Events 2016

Dec. 20, 2016
15:00-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Design of Organoboron Featuring Unique Electronic Property"
Speaker: Prof. Rei Kinjo
(Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Reseach Group
Dec. 19, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"The Application of Genomics to Assess Cassava Germplasm for Crop Improvement"
Speaker: Dr. Luis Augusto Becerra López-Lavalle
(Agrobiodiversity Research Area, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Genomic Network Research Team
Dec. 19, 2016
10:30-11:30
CSRS Seminar
"A Feedback system between A Secreted Peptide and Auxin patterns the Leaf Margin Development"
Speaker: Dr. Toshiaki TAMESHIGE
(Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Immunity Research Group
Dec. 16, 2016
12:50-17:35
RIKEN Symposium
Frontiers on Chemistry and Analytical Technology (XVII)
Venue: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, Bioscience Building, Wako campus
Language: Japanese
Contact: Molecular Structure Characterization Unit
Dec. 13, 2016
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"PROTAC : Induced protein degradation as a therapeutic strategy"
Speaker: Prof. Craig M. Crews
(Yale Center for Molecular / Depts. of MCDB, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Yale University, USA)
Venue: S311, Bioscience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Chemical Biology Group
Dec. 9, 2016
16:00-17:00
Interdisciplinary Seminar
"Evolution of root nodule symbiosis in legumes"
Speaker: Dr. Makoto Hayashi
(Plant Symbiosis Research Team, RIKEN CSRS)
Venue:S110, Sustainable Resource Science Building, Wako campus
Contact: CSRS Wako Seminar Series (Enzyme Research Team)
Dec. 8, 2016
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Gut Reactions: Chemical Discovery in the Human Microbiome"
Speaker: Prof. Emily P. Balskus
(Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, USA)
Venue: S311, Bioscience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Chemical Genomics Research Group
Dec. 8, 2016
15:00-16:00
CSRS Seminar
"Mechanisms for Reorientation of Cortical Microtubule Arrays in
Response to Blue Light"
Speaker: Dr. Masayoshi Nakamura
(David Ehrhardt Laboratory, Carnegie, Institution for Science, USA)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Dec. 6, 2016
13:00-15:50
CSRS Seminar
1) 13:00-13:35
"Regulation of receptor kinase-mediated immune signaling"
Speaker1: Prof. Cyril Zipfel
(Laboratory, UK)
2) 13:35-14:10
" Design Principles and Self-Assembling Properties of a Plant Extracellular Interactome"
Speaker2: Dr. Youssef Belkhadir
(Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology GmbH, Austria)
3) 14:20-14:55
"Deciphering the subversion of plant cellular functions by Ralstonia solanacearum type-III effectors"
Speaker3: Dr. Alberto Macho
( Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS, China)
4) 14:55-15:30
"Cell-to-cell communication during pathogen attack"
Speaker4: Dr. Christine Faulkner
( John Innes Centre, UK)
5) 15:30-15:50
"Heat stress-induced chromatin dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Speaker5: Dr. Jasmin Bassler
(Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology GmbH, Vienna, Austria)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Plant Immunity Research Group)
Dec. 5, 2016
10:00-12:00
CSRS Seminar
1) 10:00-11:00
"Dynamics of self-organization: a kick-start followed by co-ordinated assembly of regulatory interactions"
Speaker1: Dr. Kalika Prasad
(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India)
2) 11:00-12:00
"De novo root organogenesis in plants: From wounding to cell fate transition"
Speaker2: Dr. Lin Xu
(Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Nov. 28, 2016
13:00-15:45
CSRS Seminar
1) 13:00-13:45
"Phytochromes Function as Thermosensors in Arabidopsis"
Speaker1: Dr. Philip Wigge
(Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)
2) 14:00-14:45
"Impact of DNA methylation dynamics on reproductive success"
Speaker2: Dr. Daniel Bouyer
(Institut de Biologie de l'ENS, CNRS, France)
3) 15:00-15:45
"Chromatin-based regulation of plant cell differentiation: the underground side of Polycomb complexes"
Speaker3: Dr. François Roudier
(Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon / Institut de Biologie de l'ENS, CNRS, France)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Nov. 25, 2016
16:00-17:00
Interdisciplinary Seminar
"Alkyne-tag Raman Imaging & Screening: Novel Technologies for Mapping Small Molecules in Cells and Proteins"
Speaker: Dr. Kosuke Dodo
(Catalysis and Integrated Research Group, CSRS / Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory)
Venue:S110, Sustainable Resource Science Building, Wako campus
Contact: CSRS Wako Seminar Series (Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team)
Nov. 25, 2016
13:00-14:00
CSRS Seminar
"Publishing at Cell Press and Current Biology"
Speaker: Dr. Anne Knowlton
(Scientific editor at Current Biology in London, UK)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Nov. 24, 2016
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Reprogrammed modular polyketide synthase as a tool to produce chemicals through Biology"
Speaker: Dr. Satoshi Yuzawa
(Biological Systems and Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Venue: S311, Bioscience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Chemical Biology Group
Nov. 22, 2016
11:00-12:00
CSRS Seminar
"How distress signals affect growth in plants: Biotechnology for health and fuel production."
