PROGRAM:
Morning Session (Animal Science): 8:40-12:00
8:40-8:45- Opening remarks - Drs. Masao Miyazaki and Abidur Rahman
8:45-9:25 -SA 1- How do mammalian pheromones coordinate flexible responses to the socialenvironment?
Dr. Jane Hurst - Mammalian Behaviour & Evolution Group, Institute of Integrative Biology,
University of Liverpool, UK
9:25-9:55 -SA 2- The application of novel methods of mass spectrometry in the analysis ofbiological systems
Dr. Robert J Beynon- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
9:55-10:25 -SA 3- Odorant receptor class choice and olfactory behaviors
Dr. Junji Hirota - Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, Japan
10:25-10:40- Tea Break
10:40-11:10 -SA 4- Dog (Canis familiaris) -Human interaction and their domestication
Dr. Takefumi Kikusui- School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
Oral presentation by students -1
11:10-11:20 -OA 1- BAC library construction and BAC-FISH mapping in the eastern
pale clouded
yellow butterfly, Colias erate
Mizuki Ohno-United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Japan
11:20-11:30 -OA 2- Eukaryotic homologs of CdsA possess the ability to biosynthesize
glycolipid MPIase involved in membrane protein integration and preprotein translocation
Yusei Sekiya- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Japan
11:30-11:40 -OA 3- New immortalized human follicle dermal papilla cells with a constant
expression of testosterone receptor keeps normal response against the dihydrotestosterone
Kohei Takahashi- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Iwate University, Japan
11:40-11:50 -OA 4- Analysis of transgenic mice upregulating the felinine pathway for
downregulating the cholesterol biosynthesis in catsManon Miura- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Japan

11:50- 12:00 -OA 5- The neuronal system for euphoria is important for the matatabi-response incat.
Reiko Uenoyama- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Japan
12:00-13:50- Lunch and Poster session
Afternoon Session (Plant Science): 14:00-17:40
14:00-14:40 -SP 1- To grow or not to grow: what makes roots respond to environmental signals?
Dr. Wolfgang Busch- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for
Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA
14:40-15:10 -SP 2- Regulation of polar auxin transport in response to high salinity
Dr. Masahiko Furutani- College of Life Sciences & Haixia Institute of Science andTechnology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fujian, China
15:10-15:40 -SP 3- Plant responses to complex natural environments captured by fieldtranscriptomics
Dr. Atsushi J. Nagano- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Japan
15:40-16:10 -SP 4- Three unusual things about how roots of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimate totemperature
Dr. Tobias I Baskin- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
16:10-16:30- Tea break
Oral presentation by students -216:30-16:40 -OP 1- High respiration rate per dry mass of beech seedlings stimulates earlybudburst after three years shading
Citra Gilang Qur’ani- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Iwate University,Japan
16:40-16:50 -OP 2- Understanding the mechanisms of action of auxinic herbicides dicamba andpicloram in inhibiting Arabidopsis root growth
Haruna Sakai- Graduate School of Arts and Science, Iwate University, Japan
16:50-17:00 -OP 3- Chromosome 5 and 6 derived from African Rice Enhances PhenotypicPlasticity
Yusuke Masuya- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Japan
17:00-17:10 - OP 4- Intraspecific variations in leaf phenology and frost hardiness of leaves in a
deciduous tree, Fagus crenata, in relation to the frost regime in spring and autumn
Saki Sugimoto- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Japan

17:10-17:20 -OP 5- Understanding the molecular mechanism of cellular detoxification andvacuolar transport of cesium in Arabidopsis
Keita Ito-Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
17:20-17:40- Award Session and Closing remarks -Dr. Matsuo Uemura
19:00- 21:00- Symposium Dinner (Metropolitan hotel)

