The 6th Meeting of Japanese Drosophila Research Conference

The Japanese Drosophila Research Conference (JDRC) is held once every two years to serve to reflect on progress in Drosophila biology in Japan. The 6th meeting is directly followed by the second Japan-Korea Symposium, which will include a lot of topics in the field of Drosophila research.

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1. Date

July 29 to July 30, 2003
(The 2nd Japan-Korea Symposium will be held at the same place from July 31 to August 1, 2003.)

2. Location

Komaba Eminence
Ohashi 2-19-5, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0044
Tel +81-3-3485 -1415 Fax +81-3-3467-5791

3. Daily Schedule

4. Registration and Abstract Submission

The registration area will be located in the lobby of the Large Hall. You will receive a nameplate and tickets for a lunch box and Social according to your registration . Please wear the nameplate during the meeting and return it at your leaving.

If you have not registered via on-line form, you will be able to register on-site at the following rates -for registration and social gathering

Registration fee: 6,000 yen with a reduction of 2,000 yen for students
Social gathering fee: 6,000 yen with a reduction of 2,000 yen for students

Attendees registered on-line can confirm their registration at the following site.

goto JDRC6 registration server

Platform sessions: Room for the platform sessions will be the Large Hall. Each platform presentation will be limited to a 12 minute presentation, with an additional 3 minutes for questions and discussion. Detailed information for the platform presentaion will be announced individually to the presenter. All platform presenters are also requested to present a poster.

The formal language is Japanese, but other languages such as English, Chinese and Korean can be used for platform presentation. All presentation figures (posters and slides) should be written in English and associated with proper English captions so that people unfamiliar with the language used can understand the presentation. English will be used for discussion in the case of non-Japanese presentations.

Poster sessions: Posters will be displayed on a board approximately 180 cm by 90 cm in the Diamond Room. All posters will be available throughout the meeting. Presenters are requested to display the poster on the designated board before 13:30 on Tuesday, July 7 and strongly encouraged to display their posters until the last day of the symposium (August 1). All posters must be removed from poster boards no later than 12:00 on Friday, August 1.

6. Abstracts

Abstracts volume is not provided. You can download the PDF file of abstracts.

The 6th JDRC Abstracts

 

7. General meeting

General meeting will be held at the Large Hall beginning at 18:00, Wednesday, July 30. All members of the JDRC are requested to attend the General meeting

8. Social

Social gathering will be held at the Hoh-ou Room beginning at 19:30, Wednesday, July 30.

9. Lunch

You can pick up the lunch box in the lobby of the Large Hall in exchange for the ticket. The Large Hall and the Diamond Room will be available for eating a lunch box.

10. Cloak

There will be no cloakroom. Only guests of Eminence Hotel will be able to check your baggage at the front desk of the hotel.

11. Smoking

Smoking is allowed only in designated areas and outdoors.

12. Transportation

Visit the website, http://www.komaba-eminence.com/new/english/location/index.html.

13. JDRC Office

Organizers:
Kaoru Saigo (University of Tokyo)
Toshiro Aigaki (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Etsuko T. Matsuura (Ochanomizu University)
Akinao Nose (University of Tokyo)
Tetsuya Tabata (University of Tokyo)
Ryu Ueda (National Institute of Genetics)


Organizing office:
Tetsuya Koijma
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry
Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032
JAPAN
TEL: +81-3-5841-4404 FAX: +81-3-5841-4400
e-mail: skojima[at]mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp