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Summary
The CDB Meeting “Diversity of Developmental Mechanisms in Invertebrates” will be held on February 2-3, 2005. This meeting will address topics in development and pattern formation and their variation in arthropods and other invertebrates. Recent studies on model organisms such as flies and mice have profoundly advanced our understanding of developmental mechanisms. However, the diversity of morphology and development in other non-standard model organisms greatly exceeds our current understanding, and the study of such models promises to generate surprising new insights. The speakers will include a number of distinguished scientists working on various invertebrate systems, and we hope that this meeting will provide a forum for the active and open exchange of ideas and stimulate further research into this largely unexplored field. Poster presentations are also being accepted and attendees are encourage to submit their work.

[ Date ]
February 2 (Wednesday) and 3 (Thursday), 2005

[ Location ]
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) Auditorium, C1F
2-2-3 Minatojima Minamimachi, Chuou-ku
Kobe, Japan 650-0047
Tel: 078-306-0111

[ Language ]
English (interpretation will not be provided)

[ Organizers ]
Shigeo Hayashi, Group Director
Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling, RIKEN CDB

Sumihare Noji, Professor
University of Tokushima

Program

Wednesday, February 2
11:00
Registration/ Set up Posters
13:00
Opening Remarks
Shigeo Hayashi RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
Session 1
Chair: Teruyuki Niimi
13:05
Evolution and development of the caste polyphenism in social insects
Toru Miura Hokkaido University, Japan
13:30
Species-specific activation of EGF receptor signaling underlies evolutionary diversity of thedorsal appendage number of the genus Drosophila eggshells
Kenji Matsuno Tokyo Univ. of Science, Japan
13:55
Morphological diversification of appendages in insects and polychaetes
Nao Niwa RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
14:20
The evolution of cell division patterns in Crustacea
Gerhard Scholtz Humboldt-University, Germany
14:55
Coffee Break & Poster Presentation (1)
Presenters for odd-numbered posters should be at their panels for discussion.
Session 2
Chair: Shigeo Hayashi
16:00
Towards understanding the molecular mechanism of wing-color pattern formation in the ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis
Teruyuki Niimi Nagoya University, Japan
16:25
Hormonal control of wing morphogenesis and larval body markings in butterflies and moths
Haruhiko Fujiwara University of Tokyo, Japan
16:50
Hox gene fusion and evolution of divergent translational controls in Crustaceans
Yasuhiro Shiga Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan
16:15
An analysis of segmentation and limb development in Oncopeltus fasciatus
Thomas Charles Kaufman Indiana University, USA
17:50
Reception
19:00
Poster Presentation (2)
Presenters for even-numbered posters should be at their panels for discussion.
Thursday, February 3
Session 3
Chair: Kenji Matsuno
9:00
Formation of the dorsal-ventral axis and the mesoderm in spiders
Hiroki Oda JT Biohistory Research Hall, Japan
9:25
Evolution of segmentation: The molecular basis of segmentation in spiders and millipedes
Wim G.M. Damen University of Cologne, Germany
10:00
Evolution of arthropod segmentation - lessons and insights from centipede development
Ariel Chipman University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK
10:35
Coffee Break
Session 4
Chair: Yasuhiro Shiga
11:00
Developmental mechanisms in the intermediate-germ cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
Sumihare Noji University of Tokushima, Japan
11:25
Asymmetric Cell Division, Signaling and Segmentation in Helobdella robusta, a Glossiphoniid Leech
David A. Weisblat University of California, USA
12:00
Closing Remarks
Sumihare Noji University of Tokushima, Japan
-14:00
Poster take-down
 
Poster Presentation
The size of the poster panel is 120 cm (width) X 180 cm (height). A 20 cm X 20 cm space in the upper left corner should be left blank for numbering the panel.
Posting
February 2, 11:00 - 13:00
Session (1)
February 2, 14:55 - 16:00
Presenters for odd-numbered posters should be at their panels for discussion.
Session (2)
February 2, 19:00 - 20:00
Presenters for even-numbered posters should be at their panels for discussion.
Removal
February 3, -14:00
Inquiries

RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB)
2-2-3 Minatojima Minamimachi, Chuou-ku
Kobe, Japan 650-0047
Tel: 078-306-0111 Fax: 078-306-0101
http://www.cdb.riken.jp/invertebrate05/