PROGRAM
for the CSI-IFReC Joint Symposium on Immunology
November 2, 2010
13:00-18:00pm

Registration and check in

18:00-19:00pm

Reception

19:00-21:00pm

Welcome Banquet

November 3, 2010
8:00-8:15am

Opening Ceremony
Xuetao Cao and Shizuo Akira

8:15-9:15am

Plenary lecture
Prof. Tadamitsu Kishimoto (Laboratory of Immune Regulation,
WPI-IFReC, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka
University, Japan)
IL-6; from its discovery to the development of Tocilizumab (anti-IL-6Rantibody)

9:15-10:15am

Session 1 Innate Immunity (I)Co-chairs: Zhigang Tian (China) and Kiyoshi Takeda (Japan)

9:15-9:45am

Shizuo Akira (Laboratory of Host Defense, WPI-IFReC, OsakaUniversity, Japan)
Function of LPS-inducible genes, Zc3h12a and JMJD3 revealed bygene targeting

9:45-10:15am Xuetao Cao (National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology,China)
Cross regulation of TLR-triggered pro-inflammatory cytokine
production

10:15-10:45am

Coffee Break and poster visiting10:45-12:45am

Session 1 Innate Immunity (II)Co-chairs: Yizhi Yu (China) and Shizuo Akira (Japan)

10:45-11:15am Kiyoshi Takeda (Department of Microbiology and Immunology,WPI-IFReC, Osaka University, Japan)
Regulation of intestinal homeostasis by innate immunity
11:15-11:45am Bing Sun (Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, China)
TRIM30 negatively regulates TLR-mediated NF-κB activation
11:45-12:15am Hisashi Arase (Laboratory of Immunochemistry, WPI-IFReC, OsakaUniversity, Japan)
Regulation of herpesvirus infection by paired receptors
12:15-12:45am Baoxue Ge (Shanghai Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese Academy ofSciences, China)
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) signaling suppresses the apoptosis ofvirus-infected cells

12:45-14:00pm

Lunch

14:30-16:00pm

Session 2 Adaptive Immunity (I)Co-chairs: George Fu Gao (China) and Takashi Saito (Japan)

14:30-15:00pm Tomohiro Kurosaki (Laboratory of Lymphocyte Differentiation,
WPI-IFReC, Osaka University, Japan)
CIN85 regulates canonical NF-κB pathway and subsequent B cell
responses
15:00-15:30pm Changyou Wu (Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-SenUniversity, China)
The differentiation and function of IL-22-producing T cells
15:30-16:00pm Masaru Ishii (Laboratory of Biological Imaging, WPI-IFReC, OsakaUniversity, Japan)
Dynamic live imaging of bone marrow cells by using intravital
2-photon microscopy

16:00-16:30pm

Coffee Break and poster visiting

16:30-18:30pm

Session 2 Adaptive Immunity (II)Co-chairs: Changyou Wu (China) and Hisashi Arase (Japan)

16:30-17:00pm George Fu Gao (Beijing Institutes of Life Science, China)
Functional and structural studies on epitope presentation andrecognition
17:00-17:30pm Yuzhang Wu (Third Military Medical University, China)
Reconstruction of HBV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes responsewith a mimogen-based vaccine in chronic hepatitis B virus carriers
17:30-18:00pm Limin Zheng (Tumor Biotherapy, Cancer Center, SunYat-sen
University, China)
Inflammation promotes angiogenesis and disease progression inhuman cancers
18:00-18:30pm Huazhang An (National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology,China)
Phosphatases in the regulation of innate immunity

19:00-20:00pm

DinnerNovember 4, 2010
8:00-10:00am

Session 3 Regulation of Immune Response (I)Co-chairs: Bing Sun (China) and Tomohiro Kurosaki (Japan)

8:00-8:30am

Ken J. Ishii (Laboratory of Adjuvant Innovation, National Inst. ofBiomedical Innovation (NIBIO), Japan)
Innate immune mechanisms of vaccines

8:30-9:00am

Zhihai Qin (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
The Role of Fibroblast in Tumor Environment

9:00-9:30am

Kazuya Kikuchi (WPI-IFReC, Osaka University, Japan)

Design, Synthesis and Biological Application of in Vivo Imaging
Probes with Tunable Chemical Switches
9:30-10:00am

Taoyong Chen (National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology,China)
Regulation of immunity by heat stress

10:00-10:30am

Coffee Break and poster visiting

10:30-12:00am

Session 3 Regulation of Immune Response (II)Co-chairs: Zhihai Qin (China) and Ken J. Ishii (Japan)

10:30-11:00am Hong Tang (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
How Do Deadly Viruses Hijack and Subvert the Innate Defense
System of the Host Cells?
11:00-11:30am Takashi Saito (Laboratory for Cell Signaling, WPI-IFReC, OsakaUniversity, Japan)
Dynamic regulation of positive/negative T cell co-stimulation
11:30-12:00am Zhigang Tian (University of Science & Technology of China)
Inhibitory receptor NKG2A tempers anti-virus activity of NK cells
in active chronic hepatitis B

12:00-12:30am

Closing Remarks

12:30-14:00pm

Lunch

14:00-19:30pm

Free discussion and Social activities

November 5, 2010
6:00-12:00amDeparture