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Biodiversity plays a central role in humankind's interaction with the biosphere, lying at the heart of all ecosystem structure and functioning. Biodiversity describes the variability and connectivity of life across different levels (from bacteria to plants and animals) and dimensions (from genetic to ecological and from taxonomic to functional). Since biodiversity covers genomic information, it allows reconstruction the past natural history of species and communities. Since biodiversity reflects the genetic variability of species, it governs their present–day adaptability. Since biodiversity determines which species coexist and how they interact, it underpins ecological processes and emergent patterns. Since biodiversity can enhance ecosystem productivity, it is vital for managing wild and cultured living resources. Since biodiversity influences how redundantly ecological functions are represented within ecosystems, it shapes their resilience to anthropogenic impacts. And finally, since biodiversity inspires a sense of awe and wonders about the richness and complexity of the natural world, it contributes to human wellbeing and our respect for nature. This workshop will bring together practitioners and enthusiasts of biodiversity research from Tohoku University and OIST to illuminate this fascinating theme from multiple angles, with the aim of discovering complementary perspectives and collaborative opportunities.
Date
Monday, October 24, 2022 – Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Venue
On–site: TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University
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Online (Zoom Meeting): Hosted by Tohoku Forum for Creativity
Poster Session (On–site Only): Sakura Hall 1F, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University
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Capacity
Online: 200
* On–site participation is open only for those who have a presentation, due to COVID preventive measures.
Registration
Registration deadline: Thursday, October 20, 2022, 15:00 (JST)
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* Registration for online participants. Speakers and poster presenters don't need to fill in the registration form.
Speakers
Gaurav Agavekar (OIST)
Lazzat Aibekova (OIST)
Cheryl Ames (Tohoku University)
Colin Anthony (Tohoku University; University of Guam)
David Armitage (OIST)
Jigyasa Arora (OIST)
Tracy Audisio (OIST)
Kanako Bessho–Uehara (Tohoku University)
Otis Brunner (OIST)
Ulf Dieckmann (OIST)
Evan Economo (OIST)
Wenbin Gu (Tohoku University)
Pei–Chi Ho (Tohoku University)
Minoru Ikeda (Tohoku University)
Aiko Iwasaki (Tohoku University)
Jamie Kass (OIST)
Julian Katzke (OIST)
Kazutaka Kawatsu (Tohoku University)
Michio Kondoh (Tohoku University)
Gaku Kumano (Tohoku University)
Nicholas Luscombe (OIST)
Shinichiro Maruyama (Tohoku University)
Aki Masunaga (OIST)
Hiroaki Murakami (Tohoku University)
Makoto Osada (Tohoku University)
Yurie Otake (Tohoku University)
Simone Pigolotti (OIST)
Charles Plessy (OIST)
Timothy Ravasi (OIST)
Samuel Ross (OIST)
Lauren Sallan (OIST)
Gustavo Sanchez (OIST)
Maria Santos (OIST)
Noriyuki Satoh (OIST)
Naoto Shinohara (Tohoku University)
Kozue Shiomi (Tohoku University)
Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)
Asako Sugimoto (Tohoku University)
Chikatoshi Sugimoto (OIST)
Hayato Yokoi (Tohoku University)
Mari Yotsu–Yamashita (Tohoku University)
Fabienne Ziadi (OIST)
Lucia Zifcakova (OIST)
Abstract
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Time Schedule
- Monday, October 24, 2022
- Chair: Michio Kondoh (Tohoku University)
- 09:00 – 09:05
- Welcome Remarks
- Motoko Kotani (Executive Vice President for Research, Tohoku University)
