November 09, 2023
【Call for Participants】Commemorative Symposium for the 39th International Prize for Biology
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, in collaboration with Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, will host a symposium to commemorate the 39th International Biology Award.
The International Prize for Biology was instituted in April of 1985 by the Committee on the International Prize for Biology. It aims to commemorate the sixty-year reign of Emperor Showa and his longtime devotion to biological research and also to offer tribute to His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus, who has strived over many years to advance the study taxonomy of gobioid fishes while contributing continuously to the developing of this Prize. The award ceremony is held every year.
The field of 2023 Prize is the Biology of Genomes. Dr. Durbin has developed many foundational and innovative technologies in the bioinformatics field—a discipline that combines biology and informatics—that have underpinned the advancement of biology as a data-driven science, as well as led numerous international research projects.
In this symposium and lecture, we will introduce research related to bioinformatics in commemoration of Dr. Darbin's award and discuss how genomics research is contributing to the advancement of biology. We will also have researchers from the same field give lectures, providing an overview of genomics biology.
Purpose of holding this symposium
Date：Saturday, December 16, 2023 9:30～16:50 (for researchers, in English)
Sunday, December 17, 2023 10:00～16:45 (for the public, in Japanese)
Venue：TKP Garden City PREMIUM Yokohama Landmark Tower
（2-2-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
※In-person: up to 100 participants, online delivery available
Participation fee：Free ※Pre-registration is required via the following URL for participation.
Organizer：The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Sponsor：The Genetics Society of Japa / Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan / Japanese Society for Bioinformatics
Program
Saturday, December 16, 2023 (for researchers, in English)
| 9：30～9：35 | Opening Remarks Arikawa Kentaro SOKENDAI・Executive Director | |
| 9：35～10：20 | Asai Kiyoshi
The University of Tokyo・Professor |
Genomic information deciphered by language models |
| 10：25～11：10 | Kawaguchi Risa
Kyoto University・Junior Associate Professor |
Deciphering epigenetic landscapes for variations in gene regulatory networks in mammals |
| 11：15～12：00 | Jianzhi "George" Zhang
University of Michigan・Marshall W. Nirenberg Collegiate Professor |
The loci of environmental adaptations in a model eukaryote |
| 12：00～13：00 | Break （Lunch） | |
| 13：00～13：45 | Heng Li
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School・Associate Professor |
The assembly of a human pangenome |
| 13：50～14：35 | Rémi Tournebize
French National Centre for Scientific Research / University of Toulouse Paul Sabatier・Postdoctoral Researcher |
De-composing evolution: on population structure and human history |
| 14：35～14：55 | Break | |
| 14：55～15：40 | Iwasaki Wataru
The University of Tokyo・Professor |
Bioinformatics for revealing rules behind genome evolution |
| 15：45～16：45 | Richard Durbin
University of Cambridge・Professor |
Insights from high quality genome sequencing across the tree of life |
| 16：45～16：50 | Closing Remarks Innan Hideki SOKENDAI・Director, Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science | |
| 17：00～19：00 | Reception | |
Sunday, December 17, 2023 (for the public, in Japanese)
| 10：00～10：05 | Opening Remarks Arikawa Kentaro SOKENDAI・Executive Director | |
| 10：05～10：55 |
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge・Professor |
The genome sequencing revolution in biology ※Lecture in English, simultaneous interpretation available |
| 11：00～11：35 |
Iwasaki Wataru The University of Tokyo・Professor |
生物学のデータサイエンス革命を主導する情報技術 Information Technology Leading the Data Science Revolution in Biology |
| 11：40～12：15 |
Shigenobu Shuji National Institute for Basic Biology／SOKENDAI・Professor |
変化するゲノム、進化する共生〜DNA情報から生物の相互依存関係を探る Changing Genomes, Evolving Symbiosis - Exploring the Interdependence of Organisms from DNA Information |
| 12：15～13：15 | Break （Lunch） | |
| 13：15～13：50 |
Shimizu Kana Waseda University・Professor |
ヒトゲノムデータを安全に活用するプライバシ保護技術 Privacy protection technology for secure use of human genome data |
| 13：55～14：30 |
Oota Hiroki The University of Tokyo・Professor |
ゲノム研究から明らかになった人類進化 Human Evolution Revealed by Genome Research |
| 14：30～14：45 | Break | |
| 14：45～15：20 |
Fujiwara Haruhiko The University of Tokyo・Professor |
超遺伝子が制御するアゲハのメス限定ベイツ型擬態 Supergene regulates female-only Bates-type mimicry in swallowtails |
| 15：25～16：00 |
HIRAKAWA Hideki Kazusa DNA Research Institute ・Senior Researcher |
植物のゲノム配列の解読とその応用に向けた研究 Deciphering the genome sequence of plants and its applications |
| 16：05～16：40 |
Hasebe Mitsuyasu National Institute for Basic Biology／SOKENDAI・Professor |
ゲノムからわかったオジギソウと食虫植物の進化 Genomics Reveals the Evolution of Pteridophytes and Insectivorous Plants |
| 16：40～16：45 | Closing Remarks Innan Hideki SOKENDAI・Director, Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science | |