RCGB Conference Research Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Tokyo Metropolitan University Title: Prospect of Genomics and Bioinformatics Organizer: Koichiro Tamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University) Date and time: 10:00-17:15, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Place: International House, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-osawa, Tokyo Language to be used: English
List of Speakers (confirmed)
Hwee Kuan Lee (Bioinformatics Institute - A*Star, Singapore) Frank Eisenhaber (Bioinformatics Institute - A*Star, Singapore) Sudhir Kumar (Arizona State University, USA) Toshiro Aigaki (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Koichiro Tamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Aya Takahashi (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Shin Haruta (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Ryutaro Miyagi (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Yosuke Seto (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Nanako Kanno (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
Conference Program
10:00-10:05	Opening Remarks Yutaka Okabe (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Session 1: chaired by Koichiro Tamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
10:05-10:45 10:45-11:25	Autonomous microscopy and computer vision for biological studies Hwee Kuan Lee (Bioinformatics Institute - A*Star) When will we understand the human genome? From gene function and pathway discovery to patient-specific mutation interpretation Frank Eisenhaber (Bioinformatics Institute - A*Star)
11:25-12:05	Methods and tools for estimating molecular timetrees of life Sudhir Kumar (Arizona State University)
12:05-13:30	Lunch
Session 2: chaired by Aya Takahashi (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
13:30-14:00	Genetic regulation of body size in Drosophila Toshiro Aigaki (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
14:00-14:30	Molecular mechanism and evolution of cold tolerance in Drosophila Koichiro Tamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Session 3: chaired by Toshiro Aigaki (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 15:30-15:45	Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory mutations affecting gene expression in males and females of Drosophila melanogaster Aya Takahashi (Tokyo Metropolitan University) Environmental DNA analysis: To help or to hinder cultivation of novel microorganisms Shin Haruta (Tokyo Metropolitan University) Tea Break
Session 4: chaired by Shin Haruta (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
15:45-16:15 16:15-16:45	Cis-regulatory changes in a dopamine synthesis gene, ebony, responsible for pigmentation variation in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster Ryutaro Miyagi (Tokyo Metropolitan University) Comparative transcriptome analysis for immune response against fungal infection in two Drosophila species Yosuke Seto (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
16:45-17:15	Metabolomic analysis of purple photosynthetic bacteria under carbon starvation conditions Nanako Kanno (Tokyo Metropolitan University)