Speaker: Dr. Alessandra Devoto
(Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
Venue: C210/C212, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Nov. 21, 2016
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Discoveries through Total Synthesis of Natural Hybrid Chlorofusin"
Speaker: Prof. Zhu-Jun Yao
(School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Reseach Group
Nov. 21, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Harnessing Targeted Proteomics to Enhance Yield, Salinity Tolerance and Thermal Tolerance of Wheat"
Speaker: Dr. Nicolas L. Taylor
(ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology & School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Genomic Network Research Team
Nov. 17, 2016
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Catalysis with Silicon and Boron"
Speaker: Prof. Martin Oestreich
(Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Reseach Group
Nov. 11, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Manipulation of localized auxin biosynthesis by CRISPR and its applications in modifying plant developmental processes"
Speaker: Dr. Yunde Zhao
(Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Plant Productivity Systems Research Group)
Nov. 10, 2016
15:00-16:00
CSRS Seminar
"Targeted nucleotide editing with a hybrid system of CRISPR/Cas9 and activation-induced cytidine deaminase"
Speaker: Prof. Keiji Nishida
(Kobe University)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Nov. 9, 2016
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Protein interactions in carrier protein dependent pathways"
Speaker: Prof. Micheal Burkart
(Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego, USA)
Venue: 408 Seminar Room, Chemical Biology Building, Wako campus
Contact: Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit
Nov. 8, 2016
13:00-14:00
RIKEN Seminar
"How convection, electrons, protons and photons drive carbon fixation engines into being"
Speaker: Dr. Michael Russell
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA / California Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sustainable Resource Science Bldg S110, Wako campus
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Oct. 28, 2016
10:30-11:30
CSRS Seminar
"Nitrogen Nutritional Signals Controlling Plant Root Growth Behavior"
Speaker: Dr. Hideki Takahashi (Michigan State University)
Venue: C210/C212, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Metabolomics Research Group)
Oct. 18, 2016
15:00-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Molecular Design and Synthesis at the Interface of Chemistry, Biology and Medicine"
Speaker: Prof. Iwao Ojima
(Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis & Integrated Research Group
Oct. 17, 2016
15:00-16:00
CSRS Seminar
"The genetic architecture and molecular basis of intermediate nonhost resistance to stripe rust in Brachypodium"
Speaker: Mr. Jan Bettgenhaeuser
(Matthew Moscou Group The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, the UK)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Immunity Research Group
Oct. 17, 2016
13:00-14:00
CSRS Seminar
"Multi-step termination of floral stem cells in Arabidopsis"
Speaker: Prof. Toshiro Ito
(Nara Institute of Science and Technology / National University of Singapore)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Oct. 14, 2016
16:00-17:00
Interdisciplinary Seminar
"Chemical communication in fission yeast"
Speaker: Dr. Yoko Yashiroda
(Chemical Genomics Laboratory, CSRS)
Venue:Room S311, Bioscience Building, Wako campus
Contact: CSRS Wako Seminar Series (Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit)
Oct. 7, 2016
15:00-16:00
CSRS Seminar
"Proteasome-mediated gene expression in plant immunity"
Speaker: Dr. Steven H. Spoel
(University of Edinburgh, UK)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Immunity Research Group
Oct. 6, 2016
15:00-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Design and Synthesis of Latent Catalysts for Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization"
Speaker: Dr. Ezat Khosravi
(Chemistry Department, Durham University, UK)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
Oct. 6, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Ubiquitination and Phosphorylation - Coordinating Cellular Signalling"
Speaker: Dr. Marco Trujillo
(Research Group Leader, Leibniz Inst. of Plant Biochemistry, Halle(Saale), Germany)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Immunity Research Group
Sep. 30, 2016
16:00-17:00
Interdisciplinary Seminar
"Chemical array as a tool of chemical biology"
Speaker: Dr. Yasumitsu Kondoh
(Chemical Biology Research Group, CSRS. Chemical Bank Unit for Drug Discovery Platform, Drug Discovery Platforms Cooperation Division)
Venue:Room S110, Sustainable Resource Science Building, Wako campus
