Session Speakers

10 : 50 – 11 : 10

Toshinori Kinoshita (Nagoya University, Japan)

Speech Title: Blue light-signalling pathway in stomatal guard cells

11 : 10 – 11 : 30

Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki (University of Tokyo, Japan) 

Speech Title: Signaling pathways and adaptation to drought and heat stress conditions

11 : 30 – 11 : 50

Matsuo Uemura (Iwate University, Japan)

Speech Title: Temperature and light signals in cold acclimation and freezing tolerance 

11 : 50 – 12 : 10

Shaw-Jye Wu (National Central University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Novel mechanisms of heat tolerance in plants revealed by studying heat-intolerant mutants

12 : 10 – 12 : 30

Short talks:

1. Jong-Myong Kim

2. Fang-Wen Li

3. Yuji Yamaguchi

4. Chung-Wen Lin

10 : 50 – 11 : 10

Junpei Takano (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)

Speech Title: Polar localization and endocytic degradation of boric acid/borate transport proteins

11 : 10 – 11 : 30

Takehiro Kamiya (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Speech Title: Roles of Casparian strips and apoplastic barrier in nutrient transport

11 : 30 – 11 : 50

Kuo-Chen Yeh (ABRC/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Physiological and Molecular Response of Arabidopsis Exposed to technology-critical metals Ga, In and Tl

11 : 50 – 12 : 10

Yi-Fang Tsay (IMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Roles of CIPKs in nitrate transport and signaling

12 : 10 – 12 : 30

Short talks:

1. Marcel Beier

2. Ya-Yun Wang

3. Izumi Aibara

4. Li Hsuan Ho

10 : 50 – 11 : 10

Wataru Sakamoto (Okayama University, Japan)

Speech Title: Chloroplast DNA and nutrient salvage: a new concept

11 : 10 – 11 : 30

Shin-ichi Arimura (Tokyo University, Japan)

Speech Title: Dynamics of mitochondria and their nucleoids in Arabidopsis and Marchantia

11 : 30 – 11 : 50

Ming-Hsiun Hsieh (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Posttranscriptional regulation of mitochondrial gene expression in Arabidopsis Mechanisms of RNA editing in mitochondria

11 : 50 – 12 : 10

Hsou-min Li (IMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Protein import into plastids

12 : 10 – 12 : 30

Short talks:

1. Masanori Izumi

2. Kenji Nishimura

3. Kana Kishimoto

4. Kosei Iwabuchi

5. Chiung-Chih Chu

6. Mari Takusagawa

13 : 30 – 13 : 50

Makoto Hayashi (RIKEN, Japan)

Speech Title: Evolution of root nodule symbiosis in legumes

13 : 50 – 14 : 10

Yusuke Saijo (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Speech Title: Phosphate status-dependent control of plant immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana

14 : 10 – 14 : 30

Na-Sheng Lin (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Speech Title: Viral pathogenic synergism in infected Phalaenopsis orchid

14 : 30 – 14 : 50

Ming-Tsair Chan (ABRC/Academia Sinica, Taiwan) 

Speech Title: The Arabidopsis defensin gene, AtPDF1.1, mediates anti-bacterial activity via an iron-withholding defense system

14 : 50 – 15 : 10

Short talks:

1. Morihiro Oota

2. Fan-Chen Huang

3. Kenta Shirasawa

4. Ya-Han Shen

13 : 30 – 13 : 50

Chun-Neng Wang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Exploring genetic modules controlling floral symmetry in Darwin's Gloxinia, Sinningia speciosa

13 : 50 –14 : 10

Hiroyuki Koga (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Speech Title: Understanding the molecular mechanisms of dimorphic leaf development in response to submergence using non-model plants Callitriche

14 : 10 – 14 : 30

Zhao-Jun Pan (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: B- and E-class MADS-box genes involved in regulating orchid flower development

14 : 30 – 14 : 50

Hokuto Nakayama (UC Davis, USA)

Speech Title: Silvery fir tree, a heirloom tomato showing highly complex leaves, provides insights into leaf development and their breeding history

14 : 50 – 15 : 10

Short talks:

1. Kanae Nishii

2. Nien Ya-Chi

3. Takayuki Hata

4. Haruka Arai

13 : 30 – 13 : 50

Shih-Long Tu (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Phytochrome modulates alternative splicing by silencing spliceosome activity with hnRNPs in plants

