VI. ABSTRACTS OF DIARY FOR 1998

Biological Symposium
Jan. 14	A manifold of codes in genetic sequences (Edward N.Trifonov)
Feb. 2	The 2nd Decade of Human Genome Informatics Support:Reflections and Future Directions relevant to other Genome efforts. (Tom Slezak)
Feb. 17	CREB-mediated gene expression:a mechanism underlying hippocampal Synaptic activity-induced formation of long-term memory? (Haruhiko Bito)
Feb. 18	From growth cone to synapse (Motojiro Yoshihara)
Feb. 26	Roles of Islet-1 transcription factors in the regional specification and neuronal differentiation in the brain (Hitoshi Okamoto)
Mar. 5	Oligonucleotide arrays and the discovery of efficient antisense reagents (E.M.Southern)
Mar. 12	Development and evolution of the skull (Shigeru Kuratani)
Mar. 17	Genetically engineered foodcrops:problems and prospects (Peter Day)
Mar. 17	Genetic dissection of Drosophia sexual behavior (Daisuke Yamamoto)
Mar. 19	The St.Louis,Sanger,Mishima worm sequencing project (Jean Thierry-Mieg)
Apr. 13	V(D)J RECOMBINATION AND ITS BIOLOGICAL RELATIVES (Martin Gellert)
Apr. 15	The role of Deltex in Notch signaling (Kenji Matsuno)
Apr. 22	Generation and positioning of cortical neurons:a cellular and histological study (Masaharu Ogawa)
Apr. 22	Inactivation at promoters and control of transcription initiation(Ranjan sen)
Apr. 23	Molecular mechanisms of synaptic connection:analysis of the neuromuscular junction in Drosophia (Toshinao Nose)
Apr. 27	Molecular and neural mechanisms of thermotaxis in the nematode C.elegans (Ikue Mori)
May 8	Supramolecular Structure of the Salmonella typhimurium TypeIII Protein Secretion system (Tomoko Kubori)
May 13	Genetic information controlling animal behavior -the analysis of Fyn-deficient mouse (Takeshi Yagi)
May 13	Reductive evolution of endocellular parasites and the origin of mitochondria (Charles G.Kurland)
May 14	Molecular mechanism of pattern formation revealed by analysis of the Cadherin superfamily (Tadashi Uemura)
May 18	Detection and analysis of mutation in human and mouse (Youichi Gondoh)
May 18	Genomic imprinting:gene regulation at the level of chromosome domain based upon genome modification (Hiroyuki Sasaki)
June 3	Dorsalization mechanisms in vertebrates:Genetic analysis by using zebrafish mutants (Yasuyuki Kishimoto)
June 16	Maintaining and integrating morphogen gradients.Cross regulation of Wg and Dpp. (J. Lawrence Marsh)
June 19	Analysis of functional sequences in human centromere and construction of artificial chromosomes (Hiroshi Masumoto)
June 22	Mechanism of Mouse Central Olfactory Projection (Tatsumi Hirata)
July 6	Mechanisms of Zebrafish central nervous system development:Embryo logical and genetic approach (Hiroyuki Takeda)
July 8	Regulation of neural plasticity by Ras (Atsu Aiba)
July 15	The initiation of meiotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Bernard Massy)
July 23	The role of Pax-6 gene in neuronal differentiation and guidance (Noriko Ohsumi)
July 23	Higher order regulation of expression of HoxD gene cluster (Takashi Kondoh)
July 24	Developmental genetics of quaking mutation affecting neurological function and embryonic development (Kuniya Abe)
July 27	Programmed cell death in the nematode C.elegans :a search for new genes (Asako Sugimoto)
July 29	Chromatin structure and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in the yeast genome (Mitsuhiro Shimizu)
July 30	ProteinX-New player in prion propagation (Kiyotoshi Kaneko)
July 30	Constructing trees from subtrees(with applications to mammalian evolution) (Dan Graur)
July 31	Relative Contributions of Mutation and Selection to the Evolution of Bacterial DNA Base Composition (Noboru Sueoka)
Aug. 3	Roles of the paraxial protocadherin(PAPC)gene in morphogenetic movement during gastrulation of the zebrafish, Xenopus and mouse embryos. (Akihito Yamamoto)
Aug. 7	Histo-blood type ABO system:from glycosyl chain antigens to genes and glycosyltransferases (Fumi-ichiro Yamamoto)
Aug. 28	Hedgehog protein biogenesis and signaling (Philip A.Beachy)
Sep. 1	Genetic control of programmed cell death in the nematode C.elegans. (Michael Hengartner)
Sep. 14	Genome imprinting and germ cell development (Takashi Tada)
