France-Japan International Exchange Symposium

Date:　Tuesday, February 10th, 2012

Time:　Start at 9:30am

Place:　Taniguchi Memorial Hall, 1st floor of Intergrated 
            　Life Science Building, Researach Institute for
　　　　　Microbial Diseases,　Osaka University

＜Program＞
9:30- 9:50 　　　　 　Opening remarks
　　　　　　　　　　　 Eisuke Mekada (Japan)

Virus-host interactions/ Chair: Tatsuo Shioda (Japan)
9:50-10:20
Title:　 A novel strategy to suppress host gene expression
　　　　 by SARS coronavirus nsp1 protein

Speaker:　Wataru Kamitani (Japan)
10:50-11:05
Title:　 Impact of chronic infection in immune exhaustion
Speaker:　Delphine Sauce (France)

10:20-10:50 　　　　Coffee break

Regulatory T cells/ Chair: Vincent Vieillard (France)
11:05-11:35
Title:　Regulatory T cell function in anti-tumor immunity
Speaker:　Hiroyoshi Nishikawa (Japan)

11:35-12:05
Title:　Parasites and autoimmunity
Speaker:　Makoto Miyara (France)

12:05-13:40 　　　　Lunch

Roles of host genetic polymorphisms in HIV infection/
Chair: Ioannis Theodorou (France)
13:40-14:10
Title:　TRIM5α and species tropism of HIV/SIV
Speaker:　Emi E. Nakayama (Japan)

14:10-14:40
Title:　The earlier, the better? HLA-driven HIV-1 control
　　　　on the long run is not systematically determined
　　　　at early times post HIV-1 infection
Speaker:　Julien Guergnon (France)

14:40-14:50 　　　　Coffee break

NK cells and KIR/ Chair: Masahiro Yamamoto (Japan)
14:50-15:20
Title:　Significant association of KIR2DL3-HLA-C1 combination
　　　　with cerebral malaria and implications for co-evolution
　　　　of KIR and HLA
Speaker:　Kouyuki Hirayasu (Japan)

15:20-15:50
Title:　Natural killer cell responses during viral infections:
　　　　Deciphering and clinical applications
Speaker:　Vincent Vieillard (France)

15:50-16:00 　　　　Coffee break

Human genome and diseases / Chair: Emi E. NAKAYAMA (Japan)
16:00-16:30
Title:　Pathogenic exon-trapping by an SVA retrotransposal
　　　　insertion and therapeutic rescue with antisense
　　　　oligonucleotides in Fukuyama muscular dystrophy
Speaker:　 Mariko Taniguchi (Japan)

16:30-17:00
Title:　Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-defined Class-I and
　　　　Class-III MHC genetic subregions contribute to
　　　　natural long-term non progression in HIV infection
Speaker:　 Ioannis Theodorou (France)

17:00-17:10
Concluding remarks 　　　　Ioannis Theodorou (France)

Contact:　Department of Viral Infections, 
　　　　　　Research Institute for Microbial Diseases,
　　　　　　Osaka University
　　　　　　Tel: 06-6879-8346

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