13 : 50 – 14 : 10

Shu-Hsing Wu (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: The activator complex of the morning gene CCA1 in Arabidopsis circadian clock

14 : 10 – 14 : 30

Yoshito Oka (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China)
Speech Title: Photoactivation and inactivation of plant cryptochromes

14 : 30 – 14 : 50

Tomonao Matsushita (Kyushu University, Japan)

Speech Title: Phytochrome globally modulates protein localization in Arabidopsis

14 : 50 – 15 : 10

Short talks:

1. Guan-Hong Chen

2. Shao-li Yang

3. Norihito Nakamichi

4. Geng-Jen Jang

15 : 30 – 15 : 50

Hitoshi Sakakibara (RIKEN, Japan)

Speech Title: Root-derived trans-zeatin and its precursor control different set of shoot growth traits

15 : 50 – 16 : 10

Ken-ichiro Hayashi (Okayama University of Science, Japan)
Speech Title: Manipulation of cellular auxin distribution by chemical biology approach

16 : 10 – 16 : 30

Hsu-Liang Hsieh (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Speech Title: The crosstalk of jasmonates and phytochrome A is critical for Arabidopsis seedling development

16 : 30 – 16 : 50

Su-May Yu (IMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Mechanism of converging sugar and oxygen deficiency signaling in rice

16 : 50 – 17 : 10

Short talks:

1. Sho Miyazaki

2. Yiping Han

3. Shuen-Fang Lo

4. Mami Otake

15 : 30 – 15 : 50

Yoshihisa Oda (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)

Speech Title: Secondary cell wall patterning in metaxylem vessels

15 : 50 – 16 : 10

Takashi Ueda (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)  

Speech Title: Diversification of membrane trafficking pathways during land plant evolution

16 : 10 – 16 : 30

Guang-Yuh Jauh (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Speech Title: Roles of endomembrane trafficking in regulating the Arabidopsis embryogenesis

16 : 30 – 16 : 50

Chin-Min Kimmy Ho (Stanford University, USA)

Speech Title: Modulators of stomatal signaling and ER-PM contact sites

16 : 50 – 17 : 10

Short talks:

1. Tadashi Kunieda

2. Hiroya Funakawa

3. Junpei Takagi

4. Yih-Lin Chen

15 : 30 – 15 : 50

Toshiharu Shikanai(Kyoto University, Japan)

Speech Title: Regulatory network of photosynthetic electron transport via proton motive force

15 : 50 – 16 : 10

Hsiu-An Chu (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Investigating physiological functions of cytochrome b559 and QC in photosystem II

16 : 10 – 16 : 30

Masato Nakai (Osaka University, Japan)

Speech Title: Molecular mechanisms of chloroplast protein import and their curious evolutionary history

16 : 30 – 16 : 50

Yee-yung Charng (ABRC/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Chlorophyll salvage cycle and its role in photosynthesis

16 : 50 – 17 : 10

Short talks:

1. Helena Sapeta

2. Ting-Hung Lin

3. Satomi Takeda

4. Yusuke Kato

10 : 50 – 11 : 10

Junko Kyozuka (Tohoku University, Japan)

Speech Title: Molecular Basis for Developmental Stage Dependent Leaf Morphology of Rice

11 : 10 – 11 : 30

Ying-Chung Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Transcriptional Regulatory Network of Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis Genes in Populus trichocarpa

11 : 30 – 11 : 50

Hidehiro Fukaki (Kobe University, Japan)

Speech Title: Mechanisms of Auxin-Regulated Lateral Root formation in Arabidopsis

11 : 50 – 12 : 10

Yi-Sheng Cheng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Dissecting Molecular Function of Arabidopsis Histone Deacetylase 15

12 : 10 – 12 : 40

Short talks:

1. Yaichi Kawakatsu

2. Shanhua Lin

3. Kaori Furuta

4. Michitaro Shibata

5. Mikako Yoshikawa

6. Haruka Temman

10 : 50 – 11 : 10

Kimitsune Ishizaki (Kobe University, Japan)
Speech Title: GEMMA CUP-ASSOCIATED MYB1, a homologue of axillary meristem regulator RAXs/Blind, is essential for vegetative reproduction in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha

