NIBB Collaboration Program with MPIZ


	The 1st NIBB-MPIZ Joint Symposium Japanese-German Symposium on Evolution and Development Date: August 25(Tue)-27(Thu), 2009 Venue: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
As the first activity based on the agreement on academic exchange between the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ), the 1st NIBB-MPIZ Joint Symposium was held from the 25th through the 26th of August 2009. The delegation from Japan included 6 young researchers chosen from applicants in the plant science community of Japan who hoped to start joint research projects with MPIZ (the application was advertised on e-mail networks and on the NIBB homepage in May), as well as 6 representatives of plant research laboratories in NIBB. The symposium was successfully held; gathering nearly 50 plant scientists from MPIZ and the University of Cologne, and 26 speakers generating lively and stimulating discussion. With the gracious assistance of MPIZ, face-to-face discussion on possible joint research was arranged between Japanese attendees and German researchers on the 27th. NIBB hopes the symposium has contributed to the start of new international cooperative research projects, and very much appreciates the kind cooperation received from Dr. Nakabayashi and the other MPIZ researchers and staff. NIBB plans to offer another opportunity to promote Japan-German research projects during the second NIBB-MPIZ Joint symposium in Okazaki in autumn of 2010.

The 1st NIBB-MPIZ Joint Symposium
Japanese-German Symposium on Evolution and Development

Date: August 25(Tue)-27(Thu), 2009
Venue: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

As the first activity based on the agreement on academic exchange between the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ), the 1st NIBB-MPIZ Joint Symposium was held from the 25th through the 26th of August 2009.

The delegation from Japan included 6 young researchers chosen from applicants in the plant science community of Japan who hoped to start joint research projects with MPIZ (the application was advertised on e-mail networks and on the NIBB homepage in May), as well as 6 representatives of plant research laboratories in NIBB.

The symposium was successfully held; gathering nearly 50 plant scientists from MPIZ and the University of Cologne, and 26 speakers generating lively and stimulating discussion. With the gracious assistance of MPIZ, face-to-face discussion on possible joint research was arranged between Japanese attendees and German researchers on the 27th.

NIBB hopes the symposium has contributed to the start of new international cooperative research projects, and very much appreciates the kind cooperation received from Dr. Nakabayashi and the other MPIZ researchers and staff.

NIBB plans to offer another opportunity to promote Japan-German research projects during the second NIBB-MPIZ Joint symposium in Okazaki in autumn of 2010.

Program

Tuesday, August 25
Session 1 Chair: George Coupland
09.00-09.15	Maarten Koornneef	Welcome and introduction to MPIZ
09.15-09.30	Kiyotaka Okada	Greeting and introduction to NIBB
09.30-10.00	Klaus Theres	Control of shoot branching in tomato and Arabidopsis
10.00-10.30	Takahiro Yamaguchi	Genetic basis for evolution and development of unifacial leaves in monocots
10.30-11.15	Coffee break
Session 2 Chair: Kazumi Nakabayashi
11.15-11.45	Wolfgang Werr	The Evolution of Plant Stem Cell Niches
11.45-12.15	Kiyoshi Tatematsu	The role of miRNA in leaf development along the adaxial-abaxial axis in Arabidopsis thaliana
12.15-12.45	Martin Hulskamp	Trichome patterning: towards mathematical modelling
12.45-14.30	Lunch
Session 3 Chair: Martin Hulskamp
14.30-15.00	Naoyuki Uchida	Analysis of influences of CC-NB-LRR-related signaling on meristem regulation
15.00-15.30	Marcel Bucher	Development of a functional interface in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
15.30-16.00	Shinjiro Yamaguchi	Regulation of shoot branching by strigolactones
16.00-16.30	Coffee break
Session 4 Chair: Ryosuke Hayama
16.30-17.00	Franziska Turck	The Role of Repressive Chromatin in Flowering Time Control
17.00-17.30	Mitsuyasu Hasebe	Molecular mechanisms of regeneration to form pluripotent stem cells in Physcomitrella patens
17.30-18.00	Seth Davis	Redox stress is a major component of circadian-clock resetting in response to dawn
18.00-18.30	Katsuyuki T. Yamato	The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L.: an emerging model plant for comparative genomics with molecular and genetic tools
Wednesday, August 26
Session 5 Chair: Maarten Koornneef
09.00-09.30	Maria von Korff	Genetic dissection of flowering time control in barley
09.30-10.00	Yasuyuki Takahashi	The molecular mechanism for generating diversity in flowering time of cultivated rice
10.00-10.30	Christiane Gebhardt	Genetic and molecular analysis of complex traits in potato
10.30-11.30	Coffee break
Session 6 Chair: Maria von Korff
11.30-12.00	Rie Terada	Efficient rice gene targeting; a powerful tool for novel molecular breeding
12.00-12.30	Matthieu Reymond	Genetic and molecular basis of plant’s responses to environment using Arabidopsis thaliana natural variation
12.30-13.00	Nobuyuki Maruyama	Towards developing a system for improving physiological functions of crops for human health
13.00-14.30	Lunch
Session 7 Chair: Yusuke Saijo
14.30-15.00	Imre Somssich	The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant immunity
15.00-15.30	Masayoshi Kawaguchi	Long-distance control of nodulation via nod factor / nitrate-induced CLE signaling
15.30-16.00	Renier van der Hoorn	Mining the active proteome
16.00-16.30	Coffee break
Session 8 Chair: Paul Schulze-Lefert
16.30-17.00	Kenji Yamada	Mechanisms underlying endoplasmic reticulum body formation in Arabidopsis
17.00-17.30	Silke Robatzek	Cellular dynamics in plant immunity
17.30	Yusuke Saijo	Receptor quality control in microbe-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity and beyond
Thursday, August 27
11:00	WissenschaftsScheune and show garden Individual programmes

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