Message from yeast to Epigenetics
～Yeast clarifies the frontiers of life science～
Session：2-4 September, 2013 Place：GRANDIA HOUSEN (Awara-city, Fukui)
Organizer: University of Fukui
| Co-organizer： | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| The Molecular Biology Society of Japan |
Program
September 2, Monday
13:05~13:10 Greeting from Dr.Tsunehiro Mukai
(JST PREST Supervisor, President of Nishikyushu University)
Histone modification and Epigenetics (I) (Chair : Yoichi Shinkai)13:10~13:50 Lorraine Pillus
“Modifying chromatin to modulate chromosomal function.”
13:50~14:30 Jacques Cote“Regulation of genome expression and stability by MYST acetyltransferase complexes: chromatin and beyond.”
14:30~14:50 Hiroaki Kato“Spt6 prevents transcription-coupled loss of posttranslationally modified histone H3. ”
14:50~15:10 coffee break
Heterochromatin and Epigenetics (I) (Chair : Tetsushi Iida)
15:10~15:35 Yota Murakami
“Co-transcriptional regulation of heterochromatin in fission yeast.”
15:35~16:15 Danesh Moazed“Mechanism of RNAi-mediated heterochromatin formation and propagation.”
16:15~16:35 Shinya Takahata“Heterochromatic Silencing Defect in FACT mutant is Concomitant With Impaired H2A/H2B Reorganization.”
16:35~16:55 coffee breakHeterochromatin and Epigenetics (II) (Chair : Yota Murakami)
16:55~17:35 Robert Martienssen
“RNAi and Cenp-B coordinate DNA replication and epigenetic modification in heterochromatin.”
17:35~18:00 Jun-ichi Nakayama“Roles of chromodomain proteins in higher-order chromatin assembly.”
18:00~18:20 Noriyuki Suka“H3K9me-independent function of HP1 in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”
18:20~19:30 dinner
Non-coding RNA and Epigenetics (Chair : Jun-ichi Nakayama)
19:30~19:50 Tokio Tani
“Novel Roles of the Pre-mRNA Splicing Machinery in the RNAi-mediated Centromeric Gene Silencing.”
19:50~20:15 Kunihiro Ohta“Chromatin regulation by stress-induced lncRNAs.”
20:15~20:55 Toshio Tsukiyama“Regulation and functions of non-coding RNA.”
20:55~ Free discussion (with beer)
September 3, Tuesday
Epigenetics of Telomere and Centromere (I) (Chair : Noriyuki Suka)
9:00~9:20 Masaru Ueno
“Resection of uncapped telomere in fission yeast S. pombe”
9:20~10:00 Ann E. Ehrenhofer-Murray“Regulation of centromere function by posttranslational modifications on CenH3.”
10:00~10:25 Kojiro Ishii“Chromosomal reorganizations after centromere dysfunction.”
10:25~10:45 Hisao Masukata“Replication timing control by centromere and telomere binding proteins.”
10:45~11:05 coffee breakEpigenetics of Telomere and Centromere (II) (Chair : Kojiro Ishii)
11:05~11:45 Jin-Qiu Zhou
“Epigenetic regulation of telomere heterochromatin assembly.”
11:45~12:05 Junko Kanoh“Structure and functions of subtelomere.”
12:05~12:30 Katsunori Tanaka“SUMOylation Regulates Telomere Length Homeostasis by Targeting The Shelterin Subunit Tpz1 in Fission Yeast.”
12:30~12:40 Photography12:40~13:30 lunch
13:30~15:30 Poster
Epigenetics and Chromosome organization (Chair : Hiroaki Kato)
15:30~16:10 Rohinton T. Kamakaka
“Organization of the eukaryotic nucleus- A Journey.”
16:30~16:55 Katsuhiko Shirahige“Transcriptional Regulation by SMC protein.”
16:55~17:35 Marc R. Gartenberg“tRNA Transcription at Nuclear Pore Complexes: Gene Gating for RNA Pol III?”
17:35~17:55 Yuko Imamura“Two isoforms of the RSC chromatin remodeling complex play the different roles in autophagy regulation.”
19:00~ Dinner& Party
September 4, Wedenesday
Epigenetics and 3R (Replication, Recombination, Repair) (Chair : Katsunori Tanaka)
9:00~9:40 Eishi Noguchi
“Local and global functions of Swi1(Timeless) and Swi3(Tipin) in replication fork protection.”
9:40~10:05 Tetsushi Iida“Repair? Frequent events on yeast genome.”
10:05~10:45 Cheng-Fu Kao“A chromatin checkpoint in response to replication stress.”
10:45~11:05 Masahiko Harta“Contribution of SWR1- and INO80 chromatin remodeling complexes to the spatial positioning of DNA double-strand break.”
11:05~11:25 coffee break
Histone modification and Epigenetics (II) (Chair : Hisao Moriya)
11:25~12:05 Jerry L. Workman
“reSETting chromatin during transcription elongation.”
12:05~12:25 Hideaki Tagami“Role of a new histone H3 binding protein in chromatin regulation.”
12:25~13:30 lunch
New field of Epigenetics (Chair : Hideaki Tagami)
13:30~13:55 Hisao Moriya
“Measuring the copy number limit of gene-overexpression in yeasts.”
13:55~14:30 Masaya Oki/ Tetsuya. J. Kobayashi“Analysis of changes in Epigenetic gene expression by single cell.”
14:30~14:50 Hironori Niki“Synchronous activation of cell division by light or temperature in the dimorphic yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicas.”
14:50~15:50 Panel Discussion“The future of the yeast study.”
Chair : Toshio Tsukiyama
Panelist : Invited speaker
40 min : Talk 30 min, Discussion 10 min
25 min : Talk 20 min, Discussion 5 min
20 min : Talk 15 min, Discussion 5 min