Indo Japan Meeting

Indo-Japan Meeting

January 9 - 10, 2012

 

Program

January 8, 2012

Time

Speaker

 

18.00-18.30

Registration

 

18.30

Mixer and Dinner

Venue: NCBS Dining Hall

 

January 9, 2012

Time

Speaker

 

9.30 – 9.45 am

Introductory remarks:

K. VijayRaghavan, NCBS, Bangalore and

Shin Aizawa, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

Session 1

Mesoderm and its derivatives

Chair: Shin Aizawa, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

 

09.45-10.15

Development of hematopoietic stem cells: an outline of the final scenario

Shin Nishikawa, RIKEN,CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

10.15-10.35

Rudhira is required for directional cell migration and cardiovascular development

Maneesha Inamdar, JNCASR, Bangalore

LH 1

 

10.35-10.45

Lineage specification in early extraembryonic mesoderm differentiation

Wei Weng, Riken, CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

10.45-11.05

Genome-wide expression screening of metabolic enzyme encoding mRNAs in developing chicken embryos

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, IIT, Kanpur

LH1

 

11.05-11.25

TEA

 

Session 2

Cell behaviour, Signalling and Morphogenesis - Chair: Shin Nishikawa, RIKEN,CDB, Japan

 

11.25-11.45

FGF regulates mechanosensory hair cell morphogenesis

Raj Ladher, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

11.45-12.05

Patterning cell behaviour during morphogenesis

Maithreyi Narasimha, TIFR, Mumbai

LH 1

 

12.05 -12.25

Cell and tissue morphogenesis in Drosophila

Shigeo Hayashi, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

12.25-12.45

Developmental control of Mitochondrial Morphology

Richa Ricky, IISER, Pune

LH 2

 

12.45 - 14.15

Lunch

 

Session 3

Cell behavior, Signalling and Morphogenesis – I

Chair: Maithreyi Narasimha, TIFR, Mumbai

14.15-14.35

Protocadherin 17 regulates cell migration through the interaction with Nck-associated protein 1

Shuichi Hayashi

LH 1

 

14.35-14.55

Theoretical model for gradient sensing and directional cell migration

Tetsuya Hiraiwa, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

14.55-15.15

Regulation of cellular growth by phosphoinositide signalling- novel mechanisms

Raghu Padinjat, NCBS, Bangalore

LH 1

 

15.15-15.35

Mathematical mechanisms underlying cell polarization and asymmetry

Tatsuo Shibata, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

15.35-15.55

Genetic analysis of zebrafish epidermis development

Mahendra Sonawane, TIFR, Mumbai

LH 1

15.55-17.30

Break during NCBS Student/postdoc Annual Work Seminars in LH1

Session 4

Brain Development

Chair: Shigeo Hayashi

 

17.30-17.50

How does neural tube close? The view from non-neural ectoderm
Naoto Ueno, NIBB, Japan

LH 1

 

17.50-18.10

Phase transition of neural stem cells during cortical development

Fumio Matsuzaki, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

LH 1

 

18.10-18.30

TBA

Gordon Fishell, NYUMC/Skirball

LH 1

 

 

18.30-18.50

Neuronal diversity by clustered protocadherin genes

Takeshi Yagi, OSAKA University, Japan

LH 1

 

19.15 onwards

Dinner at NCBS

 

 

 

January 10, 2012

 

Session 5

Neurobiology

Chair: Raghu Padinjat, NCBS, Bangalore

Time

Speaker

 

09.30-09.50

Regulation of neuronal subtype identity in the cerebral cortex
Carina Hanashima, RIKEN, CDB, Japan

LH1

 

09.50-10.10

Intracellular calcium signaling and neuronal function

Gaiti Hasan, NCBS, Bangalore

LH1

 

10.10-10.40

Wired for sex: the neurobiology of Drosophila courtship behaviour
Barry Dickson, IMP, Vienna

LH1

 

10.40-11.00

Neural lineages in the development and assembly of the walking circuit

K.VijayRaghavan, NCBS, Bangalore

 

11.00-11.20

Assembling a network: Lessons from the zebrafish motor system

Vatsala Thirumalai, NCBS, Bangalore

LH1

 

11.20-11.45

TEA

 

Session 6

Developmental Control

Chair: Maneesha Inamdar, JNCASR, Bangalore

 

11.45-12.05

Genetic control of surface curvature in plants

Utpal Nath, IISc, Bangalore

LH1

 

12.05-12.25

Epigenetic regulation of key developmental genes – genome wide approaches in medaka fish

Hiroyuki Takeda, Tokyo University

LH1

 

12.25-12.45

"To switch or not to switch: The enigma of isoform switching during myofibrillogenesis”

Upendra Nongthomba, MRDG, IISc, Bangalore

LH 1

 

12.45-13.05

Functions of Larp7 on cell-cycle control of primordial germ cells in mouse

Yasuhisa Matsui, Tohoku University, Japan

LH1

 

13.05-13.25

Mouse Evolution Project: understanding genetic buffering system in mammalian

Arikuni Uchimura, University of Osaka, Japan

LH1

 

13.25-14.30

Lunch

 

 

Breakaway discussions in small groups for discussing possible collaborations.

 

17.00

Concluding session by Shin Aizawa and K.VijayRaghavan

 

17.30

TEA

 

17.30-19.00

Free time/more discussions

 

19.00

Leave for Dinner