Biomineralization Research Group

Keynote lectures

• Keynote 1　Nacre growth through mineral bridges.
  ○Antonio G. Checa (Universidad de Granada)
• Key note 2　Regulatory Mechanism for Organic-Matrix-Mediated Coccolith production in Coccolithophorids
  ○Yoshihiro Shiraiwa (Grad. Schl. of Life & Environmental Sciences)

Oral presentations

• P1　Study on the siliceous shell formation of testate amoeba Paulinella chromatophora
  ○Mami Nomura, Takuro Nakayama, Shinichi Miyamura, Ken-ichroIshida　(University of Tsukuba, Life and environmental sciences)
• P2　Apatite crystals: From two mechanisms of crystal formation to pathological calcification
  ○M. Kakei (Division of Oral Anatomy, Meikai Univ.)
• P3　Histology and elemental composition of the peculiar enamel found in the occlusal pit of human permanent teeth
  ○M. Takahashi　(Nippon Dental University College at Niigata), S-I. Goto(Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry at Niigata)
• P4　Shell microstructures of rescent solemyids from Japan
  Kei Sato (Univ. of Tokyo), Rei Nakashima (AIST), Ryuichi Majima (Yokohama Nat. Univ.), Hiromi Watanabe (JAMSTEC)
• P5　Seasonal changes in shell microstructure of the bloody clam, Scapharca broughtonii (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
  Kozue Nishida (The Univ. of Tokyo), Toyoho Ishimura (AIST), Takenori Sasaki (The Univ. of Tokyo)
• P6　A mineralization model of coral skeleton from mineralogical observations
  ○S. Motai, T. Nagai, K. Sowa, T. Watanabe (Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)
• P7　Preparation and functional analyses of recombinant proteins derived from galaxin, a reef-building coral exoskeletal protein
  ○M. Kawasaki, H. Endo, H. Nagasawa (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo)
• P8 Molecular Biological Analyses of Periostracum Proteins of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata
  ○S. Nakayama (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo), M. Suzuki (Graduate School of Science, Univ. of Tokyo), H. Endo (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo), H. Aoki (Mie Prefecture Fisheries Research Institute), S. Kinoshita, S. Watabe, and H. Nagasawa (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo)
• P9 Search for organic substances associated with phytolith from rice leaves
  ○N. Ozaki, A. Osawa, K. Okano (Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefect. Univ.)
• P10 Characterization of magnetosome membrane regulation protein from magnetotactic bacteria
  ○M. Tanaka, A. Arakaki (Institute of Engineering, Tokyo Univ. Agric. Technol.), T. Matsunaga (Tokyo Univ. Agric. Technol.)
• P11 Identification of a novel insoluble matrix in the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata
  ○Chihiro Nogawa, Hiroko Baba, Mami Obara, Atsuto Notazawa, Tomohiro Kotaki, Tetsuro Samata (Graduate school for Environmental health, Azabu university)
• P12 In situ observation of hydration structure in aragonite formation
  ○Y. Araki, K. Tsukamoto (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ.), R. Takagi, T. Miyashita (Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki Univ.), N. Oyabu, K. Kobayashi, H. Yamada (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto Univ.)
• P13 Pressure-induced crystallization of amorphous calcium carbonate: relationship between the water content and pressure response
  〇K. Maruyama (Graduate School of Science, Univ. Tokyo), T. Yoshino (TIRI), H. Kagi (Graduate School of Science, Univ. Tokyo)
• P14 Effects of aspartic acid on polymorphs of CaCO₃ precipitates from a Mg²⁺-doped aqueous solutions
  ○K. Yamazaki (Grad. Sch. Sci., Univ. Tokyo), T. Yoshino(TIRI), H. Sumino(Grad. Sch. Sci., Univ. Tokyo), H. Kagi(Grad. Sch. Sci., Univ. Tokyo)
• P15　Crystallization of CaCO₃ by Recombinant Peptides of a Crayfish
  ○H. Kumagai, T. Nishimura, T. Kato (School of Engineering, Univ. Tokyo), R. Matsunaga (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Univ. Tokyo), K. Tsumoto (The Institute of Medical Science, Univ. Tokyo), H. Nagasawa (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo)

