Dicty 2008 Abstract book - dictyBase

150 Pages·2008·0.73 MB·English

International DictyosteliumConference 2008
Tsukuba International Congress Center
Dicty 2008
つくば国際細胞性粘菌集会
International DictyosteliumConference 2008
September 15th to September 20th, 2008
Tsukuba International Congress Center
Supported by Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists
Local Organizing Committee
Tomoaki Abe, Hiroyuki Adachi, Yuzuru Kubohara, Kei Inouye, Seido Nagano,
Masazumi Semeshina, Hideko Urushihara, Taro Uyeda, Shigehiko Yumura
Acknowledgement of Sponsorship
The organizing committee of Dicty2008 gratefully acknowledges
the generous financial support of the following:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
The Watanabe Memorial Foundation for the Advancement of Technology
Tsukuba Protistology Consortiuim: Pre-Strategic Initiative, University of Tsukuba
Sanshodoh Co., Ltd.
Digital Micro Systems Co., Ltd.
Wakenyaku Co., Ltd.
ELSS, Inc.
Rikaken Co., Ltd.
Program at a glance
Monday 15th Tuesday 16th Wednesday 17th Thursday 18th Friday 19th Saturday 20th
9:00 - 10;20 Session 1 Session 5 Session 9 Session 11 Session 15
Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
10:50 - 12:10 Session 2 Session 6 Session 10 Session 12 Workshop
Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00 - 15:20 Session 3 Session 7 Session 13
Excursion
Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
16:00 - 17:20 Session 4 Session 8 Session 14
Dinner Dinner Break
Open
19:00 - 21:00 Mixer Poster session Poster session Banquet
Floor guide (Tsukuba International Congress Center )
4F D
E
A
C
B
1F
# Talks and posters: room 101 and 102 (connected) –A
# Mixer, lunch and dinner: Restaurant Espoir–B
# Lunch, dinner and group discussion: Restaurant CASA in Epochal–C
# DictyBase advisory board meeting (Tuesday lunch time ): room 401 –D
# Comparative genomics satellite meeting (Wednesday lunch time):room 404 –E

