Last year, the first symposium between the Korean and Japanese Drosophilists were held in Seoul. The second symposium will take place in Tokyo this summer, following the 6th Japan Drosophila Research Conference (JDRC). We hope that this symposium will provide an opportunity for greater interaction among the Drosophila researchers in the Asian-Pacific region. We welcome all of you to attend the symposium.
July 31 to August 1 (noon), 2003
(following the 6th Japan Drosophila Research Conference (JDRC) to be held on July 29 and 30.)
Komaba Eminence
Ohashi 2-19-5, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0044
Tel +81-3-3485 -1415 Fax +81-3-3467-5791
Visit the website, http://www.komaba-eminence.com/new/english/location/index.html.
From Narita International Airport, take Keisei Line to Nippori (1,000yen + 920yen for Superexpress, "Keisei Skyliner") or JR Line to Shinjuku (3,110yen for "Narita Express" ). Check time tables at http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/airport_e/access/train/index.html. Take JR Yamanote Line to Shibuya (190yen from Nippori, 150yen from Shinjuku).
Then take Keio Inokashira Line from Shibuya, and get off at Komaba-Todai-mae (120yen). It will be a five-minutes walk to the Komaba Eminence.
Please refer to the announcement of the JDRC. Rooms at Komaba Eminence may not be available due to limited number of rooms. In such cases, for the attendants for the Symposium from foreign countries, contact the Symposium office by e-mail (see below) at your earliest convenience.
July 31 (Thursday) ====== =========== 9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks
Katsuro Koike
Jeongbin YimSession 1 Evolution S1-1 9:15-9:40 Kyoichi Sawamura (University of Tsukuba) Evolutionary comparative genomics of Drosophila S1-2 9:40-10:10 Shun-Chern Tsaur (Academia Sinica) Incipient speciation: a case study in Drosophila formosama Duda S1-3 10:10-10:35 Toshiyuki Takano-Shimizu (Natl. Inst. of Genetics) Genome-wide analysis on recombination 10:35-11:05 Coffee break Session 2 Neurobiology S1-4 11:05-11:30 Jaeseung Yoon (Kyung Hee University) Regulation of TRP channel in Drosophila photoreceptor S1-5 11:30-11:55 Daisuke Yamamoto (Waseda University) Fruitless as a neural and behavioral sex determinant S1-6 11:55-12:20 Minoru Saitoe (Tokyo Metropol. Inst. for Neuroscience) Genetic dissection of age-related memory impairment in Drosophila 12:20-13:50 Lunch Session 3 Cell Polarity S1-7 13:50-14:20 Xiaohang Yang (Inst. of Molecular and Cell Biology) Apical complex proteins regulate spindle geometry in mitotic neuroblasts S1-8 14:20-14:45 Fumio Matsuzaki (RIKEN) Asymmetric division of Drosophila neural stem cells S1-9 14:45-15:10 Tadashi Uemura (Kyoto University) Towards understanding the basis of morphological diversity of dendritic trees 15:10-15:40 Coffee break Session 4 Neural Pathfinding S1-10 15:40-16:10 Takahiro Chihara (Stanford University) Dendritic targeting of olfactory projection neurons S1-11 16:10-16:40 Huey Hing (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Signal transduction mechanisms that control olfactory axons projection in Drosophila 16:40-17:10 Coffee break Session 5 Development S1-12 17:10-17:35 Sang-Hak Jeon (Seoul National University) Pleiotrophic effects caused by Drosophila pleiohomeotic mutation S1-13 17:35-18:00 Mi-Ae Yoo (Pusan National University) Conserved function of caudal and CDX1 in Drosophila S1-14 18:00-18:25 Seungbok Lee (Seoul National University) E-cadherin independently controls F-actin and microtubule assembly during Drosophila tracheal tube fusion August 1 (Friday) Session 6 Cell Death S2-1 9:00-9:25 Takashi Adachi-Yamada (Kobe University) Roles of morphogenetic apoptosis during imaginal disc development S2-2 9:25-9:50 Jongkyeong Chung (KAIST) Drosophila parkin mutation as a model for Parkinsonfs disease S2-3 9:50-10:15 Masayuki Miura (University of Tokyo) Genetic screening of cell death regulatory genes in Drosophila 10:15-10:45 Coffee break Session 7 Functional Genomics S2-4 10:45-11:10 Woo Jin Park (K-JIST) Degradomics: a genome level screening of cellular substrates of Drosophila caspase homologs S2-5 11:10-11:35 Ryu Ueda (Natl. Inst. of Genetics) RNAi mutant fly bank for comprehensive analysis of gene functions in Drosophila 11:35-11:45 Concluding Remarks
Toshiro Aigaki11:45-13:00 Lunch
Language: English Posters: Ten posters will be invited from Korea, which will be presented at the JDRC. The poster presenters at the JDRC will be strongly encouraged to display their posters until the end of the symposium (Aug. 1).
Registration fee for the Japan-Korea Symposium is free.
Registration is required for those who are willing to attend the JDRC. Visit the website of the JDRC for the registration, and also check for the Japan-Korea Symposium. The JDRC and the Symposium will have a party in the evening on July 30. Please refer to the announcement of the JDRC.
For the attendance of the Japan-Korea Symposium only, e-mail to the symposium office by the subject "JKS Registration".
Katsuro Koike (The Cancer Institute, JFCR, Japan)
Jeongbin Yim (Seoul National University, Korea)
Etsuko T. Matsuura (Ochanomizu University, Japan)
Toshiro Aigaki (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)Symposium Office
Dr. Etsuko T. Matsuura
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610
Tel +81-3-5978-5377 Fax +81-3-5978-5373
E-mail etmatsu[at]cc.ocha.ac.jp