International Symposium on “Epigenome Dynamics and Regulation in Germ Cells”

International Symposium on
Epigenome Dynamics and Regulation in Germ Cells
February 17-19, 2016 at Kyoto University
Feb. 17 (Wednesday)
9:50-10:00
Opening remarks
10:00-11:35

10:50-11:15

Session 1: Cloned Animals
Chair: Toshinobu Nakamura
Atsuo Ogura: Epigenetic dynamics in embryos during the periimplantation
period: comparison of fertilization-derived and SCNT-derived embryos
Kei Miyamoto: Reprogramming of somatic nuclei towards totipotency isgreatly facilitated by small molecules through epigenetic alterations
Shoukhrat Mitalipov: Cytoplasmic control of nuclear identity

11:15-11:35

Coffee break

11:35-12:20

Plenary lecture (Chair: Hiroyuki Sasaki)
Azim Surani: An investigation into the human germline

12:20-13:40

Lunch

13:40-14:40

Poster session 1: Odd number posters

14:40-16:15

Session 2: Male germ cells
Chair: Kuniaki Saito
Takashi Shinohara: Nonrandom germline transmission of mouse
spermatogonial stem cells
Monika Ward: The role of Y chromosome in directing spermatogenesis
Dónal O’Carroll: Identification of the spermatogonial stem cell population
crucial for the regenerative capacity of the testis

10:00-10:25
10:25-10:50

14:40-15:05
15:05-15:30
15:30-15:55

15:55-16:15

Coffee break

16:15-17:30

Session 3: Primordial germ cells
Chair: Shinichiro Chuma
Antoine H. F. M. Peters: Histone variants and proteolysis during
spermatogenesis

16:15-16:40

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16:40-17:05
17:05-17:30

Mitinori Saitou: Epiblast development in cynomolgus monkeys
Yasuhisa Matsui: De-repression of germ cell-specific genes in pluripotential
stem cells and in somatic cells

18:00-20:00

Reception

Feb. 18 (Thursday)
9:30-11:05
Session 4: Female germ cells I
Chair: Masahito Ikawa
9:30-9:55
Toshinobu Nakamura: Critical function of Klf17 for the zygotic genome
activation in mice
9:55-10:20
Katsuhiko Hayashi: Attempts to reconstitute the entire cycle of the female
germline in dish10:20-10:45
Tomoya Kitajima: Intrinsic and age-related sources of aneuploidy in eggs
10:45-11:05

Coffee break

11:05-11:50

Plenary lecture (Chair: Toru Nakano)Hans Schöler: Induction of Pluripotency in Germline and Somatic Stem Cells

11:50-13:10

Lunch/Executive meeting

13:10-14:10

Poster session 2: Even number posters

14:10-15:45

Session 5: Female germ cells II
Chair: Atsuo OguraYuichi Tsukada: The role of zygotic 5mC oxidation in mouse development
Masahito Ikawa: CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing and its application
for the study of reproduction
Martin M. Matzuk: A genetic and small molecule understanding ofinfertility and contraception

14:10-14:35
14:35-15:00
15:00-15:25

15:25-15:45

Coffee break

15:45-17:25

Session6: Stem cells
Chair: Takashi Shinohara

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15:45-16:10
16:10-16:35
16:35-17:00
17:00-17:25

Shinichiro Chuma: Male germline stem cells are primed to meiosis throughepigenetic and translational control in mice
Alexander Meissner: Targets and genomic constraints of ectopic de novo
DNA methyltransferase expression
Yumiko Saga: The mechanism of sex determination of mouse germ cells
Austin Smith: Progression from the Embryonic Stem Cell Ground State

Feb. 19 (Friday)
9:30-11:05
Session 7: Epigenomics I
Chair: Yumiko Saga
9:30-9:55
Anne Ferguson-Smith: Targeted maintenance of epigenetic states inmammals
9:55-10:20
Hiroyuki Sasaki: Switching from post-transcriptional to transcriptional
retrotransposon silencing during male germ-cell development in mice
10:20-10:45
Gavin Kelsey: Transcription and chromatin mechanisms determining theoocyte DNA methylome
10:45-11:05

Coffee break

11:05-12:20

Session 8: Epigenomics II
Chair: Yuichi Tsukada
Kuniaki Saito: Small RNA-mediated epigenetic control of transposable
elements in Drosophila
Robert Feil: Condensin complexes and HP1 differentially regulate
Nano-scale Chromatin Compaction in meiotic cells.
Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla: Epigenetic mechanisms in early mammaliandevelopment

