Activities Events

7th KEPLR Seminar Series Held

TSUCHIKANE Yuki

Jan. 26, 2024

At KEPLR, seminars are held targeting participating research laboratories, with the aim of fostering connections among participants. The 7th seminar was organized by TsuchimatsuG and took place at the University of Tokyo.

Details:
Date and Time: January 22, 2024, from 16:00
Location: Room 223, Building 2, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo

From 16:00: Seminar
Tsuchimatsu (PI): Overview of the research undertaken at the Plant Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory (https://plantecoevo-utokyo.jp/).
Suda (M1): Discussion on the demography and local adaptation of Hakusan Hatatazao through population genomics analysis.
From 17:30: Tour of the Plant Cultivation Room

The 6th KEPLR Seminar Series was Held

TSUCHIKANE Yuki

Dec. 25, 2023

The 6th KEPLR Seminar Series, organized by Prof. Nasuda, was held at Kyoto University.Over 20 participants, including Prof. Kohchi of the Kohchi Group, attended the event.

Participants visited the Kyoto University Farm and the indoor cultivation room for wheat plants at the Faculty of Agriculture. The seminar was held at the 'Former Head Office of Forest Research Station' (a building constructed in 1931 and registered as a tangible cultural property of the country in 1998). Here, research presentations were made by members of the Nasuda group, followed by discussions among the participants.

Program:
Date and Time: December 22, 2023, from 14:00
Location: Conference Room, Former Head Office of Forest Research Station, North Campus, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
[https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/north-campus-map]

14:00: Tour of the Kyoto University Farm and the indoor cultivation room for wheat plants (Koichi Yamamori:PD, Kanata Senoo:B4)
15:30 onwards:
[Introduction] Our Goals: Developing an Analytical Group Utilizing Diversity, Fertility as a Result of Reproduction, Yield, Gametogenesis, etc. (Shuhei Nasuda:Professor)
[Topic 1] Predicting Yield and Analyzing Pollen Counts (Haruki Kojima:M1)
[Topic 2] RNAseq Analysis of Anthers and Pollen (Koichi Yamamori:PD)
[Topic 3] Imaging Approaches to the Mechanism of Action of Gametocidal Genes (Kazuki Murata:Assistant professor)

KEPLR Kick-Off Meeting Zurich

TSUCHIKANE Yuki

Dec. 1, 2023

The kick-off meeting in Europe was organized by Vice-Director Professor Ueli Grossniklaus. It took place on November 21, 2023, at the University of Zurich in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, with 69 attendees.

At the symposium, lectures were given by KEPLR members. During the poster session, discussions took place between the presenters, who are young researchers, and other researchers.

Kengo Sakurai (Iwata Group) won a poster award Doctoral student Kengo Sakurai (IwataG) received an poster award at the Interdisciplinary Strategic Partnership Tokyo – Zurich Symposium 2023

TSUCHIKANE Yuki

Oct. 16, 2023

The Interdisciplinary Strategic Partnership Tokyo – Zurich Symposium 2023 was held, featuring a Poster Session with 31 presenters. Kengo Sakurai, a doctoral student in the Iwata Group, won an award for his presentation titled 「Crossing Strategy for Plant Breeding」.


Name of the award: “Interdisciplinary Strategic Partnership Tokyo – Zurich Symposium 2023” Poster Award

Presentation title: 「Crossing Strategy for Plant Breeding」
1Kengo Sakurai, 2Kosuke Hamazaki, 1Minoru Inamori, 3Akito Kaga, 1Hiroyoshi Iwata

1 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
2 RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), RIKEN
3 Institute of Crop Science, Natural Agriculture and Food Research Organization

The 2024 Vienna BioCenter Summer School

TSUCHIKANE Yuki

Dec. 2, 2023

The application process for the Vienna BioCenter Summer School, set to take place in 2024, has begun