Posters
Animal Science
AP 1. Distribution of cells expressing vomeronasal receptors in the olfactory organ of turtle
Sayed Sharif Abdali- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate
University, Japan
AP 2. The effect of various dietary protein sources on the gene expression of fructosamine
kinase in various tissues of chickens
Chie Takita- Department of Agriculture, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Iwate
University, Japan
AP 3. Cloning and heterologous expression of protein-oxidizing enzyme gene from
Penicillium citrinum AIU Z-26-4-8
Daiki Takashima- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University,Japan
AP 4. Starvation causes the alteration of the pre-rRNA accumulation in C. elegans
Yuki Osaki- Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
AP 5. Microbial production of bioplastic from brown seaweeds
Akira Matsumoto- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University,Japan
AP 6. Reconstitution of the TAT (Twin-Arginine Translocation) pathway that
depends on both TatABC and glycolipid MPIase.
Kotoka Kanno- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Iwate University,Japan
AP 7. Liver-type fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) expressed in kidney and excreted intourine in cats with kidney disease
Rieko Katayama- Cooperative Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Faculty ofAgriculture, Iwate University, JapanAP 8. Enzymatic functions of acidic mammalian chitinase in the mouse stomach
Misa Ohno- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture,
Iwate University, Japan.
AP 9. Chemical compositions of lipid droplets accumulated in proximal convoluted
tubular epithelial cells of domestic cats
Ryunosuke Sato- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Japan
AP 10. Serum metabolomics of neonatal calves before and after first colostrum ingestion
Tamako Miyazaki- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty ofAgriculture, Iwate University, JapanAP 11. Glycero- and sphingo-phospholipid differ in their effects on the function of the tightjunction in human epidermal keratinocyte
Wako Fujimori- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, JapanAP 12. In vitro analysis of glycolipid MPIase and protein YidC involved in membrane protein
insertion
Yuta Endo- The United Graduate School of agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Iwate,Japan.
AP 13. Intracellular localization of Kita-Kyushu Lung Cancer Antigen-1 (KK-LC-1) andidentification of associated proteins with KK-LC-1 by coimmunoprecipitation
Haruki Ohmiya- Biochemical laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, JapanPlant Science
PP 1. Understanding the role of actin in cold response of Arabidopsis
Aya Hanzawa- Department of Plant Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Japan
PP 2. Transcriptome analysis reveals thermogenic tissue-specific gene expression of selenium
binding protein 1 in skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus renifolius
Haruka Tanimoto- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Iwate University, Japan
PP 3. Physiological and molecular regulation of cold response in TomatoHiroki Takahashi- Department of plant bio science, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate university,Japan
PP 4. Comparative phosphoproteomic study of Arabidopsis microsomal membrane fraction inresponse to cold treatment
Kamal Md Mostafa- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Japan
PP 5. Understanding the molecular mechanism of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-induced
depolymerization of actin
Kenji Sugita- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Iwate University, JapanPP 6. The establishment of a high frequency regeneration system of the homozygous genotypeof apples
Li Furong- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Japan
PP 7. Exploration of genes controlling host-specific root nodule symbiosis by GWAS
Makoto Taniuchi- Graduate School of Art and Science, Division of Agriculture, IwateUniversity, Japan
PP 8. Lateral root development in Arabidopsis is regulated by isovariant-specific actin-mediatedredistribution of auxin
Marika Yamauchi- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Iwate University, Japan
PP 9. Development of an aroma designer to identify essential odorants from citrus fruit
Mayuki Toisawa- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty ofAgriculture, Iwate University, JapanPP 10. Chemical Constituents of Basidiomycete Omphalotus japonicus
Satoki Aoki- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Iwate University, Iwate,
Japan
PP 11. Can mixed planting of near isogenic lines with different maturity reduce improve riceproductivity?
Seiji Oikawa- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Iwate University, JapanPP 12. Ectopic expression of Arabidopsis RCI2A gene confers cold tolerance in tomato
Velu Sivankalyani- Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
PP 13. High temperature response in Arabidopsis is regulated by isovariant specific actin
Sumaya Parveen- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Japan