Our live event will be on November 12, 2022 (all times are shown as Japan time – JST).
9:30 Opening remarks
Prof. Katsuhiko Takata (Chair, Japanese Society of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding; Akita Prefectural University)
9:35 Talk 1 (40 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Prof. David B Neale (University of California, Davis; Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation)
Forest genetics in the genomics era
10:20 Talk 2 (40 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Dr. Shanshan Zhu (Zhejiang University) and Prof. Yingxiong Qiu (Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Evolutionary and conservation genomics of Tertiary relict tree genus Cercidiphyllum
11:05 Short break (10 min)
11:15 Talk 3 (30 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Dr. Makoto Takahashi (Forest Tree Breeding Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
Current status and future directions of forest tree breeding in Japan
11:50 Talk 4 (30 min talk + 5 min Q&A)
Prof. Yoshihisa Suyama (Tohoku University)
Forest genetic studies using genome-wide SNP data by MIG-seq analysis
12:25 Closing remarks
Prof. Yoshihiko Tsumura (Coordinator; University of Tsukuba)