* Presenters listed in alphabetical order P01 The TALE Class Homeobox Gene Smed-prep Defines the Anterior Compartment for Head Regeneration A. Aziz Aboobaker P02 Is the Shark Head Cavity Homologous with the Somite? Noritaka Adachi P03 A Systems Approach Reveals that the Myogenesis Genome Network is Regulated by the Transcriptional Repressor RP58 Hiroshi Asahara P04 Tubular Extension is Regulated by Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition and Tissue Interactions Yuji Atsuta P05 The Role of microRNA-21 in Zebrafish Cardiac Valve Formation Toshihiro Banjo P06 Regulation of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Growing Fiber Tracts of the Developing Human Brain Torsten Bullmann P07 The Apoptotic Protease Caspase 3 Regulates Retinal Ganglion Cell Axonal Arborisation and Synaptic Dynamics Douglas S. Campbell P08 ERK Activation is Involved in Tooth Development via FGF10 Signaling Kyoung-Won Cho P09 Signalling through the VegfR2 Receptor Controls Migration of Posterior Mesoderm Cells Out of the Primitive Streak in the Early Chick Embryo Manli Chuai P10 Control of Cell Elongation and Lumen Formation during Notochord Tubulogenesis Bo Dong P11 The Temporal and Spatial Expression of PTEN in the Development of Inner Ear Youyi Dong P12 Role of Wnt4 in Chick Myogenesis Anthony S. Eritano P13 Twist2 Function in Craniofacial and Limb Morphogenesis Peter Farlie P14 Smad4 Function in the Regulation of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells in the Postnatal Mouse Brain Yasuhide Furuta P15 Type IIA Procollagen: A Positive Regulator of Nodal Signaling during Early Embryogenesis Gene Y. Gao P16 Automatic Reconstruction of the Mouse Segmentation Network from an Experimental Evidence Database Aitor González P17 Foxg1 Regulates the Onset of Temporal Competence Window of Projection Neuron Production in the Neocortex Gunadi P18 Preterm Delivery Alters the Developmental Program of the Cerebellum Parthiv Haldipur P19 Mesenchymal FGFR1 Signaling during Craniofacial Development in Mice David Herrmann P20 Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 (FGFR1) Function in Inner Ear Hair Cell Development Akira Honda P21 The Role of TBX22 in Bone and Muscle Development during Palatogenesis Aya Hoshino P22 MARCKS Regulates Arterial-Venous Cell Separation during Vasculogenesis in Zebrafish Cheng-chen Huang P23 Intravascular Proteolysis Triggers Synchronous Start of Blood Circulation in Zebrafish Atsuo Iida P24 Tackling Vertebrate Phylotype Hypothesis from the Analysis of Multi-species, Embryonic Transcriptome Dynamics Naoki Irie P25 Characterization of the Single Cell Transcriptional Landscape by High-throughput RNA-Seq and Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons for Cell Replacement Therapy Saiful Islam P26 Emergence of a Cerebellum is Correlated with the Establishment of Close Linkage between Canopy1 and Engrailed2 Hisaya Kakinuma P27 Potential Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cell to Drug Discovery, Safety Pharmacology and Therapy Takeshi Katsuda P28 Notch Ligand Regulation of Adult Neural Stem Cells Daichi Kawaguchi P29 Cadherin-7 Participates in Dorsal-Ventral Patterning of the Chick Embryonic Spinal Cord through Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Rie Kawano P30 Mutations Affecting Cessation of Gonadal Leader Cell Migration in C.elegans Tetsuhiro Kikuchi P31 Characterization of nphp7 in Pronephros in Zebrafish Yun Hee Kim P32 The Cyclic Gene Hes1 Contributes to