プログラム

Overseas invitees: 30 min talk and 10 min discussion
Japanese invitees: 25 min talk and 5 min discussion
9:30〜9:40
【Opening Remarks】
A. Yokota (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
9:40〜10:10
【Plenary Lecture】
"Development from Plant Science to Plant Biotechnology for Establishment of Sustainable World"
A. Shinmyou (Emeritus Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
10:10〜11:50
【Invited Speakers in Genomics and Molecular Session】
"The Populus Genome: Towards Understanding the Regulation of Secondary Wall Formation and Optimization of Biofuels Traits"
C. Douglas (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
 
"Omics Approches for Industrial Uses of Woody Plants"
D. Shibata (Kazusa DNA Research Institute)
 
"Molecular Mechanism of Cellulosic Biomass Production"
T. Demura (RIKEN Plant Science Center)
11:50〜13:40
【Lunch and Poster Session】
13:40〜15:10
【Invited Speakers in Biotechnology】
"Development of Genetically Modified Trees in Japan"
K. Shinohara (Foresty and Forest Product Research Institute)
 
"Eucalyptus Tree Breeding for Improving Productivity in Acid-soil Areas"
T. Kawazu (Oji Paper Co., Ltd)
 
"Loosening xyloglucan accelerates the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose in wood"
T. Hayashi (Kyoto University)
15:10〜15:40
【Coffee Break and Poster Session】
15:40〜17:20
【Invited Speakers in New Directions in Wood Biotechnology】
"Photosynthesis as an Engine: Fitness and Inefficiency"
D. Kramer (Washington State University at Pullman)
 
"Wild plant resources for studying environmental stress tolerance and plant productivity"
K. Akashi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
 
"Interspecific Variations in Photosynthetic Capacity: What is Different between Trees and Herbs?"
K. Hikosaka (Tohoku University)
17:20〜17:30
【Closing Remarks】
E. Abe (Nissan Science Foundation)
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Posters
Nitration of peripheral proteins of photosystem II by atmospheric nitrogen dioxide results in suppression of oxygen evolution in plants
M. Takahashi1, J. Shigeto1, K. Asada2, A. Sakamoto1 and H. Morikawa1
1Depart. Math. & Life Sci., Grad. Sch. Sci., Hiroshima Univ., 2Fac. Engin., Fukuyama Univ.
Analysis of regulatory mechanisms of plant growth in response to light environments
T. Sakai
RIKEN Plant Science Center
Changes in Rubisco content during leaf development in Eucalyptus globulus
Y. Suzuki1, T. Kihara-Doi2, T. Kawazu2 and A. Makino1
1Lab. Plant Environ. Resp., Grad. Sch. of Agric. Sci., Tohoku Univ.
2Forest. Res. Inst., Oji Paper Company Ltd.
Tree Physiology Research for Increasing the Carbon Sequestration and Photosynthetic Capacity of Forest Ecosystems
H. Ishii
Grad. Sch. Agric., Kobe Univ.
Genetic transformation of the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Frankia
K. Kucho, K. Kakoi, M. Yamaura, S. Higashi, T, Uchiumi, and M. Abe
Depart. Chem. Biosci., Fac. Sci., Kagoshima Univ.
Functional analysis of nuclear-genes for chloroplast development using albino mutants in Arabidopsis.
R. Motohashi
Fac. Agric., Shizuoka Univ.,
pfkB-type carbohydrate kinase family protein, NARA5, is essential for the massive expressions of plastid-encoded photosynthetic genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
T. Ogawa1, K. Nishimura1, K. Tomizawa2, H. Ashida1 and A. Yokota1
1Grad. Sch. Biol. Sci., Nara Inst. Sci. Technol.
2RITE
A DEAD-box RNA helicase RH39 is Required for the Biogenesis of Chloroplast 50S Ribosomes and Essential for Plant Development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
K. Nishimura, T. Ogawa, H. Ashida and A. Yokota
Grad. Sch. Biol. Sci., Nara Inst. Sci. Technol.
The long-term responses of the photosynthetic proton circuit to drought
K. Kohzuma1, J. A. Cruz2, K. Akashi1, S. Hoshiyasu1, Y. Munekage1, A. Yokota1 and D. M. Kramer2.
1Grad. Sch. Biol. Sci., Nara Inst. Sci. Technol.
2Inst. Biol. Chem., Washington State Univ., Pullman
Energy conversion efficiency by Photosystem II assembled with variant copies of subunit D1 in themophilic cyanobacterium Themosynechococcus elongatus
M. Sugiura1, F. Rappaport2 and A. Boussac3
1Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University
2Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, CNRS
3iBiTec-S, CEA Saclay
Probing photosynthesis in the living plant: What can we learn about the limits of photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency?
D. Kramer
Washington State University at Pullman