Schedule

Program at a glance
SATURDAY June 20th
Arrival of the participants


SUNDAY June 21st
9:00 – 9:15Opening Remark: Nori Satoh
9:15 – 10:15Plenary Lecture: William R. Jeffery (University of Maryland)
10:15 – 10:45Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:45Session 1: Systematics, phylogeny, and ecology
12:45 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 15:30Session 2: Allo-recognition and immunity
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:35Session 3: Oocyte maturation and fertilization
17:35 – 19:10Poster Session A
19:10 – 21:00Welcome party


MONDAY June 22nd
09:30 – 11:30Session 4: Embryogenesis
11:30 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:30Session 5: Larval development and metamorphosis
14:30 – 15:00Coffee Break
15:00 – 17:25Session 6: Gene network and genomics
17:25 – 19:00Poster Session B


TUESDAY June 23rd
Excursions to a public aquarium


WEDENSDAY June 24th
9:00 – 10:00Plenary Lecture: Hiroki Nishida (Osaka University)
10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00Session 7: Appendicularians and other tunicates
12:00 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 15:30Session 8: Organogenesis and regeneration
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00Session 9: Neural development
18:00 – 19:30Poster Session C


THURSDAY June 25th
9:30 – 11:30Session 10: Round Table: Genome, proteomics, transgenesis, and genetics
11:30 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:45Session 11: Physiology and neural function
14:45 – 15:15Coffee Break
15:15 – 17:00Session 12: Amphioxus and hemichordates
17:00 – 17:15Closing Remark: Patrick Lemaire
17:15 – 18:00Move to Loisir Hotel Naha
18:00 – 20:00Farewell party (Loisir Hotel Naha)


FRIDAY June 26th
Departure





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