Diverse Differentiation Responses of Embryonic Stem Cells Taeko Kobayashi P33 Balance of Planar and Apico-basal Forces Important for Orchestrating the Invagination of the Drosophila Tracheal Placode Takefumi Kondo P34 Active and Passive Mechanisms Regulate Interkinetic Nuclear Migration of Neural Progenitor Cells during Brain Development Yoichi Kosodo P35 New Target Genes for Tumor Suppressors p53 and p73 in Regenerating Liver Svitlana Kurinna P36 Role of DNA-Membrane Complexes in Cellular Differentiation Vasily V. Kuvichkin P37 Foxp4 is Essential in Maintenance of Purkinje Cell Dendritic Arborization in Mouse Cerebellum Kin Ming Kwan P38 Chondrocyte Fate Specification during Cranial Base Development Hyuk-Jae Kwon P39 Olfactory Neurogenesis is Controlled by Retinoic Acid Raj Ladher P40 Dynamic Analysis of Vascular Development Rusty Lansford P41 Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in Adrenocortical Development and Remodeling Ed Laufer P42 Origins of the Epibranchial Placodes and Ganglia in Zebrafish Zachary R. Lewis P43 Pitchfork Regulates Primary Cilia Disassembly and Heart Development Heiko Lickert P44 A Novel Pro-apoptotic Member of Bcl-2 Family, Blm-s, Mediates Neuronal Apoptosis in the Developing Nervous System Wei-Wen Liu P45 Xenopus tropicalis as a New Model for Studying Vertebrate Tissue Regeneration Nick R. Love P46 Evolution and Development of Beak Diversity in Darwin's Finches and their Close Relatives Ricardo Mallarino P47 Epiplakin1 Marks the Cholangiocytes and Hepatic Stem/progenitor Cells in Adult and Injured Liver Akira Matsuo P48 Heartbeat Regulates Cardiogenesis via Suppression of Retinoic Acid Signaling by MicroRNA Kota Miyasaka P49 Inter-Axonal Communication Defines Topographic Presynaptic Patterning in C. elegans Kota Mizumoto P50 Fibroblast Growth Factor and Hedgehog Regulate Growth and Maturation of Larval Notochord Cell in Xenopus Makoto Mochii P51 Optimal Encoding Design of Positional Information from an Engineering Viewpoint Yoshihiro Morishita P52 Analysis of the Somite-specific Enhancer of the Zic Genes in Medaka: Toward Understanding of the Evolution of the External Morphology in Vertebrates Yuuta Moriyama P53 WITHDRAWN P54 Reproduction Organ-Specific Defects and Subsequent Infertilities in the Missense Mutant Mice on the β-catenin Gene Takuya Murata P55 Control of FGF Signalling during Inner Ear Induction Yuko Muta P56 Turtle Body Plan by Folding Hiroshi Nagashima P57 Histone Methylation in Heart Development Keisuke Nimura P58 Toward Understanding of Gene Regulatory Network Underlying Shh Morphogen Action in Neural Tube Patterning Yuichi Nishi P59 Notch2 Activation in the Embryonic Kidney Leads to Depletion of Nephron Progenitors Ryuichi Nishinakamura P60 Coupled Oscillations in Notch and Fgf Signaling Underlie the Coordination of the Segmentation Clock and the Wavefront for Periodic Somite Formation Yasutaka Niwa P61 Dicer Endoribonuclease is Necessary for Early Development of Embryonic Telencephalon and Neural Retina in Mouse Tomasz J. Nowakowski P62 Evolution of Head Structure of Vertebrates from the Insight of Development of Pituitary Gland and Nasal Epithelium in Hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri) Yasuhiro Oisi P63 Properties of Neural Progenitor Cells during Neocortical Development as Revealed by Single Cell Gene Expression Profiles Mayumi Okamoto P64 Ripply3, a Negative Regulator of Tbx1, is Required for the Development of Pharyngeal Apparatus and Cardiovascular System