Contact: CSRS Wako Seminar Series (Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit)
Sep. 29, 2016
15:30-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Interplays between quantum effects and dynamic fluctuations in photosynthetic light harvesting"
Speaker: Prof. Akihito Ishizaki
(Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science)
Venue: Sustainable Resource Science Bldg S110, Wako campus
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Sep. 28, 2016
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Rational design of chemical probes for the validation of new drug targets"
Speaker: Prof. Stefan Knapp
(University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford, UK)
Venue: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, Bioscience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Seed Compound Exploratory Unit for Drug Discovery Platform
Sep. 27, 2016
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Manganese-Group Metal Catalysis for Transformations of Inert C-H Bonds"
Speaker: Prof. Congyang Wang
(Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Reseach Group
Sep. 14, 2016
13:00-14:00
CSRS Seminar
"The Transcriptional Dynamics of Vascular Regeneration"
Speaker: Dr. Charles Melnyk
(The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Sep. 10, 2016
10:00-17:00
OPEN DAY - RIKEN Yokohama Campus & Yokohama City University, Tsurumi Campus
Aug. 31, 2016
15:00-16:00
CSRS Seminar
"Striga/sorghum arms race during domestication as revealed by Dual RNA-sequencing"
Speaker: Dr. Steven M. Runo
(Senior Lecturer, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department Kenyatta University, KENYA)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Plant Immunity Research Group)
Jul. 29, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Plant-microbe interactions: hormones and the art of self-control"
Speaker: Dr. Eloise Foo
(ARC Future Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania)
Venue:C218/C220, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Symbiosis Research Team
Jul. 22, 2016
16:00-17:00
Interdisciplinary Seminar
"Structural proteomics, metabonomics and ecomics in RIKEN"
Speaker: Dr. Jun Kikuchi
(Team leader of Environmental Metabolic Aanalysis Research Team, CSRS)
Venue:Room S110, Sustainable Resource Science Building, Wako campus
Contact: CSRS Wako Seminar Series (Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team)
Jul. 11, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Control of entry and progression through meiosis"
Speaker: Dr. Arp Schnittger & Dr. Shinichiro Komaki
(Department of Developmental Biology, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Jul. 11, 2016
10:00-11:00
CSRS Seminar
"Learning the Language of the Chloroplast: Retrograde Signals That Regulate Stomatal and ABA responses"
Speaker: Professor Barry Pogson
(College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Gene Discovery Research Group
Jul. 7, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Visualization and Quantification of single RNA molecules in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Speaker: Dr. Susan Duncan
(Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre)
Venue:C218/C220, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Symbiosis Research Team
Jul. 6, 2016
15:00-16:00
CSRS Seminar
"The N-terminus of the bacterial Type III effector AvrRps4 functions in effector-triggered immunity"
Speaker: Morgan K. Halane
(Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences University of Missouri)
Venue: E717/E719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Plant Immunity Research Group)
Jul. 6, 2016
13:30-14:30
CSRS Seminar
"A novel transfactor complex controlling meristem regeneration following DNA stress"
Speaker: Dr. Lieven De Veylder
(VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University)
Venue: C218/C220, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Jul. 5, 2016
15:00-
CSRS Seminar
"Synthetic metabolism and the impact of biotechnology on sustainability"
Speaker: Dr. Patrik Jones
(Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London)
Venue: C214/C216, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Metabolomics Research Group)
Jun. 28, 2016
15:00-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Visible Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions"
Speaker: Dr. Geraldine Masson
(Institute de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Reseach Group
Jun. 16, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Symbiotic use of pathogenic system: Rhizobia use type III secretion system to activate leguminous symbiosis signaling"
Speaker: Dr. Shin Okazaki
(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Symbiosis Research Team
Jun. 3, 2016
16:00-17:00
Interdisciplinary Seminar
"Stress-induced plant cell reprogramming: Epigenetic regulations?"