- 09:05 – 09:50
- Panel Discussion
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Moderators:
· Ulf Dieckmann (OIST)
· Michio Kondoh (Tohoku University)
Panelists:
· David Armitage (OIST)
· Makoto Osada (Tohoku University)
· Lauren Sallan (OIST)
· Asako Sugimoto (Tohoku University)
- 09: 50 – 10:00
- Break
- 10:00 – 10:10
- Look back at the two preceding joint workshops and at the big picture of the institutional collaboration
- Timothy Ravasi (OIST)
- 10:10 – 10:20
- Thematic Program Overview
- Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)
- Talk Session 1
- Chair: Nicholas Luscombe (OIST)
- 10:20 – 10:55
- Evan Economo (OIST) [Online]
- Treasure–maps, trap–jaws, and the metaverse: biodiversity science in the big data era
- 10:55 – 11:10
- Pei–Chi Ho (Tohoku University)
- Stoichiometry of leaf litter leachate affects microbial dynamics and heterotrophic/autotrophic activity in freshwater microbial community
- 11:10 – 11:25
- Tracy Audisio (OIST)
- Genome evolution in termites
- 11:25 – 12:00
- Makoto Osada (Tohoku University)
- Gonadotropin–releasing hormone, GnRH –functional evolution and diversity–
- 12:00 – 13:00
- Lunch Break
- Talk Session 2
- Chair: Makoto Osada (Tohoku University)
- 13:00 – 13:35
- Mari Yotsu–Yamashita (Tohoku University)
- Prediction of biosynthetic pathways of major marine toxins based on their structural diversity
- 13:35 – 13:50
- Shinichiro Maruyama (Tohoku University)
- Microalgal environmental responses underlying molecular interactions in coral–algal symbiosis
- 13:50 – 14:05
- Jigyasa Arora (OIST)
- Temporal variation of microbial community assembly is driven by drift and selection: A meta–analysis
- 14:05 – 14:40
- Nicholas Luscombe (OIST)
- Extraordinary genomic turbulence in larvaceans
- 14:40 – 14:55
- Break
- Talk Session 3
- Chair: Lauren Sallan (OIST)
- 14:55 – 15:30
- Michio Kondoh (Tohoku University)
- Exploring the structure and dynamics of ecological systems: The Minimalist Approach
- 15:30 – 15:45
- Simone Pigolotti (OIST) [Online]
- How physical forces shape microbial biodiversity
- 15:45 – 16:00
- Aiko Iwasaki (Tohoku University)
- Toward prediction of impact of large and infrequent disturbances on systems
- 16:00 – 16:15
- Samuel Ross (OIST)
- Patterns and drivers of stability responses to environmental change
- Lightning Talks
- Chair: Minoru Ikeda (Tohoku University)
- 16:15 – 16:18
- Wenbin Gu (Tohoku University)
- Characterization of glycoprotein hormones and receptor pathway in reproductive development of scallop, Mizuhopecten yessoensis
- 16:18 – 16:21
- Lucia Zifcakova (OIST)
- Active microbiome of squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana
- 16:21 – 16:24
- Colin Anthony (Tohoku University; University of Guam)
- Acclimation dynamics of coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis in situ
- 16:24 – 16:27
- Aki Masunaga (OIST)
- The cosmopolitan appendicularian Oikopleura dioica reveals hidden genetic diversity around the globe
- 16:27 – 16:30
- Charles Plessy (OIST)
- Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of species diversity: the case of the planktonic tunicate Oikopleura dioica
- 16:30 – 16:33
- Julian Katzke (OIST)
- Predation drives the morphological diversity of ant mandibles
- 16:33 – 16:36
- Kanako Bessho–Uehara (Tohoku University)
- Evolutionary relationship between gall inducing insect and host plants
- 16:36 – 16:39
- Gaurav Agavekar (OIST)
- Exploring the genomic correlates of the convergent evolution of an ultrafast biomechanical innovation in ants
- 16:39 – 16:42
- Maria Santos (OIST)
- Global diversity of coral symbiosis
- 16:42 – 16:45
- Yurie Otake (Tohoku University)
- An AI system for identifying and enumerating freshwater zooplankton species
- 16:45 – 16:48
- Gustavo Sanchez (OIST) [Online]
