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January 6 (Thursday) Morning |
10:00-10:10 |
Opening Address-Nerio Murata |
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(Organizer, NIBB) |
10:10-10:20 |
Welcome to NIBB-lkuo Takeuchi |
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(Director General of NIBB) |
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Session I. LowTemperature Stress I - Eukaryotes |
Chairpersons: P.H.Li and N. Sato |
10:20-11:00 |
M.F.Thomashow (Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA) |
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Cold-induced genes of Arabidopsis. |
11:00-11:40 |
M.Koike, K.Arakawa and S.Yoshida (Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan) |
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Cold-induced alterations in plasma membrane proteins that are specifically related to the development of freezing tolerance in cold hardy winter wheat. |
11:40-12:20 |
T.Kusano1, T.Berberich1, N.Suzuki1, K.Aguan2 and K.Sugawara1 (1Akita Prefectural College of Agriculture, Akita, Japan, 2Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK) |
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A low-temperature-induced gene encodes a putative transcription factor in maize. |
12:20-13:20 |
Lunch |
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January 6 (Thursday) Afternoon |
Session I. LowTemperature Stress I - Eukaryotes (Continued) |
13:20-14:00 |
R.S.Dhindsa and AF.Monroy (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) |
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Cold acclimation-specific gene expression, and relative roles of calcium and low temperature. |
14:00-14:40 |
S.Hatano (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan) |
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Hardening-induced genes of Chiorella. |
14:40-15:00 |
Discussion of Session I |
15:00-15:20 |
Break |
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Session II. LowTemperature Stress II - Prokaryotes |
Chairpersons: S.Hatano and M.F.Thomashow |
15:20-16:00 |
N.Murata, H.Wada, T.Sakamoto, M.Avelange-Macherel and Higashi, S. (National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan) |
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Cyanobacterial desaturases and transformatwn. |
16:00-16:40 |
D.A.Los, L.Vigh and N.Murata (National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan) |
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Membrane fluidity and gene regulation: Triggering the expression of the desaturase gene. |
16:40-17:20 |
N.Sato (Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Japan) |
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Cold-regulated genes in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis. |
17:20-17:40 |
Break |
17:40-18:20 |
M.A, Marahiel1, G.Willimsky1, U.Heinemann2 and T.Holak3 (1Philipps Universitat Marburg, Murburg, Germany, 2Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Biochemie, Munchen, Germany) |
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Molecular basis of cold shock stress in a soil bacterium. |
18:20-19:00 |
M. Inoue and P. Jones (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, USA) |
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Cold-shock response in Escherichia coli, yeast and Drosophila. |
19:00-19:20 |
Discussion of Session II |
19:30-21:00 |
Reception (Faculty Club) |
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January 7 (Friday) Morning |
Session III. Drought and High Salt Stress |
Chairpersons: H.J.Bohnert and K.Shinozaki |
9:00-9:40 |
D.Bartels (Max-Planck lnstitut fur zuuchtungsforschung, Köln, Germany) |
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Desiccation responsiv genes: Functional analysis and regulation of their expression. |
9:40-10:20 |
K.Shinozaki1, K.Yamaguchi-Shinozaki1,2, T.Urao1,3, T.Iwasaki1 and T.Kiyosue1 (1The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Tsukuba, Japan, 2Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan, 3Center Research Laboratory of DAIDOHOXAN, Tsukuba, Japan) |
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Analysis of drought-inducible genes and their gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. |
10:20-10:40 |
Break |
10:40-11:20 |
T.Takabe and M.lshitani (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan) |
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Analysis of expression pattern of barley betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase gene under osmotic stress and ABA. |
11:20-12:00 |
H.J.Bohnert and R.G.Jensen (University of Arizona, Tucson, USA) |
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Mechanisms of salt tolerance-Engineering new crop plants. |
