Session Speakers

Session 1	Environmental Responses, Abiotic Stresses I
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   9:00 - 10:50 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room A
Chairs	平山隆志 Takashi Hirayama 吳少傑 Shaw-Jye Wu +
9:00 - 9:20	高橋史憲 Fuminori Takahashi, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan “Root-to-shoot communications in drought stress responses and resistance”
9:20 - 9:40	花田耕介 Kousuke Hanada, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan “Small coding genes hidden in plant genomes, encode multiple hormone-like peptides”
9:40 - 10:00	東泰弘 Yasuhiro Higashi, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan “A heat-inducible lipase remodels chloroplastic glycerolipids in Arabidopsis leaves under heat stress”
10:00 - 10:20	張孟基 Men-Chi Chang, Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan “Functional Study of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLHs) Transcription Factor Genes in Rice”
10:20 - 10:50	Short talks: Reena Sharma, Academia Sinica “Metina: A Transcription factor involved in Iron Deficiency Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana” 陸重安 Dr. Chung-An Lu, National Central University “A heat stress-induced CCR4-association factor 1, OsCAF1H, participates in heat response in rice seedlings 萩原拓真 Takuma Hagihara, Saitama University “Long-distance rapid Ca2+ and electrical signals in Mimosa pudica

Session 2	Biomembrane, Ion and Solute Transporters
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   9:00 - 10:50 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room B
Chairs	木下俊則 Toshinori Kinoshita 邱子珍 Tzyy-Jen Chiou +
9:00 - 9:20	馬建鋒 Jian Feng Ma, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Japan “Role of a citrate transporter in acquisition of aluminum tolerance in barley”
9:20 - 9:40	高橋宏二 Koji Takahashi, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan “Regulation of plasma membrane H+-ATPases in response to environmental signals”
9:40 - 10:00	郭瑋君 Woei-Jiun Guo, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan “LySWEET transporters regulate source-to-sink sugar allocation in tomato”
10:00 - 10:20	何承訓 Cheng-Hsun Ho, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “The role of novel regulators for the regulation of nitrogen transport”
10:20 - 10:50	Short talks: 劉姿吟 Dr. Tzu-Yin Liu, Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University “Detection of membrane protein–protein interaction in planta based on dual‐intein‐coupled tripartite split‐GFP association” 陳國恩 Dr. Kuo-En Chen, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica “A strategy for improving plant nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) by manipulating a transporter involved in nitrate remobilization” 菅野里美 Univ. of Tsukuba “High affinity K+ transporter AtHAK5 expression is affected by both Internal and external K status”

Session 3	Cell Biology
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   9:00 - 10:50 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room F
Chairs	上田貴志 Takashi Ueda 趙光裕 Guang-Yuh Jauh +
9:00 - 9:20	磯野江利香 Erika Isono, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany “All roads lead to the vacuole: Endosomal and autophagic trafficking in plants”
9:20 - 9:40	吉本光希 Kohki Yoshimoto, Meiji University, Japan “Plant autophagy: an intracellular system for bulk and selective self-degradation”
9:40 - 10:00	王昭雯 Chao-Wen Wang, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Seipin regulates sphingolipid synthesis at the contact site between endoplasmic reticulum and lipid droplets”
10:00 - 10:20	王中茹 Chung-Ju Rachel Wang, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “The mitosis-to-meiosis transition of pollen mother cells in maize”
10:20 - 10:50	Short talks: 陳奕霖 Dr. Yih-Lin Chen, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica “Tic236 links the chloroplast outer and inner membrane translocons” 林彥伶 Yen-Ling Lin, Academia Sinica-Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan “SUMO Protease Acts on Ribosomal Protein L30 to Regulate Cell Size Checkpoint Control” 金澤建彦, NIBB “Regulatory Mechanisms of Biogenesis of the Oil Body in Marchantia polymorpha”

