| September 14 (Sun), 2008 |
| 9:00- | Registration |
| 10:15- | Opening Remarks |
| 10:30-12:10 | Session 1 |
| Yoshitaka Nagahama “ Sex Determination/Differentiation and Sexual Plasticity in Fish ” |
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| Manfred Schartl “ Expression, Regulation and Sex Determining Function of Dmrt1bY in Medaka ” |
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| Satoshi Hamaguchi “ Intraspecific Polymorphism of Genes Related to Sex Determination Enables the Rapid Substitution of the Master Sex-Determining Gene in Oryzias Fishes ” |
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| Kiyoshi Kikuchi “ The Genomic Region That Determines the Sexual Identity of Fugu (The Tiger Pufferfish) ” |
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| Michihiko Ito “ A W-linked DM-W is a Likely Sex (Ovary)-Determining Gene in Xenopus laevis: Implications for the ZZ/ZW-type Sex-Determining System ” |
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| 12:10-14:20 | Lunch |
| (13:00-14:00 Editorial board meeting of Sexual Development) | |
| 14:20-15:40 | Session 2 |
| Peter Koopman “ Dynamics and Antagonism of the Testis- and Ovary-determining Pathways during Ovotestis Development in B6 XYPOS Mice ” |
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| Yoshiakira Kanai “ Manipulation of the Timing of SRY Activity in Transgenic Mice Defines a Critical Window for Male Sex Determination ” |
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| Andreas Schedl “ Rspo1, an essential gene for ovarian differentiation in mammals ” |
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| Robin Lovell-Badge “ The Establishment and Maintenance of Gonadal Sex in Mammals ” |
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| 15:40-16:10 | Break |
| 16:10-17:10 | Session 3 |
| Arthur Arnold “ Sex Chromosome Genes as Proximate Signals for Non-gonadal Sexual Differentiation ” |
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| Vincent Harley “ Genetic studies on transsexualism “ |
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| Kazuyoshi Tsutsui “ Novel Molecular Mechanism Inducing Sex Difference in Locomotor Activity by 7α-Hydroxypregnenolone, a Newly Discovered Neurosteroid ” |
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| Massage from ‘Editor of Sexual Development’ Michael Schmid | |
| 18:00- | Poster Presentation |
| 19:00- | Reception |
| September 15 (Mon), 2008 |
| 9:00-10:20 | Session 4 |
| Gen Yamada “ Coordinated urogenital organ formation; integration of growth factor cascades to regulate genital organ formation. ” |
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| Humphrey Yao “ To Be or Not to Be: Cell Fate Determination in Fetal Testes ” |
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| Akiko Iizuka-Kogo “ Morphogenesis of the Mullerian Duct and Requirement of Dlgh1. ” |
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| Richard Behringer “ Genetic Regulation of Female Reproductive Tract Development ” |
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| 10:20-10:50 | Break |
| 10:50-11:50 | Session 5 |
| Tsutomu Ogata “ External genital abnormalities as single gene disorders and a multifactorial disorders ” |
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| Eric Vilain “ A Congenic Approach To The Identification Of Novel Sex Determining Genes ” |
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| Gerd Scherer “ Testis Cord Differentiation Is Independent Of Sox9 But Fails In The Combined Absence Of Sox9 And Sox8 ” |
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| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:50 | Session 6 |
| Minoru Tanaka “ Importance of Germ Cells in Sexual Differentiation of Gonads ” |
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| David Zarkower “ Dmrt genes in vertebrate development ” |
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| Shosei Yoshida “ Control of Differentiation and Persistence of Undifferentiated Spermatogonia in the Mouse Testis ” |
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| Blanche Capel “ Integrating Genetics and Genomics to Elucidate the Transcription Networks Governing Testis and Ovary Organogenesis ” |
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| 14:50-15:20 | Break |
| 15:20-16:40 | Session 7 |
| Pierre Val “ Transcriptional Regulation Of Adrenal And Gonad Primordia Development ” |
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| Serge Nef “ Sertoli Cell Dicer is Essential for Spermatogenesis in Mice ” |
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| Ken Morohashi “ From Tissue Specific Enhancers to Mechanism of Tissue Differentiation ” |
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| Seppo Vainio “ Role of Wnt signalling in the control of mammalian germ line ” |
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| 16:40-17:00 | Break |
| 17:00-18:00 | Session 8 |
| Stuart Tobet “ Role of the gonad in brain sexual differentiation ” |
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| Yasuo Sakuma “ Neuronal migration or survival, but not neurogenesis, contributes to brain sex differentiation in the rat ” |
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| Takefumi Kikusui “ Sex difference in response to early weaning is reversed by prenatal androgen treatment. ” |
| September 16 (Tue), 2008 |
| 9:00-10:20 | Session 9 |
| Takahiro Matsumoto “ Androgen Receptor Functions in Brain Sexual Differentiation and Behaviors ” |
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| Jon Levine “ Sexual Differentiation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neurosecretory Systems ” |
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| Hiroko Tsukamura “ Role of metastin/kisspeptin neurons in Sex difference of LH secretion in the rat ” |
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| Sonoko Ogawa “ Neuroendocrine Bases of Sex Differences in Emotional Behavior ” |
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| 10:20-10:50 | Break |
| 10:50-12:10 | Session 10 |
| Yoichi Matsuda “ Origin and Differentiation Process of Sex Chromosomes in Birds and Reptiles ” |
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| Ikuo Miura “ An Exceptional Frog Proves the Rule of Heterogametic Sex Shift ” |
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| Midori Matsumoto “ Identification of Sexualizing-Substance from Sexual Planarian ” |
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| Jennifer Graves “ Recent origin of the human sex chromosomes ” |
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| Councluding Remarks; | |
(Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)
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from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. All Rights Reserved.