Report of International Symposium on Drosophila Bio-Resource
International Symposium on Drosophila Bio-Resource
- Pioneering life science research with Drosophila Genetic Resources -
17th -18th March, 2010 Enryakuji Kaikan (Hieizan)
The first day: Mar. 17th
Opening Remarks: Masa-Toshi Yamamoto (Director of Drosophila Genetic Resource Center)Opening addresses
Prof, Yoshimichi Ejima
(President
of
Kyoto Institute of Technology)
(President
of
Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Mr, Takao Kuramochi
(Deputy Director-General
of
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology)
(Deputy Director-General
of
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology)
Keynote Lectures
Ven, Ryusho Kobayashi
(Senior Priest
of
Enryakuji Temple)
(Senior Priest
of
Enryakuji Temple)
Prof, Yuji Kohara
(Director
of
National Institute of Genetics)
(Director
of
National Institute of Genetics)
The second day：Mar. 18th
Session 1
Chair: Ryu Ueda
Masa-Toshi Yamamoto, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
"Studies on the male reproductive system of Drosophila melanogaster"
"Studies on the male reproductive system of Drosophila melanogaster"
Utpal Banerjee (University of California, Los Angels, USA)
"Drosophila as a genetic model for hematopoiesis and stress response"
"Drosophila as a genetic model for hematopoiesis and stress response"
Session 2
Chair: Tadashi Uemura
Tetsuya Tabata, University of Tokyo, Japan
"Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neural formation"
"Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neural formation"
Leslie Griffith (Brandeis University, USA)
"Neuronal circuits controlling sleep in D. melanogaster"
"Neuronal circuits controlling sleep in D. melanogaster"
Session 3
Chair: Masa-Toshi Yamamoto
Kenneth B. Storey (Carleton University, Canada)
"Insect cold hardiness -- the secret is in the genes"
"Insect cold hardiness -- the secret is in the genes"
Takashi Okuda, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
"Molecular mechanism for tolerance to complete desiccation
in the Sleeping Chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki"
"Molecular mechanism for tolerance to complete desiccation
in the Sleeping Chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki"
Shigeo Hayashi, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
"Cell and ECM morphogenesis in leg segmentation"
"Cell and ECM morphogenesis in leg segmentation"
Session 3
Chair: Tetsuya Tabata
Timothy Karr (Arizona State University, USA)
"SURPRISES FROM THE EMERGING FIELD OF SPERM PROTEOMICS"
"SURPRISES FROM THE EMERGING FIELD OF SPERM PROTEOMICS"
Kenji Matsuno, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
"Planar Cell Chirality Contributes to the Left-right Asymmetric
Morphogenesis of Epithelium in Drosophila"
"Planar Cell Chirality Contributes to the Left-right Asymmetric
Morphogenesis of Epithelium in Drosophila"
Closing Remarks: Leslie Griffith
(Brandeis University, USA)
Poster Session
Reception
