Date:	March 7 (Mon), 2011 11:00 - 17:05
Place:	Yamasaki Memorial Hall, Kumamoto University School of Medicine

Prof. Sata	Dr. Niwa
Prof. Asada

Program summary

11:00 - 11:05	Opening remarks
11:05 - 12:05	Lecture 1 (Advisory board) Prof. Masataka Sata (The University of Tokushima) "Molecular mechanism of atherosclerosis: Vasa vasorum,   epicardial adipose tissue, and plaque rupture"
12:05 - 13:05	Short presentation (Graduate students)
13:05 - 15:00	Poster Session (with snack)
15:00 - 16:00	Lecture 2 (Advisory board) Dr. Hitoshi Niwa (Team Leader, RIKEN CDB) "Pluripotency-associated transcription factor network"
16:00 - 17:00	Lecture 3 (Advisory board) Prof. Yujiro Asada (University of Miyazaki) "Mechanisms of thrombus formation on disrupted   atherosclerotic plaques"
17:00 - 17:05	Closing remarks

Short presentation / Poster session program

No.	Presenter	Affiliation	Title
1	Akira Mori	Neurology	Derlin-1 overexpression ameliorates mutant SOD1-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress by reducing mutant SOD1 accumulation
2	Eiji Horio	Cardiovascular Medicine	Angiopoietin-like protein 2 (Angptl2) promotes coronary endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis
3	Hanako Suzuki	Child Developmental Sociology	Characteristics of adolescents living in foster care facilities in Japan
4	Hasita Horlad	Cell Pathology	High infiltration of CD163-positive tumor-associated macrophage is associated with early recurrence in Patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
5	Hiroko Tajiri	Peadiatrics	Reduction of brain damage by administration of glycine in neonatal rat brain after hypoxia-ischemia
6	Hiroyuki Kinoshita	Metabolic Medicine	Impact of NADPH oxidase on oxidized low-density protein-induced macrophage proliferation
7	Hussain Md. Shahjalal	Stem Cell Biology	Functional analysis of p16Ink4a in the differentiation of pancreatic β-cells
8	Jianying Guo	Diagnostic Medicine	Antioxidative effect of albumin on transthyretin-related amyloidosis
9	Junji Kurashige	Gastroenterologi- cal Surgery	MicroRNA-200b regulates epithelial mesenchymal transition by targeting ZEB1/2 in gastric cancer
10	Katsuya Nagaoka	Gastoloenterology and Hepatology	Epigenetic regulation of hepatic metabolism through histone lysine demethylases
11	Kazuhiro Takahama	Stem Cell Biology	Relationship between high caloric diet and sleep in Drosophila
12	Masahiro Nakano	Molecular Genetics	The role of Angptl2 in advance/recurrence breast cancer
13	Md. Mizanur Rahaman	Microbiology	Regulation by mitochondrial superoxide and NADPH oxidase of cell formation of nitrated cyclic GMP: potential implications for ROS signaling
14	Narajos Nena B	Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery	Swallowing kinematics in patients with unilateral vocal fold immobility
15	Rie Sawamura	Molecular Cell Biology	Functional analysis of Bcs1p, a mitochondrial inner membrane AAA protein
16	Shuji Kawasaki	Metabolic Medicine	Caloric restriction suppresses increased inflammatory response and tumor necrosis factor a converting enzyme expression in adipose tissue of obese and diabetic KKAy mice
17	Suchada Phimsen	Immunology	Role of GANP in cell-cycle progression (Is GANP essential for cell survival of GC B-cells?)
18	Taiga Mochida	Pediatrics	Time-dependent changes in the plasma amino acid concentration in diabetes mellitus
19	Taiji Yamazoe	Stem Cell Biology	A novel culture environment that promotes hepatic differentiation from human iPS and mouse ES cells
20	Teruo Nakaya	Immunology	Critical role of Pcid2 in B cell maintenance through the regulation of MAD2 expression
21	Tomoko Ota	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Midkine expression in malignant salivary gland tumors and its role in tumor angiogenesis
22	Yuka Fujimoto	Kidney Development	Six1 and Six4 homeo-proteins are required for sex determination in mouse gonad
23	Yuki Ohya	Pediatric Surgery	Impact of recipient-derived cells on the progression of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy after liver transplantation
24	Yusuke Tomita	Respiratory Medicine	Identification of a novel tumor-associated antigen, cell division cycle 45-like (CDC45L), as a candidate target for lung cancer immunotherapy