Schedule

27 Feb (Friday)

16:00 Arrival
17:00-17:10 opening remark including general information, introduction of lecturers

Session 1: Warming up

17:10-17:50 Ichiro Masai (OIST)
17:50-18:30 Sumiko Watanabe (Tokyo Univ)
19:00-21:00 Welcome Dinner

28 Feb (Saturday)

7:00-8:30 Breakfast

Session 2: Phagocytosis of microglia and imaging (Chair: Ichiro Masai)

9:00-10:00 Francesca Peri (Heidelberg, Germany)
10:00-11:00 Kazuhide Inoue (Kyusyu Univ. Japan)
11:00-11:10 short break
11:10-11:50 Akira Murakami (Juntendo Univ., Japan)

12:00-14:00 Group Photo, Lunch and Campus tour

Session 3: Roles of microglia in brain development and function (Chair: Akira Murakami)

14:00-15:00 Wen-biao Gan (NYU School of Medicinem USA)
15:00-16:00 Michal Schwartz (Weizmann Inst., Israel)

16:00-16:30 Break

16:30-17:30 Dongsheng Cai (Albert Einstein College Med., USA)
17:30-18:30 Jiu-lin Du (CAS, Shanghai, China)

19:00-21:00 Dinner

1 March (Sunday)

7:00-8:30 Breakfast

Session 4: Role of microglia in retinal diseases (Chair: Sumiko Watanabe)

9:00-10:00 Hideo Kohno (Jikei Univ. Med., Japan)
10:00-11:00 Wai T Wong (NIH, USA)

11:00-11:20 Break

11:20-12:20 Takayuki Harada (Tokyo Metro. Inst. Med. Sci., Japan)
12:20-12:30 Closing remark

12:30 Lunch

Afternoon Departure

(Optional)
Excursion (Syuri Castle or Aquarium) + Dinner

2 March (Monday)

Departure