Wednesday, September 27
Venue: Conference Room 300

Transboader Networking in Human Biology
Description:
This session aims to enhance human network formation of researchers in 5 global partener universities(UC Irvine, National Taiwan University, Boredeaux University, University of Sao Paulo, and University ofTsukuba). This session consists of two sessions; CiC introduction session and CiC science session. In CiC
introduction session, cutting-edge researches and unique education systems of individual universities
will be introduced, while in CiC science session, top researchers of each university will present newest
reserach topics. This session will contribute to enable deep undestanding with each other and stimulate
the collaboration of research and education betwen CiC partner universities.
Session Organizers: Mitsuru Okuwaki, Fuminori Tsuruta, Yuji Funakoshi, Keiko Hirota, Kohsuke Kato,Tadachika Koganezawa, Ryosuke Ohniwa

Part I
Chair: Yuji Funakoshi, University of Tsukuba
University of Tsukuba
09:30-09:40 Dr. Akira Shibuya
Opening Remarks from the Ph.D. Program in Human Biology
University of Tsukuba
09:40-10:05 Dr. Akira Shibuya"Regulation of immune responses by apoptotic cells"
University of California, Irvine
10:05-10:30 Dr. Jun Allard"Mathematical modeling of how immune cell receptors use force,
space and time"
University of São Paulo
10:30-10:55 Dr. Sergio Akira Uyemura"Studies of mitochondrial components from Aspergillus fumigatus :from bioenergetic to the alternative recovery of human mitochondrial
disease application"
National Taiwan University

10:55-11:20 Dr. Chau-Ti Ting

Genomic analyses of behavioral isolation in Drosophila melanogaster
Part Ⅱ
Chair: Mitsuru Okuwaki, University of Tsukuba
University of Tsukuba
11:50-12:00 Dr. Teruo Higashi"University of Tsukuba’s Global Strategy: Campus-in-Campus (CiC)
12:00-12:10 Dr. Akira Shibuya"University of Tsukuba"

University of Tsukuba

12:10-12:20 Dr. Abdelhamid Benazzouz"University of Bordeaux"

University of Bordeaux

12:20-12:30 Dr. Chau-Ti Ting
"National Taiwan University"
12:30-12:40 Dr. Arthur Lander"University of California, Irvine"
12:40-12:50 Dr. Rita Tostes"University of Sao Paulo"

National Taiwan University
University of California, Irvine
University of Sao PauloPart Ⅲ
Chair: Dr. Fuminori Tsuruta, University of Tsukuba

University of Bordeaux
13:10-13:35 Dr. Abdelhamid Benazzouz"Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's
disease: interaction with the monoaminergic systems"
University of Bordeaux
13:35-14:00 Dr. Jérôme Ezan
"The Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling - more than a molecularcompass
University of Tsukuba
14:00-14:25 Dr. Yu Hayashi"Identification of REM/non-REM sleep regulating neurons and insights
to the function of REM sleep"
Part Ⅳ
Chair:

Dr. Keiko Hirota, University of Tsukuba
Dr. Kohsuke Kato, University of Tsukuba

14:40-15:05 Dr. Akiyoshi Fukamizu"Biological Methylation in Health and Disease

University of Tsukuba-Methyltransferases tell us lifespan-"
University of Sao Paulo
15:05-15:30 Dr. Rita Tostes"The innate and adaptive immune systems and their contribution tothe effects of aldosterone"
National Taiwan University
15:30-15:55 Dr. Ya-Wen Liu"Dynamin-mediated Membrane Remodeling in Muscle Development,
Regeneration and Disease"
University of California, Irvine
15:55-16:20 Dr. Arthur Lander
Understanding proliferative growth: From homeostasis to cancer