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Registration

Welcoming Remarks by Ryoichiro Kageyama

Session 1   Comparative Biology Across Species and Time
Chair: Masaya Hagiwara

S1-1

Stress-Dependent Proliferation Determines Divergent Mechanisms of Inner Ear Formation across Vertebrates

Satoru Okuda (Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Japan)

S1-2

Comparative Anatomy and Genomics Across the Tree of Life

Rory T. Cerbus (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

S1-3

Seeing Plant–Animal Interactions Through Time at the Crossroads of Biological and Earth Sciences

Yume Imada (Kyoto University, Japan)

Coffee Break

Session 2   Novel Models for Embryogenesis and Homeostasis
Chair: Hajime Fukui

S2-1

Danionella cerebrum as a genetically tractable model for adult cardiovascular research

Koji Ando (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan)

S2-2

Investigation of human embryonic development using stem cells, and interspecies chimaeras

Ayaka Yanagida (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

S2-3*

Programming Human Embryogenesis with CRISPR-based Epigenome Editors

Ali Shariati (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)

Lunch & Poster Session 1

13:05-14:05 Presenters of Odd-numbered posters

Session 3   Decoding the Environment: Neural and Cellular Mechanisms Shaping Behavioral Choice
Chair: Airi Jo-Watanabe

S3-1

Seeing without eyes: how nematodes respond to light

Misako Okumura (Hiroshima University, Japan)

S3-2

Visual adaptations underlying the evolution of flower-visiting behavior in Drosophila elegans

Yuki Ishikawa (Nagoya University, Japan)

S3-3

Ultrastructural remodeling of neuronal organelles governing foraging decisions

Hina Kosakamoto (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal)

S3-4

Blood Feeding Regulation and Temporally Regulated Fates of Blood-Derived Amino Acids in Mosquitoes

Chisako Sakuma (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

Coffee Break

Session 4   Molecular and Endocrine Control of Homeostasis and Aging
Chair: Fumiaki Obata

S4-1

A bicarbonate-sensing GPCR communicates acid-base balance to vascular physiology

Airi Jo-Watanabe (Keio University School of Medicine, Japan)

S4-2

Maintenance of intracellular Mg2+ homeostasis and its pathological and physiological importance

Yosuke Funato (Kyoto University, Japan)

S4-3

Sex-dependent Regulation of Vertebrate Aging by Germ Cells

Kota Abe (Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Japan)

Coffee Break

Keynote Talk
Chair: Katsuyuki Shiroguchi

KT-1

Controlling neural stem cells in the aged/diseased brain

Ryoichiro Kageyama (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

Social Gathering at BDR Lounge

Session 5   Decoding Time in Biology
Chair: Yusuke Mii

S5-1

Chrono-Developmental Biology: Decoding Embryonic Time through Diapause

Masayuki Oginuma (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

S5-2

Circadian rhythms persist independent of core clock genes

Daisuke Ono (Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan)

S5-3*

Elucidating mechanisms underlying species-specific rates of developmental tempo

Hilary Knowles (The Francis Crick Institute, UK)

S5-4*

Reprogramming Müller glia to induce oscillatory Ascl1 expression and neurogenesis in the adult mammalian retina

Taimu Masaki (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

Coffee Break

Session 6   Decoding Biological Systems with New Technologies
Chair: Satoru Okuda

S6-1

Building Blocks for Neural Tube Architecture: A Modular Platform to Orchestrate Spatial Microenvironments

Masaya Hagiwara (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

S6-2

A Novel Single-cell Isolation Method Enables Cell-based 3D Spatial Transcriptomics

Nozomi Hojo (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

S6-3

Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes

Eiji Yoshihara (The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center & University of California, Los Angles, USA)

S6-4*

Optogenetic control of p53 signaling pathway

Tatsuki Tsuruoka (Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, USA)

Group Photo
Lunch & Poster Session 2

12:35-13:35 Presenters of Even-numbered posters

Session 7   Mechano-Chemical Control of Morphogenesis and Patterning
Chair: Takefumi Kondo

S7-1

Making planar cell polarity (PCP) in vitro and beyond

Yusuke Mii (Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan)

S7-2

Mechano-chemical crosstalk drives unfit cell sensing and morphogen gradient correction

Kana Aoki (Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Japan)

S7-3

Blood flow-dependent force parameters instruct endocardial cell identity for heart morphogenesis

Hajime Fukui (Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences,Tokushima University, Japan)

S7-4*

Extracellular stiffness regulates cell fate determination and drives the emergence of evolutionary novelty in teleost heart

Yuuta Moriyama (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)

Coffee Break

Session 8   Adaptive Strategies for Survival Across Extreme Conditions
Chair: Masayuki Oginuma

S8-1*

Spatially organising coral-algae symbiosis in a challenging environment

Susie McLaren (University of Cambridge, UK)

S8-2

Life Without Water: Insights into Tardigrade Anhydrobiosis through Omics and Imaging

Sae Tanaka (Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Japan)

S8-3

Mechanisms of embryonic diapause in mouse preimplantation embryos

Katsuyoshi Takaoka (Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tokushima University, Japan)

Poster Award MC by Chisako Sakuma 

Closing Remarks by Masaya Hagiwara