JSPP-ASPB Joint Symposium- Bridging Gaps in Understanding of Dynamic Plant Cell Behaviors
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JSPP-ASPB Joint Symposium- Bridging Gaps in Understanding of Dynamic Plant Cell Behaviors
Chairs: Keiko Torii and Tomo Kawashima
Advanced technologies in cell biology and biochemistry are enabling us to visualize and uncover dynamic plant cell behaviors during development and under environmental stress conditions. This JSPP-ASPB Joint Symposium aims to bridge gaps in this area of research at many different levels: First, five Early-Career Scientists (ECRs) will share their unique research programs that bridge gaps in our current understanding of plant cell behaviors and their implications in plant development and environmental responses. Second, to bridge the gap between different cultural backgrounds, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations, the ECRs from two different countries -- Japan and US -- will jointly give presentations. We believe that such international collaboration is indispensable to solving global challenges. To this end, representatives from the International Committees in ASPB (Torii) and JSPP (Kawashima) will jointly chair the Session and will give a brief overview of the field and the broader intent of the symposium. ASPB and JSPP are in the process of establishing an official partnership that will mutually benefit both societies, and this Concurrent Symposium will represent the official event in Plant Biology 2025. To help travel costs of the speakers, we plan to seek funding from JSPP (incl. Plant Cell Physiology), ASPB, and/or other institutions to partly cover the travel costs.
Equity and Inclusion: When choosing speakers, we took into account not only their excellent research programs in plant cell biology but also ensured diversity and inclusion across various career stages, gender, and ethnic backgrounds. For example, one of the speakers, Dr. Ashraf, originally from Bangladesh, received his PhD in Japan, and he is now a faculty member in the US at the Historically Black College and University (HBCU), thereby representing both countries as well as diversity and inclusion. Both Chairs (Keiko Torii and Tomo Kawashima) have overcome numerous challenges to become an established plant scientist in the United States.
Planned speakers, affiliations and titles of their talk:
Brief Introduction and Overview: Dr. Keiko Torii (The University of Texas at Austin/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Nagoya University) --2 min
1. Dr. Arif Ashraf (Assistant Professor, Howard University, USA) -- 20 min
"Nuclear movement and asymmetric cell division during stomatal development"
2. Dr. Akira Yoshinari（YLC Assistant Professor, Nagoya University, Japan) -- 20 min
"Polaritome: comprehensive identification of polarly-localized proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana"
3. Dr. Naoya Sugi（Postdoc, Yokohama City University, Japan）-- 20 min
"Ca2+-induced removal of peri-germ cell membrane in Arabidopsis sperm cells"
4. Akari Maeda (Graduate Student, Nagoya University, Japan) -- 15 min
"Cold-induced degradation of core clock proteins implements temperature compensation in the Arabidopsis circadian clock"
5. Dr. Heather Meyer (Incoming Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, USA) -- 20 min
"Intrinsically disordered proteins as thermosensors in plants"
Concluding Remarks: Dr. Tomo Kawashima (University of Kentucky, USA) --2 min