Tadashi Okubo P65 The Effects of Orthodontic Bonding Procedure on Biofilm Development by Streptococcus Mutans Ja Ryeong Park P66 Investigating Intrinsic Mechanisms of Growth Control in Imaginal Wing Discs Simon Restrepo P67 BMP Switching Regulates Migration and Subtype Segregation of Neural Crest Cells Daisuke Saito P68 Kif-k Regulates the Mesenchymal Condensation on Contact with Ureteric Buds in Kidney Development Masaji Sakaguchi P69 Live Imaging the Migration, Axon/Dendrite Formation, and MTOC Dynamics of Cortical Plate Neurons under the 3D Slice Culture of Embryonic Mouse Cerebrum Akira Sakakibara P70 Cyp26 Enzymes Function in Endoderm to Regulate Pancreatic Field Size Elizabeth M. Sefton P71 Histone Acetylation and a Linker Histone H1 are Required for the Maintenance of Cell Fates in C. elegans Yukimasa Shibata P72 Dynamic Gene Expression in Neural Development Hiromi Shimojo P73 Secondary Neurulation: the Neural Tube Directly Formed from Mesenchymal Cells in the Posterior Region of Body Eisuke Shimokita P74 Roles of E-Cadherin in Pou5f1-Dependent Control of Cell Behavior during Zebrafish Gastrulation Sungmin Song P75 Organization, D-V Patterning and Regionalization of the Lamprey Telencephalon, with Special Reference to the Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain Fumiaki Sugahara P76 Conservation of Developmental Mechanisms in Evolutionarily Divergent Brain Structures Ikuo Suzuki P77 Cloaca Patterning by Antagonistic Regulation of Wnt/beta-catenin Signaling Kentaro Suzuki P78 IR-LEGO: A New Tool for Studying Development by Manipulating Gene Expression in Targeted Single Cells Motoshi Suzuki P79 Quantification of Morfogen Activity in the Developing Chick Limb Bud Takayuki Suzuki P80 Evolution and Development of the Accessory Nerve Motoki Tada P81 Dynamic Shape Changes of ECM-Producing Cells Drive Morphogenesis of Ball-and-Socket Joints in the Fly Leg Reiko Tajiri P82 Molecular Developmental Study for Understanding of the Mammalian Middle Ear Evolution Masaki Takechi P83 Developmental Origin of the Posteriormost Digit in Amniotes Koji Tamura P84 Hedgehog Signaling Inhibits Hair Cell and Supporting Cell Differentiation in the Developing Auditory Sensory Epithelium Tomoko Tateya P85 Quiescent and Active Hippocampal Neural Stem Cells with Distinct Morphologies Respond Selectively to Physiological and Pathological Stimuli and Ageing Verdon Taylor P86 Type XXVII Collagen and Embryonic Lung Development Tanja Torbica P87 Random Cell Movement Promotes Synchronization of the Segmentation Clock Koichiro Uriu P88 A Complex Network of Wnt Signaling with an Unusual Wiring Regulates the Induction of Vulva Formation in the Nematode P. pacificus Xiaoyue Wang P89 Transcriptional Regulation of Fgf10 Gene in the Second Heart Field Yusuke Watanabe P90 Live-imaging Analysis of Apoptosis and Caspase Activation during Neural Tube Closure Yoshifumi Yamaguchi P91 Analysis of the Pleiotropic Functions of A Class V POU Transcription Factor Pou2/Pou5f1 in Patterning of the Body and Brain in Zebrafish Embryos Using Transgenic Approaches Kyo Yamasu P92 Pectoral Fin Development in Teleost Fish; Difference from Tetrapod Limbs Tohru Yano P93 Molecular Aspects of Gut Differentiation Sadao Yasugi P94 Regulatory Aspects of Asexual and Sexual Reproduction in Enchytraeus japonensis (Oligochaeta, Annelida) Chikako Yoshida-Noro L01 Six1 is Essential for Production of Functional Apical and Basal Progenitors during Olfactory Epithelial Development Keiko Ikeda