Schedule of oral presentations
Tuesday, 9:00-10:20
Session 1 : Genome and Evolution I
Chair: Ludwig Eichinger
1. Segregation of wild isolates during development in D. discoideum
Elizabeth Ostrowski, Mariko Katoh, Gad Shaulsky, David Queller, Joan Strassmann
2. Heterogeneity and co-existence in cellular slime moulds
Santosh Sathe, Bandhana Katoch, Sonia Kaushik, Albert Lalremruata, Ramesh K.
Aggarwal, Vidyanand Nanjundiah
3. The evolutionary importance of chimerism and cheating
David C. Queller, Sara Middlemist, David Castillo, Joan E. Strassmann
4. Activated cAMP receptors turn cysts into spores
Yoshinori Kawabe, Takahiro Morio, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Pauline Schaap
Tuesday, 10:50-12:10
Session 2 : Differentiation and Morphogenesis I
Chair: Chris Thompson
1. Functional analysis of Steely Polyketide Synthase
Tamao Saito, Robert R. Kay
2. Identification and initial characterization of DIFase coding gene
Francisco Velazquez, Paul Flatman, Simon Gilbert, Rob Kay
3. Activation of STATc by Stress and DIF
Tsuyoshi Araki,JudithLangenick,WouterN.vanEgmond,PeterJ.M.vanHaastert,
Shuai Chen, Carol MacKintosh, Annette Mu¨ller-Taubenberger, Jeffrey G. Williams
4. DimB and MybE: the odd couple?
Yoko Yamada, Tsuyoshi Araki, Natasha Zhukovskaya, Susan Ross, Rob Kay, Gareth
Bloomfield, Al Ivens, Jeff Williams
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Tuesday, 14:00-15:20
Session 3 : Chemotaxis and Cell Signalling
Chair: Tian Jin
1. 3’-phosphoinositides regulate coordination between speed and directional accuracy
during chemotaxis
Scott Gruver, John Wikswo, Chang Chung
2. PIP3-independent activation of TorC2-PKB at the cell’s leading edge mediated
chemotaxis.
Yoichiro Kamimura, Peter N Devreotes
3. Chromatin re-modelling and the regulation of chemotaxis
Ben Rogers, Annette Mueller-Taubenberger, Adrian Harwood
4. The role of inositol synthesis in chemotaxis
Regina Teo, Kimberley Lewis, W Jonathan Ryves, Adrian J Harwood
Tuesday, 16:00-17:20
Session 4 : Cytoskeleton and Cell motility I
Chair: Shigehiko Yumura
1. Correlated waves of actin filaments and PIP in Dictyostelium cells.
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Yukako Asano, Akira Nagasaki, Taro Q.P. Uyeda
2. Does arginylation matter for actin-dependent activities in Dictyostelium?
Annette Mu¨ller-Taubenberger, Petros Batsios, Michael Schleicher
3. Modulation of actin structure and function by phosphorylation of Tyr-53 and profilin
binding
Kyuwon Baek, Xiong Liu, Fran¸cois Ferron, Shi Shu, Edward D. Korn, Roberto
Dominguez
4. PaxB and PldB work to regulate actin-based processes
M. Berenice Duran, Asif Rahman, Max Colten, Derrick Brazill
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Wednesday, 9:00-10:20
Session 5 : Differentiation and Morphogenesis II
Chair: Rob Kay
1. Regulation of Differential Cell Adhesion by Rap1 is Required for Cell Type Patterning
and Morphogenesis in Dictyostelium
Katie Parkinson, Parvin Bolourani, David Traynor, Nicola L. Aldren, Robert R. Kay,
Gerald Weeks, Christopher R. L. Thompson
2. Analysis of dedifferentiation pathway in Dictyostelium discoideum
Mariko Katoh, Gad Shaulsky
3. A steroid signal regulates sensitivity to GABA during culmination
Christophe Anjard, William F. Loomis
4. Vacuole formation during stalk cell differentiation
Toru Uchikawa, Kei Inouye
Wednesday, 10:50-12:10
Session 6 : Recognition and Sexual Cycle
Chair: Tomoaki Abe
1. Developemental changes in N-glycan fucosylation in Dictyostelium
Birgit Schiller, Josef Voglmeir, Alba Hykollari, Gerald P¨oltl, Karin Hummel, Rudolf
Geyer, Iain B.H. Wilson
2. Rapid evolution in the lag gene family reveals a role in self-recognition
Rocio Benabentos, Shigenori Hirose, Richard Sucgang, Tomaz Curk, W. Justin
Cordill, Mariko Katoh, Yue Wang, Elizabeth Ostrowski, Joan Strassmann, David
Queller, Blaz Zupan, Gad Shaulsky, Adam Kuspa
3. The Dictyostelium mating type locus
Gareth Bloomfield, Jason Skelton, Alasdair Ivens, Yoshimasa Tanaka, Robert R. Kay
4. Involvement of the PKC activity in translocation of the ZYG1 protein into the cell
cortex during Dictyostelium development
Aiko Amagai, Shinya Urano, Harry MacWilliams, Kazuo Yamamoto, Yasuo Maeda
Wednesday, 12:10-12:20
Announcements (Dicty Stock Center — Jacob Franke)
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Wednesday, 14:00-15:20
Session 7 : Cell adhesion and Cytoskeleton
Chair: Taro Uyeda
1. Elucidating a role for the Dictyostelium discoideum SadA protein in cell-substrate
adhesion: A Role for the Tail
Anthony S. Kowal, Rex L. Chisholm
2. Myosin Heavy Chain Kinase C Mediates Cell Adhesion via a Myosin II-Independent
Mechanism
Alyssa Chowdhury, Atiya Franklin, Linzi Hyatt, Paul Steimle
3. Functional analysis of NDR kinases in Dictyostelium discoideum
Peter Kastner, Michael Schleicher, Annette Mu¨ller-Taubenberger
4. Microtubule-based motor protein functions in Dictyostelium
Michael Koonce, Irina Tikhonenko, Dilip Nag, Douglas Robinson
Wednesday, 16:00-17:20
Session 8 : Host-pathogen interaction
Chair: Annette Mu¨ller-Taubenberger
1. Phagocytosis and host-pathogen interactions in Dictyostelium. Re-examining some
open questions on PLC, PI3K, Nramp1 and actin in phagocytosis and infection.
Salvatore Bozzaro, Alessandra Balest, Barbara Peracino, Barbara Pergolizzi, Alessio
Sillo
2. Genetic and genomic evidence for bacterial recognition by dictyostelids
Waleed Nasser, Richard Sucgang, Adam Kuspa
3. The Dictyostelium response to infection with Legionella: From microarray analysis to
functional characterisation — a top-down approach.
Rui Tian, Can U¨nal, Sachin Kumar, Michael Steinert, Ludwig Eichinger
4. The Dictyostelium Pod-1 homolog Crn7 is a coronin-like protein involved in
actin-driven processes and infection with Legionella pneumophila
M. C. Shina, C. U¨nal, A. Mu¨ller-Taubenberger, M. Steinert, A. A. Noegel
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Thursday, 9:00-10:20
Session 9 : Cytoskeleton and Cell motility II
Chair: Dave Knecht
1. Understanding phosphatidylinositol turnover as a therapeutic target using
Dictyostelium
Ben Orabi, Nadine Pawolleck, Robin S.B. Williams
2. A RasGEF/Sca1/PP2A Signaling Complex Controls the Ras-TORC2-AKT/PKB
Pathway
Pascale G. Charest, Atsuo T. Sasaki, Zhouxin Shen, Steve Briggs, Richard A. Firtel
3. Dictyostelium talin homologue, talin A, is involved in tail retraction in directed cell
migration
Masatsune Tsujioka, Shigenobu Yonemura
4. Quantitative analysis of amoeboid cell motility
Ruedi Meili, Juan C. del Alamo, Baldomero Alonso-Latorre, Juan C. Lasheras,
Rick Firtel
Thursday, 10:50-12:10
Session 10 : Gene regulation
Chair: Takefumi Kawata
1. Visualisation of transcriptional firing in individual living cells
Tetsuya Muramoto, Jonathan Chubb
2. Interactions between modifications of histone H3.
Duen-WeiHsu,JonathanChubb,Po-HsienLiu,LouisC.Mahadevan,Catherine Pears
3. Mitochondrial Processing Peptidase (MPP) in Dictyostelium discoideum: MPP
activity is controled via processing of α-MPP by a novel protease during development
Koki Nagayama, Tetsuo Ohmachi
4. Characterization of the mitochondrial Ras-related GTPase Miro of Dictyostelium
discoideum
Georgia Vlahou, Ju¨rgen-Christoph von Kleist-Retzow, Rudolf J. Wiesner, Francisco
Rivero
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