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)

In this symposium, speakers will show know-how to develop tissue culture and transgenic systems in recalcitrant plants.

  • Construction of a new transformation method in a non-model plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
    Hiraku Suda (Saitama University)
  • New strategy to the transformation and genome editing of potato and tomato
    Hiroaki Shimada (Tokyo University of Science)
  • Establishing efficient tissue culture and transformation method for Eustoma: What are the factors that affect efficiency?
    Norihiro Ohtsubo (Kyoto Prefectural University)
  • Simple and useful tips for the success in plant tissue cultures
    Shinjiro Ogita (Prefectural University of Hiroshima)

—DX for Plant Biotechnology—

Organizer: Kentaro Yano (Meiji University)

This symposium introduces the state-of-the-art bio-DX methods for accumulation and analysis of comprehensive omic data and knowledge-based information on crops and model plants.

  • Our efforts for bio DX research to improve plant functions
    Yasukazu Nakamura (National Institute of Genetics)
  • Integration of knowledge-based information of genes and omics data with the AI-text mining approach
    Kentaro Yano (Meiji University)
  • Construction of the agronomically important rice gene catalog and prospects
    Yoshihiro Kawahara (NARO)
  • Using AI for high throughput plant phenotyping
    Wei Guo (The University of Tokyo)
  • Identification of nematode resistance genes and construction of breeding technology in the hexaploid sweetpotato
    Yuki Monden (Okayama University)

—Digital technology for plant phenotyping—

Organizers: Noriko Inada (Osaka Metropolitan University), Yuzuko Izumi (Osaka Metropolitan University)

The complexity of plant shapes, such as a series of thin branches and thin leaves, has made it difficult to measure and describe their shapes. In recent years, however, the development of digital technology, especially machine learning and image recognition technology, has established techniques to represent and measure plant shapes. In this symposium, we will introduce the latest plant shape measurement techniques and discuss how these techniques will develop in the future.

  • Development of a non-destructive phenotyping platform of root system for the breeding of climate-resilient crops
    Yusaku Uga (NARO)
  • Model-based plant phenotyping theories and techniques using morphometric descriptors
    Koji Noshita (Kyushu University)
  • Plant trait measurement using image recognition technology
    Yuzuko Utsumi (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • Phase response field technology for plant circadian clock
    Hirokazu Fukuda (Osaka Metropolitan University)
  • Reconstructing plant shoot structure from images
    Fumio Okura (Osaka University)

—Researches using diverse algae to realize a sustainable society—

Organizers: Daisaku Ohta (Osaka Metropolitan University), Kentaro Ifuku (Kyoto University)

Microalgae have been expected as the next generation of bio-resources because of their high productivity and the fact that they do not compete with food use. Recent progress in genome deciphering and genetic modification technology has expanded the possibilities for the use of a wide variety of algae. In this symposium, we will introduce the progress made in both application and basic research for the social implementation of material production by microalgae.

  • MATSURI project: What CHITOSE GROUP does to develop a society based on microalgae”
    Takanori Hoshino (Chitose Laboratory Corp.)
  • Direct material production from CO2 using cyanobacteria and microalgae
    Tomohisa Hasunuma (Kobe University)
  • Development of biosafety system for the practical application of genetically modified microalgae: a synthetic phosphorus metabolic pathway for biological containment
    Ryuichi Hirota (Hiroshima University)
  • Development of sulfuric hot spring algae Cyanidiales for industrial use
    Shin-ya Miyagishima (National Institute of Genetics)
  • Optimization of photosynthetic machinery in a diatom Chaetoceros sp. for the material production
    Kentaro Ifuku (Kyoto University)

—Plant biotechnology×synthetic biology—

Organizers: Nobutaka Mitsuda (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Toshiya Muranaka (Osaka University)

New organisms beyond simple genetically modified organisms have been emerging based on the recent leaps of genetic engineering and cell manipulation. Such studies have been usually performed in micro-organisms but begun to be done also in higher plants. This symposium will focus on the studies incorporating the concept of such “synthetic biology” in plant biotechnology field.

  • Introduction
    Toshiya Muranaka (Osaka University)
  • Synthetic biology in plant (from basic research to business)
    Takahiko Hayakawa (Mitsubishi Chemical Research Corporation)
  • Production of medicinal ingredients in Escherichia coli
    Hiromichi Minami (Ishikawa Prefectural University）
  • Microbial production of plant prenylated polyphenols using synthetic biology
    Ryosuke Munakata (Kyoto University)
  • Exploring alkaloid biosynthesis pathway through genome structure
    Mami Yamazaki (Chiba University)
  • Creation of functional plants by reconstructing metabolic pathways
    Masami Yokota Hirai (RIKEN）
  • Generation of animal and plant fusion cells using synthetic biological techniques
    Sachihiro Matsunaga (The University of Tokyo)
  • In planta biosynthesis of artificial cell wall by genetic manipulation
    Nobutaka Mitsuda (AIST)
  • Perspective
    Nobutaka Mitsuda (AIST)