Drosophila Genomics and Genetic Resources

NIG workshop "Evolution of Junk DNAs" will be held on July 22 and 23 at National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. Takano-Shimizu will be going to give a talk entitled "Gene expression noise in the Drosophila testis."

Program

Saturday, June 22nd

10:00 - 10:10		Opening Remarks
10:10 - 12:10		Session 1: Drosophila (Chair: Dr. Akashi)
・	Dr. Akashi Hiroshi:
	Test for tissue-specific codon usage adaptation in Drosophila
・	Dr. Takahashi Aya:
	Genome-wide expression analyses using allelic samples from a natural population of Drosophila
・	Dr. Nozawa Masafumi:
	Evolution of microRNAs and their targets in Drosophila species
・	Dr. Takano Toshiyuki:
	Gene expression noise in the Drosophila testis
12:10 - 13:30		Lunch break
13:30 - 15:30		Session 2: Junk DNA I (Chair: Dr. Gojobori)
・	Dr. Gojobori Takashi:
	The world view of Susumu Ohno
・	Dr. Hayashizaki Yoshihide:
	Functional RNA produced from junk DNA
・	Dr. Ohta Tomoko:
	Drift, selection and epigenetics
・	Dr. Dan Graur:
	How to Assemble a Human Genome? Mix generous amounts of Junk DNA and Indifferent DNA, add a Dollop of Functional DNA and a Sprinkling of indifferent DNA (Malicious DNA optional)
15:30 - 15:45		Tea Break
15:45 - 18:15		Session 3: Junk DNA II (Chair: Dr. Endo)
・	Dr. Endo Toshinori:
	Functional non-coding elements as the evolutionary driving force
・	Dr. Satta Yoko:
	Tempo and mode of pseudogenization in primate evolution
・	Dr. Hanada Kosuke:
	Many genes associated with morphogenesis are hidden in genomes
・	Dr. Sumiyama Kenta:
	Origins of cis-regulatory elements in "Junk Yard"
・	Dr. Amano Takanori:
	A novel Shh enhancer predicted by comparative genomics and the ENCODE data
18:30 - 20:00		Dinner Party (NIG Guest House)

Sunday, June 23rd

10:00 - 12:30		Session 4: Genome analyses I (Chair: Dr. Imanishi)
・	Dr. Imanishi Tadashi:
	Long-range linkage disequilibrium observed in the human genome
・	Dr. Itoh Takeshi:
	Genome- and transcriptome-wide analysis of major cereal crops
・	Dr. Niimura Yoshihito:
	Expansion and contraction of the olfactory receptor universe: What determines the fate of genes?
・	Dr. OOta Satoshi:
	Chaos in evolution
・	Dr. Osada Naoki:
	Finding evidence for weak compensatory evolution
12:30 - 13:30		Lunch break
13:30 - 15:30		Session 5: Genome analyses II (Chair: Dr. Suzuki)
・	Dr. Suzuki Yoshiyuki:
	Detecting natural selection from the comparison of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions
・	Dr. Mano Shuhei:
	Modeling and Inference of complex selective mechanisms
・	Dr. Ikeo Kazuho:
	MASER: Data analysis system for NGS Sequence Data
・	Dr. Saitou Naruya:
	Sudden expansion of genome sizes in independent eukaryote lineages
15:30 - 16:00		General Discussion (Chair: Dr. Saitou)

• Web Site
• JunkDNA_meeting_June_0013.pdf
• JunkDNA_meeting_program.pdf
• How to get to National Institute of Genetics = http://www.nig.ac.jp/about/map.html (in Japanese)