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Neurogenesis 2007

Tokyo - May 15-16th 2007 Organized by Noriko Osumi and Tatsuhiro Hisatsune & Abcam. Registration now open!

        Abcam is pleased to support Neurogenesis 2007, to be held on May 15-16th 2007. This meeting is organized by Professor Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University) and Dr. Tatsuhiro Hisatsune (University of Tokyo) & Abcam.  

Register for the Neurogenesis 2007
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Venue

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, (Miraikan), Tokyo 

Date

15-16th May 2007

Organisers

Professor Noriko Osumi and Dr. Tatsuhiro Hisatsune

Confirmed    invited speakers

  • Elizabeth Grove (University of Chicago, USA)
  • Francois Guillemot (NIMR, London)
  • Robert Hevner (University of Washington, USA)
  • Tatsuhiko Hisatsune (University of Tokyo)
  • Wieland Huttner (Max Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany)
  • Ron McKay (NIH, USA)
  • Fujio Murakami (Osaka University)  
  • Ryoichiro Kageyama (Kyoto University)
  • Kazunori Nakajima (Keio University)
  • Hideyuki Okano (Keio University)
  • Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University)
  • Tetsuya Taga (Kumamoto University)
  • Masahiro Yamaguchi (University of Tokyo)

Posters

Poster abstracts will be accepted until April 15th 2007. Submit a poster abstract when you register.

Registration

Post doctoral delegates £130; limited number of student delegates at £25 (please register early for this price)

Registration fee includes refreshment breaks and lunches. Accommodation is NOT included, please see accommodation section below

If you wish to register by telephone please contact Abcam.

Register for the Neurogenesis 2007
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Schedule 


DAY 1 (Tuesday 15 May)

  • 9:15- REGISTRATION
  • 10:00-10:05 OPENING

  • Jonathan Milner (CEO, Abcam plc., Cambridge, UK)
    Noriko Osumi (Organizer, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan)
  • 10:05-12:35 ORAL PRESENTATION 1

  • Brain Development (1) Migration and cellular behaviors
    Oral-1-1. Kazunori Nakajima (Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan) "Neuronal migration and layer formation in the developing cerebral cortex"
    Oral-1-2. Wieland Huttner (Max Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany)
    "The cell biology of neural stem and progenitor cells"
    Oral-1-3. Robert Hevner (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
    "Intermediate progenitor cells in cerebral cortex development"
    Oral-1-4. Short Talk 1: Takaki Miyata (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan) "Large-scale monitoring of daughter cells generated at the ventricular surface of the developing neocortex: time-table for transcription factor expression and behaviors"
  • 12:35-14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION 1 & LUNCH
  • 14:00-15:50 ORAL PRESENTATION 2

  • Brain Development (2) Cellular Development in Mammalian Brain
    Oral-2-1. Elizabeth Grove (University of Chicago, Chicago, USA) "Embryonic patterning and the mammalian forebrain"
    Oral-2-2. Fujio Mirakami (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan) "Migration and nucleoogenesis of rhombic lip-derived hindbrain neurons"
    Oral-2-3. Short Talk 2: Kirsty Spalding (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) "Retrospective birth dating of cells in the adult human brain"
  • 15:50-16:10 COFFEE BREAK
  • 10:05-12:35 ORAL PRESENTATION 3

  • Brain Development (3) bHLH Transcription Factors and Neurogenesis
    Oral-3-1. Francois Guillemot (National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK) "Transcriptional control of neurogenesis and neuronal migration"
    Oral-3-2. Ryoichiro Kageyama (Institute for Viral Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan) "The bHLH gene network in neural development"
  • 18:00-20:00 RECEPTION

DAY 2 (Wednesday 16 May)

  • 9:30-11:10 ORAL PRESENTATION 4

  • Neurogenesis and its outcomes
    Oral-4-1. Tetsuya Taga (Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan) "Molecular basis for cell-fate determination in the developing mouse brain"
    Oral-4-2.Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan) "Impaired neurogenesis and vulnerability of psychiatric diseases"
    Oral-4-3 Short Talk 3: Keizo Takao (Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan) "Alpha-CaMKII Deficiency Causes Dysregulated Behaviors and Immature Dentate Gyrus"
  • 11:10-11:30 BREAK
  • 11:30-12:30 ORAL PRESENTATION 5

  • Neurogenesis and repair
    Oral-5-1. Hideyuki Okano (Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan) "Neural Stem Cells: their involvement in adult neurogenesis and CNS-repair"
    Oral-5-2. Short Talk 4: Claude C.A. Bernard (Monash University, Clayton, Australia) "The Neurite outgrowth inhibitor, Nogo A is a novel target antigen for the development of an animal model of multiple sclerosis"
  • 12:30-14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION 2 & LUNCH
  • 14:00-15:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
  • Ron McKay (NIH, Bethesda, USA) "Stem cells and regeneration"
  • 15:00-15:20 COFFEE BREAK
  • 15:20-17:30 ORAL PRESENTATION 6

  • Neurogenesis in adult brain
    Oral-6-1. Masahiro Yamaguchi (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) "Temporal control of fate choice between survival and death for adult-born neurons in the mouse olfactory bulb"
    Oral-6-2. Linda Overstreet Wadiche (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA) "Delayed Development of Adult-Generated Granule Cells"
    Oral-6-3. Tatushiro Hisatsune (The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan) "Activity-dependent Regulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis"
  • 17:30- CLOSING

  • Tatsuhiro Hisatsune (Organizer, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan)

About Miraikan

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) is a state of the art facility, built int he heart of the "Tokyo Academic Park" at the center of the Metropolitan Waterfront Subcenter. Miraikan provides scientific and technological information through exhibitions of the latest science and technology, development of exhibition techniques, exchanges among researchers and the like.

Read more about museum activities...
www.miraikan.jst.go.jp

Miraikan

  


Other information

1. Suggested hotel accommodation

Near to the Miraikan, about 15-20 minutes by foot and monorail link only one stop away from the venue

2. Contact us

If you have any questions about this meeting do not hesitate to contact us. If you would like to pay for registration by bank transfer or check please contact: -

Ichiro Sato, Abcam, tel: +81(0)3 6805 8450; Fax: +81(0)3 6805 8451

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