Registration
Registration is free for all participants. Pre-registration is not required.
Contact
Tomohisa KUZUYAMA
Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo
Opening Remarks | |
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13:00 | Yasuo IGARASHI (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo, Director, BRC, The University of Tokyo) |
13:10 | Shin-ichi SHOGENJI (Dean, Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
Keynote Lectures Chairman: Yasuo IGARASHI (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo, Director, BRC, The University of Tokyo) |
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13:20-14:00 | Hiroshi KOMIYAMA (President, The University of Tokyo) "Structuring knowledge in "environmental" life sciences" |
14:00-14:40 | Teruhiko BEPPU (Nihon University) "Design and screening - strategies in biotechnology" |
14:40-14:50 | Coffee Break |
Microbial Biotechnology I Chairman: Sueharu HORINOUCHI (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
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14:50-15:30 | Bradley S. MOORE (UC San Diego, USA) "Mining marine bacterial genomes for biosynthetic treasures" |
15:30-15:55 | Yutaka EBIZUKA (Grad. School of Pharm. Sci., The University of Tokyo) "Expression and functional analysis of fungal polyketide biosynthetic genes" |
15:55-16:20 | Makoto NISHIYAMA (BRC, The University of Tokyo) "Unique lysine biosynthesis through α-aminoadipate in thermophile" |
16:20-16:35 | Coffee Break |
Microbial Biotechnology II Chairman: Akinori OHTA (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
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16:35-17:15 | Juan L. RAMOS (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain) "The toluene paradox: to eat, to tolerate, or to run away" |
17:15-17:40 | Masao FUKUDA (Dept. of Bioeng., Nagaoka University of Technology) "Regulation of degradation genes in a PCB degrading bacterium Rhodococcus jostii RHA1" |
Microbial Biotechnology III Chairman: Koji YODA (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
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17:40-18:05 | Hideaki NOJIRI (BRC, The University of Tokyo) "Plasmid-chromosome interaction regulates bacterial xenobiotic-degradation function" |
18:05-18:30 | Sakayu SHIMIZU (Grad. School of Agriculture, Kyoto University) "Microbial and enzymatic processes for the production of useful chemicals" |
19:00- | Reception (Sanjo Conference Hall) |
Agricultural Bioinformatics I Chairman: Hirohisa KISHINO (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
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9:00-9:25 | Hiromi NISHIDA (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) and Mitsuhiro ITAYA (Keio University) "Exhaustive analysis of RNA expression in the cells containing a genome combining the Synechocystis genome and the Bacillus genome" |
9:25-10:05 | Edward BUCKLER (Cornell University, USA) "Finding functional natural variation by association mapping of maize" |
10:05-10:45 | Ziheng YANG (University College London, UK) "Detecting Darwinian selection in DNA sequences" |
10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
Agricultural Bioinformatics II Chairman: Hiromi NISHIDA (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
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11:00-11:25 | Takuji SASAKI (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences) "Sowing the seeds of crop genomics through rice genome analysis" |
11:25-11:50 | Ken NISHIKAWA (Maebashi Institute of Technology) "Computational analysis on plant proteins with long stretches of intrinsically disordered segments" |
11:50-12:15 | Naotake OGASAWARA (Grad. School of Biol. Sci., NAIST) "Enhancement of recombinant protein productivity by genome reduction in Bacillus subtilis" |
12:15-13:15 | Lunch |
Plant Biotechnology I Chairman: Naoko NISHIZAWA (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
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13:15-13:55 | William J. LUCAS (UC Davis, USA) "The plant vascular system: a conduit for trafficking of macromolecules as agents in long-distance signaling" |
13:55-14:20 | Shinobu SATOH (University of Tsukuba) "Xylem sap proteins delivered to aboveground organs by the roots; regulation of the gene expression by the leaf" |
14:20-14:45 | Jian Feng MA (Research Institute of Bioresources, Okayama University) "A unique uptake system of silicon required for high and sustainable production of rice" |
14:45-15:10 | Toru FUJIWARA (BRC, The University of Tokyo) "Transporters of minor essential mineral nutrients; their regulation and application for better plant production" |
15:10-16:30 | Poster session |
Plant Biotechnology II Chairman: Tadao ASAMI (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |
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16:30-17:10 | John TURNER (University of East Anglia, UK) "Jasmonate-induced responses to stress" |
17:10-17:35 | Hiroshi OYAIZU (BRC, The University of Tokyo) "Studies on symbiotic nitrogen fixation toward creation of nitrogen fixing crops" |
17:50-18:15 | Hirohiko HIROCHIKA (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences) "Defense signaling in rice mediated by protein kinase cascades" |
18:15-18:40 | Hisakazu YAMANE and Kazunori OKADA (BRC, The University of Tokyo) "Elicitor-induced defense response and their regulatory mechanisms in rice" |
Closing Remarks | |
Kentaro SHIMIZU (Grad. School of Agric. Life Sci., The University of Tokyo) |