The International Symposium “Molecular Basis of Rhythms from Plants to Primates”
Date and Time:
- November 15th, 9:20 – 17:40
Place:
- Toyama International Conference Center (3F Main Hall)
Opening Remarks (9:20 – 9:30)
Presenter: Masayuki Ikeda (University of Toyama)
SessionⅠ (9:30 – 11:00)
The Chair:
- Urs Albrecht (University of Fribourg) and Masaaki Ikeda (Saitama Medical University)
Speakers:
- Masaaki Ikeda (Saitama Medical University, Japan)
”The discovery of clock genes and the contributions of Japanese and Swiss chronobiology researchers”
- Urs Albrecht (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
”CDK5 as clock regulator”
- Huang-Lung Tsai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
”A repressive network on the evening complex assists the circadian clock stability in Arabidopsis”
SessionⅡ (11:10 – 12:10)
The Chair:
- Jürgen Ripperger (University of Fribourg) and Toru Takumi (Kobe University)
Speakers:
- Christoph Scheiermann (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
”The circadian immune system”
- Wendy W. Hwang-Verslues (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
”Clock genes in cancer”
SessionⅢ (13:30 – 15:00)
The Chair:
- Shih-Kuo Chen (National Taiwan University) and Michihiro Mieda (Kanazawa University)
Speakers:
- Toru Takumi (Kobe University, Japan)
”PER phosphorylation regulates rhythm, mood, and metabolism”
- Emi Nagoshi (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
”Role of circadian clocks in neurodegeneration”
- Kimiko Shimizu (University of Toyama, Japan)
”Molecular mechanism underlying circadian rhythm of learning and memory in mice and nonhuman primates”
SessionⅣ (15:10 – 16:30)
The Chair:
- Tomoko Yoshikawa (University of Toyama) and Kimiko Shimizu (University of Toyama)
Speakers:
- Charna Dibner (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
”Days and nights of pancreatic islet cells”
- Jürgen Ripperger (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
”Impact of the circadian system to prevent food uptake during the day”
- Miho Sato (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
”Upgrading tools to assess circadian rhythm”
SessionⅤ (16:40 – 17:40)
The Chair:
- Masayuki Ikeda (University of Toyama) and Charles Allen (Oregon Health & Science University)
Speakers:
- Fang-Chia Chang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
”Adenosine receptor regulation and sleep”
- Hiroki Ueda (University of Tokyo, Japan)
”Systems Biology of Sleep/wake cycles”