12:00-12:20 |
Discussion of Session Ill |
12:20-12:30 |
Group Photo |
12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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January 7 (Friday) Afternoon |
Session IV. Effects of Abscisic Acid |
Chairpersons: S.Yoshida |
13:30-14:10 |
P.H.Li, Z.Xin and C.Zhang (University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA) |
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Interrelation among ABA, anti-oxidant, free radicals, fatty acid unsaturation and chilling tolerance/injury. |
14:10-14:50 |
T.Hattori, S.Hamasuna, T.Terada and H.Nakagawa (Mie University, Tsu, Japan) |
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Interaction between signals from abscisic acid and transcriptional regulator VP1. |
14:50-15:30 |
M.Pagès, F.A.Culianez-Macià, A.BJensen, M.Albà, M.Figueras, AJessop and A.Goday (Consejo Superio de Investigaciones Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain) |
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Localization of rab proteins in maize embryo tissues: New Perspectives on their functions. |
15:30-15:50 |
Discussion of Session IV |
15:50-16:10 |
Break |
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Session V. High Temperature Stress |
Chairpersons: J.H.Cherry and H.Hayashi |
16:10-16:50 |
J.H.Cherry and N.K.Singh (Auburn University, Auburn, USA) |
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Altered gene expression in thermoadapted cultured cells of cowpea. |
16:50-17:30 |
F.Schöffl, A.Hübel, A.Wagner and J.H.Lee (Universitat Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany) |
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Manipulation of the heat shock response: Genetic engineering and mutant selection. |
17:30-18:10 |
R.Tsugeki and M.Nishimura (National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan) |
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Molecular characterization of chaperonin and Hsp70 in higher plant cells. |
18:30-21:00 |
Conference Dinner |
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January 8 (Saturday) Morning |
Session V. High Temperature Stress (Continued) |
9:00-9:40 |
C.-H.Hwang (Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea) |
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Phenotypic changes in the carrot cells containing an antisense HS gene. |
9:40-10:20 |
N.Marmiroli (University of Parma, Parma, Italy) |
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Genetic and molecular analysis of thermotolerance in plants |
10:20-10:40 |
Break |
10:40-11:20 |
H.Hayashi, Y.Nishiyama and N.Murata (National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan) |
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Thermotolerance and heat shock genes of cyanobacteria. |
11:20-11:40 |
Discussion of Session V |
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Session VI. Effects of Pathogens |
Chairpersons: B.Fritig and T.Yamada |
11:40-12:20 |
B.Fritig, A.Stintzi, T.Heitz, S.Kauffmann, P.Geoffroy and M.Legrand (lnstitut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Strasbourg, France) |
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Plant stress proteins induced in response to pathogens and their role in defense. |
12:20-13:20 |
Lunch |
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January 8 (Saturday) Afternoon |
Session VI. Effects of Pathogens (Continued) |
13:20-14:00 |
C.J.Lamb (The Salk Institute, San Diego, USA) |
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Plant disease resistance mechanisms: Elucidation and manipulation. |
14:00-14:40 |
Y.Ohashi1, S.Seo2, M.Ohshima1, M.Matsuoka1, K.Ishizuka2, S.Youssefia3 and H.Sano3 (1National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Akita Prefectural College of Agriculture, Akita, Japan, 3University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan) |
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Abnormal expression of PR protein genes in an interspecific hybrid of N. |
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glutinosa X N. debneyi and in a small GTP-binding protein producing plant. |
14:40-15:00 |
Break |
15:00-15:40 |
K.Hahn, M.Egen, C.Herget, I.Rfintz and G.Strittmatter (Max-Planck Institut filr Ziichtungsforschung, Koln, Germany) |
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PR-gene prpl-l from potato: Regulation of its expression and functional analysis of the gene product. |
15:40-16:20 |
T.Yamada, T.Shiraishi, H.Kato, Y.Ichinose and K.Toyoda (Okayama University, Okayama, Japan) |
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Regulation of plant active defense genes by a fungal elicitor and suppressor in pea. |
16:20-16:40 |
Discussion of Session VI |
16:40-16:50 |
Closing Remarks |