guidance signaling pathways in C.elegans |
UCD
11:40 - |
Characterization how POSH regulates development of rodent cerebral cortex |
IGDB-CAS
12:00 - |
Identification of genes regulating astrocyte differentiation of mid-gestational neural precursor cells |
BS-NAIST
12:30 - | Lunch |
Session 7, Chairperson: | |
14:00 - |
Targeting delivery of human NGF-β for peripheral nerve regeneration |
IGDB-CAS
14:20 - |
Regulation of differentiation and migration of parathyroid during development by transcription factor MafB |
BS-NAIST
14:40 - |
The Drosophila homolog of human ACSL4 is required for lipid storage and modulates Wingless signaling |
IGDB-CAS
15:00 - |
gorgon, a novel mutant defective in the shoot meristem and organ development |
BS-NAIST
15:20 - | Coffee break |
Session 8, Chairperson: | |
16:00 - |
Analysis of PUCHI gene that regulates lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana |
BS-NAIST
16:20 - |
Positional candidate cloning and functional studies of white spotting genes in mice |
IGDB-CAS
16:40 - |
Directing pathfinding along the dorsolateral path - the role of EDNRB2 and EphB2 in overcoming inhibition |
UCD
17:00 - |
Epithelial integrity requires a signal from underlying stroma: the nephric coelomic epithelium as a novel experimental model |
BS-NAIST
18:30 - | Dinner |
Nov. 13 2008 ( Thu ) | |
08:30 - | Check-out and departure to NAIST |
09:00 - | Arrival at NAIST |
10:00 - | Lab. Visit |
13:00 - | GCOE International Symposium at the Millennium Hall |
16:00 - | Poster session, odd-number posters |
17:00 - | Poster session, even-number posters |
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