NIG Meeting: Evolution of Junk DNAs

Dates: Saturday, June 22nd and Sunday, June 23rd
Place: Auditorium, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima

How to get to National Institute of Genetics = 
http://www.nig.ac.jp/about/map.html (in Japanese)

Anyone is welcome for attending this workshop.
All talks will be in English.
Lunchboxes (500 yen per box) on Saturday and Sunday are available upon reservation.
Dinner Party on Saturday is open to anyone. Paticipation fee is 3000 yen.
Please contact Ms Mizuguchi Masako (mmizuguc@nig.ac.jp) for reserving lunch boxes and/or dinner party.

Program
Saturday, June 22nd
10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks
10:10 - 12: 10 Session 1: Drosophila (Chair: Dr. Akashi)
Dr. Akashi Hiroshi: Test for tissue-specific codon usage adaptation in Drosophila
Dr. Takahashi Aya: Genome-wide expression analyses using allelic samples from a natural population of Drosophila 
Dr. Nozawa Masafumi: Evolution of microRNAs and their targets in Drosophila species
Dr. Takano Toshiyuki: Gene expression noise in the Drosophila testis

12:10 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 15:30 Session 2: Junk DNA I (Chair: Dr. Gojobori)
Dr. Gojobori Takashi: The world view of Susumu Ohno
Dr. Hayashizaki Yoshihide: Functional RNA produced from junk DNA
Dr. Ohta Tomoko: Drift, selection and epigenetics 
Dr. Dan Graur: How to Assemble a Human Genome? Mix generous amounts of Junk DNA and Indifferent DNA, 
                     add a Dollop of Functional DNA and a Sprinkling of indifferent DNA (Malicious DNA optional)

15:30 - 15:45 Tea Break

15:45 - 18:15 Session 3: Junk DNA II (Chair: Dr. Endo)
Dr. Endo Toshinori: Functional non-coding elements as the evolutionary driving force
Dr. Satta Yoko: Tempo and mode of pseudogenization in primate evolution
Dr. Hanada Kosuke: Many genes associated with morphogenesis are hidden in genomes
Dr. Sumiyama Kenta: Origins of cis-regulatory elements in "Junk Yard"
Dr. Amano Takanori: A novel Shh enhancer predicted by comparative genomics and the ENCODE data

18:30 - 20:00 Dinner Party (NIG Guest House)

Sunday, June 23rd
10:00 - 12: 30 Session 4: Genome analyses I (Chair: Dr. Imanishi)
Dr. Imanishi Tadashi: Long-range linkage disequilibrium observed in the human genome
Dr. Itoh Takeshi: Genome- and transcriptome-wide analysis of major cereal crops
Dr. Niimura Yoshihito: Expansion and contraction of the olfactory receptor universe: What determines the fate of genes?
Dr. OOta Satoshi: Chaos in evolution
Dr. Osada Naoki:  Finding evidence for weak compensatory evolution

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 15:30 Session 5: Genome analyses II (Chair: Dr. Suzuki)
Dr. Suzuki Yoshiyuki: Detecting natural selection from the comparison of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions
Dr. Mano Shuhei: Modeling and Inference of complex selective mechanisms
Dr. Ikeo Kazuho: MASER: Data analysis system for NGS Sequence Data
Dr. Saitou Naruya: Sudden expansion of genome sizes in independent eukaryote lineages

15:30 - 16:00 General Discussion (Chair: Dr. Saitou)

Speakers
Dr. Akashi Hiroshi
Professor, Division of Evolutionary Genetics, National Institute of Genetics
Title: Test for tissue-specific codon usage adaptation in Drosophila

Dr. Amano Takanori
Postdoctoral fellow, Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics
Title: A novel Shh enhancer predicted by comparative genomics and the ENCODE data

Dr. Endo Toshinori
Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
Title: Functional non-coding elements as the evolutionary driving force

Dr. Gojobori Takashi
Professor, Laboratory for DNA Data Analysis, National Institute of Genetics
Title: The world view of Susumu Ohno

Dr. Dan Graur
John and Rebecca Moores Professor, Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Houston
Title: How to Assemble a Human Genome? Mix generous amounts of Junk DNA and Indifferent DNA, add a Dollop of Functional DNA and a Sprinkling of indifferent DNA (Malicious DNA optional)

Dr. Hanada Kosuke
Associate professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Title: Many genes associated with morphogenesis are hidden in genomes

Dr. Hayashizaki Yoshihide 
Program Director, RIKEN Preventive Medicine and Diagnosis Innovation Program
Title: Functional RNA produced from junk DNA

Dr. Ikeo Kazuho
Associate Professor, Laboratory for DNA Data Analysis, National Institute of Genetics
Title: MASER: Data analysis system for NGS Sequence Data

Dr. Imanishi Tadashi
Professor, Medical School, Tokai University
Title: Long-range linkage disequilibrium observed in the human genome

Dr. Itoh Takeshi
Unit Leader, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Title: Genome- and transcriptome-wide analysis of major cereal crops

Dr. Mano Shuhei
Associate Professor, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Title: Modeling and Inference of complex selective mechanisms

Dr. Niimura Yoshihito
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Title: Expansion and contraction of the olfactory receptor universe: What determines the fate of genes?

Dr. Nozawa Masafumi
Assistant Professor, Laboratory for DNA Data Analysis, National Institute of Genetics
Title: Evolution of microRNAs and their targets in Drosophila species

Dr. OOta Satoshi
Researcher, RIKEN Bioresource Center
Title: Chaos in evolution

Dr. Ohta Tomoko
Professor emeritus, National Institute of Genetics
Title: Drift, selection and epigenetics

Dr. Osada Naoki
Assistant Professor, Division of Evolutionary Genetics, National Institute of Genetics
Title: Finding evidence for weak compensatory evolution

Dr. Saitou Naruya
Professor, Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics
Title: Sudden expansion of genome sizes in independent eukaryote lineages

Dr. Satta Yoko
Professor, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
Title: Tempo and mode of pseudogenization in primate evolution

Dr. Sumiyama Kenta
Assistant Professor, Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics
Title: Origins of cis-regulatory elements in "Junk Yard"

Dr. Suzuki Yoshiyuki
Professor, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
Title: Detecting natural selection from the comparison of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions

Dr. Takahashi Aya
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Title: Genome-wide expression analyses using allelic samples from a natural population of Drosophila

Dr. Takano Toshiyuki
Professor, Drosophila Genetic Resource Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Title: Gene expression noise in the Drosophila testis