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日本植物生理学会

Memorial Events of The 50th Anniversary of The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

March 23 (Monday), 2009 / 13:30 - 17:00

Toyoda Auditorium of the Nagoya University

I. The 50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony
(13:30-14:00)

Chairperson: Masayoshi Maeshima

Greetings
 The President of JSPP
     Kenzo Nakamura (Nagoya University)
 The Editor-in-chief of Plant and Cell Physiology
     Makoto Matsuoka (Nagoya University)
 The Former President of JSPP
     Koji Asada (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
 Honored Guest
     Bob B. Buchanan (University of California, Berkeley)
Introduction of congratulatory messages

II. The 50th Anniversary Commemorative International Symposium (14:00-17:00)
“Perspectives of Plant Science in the 21st Century”


14:00 Opening address  Mikio Nishimura
14:05 Lecture 1 (Chairperson, Ichiro Terashima)
Eva-Mari Aro (University of Turku, Finland)
Photosystem II - An engine of life
14:40 Lecture 2 (Chairperson, Hiroo Fukuda)
Makoto Matsuoka (Nagoya University, Japan)
Molecular basis of gibberellin perception by its receptor GID1
15:15 Lecture 3 (Chairperson, Kiyotaka Okada)
Jiayang Li (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, China)
MKK7-mediated signaling pathways in Arabidopsis
15:50 Lecture 4 (Chairperson, Kenzo Nakamura)
Ikuko Hara-Nishimura (Kyoto University, Japan)
Plant defense strategies using vacuoles and endomembranes
16:25 Lecture 5 (Chairperson, Yasunori Machida)
Nam-Hai Chua (The Rockefeller University, USA)
Beta-C1, the pathogenicity factor of TYLCCNV, interacts with AS1 to alter leaf development and suppress selective jasmonic acid responses
17:00 Closing address  Kazuo Shinozaki

Organizing Committee
Mikio Nishimura, Kenzo Nakamura, Kazuo Shinozaki,
Kiyotaka Okada Hiroo Fukuda, Ichiro Terashima,
Makoto Matsuoka, Yasunori Machida



2008 THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS