Yanagimachi 90th Birthday Symposium Program
Monday, August 27, 2018
Sullivan Center, University of Hawaii Cancer Center
8:00 W. Steven Ward, PhD
Director, Institute for Biogenesis Research
Welcome
8:05 Mariana Gerschenson, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine
David Lasner, PhD
President, University of Hawaii
Michael Bruno, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa
8:15 W. Steven Ward, PhD
Director, Institute for Biogenesis Research
“Contributions of Dr. Yanagimachi to Science and the University of Hawaii”
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1: Moderator, Monika Ward, PhD
8:30
Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
Mitinori Saitou, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
“Mechanism and In Vitro Reconstitution of Human Germ Cell Development“
9:30 Yukiko Yamazaki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
“Sex Differentiation of Fetal Germ Cells”
9:45 Yusuke Marikawa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
“Bodybuilding with Stem Cells: In Vitro Morphogenesis Model for Teratogen Research”
10:00 Stacy Tsai, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dept. Ob/Gyn
“Effects of Maternal Diabetes on Pregnancy Outcomes”
10:15 Coffee Break/Posters/Chantell Balaan & Jon Riel hula/ukulele performance
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2: Moderator, Yukiko Yamazaki PhD
Associate Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
10:45 Dolores Lamb, PhD
Vice Chair, Department of Urology (Research), Director of the Center for Reproductive Genomics, Professor of Molecular Biology in Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College
“Genetics and Genomic Basis of Human Male Infertility”
11:45
Atsushi Tanaka, MD, PhD
Juntendo University Hospital, Japan
“What Should We Do for the Improvement of ROSI?”
Monika Ward, Ph.D.
Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
“Assisted Reproduction Rescue of Abnormal Spermiogenesis.”
Lunch (provided)
12:15
12:30
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 3: Moderator Johann Urschitz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
1:30 Masahito Ikawa, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
“CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Genome Editing in Mice and Its Application for the Study of Reproduction”
2:30 Johann Urschitz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
2:45
“Non-Viral In Vivo Gene Modulation in the Placenta”
Rich Allsopp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
“Foxo3 Longevity Gene and Effect on Telomeres during Aging.”3:00 Ben Fogelgren, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
“Failure to Form an Epithelial Barrier during Ureter Development Can Result In Obstructive Kidney Disease”
3:15 Coffee Break/Posters
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 4: Moderator, Stefan Moisyadi, PhD
Associate Professor, Institute for Biogenesis Research
3:45 Jon Oatley, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State University
“Applications of Germline Ablation, Engineering, and Transplantation in Biomedical Research and Animal Agriculture”
4:45 Ryuzo Yanagimachi, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology
“Lessons for Scientists”
5:00 W. Steven Ward, PhD
Director, Institute for Biogenesis Research