Program
Okazaki Biology Conference, OBC 5 on
"Speciation and Adaptation
- Ecological Genomics of Model Organisms and Beyond - "
March 11 – 16, 2007
 
 
March 11, 2007 (Sun) at Okazaki New Grand Hotel
  Registration
at Okazaki New Grand Hotel
17:00 ~ 20:00
  Get Together
Welcome Address
OKADA, Kiyotaka
(Kyoto Univ., Director-General-Elect, NIBB)
20:00 ~
 
  Registration
at NIBB Yamate Conference Room
8:45 ~
  Opening Remarks
NAGAHAMA, Yoshitaka
(Deputy Director-General, NIBB)
9:00 ~ 9:15
Plenary Lecture 1 " The Evolutionary Genomics of Plant Adaptations: From Arabidopsis to Crop Species "
PURUGGANAN, Michael D. (New York University, USA)
9:15 ~ 10:00
Plenary Lecture 2 " The Regulatory and Evolutionary Consequences of Ploidy Changes on Hybridization "
COMAI, Luca (University of California, Davis, USA)
10:00 ~ 10:45
Break 10:45 ~ 11:00
Plenary Lecture 3 " Footprints of Adaptation in the Genome "
STEPHAN, Wolfgang (University of Munich, Germany)
11:00 ~ 11:45
Move to Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi (Lunch on the bus) 11:45 ~
Session 1. Adaptive Evolution
1-1 -Overview-
" Evolution of Selfing and Speciation: Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics of Arabidopsis Relatives"
SHIMIZU, Kentaro K. (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
14:45 ~ 15:30
1-2 " Ecological Genetics of Color Adaptation in Natural Populations of Beach Mice "
HOEKSTRA, Hopi E. (Harvard University, USA)
15:30 ~ 16:10
Coffee Break 16:10 ~ 16:25
1-3 -EMBO Young Investigator Lecture-
" Developmental Transitions from Meristem to Leaf and Their Role in Evolution of Leaf Form "
TSIANTIS, Miltos (University of Oxford, UK)
16:25 ~ 17:05
1-4 " Ecology of Flowering Time Regulation "
KUDOH, Hiroshi (Kobe University, Japan)
17:05 ~ 17:45
Coffee Break 17:45 ~ 18:00
1-5 " The Genetic and Physiological Basis of Adaptation to Cold Stress at Range Margins in Arabidopsis lyrata petraea "
TANAKA, Kenta (University of Sheffield, UK)
18:00 ~ 18:40
General Discussion
18:40 ~ 19:00
Dinner 19:00 ~
 
March 13, 2007 (Tue)
Session 2. Genetics of Speciation
2-1 -Overview-
" Identification of Interacting Hybrid Lethality Genes in Drosophila"
BARBASH, Daniel A. (Cornell University, USA)
09:00 ~ 09:45
2-2 " From Daylily to Nightlily: An Evolutionary Shift of Floral Syndromes "
YAHARA, Tetsukazu (Kyushu University, Japan)
09:45 ~ 10:25
Coffee Break 10:25 ~ 10:40
2-3 " Population Genomics of Plant Adaptation and Divergence: Examples from Silene "
WIDMER, Alex (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
10:40 ~ 11:20
2-4 " Polymorphism of an Expression Level of an Enzymatic Gene Affecting Cuticle Pigmentation and Mating Preference in Natural Populations of Drosophila "
TAKAHASHI, Aya (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)
11:20 ~ 12:00
General Discussion
12:00 ~ 12:20
Lunch 12:20 ~ 13:20
Session 3. Genome Duplication and Epigenetics
3-1 -Overview-
" Evolution of Polyploidy in Plants and Animals: Unravelling Complex Genomes "
MABLE, Barbara K. (University of Glasgow, UK)
13:20 ~ 14:05
3-2 " Positive Selection on an Epigenetically Controlled Gene in Arabidopsis "
GROSSNIKLAUS, Ueli (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
14:05 ~ 14:45
Coffee Break 14:45 ~ 15:00
3-3 " Coevolution of Duplicated Genes "
INNAN, Hideki (Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)
15:00 ~ 15:40
General Discussion
15:40 ~ 16:00
Short Talks (7 minutes for each Posters / Odd numbers x 6 Titles)
16:00 ~ 16:45
Coffee Break 16:45 ~ 17:00
Short Talks (7 minutes for each Posters / Odd numbers x12 Titles)
17:00 ~ 18:30
Dinner 18:30 ~ 19:30
Poster Session (Odd numbers)
19:30 ~
 
