The 39th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology will be held from September 11th to 13th, 2022 at Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) in Sakai, Osaka

Program

International Symposium on Genome Editing (Osaka International Convention Center)

—Frontiers of plant genome editing: a roadmap for social implementation (Tentative Title)—

Public Symposium (Osaka Metropolitan University Nakamozu Campus)

—Foodtech and agritech-innovation through plant biotechnology—

Symposium

—Key points for developing a plant tissue culture and transformation protocol on your own: what to learn from successful examples—
Organizers: Yoshihiko Nanasato (Forest Research and Management Organization), Shuhei Yasumoto (Osaka University)

—DX for plant biotechnology—
Organizer: Kentaro Yano (Meiji University)

—Digital technology for plant phenotyping—
Organizers: Noriko Inada (Osaka Metropolitan University), Yuzuko Utsumi (Osaka Metropolitan University)

—Contribution of algal diversity research to a sustainable society—
Organizers: Daisaku Ohta (Osaka Metropolitan University), Kentaro Ifuku (Kyoto University)

—Plant biotechnology × synthetic biology—
Organizers: Nobutaka Mitsuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Toshiya Muranaka (Osaka University)

Luncheon seminar

—Current status of gender equality in research fields—
Organizer: Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology
Representative: Yuki Yanagawa (Chiba University)
Presenter: Yuki Sudo (The Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering, Okayama University)

—The sale of genome-edited tomatoes: challenges and future developments—
Presenter: Minako Sumiyoshi (Sanatech Seed Co., Ltd.)