Posters

P01-A
The Role of Wnt5a in the morphogenesis of the vertebrate body plan

Rieko Ajima (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)

P02-A
Regulation and scaling of developmental time during Drosophila embryogenesis

Christopher Amourda (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

P03-B
Morphogenesis of nanometer scale porous extracellular matrix on the insect olfactory sensilla

Toshiya Ando (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P04-B
Sexual dimorphism in 20-hydroxyecdysone hormone levels controls sexual dimorphic butterfly wing patterns

Shivam Bhardwaj (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

P05-A
A genetic signature of flightlessness evolution in the Galapagos Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) revealed by predictive genomics

Alejandro Burga (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

P06-A
Embryonic attenuated Wnt/β-catenin signal defines niche location and long-term stem cells in hair follicle

Ting Chen (National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS), China)

P07-B
Study the role of zona pellucida domain (ZPD) proteins in apical extracellular matrix during epithelial morphogenesis and wound healing

Wei-Chen Chu (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P08-B
Variations in Drosophila wing imaginal disc growth curves

Carmen M A Coelho (Centre for Human Genetics, India)

P09-A
Cortical instability drives actin pattern formation and positioning in biological tubes

Bo Dong (Ocean University of China, China)

P10-A
PolyQ regulates organ size and development of non-neuronal tissue in Drosophila melanogaster

Sandeep Kumar Dubey (Banaras Hindu University, India)

P11-B
Lats kinases determine the size of the atrium by controlling the number of anterior second heart field progenitors in zebrafish

Hajime Fukui (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan)

P12-B
In vitro 3D culturing platform with Omni-directional imaging device

Masaya Hagiwara (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)

P13-A
Allometry of spindle morphology during embryogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Yuki Hara (Yamaguchi University, Japan)

P14-A
Adaptive cellular behavior for homeostatic radial size in proliferating tube

Tsuyoshi Hirashima (Kyoto University, Japan)

P15-B
Adaptive significance of critical weight for metamorphosis in holometabolous insects

Ken-ichi Hironaka (Osaka University, Japan)

P16-B
The planarian Dugesia japonica as a new model animal to understand molecular mechanisms underlying stable body proportioning

Kazutaka Hosoda (Kyoto University, Japan)

P17-A
Functional analysis of COUP-TFII during tympanic ring development

Wen-Hsin Hsu (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Taipei)

P18-A
Bamboo wisdom: What determines the internode spacings in wild bamboo?

Mie Iizuka (University of Yamanashi, Japan)

P19-B
Muscle patterning is regulated by Scleraxis positive tendon cells

Masafumi Inui (National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Japan)

P20-B
Somite scaling - wave vs gradient-

Kana Ishimatsu (Harvard Medical School, USA)

P21-A
Lats1 suppresses centrosome overduplication by modulating the stability of Cdc25B

Yorika Kato (Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan)

P22-A
Sorcin in the epiphyseal growth plate

Mariko Kawai (OsakaDental University, Japan)

P23-B
Comprehensive monitoring of the cell-cell contact between newborn cells and its neighbors in the developing mammalian brain

Takumi Kawaue (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

P24-B
Coordination of progenitor specification and growth in the developing spinal cord

Anna Kicheva (IST Austria, Austria)

P25-A
Directed mesenchymal growth and epithelial remodeling shape the tracheal tube

Keishi Kishimoto (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P26-A
DNA replication machinery is required for development in Drosophila

Hidetsugu Kohzaki (Shumei University, Japan)

P27-B
Monoamine signals that control differentiation and proliferation of pancreatic beta cells

Shoen Kume (Tokyo Institute of technology, Japan)

P28-B
Sequence informatics for evolution-aware life science studies

Shigehiro Kuraku (RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Japan)

P29-A
Large cytoplasmic size is linked to the error-prone nature of oocytes

Hirohisa Kyogoku (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P30-A
Angelman syndrome protein Ube3a regulates synaptic growth and endocytosis by inhibiting BMP signaling in Drosophila

Wenhua Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

P31-B
Live imaging reveals dynamics of core Hippo pathway component Yorkie during epithelial development

Samuel Alexander Manning (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia)

P32-B
Regulation of growth and axial elongation morphogenesis in P19C5 embryoid bodies: an in vitro gastrulation model for detecting teratogenic agents

Yusuke Marikawa (University of Hawaii, USA)

P33-A
Growth control by a Fat signaling , Approximated, in Drosophila

Hitoshi Matakatsu (The University of Chicago, USA)

P34-A
Towards understanding sexual size dimorphism in Drosophila larvae

Kristina Mathews (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

P35-B
Organ size regulation in Zebrafish laterality organ

Takaaki Matsui (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

P36-B
Morphology and transcriptome of phenotypic plasticity in the Hokkaido Salamander (Hynobius retardatus)

Masatoshi Matsunami (Hokkaido University, Japan)

P37-A
Differential modification defines discrete nano-scale clusters of heparan sulfate and coordinates gradient formation and signal reception of Wnt in Xenopus embryo

Yusuke Mii (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)

