Program

Nov. 27 (Tue)
Time Event Title
9:10-9:20 Opening Remarks  
9:20-11:20 Session 1
(Chair :Masahira Hattori)
 Application of New Sequencing Technology
  Sean Grimmond
(Australia) 		Sequencing the Embryonic Stem Cell Transcriptome
Jane Rogers
(UK) 		The Challenges of Sequencing Genomes with New Sequencing Platforms
David Bentley
(UK) 		The Impact of Solexa Sequencing on Genome Biology
11:20-13:20 Coffee & Lunch Break, Poster Session & Exhibition
11:30-12:30 Luncheon Seminar
Applied Biosystems
Japan Ltd.
13:20-15:20 Session 2
(Chair :Hiroshi Tanaka)		 Bioinformatics
  Atul Butte
(USA) 		Exploring Genomic Medicine Using Translational Bioinformatics
Ron Edgar
(USA) 		Insights and Lessons from Developing the GEO Resource at NCBI
Masaru Tomita
(Japan) 		Metabolome Science and Systems Biology
15:20-16:20 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition
15:25-15:55 Refreshment Break Seminar
GeneFrontier
Corporation
16:20-18:20 Session 3
(Chair :Satoshi Tabata) 		Metagenomics
  Dusko Ehrlich
(France) 		MetaHIT - a European Project on the Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract
Jean Weissenbach
(France) 		Analysis of Wastewater Processing Using a Metagenomic Approach
Masahira Hattori
(Japan) 		Sequencing of Human Gut Microbiomes
18:30-21:00 Banquet<Hall B5(5F)>  
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Nov. 28 (Wed)
Time Event Title
9:00-9:30 Morning Seminar
Helicos BioSciences Corp.
9:30-11:30 Session 4
(Chair :Hiroyuki Aburatani) 		Personalized Medicine / Pharmacogenomics
  Edwin Clark
(USA) 		Use of Genomic Biomarkers in Oncology Drug Development: Reduction to Practice
Allen Roses
(USA) 		Pharmacogenetics Using Genome Wide Screening
Ronald van Klaveren
(Netherlands) 		Implementing Gene Expression Profiling in Clinical Practice
11:30-13:30 Coffee & Lunch Break, Poster Session & Exhibition
11:40-12:40 Luncheon Seminar
illumina, inc.
13:30-15:30 Session 5
(Chair :Sumio Sugano) 		Chemogenomics
  Sunghoon Kim
(Korea) 		Exploration of Protein Interfaces for Novel Drug Discovery
Anton Simeonov
(USA) 		Quantitative High-Throughput Screening at the NIH Chemical Genomics Center
Motonari Uesugi
(Japan) 		Chemical Genetics of Gene Expression
15:30-16:30 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition
15:35-16:05 Refreshment Break Seminar
Fluidigm Corporation
16:30-18:30 Session 6
(Chair :Hiroyuki Mano) 		The Role of Non-coding RNA
  Philipp Kapranov
(USA) 		Genome-wide Transcription and the Implications on Genome Organization
William Hahn
(USA) 		Functional Genomics, Experimental Models and Cancer
Takashi Ito
(Japan) 		Unexpected Complexity of the Budding Yeast Transcriptome: Yeast as a Potential Model Organism for ncRNA Research
18:30- Closing Remarks :
Yoshiyuki Sakaki (RIKEN)
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