Program

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Updated on September 28, 2023.

SCHEDULE

Oct. 8 (Sunday) at IPSR, Okayama University

15:00-18:00 Registration Open
Mixer; Refreshments will be provided.
16:00 Tour of IPSR
17:00 Evening meetings
18:00 Dinner on your own

Oct. 9 (Monday, National Holiday of Japan) at Kurashiki Geibunkan Hall

 9:00 Registration Open
10:00 Welcome address, technical announcements  Kazuhiro Sato
Session I (Morphology I, Chair: Robbie Waugh)
10:10 Nils Stein (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK))
“The genetic control of short rachilla hair 1
10:40 Mats Hansson (Lund University)
“Identification of a dense spike gene deficient in Japanese landraces and in a Scandinavian barley collection”
11:00 Takao Komatsuda (Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
“Identification of Super-open flowering 1 mutant gene in barley”
11:20 Matthew Tucker (University of Adelaide)
“Establishing a genetic blueprint for floral organ development in barley”
11:40 Hiroyuki Tsuji (Nagoya University)
“Surgical manipulation of barley inflorescence meristem”
12:00 Lunch & Poster Preparation
Session II (Morphology II, Chair: Mats Hansson)
14:00 Thorsten Schnurbusch (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK))
“Genetic factors controlling grain number per spike”
14:30 Agatha Walla (Institute of Plant Genetics, Heinrich Heine University)
“Hunting the Hidden: Exploring a Developmental Gene in Barley”
14:50 Muhammad Awais (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK))
“Genetic control of awn roughness in barley”
15:10 Shun Sakuma (Tottori University)
“Mutant collections derived from wild barley with chronic irradiation accelerate gene cloning”
15:30 Coffee and Poster view
Session III (Physiology and Quality, Chair: Nils Stein)
16:10 Jian Feng Ma (IPSR, Okayama University)
“Exploring mineral transporter genes for better and safe barley production”
16:40 Kelly Houston (The James Hutton Institute)
“HvHKT1;5 mutants show improved grain characteristics and maintain biomass
under K stress compared to Wt, can Na substitute for K as a fertiliser?”
17:00 Qiufang Shen (Zhejiang University)
“Ca2+ signal pathway negatively regulates barley salt tolerance”
17:20 Zhou Zhou (McGill University)
“Interplay of starch debranching enzyme and its inhibitor is mediated by Redox-Activated SPL transcription factor”
17:40 Morten Egevang Jørgensen (Carlsberg Research Laboratory)
“Natural and induced variations in the grain dormancy gene MKK3
18:30 Dinner (@ Chateau de Felicion)

Oct. 10 (Tuesday) at Kurashiki Geibunkan Hall

 8:30 Registration Open
8:50-9:20 Poster presentation I (odd numbers)
9:20-9:50 Poster presentation II (even numbers)
Session IV (Morphology I, Chair: Chengdao Li)
10:00 Martin Mascher (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK))
“How will cheap genome sequences help mutant research?”
10:30 Soichiro Asuke (Kobe University)
“Cloning of Rmo2, a gene for resistance in barley to various host species-specific pathotypes of the blast fungus”
10:50 Brian J. Steffenson (University of Minnesota)
“Genome-wide Association Mapping of Leaf Rust Resistance in Wild Barley Based on Whole Genome Sequence Data”
11:10 Guillermo Garcia Gimenez (La Trobe University)
“Manipulation of mixed-linkage (1,3;1,4)-β-glucan in barley using gene editing technology”
11:30 Miriam Schreiber (The James Hutton Institute)
“Using whole genome shotgun sequencing to explore mutants of the Bomwan NIL collection”
11:50 Christoph Dockter (Carlsberg Research Laboratory)
“JUST FIND-IT. Harnessing the powers of induced mutagenesis”
12:10 Lunch
13:40 Poster removal
Session V (Morphology II, Chair: Martin Mascher)
14:00 Robbie Waugh (The James Hutton Institute)
“Rapid evolution of domesticated barley”
14:30 Paolo Pesaresi (University of Milano)
“Boosting photosynthesis to deliver next generation barley plants for the circular bioeconomy”
14:50 Chengdao Li (Murdoch University)
“Utilization of mutation genes in Australian barley breeding”
15:10 Ping Yang (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
“HTX mutagenesis population for forward and reverse genetic studies in barley”
15:30 Lingzhen Ye (Zhejiang University)
HvGA20ox2 Synergistically Regulates Plant Height and Malt Quality Traits in Barley.”
15:50

Closing, Poster prize giving Kazuhiro Sato

17:00 Clearing

Poster presentation

Poster No.
 
Name  (Affiliation)
P01   Fumitaka Abe  (NARO, Japan)
P02   Olga A. Andrzejczak  (Aarhus University, Denmark)
P03   Cancelled
P04   Therése Bengtsson  (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
P05   Hongwu Bian, Ning Han  (Zhejiang University, China)
P06   Ling Chen/ Shingo Nakamura  (NARO, Japan)
P07   Wan-Yi Chiou  (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
P08   Shaun Clare  (Washington State University, USA)
P09   Ammar Elakhdar  (Kyushu University, Japan)
P10   Takashi Hirayama  (Okayama University, Japan)
P11   Hiroshi Hisano  (Okayama University, Japan)
P12   Hengliang Huang  (Okayama University, Japan)
P13   M Thoihidul Islam  (Kobe University, Japan)
P14   Jun Ito  (KIBR, Yokohama City University, Japan)
P15   Dana Jawdat  (Atomic Energy Commission of Syria)
P16   Katsuyuki Kakeda  (Mie University, Japan)
P17   Makoto Kihara  (Sapporo Breweries LTD., Japan)
P18   Mitsuko Kishi-Kaboshi  (NARO, Japan)
P19   Ryo Matsushima  (Okayama University, Japan)
P20   Brigid Meints  (Oregon State University, USA)
P21   Kohei Mishina  (Tottori University, Japan)
P22   Koki Nakamura  (Okayama University, Japan)
P23   Masaru Nakata  (NARO, Japan)
P24   Shuhei Nasuda  (Kyoto University, Japan)
P25   Kazusa Nishimura  (Okayama University, Japan)
P26   Maho Okuma  (Okayama University, Japan)
P27   Daisuke Saisho  (Okayama University, Japan)
P28   Mitsuhiro Shibamura  (Sapporo Breweries LTD., Japan)
P29   Shin Taketa  (Okayama University, Japan)
P30   Yerlan Turuspekov  (Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Kazakhstan)
P31   Ronja Wonneberger  (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
P32   Ya-Lun Xie  (Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
P33   Hongjing Zhu  (Chiba University, Japan)
P34   Yutaka Sato, NBRP-Rice  (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)
P35   Kentaro Yoshida, NBRP-Wheat  (Kyoto University, Japan)
P36   Hiroshi Hisano, NBRP-Barley  (Okayama University, Japan)