Advances in Cyclostome Research:
Body plan and developmental programs before the jawed vertebrates
January 24-25, 2008
Thursday, January 24th (Day 1)Registration
Set up posters
Opening Remarks: Shigeru Kuratani (RIKEN CDB, Japan)
Chair: Shigeru Kuratani
Philippe Janvier (CNRS/MNHN, France)
Early Jawless Vertebrates and Cyclostome Origins
13:50-14:10
Zhikun Gai (University of Bristol, UK)
The X-ray Microtomographic Studies of Galeaspid Nasal Region Shed New Light on the Origin of Paired Nostrils and Jaw
14:10-14:30
Coffee Break
Chair: Philippe Janvier
David W. McCauley (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Lamprey as a Model for Gene Duplication and Vertebrate Evolution
15:10-15:50
Shigehiro Kuraku (University of Konstanz, Germany)
Cyclostome Phylogenomics
15:50-16:10
Kyle Martin (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Divergent Genomic Organization of Dlx Genes in Cyclostomes
Chair: Kinya Yasui
Masanori Kasahara (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Immunogenomics of Cyclostomes
17:50-18:10
Rebecca F. Furlong (Oxford University, UK)
A Degenerate ParaHox Gene Cluster in a Degenerate Vertebrate
Banquet at CDB Salon
Friday, January 25th (Day 2)Chair: Per Erik Ahlberg
Stacia A. Sower (University of New Hampshire, USA)
Insight From Lamprey Genomics: The Origins of the GnRH-II Family and Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) & Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) Endocrine Systems
9:20-9:40
Masumi Nozaki (Niigata University, Japan)
Identity of Hagfish Gonadotropin (GTH) and Cellular Distribution of GTH and Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) in the Hagfish Adenohypophysis
9:40-10:20
Hiroshi Wada (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Development of Lamprey Pharynx
10:20-10:40
Coffee Break
Chair: Jon Mallatt
Kinya Yasui (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Can We Find Vertebrate Archetypes in Lancelet Body?
11:10-11:50
Per Erik Ahlberg (Uppsala University, Sweden)
The Origin of Jawed Vertebrates: Slicing Up an Ostracoderm to make a Gnathostome
11:50-12:30
Shigeru Kuratani (RIKEN CDB, Japan)
Evolutionary Scenario for the Origin of the Vertebrate Jaw
Chair: David W. McCauley
Yasunori Murakami (Ehime University, Japan)
Development of the Lamprey Trigeminal System: With Reference to the Vertebrate Hindbrain Evolution
15:40-16:20
Jon Mallatt (Washington State University, USA)
How Fossils and Comparative Morphology Can Inspire Evo-Devo Studies of the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates
16:20-16:40
Discussion and Conclusion
Closing Remarks by David W. McCauley
Poster take down
Poster Rebecca F. Furlong (Oxford University, UK)
A Degenerate ParaHox Gene Cluster in a Degenerate Vertebrate
P02
Zhikun Gai (University of Bristol, UK)
The X-ray Microtomographic Studies of Galeaspid Nasal Region Shed New Light on the Origin of Paired Nostrils and Jaw
P03 Jun Kasamatsu (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Structural and Genetic Analysis of Variable Lymphocye Receptor Family
P04
Kaoru Kubokawa (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Reproductive Endocrinology in Amphioxus
P05
Shigehiro Kuraku (University of Konstanz, Germany)
Potential Reasons Why Molecular Phylogenies of Cyclostome Genes are Not Clear-cut
P06
Rie Kusakabe (Kobe University, Japan)
Development of Lamprey Skeletal Muscles: Insights into the Mophological Evolution of Vertebrates
P07
Ricardo Lara-Ramirez (University of Oxford, UK)
Helix-Loop-Helix (HLH) Genes in Lamprey Olfactory Placode Development
P08
Kyle Martin(University of Ottawa, Canada)
Divergent Genomic Organization of Dlx Genes in Cyclostomes
P09
Thomas J. Near (Yale University, USA)
Conflict and Resolution of Morphological and Molecular Datasets Applied to the Phylogenetics of Hagfish, Lampreys, and Gnathostomes
P10
Yoshikazu Nishiguchi (Toho University, Japan)
Evolutionary Implications of Lactate Dehydrogenases (LDHs) of Hagfishes Compared to Lampreys: LDH cDNA Sequences from Eptatretus burgeri, Paramyxine atami and Eptatretus okinoseanus
P11
Takayuki Onai (SIO, UCSD, USA)
Wnt and Retinoic Acid have Separate Roles in Axial Patterning in the Cephalochordate, Amphioxus
P12
Kinya G. Ota (RIKEN CDB, Japan)
Embryology of the Japanese Inshore Hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)
P13
Stacia A. Sower (University of New Hampshire, USA)
dentification and Cloning of a Second Glycoprotein Hormone Receptor (TSH-like Receptor) from Sea Lamprey
