National Institute for Basic Biology
| Organizers | Mikio Nishimura |
|---|---|
| Venue | National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki , 444-8585, Japan |
| Date | Feb. 25-27, 1997 |
| Program | |
| Tuesday Morning, February 25, 1997 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Openning Address-Mikio Nishimura |
| 9:05 a.m. | Welcome to NIBB-Hideo Mohri (Director General of NIBB) |
| Session I-Crop Improvement | |
| Chairpersons: Klaus Miintz and Satoshi Naito | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Metabolic Engineering to Modify Amino Acid and Starch Coomposition in Seeds |
| Enno Krebbers, K. Broglie, C. Falco, N. Hubbard, T. Jones, and T. Klein | |
| Dupont Agricultural Biotechnology, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Regulation of Soybean Seed Storage Protein Genes by Nutritional Conditions |
| Toru Fujiwara | |
| The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. | |
| 10:15 a.m. | A Passage to Isolation of an Arabidopsis Mutant Which is Impaired in the Response to Methionine |
| Satoshi Naito | |
| Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. | |
| 11:05 a.m. | How does the Seed's Sulphur Metabolism React on High Level Formation of Foreign Methionin-rich Proteins in Transgenic Narbon Bean (Vica Narbonensis L.) |
| Klaus Muntz1, I. Saalbach1, T. Pickardt1, D. Enneking2 and T. Wistenhagen1 | |
| 1Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany: 2University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia. | |
| 11:35 a.m. | Expression of a 2S Albumin from Bertholletia excelsa in Soybean |
| R. Jung, M.C. Tarczynski, V.M. Dress, J.A. Townsend, S.J. Martino-Catt and Larry R. Beach | |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc., Johnston, IA, USA | |
| 0:05 p.m. | Transgenic Seeds: a Novel Formulation of Industrial Enzymes |
| Anne S. Ponstein1, J. Bade1. T.C. Verwerd1 and J. Pen2 | |
| 1MOGEN N. V., Leiden, The Netherlands; 2PlantZyme, Leiden, The Netherlands | |
| 0:35 p.m. | LUNCH |
| Tuesday Afternoon, February 25, 1997 | |
| Session II-Biosynthesis of Seed Proteins | |
| Chairpersons: Brian A. Larkins and Kenzo Nakamura | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Vacuolar Processing System in Protein-Storage Vacuoles and Vegetative Vacuoles |
| Ikuko Hara-Nishimura | |
| National institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444, Japan | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Mechanisms of Assembly and Deposition of Wheat Storage Proteins |
| Gad Galili1, Y. Shimoni1, H. Levanony1, A.E. Blechl2 and O.D. Anderson2 | |
| 1The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; 2U.S.D.A, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, USA. | |
| 2:30 p.m. | The Sorting of Storage Protein mRNAs in Developing Rice Endosperm Cells |
| Thomas W. Okita, D.G. Muench and Y. Wu | |
| Washington State University, Pullman, WA USA. | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break (Group Photo) |
| 3:30 p.m. | Nutritional Quality of Maize Endosperm |
| Brian A. Larkins | |
| University of Arizona, Tueson, AZ, USA | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Study on Molecular Mechanism of Endosperm-specific Expression in Rice Storage Protein Genes |
| Fumio Takaiwa | |
| National Institute of Agrobiological Resourees, Tsukuba, Japan. | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Possible Mechanisms for Nitrogen Remobilization from Senescing Tissues to Developing Grains in Rice Plants: Cellular Localization of GSl and NADH-GOGAT |
| Tomoyuki Tamaya | |
| Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan | |
| 6:00 p.m. | RECEPTION |
| Wednesday Morning, February 26, 1997 | |
| Session III-Embryogenesis and Meristem Differentiation | |
| Chairpersons: Takao Minamikawa and John J. Harada | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Control of Seed Maturation in Arabidopsis |
| T. Lotan1, M. Ohto1·2, M.A.L. West1, K.L. Matsudaira Yee1, R.W. Kwong1, J.L. Zimmerman3, R.L. Fischer4, R.B. Goldberg5 and John J. Harada1 | |
| 1University of California, Davis, CA, USA; 2Current Address: National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan; 3University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; 4University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA; 5University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Regulation of Gene Expression by Abscisic Acid and Seed-Specific Transcription Factor VPl |
| Tsukaho Hattori, Y. Kagaya, T. Hobo, M. Asada, J. Koike | |
