Cellular Biochemistry

9th Annual German-Japanese Colloquium

Jointly organized by:JSPS and Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Date: January 29 – February 1, 2013
Venue: Karlsruhe, Forstliches Bildungszentrum
 

PROGRAM

January 29th

09:30

Arrival ITG/Campus North

Welcome note Uwe Strähle & Stefan Bräse (Directors ITG)

10:00

Short talks of group leaders ITG

12:00

Lunch

13:30

Site visit ANKA (Synchrotron)

14:30

Site visit ITG

18:00

Conference-eve reception including dinner

Welcome note Prof. Asashima (JSPS)

 

January 30th

Welcome Addresses: Vice-President Prof. Löhe, Prof. Asashima, JSPS

 

Session 1: Chemical Approaches

09:15

Small molecular entities for chemical biology

Stefan Bräse (KIT)

10:00

Combinatorial chemistry of drug delivery systems for organ targeting

Ute Schepers (KIT)

10:45

Coffee Break

 

Session 2: Biochemical Approaches

11:00

Neurogenesis in the adult zebrafish

Uwe Strähle (KIT/University of Heidelberg)

11:45

Secretomics and proteomics: tools to study signal transduction and brain diseases in cells and animals

Stefan Lichtenthaler (DZNE/Technical University Munich)

12:30

Lunch Break

 

Session 3: Patterning, Organogenesis, and Regeneration I

13:45

Control of organogenesis in vitro in vertebrate development

Makoto Asashima (AIST, Tsukuba/JSPS)

14:30

A new tool for detection of human ES/iPS cells

Dr.Yasuko Onuma (AIST, Tsukuba)

15:00

Cellular basis of liver regeneration

Atsushi Miyajima (University of Tokyo, Tokyo)

15:45

Coffee Break

 

Session 4: Patterning, Organogenesis, and Regeneration II

16:15

Retinal stem cells in growth and regeneration
Joachim Wittbrodt (University of Heidelberg)

17:00

Deconstructing the complexity of vertebrate limb and spinal cord regeneration

Akira Tazaki (CRTD, Dresden)

18:00

Conference Dinner

 

January 31st

Session 5: Patterning, Organogenesis, and Regeneration III

09:00

The Hydra stem cell system

Thomas Holstein (University of Heidelberg)

09:45

A complex network of Wnt signaling with an unusual wiring regulates the induction of vulva formation in the Nematode P. pacificus

Xiaoyue Wang (DKFZ, Heidelberg)

10:15

Coffee Break

 

Session 6: Approaches from System Biology and Epigenetics

10:45

Toward integration of ontogeny and phylogeny of vertebrates
Naoki Irie (CDB, Riken, Kobe)

11:30

Decoding the epigenetic code of key developmental genes in the medaka genome
Prof. Hiroyuki Takeda (University of Tokyo, Tokyo)

12:15

Lunch Break

 

Session 7: Cellular Behavior, Signaling, and Differentiation I

13:45

News and views of cadherins from biotechnical viewpoints
Doris Wedlich (KIT)

14:30

Roles of ADAM proteases in development and regeneration
Atsuko Sehara-Fujisawa (Kyoto University, Kyoto)

15:15

Coffee Break

 

Session 8: Cellular Behavior, Signaling, and Differentiation II

15:45

Carbohydrate-based Nanotechnology
Peter Seeberger (MPI Potsdam)

16:30

A developmental perspective of dinosaur morphogenesis
Koji Tamura (Tohoku University, Sendai)

17:15

End with Concluding Remarks (Dr. Kodaira, VP of KIT)

18:00

Optional Dinner