Session 4	Plant-Microbe Interaction
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   9:00 - 10:50 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room G
Chairs	西條雄介 Yusuke Saijo 楊俊逸 Jun-Yi Yang +
9:00 - 9:20	寺内良平 Ryohei Terauchi, Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan “Evolutionary dynamics of rice-Magnaporthe interactions”
9:20 - 9:40	西條雄介 Yusuke Saijo, Division of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan “Pattern-triggered immunity under water stress conditions”
9:40 - 10:00	馬麗珊 Dr. Lay-Sun Ma, Institute of Plant Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Ustilago maydis effectors as probes to explore the plant processes”
10:00 - 10:20	楊俊逸 Jun-Yi Yang, Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan “The Magic Broom of Phytoplasma”
10:20 - 10:50	Short talks: 王俊達 Dr. Jiun-Da Wang, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “The nuclear carriers, importin α1 and α2, regulate anti-viral defense against Bamboo mosaic virus through RNA silencing pathway in Nicotiana benthamiana” 胡馨分 HU-SIN FEN, Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University “Investigation of mechanism of P1 protein of Potyvirus to enhance the HC-Pro-mediated miRNA pathway suppression” 上中弘典（発表者はPIに変更）, Tottori Univ. “Cell biological analysis of the infection process in symbiotic interactions between orchids and mycorrhizal fungi”

Session 5	Environmental Responses, Abiotic Stresses II
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   11:10 - 13:00 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room A
Chairs	梅澤泰史 Taishi Umezawa 陸重安 Chung-An Lu +
11:10 - 11:30	太治輝昭 Teruaki Taji, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan “Dissecting the genetic control of natural variation in acquired osmotolerance among Arabidopsis thaliana accessions”
11:30 - 11:50	葉靖輝 Ching-Hui Yeh, Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan “Expression of a heat shock protein, Oshsp16.9A, enhances thermotolerance of rice seeds”
11:50 - 12:10	韋保羅 Paul E. Verslues, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “AFL1 and other membrane-associated proteins involved in drought response”
12:10 - 12:30	余淑美 Su-May Yu, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Convergent sugar and O2 deficiency signaling regulates underwater germination in rice”
12:30 - 13:00	Short talks: 呂俊賢 Chun-Hsien Lu, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica “A Novel ABA-induced Protein Phosphatase Regulates Lateral Root Elongation and Diffusion Barriers Formation in Rice” 蔡慧萱 Huei-Hsuan Tsai, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “Scopoletin 8-Hydroxylase is a critical component of the Arabidopsis iron acquisition system” 藤原 維, Tokyo Univ. Sci. “Analysis of relationship between maintenance of heat stress memory and chromosome higher order structure”

Session 6	Evolution, Taxonomy
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   11:10 - 13:00 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room B
Chairs	長谷部光泰 Mitsuyasu Hasebe 趙淑妙 Shu-Miaw Chaw +
11:10 - 11:30	西山智明 Tomoaki Nishiyama, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Japan “Evolution of Genetic Toolkits in Land Plants: Implication by Streptophyte Genomes”
11:30 - 11:50	長谷部光泰 Mitsuyasu Hasebe, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan “Evolution of carnivory and movement in flowering plants”
11:50 - 12:10	趙淑妙 Shu-Miaw Chaw, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Stout camphor tree genome fills gaps in understanding of flowering plant evolution”
12:10 - 12:30	鍾國芳 Kuo-Fang Chung, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Paper mulberry genomics supports the “out of Taiwan” hypothesis of Austronesian expansion and migration”
12:30 - 13:00	Short talks: 黃兆立 Dr. Chao-Li Huang, Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, National Cheng Kung University “Interactions between pine-associated microbiomes and fire regime” 李承叡 Dr. Cheng-Ruei Lee, National Taiwan University “The genomic investigation of weedy Arabidopsis evolution” 豊倉浩一, Osaka Univ. “Comparative analysis of molecular network of root cortex formation in Arabidopsis and Cardamine”

