November 23 (Wed)November 24 (Thr)

9:00
Opening remarks: Atsuo Ogura
01_Multiple histone-interaction regulates DNMT3A mediating
DNA methylation and imprinting in mouse oocytes
Hiroyuki Sasaki (20min) Kyushu University Japan
02_Nucleosome organization in the early mouse embryos
University of Yamanashi, Japan

Takashi Ishiuchi (20min)

Chaired by
AtsuoOgura
TakashiIshiuchi

10:00 03_Chromatin-guided DNA methylation:
Insights from the mouse germline & early embryo
Matthew Lorincz (30min) University of British Columbia,
CanadaBreak 20min

Chaired bySatoruKobayashi

14_Biochemical dissection of nuclear reprogramming on
somatic cell nuclear transfer
Keishi Shintomi (20min) RIKEN, Japan
15_ Germ cell transplantation in fish:
Production of bluefin tuna sperm using small surrogates
Goro Yoshizaki (20min) Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology, Japan
16_A non-ribosomal peptide triggers planarian sexual
development
Phil Newmark (30min) University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Mami
OikawaChairedbyHaruhiko
Siomi
TokukoIwamori

Keio University, Japan

12:00 Lunch Break 60min

13:00 07_Reconstitution and understanding of gametogenesis using
pluripotent stem cells
Katsuhiko Hayashi (20min)

Osaka University, Japan

08_Restoring oogenesis in congenital infertile female miceusing an in vitro culture system
Yayoi Obata (20min) Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan

Chaired byYayoi
ObataSatoshi
Tsukamoto

09_Mechanisms through which oocytes evade ageing:
Oocytes maintain ROS-free mitochondria
Elvan Böke (30min) The Barcelona Institute of Science andTechnology, Spain

Helena Fulka (20min) Institute of Experimental Medicine of theCzech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
27_Establishment of in vitro spermatogenesis with highintegrity
Takehiko Ogawa (20min) Yokohama City University, Japan
28_Super long-term visualization of the spermatogenic cycle
and wave
Shosei Yoshida (20min) National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan

Chaired by
ShoseiYoshida
Helena Fulka

Break 20min

17_Genomic imprinting mediated by maternal Polycomb
repressive complexes
Azusa Inoue (20min) RIKEN, Japan
18_Critical role of genomic imprinting in human placental
development
Hiroaki Okae (20min)

06_Retrotransposons: Selfish friends in mammalianpreimplantation development
Lin He (30min) University of California at Berkeley, USA

26_Parental contribution to the post-fertilization processes

29_Function of Junk: satellite DNA and parasites in germline
immortality
Yukiko Yamashita (30min) Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
USA

Break 20min

04_Involvement of histone variants H3.1/3.2 in the progressionof gene expression program in early mouse embryos
11:00 Fugaku Aoki (20min) The University of Tokyo, Japan
05_Normal development in mouse early preimplantationembryos requires transcription of endogenous retrovirus
MERVL
Haruhiko Siomi (20min)

November 25 (Fri)13_Mechanisms regulating PM-hybrid dysgenesis and piRNAs
function in Drosophila germline
Satoru Kobayashi (20min) University of Tsukuba, Japan

Chaired byAzusa
InoueHiroakiOkae

Tohoku University, Japan

30_Dynamic expression of nucleoskeleton proteins regulates
mouse preimplantation development
Kei Miyamoto (20min) Kindai University, Japan
31_Understanding and reconstitution of germline development
in non-mouse animal models
Toshihiro Kobayashi (20min)

32_Cell cycle changes and epigenetic reprogramming during
pig primordial germ cell specification
Ramiro Alberio (30min) University of Nottingham, UK

Lunch Break 60min

Lunch Break 60min

Erika Sasaki (20min) Central Institute for Experimental Animal,Japan
21_How somatic cell nuclear transfer helps us probe theplacental epigenomeAtsuo Ogura (20min) RIKEN, Japan

Chaired by
Erika
Sasaki
KeiMiyamoto

Miho Ohsugi

The University of Tokyo, Japan

19_Epigenetic mechanisms of cellular plasticity andreprogramming to totipotency
Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla (30min) Institute of Epigenetics & StemCells, Germany

20_Toward understanding early marmoset development

Chaired byToshihiro
Kobayashi

33_Lightning Talks by selected young investigators
33a_Yuki Noguchi (10min) Kyoto University
33b_Aya Uchida (10min) The University of Tokyo
33c_Ayaka Yanagida (10min) The University of Tokyo

Chaired byKazuki
Kurimoto
Fugaku Aoki

34_Quantitative single-cell RNA-sequencing for tissue sections
with DRaqL; an efficient RNA recovery and cDNA amplification
method for laser capture microdissection

22_Epigenetic regulation of preimplantation embryo
development
Shaorong Gao (30min) Tongji University, China

Kazuki Kurimoto (20min)

Nara Medical University, Japan

35_Decoding transcription regulation during mammalian
zygotic genome activation in early embryos

14:00

Wei Xie (30min) Tsinghua University, China
Break 20min

Break 20min

Poster Session (Odd, 60min)

Poster Session (Even, 60min)

Break 20min

15:00

10_Innate fluorescence predicts mitochondrial distribution
dependent developmental fate of mouse oocytes
Yutaka Yawata (20min)

University of Tsukuba, Japan

11_Recurrent neural network approach for predicting DNA
methylation inheritance of CpG islands using embedding
vectors of variable-length k-mers

Chaired by
YutakaYawataMasahito Ikawa (20min)

Kuniaki
Saito

24_Allogeneic offspring produced by induction of PD-L1 inspermatogonial stem cells

16:00 Osamu Maruyama (20min)

23_Testis-enriched genes and their functions forspermatogenesis and fertilization
Osaka University, Japan

Kyushu University, Japan12_piRNA-directed DNA methylation during mammalian
germline development
Donal O’Carroll (30min) University of Edinburgh, UK

Takashi Shinohara (20min) Kyoto University, Japan
25_Investigating the contribution of LTRs to the control of noncanonical imprinting
Gavin Kelsey (30min) The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK

Break 20min

Break 20min

17:00 PL1_Genomic imprinting, totipotency and mammalian evolution Chaired by
Hiroyuki
SasakiAzim Surani (40min) University of Cambridge, UK

PL2_Functional Genomics and DNA-Encoded Chemistry
Technology (DEC-Tec) for the Development of Novel
Therapeutics
Martin Matzuk (40min)

Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Chaired byTakehikoOgawa
ShinichiTomizawa

36_Epigenetic and metabolic controls in germ cell development Chaired byKatsuhiko
Yasuhisa Matsui (20min) Tohoku University, Japan
37_Probing chromosome-type-specific dynamics in live oocytes Hayash
Tomoya Kitajima (20min) RIKEN, JapanTomoya
38_Zygotic genome activation by the totipotency pioneer factor
Kitajima
Nr5a2 Tachibana (20min) Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry,
Kikue
Germany
39_Mechanism and in vitro reconstitution of mammalian germcell development
Mitinori Saitou (30min) Kyoto University, JapanClosing remarks: Katsuhiko Hayash

Chaired byMasahito
Ikawa