Program
Tuesday, July 15th
14:00-19:00

Registration (Public Hall Lobby)

15:50-16:00

Opening Comments & Introduction (Noh Theater)
Asako Sugimoto, Andrew Chisholm & Ahna Skop

Session 1: Systems and Quantitative Biology
Chairs: Zhirong Bao & Ronen Zaidel-Bar
16:00-16:40

The making of a worm: genes, cells and theorganism1

Keynote: Zhirong Bao
Sloan Kettering Institute[This Keynote Talk is sponsored by Chroma Technology]

16:40-16:55

SSBD: a quantitative database approach forunderstanding spatiotemporal dynamics of C.
elegans development

2

Kenneth H.L. Ho
RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center
16:55-17:10

Defining regulatory pathways coupling cell division
timing and cell fate differentiation in C. elegans byautomated lineaging

3

Vincy Wing Sze HoHong Kong Baptist University
17:10-17:25

Using cell-specific RNA-seq to study sex-specificgonadogenesis
Mary B. Kroetz
University of Minnesota

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17:25-17:40

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17:40-18:20

Genetics and the C. elegans Embryo: Past andPresent
Keynote: Bruce Bowerman

5Institute of Molecular Biology / University of Oregon
18:20-18:35

Quantitative analysis of microtubule orientation andorganelle movements during meiotic cytoplasmic
streaming in C. elegans early embryos

6Kenji Kimura
Natl. Inst. of Genet. / SOKENDAI

18:35-18:50

Coordinated actomyosin kinetics in generating
self-organized pattern formation in the cell cortex

7

Masatoshi Nishikawa
BIOTEC / MPI-CBG / MPI-PKS
18:50-19:05

A conditional knockout system based on the
combination of UV/TMP single-copy integration
methods and deletion mutant strains in C. elegans
Eriko Kage-Nakadai
Tokyo Women's Medical University School of
Medicine / Osaka City University

19:05-21:00

Welcome Mixer (Japanese Garden)

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Wednesday, July 16th

Session 2: Germline, Cell Division, Cell Polarity
Chairs: Sander van den Heuvel & E. Jane Albert Hubbard
9:00-9:40

Chromosome Dynamics During Meiosis in C.
elegans9

Keynote: Abby Dernburg
University of California, Berkeley
9:40-9:55

Protein phosphatase 4 promotes chromosome
pairing and synapsis, and contributes to maintaining
crossover competence with increasing age

10

Aya Sato-Carlton
Kyoto University
9:55-10:10

LIN-41 regulates continuous centrosome inactivation
during oogenesis through suppression of CDK-1
pathway in C. elegans

11

Rieko Matsuura
National Institute of Genetics
10:10-10:25

Acentrosomal spindle pole assembly in C. elegans
oocytes.

12

Amy Alexis Connolly
University of Oregon
10:25-10:40

Aurora A kinase AIR-1 is required for microtubule
assembly of female meiotic spindles
Eisuke Sumiyoshi
Tohoku University

10:40-11:00

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11:00-11:15

RNA-binding Protein ATX-2 Interacts with SZY-20
and ZYG-1 to Regulate Centrosome Assembly and
Size

14

Mi Hye SongOakland University
11:15-11:30

ATX-2, the C. elegans ortholog of human Ataxin-2, isnecessary for cytokinesis, ER morphology and P
granule segregation

15

Megan M Gnazzo
University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:30-11:45

Morphology of actomyosin network is regulated bycolocalization of RhoGAP RGA-3/4

16

Masashi Fujita
RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center
11:45-12:00

The Rho GTPase-Activating Protein RGA-7 controls
the CDC-42 / WSP-1 pathway and filopodia
formation during ventral enclosure in Caenorhabditis
elegans embryos

17

Sarah Jenna
Chemistry department, UQAM
12:00-12:15

Dual mechanisms ensure PAR-1 cortical asymmetryin C. elegans zygote
Ravikrishna Ramanujam
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

12:15-14:00

Lunch (Yume-Kaze Plaza)

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Session 3: Developmental Timing, Cell Fate, Gene Expression
Chairs: Kiyoji Nishiwaki & Alex Hajnal
14:00-14:40

Regulation of asymmetric cell division by Wnt
signaling

19

Keynote: Hitoshi Sawa
National Institute of Genetics
14:40-14:55

BLMP-1/Blimp-1 regulates the spatiotemporal cell
migration pattern in C. elegans
Yi-Ting Cheng

20

National Taiwan University
14:55-15:10

Cooperative control of cell cycle exit by G1/S
inhibitors and SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling factors

21

Sander van den Heuvel
Utrecht University
15:10-15:25

LEP-2/Makorin post-transcriptionally regulates
LIN-28 in the juvenile-to-adult transition

22

R Antonio Herrera
New York University
15:25-15:40

How does the animal change its behavioral patterns
during growth?

