The 54th Annual Meeting of The Mycological Society of Japan, Tokyo

Organized by The Mycological Society of Japan
President: Susumu Takamatsu, Mie University

Date: 28th to 30th May, 2010
Location: Tamagawa University, 6-1-1 Tamagawa-Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan
Organizing Committee: in Mycology & Metabolic Diversity Research Center, Tamagawa University Research Institute
President of the committee: Toru Okuda, Tamagawa University Research Institute
6-1-1 Tamagawa-Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan
Phone: +81-(0)42-739-8669 Fax: +81-(0)42-739-8669
E-mail: msj@lab.tamagawa.ac.jp

10:00 - 12:00 Editorial Board Meeting at Rm B107, University Research Bldg
12:30 - 14:30 Board of Trustees Meeting at Rm B104, University Research Bldg
14:30 - 17:00 Councilors Meeting at Rm B104, University Research Bldg

8:20 - Onsite registration in front of Foyer of Auditorium
9:00 - 10:00 General Assembly, Auditorium
10:00 - 12:00 Award Ceremony and Awardees' Lecture, Auditorium
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and Break

13:00 - 14:30 General Oral Presentation 1, AV Center Rm101 & Rm104

14:30 - 16:00 Auditorium

Special Symposium organized by The Mycological Society of Japan & Japan Bioindustry Association
"Convention on Biological Diversity for University Scientists and Amateur Mushroom Lovers - looking at COP10 in Nagoya, 2010"

Convener: Katsuhiko Ando, National Institute of Technology Evaluation

Convention on Biological Diversity with special emphasis on ABS.  Seizo Sumida, Japan Bioindustry Association
Management and application of genetic resources from abroad.  Katsuya Fukami, Kyushu University
Convention on Biological Diversity and exploitation of microbes from abroad  Katsuhiko Ando, NITE

Joint Symposium organized by The Mycological Society of Japan & Japanese Socity of Mushroom Science and Technology
Session for Citizens & Students  "Mushrooms (Fungi), a Beautiful Wonder World"　

Luminous mushrooms.  Yasuaki Murakami, Oita Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry & Fishery Research Center
A body lies under the mushrooms - a world of ammonium fungi.  Toshimitsu Fukiharu, Chiba Prefectural Museum
Outstanding powers of mushrooms.  Masana Izawa, Fundoshi

Mixer with full of attractions  Rindo Restaurant

9:00 - 11:30  Auditorium

General Sympoium I  "From OMICS to Phenotypes - Toward Applications"

Convener: Fumihiro Fujimori, Tokyo Kasei University

Genome analysis of Lentinula edodes using new generation sequencer and the future.    Yasumasa Miyazaki,  Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Transcriptomics on Grifola frondosa and its application.  Kozo Nishibori, Yukiguni Maitake
Sequencing a filamentous fungal genome for less than US $10,000 / JPN YEN1,000,000?   Tom Hsiang,  University of  Guelph, Canada
Impact of HPLC pofiling and secondary metabolomics on the discovery of new bioactive compounds from fungi　Marc Stadler  InterMed Discovery, Germany
Fungal high-throughput culturing for antibiotic discovery.  Gerald Bills  Medina Foundation, Spain

9:00 - 11:00  AV Center Rm101

General Symposium II  "Leading Edge of Taxonomy on Lower Fungi"

Conveners: Kozo Kageyama, Gifu University & Yoshio Ogawa, Nippon University

Flagelate protozoas in Stramenopiles, one of the 8 kingdoms of eukaryotes
Labyrinthulea, phylogeny and taxonomic reconstruction of genera.  Daisuke Honda, Konan University
Taxonomic change in oomycetes and hyphochtryomycetes.  Shigeki Inaba, NITE

Roadmap from Lower Fungi to Higher Fungi
Diversty of Kickxellomycotina, Zygomycetes.  Yuko Kurihara, OP Biofactory
Goal for the scrapped "zygomycetes" - what are problems?   Yosuke Degawa, University of Tsukuba

General Symposium III  "Who can ask a question on molecular phylogeny yet?"

Convener: Yasuhiko Gotoh, Coordinators: Ikuo Asai, Kinrui Konwakai & Hayato Masuya, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Taxonomy and phylogeny on clavariaceous fungi.  Yoko Ando, Tottori University
Does DNA really tell the evolution of fungi?  Kentaro Hosaka, National Museum of Science
Ecology and molecular phylogeny on mycorrhizal fungi.  Kazuhide Nara, University of Tokyo

11:00 - 12:00  General Presentation (Oral)  Auditorium, AV Center Rm 101 & Rm 104
11:00 - 14:00  Poster Presentation, core time,  Rindo Restaurant
14:00 - 17:00  General Presentation (Oral)  Auditorium, AV Center Rm 101 & Rm 104
17:00  Adjourned