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International Symposium on Current and Future Trends in Food and Agricultural Immunology

International Symposium on Current and Future Trends in Food and Agricultural Immunology

The 2nd International Symposium on Current and Future Trends in Food and Agricultural Immunology will be held at Kawauchi Campus on July 2.

The lecture programme features a lineup of eight lectures, including presentations from Dr. Carl Mesarich of New Zealand's Massey University and Dr. Guido van den Ackerveken from the Netherlands' Utrecht University.

There will be light refreshments and networking opportunities after the lectures.
The event is open to anyone who is interested, and registration is not required.

Date: July 2, Saturday
Lecture programme: 9:30am ~ 5:20pm
Networking event: 5:30 ~ 6:30pm
Language: English
Venue: 6F Multimedia Research Hall, Kawauchi Kita Campus (Map)

Lecture programme:

10:00 Effectoromics as a tool for controlling leaf mold disease of tomato
Dr. Carl Mesarich, Massey University, New Zealand
11:05 Functional genetic and genomic approaches to studying non-host resistance of Medicago truncatula to Asian soybean rust pathogen, Phakopsora pachyrhizi
Dr. Yashuhiro Ishiga, Tuskuba University
11:40 Pathogen recognition and intracellular immune signalling in plants
Dr. Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kindai University
12:15 Primed activation of RNA silencing machinery correlating with cucumber mosaic virus resistance
Dr. Sugihiro Ando, CFAI, Tohoku University
14:00 Activation and suppression of host immunity during downy mildew infection of plants
Dr. Guido Van den Ackerveken, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
15:05 Catalase as a player in innate immunity which differentially functions in plant-virus interactions
Dr. Chikara Masuta, Hokkaido University
15:40 Survival strategies of plant-protecting bacteria in rhizosphere
Dr. Kasumi Takeuchi, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO
16:15 The number of individuals to infect a host cell: the Achilles' heel of viruses
Dr. Shuhei Miyashita, CFAI, Tohoku University

Contact:

Masahiko Harata
Email: cfai_r@biochem.tohoku.ac.jp
Tel: +81-22-717-8893

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