23

Manabi Fujiwara
Kyushu University
15:40-16:00

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16:00-16:15

The Tetraspanin TSP-21 Positively Modulates BoneMorphogenetic Protein Signaling In Caenorhabditis
elegans
Zhiyu Liu

24

Cornell University
16:15-16:30

TRIMming pluripotency
Cristina Tocchini
FMI/University of Basel

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16:30-16:45

The SET-2/SET1 histone H3K4 methyltransferase
maintains pluripotency in the Caenorhabditis elegans
germline

26

Francesca Palladino
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon/Université Lyon
16:45-17:00

HTZ-1 and MYS-1 act redundantly to maintain cellfates in somatic gonadal cells through repression of
ceh-22 in Caenorhabditis elegans
Yukimasa Shibata

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Kwansei Gakuin Univ.
17:00-17:15

Sequential partitioning of histone methylation anddemethylation activities ensures the robustness ofnatural transdifferentiation

28

Sophie Jarriault
IGBMC
17:15-17:30

Essential roles of XRN2 and its novel binding partner
PAXT-1 in RNA turnover and C. elegans
development
Takashi MikiFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research

17:30-19:00

Dinner (with poster viewing)(Reception Hall, Conference Room 3/4, Japanese
Style Dressing Room)

19:00-21:00

Poster Session I
Presenters of odd-numbered posters(Reception Hall, Conference Room3/4)

21:00-22:30

Beer Time (Yume-Kaze Plaza)

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Thursday, July 17th

Session 4: Neurobiology
Chairs: Alexander M van der Linden & Takeshi Ishihara
9:00-9:40

Trafficking of synaptic vesicle proteins

30

Keynote: Sandhya P. Koushika
DBS-TIFR
9:40-9:55

Neurons and glia cooperate in assembly of theembryonic C. elegans nerve ring

31

Georgia Rapti
The Rockefeller University
9:55-10:10

Extracellular cues that pattern dendritic
morphogenesis

32

Xintong Dong
Stanford University
10:10-10:25

Spatial Control of Neurite Branching by
Wnt-Frizzled/PCP Signaling

33

Chun-Hao Chen
National Taiwan University
10:25-10:40

The role of TDP-43 in axonal transport of mRNA

34

Justin C. Chaplin
The University of Queensland
10:40-11:00

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11:00-11:15

A pair of RNA binding proteins modulates synaptictransmission, behavior, and alternative splicing indistinct neuron classes
Adam D Norris
Harvard Universityxx

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11:15-11:30

Combinatorial expression of evolutionally conserved
RNA binding proteins determines neuron-type
specific alternative splicing of the daf-2 insulin/IGF
receptor in C. elegans

36

Masahiro Tomioka
University of Tokyo
11:30-11:45

Pathways that modulate excitation-inhibition
imbalance in C. elegans locomotor circuit

37

Seika Takayanagi-Kiya
University of California San Diego
11:45-12:00

Systematic reverse genetics approach to reveal
molecular mechanisms of the odorant choice
behavior.

38

Yuji Suehiro
Tokyo Women's Medical University
12:00-12:15

Neuronal mechanisms of decision making in C.
elegans olfactory behavior revealed by a highly
integrated microscope system
Yuki Tanimoto
Osaka Univ.

