The 57th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
March 18-20, 2016 Iwate University
General Information
3rd Announcement of 2016 (57th) Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
You are cordially invited to the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant Physiologists, JSPP, to be held on March 18-20, 2016, in Morioka. The meeting will cover many exciting subjects in the field of plant biology
Venue
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1. Registration of Participants
1) Registration of participants starts at 8:30 on Friday, March 18 at Gymnasium I. Congestion is expected at around 9:30, just before the start of the general presentation. Therefore, those who will make general presentations early in the morning on the 18th should complete the registration early.
2) Those who have already completed online registration should visit the “online registration reception desk”.
3) Those who have not completed online registration (who have not paid the registration fee) should complete the procedures for participation at the “reception desk for on-site registration”. The on-site registration form is available here. The on-site registration fee and other related fees are as follows. Note that those who have not prepaid their registration fee should pay the on-site registration fee, regardless of whether online registration has been made.
| On-site registration fee (including fee for Abstract Book) |
| JSPP member, JPY 11,000 (tax free) |
| JSPP student member, JPY 7,000 (tax free) |
| Non-JSPP member, JPY 13,000 (tax included) |
| Banquet fee |
| JSPP member, JPY 9,000 (tax included) |
| JSPP student member, JPY 7,500 (tax included) |
| Non-JSPP member, JPY 9,000 (tax included) |
| Fee for Abstract Book only, JPY 5,000 (tax included) |
4) Always wear your name tag on your chest at the venue. Staff of the Annual Meeting committee may check your name tag from time to time.
5) For those who will be staying in hotels that are listed on the “Morioka MICE Registered Hotels list”, please obtain a MICE form at the registration desk, fill in the required information and put the form in the MICE BOX at the registration area. This is necessary for the JSPP2016 committee to get financial support by MICE program run by Morioka City Government.
6) Undergraduate students and junior- and high-school students and teachers can attend the Annual Meeting free of charge regardless of their JSPP membership. Present your identification card at the “reception desk for on-site registration” and receive your name tag. The abstract book will not be distributed to these participants. A JSPP bulletin including the program of the Annual Meeting will be offered to the first 100 participants.
2. Lunch
Space in the university cafeteria for the meeting participants is limited because of preparations for prospective students who will be freshmen from April. Also, the number of restaurants and cafeterias around the university is limited.
You can pick up a boxed lunch, which must be reserved in advance, at the main entrance of Student Center A-Building (first floor) from 11:00 to 13:30 in exchange for the boxed lunch ticket printed on the registration card.
3. Cloakroom
The cloakroom is located at Gymnasium I and is open during the following hours. Please collect your luggage by the closing hour of each day, as belongings will not be kept overnight. Please do not keep your valuables in the luggage, which will be kept in the cloakroom.
Day 1 Friday, March 18 8:30–19:00
Day 2 Saturday, March 19 8:30–18:30
Day 3 Sunday, March 20 8:30–16:00
4. Nursery Service
A nursery service is available during the Annual Meeting (Friday, March 18 through Sunday, March 20) for participants with infants. The nursery room is located at Iwate University
To avail the nursery service, the participants need to make a reservation beforehand.
The application on nursery service has closed. Please contact to JSPP Annual Meeting Committee (jspp2016@nacos.com) for any questions.
5. Notes for Presenters
The JSPP International Committee recommends that the figures and tables used in oral and poster presentations should be prepared in English to facilitate the internationalization of the Annual Meeting. Please prepare the figures and tables in accordance with the guidelines below. Also, please refer to the website “Barrier-free presentation friendly to colorblind people” (http://www.nig.ac.jp/color/) in preparing your figures and tables.
1. Slides used in oral presentations should be in English. Prepare a brief summary slide in English at the end. Oral presentations can be done in Japanese or English.
2. Posters should be primarily in English, with a Japanese title and abstract.
1) Notes for general presentation
1. Qualification of presenters
Article 7(3) of the JSPP specifies that the presenters of the Annual Meeting should be JSPP members. If a non-JSPP member wishes to make a presentation, he or she should become a JSPP member before attending the Annual Meeting.
2. Method of presentation
The Annual Meeting Committee decides your type of presentation (poster or oral presentation) depending on your request upon registration. If you select “either poster or oral” in the registration, poster presentation will likely be selected. Prepare your presentation after confirming your type of presentation in the program.