Poster presentations

• P16　Immunohistochemical observations on the tooth enamel and the ganoine of scales in Polypterus senegalus
  ○I. Sasagawa, M. Ishiyama, H. Yokosuka, M. Mikami (School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, The Nippon Dental University)
• P17　Combined effects of cadmium exposure and estrogen depletion are responsible for the preferential occurrence of itai-itai disease in postmenopausal women
  ○Mitsuo Kakei (Div. of Oral Anatomy, Meikai Univ), Masayoshi Yoshikawa (Div. of Orthodontics, Meikai Univ), Toshiro Sakae (Dept. of Histology, Cell Biology and Embryology, Nihon Univ. at Matsudo), Hiroyuki Mishima (Dept. of Health Sciences, Kochi Gakuen College)
• P18　Calcium carbonate synthesis with additives of mono- and polysaccharides involved in coccolith formation
  ○K. Saruwatari, M. Satoh, Y. Shiraiwa (University of Tsukuba, Life and environmental sciences)
• P19　Molecular analysis of coccolith synthesis in Pleurochrysis carterae
  ○H. Endo, H. Kasajima (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo), S. Fujiwara, M. Tsuzuki (School of Life Sciences, Tokyo Univ. Pharmacy and Life Sciences), K. Saruwatari, T. Kogure (Graduate School of Sciences, Univ. Tokyo), H. Nagasawa* (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo)
• P20　The scleroblast differentiation during scale regeneration in zebrafish Danio rerio
  ○K. Iimura (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo, Graduate school of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido Univ.), Y. Takagi (Graduate school of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido Univ.)
• P21　A search for the aragonite-binding domain in Pif 80, a matrix protein of the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata
  ○T. Miki (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo), M. Suzuki (Graduate School of Science Univ. of Tokyo), K. Miyabe, H. Nagasawa (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo)
• P22 Novel shell formation-related gene candidates and their putative functions in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata
  ○S. Kinoshita, F. Omori (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The Univ. Tokyo), D. Funabara (Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie Univ.), K. Maeyama (Mikimoto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), K. Nagai (Perl Research Laboratory, Mikimoto Co., Ltd.), S. Asakawa, and S. Watabe (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The Univ. Tokyo)
• P23 cDNA cloning and gene expression analysis of novel nacreous-layer-formation-related proteins in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata
  F. Ohmori, S. Kinoshita, K. Koyama (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo), K. Maeyama (Mikimoto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd), K. Nagai (Pearl Research Laboratory, Mikimoto Co. Ltd), D. Funabara (Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie Univ.), S. Asakawa, S. Watabe (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo)
• P24 Shell formation in the brachiopod Lingula
  Kazuyoshi Endo, Isao Sarashina, Hiroki Mukai, Toshihiro Kogure (Tokyo Univ.)
• P25 Characterization of the shell matrix proteins of calcareous foraminifera
  ○I. Sarashina (Univ. Tokyo), T. Toyohuku, M Tsuchiya (JAMSTEC), K Hujita Univ. Ryukyus), K Endo (Univ. Tokyo), H Kitazato (JAMSTEC)
• P26 Relationship between shell microstructure and phylogeny in tellinoid bivalves.
  Suguru Ujino, Kozue Nishida, Takenori Sasaki (The University of Tokyo)
• P27 Evolution of shell microstructure in patellogastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
  Takenori Sasaki, Rie Sakai (The University Museum, The University of Tokyo)
• P28 Quantitative analysis of {110} twin density in biogenic aragonite
  Michio Suzuki, Hyejin Kim, Hiromichi Nagasawa, ○Toshihiro Kogure (Univ. Tokyo)
• P29　On the formation of aragonite crystals in the crossed lamellar microstructure of limpet shells
  ○Michio Suzuki, Toshihiro Kogure (Univ. Tokyo, Japan), Steve Weiner and Lia Addadi (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
• P30　Shell microstructures of larval gastropods, Lymnaea stagnalis and Notoacmea fuscoviridis
  ○N. Yokoo (Univ. Tokyo), Y. Kurita, H. Wada (Univ. Tsukuba), K. Endo, H. Nagasawa, T. Kogure (Univ. Tokyo)
• P31　Microstructural variation of biogenic calcite with intracrystalline organic macromolecules
  ○T. Okumura, M. Suzuki (Graduate School of Science, Univ. Tokyo), H. Nagasawa (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo), T. Kogure (Graduate School of Science, Univ. Tokyo)
• P32　Structure and formation mechanism of the exoskeleton of the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare
  ○Masako Isobe, Naoki Yokoo (Graduate School of Science, Univ. Tokyo), Hiromichi Nagasawa (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. Tokyo), Toshihiro Kogure (Graduate School of Science, Univ. Tokyo)
• P33　Characterization of calcite formed in microbial mats in a hot spring
  ○Hye-jin Kim (Univ. of Tokyo), Jinwook Kim (Yonsei Univ.) and Toshihiro Kogure (Univ. of Tokyo)
• P34　Crystallographic characterization of the crossed lamellar structure of a bivalve, Meretrix lamarckii
  ○Akiko Hayashi (Meiji University), Naoki Yokoo (University of Tokyo), Hiromichi Nagasawa (University of Tokyo), Toshihiro Nakamura (Meiji university), Tomoaki Watanabe (Meiji University), Toshihiro Kogure (University of Tokyo)
• P35　Construction of a self-organizing model for valve pattern formation in diatoms
  ○K. Ishida^1,2,Y. Naito^1,2,3, and M. Tomita^1,2,3 (¹Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio Univ., ²Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio Univ., ³Dept. of Environment and Information Studies, Keio Univ.)
• P36 Unique local ion arrangements in amorphous CaCO₃ and its relationship to polymorph selection - A molecular dynamics study
  Hidekazu TOMONO, Hiroki NADA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
• P37 Formation of CaCO₃ Thin Films in the Presence of Ion Additives and Polymer Matrices
  ○F. Zhu, T. Nishimura, T. Sakamoto (School of Engineering, Univ. Tokyo), H. Tomono, H. Nada (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), T. Kato* (School of Engineering, Univ. Tokyo)
• P38 Study of barnacles dominantly inhabiting low-salinity environment.
  ○T. Shuto and K. Inoue (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Univ. Tokyo)
• P39 Control of bacterial magnetite morphology in vivo
  ○A. Yamagishi, A. Fukuyo, T. Tanaka, A. Arakaki (Institute of Engineering, Tokyo Univ. Agric. Technol.), T. Matsunaga (Tokyo Univ. Agric. Technol.)