Call for Abstracts: Joint Meeting of the German and Japanese Societies of Developmental Biologists
Joint Meeting of the German and Japanese Societies of Developmental Biologists
15 – 18 March 2017 Kiel, Germany
The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2016!
We cordially invite you to submit your abstracts for poster and/or oral presentations to the Joint Meeting of the German and Japanese Societies of Developmental Biologists. We are looking forward to receiving your contributions for the scientific programme and would like to thank you in advance for your support!
For more information, registration and abstract submission please visit the homepage of the meeting: http://www.gfe-meeting.de/.
Confirmed Speakers and Plenary Sessions
STEM CELLS IN ANIMALS AND PLANTS
Hitoshi Niwa (Kumamoto/JP), Kumamoto University
Function and evolution of pluripotency-associated transcription factors
Emi Nishimura (Tokyo/JP), Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Stem cells orchestrates hair follicle aging program
Janet Rossant (Toronto, ON/CA), University of Toronto
Exploring the origins of pluripotency in the early mammalian embryo
Vincenzo Costanzo (Milan/IT), Institute for Molecular Oncology (IFOM)
DNA replication and cell fate transitions in early embryonic division and stem cells
Franz-Josef Müller (Kiel/DE), Kiel University
Predicting fate: Testing pluripotency
Igor Adameyko (Stockholm/SE), Karolinska Institute
Single cell transcriptomics reveals novel aspects of multipotency and cell fate choice in neural crest cells
Keiko Sugimoto (Yokohama City/JP), RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Stem cells in plant regeneration
Jan Lohmann (Heidelberg/DE), Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
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Thomas Laux (Freiburg/DE), University of Freiburg
Regulation of root stem cells
Marja Timmermans (Tuebingen/DE), University of Tuebingen
Small RNAs as morphogen-like signals
ORGANOGENESIS
Eric Wieschaus (Princeton, NJ/US), Princeton University
Patterning transcription during early embryogenesis
Shizue Ohsawa (Kyoto/JP), Kyoto University
Epithelial cell-turnover ensures morphogenetic robustness in Drosophila
Jochen Wittbrodt (Heidelberg/DE), Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
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Hiroyuki Takeda (Tokyo/JP), University of Tokyo
Deciphering the logic of pluripotent epigenome in medaka
Ryuichi Nishinakamura (Kumamoto/JP), Kumamoto University
Creating the kidney from stem cells
Toshihiko Fujimori (Okazaki/JP), National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
Cell polarity during formation of the mouse oviduct
Kaoru Sugimura (Kyoto/JP), Kyoto University
Mechanical control of epithelial morphogenesis
Naoto Ueno (Okazaki/JP), National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
A unique membrane structure that determines the orientation of cell division
Erina Kuranaga (Sendai/JP), Tohoku University
Collective cellular movement in looping morphogenesis
NEUROGENESIS
Takeshi Imai (Kobe/JP), RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
Activity-dependent formation of discrete olfactory circuits
Kazuo Emoto (Tokyo/JP), University of Tokyo
Molecular and cellular basis for neural circuit refinement in Drosophila
Mineko Kengaku (Kyoto/JP), Kyoto University
Molecular basis of the mechanical force driving neuronal migration in the developing brain
Gáspár Jékely (Tuebingen/DE), Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Circuit maturation and behavioral changes during the larval stages of the annelid Platynereis
Magdalena Götz (Munich/DE), Helmholtz Center Munich
Novel players in neural stem cells and neurogenesis
EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND REGENERATION
Diethard Tautz (Ploen/DE), Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Approaching the genetics of skull shape development
Hiroki Oda (Osaka/JP), JT Biohistory Research Hall Osaka
Waves of gene expression in early spider embryos
Yoshihiko Umesono (Hyogo/JP), University of Hyogo
Molecular logic for robust organ positioning according to the anterior-posterior axis size during planarian regeneration
Kiyokazu Agata (Kyoto/JP), Kyoto University
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Koji Tamura (Sendai/JP), Tohoku University
Re-patterning and re-sizing in regeneration of vertebrate appendages
ECOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (ECO-EVO-DEVO)
Thomas Bosch (Kiel/DE), Kiel University
Eco-Evo-Devo and the emerging concept of the holobiont
Mark Charbonneau (St. Louis, MO/US), Washington University
Childhood undernutrition: a microbial view of human postnatal development
Karen Guillemin (Eugene, OR/US), University of Oregon
Microbial modulation of development: lessons from the zebrafish
Anthony Hyman (Dresden/DE), Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
The effect of temperature on various aspects of nematode biology
Kunimasa Ohta (Kumamoto/JP), Kumamoto University
Ribosome incorporation into somatic cells promotes reprogramming towards multipotency without activating cell proliferation
Noriko Funayama (Kyoto/JP), Kyoto University
Skeleton construction of sponges: the simple and accordingly robust mechanisms underlying both their plastic growth and phenotypic plasticity
Philipp Rosenstiel (Kiel/DE), University of Kiel
Host-microbial dialogues guide intestinal epithelial homeostasis and differentiation
MATHEMATICAL MODELING
Yoshihiro Morishita (Kobe/JP), RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology Reconstructing
3D deformation dynamics for curved epithelial sheet morphogenesis and attempts of tissue mechanical modeling
Pavel Tomancak (Dresden/DE), Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Patterns of gene expression in animal development
Nikolaus Rajewsky (Berlin/DE), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine
Regulatory RNAs
Patrick Müller (Tuebingen/DE), Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
Systems biology of development
HANS MEINHARDT MEMORIAL LECTURE
Uli Technau (Vienna/AT), University of Vienna
40 years of modelling: Hans Meinhardt’s legacy in Developmental Biology
