Adaptation to Marine Environments ~Contributions of advanced technologies and comparative approaches to the understanding of adaptation strategies in marine organisms~
Update: 08. 09, 2016
(Sep. 15-16, 2016)
AORI Symposium 2016
Date: September 15, 2016 (Thu.) 13:00 ~ 17:00
September 16, 2016 (Fri.) 9:30 ~ 16:30
Venue: Auditorium
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8564, JAPAN
Conveners: Maho Ogoshi (Okayama University)
Hiroshi Miyanishi (Keio Univeristy)
Susumu Hyodo (AORI, The University of Tokyo)
Symposium program
September 15, 2016 (Thu.) 13:00 ~ 17:00
Opening Remarks Maho Ogoshi (Okayama University)
PART I: New technologies and approaches for research on environmental adaptation
(Chair: Susumu Hyodo)
13:10 ~ 13:45 Makoto Kusakabe (Shizuoka University)
An integrative approach to identify genes responsible for seawater adaptation in threespine stickleback
13:45 ~ 14:10 Satoshi Ansai (National Institute of Genetics)
Current status of genetic engineering technologies in fish
14:10 ~ 14:35 Hiroshi Miyanishi (Keio University)
Functional analysis of medaka foxi3 in ionocytes differentiation using an in vivo conditional knockdown system
14:35 ~ 15:10 Yasuhiro Kamei (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Single-cell gene induction technology using light and its application to biology
15:10 ~ 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 ~ 15:55 Marty Wong (AORI, The University of Tokyo)
Sodium binding protein in fish
15:55 ~ 16:20 Soichi Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)
Maintaining mechanisms for branchial hyperosmoregulatory ionocytes in Mozambique tilapia: Exploring with a new gill incubation system
16:20 ~ 16:55 Pung-Pung Hwang (Academia Sinica)
Hormonal actions on body fluid ionic and acid-base homeostasis in fish: zebrafish as model
17:30 ~ Reception
September 16, 2016 (Fri.)
PART II: Endocrine control of homeostasis: from comparative to general
(Chair: Hironori Ando)
9:30 ~ 10:05 Maho Ogoshi (Okayama University)
New aspects of adrenomedullin family in aquatic vertebrates
10:05 ~ 10:30 Shigehiro Kuraku (RIKEN)
Finally, it is time for multi-omics of cyclostomes and chondrichthyans
10:30 ~ 11:05 Gary Anderson (University of Manitoba)
Evolution of osmoregulatory hormones in vertebrates – an elasmobranch perspective
11:05 ~ 11:30 Shigenori Nobata (AORI, The University of Tokyo)
Involvement of hormones in specific regulation of drinking to teleost fishes; insights from studies using eels
11:30 ~ 11:55 Akiyoshi Takahashi (Kitasato University)
Involvement of melanin-concentrating hormone in the controlled photo-environment and application to aquaculture
11:55 ~ 12:30 John A. Donald (Deakin University)
The evolution of cGMP signalling hormone systems in vertebrates
12:30 ~ 13:30 Lunch
PART III: Diverse strategies of organisms for adaptation to challenging marine environments
(Chair: Hiroyuki Kaiya)
13:30 ~ 14:05 Koji Inoue (AORI, The University of Tokyo)
Dive into deep-sea hydrothermal vents reusing taurine
14:05 ~ 14:30 Ryuhei Nakamura (RIKEN)
Chemical/thermal/electrical energy conversion at deep-sea hydrothermal vents: its impact on modern ecosystem and chemical evolution
14:30 ~ 14:55 Susumu Yoshizawa (AORI, The University of Tokyo)
A new type of phototrophy in marine bacteria
14:55 ~ 15:30 Yusuke Yokoyama (AORI, The University of Tokyo)
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions using geochemical proxies: Some examples of adaptation histories of biology
15:30 ~ 15:50 Coffee Break
PART IV: Future perspective
(Chair: Christopher A. Loretz)
15:50 ~ 16:30 Yoshio Takei (AORI, The University of Tokyo)
Marine biology for environmental adaptation: what directs its future development?
Closing Remarks Christopher A. Loretz (University at Buffalo)