Organizer
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO (NIAS)
Date & Time
November 22 (Wed), 2017
13:00 pm ~ 17:05 pm
Venue
Conference Room 201
Tsukuba International Congress Center
2-20-3 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Program:
Coordinator: Dr. Koh-ichi Kadowaki, NIAS Director-General| 13:00-13:10 | Opening Address Dr. Akihiro Sasaki, President, Senior Vice-president, NARO |
| 13:10-13:50 | The global situation and perspectives of biotech crops for the new bioeconomy (biofuels and bio-based chemicals) Dr. Emilio Rodriguez-Cerezo, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Chair: Dr. Yutaka Tabei (NIAS) |
| 13:50-14:30 | Plant genes and processes important for Agrobacterium-mediated genetic
transformation Dr. Stanton B. Gelvin, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Chair: Dr. Yutaka Tabei (NIAS) |
| 14:30-14:55 | Social implementation of vaccine rice for Japanese cedar pollinosis and development of novel genome engineering technology Dr. Yutaka Tabei (NIAS) Chair: Dr. Keiko Kadono-Okuda (NIAS) |
| 14:55-15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:15-15:55 | From sex chromosomes to sex determination in Lepidoptera Dr. Frantisek Marec, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS Chair: Dr. Keiko Kadono-Okuda (NIAS) |
| 15:55-16:20 | New research and development based on the GM silkworms Dr. Keiko Kadono-Okuda (NIAS) Chair: Dr. Masaya Geshi (NIAS) |
| 16:20-17:00 | Strategies to produce multi-transgenic pigs for xenotransplantation Dr. Heiner Niemann, Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institutr Chair: Dr. Masaya Geshi (NIAS) |
| 17:00-17:05 | Closing Remarks Dr. Nori Kurata, Vice-president, NARO |