12:15-14:00

Lunch (Yume-Kaze Plaza)

14:00-17:30

Free Time(Optional: Walking Excursion)

17:30-19:00

Dinner (with poster viewing)(Reception Hall, Conference Room 3/4, Japanese
Style Dressing Room)

19:00-21:00

Poster Session II
Presenters of even-numbered posters(Reception Hall, Conference Room3/4)

21:00-22:30

Beer time (Yume-Kaze Plaza)

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Friday, July 18th

Session 5: Cell Death, Organelles
Chairs: Ken Sato & Anne Spang
9:00-9:40

To eat correctly: Phospholipid signaling in apoptotic
cell recognition and internalization

40

Keynote: Xiaochen Wang
NIBS
9:40-9:55

Translational Regulators GCN-1 and ABCF-3 Act
Together to Promote Developmental and DNA
Damage-Induced Germ-Cell Deaths

41

Takashi Hirose
MIT
9:55-10:10

PGL-1 and PGL-3, a Family of Constitutive P
Granule Components, Prevent Excessive Levels ofGermline Apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans

42

Hyemin Min
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology,
Konkuk university
10:10-10:25

C. elegans CED-3 caspase regulates centrosome
asymmetry in an apoptotic death

43

Barbara Conradt
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
10:25-10:40

Small GTPase CDC-42 promotes apoptotic cell
corpse clearance in response to PAT-2 and CED-1 in
C. elegans
Sheng Zeng
University of Zurich

10:40-11:00

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rab-35 and arf-6 function together in linker cell corpse
removal45

Lena Kutscher
The Rockefeller University
11:15-11:30

How do necrotic cells attract their phagocytes

46

Zheng Zhou
Baylor College of Medicine
11:30-11:45

Novel binding partner of small GTPase RAB-11
regulates RAB-11 redistribution to Golgi after
fertilization

47

Aisa Sakaguchi
Gunma University
11:45-12:00

An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for PI3P
turnover during early-to-late endosome conversion

48

Kai Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
12:00-12:15

Compartmentalisation of the endoplasmic reticulum
regulates the polarity in C. elegans embryo
Zuo Yen Lee
ETH Zurich

12:15-14:00

Lunch (Yume-Kaze Plaza)

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Session 6: Morphogenesis, Cytoskeleton
Chairs: Mi Hye Song & King Lau Chow
14:00-14:40

Embryonic life under tension

50

Keynote: Michel Labouesse
IGBMC
14:40-14:55

The WAVE/SCAR complex interacts with the two C.
elegans junctional complexes and regulates thelevels and localization of α-catenin/HMP-1.

51

Martha Soto
Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
14:55-15:10

Twitchin kinase interacts with MAPKAP kinase 2 inC. elegans striated muscle

52

Yohei Matsunaga
Emory University
15:10-15:25

Attenuation of N-glycosylation causes polarity andadhesion defects in the C. elegans embryo

53

Anne Spang
University of Basel
15:25-15:40

SPV-1, an F-BAR and RhoGAP domain protein,
regulates spermatheca contractility

54

Pei Yi Tan
National University of Singapore
15:40-15:55

Genetic analysis of epidermal cell mechanicalproperties during C. elegans embryonic elongation

55

Gabriella Pásti
IGBMC
15:55-16:10

The microtubule minus-end binding protein PTRN-1
and other cytoskeletal proteins function in epidermal
development
Marian Chuang
UC San Diego

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16:10-16:30

BREAK

16:30-17:30

Morphogenetic roles of non-centrosomal
microtubules
Special Keynote: Masatoshi Takeichi
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology

17:30-19:00

Visit to Nara National Museum (Nara Buddhist
Sculpture Hall

19:00-19:30

Welcome Drink(Restaurant "Half Time" at Nara National Museum)

19:30-21:30

Banquet(Restaurant "Half Time" at Nara National Museum)

22:00-

Japanese Pub near Nara Station (optional)

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Saturday, July 19th

Session 7: Aging, Stress, Metabolism, Pathogenesis
Chairs: Seung-Jae Lee & Chun-Liang Pan
9:00-9:40

The worm transcriptome: the past and the future

58

Keynote: Yuji Kohara
National Institute of Genetics
9:40-9:55

DAF-16/FOXO antagonizes age-related loss ofgermline stem cells in C. elegans

59

E. Jane Albert Hubbard
New York University School of Medicine
9:55-10:10

Sensory neuronal regulation of lifespan via
modulating insulin-like peptides in C. elegans

