DEVELOPMENTAL REMODELING The 2nd Symposium 2004

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Steven Henikoff
Renato Paro
Paul Martin
Donald D. Brown
Susan V. Bryant
Teruhiko Wakayama
Jun-ichi Nakayama
Barry M. Gumbiner
Naoto Ueno
Jeremy Brockes
Koji Tamura
Nobuaki Kikyo
Tetsuji Kakutani
Richard G. Fehon
James W. Truman
Elly M. Tanaka
Cheng-Ming Chuong
Naoto Ueno  
Naoto Ueno obtained his Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Tsukuba. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and contributed to the discovery of inhibin, activin, follistatin, and fibroblast growth factors (FGFs). In 1988, he was appointed assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba. Since that appointment, his research interest has turned to developmental biology, with a focus on the function of growth factor in embryogenesis, particularly in pattern formation and morphogenesis, which led to the identification of activin as a potent mesoderm-inducing factor in Xenopus. In 1993, he became a full professor at Hokkaido University. His identification in 1994 of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) as the endogenous signal responsible for the dorsoventral patterning of the Xenopus embryo is recognized as a major contribution to the field of developmental biology. Since then, his lab's efforts have focused on clarifying extra- and intra-cellular regulation of growth factor signaling. From 1997 to present, he has been a professor at the National Institute for Basic Biology. His group is currently interested in the cell movements during gastrulation that lead to dynamic changes in embryo shape. He serves as a board of director for International Society for Differentiation and as an editorial board member or editor for several journals, including Development. He was awarded the gold medal from Tokyo Techno-Forum21 in 1988 for the discovery of the role of BMPs in embryonic development. Naoto Ueno
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