Session 7	Primary and Secondary Metabolism
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   11:10 - 13:00 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room F
Chairs	出村拓 Taku Demura 中村友輝 Yuki Nakamura +
11:10 - 11:30	木羽隆敏 Takatoshi Kiba, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan “Nitrogen starvation responses in Arabidopsis: transcriptional and metabolic regulations”
11:30 - 11:50	峠隆之 Takayuki Tohge, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan “Metabolomics-assisted breeding focused on tomato secondary metabolism”
11:50 - 12:10	郭惠芬 Hui-Fen Kuo, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Intersection between inositol phosphate metabolism and phosphate signaling in Arabidopsis”
12:10 - 12:30	中村友輝 Yuki Nakamura, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “An essential methyltransferase trio in phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis”
12:30 - 13:00	Short talks: Dr. Anh Hai Ngo, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “A pair of non-specific phospholipases C, NPC2 and NPC6, involved in gametophyte development and glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis” 張雅嵐 Ya-Lan Chang, Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University “Morphological studies of floral trichome for the scent orchid Phalaenopsis bellina” 小島幸治, Tohoku Univ. “Interaction and its functional correlation of factors constituting the biosynthetic machinery of natural rubber from Hevea brasiliensis”

Session 8	Plant Hormones, Signaling Molecules
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   11:10 - 13:00 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room G
Chairs	榊原均 Hitoshi Sakakibara 謝旭亮 Hsu-Liang Hsieh +
11:10 - 11:30	笠原博幸 Hiroyuki Kasahara, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan “New insights into auxin biosynthesis and inactivation in plants”
11:30 - 11:50	Ildoo Hwang, Pohang University of Science Technology, Korea “Interplay of auxin and cytokinin signaling in vasculature development”
11:50 - 12:10	鄭萬興 Wan-Hsing Cheng, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “The SALT HYPERSENSITIVE MUTANT 1 and 9, nucleolar proteins involved in pre-rRNA processing, mediate normal plant growth and salt sensitivity through auxin and ABA signaling in Arabidopsis”
12:10 - 12:30	趙光裕 Guang-Yuh Jauh, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Mutation of Arabidopsis SAURs Impairs the Efficient Translation of Transcripts Essential for Pollen Tube Growth”
12:30 - 13:00	Short talks: 鄢志仲 Dr. Chih-Chung Yen, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “Phytosterols homeostasis, the missing piece, in brassinosteroids signaling mediated stomatal division orientation” 陳逸詩 Yi-Shih Chen, Dept. of Life Science, National Central University “MYBR is a major player in sugar feedback repression of starch breakdown during germination and seedling growth in rice” 小松愛乃, Tohoku Univ. “Transcription Factor D53 Is Involved in the Determination of the Gemma Number Formed in Gemma Cups of Marchantia polymorpha”

Session 9	Growth and Development
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   16:30 - 18:20 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room A
Chairs	伊藤寿朗 Toshiro Ito 余天心 Tien-Shin Yu +
16:30 - 16:50	塚谷裕一 Hirokazu Tsukaya, University of Tokyo, Japan “Regulation of leaf meristem”
16:50 - 17:10	伊藤寿朗 Toshiro Ito, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan “MULTISTEP TERMINATION OF FLORAL STEM CELL ACTIVITIES”
17:10 - 17:30	何金敏 Chin-Min Kimmy Ho, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Cell fate determination in asymmetrically dividing stomatal lineage cells in Arabidopsis”
17:30 - 17:50	余天心 Tien-Shin Yu, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Inter-organ communication by plant mobile mRNAs”
17:50 - 18:20	Short talks: 山田昌史 Dr. Masashi Yamada, Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica “The function of a small peptide in root meristem development in Arabidopsis” 林耀正 Dr. Yao-Cheng Lin, Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica “Coexpression analysis of curd development in cauliflower Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis” 槻木竜二, Kyoto Univ. “Genetic Analysis of Genes Influencing Stem-Cell Homeostasis in Arabidopsis”