3. Poster presentation
The size of the panel used for poster presentation is 90 (width) × 210 cm (height from the floor). Prepare your poster with a width of less than 90 cm and a height of approximately 120 cm. The pushpins for mounting your poster on the panel are provided by the Annual Meeting Committee.
Posting and removing posters
- Those who will present in the first half of the Annual Meeting (marked with PF at the beginning of the abstract number) should mount their posters from 9:00 to 12:30 on Day 1 and remove them anytime from 9:00 to 10:00 on Day 2. Any posters remaining after this period will be removed by the Annual Meeting Committee.
- Those who will present in the last half of the Annual Meeting (marked with PL at the beginning of the abstract number) should mount their posters from 13:00 to 16:00 on Day 2 and remove them by 16:00 on Day 3. Any posters remaining after this period will be removed by the Annual Meeting Committee.
Questions and answers
- The question-and-answer session for those who give presentations in the first half of the Annual Meeting usually takes 1 hour within the period from 16:30 to 19:00 on Day 1 in the order of abstract number (first odd numbers and then even numbers).
- The question-and-answer session for those who give presentations in the last half of the Annual Meeting usually takes 1 hour within the period from 12:30 to 15:00 on Day 3 in the order of abstract number (first odd numbers and then even numbers).
Presenters should stand in front of their posters during question-and-answer session and expected to answer questions. The 30 minutes left after the question-and-answer session can be used for free discussion.
4. Oral presentation
Notes for oral presentation
- One oral presenter is allowed to have 15 minutes including the question-and-answer session. To make the oral presentation session smooth, the presentation and question-and-answer are limited to 12 minutes and 2 minutes and 30 seconds, respectively.
- Before the presentation, you should adjust the settings of your PC and project your slides in the preview room to confirm the normal operation of devices. The preview room is located on the second floor (Room G2-B) of Student Center A-Building.
- Only LCD projectors can be used. The recommended resolution is 1024 × 768 (aspect ratio, 4:3). Set the resolution of your PC to 1024 × 768 as the screen may be enlarged horizontally if the aspect ratio of the LCD projectors is different from that of your PC.
- The Annual Meeting Committee does not provide PCs for presenters. Presenters should bring their own PC. Also, presenters should ask their colleagues when assistance is required in operating instruments and devices.
- Presenters should connect the PC to an input switching box and open their files by the time the previous presenter finishes his or her presentation.
- Use a cable prepared at the platform to connect the PC to the input switching box and switch the display to the external monitor after connecting the PC. For special adapters (such as for Mac PCs), the external monitor may be recognized by reconnecting the PC and the adapter.
- A mini D-sub 15-pin connector cable is used for connection. If special adapters are required for connection (such as for Mac PCs), please prepare them yourselves. Connection using an HDMI cable is not possible; bring other required adapters yourselves.
- After the presentation, disconnect the connector and return it to its original position for the next presenter.
2) Notes for symposium presentations
The procedures for symposium presentations are the same as those for oral presentations except for the presentation duration. Please consult the organizer of the symposium for details.
6. Access to Abstract Book Using Application Software
Similarly to the 56th Annual Meeting, application software to access the Abstract Book from compatible mobile terminals, such as smartphones and tablets, is distributed. The software is available for iOS and Android and can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. The software will be downloadable from Friday, March 11. Use the password written in the e-mail message that will be sent to you after March 11. Only the participants of the Annual Meeting can access the Abstract Book.
7. Free Wireless LAN Service
Free wireless LAN connection is available in meeting rooms during the Annual Meeting. Note that access is limited and it may be difficult to connect at some locations. Use the information on wireless LAN connection printed on the name tag. Participants who have completed on-site registration will receive information on wireless LAN connection at the “reception desk for on-site registration”.
8. Notes for Chairpersons
Chairpersons should arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the session. Work should be divided among chairpersons during this 15 minutes, but can also be done before the Annual Meeting. However, be sure to come to the room and confirm your role prior to the start of the session. Your cooperation is highly appreciated.
9. Patent
Previously, the JSPP issued a presentation certificate for each presentation made in the Annual Meetings. Upon the revision of Operational Guidelines for Applicants Seeking the Application of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention revised on March 2010, the certificate is considered to be unnecessary (for details, refer to http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/kijun/kijun2/pdf/reigai/30jo_qa_shu.pdf#page=9). Therefore, JSPP will not issue such a certificate in this Annual Meeting.
