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3rd Announcement of 2017 (58th) Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

You are cordially invited to the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant Physiologists, JSPP, to be held on March 16-18, 2017, in Kagoshima. The meeting will cover many exciting subjects in the field of plant biology.

Venue

Please see herepdf.

1．Registration of Participants

1) Registration of participants starts at 8:30 on Thursday, March 16 at Student Community Plaza. 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 16th should complete the registration early.

2) Those who have already completed online registration should visit the “online registration reception desk”. Please fill in the hotel name, staying date etc. on the upper half of your participation card before visiting to the “online registration reception desk”. Please note that it will take a time to accept your registration if it is blank.

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 herepdf. 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 registration fee for online access to the Abstract Book)
   JSPP member: JPY 11,000 (tax free)
   JSPP student member: JPY 6,500 (tax free)
   Non-JSPP member: JPY 13,000 (tax included)
Banquet fee
   JSPP member: JPY 10,000 (tax included)
   JSPP student member: JPY 7,000 (tax included)
   Non-JSPP member: JPY 10,000 (tax included)

4) Always wear your name tag on your chest at the venue. The staff of the Annual Meeting Committee may check your name tag from time to time.

5) We will receive financial support for the Kagoshima annual meeting from Kagoshima Convention & Visitors Bureau. As 1000 certificates are required for staying in Kagoshima city to receive this support, please fill in the hotel name, staying date etc. on the upper half of your participation card. Please enter the hotel name exactly. Please accept a plastic sack, including a map, various discounts, vouchers etc. in exchange for the upper half at the reception desk. In case you will apply on-site, please fill in the information on the application form.

6) Undergraduate students and junior- and high-school students and teachers can attend the Annual Meeting free of charge regardless of their JSPP membership. In case you have already completed online registration, please present your identification card at the “general reception desk” and receive your name tag. Those who have not completed online registration should visit “reception desk for on-site registration”. These participants cannot access to the online abstract book of the Annual Meeting of JSPP.

2．Lunch

University cafeteria is open as the list below. However, space in the main cafeteria for the meeting participants is limited because of preparations for prospective students who will be freshman from April.

You can also buy boxed lunch at following cafeterias and shops.

  • Life Support in Student Community Plaza (Same place as registration desk)
  • Educa Cafeteria and shop (on the south of Gymnasium I, the 1st floor is open space hall)
  • Mini Shop (on the west side of the main cafeteria)

*Please check the opening hours at the list below.

Please use the lounge except Gymnasium I (see the map of conference room), Student Community Plaza (There is no eating or drinking area as well.), and open space hall at 1st floor of Educa cafeteria for eating space.

You can find restaurants and cafeterias around the university. The area map distributed at the reception desk will help you.

■Opening hours of university cafeteria
Shop/Cafeteria Name Venue Product March 16th (Thurs.) March 17th (Fri.) March 18th (Sat.)
Study Support Student Community Plaza (Registration Desk) Book/Stationary 10:00–17:30 10:00–17:30 close
Life Support Bread, Boxed lunch, Snack, Sweet and Drink etc. 10:00–17:00 10:00–17:00 10:00–14:00
Food Corner Drinks and light meals close 10:00–14:00 close
Cafe Galois Student Center, 1F (on the south of the Student Community Plaza) Drinks and light meals 11:30–14:00 11:30–14:00 close
Main Cafeteria on the north of Faculty of Science Building #2 Cafeteria 8:00–19:30 8:00–19:30 8:00–19:30
Mini shop on the west of the Main Cafeteria Bread, Boxed lunch, Snack, Sweet and Drink etc. 11:00–14:00 11:00–14:00 close
Educa shop the 2nd floor of Educa cafeteria Bread, Boxed lunch, Snack, Sweet and Drink etc. 10:00–14:00 10:00–14:00 10:00–13:00
Educa cafeteria on the south of the Gymnasium 1, venue for poster presentation   10:00–17:00
Open space hall		 10:00–17:00
Open space hall		 10:00–14:00
Open space hall
3．Cloakroom

The cloakroom is located at Student Community Plaza 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   Thursday, March 16   8:30–20:30
Day 2   Friday, March 17   8:30–16:30
Day 3   Saturday, March 18   8:30–16:30

4．Nursery Service

A nursery service is available during the Annual Meeting (Thursday, March 16 through Saturday, March 18) for participants with infants. The nursery room is located at Kagoshima 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 (jspp2017@nacos.com) for any questions.

5．Notes for Presenters

Please prepare the figures and tables used in oral and poster presentations in English. 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.