| Mic University, Tsu, Japan. | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Gene Involved Organ Separation during Embryogenesis and Flower Development in Arabidopsis Thaliana |
| Masao Tasaka, M. Aida, T. Ishida, H. Fukaki and H. Fujisawa | |
| Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Molecular Approach to Mechanism of Apical Dominance |
| Hitoshi Mori, Y.Madoka and S. Shimizu | |
| Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. | |
| 11:20 a.m. | Cysteine Proteinases in Germinating and Developing Seeds: Isolation, Developmentally Regulated Expression and Subcellular Localization |
| Claudia Becker1, V.I. Senyuk2, A.D. Shutov2, S. Hillmer1, A. Schlereth1, R. Jung3 and K. Miintz1 | |
| 1Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany; 2State University of Moldova, Kishinev, Republic of Moldova, CIS; 3USDA, ARS, Agronomy Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA | |
| 11:50 a.m. | A Vacuolar Cysteine Endopeptidase That Digests Seed Storage Globulin: Mechanism of Multistep Processing and Activation |
| Takashi Okamoto and T. Minamikawa | |
| Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 0:20 p.m. | LUNCH |
| Wednesday Afternoon, February 26, 1997 | |
| Session V-Microbodies in Oil Seeds | |
| Chairpersons: Takashi Akazawa and Richard N. Trelease | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Reversible Transformation of Microbodies in Pumpkin and Arabidopsis |
| Mikio Nishimura | |
| National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Biogenesis of Glyoxysomes: Targeting and Import of Oilseed Isocitrate Lyases and Catalases |
| Richard N. Trelease, R.T. Mullen, and M.S. Lee | |
| Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ., USA | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Arabidopsis Mutants That Have Defect on Fatty Acid β-Oxidation |
| Makoto Hayashi, K. Toriyama, M. Kondo and M. Nishimura | |
| National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| Session VI-Carbohydrate Metabolism in Sink Organs | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Control of Carbon Partitioning in Potato Tubers |
| Richard Trethewey and L. Willmitzer | |
| Max-Planck-Institut fur Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Golm, Germany | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Arabidopsis Mutants in Which Regulation of Gene Expression during Plastid Development in Nongreen Tissues is Disordered |
| Hirokazu Kobayashi1·2, K. Kobayashi1, A. Suzuki1 and Y. Niwa1 | |
| 1Univ. Shizuok a, Shizuoka, Japan; 2Natl. Inst. Basic Biol., Okazak i, Japan | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Pathways for Carbohydrates Metabolism and Anoxia Tolerance in Gereal Seeds |
| Pierdomenico Perata1·2, L. Guglielminetti1, E. Loreti1, J. Yamaguchi2 and A. Alpi1 | |
| 1University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan | |
| 6:00 p.m. | DINNER |
| Thursday Morning, February 27, 1997 | |
| Session VII-Regulation of Seed Germination | |
| Chairpersons: Tomoyuki Yamaya and Michel Caboche | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Molecu lar Basis for the Divergent ADP Glucose Phrophosphory lases in Barley: Expression of cDNA in a Hete rologous System |
| Leszek A. Kleezkowski, C. Luo, A. Dejardin and P. Villand | |
| Umea Univers ity, Umea, Sweden | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Physio logical Functions of the Vacuolar H+ -Phrophosphatase, Aquapor in and Ca2+ Active Transport System in Seedlings |
| Masayoshi Maes hima, Y. Nakanishi, T. Higuchi and H. Ueoka | |
| Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan | |
| 10:00 a.m. | An alysis of P hysiological Processes Involved in Seed Germination |
| L. Lepiniec, B. Dubr eucq, P. Gr appin, M. Jullien, S. Maugenest, A.M. Lescure, A. Mar ion- Poll, E. Marin, Michel Caboche | |
| INRA Versailles, France | |
| Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Sugar Sensing and α-Amylase Gene Repression in Rice Embryos |
| T. Umemura2, P. Perata1, Y. Futsuhara2 and Junji Yamaguchi1 | |
| 1Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan ; 2Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Spatial and Tempora l Control of Life and Death in Germinating Barley |
| Mei Wang, B. J. Oppedijk, G. Lamers, D. N.G. Geer lings, M. P.M. Caspers and B. van Duijn | |
| Leiden University/ Netherlands organization for Applied Research, Leiden, The Netherlands | |
| 11:30 a.m. | General Discussion |
| 12:00 a.m. | Closing Remarks- Mikio Nishimura |