10. Prohibitions
The contents of presentations should not be photographed by cameras or cell-phone cameras, videotaped, or recorded without permission of the presenters.
11. Contact and Bulletin Board during Meeting
- Contact
For questions to the Annual Meeting Committee, send an e-mail to jspp2016@nacos.com from 12:00 Friday, March 17 (the day before Day 1 of the Annual Meeting) through Sunday, March 20 (Day 3). - Bulletin board during meeting
Messages to the participants will be posted on the bulletin board near the reception desk. Announcements will not be made at the venue. The bulletin board is also open to participants for mutual communication; feel free to post your messages.
12. Drink Service during Poster Session (Day 1)
The exchange meeting conventionally held in the evening of Day 1 will not be held this time. Instead, a free drink is provided in exchange for the ticket printed on the registration card during the poster session held in the evening of Day 1, on a first-come-first-served basis (700–800 drinks are available).
13. Banquet
A banquet will be held at Hotel Metropolitan Morioka New Wing (2 minutes walk from Morioka station) at 19:00 on Saturday, March 19, Day 2. All participants are encouraged to attend the banquet.
- Metropolitan Hall, 4th Floor, Hotel Metropolitan Morioka New Wing
- 2-27 Morioka-ekimae-kitadori, Morioka, Iwate 020-0033
- Tel: 81-19-625-1211
- http://www.metro-morioka.co.jp/morioka/access1.html
A shuttle bus service will be available from the university campus to Hotel Metropolitan Morioka New Wing. Please feel free to use the shuttle bus.
14. Special Program: “Research Presentations by High School Students”
With the aim of enhancing interest in plant science and life science among high school students who will play an active role in the next generation, a special program: “Research Presentations by High School Students” will also be held during the Annual Meeting. It is expected that many high school students will participate in the special program and make active discussion. As the first trial, the special program is cosponsored by the “Program for the Exploring Germination and Growth Program for Young Scientists (EGGS)” of Tohoku University (a project sponsored by Global Science Campus by Japan Science and Technology Agency). Many high school students are expected to participate in the program this year. Awards will be given to high school students on a competitive basis. Also, this year an information exchange meeting will be held between the presenters and the regular meeting participants to provide a chance for high school students to discuss research and education with faculty members, researchers, and graduate students to facilitate their research and education. All are encouraged to participate in the information exchange meeting, and award ceremony. The abstracts of poster presentations by high school students will be distributed as a separate supplement.
Time and date: 9:30–15:30, Sunday, March 20, Day 3
Venue: Presentation, Gymnasium I; Special Research Discussion with Meeting Participants and Award Ceremony, Hokuto Hall in General Education and Research Building (Education)
Sponsor: Committee of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
9:30–10:00
Registration and poster setup
10:00–10:10
Opening ceremony
10:30–11:45
Core time of poster presentations with odd abstrct numbers
(poster presentation, question-and-answer session)
11:45–13:00
Core time of poster presentations with even abstract numbers
(poster presentation, question-and-answer session)
13:00–13:30
Removal of posters
13:30–15:00
Information exchange meeting
(consultation and discussion regarding research and education with faculty members, researchers, and graduate students)
15:00–15:30
Award ceremony
15. Luncheon Seminars
PCP Luncheon Seminar
“Increase your chance of success: how to write and publish a scientific paper”
Date: Friday, March 18 (12:40–13:30) Schedule
Venue: Room Y
PCP is considered as a high-quality journal in the plant science field worldwide. Its latest impact factor is 4.931 (top 15 out of 200 in the Plant Science field). In this luncheon seminar, we will be presenting “how to write and publish a scientific paper” from PCP editors’ viewpoint.
1. How to write a scientific paper: Dr. L. Costa (PCP Managing Editor)
2. Tips on figure preparation: Dr. L. Costa (PCP Managing Editor)
3. Importance of a good author cover/response letter: Dr. H. Sakakibara (Nagoya University/RIKEN)
4. Ask the editors: Dr. A. Goossens (Ghent University, Belgium), Dr. H. Guo (Peking University, China), and Dr. U. Paszkowski (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) *TBC
*The first 150 attendees are served a lunchbox and a bottle of tea. No prior application required.