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 10:30 to 14:00 on Day 1 and remove them anytime by 11:00 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 17:00 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 takes 1 hour within the period from 17:00 to 19:00 on Day 1 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 1 hour left after the question-and-answer session can be used for free discussion.
  • The question-and-answer session for those who give presentations in the last half of the Annual Meeting takes 1 hour within the period from 13:00 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 1 hour 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 a preview room to confirm the normal operation of devices. The preview rooms are located on the second floor (Room 124) of General Education and Research Building #1 and the second floor (Room 323) of General Education and Research Building #3. The staff is not always in the preview room. If you have any question, please visit Room 213 at the first floor of General Education and Research Building #2.
  • Only PC 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 if the aspect ratio of the PC 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

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 Thursday, March 9. Use the password written in the e-mail message that will be sent to you after March 9. Only the participants of the Annual Meeting can access the Abstract Book (PDF file only). However, free participants (undergraduate students and junior- and high-school students and teachers) cannot access to the online abstract book of the Annual Meeting of JSPP.

7. Free Wireless LAN Service

Free wireless LAN connection is available in meeting rooms during the Annual Meeting. Note that access is not limited but it may be difficult to connect at some locations and situation. Use the information on wireless LAN connection printed on the postcard sent to those who completed online registration. 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.

A microphone for a person who questions is not prepared. In case it’s hard to hear the voice of questioner, please make consideration to encourage them re-questioning with loud voice or reword the question with microphone. Also, please make consideration to proceed on-time because a staff of the oral presentation venue hold two posts, time- keeper and lights controller. 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 jspp2017@nacos.com from Wednesday, March 15 (the day before Day 1 of the Annual Meeting) through Saturday, March 18 (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 will be provided during the poster session held in the evening of Day 1, on a first-come-first-served basis (700 bottles of alcohol free drinks will be available).

13. Banquet

A banquet will be held at Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel at 19:00 on Friday, March 17, Day 2. All participants are encouraged to attend the banquet.

Hall “Taiyo”, 2nd Floor, Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel
1-8-10 Yojiro, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, 890-0062, Japan
Tel: 81-99-253-2020
http://www.sunroyal.co.jp/en/access/index.html

A chartered bus service will be available from the University campus to Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel. Please feel free to use the chartered bus. Bus stop for chartered will be around Toshokan-mae Gate. From 4:00 pm, it will departure as soon as it reaches seating capacity. Please feel free to use it. If you go to Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel from main town in Kagoshima city, you can use free shuttle bus of the hotel. Please see the detail about bus stop or time table on Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel’s website.

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. 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: 8:30–16:00, Saturday, March 18, Day 3

Venue: Presentation, Gymnasium I; Special Research Discussion with Meeting Participants and Award Ceremony, Community Hall in Student Community Plaza

Sponsor: Committee of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

8:30–10:00
    Registration and poster setup
10:00–10:10
    Opening ceremony
10:30–11:45
    Core time of poster presentations with odd abstract 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)
13:00–14:00
    Removal of posters and Lunch
14:00–15:30
    Information exchange meeting
    (consultation and discussion regarding research and education with faculty members, researchers, and graduate students)
15:30–16:00
    Award ceremony

15. Luncheon Seminars

Please see the Luncheon Seminars page.

16. Satellite Meetings
The 19th Plant Organelle Workshop “Evolution and functions of plant organelles”

Date: Wednesday, March 15 (13:30–18:40)   *programpdf

Venue: Room W

Organizers: Masato Araragi (Kagoshima University), 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), 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 for communication and discussion. Invited speakers will address topics including chloroplasts, mitochondria, other cellular organelles, and whole plants from the molecular level to the environmental level. This workshop is free to all participants, but they are encouraged to register at our website (http://sfns.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/pctech/workshop). People who wish to join the mixer after the talk session should register at our website by March 6. Beer, soft drinks, and food will be provided at a cost of 4,000 yen per person (3,500 yen for graduate and undergraduate students).

Contact address:
   Masato Araragi, E-mail: tenteihahikanukobinukaeriminu@hotmail.co.jp
   Kensuke Kusumi, E-mail: kusumi.k.239@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp

2nd Workshop on Photosynthetic Bacteria

Date: Wednesday, March 15 (15:00–)   *programpdf

Venue: Room Z

Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria are now subjects in various fields of study including biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, biophysics, bioorganic chemistry, and microbial ecology. This workshop invites speakers to talk about their latest achievements and will provide new insights into studies on anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria through discussion. Registration 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 6). We are looking forward to 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 2017
“Behind the scenes of researchers’ lives (marriage, childcare and entrepreneurship)”

Date: Thursday, March 16 (19:15–20:45)   *programpdf

Venue: Room A

If research publications are the public face of a researcher’s life, the daily decisions and actions leading up to them can be said to be “behind the scenes”. Although research results can be easily shared through papers, conference presentations, and so forth, it is difficult to know what happens behind the scenes. What did you think and how did you act when your research results did not go as planned? How have you faced life events such as marriage, childbirth, and childcare, which have a major impact on researchers’ lives? Can you start a business with the technology and knowledge that you gained in academia?