- Bobtail squid diversity and evolution
- 17:00 – 18:00
- Poster Session [Presentation List]
- Tuesday, October 25, 2022
- 09:50 – 10:00
- Reflections on the three joint workshops
- Timothy Ravasi (OIST)
- Talk Session 4
- Chair: Mari Yotsu–Yamashita (Tohoku University)
- 10:00 – 10:35
- Ulf Dieckmann (OIST)
- Eco–evolutionary dynamics　for understanding biodiversity patterns and processes
- 10:35 – 10:50
- Cheryl Ames (Tohoku University)
- Evolution and functional ecology of solar–powered jellyfish and their cassiosomes
- 10:50 – 11:05
- Gaku Kumano (Tohoku University)
- Branching morphogenesis of medusa tentacles in the jellyfish species Cladonema pacificum
- 11:05 – 11:20
- Fabienne Ziadi (OIST)
- Cryptic species diversity of deep–sea dogfishes in Japan
- 11:20 – 11:35
- Kazutaka Kawatsu (Tohoku University)
- Does generality exist in biodiversity dynamics: a time–series analysis of dynamical similarity with ANEMONE dataset
- 11:35 – 11:50
- David Armitage (OIST)
- Microbiome diversity improves host functioning in a plant–microbe mutualism
- 11: 50 – 13:00
- Lunch Break
- Talk Session 5
- Chair: Noriyuki Satoh (OIST)
- 13:00 – 13:35
- Lauren Sallan (OIST)
- Analyzing the fossil record to reveal the evolution of marine biodiversity
- 13:35 – 13:50
- Naoto Shinohara (Tohoku University)
- How phytoplankton diversity is maintained in a lake
- 13:50 – 14:05
- Jamie Kass (OIST)
- Breakdown of ant community seasonal patterns with land–cover change across an island–wide monitoring network in Okinawa
- 14:05 – 14:20
- Chikatoshi Sugimoto (OIST) [Online]
- Origin and diversification of Ryukyuan citrus by hybridization and apomixis
- 14:20 – 14:35
- Hayato Yokoi (Tohoku University)
- Flatfish metamorphosis: molecular basis underlying unique morphogenesis leading to asymmetric body plan
- 14:35 – 15:10
- Asako Sugimoto (Tohoku University)
- What nematode genomes can teach us about phenotypic evolution
- 15:10 – 15:25
- Break
- Talk Session 6
- Chair: Asako Sugimoto (Tohoku University)
- 15:25 – 16:00
- Minoru Ikeda (Tohoku University)
- The Sanriku Coast as a marine phylogeographic research field
- 16:00 – 16:15
- Lazzat Aibekova (OIST)
- Morphological adaptations associated with the evolution of forward jumping in ants
- 16:15 – 16:30
- Kozue Shiomi (Tohoku University)
- Possible link between brain size and flight mode in birds: Does soaring ease the energetic limitation of the brain?
- 16:30 – 17:05
- Noriyuki Satoh (OIST)
- Horizontal gene transfer in evolution of an animal phylum
- 17:05 – 17:20
- Hiroaki Murakami (Tohoku University)
- Substantial seasonal intrusion of marine fish species elucidated by environmental DNA metabarcoding in Yura River, Kyoto
- 17:20 – 17:35
- Otis Brunner (OIST)
- Dispersal's Role in Structuring Diversity at Hydrothermal Vents, a Model System for Studying Connectivity and Conservation
- 17:35 – 17:40
- Closing Remarks
- Nicholas Luscombe (Dean of Research, OIST)
- Wednesday, October 26, 2022
- Excursion
- Integrated Terrestrial Field Station (Kawatabi Field Center), Field Science Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
For all speakers and poster presenters
Please submit your abstract via the following link:
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* You can download the abstract templates and find the guidelines in the form.
Deadline: Monday, October 17, 12:00 JST, 2022
For poster session presenters
All presenters need to participate physically in the poster session.
* Please print out your poster and bring it to the venue.
** Required size: A0 size, 84.1 cm wide x 118.8 cm high
For Lightning Talks
Please prepare a 3–min short presentation to summarize your poster.
Co–hosted by
Office of the Dean of Research, OIST
Contact
E–mail: tfc_webinar2*tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)