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| Exciting Biologies: Biology of Recognition |
Sentosa Resort & Spa |
| Sentosa Island, Singapore |
| October 7-9, 2010 |
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| Meeting Flyer (.PDF) |
Program (.PDF) |
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| Thursday, October 7th |
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| 2:00 - 2:20 PM |
Opening Remarks |
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Fabiola Rivas, Cell Press |
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Yves Christen, Fondation IPSEN |
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Session I: Recognition of Context |
| Chairs: Stephen Cohen and Connie M. Lee |
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| 2:20 - 3:20 PM |
Keynote: |
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Charles Zuker |
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute & Columbia University, USA |
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Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty and Umami: The Receptors, Cells and Coding Logic for Mammalian Taste |
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| 3:20 - 3:40 PM |
Break |
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| 3:40 - 4:20 PM |
Marcel Dicke |
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Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
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Biology of Body Odour Recognition in Plant-Insect Systems |
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| 4:20 - 5:00 PM |
Alexander Rudensky |
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA |
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Integration of Environmental Cues by Regulatory T Cells |
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| 5:00 - 5:20 PM |
Sudha Kumari |
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New York School of Medicine, USA |
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Compartmentalized Cellular Machinery in Regulatory T Cell Function |
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| 5:20 - 5:50 PM |
General Discussion |
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| 6:00 - 7:30 PM |
Poster Session / Reception |
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| 7:30 PM |
Dinner |
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| Friday, October 8th |
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| 7:30 - 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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Session II: Flexibility in Recognition |
| Chairs: Linda Richards and Alexander Rudensky |
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| 9:00 - 9:40 AM |
Mark Davis |
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute & Stanford University, USA |
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Chemistry by other Means: Using Imaging toUunderstand the Molecular Basis of T Cell Recognition |
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| 9:40 - 10:20 AM |
Xiaodong Wang |
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UT Southwestern, USA and NIBS, China |
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Pleiotropic Signaling of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha |
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| 10:20 - 10:40 AM |
Mohan Malleshaiah |
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University of Montreal, Canada |
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Molecular Mechanism of “Switch-Like (all-or-none)” Partner Recognition during Yeast Mating Response |
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| 10:40 - 11:10 AM |
Break |
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| 11:10 - 11:50 AM |
Marian Walhout |
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University of Massachusetts, Worcester, USA |
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Gene Regulatory Networks |
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| 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM |
Stephen Cohen |
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Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*Star, Singapore |
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MicroRNA Functions: Insights from Drosophila Genetics |
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| 12:30 - 1:00 PM |
General Discussion |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Lunch |
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Session III: Self/Non-Self Recognition |
| Chairs: Leanne Jones and Marian Walhout |
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| 2:00 - 2:40 PM |
Mikiko Siomi |
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Keio University School of Medicine, Japan |
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piRNA Biogenesis in Drosophila Germline |
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| 2:40 - 3:20 PM |
Jamie Rossjohn |
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Monash University, Australia |
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A Molecular Basis for T-Cell Mediated Alloreactivity |
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| 3:20 - 3:50 PM |
Break |
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| 3:50 - 4:30 PM |
Detlef Weigel |
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Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology,Tübingen, Germany |
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The Plant Immune System at the Nexus of Trade-Offs Affecting Fitness and Gene Flow |
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| 4:30 - 5:10 PM |
Lisa Stowers |
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The Scripps Research Institute, USA |
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The Scent of Fear; Identification of Sensory Cues that Signal Danger |
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| 5:10 - 5:40 PM |
General Discussion |
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| 6:00 - 7:30 PM |
Poster Session / Reception |
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| 7:30 PM |
Dinner |
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| Saturday, October 9th |
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| 7:30 - 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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Session IV: Avoidance and Recognition |
| Chairs: Lisa Stowers and Xiaodong Wang |
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| 9:00 - 9:40 AM |
Jan Karlseder |
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The Salk Institute, USA |
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Mechanisms of Telomere Function |
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| 9:40 - 10:20 AM |
Dietmar Schmucker |
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Vesalius Research Center VIB, Belgium |
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Molecular Recognition Specificity underlying Brain Wiring |
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| 10:20 - 10:40 AM |
Jagan Srinivasan |
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute & California Institute of Technology |
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Understanding a Worms’ Language: A Modular Library of Signals Regulating Social Behaviors in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans |
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| 10:40 - 11:10 AM |
Break |
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| 11:10 - 11:50 AM |
Artur Scherf |
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Institut Pasteur, France |
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Mutually Exclusive Expression of Virulence Genes: A Key Strategy of Malaria |
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| 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM |
Lewis Lanier |
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University of California, San Francisco, USA |
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Natural Killer Cell Recognition of Viral Infections |
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| 12:30 - 1:00 PM |
General Discussion |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Lunch |
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| Session V: Breakdown in Recognition |
| Chairs: Ruslan Medzhitov and Mikiko Siomi |
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| 2:00 - 2:40 PM |
Xiaolin He |
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA |
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Structures of the Semaphorin-Plexin Complexes: Guidance Cue Recognition and Viral Mimicry |
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| 2:40 - 3:20 PM |
Shigekazu Nagata |
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Kyoto University, Japan |
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Polyarthritis Due to Autoinflammation Caused by the Defective DNA Degradation |
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| 3:20 – 3:40 PM |
Alirio Melendez |
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University of Liverpool, UK & Physiology National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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Role of SphK1 in TLRs Signalling and Sepsis: SphK1 a Novel Target for Septic Shock? |
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| 3:40 - 4:10 PM |
Break |
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| 4:10 - 4:50 PM |
Leanne Jones |
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The Salk Institute, USA |
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Aging-Related Changes to Stem Cells and the Stem Cell Niche |
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| 4:50 - 5:30 PM |
Linda Richards |
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The Queensland Brain Institute, Australia |
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Formation of Connections Between the Two Cerebral Hemispheres during Brain Development |
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| 5:30 - 6:10 PM |
General Discussion and Closing Remarks |
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Connie M. Lee, Cell Press |
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Yves Christen, Fondation IPSEN |
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| 7:00 PM |
Dinner |
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| Sunday, October 10th |
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| 7:30 - 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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| 8:30 AM - Noon |
Tour of Singapore |
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