Session 10	Gene Regulation
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   16:30 - 18:20 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room B
Chairs	中島敬二 Keiji Nakajima 吳克強 Keqiang Wu +
16:30 - 16:50	大谷美沙都 Misato Ohtani, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan “Crosstalk between pre-mRNA splicing and transcription for the cell potency regulation in plants”
16:50 - 17:10	濱田隆宏 Takahiro Hamada, University of Tokyo, Japan “AGO1 interacting proteins regulate developmental gene expression via siRNA-transposon modules”
17:10 - 17:30	蔡皇龍 Huang-Lung Tsai, National Taiwan University, Taiwan “The regulatory role of plant-specific transcription factor family BASIC PENTACYSTEINEs in Arabidopsis circadian clock”
17:30 - 17:50	吳克強 Keqiang Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan “The Arabidopsis LDL1/2-HDA6 histone modification complex is functionally associated with CCA1/LHY in regulation of circadian clock genes”
17:50 - 18:20	Short talks: 周緻雅 Chi-Nga Chow, Graduate Program in Translational Agricultural Sciences, National Cheng Kung University and Academia Sinica “PlantPAN 3.0: an updated resource for interpreting transcriptional regulatory networks from ChIP-seq experiments and integrating protein structure-based features of regulatory factors in plants” 施珏如 Chueh-Ju Shih, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “Phytochromes regulate alternative splicing through hnRNP and U1 snRNP in Physcomitrella patens” 野本友司, Nagoya Univ. “Functional analysis of a novel GRAS-type transcription factor E1M required for proper cell cycle regulation in meristem”

Session 11	Photobiology
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   16:30 - 18:20 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room F
Chairs	松下智直 Tomonao Matsushita 涂世隆 Shih-Long Tu +
16:30 - 16:50	武宮淳史 Atsushi Takemiya, Yamaguchi University, Japan “Signaling network of phototropin-regulated stomatal opening”
16:50 - 17:10	児玉豊 Yutaka Kodama, Utsunomiya University, Japan “Phototropin is thermosensory protein for chloroplast movement”
17:10 - 17:30	朱修安 Hsiu-An Chu, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Photoprotective mechanisms of the photosystem II reaction center in Cyanobacteria”
17:30 - 17:50	謝旭亮 Hsu-Liang Hsieh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan “Phytochrome B and FIN219/JAR1 antagonize each other to regulate shade light signaling in Arabidopsis”
17:50 - 18:20	Short talks: 林渤昀 Bou-Yun Lin, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “Phytochrome regulates light-responsive alternative splicing through hnRNP-F1 and an exonic splicing silencer in Physcomitrella patens” 張耿禎 Geng-Jen Jang, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “Processing bodies regulate the timely and selective translation for optimal development of Arabidopsis young seedlings” 金載旭, Kyushu Univ. “Cis-Element Analysis of Phytochrome-Mediated Alternative Promoter Selection in Arabidopsis”

Session 12	Crop Improvement
Presentation time	Friday, March 15th   16:30 - 18:20 AT: The Liberal Arts and Sciences Main Building   Room G
Chairs	佐藤豊 Yutaka Sato 洪傳揚 Chwan-Yang Hong +
16:30 - 16:50	江面浩 Hiroshi Ezura, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, Japan “Rapid breeding of important traits in tomato by gene editing technologies”
16:50 - 17:10	芦苅基行 Moto Ashikari, Nagoya University, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Japan “Trial of Rice breeding based on science”
17:10 - 17:30	林彥蓉 Yann-Rong Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan “Subtropical adaptation of a temperate plant (Brassica oleracea var. italica) utilizes non- vernalization-responsive QTLs”
17:30 - 17:50	賀端華 Tuan-Hua David Ho, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan “Rice Big Grain 1 promotes cell division to enhance organ development, stress tolerance and grain yield”
17:50 - 18:20	Short talks: Chandan Kumar Gautam, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica “Unleashing the power of IRON MAN in rice” 吳晉宇 Chin-Yu Wu, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University “Hydrogen peroxide mediates glutathione-promoted seed germination in rice” 縣歩美, Nagoya Univ. “Two quantitative trait loci for panicle length influence panicle architecture in rice”