Program

• 10:00-10:10

  Opening Remarks

  Kohta Yoshida

  Brain Research Institute, Niigata University

• CHAIR: Rie Saito
• 10:10-10:40

  Evolutionary Brain Pathology for understanding mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases

  Kohta Yoshida

  Brain Research Institute, Niigata University

• 10:40-11:20

  Combined single-cell profiling of chromatin-transcriptome and splicing across brain regions, primate species and disease state

  Wen Hu

  Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

• 11:20-11:30

  Break

• CHAIR: Kohta Yoshida
• 11:30-12:10

  Genomic approaches to understand the evolution of the human brain

  Janet Song

  Harvard University, USA

• 12:10-12:40

  The Evolution of the Human Brain: Genomic and Molecular Mechanisms

  Ikuo Suzuki

  The University of Tokyo

• 12:40-13:40

  Lunch

• CHAIR: Naoko Fujito
• 13:40-14:20

  Human Genetic Diversity and Health: Shaped by Population History, Challenged by Environment

  Hie Lim Kim

  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• 14:20-14:50

  Human evolution in the Ryukyu Archipelago: From ancient DNA to biobank

  Masatoshi Matsunami

  University of the Ryukyus

• 14:50-15:20

  Evolutionary Conserved Dormancy Mechanisms in Mycobacteria: Dynamic DNA Bridging by an Intrinsically Disordered Protein

  Sohkichi Matsumoto

  Niigata University

• 15:20-15:40

  APOBEC3, Infection, and Cancer from an Evolutionary Perspective

  Naoko Fujito

  Brain Research Institute, Niigata University

• 15:40-15:55

  Break

• CHAIR: Yuuki Ishita
• 15:55-16:25

  Massively parallel characterization of regulatory mutations that make us human

  Fumitaka Inoue

  Kyoto University

• 16:25-16:55

  Evolutionary and Pathological Origins of Neurodegeneration

  Hideaki Matsui

  Brain Research Institute, Niigata University

• 16:55-17:25

  Genomic Parallels Between Cichlid Evolutionary Diversity and Human Disease

  Masato Nikaido

  Institute of Science Tokyo

• 17:25-17:35

  Closing Remarks

  Kohta Yoshida

  Brain Research Institute, Niigata University