Thematic Programs

Frontiers in agricultural immunology


Information

Date

July 21, 2017 – July 24, 2017

Venue

[Youth program]
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]

[Symposium]
Aobayama Commons, Auditorium, Aobayama New Campus, Tohoku University
[Access] [Campus map]

Speakers Include  [May 12, 2017 Updated]

Fuller W. Bazer (Texas A&M University)
Sylvia Brugman (Wageningen University)
Ikuo Hirono (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Ken Ishii (National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN))
Naoki Itoh (University of Tokyo)
Hong–Gu Kang (Texas State University)
Richard Kormelink (Wageningen University)
Yasuyuki Kubo (Kyoto Prefectural University)
Jun Kunisawa (National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN))
Eric S. Loker (University of New Mexico)
Corne Pieterse (Utrecht University)
Jean–Marc Reichhart (University of Strasbourg)
Julio Cesar Villena (CERELA–CONICET)
Hisashi Aso (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Hideki Takahashi (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Shoichiro Kurata (Tohoku University)
Haruki Kitazawa (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Keisuke Takahashi (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Tomonori Nochi (CFAI, Tohoku University)

Time Schedule  [Nov. 21, 2017 Updated]

■ Youth program
Friday, July 21, at Katahira campus, TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity
10:00 – 10:10
Opening remark
Hisashi Aso (Director, CFAI, Tohoku University)
10:10 – 10:20
Haruki Kitazawa (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Introduction of guest researchers
Opening talk I
Chair: Haruki Kitazawa (CFAI, Tohoku University)
10:20 – 10:40
Jean–Marc Reichhart (University of Strasbourg) Message
The Drosophila model
Opening talk II
Chair: Haruki Kitazawa (CFAI, Tohoku University)
10:40 – 11:00
Fuller W. Bazer (Texas A&M University) Message
Roles of cytokines during the peri–implantation period of pregnancy in ruminants and swine
11:00 – 11:10
Sugihiro Ando (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Guidance for youth program
11:20 – 12:00
Move to Iwanuma–ya
Akiu, Iwanuma–ya
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
Short talk I
Chair: AKM Humayun Kober (CFAI, Tohoku University)
13:30 – 13:45
Naoki Itoh (University of Tokyo) Message
“Parasitology” to “Parasitology for Immunology”
Short talk II
Chair: AKM Humayun Kober (CFAI, Tohoku University)
13:45 – 14:00
Julio Cesar Villena (CERELA–CONICET) Message
The advantages of working in a multinational and multicultural research team
Short talk Ⅲ
Chair: AKM Humayun Kober (CFAI, Tohoku University)
14:00 – 14:15
Hong–Gu Kang (Texas State University) Message
Transposable elements: their history and evolution
Short talk Ⅳ
Chair: AKM Humayun Kober (CFAI, Tohoku University)
14:15 – 14:30
Sylvia Brugman (Wageningen University) Message
The long winding road of science.....
Oral presentation by selected students I
Chair: Islam Jahidul (CFAI, Tohoku University)
14:30 – 15:00
(15 min speech and 15 min discussion)
Yukiyo Sato (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Oral presentation by selected students II
Chair: Islam Jahidul (CFAI, Tohoku University)
15:00 – 15:30
(15 min speech and 15 min discussion)
Shun Yosano (CFAI, Tohoku University)
15:30 – 15:40
Break (Poster setting)
Short introduction of the posters I
Chair: Previous presenter
15:40 – 17:50
(18 students) 5 min speech and 2 min discussion
Facilitator: Wakako Ikeda–Ohtsubo (CFAI, Tohoku University)
18:30 – 20:00
Banquet
20:00 – 21:30
Poster presentation I
Saturday, July 22, at Akiu, Iwanuma–ya
Oral presentation by selected students Ⅲ
Chair: AKM Humayun Kober (CFAI, Tohoku University)
09:00 – 09:30
(15 min speech and 15 min discussion)
Ainan Tian (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Oral presentation by selected students Ⅳ
Chair: AKM Humayun Kober (CFAI, Tohoku University)
09:30 – 10:00
(15 min speech and 15 min discussion)
Shun Onodera (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Oral presentation by selected students V