P38-A
Metabolic reorganization that supports growth of mouse embryos during the mid-gestation stage

Hidenobu Miyazawa (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P39-B
Reconstructing 3D deformation dynamics for epithelial sheet morphogenesis from limited cell data

Yoshihiro Morishita (RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Japan)

P40-B
HOX gene Antp in the visceral mesoderm regulates size of the midgut chambers in Drosophila embryo

Ryutaro Murakami (Yamaguchi University, Japan)

P41-A
Dopamine regulates body size in C. elegans

Takashi Nagashima (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P42-A
Signaling relay and feedback mechanisms control nutrient-dependent production of an insulin-like peptide for Drosophila body growth

Takashi Nishimura (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P43-B
Regulation of pharynx size by apical and basal extracellular matrices in C. elegans

Kiyoji Nishiwaki (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)

P44-B
3D mapping and 4D imaging unveiled the size and positional regulation of developing neuroepithelial bodies following airway branching morphogenesis

Masafumi Noguchi (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P45-A
Morphological diversity of seminal receptacles in genus Drosophila

Tatsuhiko Noguchi (National Defense Medical College, Japan)

P46-A
Mechanical control of epithelial invagination by the cell-to-cell propagation of ERK activity

Yosuke Ogura (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P47-B
Ensuring robust control of organ size by “cell-turnover” in Drosophila

Shizue Ohsawa (Kyoto University, Japan)

P48-B
On the origin of vertebrate somites

Takayuki Onai (RIKEN, Japan)

P49-A
Cellular dynamics in somitogenesis

Agnieszka Malgorzaa Piatkowska (University College London, UK)

P50-A
Mechanical coupling to extra-embryonic tissues controls cell shape and tissue dynamics during morphogenesis of the zebrafish laterality organ

Eduardo Andrés Pulgar (Anatomy and Developmental Biology Program, University of Chile, Chile)

P51-B
Shape regulation in zebrafish posterior body development by cell cycle phase-dependent cellular flow, revealed by live-imaging and mathematical analyses

Takashi Saitou (Ehime University, Japan)

P52-B
Coupling of growth to nutritional status: the role of the CCHamide-2 peptide hormone in Drosophila melanogaster

Hiroko Sano (Institute of Life Science, Kurume University, Japan)

P53-A
Multidimensional allometry of the Drosophila embryonic hindgut

Timothy Saunders (Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

P54-A
Lateral inhibition-induced pattern formation controlled by the size and geometry of the cell

Sungrim Seirin Lee (Hiroshima University, Japan)

P55-B
Theoretical study of scaling of Dorsal-Ventral patterning in Xenopus embryo

Tatsuo Shibata (RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Japan)

P56-B
Three-dimensional morphogen signaling controls Drosophila wing morphogenesis

Osamu Shimmi (University of Helsinki, Finland)

P57-A
Oscillatory control of Delta-like1 in cell interactions regulates dynamic gene expression and tissue morphogenesis

Hiromi Shimojo (Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Japan)

P58-A
Caspase drives wing disc growth via cell number regulation to ensure the robust determination of bilateral symmetry in Drosophila wing size

Natsuki Shinoda (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P59-B
Drosophila melanogaster microbiota affects host systemic growth, maturation rate and organ proportions upon chronic undernutrition

Maura Strigini (Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (IGFL) - ENS de Lyon, France)

P60-B
Morphogenetic factors required for soldier-caste differentiation in a termite

Yasuhiro Sugime (Hokkaido University, Japan)

P61-A
Epithelial tumors originate in tumor hotspots, a tissue-intrinsic microenvironment

Yoichiro Tamori (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)

P62-A
Mechanisms that balance neuronal subtype production in the cerebral cortex

Kenichi Toma (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P63-B
Molecular profiling of microenvironments that define the compartmentalized architecture of the hair follicle stem cell niche

Ko Tsutsui (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P64-B
The molecular basis of distinct dietary responses to nutrient balances for animal growth between Drosophila generalist and specialist species

Tadashi Uemura (Kyoto University, Japan)

P65-A
An unbiased interspecies genetic screen for nutritional factor(s) in yeast affecting Drosophila larval development

Yuuki Takahashi (Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan)

P66-A
A statistical analysis of standard organ weights and their changes during the post-mortem interval using forensic autopsy cases (2)

Yosuke E. Usumoto (Yokohama City University, Japan)

P67-B
Antagonism between Gdf6a and retinoic acid pathways controls timing of retinal neurogenesis and growth of the eye in zebrafish

Leonardo Valdivia (University College London, UK)

P68-B
A molecular basis of mammalian cell size control

Kazuo Yamamoto (Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan)

P69-A
Nano-scale clusters of heparan sulfate and heparosan attached to Glypicans have distinct roles for signaling and diffusion of Wnt in Xenopus

Takayoshi Yamamoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

P70-A
Wnt proteins serve as directional cues for the Par-complex polarity and the Drosophila nervous tissue growth

Shigeki Yoshiura (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan)

P71-B
Segmental border is defined by Ripply2-mediated Tbx6 repression independent of Mesp2

Wei Zhao (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)