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The 397th Symposium on Sustainable Humanosphere
Bioengineering of lignocellulose for clean energy production: perspectivesand opportunities

Update: 2019/02/05

Date 2019-02-27/28
Place Wood Composite Hall, RISH, Kyoto University.

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Programme

Feb. 27th, Wed.

13:00–13:10 Opening Remarks by Toshiaki UMEZAWA (RISH, Kyoto U.)
Chair: Jinshan GUI (Shanghai Inst. Plant Physiol. Ecol., CAS)
13:10–13:45 Current and future of genome engineering in agricultural products
Keishi Osakabe (Fac. Biosci. Bioind., Tokushima U.)
13:45–14:20 Genome editing for improvement of plant responses to abiotic stresses
Yuriko Osakabe (Fac. Biosci. Bioind., Tokushima U.)
14:20–14:55 Cultivar-independent gene editing in wheat through biolistics-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 delivery to meristematic cells
Haruyasu Hamada (KANEKA Co.)
14:55–15:10 Coffee Break
Chair: Shiro Suzuki (RISH, Kyoto U.)
15:10–15:45 Target mutagenesis in Cryptomeria japonica (sugi) using the CRISPR/Cas9 system
Yoshihiko Nanasato (Forestry Forest Prod. Res. Inst.)
15:45–16:20 Simultaneous editing of multiple genes in trees
Jiayan Sun (Shanghai Inst. Plant Physiol. Ecol., CAS)
16:20–16:35 Coffee Break
Chair: Masahiro Sakamoto (Grad. Sch. Agric., Kyoto U.)
16:35–17:10 Comparison of expression profile of grain and sweet sorghum by using CAGE methods
Minami Matsui (CSRS, RIKEN)
17:10–17:45 Search for nitrogen status biomarkers in sorghum plants
Masaru Kobayashi (Grad. Sch. Agric., Kyoto U.)

Feb. 28th, Thu.

Chair: Yuriko Osakabe (Fac. Biosci. Bioind., Tokushima U.)
09:00–09:35 Regulation of plant cell wall thickeneing in plants
Laigeng Li (Shanghai Inst. Plant Physiol. Ecol., CAS)
09:35–10:10 CRISPR/Cas9 approaches to understand secondary cell wall formation in wood fibers in poplar
Naoki Takata (Forestry Forest Prod. Res. Inst.)
10:10–10:45 Exploratory study of bamboo flowering mechanism
Masahiro Sakamoto (Grad. Sch. Agric., Kyoto U.)
10:45–11:00 Coffee Break
Chair: Naoki Takata (Forestry Forest Prod. Res. Inst.)
11:00–11:35 Cell type specific modification of lignin biosynthesis
Jinshan Gui (Shanghai Inst. Plant Physiol. Ecol., CAS)
11:35–12:10 Exploring lignin biosynthesis and bioengineering in grasses
Yuki Tobimatsu (RISH, Kyoto U.)
12:10–12:15 Closing Remarks by Keishi Osakabe (Fac. Biosci. Bioind., Tokushima U)

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