Program
Schedule for Joint Meetings:
The 5th Surugadai International Symposium
Nov. 29
9:30-17:30 The 5th Surugadai International symposium
of Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University,
entitled "Genomics and Epigenomics of Human Diseases
and Mammalian Development"
at Lecture Hall in Dental Hospital of Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Internationa Genomic Imprinting Workshop 2006
Nov. 29
18:00-21:00 Reception for Genomic Imprinting Workshop 2006
Nov. 30
8:30 Registration at Tokyo Medical and Dental University
9:30 Fumitoshi Ishino Opening remarks
Session 1 - Human diseases and abnormal phenotypes -
Chair: Robert Feil, Marisa Bartolomei
9:40 Michel Georges Recent progress in deciphering the molecular basis of polar
overdominance at the ovine callipyge locus
10:05 Andrew Ward Grb10 forms a link between fetal growth and glucose metabolism
in adulthood
10:30 Gavin Kelsey Gnas and opposing imprinted influences on metabolism
10:55 coffee break
Chair: Denise Barlow, Jo Peters
11:15 Luisa Dandolo The H19-IGF2 locus in colorectal cancer
11:40 Anne Ferguson-Smith Function and regulation of genomic imprinting on mouse
chromosome 12
12:05 Yoichi Sekita Role of retrotransposon-derived imprinted gene, Peg11/Rtl1,
in mouse placenta
12:20 Lunch
Special Letuture
Chair: Hiroyuki Sasaki
13:20 Nobuo Takagi Discovery of imprinted X-inactivation in eutherian mammals
Chair: Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino
14:00 Bruce Cattanach Events leading to the discovery of imprinting
14:40 short break
Session 2 - Mammalian development and evolution -
Chair: Thierry Forne, Takashi Sado
15:00 Marilyn Renfree Imprinting and the evolution of the placenta
15:25 Jennifer Graves Evolution of epigenetic silencing in mammals
15:50 Ryuichi Ono Retrotransposons and the evolution of mammalian viviparity
16:05 Tetsu Kinoshita Control of imprinted FWA gene in Arabidopsis endosperm
16:20 Frederic Berger An alternative model for the parental conflict over embryo
grwoth in Arabidopsis
16:35 coffe break
Chair: Norio Niikawa, Jörn Walter
16:55 Gudrun Moore Conservation of imprinted genes in the human placenta
17:20 Keiichiro Jo U2AF1-RS1/MURR1 locus are newly imprinted in mouse after the
divergence between human and mouse
17:45 Deborah Bourc'his Sexual dimorphism in genomic imprinting
18:10 Tomohiro Kono Complementary roles of Igf2 and Dlk1 for descendants
18:35 Kenichiro Hata Placental defects in mice lacking maternal methylation imprint
18:50 Andrew J. Wood Parent-of origin-specific transcriptional termination at a novel
imprinted gene cluster
19:05 Dinner
Dec. 1
9:00 opening comment
Session 3 - Regulatory mechanisms I -
Chair: Gudrun Moore, Andrew Ward
9:05 Robert Feil Histone lysine methylation in autosomal genomic imprinting
9:30 Jörn Walter Epigenetic reprogramming and imprinting
9:55 Thierry Forne Investigating higher-order chromatin architecture at imprinted loci
10:20 Hiroyuki Sasaki DNA methyltransferases in genomic imprinting and transposon
silencing in the mouse germ cells
10:45 coffee brake
Chair: Tomohiro Kono, Luisa Dandolo
11:05 Ruth Shemer Cis acting element in AS-SRO facilitate imprinting of PWS/AS
domain
11:20 Takashi Sado Implications for Tsix-independent silencing of Xist in the
embryonic lineage
11:35 Toru Nakano PGC7/Stella as a protector against DNA demethylation in early
embryogenesis
11:50 Paul Vrana An overview of deer mice (Peromyscus) as a genomic imprinting
system
Techincal Seminer
Chair: Michael George, ,Deborah Bourc'his
12:05 Affymetrix Tiling Arrays for Genome Analysis
12:20 Agilent Understanding genetic and epigenetic transcriptional regulation using
microarrays
12:35 Lunch
Poster Session
13:35 Poster
Session 4 - Regulatory mechanisms II -
Chair: Anne Ferguson-Smith, Gavin Kelsey
16:00 Richard J. Chaillet Role of DMD sequences in maintenance of imprinted gene
methylation
16:15 Michael J. ONeill Epigenetic and Structural Features of the X-linked, Imprinted
Xlr3/4 Locus Suggest a Novel Mechanism of Parent-Specific Gene Expression in
Mice
16:30 Shin Kobayashi Discovery of novel X-linked imprinted gene RHOX5/PEM in
preimplantation embryos
16:45 Jo Peters Control of imprinting at the Gnas locus
17:10 Marisa Bartolomei Epigenetic regulation of H19 and Igf2 imprinting
17:35 Denise Barlow Control of imprinted expression by the Air ncRNA
- a matter of activation inhibition
18:00 Hiroyuki Sasaki Closing remarks
19:00 Banquet
Dec. 2
9:00-12:30 Optional Bus Tour to ASAKUSA (Old Tokyo town)