Date
November 14 (Mon)- 15 (Tue)， 2016

Venue
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB)， Kobe， Japan

URL
http://www.cdb.riken.jp/skin2016/

Deadline for registration and abstract submission
September 9 (Fri)， 2016

Participation Fee
FREE (Lunch and Banquet fee required separately - optional)
Lunch: 2，000 JPY (2 days)
Banquet: 5，000 JPY (General) / 1，000 JPY (Student)

Language
English

Keynote Speakers
Yann Barrandon (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne， Switzerland)
Cheng-Ming Chuong (University of Southern California， USA)

Outline
The purpose of this meeting is to bring together scientists who are studying the body surface， or skin， in different disciplines， including cell and developmental biology， regenerative biology， vascular and neurobiology， immunology， evolution， mathematics and medicine， to decode the tactics adopted by the body surface to generate an organism's super-biointerface.

Topics to be discussed will include
(1) epithelial formation
(2) functional unit formation
(3) maintenance and regeneration
(4) evo-devo
(5) new technologies
(6) dysfunction and therapeutics.

The program will include both oral and poster sessions. We encourage the submission of abstracts for the poster session from scientists in various fields to increase opportunities for lively and exciting discussion. Several abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.

We look forward to welcoming you to Kobe and the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology.

Contact
CDB Meeting Office
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi， Chuo-ku， Kobe 650-0047， Japan
E-mail: skin2016@cdb.riken.jp

We are pleased to announce that the 28th CDB Meeting will be held as follows:

Title: The 28th CDB Meeting "Cilia and Centrosomes: Current Advances and Future Directions"
Date: November 27 (Sun.) - 29 (Tue.)， 2016
Venue: RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology， Kobe， Japan
Application and Abstract submission deadline: Friday， September 30， 2016 (Japan time)
Participation fee: Free
Lunch fee (Nov. 28， Optional): 1，000 JPY
Banquet fee (Nov. 27， Optional): 3，000 JPY
URL: http://www.cdb.riken.jp/cilia/2016/index.html

Cilia form an apparatus that plays critical roles in the transmission of cell-to-cell signals and motility. The centrosome is a key organelle in mitosis; both cilia and the centrosome are constructed by the same complex: the centriole (basal body). In this MEXT-Cilia Club-CDB joint symposium， we seek to coordinate exchanges on cutting-edge research by prominent international scientists and the achievements of the MEXT group over a 5-year period， and to promote discussion of future directions in studies on cilia and centrosomes.
The program will include both oral and poster sessions. A small number of poster abstracts will be selected by the organizing committee for oral presentations. We would be delighted to have your participation at the 28th CDB Meeting.

Sincerely，
Masahide Kikkawa (The University of Tokyo， Japan)
Fumio Matsuzaki (RIKEN CDB， Japan)

This meeting is co-hosted by cilia club and Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas Ministry of Education， Culture， Sports， Science and Technology (MEXT) "Cilium-centrosome system regulating biosignal flows".
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Contact:
CDB Meeting Office
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB)
Office for Research Communications
2-2-3， Minatojima-minamimachi， Chuo-ku， Kobe 650-0047， Japan
E-MAIL: cilia2016@cdb.riken.jp