60

Murat Artan
Information Technology Convergence Engineering
10:10-10:25

daf-41/co-chaperone p23 regulates C. elegans
lifespan in response to temperature

61

Makoto Horikawa
Max Planck Institute Biology of Ageing
10:25-10:40

SUMO modulates NHR-25/NR5A during C. elegans
vulval development

62

Masako Asahina
University of California/Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic
10:40-10:55

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10:55-11:10

Iron homeostasis in C. elegans: development andageingGawain McColl
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental
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11:10-11:25

Activated and inactivated immune responses in
Caenorhabditis elegans against Photorhabdus
luminescens TT01

64

Kazuki Sato
Saga University/JSPS Research Fellow
11:25-11:40

The contribution of C. elegans transcription factors to
fat storage and body size

65

Akihiro Mori
University of Massachusetts Medical School
11:40-11:55

Age-Dependent Mitochondrial Fragmentation in C.
elegans Touch Receptor Neurons
Hao-Ching Jiang
National Taiwan University

11:55-12:00

Closing Comments
Asako Sugimoto
Tohoku University

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Poster Session

Poster #67 - #141: Reception Hall
Poster #142 - #200: Conference Room 3/4
Wednesday, July 16th 19:00-21:00 :Odd-numbered posters

Thursday, July 17th 19:00-21:00 :Even-numbered posters

01. Neurobiology I: Behavior, Synaptic function andCircuits
Identification of mechanisms underlying pheromone-mediatedneural plasticity by analyzing wild type C. elegans isolates

67

Woochan Choi
DGIST
A natural odor attraction between C. elegans and Lactobacillus
bacteria

68

Jeaim Choi
Yonsei University
Analysis of functions of LET-60Ras in regulation of exploratory
behavior by a novel method, time- and cell-specific RNAi

69

Masayuki Hamakawa
Kyushu University
Gravity perception and gravitaxis behavior in C. elegans

70

Tong Young Lee
Yonsei University
Neural basis of plasticity and bidirectionality of klinotaxis.
Yohsuke SatohThe University of Tokyo
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Role of ASE Left Gustatory Sensory Neuron in worms’ behavior of
NaCl Chemotaxis

72

Lifang Wang
The University of Tokyo
Analyses of the developmental changes in the odor preference of C.
elegans

73

Takahiro Hino
Kyushu University
Optical neural silencing by novel light-driven proton pumps in C.
elegans

74

Megumi Takahashi
Nagoya University
Behavioral changes in C. elegans chemotaxis to alkaline pH

75

Takashi Murayama
Okinawa Institute Science and Technology Graduate University
Chemotaxis assays reveal phoretic carrier sensing in
Caenorhabditis

76

Gavin C Woodruff
Forestry and Forest Research Products Instituteflp-12 neuropeptide and acetylcholine orchestrate to generateproper head locomotion of C. elegans

77

Do-Young Kim
DGIST
Dopamine-octopamine layered monoamine signaling modulate
sensory response in odor learning

78

Fumie Hiramatsu
Osaka Univ.
Non-redundant function of two subtypes of octopamine receptors infood deprivation-mediated signaling in C. elegans
Satoshi Suo
University of Tokyo

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Analyses of molecular mechanisms that negatively regulate
forgetting of olfactory adaptation

80

Takahiro Ito
Kyushu University
Numerical approach towards quantitative understanding of neuralnetwork of C. elegans

81

Takuya Onuma
Ibaraki University
A computational model of olfactory signaling in C. elegans.

82

Mamoru Usuyama
Ibaraki University

02. Neurobiology II: Development and Cell Biology

The homeodomain protein LIM-4 specifies a peptidergic andcholinergic motor neuron fate in C. elegans

83

Jinmhan Kim
DGISTInternal metabolic status modulates pheromone-mediated neuralplasticity in C. elegans

84

Leesun Ryu
DGIST
Coordinated regulation of peptidergic SAA interneuron traits througha conserved terminal selector gene

85

Myeongjin Hong
DGISTC. elegans apl-1 allows practical analysis of Alzheimer's
Disease-Related Amyloid Precursor Protein function.
Alexander B. Mir
City College of New York
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SVH-5 transcription factor regulates axon regeneration in C. elegans
by activating the transcription of the svh-2 gene encoding a receptor
tyrosine kinase

87

Chun Li
Nagoya university
The multidrug resistance protein MRP-7 inhibits
methylmercury-associated animal toxicity and dopaminergic
neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans

