2004 Workshop on "Organogenesis of the thymus" in TOKUSHIMA: scientific program at Renaissance Resort Naruto, Tokushima, Japan

■ August 16

16:00 〜 16:05 Welcome remarks by Prof. Toshihiro Aono, President of Univ. Tokushima 16:05 〜 16:10 Welcome remarks by Yuko Furukawa, Director of International Programs, JSPS 16:10 〜 16:30 Yousuke Takahama (Univ. Tokushima) Outline of the thymus organogenesis core-to-core program 16:30 〜 17:00 Georg Hollander (Univ. Basel) Analysis of thymic epithelial cell differentiation and proliferation 17:15 〜 17:45 Hideyo Ohuchi (Univ. Tokushima) Roles of FGF10 during vertebrate organogenesis Coffee break 17:45 〜 18:15 Shigeru Kuratani (Riken CDB) Development of the vertebrate pharyngeal arch and evolutionary origin of the jaw 18:15 〜 18:45 Rumiko Matsuoka (Tokyo Women's Medical University) Importance of immunologic findings in del22q11.2 syndrome

■ August 17

09:00 〜 09:30 Nancy Manley (Univ. Georgia) Transcriptional and signaling pathways regulating initial thymus organogenesis 09:30 〜 09:45 Yoko Hamazaki (Kyoto Univ.) Expression of tight junction components in the thymus 09:45 〜 10:00 Norimasa Iwanami (Univ. Tokushima) Medaka mutants of thymus organogenesis Coffee break 10:30 〜 11:00 Graham Anderson (Univ. Birmingham) Role of mesenchyme in the regulation of thymus development 11:00 〜 11:15 Takashi Amagai (Meiji Univ. Oriental Med.) Functional development of thymic epithelial cells during the organogenesis 11:15 〜 11:30 Hidetoshi Yamazaki (Tottori Univ.) Temporal presence of neural crest-derived cells in the developing thymus Lunch & optional whirl boat 16:00 〜 16:20 Willem van Ewijk (Leiden Univ.) Thymic microenvironments: architecture, development, stem cells 16:20 〜 16:35 Tatsuo Ushiki (Niigata Univ.) Three-dimensional ultrastructure of the thymus in relation to the migration pathway for thymic lymphocytes 16:35 〜 17:05 Howard Petrie (Univ. Miami) Stromal signals regulating lymphoid differentiation in the post-natal thymus 17:05 〜 17:20 Cunlan Liu (Univ. Tokushima) Chemokine regulation of fetal thymus colonization Coffee break 17:50 〜 18:20 Hiroshi Kawamoto (Riken RCAI) The earliest thymic immigratnts 18:20 〜 18:30 Takeshi Nitta (Univ. Tokushima) IAN gene family regulates thymocyte development 18:30 〜 19:00 Mitsuru Matsumoto (Univ. Tokushima) Transcriptional regulation in the thymus for the establishment of self-tolerance 19:00 〜 19:30 Richard Boyd (Monash Univ.) Rebuilding the thymus and immune defenses after atrophy and chemotherapy

Last update ： oct 28, 2004