On behalf of the NIBB International Collaboration Committee and the Symposium Organizing Committee, we are delighted to invite you to the NIBB-MPIPZ-TLL Symposium, “Arabidopsis and Emerging Model Systems”, which will be held from November 19^th to the 21^st, 2012, in Okazaki Japan.

The National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) in a mutual effort to promote research in the field of plant sciences, joined hands with the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding (MPIPZ) in an initiative aimed at stimulating academic and scholarly exchange. Also, NIBB has joined hands with the Singapore’s Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) in an academic cooperation program. While continuing to expand the cooperative program with scientists at the leading edge of Arabidopsis and/or emerging model organisms or systems research, NIBB aims at expanding the boarders of the plant sciences community. In addition to the invited speakers, your participation and poster presentations are welcome for the success of this symposium. Organizers would like to express our sincere thanks to all participants, and we intend to provide you with an exciting and unforgettable scientific experience.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Okazaki.

Organizers:

Masayoshi Kawaguchi (National Institute for Basic Biology)

Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi (National Institute for Basic Biology) 

Kiyoshi Tatematsu (National Institute for Basic Biology)

Mitsuyasu Hasebe (National Institute for Basic Biology) 

Mikio Nishimura (National Institute for Basic Biology)

Speakers：

Maria Albani (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Philip Benfey (Duke University)
Frederic Berger (Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory)
John Bowman (Monash University Clayton campus)
George Coupland (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Hiroo Fukuda (The University of Tokyo)
Ueli Grossniklaus (The University of Zurich)
Mitsuyasu Hasebe (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Ikuko Hara-Nishimura (Kyoto University)
Toshiro Ito (Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory)
Gerd Jürgens (Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen)
Masayoshi Kawaguchi (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Yoshibumi Komeda (The University of Tokyo)
Takao Kondo (Nagoya University)
Maarten Koornneef (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Junko Kyozuka (The University of Tokyo)
Thomas Laux (The University of Freiburg)
Yasunori Machida (Nagoya University)
Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Jun Minagawa (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Akira Nagatani (Kyoto University)
Kenzo Nakamura (Chubu University)
Ichiro Nishii (Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory)
Mikio Nishimura (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Kiyotaka Okada (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Klaus Palme (The University of Freiburg)
Sarojam Rajani (Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory)
Shinichiro Sawa (Kumamoto University)
Paul Schulze-Lefert (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Ko Shimamoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Kentaro Shimizu (The University of Zurich)
Chris Somerville (The University of California, Berkeley)
Keiko Sugimoto (RIKEN Plant Science Center)
Masao Tasaka (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Kiyoshi Tatematsu (National Institute for Basic Biology)
Klaus Theres (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Keiko Torii (University of Washington)
Kenichi Tsuda (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
Hirokazu Tsukaya (The University of Tokyo) 

Date: November 19^th (Mon) – 21^st (Wed), 2012

Venue: Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

Poster application deadline: September 23^rd, 2012

Registration deadline: November 11^th, 2012

Registration fee: General participants 10,000 yen, Students 5,000 yen

URL: https://www.nibb.ac.jp/joint2012/

Please visit the website for further information.

Contact:

National Institute for Basic Biology

The 4th NIBB-MPIPZ-TLL Symposium Administration Office

Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki

Aichi, Japan 444-8585

TEL +81 564 55 7596

FAX +81 564 55 7597

Email: joint2012@nibb.ac.jp