Program

JST-ALCA the 2nd International Symposium

Plant Cell Wall Engineering
---Towards Reduction of CO2 Emission---

 

Date&Time: 20th, Mar 2019, 10:00~18:00 + Post-meeting party

Venue: Koganei Campus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Speakers: 

Detailed schedule will be announced later. Speakers may be changed.

 

Session I. Chair: Prof. Shinya Kajita

Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)

10:00-10:05 Opening Remarks

10:05-10:25 Dr. Nobutaka Mitsuda

BPRI, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 

“Zero-based wood engineering in plant”

 

10:25-11:00 Dr. Ghazanfar Khan

Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

“Cellulose biosynthesis regulation by environmental factors”

 

 

11:00-11:35 Prof. Taku Demura 

Graduate School of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)

“Multiomics analysis of xylem secondary cell wall formation”

11:35-12:00 Dr. Naoki Takata 

Forest Bio-Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)

“Wood formation and engineering in poplar”

 

12:00-13:00 Lunch

 

Session II. Chair: Dr. Nobutaka Mitsuda

BPRI, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 

13:00-13:35 Prof. Markus Pauly 

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)

“Engineering plant hemicellulose biosynthesis in yeast”

13:35-14:10 Prof. Toshihisa Kotake

Graduate School of Science and Technology, Saitama University

“Specific degradation of type II arabinogalactan with fungal exo-beta-1,3-galactanase in Arabidopsis”

14:10-14:45 Dr. Chang-Jun Liu

Brookhaven National Laboratory

“Deciphering macromolecular organization and redox partners of cytochrome P450 enzymes for lignin engineering”

14:45-15:20 Prof. Toshiaki Umezawa

Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University

“Lignin metabolic engineering for grass lignocellulose valorization”

 

15:20-15:35 Coffee Break

Session III. Chair: Prof. Eiji Masai

Faculty of Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology

15:35-16:10 Dr. Aymerick Eudes

Joint BioEnergy Institute / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

“Production of the platform chemical muconic acid in plant biomass: Stacking low recalcitrance and co-products.”

16:10-16:45 Prof. Naofumi Kamimura & Dr. Shingo Sakamoto

Faculty of Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology & BPRI, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

“Exploration of novel genetic resources for lignin engineering”

 

16:45-17:20 Prof. Shawn D. Mansfield

Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia

“Manipulating carbon flux to valorize lignin”

17:20-17:55 Prof. Shinya Kajita

Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)

“SEKIZAISOU: the first reported natural mutant with abnormal lignin structure in the world?”

17:55-18:00 Closing Remarks
18:30-20:00 Post-meeting party (Fee: 3,500 JPY)