88

Richard Nass
Indiana University
Depletion of intermediate filament IFB-1 negatively affects
mitochondrial trafficking, development and functionality of C.
elegans amphid sensory neurons

89

Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam
National Tsing Hua University
Genetic Analysis of A Neomorphic Tubulin Mutation That Redirects
Synaptic Vesicle Targeting and Causes Neurite Degeneration in C.
elegans

90

Jiun-Min Hsu
National Taiwan University
A CaMK cascade and neuropeptide signaling modulate
pheromone-mediated developmental plasticity

91

JiSoo Park
DGIST
Expression of an expanded CGG-repeat RNA impairs the olfactory
response in a C. elegans model of Fragile X-associatedtremor/ataxia syndrome

92

Bi-Tzen Juang
National Chiao Tung University
Modulation of Axon Growth on C. elegans with TiO2 Nanoparticles
Chun-Chih Hu
National Tsing Hua University

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03. Germline, Sex Determination
IFE-1, a C. elegans isoform of eIF4E, regulates GSP-3/4, a family of
sperm-enriched protein phosphatases for sperm activation

94

Mohammad Al-Amin
Konkuk University
cdc-25.4 is required for successful male reproduction in
Caenorhabditis elegans

95

Sangmi Oh
Konkuk University
Sperm-derived TRP-3 channel mediates the onset of the calcium
wave in the fertilized egg of Caenorhabditis elegans

96

Jun Takayama
RIKEN
Using Next-Generation Sequencing to Determine Gene Identity in
Temperature-Sensitive, Embryonic Lethal Mutants with Adult
Germline Development Defects

97

Josh B Lowry
University of Oregon
The C. elegans gene spe-45, expressed in the male germline, isessentially required for gamete fusion like mouse Izumo1

98

Tatsuya Tajima
Setsunan University
A forward genetic screen for new gamete function mutants

99

Amber R Krauchunas
Rutgers University
The mechanism for enrichment of a chromodomain protein MRG-1
into the primordial germ cells in C. elegans
Teruaki Takasaki
Kobe University

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Evolution of sex and reproductive strategies: hermaphroditism andsex determination in the fungal feeding nematode Bursaphelenchus
okinawaensis

101

Ryoji Shinya
HHMI and California Institute of Technology / Chubu University
Characterizing loss-of-function suppressors of conditional
centrosome-defective mutants

102

Chien-Hui Chuang
University of Oregon

04. Cell Division and Polarity
Analyzing the effect of neopeltolide in cell division using C. elegans
embryos

103

Akira Shibukawa
Tohoku University
A novel centrosomal protein GTAP-3 is involved in centriole
duplication and the recruitment of γ-tubulin to centrosomes

104

Shinsuke Uchiya
Tohoku University
The C. elegans MOZART1 ortholog is essential for the recruitmentof the γ-tubulin complex to centrosomes.

105

Nami Haruta
Tohoku University
ZYG-9 contributes to multiple aspects of cell cycle-dependent
microtubule behaviors
Satoshi Namai
Tohoku University

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Role of CDC-48 and UBXN-2 in spindle orientation in C. elegans

107

Ainoa Figuerola-Conchas
Université de Genève / NCCR Chemical-Biology
Syndecan/SDN-1 regulates Wnt-dependent spindle orientation in C.
elegans

108

Katsufumi Dejima
University of California San Diego / Tokyo Women's Medical
University
ppk-1/PIP5K regulates cwn-2/Wnt function to orient asymmetric cell
divisions in C. elegans

109

Noaki Yoshida
SOKENDAI / NIG
Measurement-based mathematical modeling of PAR-2 protein
localization in C. elegans embryo

110

Yukinobu Arata
RIKEN
Mirror asymmetric contraction of actomyosin drives left-rightsymmetry breaking in C. elegans

111

Yuko Kamkikawa
Sloan-Kettering Institute
PLST-1 is essential for cortical contractility during early C. elegans
embryogenesis.