11:05-11:30
11:30-11:55
11:55-12:20

12:20-12:30

Closing remarks

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Information for Oral & Poster Presentation
Oral Session-Please register your presentation data at the operator’s desk inside the Memorial Hall before
presentation;
Session 1, Plenary Lecture I - 9:15-9:45 (Feb. 17)
Session 2, 3 - 13:00-13:20 (Feb. 17)
Session 4, Plenary Lecture II - 9:00-9:20 (Feb. 18)
Session 5, 6 - 13:00-13:20 (Feb. 18)
Session 7, 8 - 9:00-9:20 (Feb. 19)
Poster Session-Posters will be on display in the International Conference Hall I and will be available to view for theduration of the conference. Each poster has been assigned a number, as shown in the list below.
Set-up Time : 10:00-13:40 (Feb.17)
Removal Time : 9:00-12:30 (Feb.19)-Presenting authors will stand alongside their poster during the poster session. Poster session isdivided into 2 sections;
Odd number posters – 13:40-14:40 (Feb.17)
Even number posters – 13:10-14:10 (Feb.18)-Please ask a receptionist for thumbtacks and tapes.

P1Abe, Kuniya

阿部 訓也

P11

Higuchi, Chika

樋口 智香

P2

Akuzawa, Nasuki

阿久澤 夏生P12-1

Hirota, Yasushi

廣田 泰

P12-2

Hiraoka, Takehiro

平岡 毅大

P3

Aoki, Nana

青木 七菜

P13

Hoida, Kensuke

穂井田 謙介P4

Castaneda, Julio

P14

Honda, Arata

本多 新

P5

Endoh, Mitsuhiro

遠藤 充浩

P15

Koichi, Ichimura

市村 幸一

P6

Fujihara, Yoshitaka

藤原 祥高

P16

Inoue, Kimiko

井上 貴美子P7

Fukuda, Kurumi

福田 胡桃

P17

Inoue, Takahiro

井上貴博P8Hada, Masashi

羽田 政司

P18

Isotani, Ayako

磯谷 綾子

P9Hatanaka, Yuki

畑中 勇輝

P19

Ito, Yuya

伊藤 雄哉

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P10

Hayashi, Yohei

林 陽平

P20

Jason, Lin

リン・ジェイソン

P21

Kabayama, Yuka

樺山 由佳

P48

Ohishi, Hiroaki

大石 裕晃

P22

Kamimura, Satoshi

上村 悟氏

P49

Oji, Asami

大字 亜沙美

P23

Kanatsu-Shinohara, Mito

篠原 美都

P50

Okae, Hiroaki

岡江 寛明

P24

Kaneda, Masahiro

金田 正弘

P51

Onishi, Ryo

大西 遼

P25

Katanaya, Ami

刀谷 在美

P52

Ooga, Masatoshi

大我 政敏

P26

Kawamura, Machika

河村 真愛

P53

Pin, Pui Han

Pui Han Pin

P27

Kawasaki, Yuki

川崎 祐季

P54

Sakurai, Takayuki

櫻井 隆順

P28

Kobayashi, Hisato

小林 久人

P55

Seki, Yoshiyuki

関 由行

P29

Koike, Tasuku

小池 佐

P56

Sekinaka, Tamotsu

関中 保

P30

Kubo, Naoki

久保 直樹

P57

Shirane, Kenjiro

白根 健次郎P31

Tachibana, Makoto

立花 誠

P58

Suzuki, Ayumu

鈴木 歩

P32

Lee, Jiyoung

李 知英

P59

Suzuki, Hitomi

鈴木 仁美

P33

Li, Ten

李 典

P60

Takashima, Seiji

高島 誠司

P34

Maenohara, Shoji

前之原 章司

P61

Tanaka, Takashi

田中 敬

P35

Matsumura, Takafumi

松村 貴史

P62

Teshigawara, Rika

勅使河原 利香P36

Matsuzaki, Hitomi

松﨑 仁美

P63

Tobita, Tomohiro

飛田 知央

P37

Miyata, Haruhiko

宮田 治彦

P64

Tsukaguchi, Tomomasa

塚口 智将

P38

Mochizuki, Kentaro

望月 研太郎P65

Ueda, Jun

上田 潤

P39

Mori, Yoshifumi

森 圭史

P66

Watanabe, Satoshi

渡邉 哲史

P40

Morimoto, Hiroko

森本 裕子

P67

Watanabe, Takayoshi

渡部 隆義

P41

Morita, Kohtaro

守田 昂太郎P68

Yagi, Masaki

八木 正樹

P42

Muto, Masanaga

武藤 真長

P69

Yagi, Mizuki

八木 瑞貴P43

Nagamori, Ippei

永森 一平

P70

Yamazaki, Taiga

山崎 大賀

P44

Hamada, Hirotaka

濱田 裕貴

P71

Yoshizawa-Sugata, Naoko

吉沢 直子

P45

Nakajima, Yuki

中島 友紀

P72

Kobayashi, Norio

小林 記緒

P46

Noda, Taichi

野田 大地

P73

Takada, Tatsuyuki

高田 達之

P47

Nozawa, Kaori

野澤 香織