Chair: AKM Humayun Kober (CFAI, Tohoku University)
10:00 – 10:30
(15 min speech and 15 min discussion)
Kanae Niimi (CFAI, Tohoku University)
10:30 – 10:40
Break
Short introduction of the posters II
Chair: Previous presenter
10:40 – 12:00
(12 students) 5 min speech and 2 min discussion
Facilitator: Shuhei Miyashita (CFAI, Tohoku Universtity)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:00
Poster presentation II
14:00 – 14:50
Group discussion (Make 6 Groups)
14:50 – 15:00
Closing Remarks
Yukiyo Sato (CFAI, Tohoku University)
Kanae Niimi (CFAI, Tohoku University)
■ Symposium
Day1: Sunday, July 23, at Aobayama New Campus, Aobayama Commons
08:30 – 09:30
Registration
09:30 – 09:40
Opening Remarks
Yoshiaki Maeda (Vice Director of TFC, Tohoku University)
Amane Makino (Dean, Graduate School of Agricultural Science and Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University)
09:45 – 09:55
Hisashi Aso (Director, CFAI, Tohoku University) CV
Introduction of CFAI
Session I
09:55 – 10:10
Haruki Kitazawa (CFAI, Tohoku University) CV
Introduction of Symposium Session I Video
10:10 – 10:55
Jean–Marc Reichhart (University of Strasbourg) CV
The Drosophila Innate Immune system, a flying history Video
10:55 – 11:10
Break
11:10 – 11:40
Shoichiro Kurata (Tohoku University) CV
Neural control of gut homeostasis in Drosophila immunity
11:40 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 13:30
Ken Ishii (National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN)) CV
Extra cellular nucleic acids: its recognition of, and regulation by, the immune system Video
13:30 – 14:00
Julio Cesar Villena (CERELA–CONICET) CV
Immunobiotic–host interactions in the post–genomic era: perspectives and applications in the improvement of antiviral immunity in humans and animals Video
14:00 – 14:15
Break
Session II
14:15 – 14:30
Hideki Takahashi (CFAI, Tohoku University) CV
Introduction of Symposium Session II Video
14:30 – 15:15
Corne Pieterse (Utrecht University) CV
The root microbiome and plant health Video
15:15 – 15:45
Hong–Gu Kang (Texas State University) CV
Role of transposable elements in stress response and adaptation Video
15:45 – 16:15
Yasuyuki Kubo (Kyoto Prefectural University) CV
Infection structure development of a plant pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum orbiculare and plant immunity Video
16:15 – 17:00
Richard Kormelink (Wageningen University) CV
On the induction of innate immunity by small–interfering (si)RNAs and their role in Ty–1–mediated epigenetic antiviral defense against geminiviruses Video
17:00 – 20:00
Welcome Reception in Midori Cafeteria
Day2: Monday, July 24, at Aobayama New Campus, Aobayama Commons
Session Ⅲ
10:00 – 10:15
Keisuke Takahashi (CFAI, Tohoku University) CV
Introduction of Symposium Session Ⅲ Video
10:15 – 11:00
Eric S. Loker (University of New Mexico) CV
Biotic diversity (including domestic livestock) and its influence on transmission of human schistosomiasis in Africa Video
11:00 – 11:30
Ikuo Hirono (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology) CV
Recent study on DNA vaccine against microbial infection in aquaculture Video
11:30 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 13:45
Sylvia Brugman (Wageningen University) CV
Intestinal mucosal immunity: using the zebrafish as a model Video
13:45 – 14:00
Break
Session Ⅳ
14:00 – 14:15
Tomonori Nochi (CFAI, Tohoku University) CV
Introduction of Symposium Session Ⅳ Video
14:15 – 15:00
Fuller W. Bazer (Texas A&M University) CV
The many faces of interferon tau in pregnancy and its potential therapeutic value Video
15:00 – 15:30
Jun Kunisawa (National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN)) CV
Establishment of gut environment by dietary materials and commensal bacteria in the regulation of host immune responses Video
15:30 – 16:00
Tomonori Nochi (CFAI, Tohoku University) CV
Uniqueness of developmental process of immune and microbial environments in the mammary gland Video
16:00 – 16:10
Closing Remarks
Masaaki Toyomizu (CFAI, Tohoku University) CV

Poster

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