National Institute for Basic Biology
| Organizers | Aya Takahashi (NIG) Fumitoshi Ishino (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ.) Michael Purugganan (New York Univ.) Mitsuyasu Hasebe (NIBB) |
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| Venue | Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan |
| Date | Mar. 18-23, 2012 |
| Link | http://obc.nibb.ac.jp/8th/ （http://obc.nibb.ac.jp/8th/） |
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Building on 2007’s 5th OBC’s topic of “Speciation and Adaptation - Ecological Genetics of Model Organisms and Beyond,” the 8th OBC was held with the theme of “Speciation and Adaptation - Environment and Epigenetics.” At OBC 8, the foundations were laid for frontier expanding, mould-breaking research investigating how environmental responses relate to evolution, and the relationship epigenetic factors may have on them. Though the event was originally planned for March, 2011, the unfortunate events of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and Tsunami forced its postponement until March of the following year. This dark cloud did have a small silver lining for the participating researchers however, as they were granted an additional year within which to gather and analyze data, resulting in more and finer results than may have been presented otherwise. The topics of discussion included: “major and Minor QTL’s role in relation to adaptation and wild mutation,” “the necessity of analyzing wild populations,” “research using fruit flies on the genes controlling speciation and polymorphism in wild populations,” “multi-generational polymorphism maintenance mechanisms and their adaptive significance,” and “the connection between macro-evolution and epigenetic change,” taking place through 7 sessions over 5 days. Through combining the fields of evolutionary, developmental, and ecological science in a single event, researchers joining OBC 8 were able to transcend the boundaries of their own research areas to gain a new understanding of unfamiliar fields, make new ties with colleagues, and create fertile ground for the planning and execution of new research ventures. We at NIBB could not be more pleased.
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| March 18 (Sun) at Okazaki New Grand Hotel | |
| 18:00 | Get together |
| March 19 (Mon) at Okazaki Conference Center | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Registration |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 13:05 |
Welcome Address OKADA, Kiyotaka (Director-General, NIBB, Japan) |
| 13:05 - 13:15 |
Opening Remarks TAKAHASHI, Aya (NIG, Japan) |
| Session1 Ecological Genomics | |
| Chair: PURUGGANAN, Michael D. | |
| 13:15 - 14:00 |
Keynote Lecture “Rare and Common Variants and the Multivariate Evolutionary Architecture of Disease” GIBSON, Greg (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA) |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: GRESHAM, David | |
| 14:20 - 14:55 |
“Ecological and Evolutionary Functional Genomics: Past, Present, and Future” FEDER, Martin E. (The Univ. of Chicago, USA) |
| 14:55 - 15:15 |
“Multiple Capacitors for Natural Genetic Variation in Wing Shape of Drosophila melanogaster” TAKAHASHI, Kazuo (Okayama Univ., Japan) |
| 15:15 - 15:35 |
“Genetic and Epigenetic Variations in a Natural Plant Population” ARAKI, Kiwako (Kyoto Univ., Japan) |
| 15:35 - 15:55 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: SHIMIZU, Kentaro | |
| 15:55 - 16:30 |
“Evolutionary Genomics of Flowering Gene Networks in Arabidopsis thaliana” HANZAWA, Yoshie (Univ. of Illinois, USA) |
| 16:30 - 17:05 |
“Transcriptional Reprogramming of Metabolism in Plants in Response to Global Environmental Change” LEAKEY, Andrew (Univ. of Illinois, USA) |
| 17:05 - 17:40 |
“Global Gene Expression of Arabidopsis thaliana in the Field” PURUGGANAN, Michael D. (New York Univ., USA) |
| Chair: FEDER, Martin E. | |
