WoW-NAIST Workshop
The 2nd Symposium on International Collaborative Laboratories – “Toward the mutual international collaboration between UBC and NAIST”
Feb. 26 – 27, 2015 – Michael Smith Lab, UBC
The Working on Walls (WoW) Training Program and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) collaborated on a 2-day workshop.
NAIST is a Japanese national university located in Kansai Science City, a border region between Nara, Osaka, and Kyoto. Founded in 1991, NAIST consists solely of graduate schools in 3 integrated areas: information science, biological sciences, and materials science.
Visitors from NAIST – Dr. Demura’s lab:
- Prof. Taku Demura
- Dr. Misato Ohtani (Demura lab)
- Dr. Yoshimi Nakano (Demura lab)
- Dr. Hitoshi Endo (Demura lab)
- Prof. Hiroshi Takagi
- Prof. Kenji Kohno
- Dr. Masato Miyake
Presenters:
- Prof. Hiroshi Takagi (Applied Stress Microbiology) – The aims of our laboratory are basic studies in microbial science, particularly cellular response and adaptation to environmental stresses, and practical applications in new bioindustry.
- Prof. Kenji Kohno (Molecular and Cell Genetics, Director of Center for Frontier Science and Technology)
- Topic: Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan)
- Dr. Masato Miyake (Division of Research Strategy, Center for Frontier Science and Technology)
Thursday Feb. 26, 2015
- 9:30-11 am Working on Walls meeting (MSL room 101) Presenters:
- Dr. Yoshimi Nakano
- Dr. Hitoshi Endo
- WoW Trainee
- 11:30 – 12:30 pm Lunch in MSL Room 237
- 12:30 – 1:30 Special Seminar MSL Theatre – Yuan Ruan (Wasteneys lab) “CLASP: a microtubule-based integrator of the hormone-mediated transition from cell division to elongation”
- 2-3 pm UBC – NAIST symposium (MSL lecture theater) Presenters:
- Prof. Kenji Kohno
- Prof. Taku Demura
- Dr. Misato Ohtani
- Dr. Mathias Schuetz
- 3-3:30 pm Coffee (MSL foyer)
- Prof. Carl Douglas
- Prof. Hiroshi Takagi
- Dr. Masato Miyake (overview of NAIST-UBC collaboration)
- 5:30 pm Dinner at The Point Grill Building 4 – 2205 Lower Mall, Marine Drive Residence
Friday February 27, 2015
- 9-9:30 am Coffee (MSL room 101)
- 9:30-12 pm UBC – NAIST workshop (MSL room 101)
Outstanding questions in cell wall biology
Landmark paper(s) discussion in groups;- Transcription factors
- Cellulose
- Lignin
- Pectin/hemicellulose (Matrix)
What are the biggest outstanding questions?
- 12-1:00 pm Lunch (MSL room 101)
- 1-2:30 pm UBC – NAIST workshop (MSL room 101)
- Group discussion to develop research objectives and methods needed to address outstanding questions.
- 2:30-3 pm Coffee (MSL room 101)
- 3-5 pm UBC – NAIST workshop (MSL room 101)
- Round table discussion and sharing of research ideas developed from each group.
Saturday February 28, 2015
- Departure of NAIST researchers