112

Wei Yung Ding
Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
BAR-1/β-catenin is involved in asymmetric cell divisions of seam cell

113

Yinhua Jin
National Institute of Genetics
Role of egg shell geometry in C. elegans embryonic development
Pei Yi Tan
National University of Singapore

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05. Intracellular Trafficking and Organelle Biogenesis
C. elegans chaperonin CCT/TRiC is required for actin biogenesis
and microvillus formation in intestinal epithelial cells

115

Keiko Saegusa
Gunma University“PKG-1 affects OSM-3 clustering at the distal tip of cilia andnegatively affects IFT particle transport in the distal segment”

116

Prerana Mahendra
National Tsing Hua University
A systematic in vitro and in vivo screen in axonal motors reveals
synaptic vesicle transport and neuron generation direct and indirect
regulating by Dynein/Dynactin

117

Chih-Wei Wayne Chen
National Tsing Hua University
Fertilization-induced K63-linked ubiquitination mediates clearance ofmaternal membrane proteins

118

Miyuki Sato
Gunma University
Nuclear membrane proteins act in transport of the Netrin receptor
UNC-5 in cell migration in C. elegans.

119

Hon-Song Kim
Kwansei-Gakuin University
Analysis of the molecular mechanisms involved in the cellular
uptake of double-stranded RNA

120

Rieko Imae
Tokyo Women's Medical University / University of Tokyo
Genetic screen to identify genes involved in maintaining lysosome
morphology, function and dynamics in C. elegans
Yuan Li
National Institute of Biological Sciences
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Autolysosome formation requires clearance ofphosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate by themyotubularin phosphatase
MTM-3 in C. elegans

122

Yanwei Wu
National Institute of Biological Sciences
Screening genes that regulate the nucleolar size in C. elegans

123

Szecheng J Lo
Chang Gung University

06. Morphogenesis, Migration and Cytoskeleton
Use of laser nano-ablation to study mechanical properties of
epidermal acto-myosin cortex during C. elegans embryo elongation

124

Thanh Thi Kim Vuong
Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Study of epidermal morphogenesis during early elongation at asingle cell level

125

Emmanuel Martin
UQAM
Analysis of expression pattern, localization and function of the PAF1
complex, which is essential for epidermal morphogenesis in C.
elegans.

126

Kenji Tsuyama
Tohoku University
A genome-wide RNAi screen to identify new players of amuscle-to-epidermis mechanotransduction pathway essential forembryonic elongation
Christelle Gally
IGBMC

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Tissue Mechanics Regulate Epidermal Stem Cell Dynamics
Coupled to the Molting Cycle

128

Sophie Katz
University of California Los Angeles
The role of PIGV-1 in maintaining epithelial integrity during C.
elegans morphogenesis

129

Thang Dinh Doan
Mechanobiology Institute
Sequential apical and lateral cell constrictions initiate vulval lumen
morphogenesis in C. elegans

130

Qiutan Yang
MLS University of Zurich
Dopamine regulates body size independently of TGFβ pathway inC. elegans

131

Takashi Nagashima
The Univ. of Tokyo
Dissection of the facilitating role of lon-1 on the DBL/SMA pathway
based on a novel hypodermal marker

132

Ho Tsan Wong
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Analysis of flp-10 that controls migration of the gonadal leader cells
in C. elegans

133

Keisuke Morita
Kwansei Gakuin Univ.
Requirement of an ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease)protease in promoting a BMP-like signaling pathway in
Caenorhabditis elegans
Lin WangCornell University

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Genetic interactions among ADAMTS metalloproteases andbasement membrane molecules in cell migration in C. elegans

135

Ayaka Imanishi
Kwansei Gakuin Univ.
Possible regulation of endocytosis by semaphorin during ray
morphogenesis

136

Ayana Kobayashi
Nagoya University
Analysis of morphological changes of epidermal cells producing
sensory rays in the C. elegans male tail137

Shin Takagi
Nagoya University
Identification of proteins that interact with the AMPK-related protein
kinase UNC-82/ARK5/SNARK/NUAK in C. elegans striated muscle.