| 17:40 - 18:10 | Discussion |
| 18:10 - 20:00 | Dinner at OCC with 3-min talks by poster-only presenters |
| March 20 (Tue) at Okazaki Conference Center | |
| Session2 Evolutionary Genomics and Adaptation I | |
| Chair: AKASHI, Hiroshi | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Keynote Lecture “Population Genomics of Adaptation in Sexual Species” STEPHAN, Wolfgang (LMU Munich, Germany) |
| 09:45 - 10:05 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: STEPHAN, Wolfgang | |
| 10:05 - 10:40 |
“Gene Expression and Protein Evolution in Drosophila” AKASHI, Hiroshi (NIG, Japan) |
| 10:40 - 11:15 |
“Evolutionary Role of Bacterial Homologous Recombination” INNAN, Hideki (SOKENDAI, Japan) |
| 11:15 - 11:35 |
“Compensatory Evolution between Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomes” OSADA, Naoki (NIG, Japan) |
| 11:35 - 13:30 | Lunch & Poster session (Posterlist PDF165KB) |
| Session3 Evolutionary Genomics and Adaptation II | |
| Chair: COMAI, Luca | |
| 13:30 - 14:05 |
“Toward Recurrent Patterns in the Evolution of Breeding Systems and Polyploid Speciation in Arabidopsis Relatives:” SHIMIZU, Kentaro (Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland) |
| 14:05 - 14:40 |
“Tracing the Origins of Adaptive Variation in Clover” OLSEN, Kenneth M. (Washington Univ., USA) |
| 14:40 - 15:00 |
“Altitudinal Adaptation of Arabidopsis kamchatica: Demography, Physiology and Genes” TANAKA, Kenta (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: Greg Gibson | |
| 15:20 - 15:40 |
“Sequence Conservation Predicts Conserved Developmental Roles for De-ubiquitinases but not Ubiquitin Ligases” NEWFELD, Stuart J. (Arizona State Univ., USA) |
| 15:40 - 16:15 |
“The Functional Basis of Adaptive Evolution in Resource-limited Environments” GRESHAM, David (New York Univ., USA) |
| 16:15 - 16:50 |
“Color Vision Polymorphism in Wild New World Monkeys and Adaptive Significance of Primate Color Vision” KAWAMURA, Shoji (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) |
| Chair: OLSEN, Kenneth M. | |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Discussion |
| 17:10 - 18:00 | Bus to restaurnt |
| 18:00 | Dinner at a Japanese buffet restaurant |
| 19:30 | A view of everyday life of Japan (visit to a shopping mall) |
| March 21 (Wed) at Okazaki Conference Center | |
| Session4 Genetics and Genomics of Speciation | |
| Chair: TAKAHASHI, Aya | |
| 09:00 - 09:35 |
“Genomics of Complex Speciation in the Drosophila simulans Clade, and the Genetic Control of an Evolved Species Difference in the Rate of Crossing Over” PRESGRAVES, Daven (Univ. of Rochester, USA) |
| 09:35 - 10:10 |
“Genetics of Hybrid Inviability and Sterility between Drosophila melanogaster andDrosophila simulans” SAWAMURA, Kyoichi (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) |
| 10:10 - 10:45 |
“Neo-Sex Chromosome Formation and Speciation in the Japanese Sticklebacks” KITANO, Jun (NIG, Japan) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: SHIMIZU, Kentaro | |
| 11:00 - 11:35 |
“Mechanisms of Arabidopsis Adaptation to Allopolyploidy” COMAI, Luca (UC Davis, USA) |
| 11:35 - 11:55 |
“Molecular Characterization of Pollen Tube Guidance and Its Species-specificity inTorenia” KANAOKA, Masahiro (Nagoya Univ., Japan) |
| 11:55 - 12:30 |
“Association between Color and Behavior due to Expression Variants of a Pleiotropic Gene, ebony, in Drosophila” TAKAHASHI, Aya (NIG, Japan) |
| Chair: PRESGRAVES, Daven | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Discussion |
| 12:45-13:00 | Group Photo |
| 13:00-18:00 | Lunch and Excursion |
| 18:00 | Dinner at a Japanese pub |
| March 22 (Thu) at Okazaki Conference Center | |
| Session5 Epigenetics in Development and Its Transgenerational Effects I | |
| Chair: HASEBE, Mitsuyasu | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote Lecture |
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“Genetics of DNA Methylation in Genes and Transposons in Arabidopsis” KAKUTANI, Tetsuji (NIG, Japan) |