Sep. 17	Functional analysis of Dpb11 which is involved in chromosomal DNA replication and cell cycle checkpoint in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Youichiro Uemura)
Sep. 30	A common regulatory mechanism controls expression of Drosophia master control genes and establishment of organ identities (Syoichiro Kurata)
Oct. 5	Analysis of nuclear proteins which control the plant photomorphogenesis (Minami Matsui)
Oct. 5	Structural and functional genomics in Arabidopsis thaliana (Hiroyuki Tabata)
Oct. 6	Interaction between enhancer and promoter in Drosophia embryos (Sumio Ohtsuki)
Oct. 8	The Telomeres of Drosophila and the Mosquito Anpheles gambiae (Harald Biessmann)
Oct. 13	Signaling by wnt Genes in Drosophila:Common and Pathways (Roel Nusse)
Oct. 13	FGF signaling in the vertebrate embryo (Gail Martin)
Oct. 13	The C.elegans Genome Project (Stephanie L.Chissoe)
Oct. 14	Genetic and molecular mechanisms that pattern and organize in Drosophia (Thomas B.Kornberg)
Oct. 15	Control of meiotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Michael J.Lichten)
Oct. 16	Establishing polarity in the C.elegans embryo (Kenneth J.Kemphues)
Oct. 19	Control of developmental pathways by Hox proteins and their cofactors (Richard S.Mann)
Oct. 19	Understanding plant zygotic embryogenesis through analysis of somatic embryogenesis (Hiroshi Kamata)
Oct. 19	Expression and function of homeobox genes in rice (Shin Matsuoka)
Oct. 20	Specification of the dorsal axis of Xenopus by the Wnt signaling pathway (Randall T.Moon)
Oct. 22	The role of signaling factors in the development of kidney (Tomoko Ishihara-Obara)
Oct. 28	Drosophila ELAV protein is a major posttranscriptional regular in neurons (Kalpana White)
Nov. 2	Analysis of structure,function and development of the Drosophia brain,using GAL4-UAS technique (Kei Itoh)
Nov. 2	The End of Mitosis in Budding Yeast(Leland H.Johnston)
Nov. 9	"Genome fusion" of two plant species beyond one hundred million year's evolution.-Does it waste money and time? Or,is it informative for genome biology?- (Daisuke Shibata)
Nov. 9	Genome DNA methylation,plant development,and transposons:an approach using Arabidopsis mutants (Tetsuhito Kakutani)
Nov. 10	Signaling at the synapse:identification of HIG and SIF through low-activity mutans (Chihiro Hama)
Nov. 11	Evolution of Rh genes and antigenes in nonhuman primates (Antonie Blancher)
Nov. 19	Computer simulation of development processes (Hiroaki Kitano)
Dec. 1	Investigation of a set of genes essential for cell growth in Escherichia coli :Identification and characterization of the novel hda gene encoding a Dna-related protein,which is essential for chromosome replication (Jun-ichi Katoh)
Dec. 1	Mechanism of signal transduction of the phosphate regulon in Escherichia coli (Kouzou Makino)
Dec. 1	Estimation of past demographic parameters when the mutation rates vary among sites (Laurent Excoffier)
Dec. 7	FAST-1 is an essential component of activin/TGF β-mediated mesoderm induction in the early Xenopus embryo (Minoru Watanabe)
Dec. 10	Evaluation of Threading Specificity and Accuracy (Stephen H.Bryant)
Dec. 15	Isochores,selection and rendom drift. (Girogio Bernardi)
Dec. 22	The roles of PGL-1,a component of the germ granules,in the germline development of the nematode C.elegans (Ichiro Kawasaki)
Dec. 24	The roles of a organaizer specific homeo-box gene,Xlim-1,in the nerve induction and the anterior-posterior pattern formation (Masanori Taira)
Dec. 28	Yeast as a model for functional interpretation of the genomes :Approach from gene-gene and protein-protein interactions (Takashi Itoh)
Dec. 28	Molecular mechanisms of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli :Structure and functions of Holliday junction processing enzymes,RvuA, RvuB,and RvuC proteins (Hiroshi Iwasaki)
Mishima Geneticists' Club
Jan. 16	Post-translational regulation of nitrate reductase(NR) in higher plant (Kengo Kanamaru)
Feb. 25	Transcriptional regulation of Breathless,the FGF receptor required for the tracheal development in Drosophia (Tomokazu Ohshiro)
Mar. 11	Wnt3a and Wnt7a regulate chicken limb patterning through two distinct signaling pathways (Mineko Kengaku)
Mar. 12	tmRNA,a small RNA functioning as both tRNA and mRNA (Akira Mutoh)