March 14, 2007 (Wed)
Session 4. Artificial Selection in Domestication
4-1 -Overview-
" Evolutionary Genomics of Rice: the Impact of Selection during Crop Domestication "
OLSEN, Kenneth M. (Washington University, St. Louis, USA)
9:00 ~ 9:45
4-2 " How Has Rice Lost the Seed Shattering Habitat during Domestication? "
IZAWA, Takeshi (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan)
9:45 ~ 10:25
Coffee Break 10:25 ~ 10:40
4-3 " The Patterns of Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Domesticated Rice Genome "
CAICEDO, Ana L. (University of Massachusetts, USA)
10:40 ~ 11:20
4-4 " Domestication Selection in Action: Declined Reproductive Success of Captive-Bred Fish in the Wild "
ARAKI, Hitoshi (Oregon State University, USA)
11:20 ~ 12:00
General Discussion
12:00 ~ 12:20
Lunch 12:20 ~ 13:20
Excursion 13:30 ~
 
March 15, 2007 (Thu)
Session 5. Canalization, Robustness and Hidden Genetic Variation
5-1 -Overview-
" Canalization and Cryptic Genetic Variation in Drosophila "
Dworkin, Ian M. (North Carolina State University, USA)
9:00 ~ 9:45
5-2 " Population Genetics of Canalization and Hidden Genetic Variation "
HERMISSON, Joachim (University of Munich, Germany)
9:45 ~ 10:25
Coffee Break 10:25 ~ 10:40
5-3 " Identification and Characterization of Phenotypic Capacitors in Yeast "
SIEGAL, Mark L. (New York University, USA)
10:40 ~ 11:20
5-4 " The Hsp90 Capacitor, Developmental Remodeling and Evolution "
Rutherford, Suzannah L. (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA)
11:20 ~ 12:00
Lunch 12:00 ~ 13:00
5-5 " Robustness and Evolution of Caenorhabditis Vulva Development "
FELIX, Marie-Anne (Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS - Universities of Paris 6&7, France)
13:00 ~ 13:40
General Discussion
13:40 ~ 14:00
Short Talks (7 minutes for each Posters / Even numbers x 6 Titles)
14:00 ~ 14:45
Coffee Break 14:45 ~ 15:00
Short Talks (7 minutes for each Posters / Even numbers x 12 Titles)
15:00 ~ 16:30
Poster Session (Even numbers)
16:30 ~ 19:00
Banquet 19:00 ~ 21:00
 
March 16, 2007 (Fri)
Session 6. Theory
6-1 -Overview-
" Adaptation and Genomics: Insights from Model Organisms "
AGUADE, Montserrat (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
9:00 ~ 9:45
6-2 " Analysis of Neanderthal Genomic DNA "
COOP, Graham M. (University of Chicago, USA)
9:45 ~ 10:25
Coffee Break 10:25 ~ 10:40
6-3 " Theoretical Studies on DNA Polymorphism: Effect of the Change in Population Size "
TAJIMA, Fumio (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
10:40 ~ 11:20
6-4 " Widespread Positive Selection in Synonymous Sites of Mammalian Genes "
RESCH, Alissa M. (National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), USA)
11:20 ~ 12:00
General Discussion
12:20 ~ 12:20
Lunch 12:20 ~ 13:20
Session 7. Coevolution
7-1 " The Evolutionary History of the Fig/Fig Wasp Mutualism "
MACHADO, Carlos A. (University of Arizona, USA)
13:20 ~ 14:05
7-2 " Community Heritability Measures the Evolutionary Consequences of Interspecific Indirect Genetic Effects on Community and Ecosystem Structure "
SHUSTER, Stephen M. (Northern Arizona University, USA)
14:05 ~ 14:45
Coffee Break 14:45 ~ 15:00
7-3 " Capsule-Transmitted Gut Symbiont in Plataspid Stinkbugs as a Model System for Studying Host-Symbiont Coevolution "
FUKATSU, Takema (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan)
15:00 ~ 15:40
7-4 " Unique Genetic Mechanisms of R-Gene Variation in Plants "
TIAN, Dacheng (Nanjing University, China)
15:40 ~ 16:20
General Discussion
16:20 ~ 16:40
Concluding Remarks
16:40 ~ 17:00