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| 09:45 - 10:05 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: OKADA, Norihiro | |
| 10:05 - 10:40 |
“The Effects of Maternal Ethanol Consumption on Offspring Epigenotype and Phenotype in the Mouse” CHONG, Suyinn (Qeensland Inst. of Medical Research, Australia) |
| 10:40 - 11:15 |
“Environmental Signals and Epigenetic Changes: from Disease Etiology to Evolution” GUERRERO-BOSAGNA, Carlos (Washington State Univ., USA) |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: KAKUTANI, Tetsuji | |
| 11:35 - 11:55 |
“Epigenetic Regulation of Somatic Cell Cloning and Embryo Manipulation” KOHDA, Takashi (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ., Japan) |
| 11:55 - 12:30 |
“Role of ATF-2 Family Transcription Factors in Inheritance of Epigenetic Change Induced by Stress” ISHII, Shunsuke (RIKEN Tsukuba Inst., Japan) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| Session6 Epigenetics in Development and Its Transgenerational Effects II | |
| Chair: TAMADA, Yosuke | |
| 13:30 - 14:05 |
“Multigenerational Epigenetic Variation: An Epigenomics and Quantitative Genetics Perspective” COLOT, Vincent (IBENS, France) |
| 14:05 - 14:40 |
“Epigenetic Control of Species Hybridization in Plant Endosperm” KINOSHITA, Tetsu (NAIST, Japan) |
| 14:40 - 15:15 |
“Evolution of the Developmental Functions of Histone Methylations in Land Plants” TAMADA, Yosuke (NIBB, Japan) |
| 15:15 - 15:35 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: COLOT, Vincent | |
| 15:35 - 16:10 |
“The Effects of a Stress-activated Transposon on Arabidopsis Genome” ITO, Hidetaka (Hokkaido Univ., Japan) |
| 16:10 - 16:30 |
“Environmental Stresses Trigger Heritable Changes in the Embryonic mRNA Profile of the Nematode C. elegans” SCHOTT, Daniel (Harvard Univ., USA) |
| 16:30 - 16:50 |
“RPL1, A Gene Regulating Epigenetic Processes Plays a Positive Role in Maintenance of Rice Phenotypic Stability” ZHANG, Cuicui (Huazhong Agricultural Univ., China) |
| Chair: ISHII, Shunsuke | |
| 16:50 - 17:20 | Discussion |
| 17:20 - 18:50 | Poster session with snacks (Posterlist PDF165KB) |
| 19:00 | Reception at a Japanese restaurant |
| March 23 (Fri) at Okazaki Conference Center | |
| Session7 Evolution of Developmental systems | |
| Chair: ISHINO, Fumitoshi | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote Lecture |
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“Evolution of Dosage Compensation and Mammalian X Chromosome Inactivation” GRAVES, Jennifer (La Trobe Univ., Australia) |
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| 09:45 - 10:05 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: GRAVES, Jennifer | |
| 10:05 - 10:40 |
“Evolution of Genomic Imprinting in Marsupials” RENFREE, Marilyn B. (The Univ. of Melbourne, Australia) |
| 10:40 - 11:15 |
“Contribution of Retrotransposons to Evolution of Genomic Imprinting and Placentation in Mammals” ISHINO, Fumitoshi (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ., Japan) |
| 11:15 - 11:50 |
“Emergence of Mammals by Emergency: Exaptation” OKADA, Norihiro (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 |
“Endogenous Retroviral-like Aspartic Protease, SASPase as a Key Modulator of Skin Moisturization” MATSUI, Takeshi (Kyoto Univ., Japan) |
| 12:10 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| Chair: RENFREE, Marilyn B. | |
| 13:30 - 14:05 |
“L1 Retrotransposition in Neurons is Modulated by MeCP2” MUOTRI, Alysson (UC San Diego, USA) |
| 14:05 - 14:25 |
“Environmental Activation of Retroelements During Adult Neurogenesis” KUWABARA, Tomoko (AIST, Japan) |
| 14:25 - 15:00 |
“Robust Seasonal Control of a Flowering-time Gene ‘in Natura’” KUDOH, Hiroshi (Kyoto Univ., Japan) |
| Chair: ISHINO, Fumitoshi | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30 - 15:50 |
Closing Remarks PURUGGANAN, Michael D. (New York Univ., USA ) |