138

Pamela E Hoppe
Western Michigan University
Mutational analyses of protein-protein interaction between UNC-112(kindlin) and PAT-4 (ILK)139

Hiroshi Qadota
Emory University

07. New Technology
Simple genome editing of essential genes by the CRISPR/Cas9
system using temperature sensitive lethal mutant strains

140

Yu Honda
Tohoku University
A method for integrating 4D images of C. elegans embryos
expressing different fluorescent markers
Yusuke Azuma
RIKEN

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AMPK and HIF-1 regulates ROS levels by a feedback loop to
promote longevity and immunity in C. elegans

142

Seung-Jae Lee
Department of Life Sciences/IBIO/ Pohang University of Scienceand Technology
Myc and Mondo like transcription factor mml-1 regulates fat
metabolism and lifespan in germline deficient worms

143

Shuhei Nakamura
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Identification and characterization of PDZ domain-containing
proteins that regulate lifespan via insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway

144

Seon Woo An
Pohang University of Science and Technology
A microRNA hormone in insulin/IGF signaling regulates lifespanacross tissues

145

Yidong Shen
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Deficiency of uracil exclusion genes and 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine
treatment increase lifespan of the short-lived AP endonucleasemutant worm.

146

Yuichi Kato
Kyoto University
Lifespan-extending effect of the rare sugar D-psicose on
Caenorhabditis elegans

147

Masashi Sato
Kagawa University
Aging in Space148

Yoko Honda
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

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Systematic regulation for temperature experience-dependent cold
habituation

149

Akane Ohta
Konan Univ.
Natural variation modifies temperature responses and memory

150

Misaki okahata
Konan Univ.
Artificial evolution and screening for mutants defective intemperature habituation

151

Yukari Kinoshita
Konan Univ.
Molecular and tissue networks underlying cold tolerance

152

Satoru Sonoda
Konan Univ.
Oxidative stress suppresses locomotion and pumping motion in
Caenorhabditis elegans

153

Michiyo Suzuki
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Stress-Enhanced Spermatogenesis And Sperm Quality in Aged
Male C. elegans

154

Ying-Hue Lee
Academia Sinica
Effect of Repeated Starvation on Fat Content

155

Shinya Matsumoto
Kyoto Women's University
Age- and nutrition-associated change in the morphology andpopulation of intestinal granules in Caenorhabditis elegans
Hirohisa Shiraishi
Iwate Medical University

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Burkholderia pseudomallei suppresses Caenorhabditis elegans
immunity by specific degradation of a GATA transcription factor

157

Song-Hua Lee
University Kebangsaan Malaysia
Is mutation rate fitness-dependent? II. Fitness decay and mtDNA
mutation rate in mutation accumulation lines of the Nematode worm
Caenorhabditis elegans

158

Chikako Matsuba
University of Florida / University of Oviedo
Characterization of a Caenorhabditis elegans mutant confers
selective bacterial resistance

159

Yi-Wei Chen
National Cheng Kung University
Genome-Wide Identification of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
Virulence-Related Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

160

Cheng-Ju Kuo
National Cheng Kung University
The bacterial metabolite violacein affects C. elegans development,
fertility and behavior

161

Kyoung-Hye Yoon
UNIST / Yonsei University
C. elegans has two FoF1-ATPase inhibitors that are localized indifferent cellular compartments.

162

Laura Paulette Fernandez-Cardenas
UNAM
C. elegans W02B12.15b, a homologous gene of human cisd1, isinvolved in oxygen consumption and mitochondria fission
Kuei-Ching Hsiung
Chang Gung University

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Reduction of lipid droplets in the W02B12.15 mutant is AMPK
dependent

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Kuan-Yu Liu
Chang Gung University
Dietary methionine restriction in axenic medium decreases bothmethionine and S-adenosyl-L-methionine levels.

165

Rieko Yamauchi
University of Tsukuba
Characterization of intestinal amino acid transporter AAT-6 in C.
elegans

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Daisuke Murata
Osaka University

09. Cell Death
Natural compounds as probes to dissect lysosome homeostasis andfunctions based on a Caenorhabditis elegans screen

167

Yang Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
qx222 affects apoptotic cell clearance in C. elegans

168

Jinchao Liu
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
The lysosomal cathepsin protease CPL-1 plays a leading role inphagosomal degradation of apoptotic cells in C. elegans

169

Meng Xu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Identification and Characterization of Two Transthyretin-like Proteinsin Cell Corpse Clearance in C. elegans
Haibin Wang
National Institute of Biological Sciences,Beijing

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LIN-3/EGF promotes the programmed cell death fate in C. elegans
by transcriptional activation of the pro-apoptotic gene egl-1