In this meeting, we invite two prominent young researchers, who will share their valuable experiences behind the scenes of their research. Dr. Akiko Minoda received her degree in the UK, did a postdoctorate at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and has been a unit leader at RIKEN while raising a child. After acquiring a degree at Kyoto University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California Davis, Dr. Michitaka Notaguchi became an assistant professor at Nagoya University and is currently preparing to start a company using the grafting technique he developed in his research.

We hope that this discussion of events behind the scenes of the lives of two different researchers will be helpful as a guide for participants in their own lives. This session will be held as an open discussion.

Please feel free to join the meeting. Registration is not required. If you want a lunch box during the meeting and/or to 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 (Grad. Sch. of Sci., The Univ. of Tokyo)
   Shunsuke Watanabe (CSRS, RIKEN)

17. 13th Database Workshop

Date: Friday, March 17 (13:30–16:00)   *programpdf

Venue: Community Hall in Student Community Plaza

Contents: In the 13th Database Workshop for Plant Science, databases providing information on genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes and experimental resources are introduced. In addition, we will discuss applications of NGS technologies in plant science. Please also refer to the 2017 Databases Issue of Plant & Cell Physiology.

1. Introduction of Databases and Supercomputer in DDBJ
Yasukazu Nakamura (DDBJ Center, Natl. Inst. of Genet.)

2. Alga-PrAS: a database of comprehensive annotation in proteomes of eukaryotic algae
Atsushi Kurotani1, Yutaka Yamada1, Tetsuya Sakurai1,2 (1RIKEN CSRS, 2Multidisciplinary Science Cluster, Kochi Univ.)

3. The tomato research innovation by the Micro-Tom mutant resources
Tohru Ariizumi, Ken Hoshikawa, Hiroshi Ezura (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

4. Introduction to NGS analysis
Yukino Nakamura1, Toru Kudo1, Masaaki Kobayashi1, Tohru Ariizumi2, Tetsuya Sakurai3,4, Yasukazu Nakamura5, Kentaro Yano1 (1Bioinformatics, Meiji Univ., 2Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 3RIKEN CSRS, 4Multidisciplinary Science Cluster, Kochi Univ., 5DDBJ Center, Natl. Inst. of Genet.)

Organizer: Kentaro Yano (Meiji Univ.), Yasukazu Nakamura (DDBJ Center, Natl. Inst. of Genet.), Tetsuya Sakurai (RIKEN CSRS, Multidisciplinary Science Cluster, Kochi Univ.), Tohru Ariizumi (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

E-mail: kyano@isc.meiji.ac.jp

19. JSPP Committee Meetings
Wednesday, March 15

13:30–16:30 [Room 217 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   PCP Editors and Advisory Editorial Board Meeting

14:30–16:30 [Room 216 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   Public Relations Committee Meeting

17:00–19:00 [Lecture Room 220 at Faculty of Science]
   Board of Delegates’ Meeting

Thursday, March 16

12:30–13:30 [Room 217 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   JSPP Awards Committee Meeting

12:30–13:30 [Room 216 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   GMO Working Group Meeting

Friday, March 17

12:00–13:00 [Room 216 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   Gathering of Science Advisors and Public Relations Committee members

12:00–13:00 [Room 217 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   Gender Equality Committee Meeting

Saturday, March 18

12:00–13:30 [Room 216 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   International Committee Meeting

16:00–17:30 [Room 216 at General Education and Research Building #2]
   Annual Meeting Committee Meeting

19. JSPP Awards: Ceremony and Lectures

Friday, March 17 (17:00–18:45) at Etoile, 1st Floor, Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel

Chartered bus to Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel will be provided from Korimoto campus of Kagoshima University. Bus stop for chartered will be around Toshokan-mae Gate. From 4:00 pm, it will departure as soon as it reaches seating capacity. Please feel free to use it. If you go to Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel from main town in Kagoshima city, you can use free shuttle bus of the hotel. Please see the detail about bus stop or time table on Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel’s website.
*programpdf




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