11 : 10 – 11 : 30

Masaaki Umeda (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Speech Title: Maintenance of genome integrity in root stem cells

11 : 30 – 11 : 50

Wolfgang Schmidt (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Speech Title: Protein-lipid interactions facilitate the inter-cellular movement of cell fate-determining transcription factors in the Arabidopsis root epidermis

11 : 50 – 12 : 10

Su-Chiung Fang (ABRC/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Speech Title: Glutathione-mediated redox regulation of the cell cycle

12 : 10 – 12 : 40

Short talks:

1. Iwai Ohbayashi

2. Takuya Sakamoto

3. Ryuichi Nishihama

4. Yen-ling Lin

5. Kazuki Yamada

6. Mikiya Takahashi

10 : 50 – 11 : 10

Motoaki Seki (RIKEN, Japan)

Speech Title: Novel Epigenetic, RNA and Peptide Regulation in Plant Abiotic Stress Adaptation

11 : 10 – 11 : 30

Hidetoshi Saze (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan)

Speech Title: Epigenetic regulation of intronic repeats in plants

11 : 30 – 11 : 50

Hsueh-Fen Juan (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Brassinosteroid-Regulated Phosphorylation Dynamics in Arabidopsis

11 : 50 – 12 : 10

Yet-Ran Chen (ABRC/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Discovery of Innate Peptide Elicitors for Triggering Plant Defense Responses

12 : 10 – 12 : 40

Short talks:

1. Takeshi Ito

2. Toshiyuki Fukuhara

3. Sim Lin Lim

4. Sachihiro Matsunaga

5. Na Renhu

6. Meng-Chiao Joseph Ho

13 : 40 – 14 : 00

Tien-Shin Yu (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Modulation of floral meristem identity by mobile AGL24 mRNA in Arabidopsis

14 : 00 – 14 : 20

Wen-Chieh Tsai (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Elucidation of unique orchid reproductive growth from the orchid genome comparison

14 : 20 – 14 : 40

Akiko Sateke (Kyushu University, Japan)
Speech Title: Synchronized flowering of plants

14 : 40 – 15 : 00

Nobutoshi Yamaguchi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Speech Title: Floral meristem development in Arabidopsis

15 : 00 – 15 : 30

Short talks:

1. Yoshinobu Takada

2. Yueh Cho

3. Daichi Susaki

4. Tzu-Hsiang Huang

5. Md Hassanur Rahman

6. Kohji Murase

13 : 40 – 14 : 00

Yuki Nakamura (IPMB/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Phosphatidylcholine in Arabidopsis: metabolism and function in growth and development

14 : 00 – 14 : 20

Hsiao-Ching Lin (IBC/Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Complexity generation in the biosynthesis of indole alkaloids

14 : 20 – 14 : 40

Toshiya Muranaka (Osaka University, Japan)

Speech Title: Redesign of terpenoid biosynthesis pathway in plant by genome editing

14 : 40 – 15 : 00

Masami Y. Hirai (RIKEN, Japan)

Speech Title: Studies for understanding the regulation of amino acid biosynthesis

15 : 00 – 15 : 30

Short talks:

1. Moriaki Saito

2. Tomomi Ichinose

3. Kotaro Yamamoto

4. Yu-Chen Chuang

5. Shang Jye Leong

6. Mariko Asaoka

13 : 40 – 14 : 00

Shih-Shun Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Identification of miRNAs and their targets in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha by integrating RNA-Seq and degradome analyses

14 : 00 – 14 : 20

Jen-Chih Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Speech Title: Use of extract from Bacillus culture for cell disruption of microalgae and the potential mechanism

14 : 20 – 14 : 40

Takayuki Kohchi (Kyoto University, Japan)

Speech Title: Marchantia polymorpha as an emerging model for comparative genomics and genetics in land plants

14 : 40 – 15 : 00

Kenji Miura (Tsukuba University, Japan)

Speech Title: Tomato genome engineering by targeted nucleotide substitution

15 : 00 – 15 : 30

Short talks:

1. Kuan-Ju Lu

2. Mao-Sen Liu

3. Hiromoto Yamakawa

4. Yuki Yanagawa

5. Masafumi MIkami

6. Risa Ueta