GMO Luncheon Seminar
“Current activities of the new plant breeding techniques”
Date: Saturday, March 19 (12:10–13:00) Schedule
Venue: Room Y
Recently, new plant breeding techniques, particularly genome editing, have been focused on. It is often difficult to clarify the difference between these techniques and conventional GMO from the viewpoint of regulation, and the situation varies in each country. Although they are called breeding techniques, in reality they are often used in basic research and their products need to be properly handled. In this seminar, Mr Tomio Suzuki of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will present recent domestic and foreign activities involving the use of those techniques including issues that scientists should resolve.
*The first 150 attendees are served a lunchbox and a bottle of tea. No prior application required.
Carrier Path Seminar on Gender Equality (Luncheon Seminar)
“Panel discussion by JSPP members trying to achieve a work-family balance—Part 2”
Date: Sunday, March 20 (12:10–13:00) Schedule
Venue: Room Y (No abstract available)
This is a sequel to the last year’s panel discussion by male members. This time, four members, whose partners are working in different fields, are invited as panelists, and they talk on problems and ingenuities in balancing work and family.
*The first 100 attendees are served a lunchbox and a bottle of tea. No prior application required.
16. Satellite Meetings
The 18th Plant Organelle Workshop
“Unbeaten by rain, unbeaten by wind ………How plants and their organelles adapt to the environment”
Date: Thursday, March 17 (13:30–18:40) Schedule
Venue: General Education and Research Building (Life Science, Faculty of Agriculture) Room 7
(http://news7a1.atm.iwate-u.ac.jp/english/map.html)
Organizers: Junichi Obokata (Kyoto Prefectural University), Yusuke Kato (Okayama University), Shigeyuki Kawano (University of Tokyo), Kensuke Kusumi (Kyushu University), Hirokazu Kobayashi (University of Shizuoka), Yoshiki Nishimura (Kyoto University), Hidehiro Hayashi (Tohoku Agricultural Research Center), Nobuaki Hayashida (Shinshu University), Yutaka Miyazawa (Yamagata University)
Cellular organelles play key roles in the development, function, homeostasis, and environmental adaptation of plants. This workshop provides an opportunity for plant scientists of various disciplines to exchange latest findings, ideas, and relevant techniques, regarding plant organelles, and encourage communication and discussion. Invited speakers address topics, including those on chloroplasts, mitochondria, other cellular organelles, and whole plants, and also from the molecular level to the environmental level.
This workshop is free to all the participants, but they are encouraged to register at our website (http://sfns.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/pctech/workshop). People who join the mixer after the talk session should register at our website by March 7. Discussions of the participants are energized by beer, softdrinks and dishes at 4,000 yen per person (3,500 yen for graduate and undergraduate students).
Contact address:
Hidehiro Hayashi: hdhrhys@affrc.go.jp
Kensuke Kusumi: kusumi.k.239@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
1st Workshop on Photosynthetic Bacteria
Date: Thursday, March 17 (16:00–18:30) Schedule
Venue: General Education and Research Building (Life Science, Faculty of Agriculture) Space C
Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria are now subjects in various fields of studies including biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, biophysics, bioorganic chemistry, and microbial ecology. This workshop invites speakers to talk about their latest achievements and provides new insights into studies on anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria through discussion. Registration fee is free. After the workshop, we will have a banquet (fee: about 4,500 yen). To register for the workshop and/or banquet, please contact one of the organizers by e-mail (deadline: March 9, 2016). We encourage your participation.
Organizers:
Dr. Jiro Harada (Kurume University School of Medicine), E-mail: jiro_harada@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Dr. Yusuke Tsukatani (Tokyo Institute of Technology), E-mail: tsukatani@elsi.jp
Dr. Chihiro Azai (Ritsumeikan University), E-mail: cazai@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp
The Japanese Society of Young Plant Physiologists 2016
“How to live as a researcher—Industry or academia—”
Date: Friday, March 18 (19:15–20:45) Schedule
Venue: Room A
Young scientists and students may have many questions and doubts about a career in science, such as “I want to do a Ph.D. course, but there is low job security…”, “Should I go abroad to study?”, and “How can I get grants?”. In this meeting, we will introduce two promising young scientists of different backgrounds – industry and academia.
Mr. Hidetaka Doi graduated from the Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, and since then he has been working for Ajinomoto Company. He is now working towards obtaining a Ph.D. at the same university. Dr. Ichihashi Yasunori received his Ph.D. form the Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, and then he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Davis for four years. He started working at RIKEN CSRS two years ago. He has received prestigious PRESTO grants and will focus on plant-microbiota interactions from next year.
