Evolutionary Genomics

5th Annual German-Japanese Colloquium

Jointly organized by:JSPS and Düsseldorf University
Date: March 8-10, 2009
Venue: Bad Honnef

PROGRAM

March 8th

18:00

Reception Restaurant Palmengarten, Seminaris Hotel

 

March 9th

09:00

Introductory remarks

Prof. Dr. William F. Martin (Düsseldorf University) and

Prof. Dr. Naruya Saitō (National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)

 

09:15

Toward a systematic approach to microbial genome comparison: Identification of genomic core among moderately related genomes

Dr. Ikuo Uchiyama (National Institute for Basic Biology)

Abstract Uchiyama (36 KB)

 

09:45

Towards an understanding of bacterial speciation

Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann (Munich University)

Abstract Overmann (36KB)

 

10:15

Untangling microbial communities through their DNA – from oceans to the human body

Dr. Jeroen Raes (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg)

Abstract Raes (40 KB)

 

10:45

Coffee break

 

11:00

Evolution of molecular networks

Prof. Dr. Martin J. Lercher (Düsseldorf University)

Abstract Lercher (152 KB)

 

11:30

Evolution of duplicated genes under the effect of gene conversion

Dr. Kosuke Teshima (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama)

Abstract Teshima (52 KB)

 

12:00

Modular networks and cumulative impact of lateral transfer in prokaryote genome evolution

Dr. Tan Dagan (Düsseldorf University)

Abstract Dagan (32 KB)

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

The power of gene duplications: how the orchid got its lip

Prof. Dr. Günter Theissen (Jena University)

Abstract Theissen (40 KB)

 

14:30

Evolution of developmental regulatory system in plants based on large scale phylogenetic analyses utilizing whole genome shotgun sequence data

Dr. Tomoaki Nishiyama (Kanazawa University)

Abstract Nishiyama (32 KB)

 

15:00

Genes and their phenotypes in Drosophila

Dr. Aya Takahashi (National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)

Abstract Takahashi (32 KB)

 

15:30

Analysis of recent gene duplication and conversion in the Drosophila melanogaster genome

Dr. Noaki Osada (National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Osaka)

Abstract Osada (32 KB)

 

16:00

Coffee break

 

16:15

Are microsporidia really derived sexual fungi?

Dr. Ingo Ebersberger (Center for Integrative Bioinformatics, Vienna)

Abstract Ebersberger (32 KB)

 

16:45

The evolution of isochore genome compartments

Dr. Satoshi Ōta (RIKEN Bioresource Center, Tsukuba)

Abstract Ōta (32 KB)

 

17:15

The supragenome and the world of non-coding RNAs in cyanobacteria

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang R. Hess (Freiburg University)

Abstract Hess (36 KB)

 

17:45

Genomics of phototrophic protists: Communication between compartments and the extracellular/intracellular transition

Franziska Hempel (Marburg University) and Prof. Dr. Uwe Maier (Marburg University)

Abstract Hempel (32 KB)

 

Abstract Maier (28 KB)

 

19:00

Dinner

 

March 10th

08:30

Evolution of primate-specific and mammalian-specific highly concerved non-coding genomic region

Prof. Dr. Naruya Saitō (National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)

Abstract Saitō (28 KB)

 

09:00

Populations genetics of the X-chromosome and the autosomes in Drosophila melanogaster: Comparing patterns of SNP diversity and gene expression

Dr. Stephan Hutter (Munich University)

Abstract Hutter (32 KB)

 

09:30

Multiple genome comparison within a species reveals a unit of evolution spanning two ORFs in tandem paralog clusters

Takeshi Tsuru (University of Tokyo)

Abstract Tsuru (40 KB)

 

10:00

Coffee break

 

10:30

Evolutionary dynamics of ”functional“ processed pseudogenes that stabilize Makorin1 mRNAs in mammals

Dr. Satoko Kaneko (Ochanomizu University, Tokyo)

Abstract Kaneko (28 KB)

 

11:00

Comparative genomics of the mammalian Y chromosomes

Dr. Yoko Kuroki (RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Yokohama)

Abstract Kuroki (28 KB)

 

11:30

Primate Transcriptome Evolution at the Cellular Level

Dr. Thomas Giger (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)

Abstract Giger (32 KB)

 

12:00

Lunch

 

13:30

Another view of sequence evolution

Prof. Dr. Arndt von Haeseler (Center for Integrative Bioinformatics, Vienna)

Abstract von Haeseler (192 KB)

 

14:00

Genome evolution in wild house mice

Dr. Meike Teschke (Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön)

Abstract Teschke (32 KB)

 

14:30

Neutral non-equilibrium population genetics: a case study in wild tomatoes

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stephan (Munich University)

Abstact Stephan (68 KB)

 

15:00Coffee break
15:30Summary, perspectives, wrap-up
19:00Dinner