171

Hang-Shiang Jiang
National Taiwan University
Assisted Suicide: a Caspase- and Engulfment-Dependent Cell
Death

172

Holly Johnsen
MIT
Influence of wago-4 and wago-5 on C. elegans germ cell apoptosis

173

Martin Keller
University of Zurichced-11 Is Required for the Morphological Appearance of Apoptotic
Cell Corpses

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Kaitlin Driscoll
MIT
A role of a C. elegans- pyrimidine synthase in programmed cell
death

175

Wan-Ying Lin
National Taiwan University

10. Cell Fate and Developmental Timing
Transition from nuclear division to endoreduplication duringintestinal development is modulated by CDC-25.2 activity

176

Miseol Son
Konkuk University
Elucidating the role of nmy-2 in seam cell division patterns
Siyu Serena Ding
University of Oxford

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Investigating the role of pal-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans
homologue of caudal, in the development of the stem-like seam cells

178

Sophie P. R. Gilbert
University of Oxford
The kinase module of the Mediator complex regulates EGFR
signaling to influence cell fate decisions in the C. elegans vulva

179

Jennifer M Grants
University of British Columbia
A noise-filtering genetic network regulates the timing of distal tip celldorsalward turning

180

Yi-Chen Chen
National Taiwan University / Academia Sinica
Regulation of Developmental Timing and Cell-Fate Determination by
Heterochronic Proteins LIN-29 and MAB-10

181

Akiko Doi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Analysis of the Function and Dysfunction of the ALS Gene
C9ORF72 using C. elegans

182

Anna Corrionero
HHMI / MIT

11. Gene Regulation
The miR-58 Family Restricts Expression of PMK-2 p38 MAPK to the
Nervous System

183

Daniel J. Pagano
MIT
Vulval bursting is caused by dysregulation of a single let-7 target,
LIN-41
Magdalene RauschFriedrich-Miescher-Institute for Biomedical Research

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In vivo toxicity of nanomaterials are regulated by microRNA

185

Yunli Zhao
Southeast University
RACK-1 Regulates let-7 MicroRNA Expression and Terminal Cell
Differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans

186

Yu-De Chu
National Taiwan University
An hnRNP Q/R homolog HRP-2 regulates let-7 miRNA function in
Caenorhabditis elegans

187

Shih-Peng ChanNational Taiwan University
Molecular mechanisms of heterochromatin segregation during C.
elegans differentiation

188

Daphne S Cabianca
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research/University ofBasel
Phenotype and mRNA expression analyses of sphingosine kinase
gene sphk-1 and sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase gene
F53.C3.13 in Caenorhabditis elegans

189

Chiharu Rokushima
Ritsumeikan University
Gene expression and phenotype analyses of a ceramide kinase
gene T10B11.2 in Caenorhabditis elegans

190

Yoshiyasu Ushida
Ritsumeikan University
Feedback Modulation of Chemoreceptor Gene Expression Mediatedby Feeding State and NPR-1

191

Alexander M van der Linden
University of Nevada
Regulation of the bed-3 gene

192

Takao Inoue
National University of Singapore
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Combined use of chloroform and chymotrypsin as an effective
strategy for the proteomic analyses of hydrophobic proteins

193

Hisao Kojima
Ritsumeikan University
A genome-wide systematic screen for genetic modulators ofembryonic development.

194

Patricia Giselle Cipriani
New York University / New York University Abu Dhabi
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Mutation of the Maternal
Gene spn-4 in Caenorhabditis elegans

195

Aimi Tomita
Ritsumeikan University
Quantitative proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of the maternal
gene mex-3 in Caenorhabditis elegans

196

Takehiro Oshime
Ritsumeikan University
Quantitative proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of mutation of thematernal gene mex-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans

197

Hiroki Yamashita
Ritsumeikan University
Chemotaxis Simulation of Caenorhabditis elegans Using an Active
Cord Mechanism in an Actual Environment

198

Shinya Nishikawa
Hiroshima University
WDDD: Worm Developmental Dynamics Database
Koji Kyoda
RIKEN

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Exploring the limit: the robustness landscape of embryonic PAR
polarity
Yen Wei Lim
Temasek Lifesciences laboratory, National University of Singapore

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