We hope that a discussion about their research life will help the participants get a better idea about what life in research is like and how to have successful careers in science. This session will be held as an open discussion.
Please feel free to join this meeting. Registration is not required. If you want to eat a boxed lunch during the meeting and/or join the party after the meeting, please let us know by sending us an e-mail (address: jsyppmeeting@yahoo.co.jp).
Organizers:
Naoyoshi Kumakura (CSRS, RIKEN)
Yuki Kondo (Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Yasuhiro Kadota (CSRS, RIKEN)
17. 12th Database Workshop
Date: Saturday, March 19 (13:00–16:00) Schedule
Venue: Room Z
Contents: In the 12th Database Workshop for plant science, four databases providing information on genome,transcriptome, proteome and experimental resources are introduced. Please refer also to the 2016 Databases Issue on
Plant & Cell Physiology.
1. Plant-PrAS: Database of Physicochemical and Structural Properties and Comparative Analysis in Plant Proteomes.
Atsushi Kurotani1, Alexander Tokmakov2, Yutaka Yamada1, Yutaka Kuroda3, Kazuo Shinozaki1, Tetsuya Sakurai1,4 (1RIKEN CSRS, 2Research Center for Environment Genomics, Kobe University, 3Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 4Research and Education Faculty, Multidisciplinary Science Cluster, Interdisciplinary Science Unit, Kochi University)
2. TENOR: Database for Comprehensive mRNA-Seq Experiments in Rice.
Kawahara Yoshihiro1, Oono Youko1, Wakimoto Hironobu1,2, Ogata Jun1, Kanamori Hiroyuki1, Sasaki Harumi1, Mori Satomi1, Matsumoto Takashi1, Itoh Takeshi1 (1Agrogenomics Research Center, NIAS, 2BITS. Co., Ltd.)
3. Mutant Database TOMATOMA Update: Disclosure of Metabolite Information in the Micro-Tom Mutant Resource.
Ken Hoshikawa, Tohru Ariizumi, Hiroshi Ezura (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, the University of Tsukuba)
4. OryzaGenome and its Future Perspectives
Hajime Ohyanagi1,2,9, Matthew Shenton1, Toshinobu Ebata3, Yukiko Yamazaki4,8, Masahiro Fujita1, Takako Mochizuki5, Xuehui Huang6, Hao Gong6, Eli Kaminuma5,8, Yasukazu Nakamura5,8, Atsushi Toyoda7, Asao Fujiyama7,8, Qi Feng6, Zi-Xuan Wang1,6, Bin Han6, Nori Kurata1,8 (1Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, 2Bioinformatics Laboratory, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan, 3DYNACOM Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan, 4Genetic Informatics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, 5Genome Informatics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, 6National Center for Gene Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PRC, 7Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, 8Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, Japan, 9Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Co-sponsored by “Correlative Gene System: Establishing Next-Generation Genetics”
Organizer: Masaaki Kobayashi, Toru Kudo, Kentaro Yano (Meiji University)
E-mail: kyano@isc.meiji.ac.jp
18. JSPP Committee Meetings
Thursday, March 17
13:30–15:00 [Student Center A-Building 3rd Floor G31]
PCP Editorial Board
15:00–18:00 [Student Center A-Building 3rd Floor G31]
PCP Editorʼs Committee
16:00–18:00 [Student Center A-Building 3rd Floor G35]
Public Relations Committee
17:00–18:00 [Student Center A-Building 3rd Floor G36]
JSPP Awards Committee
Friday, March 18
12:00–13:00 [Student Center A-Building 3rd Floor G33]
GMO Working Group
18:30–21:30 [Student Center C-Building 1st Floor GC1]
Board of Delegates
Saturday, March 19
12:00–13:00 [Student Center A-Building 3rd Floor G31]
Gathering of Science Advisors and Public Relations Committee members
12:00–13:00 [Student Center A-Building 3rd Floor G35]
Gender Equality Committee
Sunday, March 20
12:00–13:30 [Student Center A-Building 4th Floor G48]
International Committee
16:00–17:30 [Student Center A-Building 4th Floor G48]
Annual Meeting Committee Takeover Meeting
19. JSPP Awards: Ceremony and Lectures
Saturday, March 19 (16:15–18:00) at Room Y