Speaker: Dr. Akira Iwase
(Cell Function Research Team, RIKEN CSRS)
Venue:Room S110, Sustainable Resource Science Building, Wako campus
Contact: CSRS Wako Seminar Series (Enzyme Research Team)
May. 18, 2016
13:00-14:00
CSRS Seminar
"Molecular phenology: an in natura study of gene functions"
Speaker: Professor Hiroshi Kudoh
(Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University)
Venue: C218/C220, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: CSRS Yokohama Seminar Series (Cell Function Research Team)
Apr. 25, 2016
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Exceptionally Simple Olefin Ligands for Broad-Scope Asymmetric Catalysis"
Speaker: Prof. Ming-Hua Xu
(State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Mar. 28, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Functional assessment of multiple populations of root-associated rhizobia from non-leguminous plants"
Speaker: Dr. Ryohei Thomas Nakano
(Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Cologne, Germany)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Immunity Research Group
Mar. 17, 2016
15:00-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Proton-coupled electron transfer in organic synthesis"
Speaker: Prof. Robert Knowles
(Princeton University, Department of Chemistry)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Reseach Group
Mar. 15, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Rhizosphere communication in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice and maize"
Speaker: Dr. Uta Paszkowski
(Department of Plant Sciences University of Cambridge, The UK)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Immunity Research Group
Mar. 14, 2016
11:00-12:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Complexes of Rare-and Alkaline-Earth Metals for Catalytic Intermolecular Olefin Hydrophosphination and Hydroamination Reactions"
Speaker: Prof. Alexander Trifonov
(Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
Venue: Seminar Room, 6F Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Mar. 11, 2016
14:00-15:30
RIKEN Seminar
1) "Bacterial type III secretion systems: protein delivery nanomachines for the host-microbe interactions"
Speaker1: Dr. Junya Kato
(Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, USA)
2) "Cell size homeostasis in bacteria"
Speaker2: Dr. Setsu Kato
(Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, USA)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus
Language: Japanese
Contact: Chemical Genomics Research Group
Feb. 26, 2016
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Synthesis and Application of Fused N-Heterocycles in Pd and Cu Catalysis"
Speaker: Prof. Jin Kyoon Park
(Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Korea)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Feb. 25, 2016
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Genus Vigna -the Wild and Sexy-"
Speaker: Dr. Ken Naito
(Genetic Resource Center, The National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS))
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Immunity Research Group
Jan. 19, 2016
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Prospecting with Gold: Gold-N-Heterocyclic Carbene"
Speaker: Prof. Steve Nolan
(Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University,
Saudi Arabia)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Jan. 14, 2016
15:00-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Bioinspired Asymmetric Catalysis with Peptides"
Speaker: Prof. Helma Wennemers
(ETH Zurich, Organic Chemistry, Switzerland)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Reseach Group
Jan. 13, 2016
13:30-14:30
CSRS Seminar
"Punctuality of the rice circadian clock under fluctuating field conditions"
Speaker: Dr. Jun Matsuzaki
(National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS))
Venue: C206/208, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Metabolic Systems Research Team