Eventos
Biotechnologies for efficient and improved production of food crops and bioenergy
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) invite you to the
FAPESP-JST JOINT
WORKSHOP 2019
Biotechnologies for efficient and improved production of food crops and bioenergy
November 5th, 2019
8h30 to 17h30 – FAPESP
This workshop aims to highlight scientific findings and technological advances in biotechnologies, and provide an opportunity to exchange the views on possible international collaboration in the future.
Crops provide us with food, animal feeds, energy and much more. Given that the global population continues to grow, increase in the capacity of crop production worldwide is much needed. However, sustainable crop production is threatened by problems such as degradation of agricultural land, outbreaks of pests, unstable temperature/rainfall, which can be accentuated by projected climate change. Advanced technologies including biotechnologies are highly expected to be applied to address these global challenges in crop production.
Registration: www.fapesp.br/eventos/jst_registration
Event free of charge | Limited seats | Venue with no parking
Simultaneous translation will not be provided
PROGRAM
| 8:30 | Registration |
| 9:00 | Opening session and welcome address Marco Antonio Zago, FAPESP President Makie Kokubun, Program Officer, JST  Carlos Américo Pacheco, FAPESP Executive Director Yasushi Noguchi, Consul General of Japan in São Paulo Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director Marie-Anne van Sluys, FAPESP Adjunt Panel – Life Sciences / University of São Paulo (USP) |
| Session 1: GENETIC RESOURCES FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION Chair: Tsukasa Nagamine |
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| 9:30 | Tsukasa Nagamine, Program Officer, JST Plant genetic resources to create novel crops for global warming adaptation and against population increase |
| 10:00 | Glaucia Mendes Souza, University of São Paulo (USP) / FAPESP Steering Committees for Special Programs (BIOEN Program) Genomic resources for energy cane breeding in the post genomics era |
| 10:30 | Anete de Souza, Center for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering (CBMEG), University of Campinas (Unicamp) Plant Genetic Diversity: An integrated strategy for understanding, exploiting and conserving it |
| 11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:15 | Speakers group photo |
| 11:30 | Lunch (restaurants around FAPESP) |
| Session 2: MICROBIOLOGY FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION Chair: Tsai Siu Mui |
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| 13:00 | Hiroko Kawasaki, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation Role of International Standardized Microbial Resource Center (Microbial Biobank) to promote research and development using microorganisms |
| 13:30 | Chiaki Ogino, Kobe University Contribution of agricultural crop's waste material for bio-economy |
| 14:00 | Tsai Siu Mui, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture / University of São Paulo (USP) New strategies to harness the potential of Amazonian Dark Earth microbiomes |
| 14:30 | Discussion |
| 14:45 | Coffee Break |
| Session 3: APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT Chair: Kazuo Nakashima |
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| 15:15 |
Kazuo Nakashima, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences |
| 15:45 | Paulo Arruda, University of Campinas (Unicamp) Discovery and assembling microbial synthetic commutes (SynCom) for improved stress tolerance in plants |
| 16:15 | Marcos Machado, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC) Progress of plant biotechnology in Brazil: legislation and impact (TBC) |
| 16:45 | Discussion |
| 17:00 | Round-up Chairs: Marie-Anne van Sluys and Makie Kokubun |
| 17:30 | Adjourn |
FAPESP – RUA PIO XI, 1500 – ALTO DA LAPA – SÃO PAULO/SP
Parking suggestion: Rua Pio XI, 1650 | Rua Jorge Americano, 89 | Av. São Gualter, 151
Information: 11.3838-4362 | eventos@fapesp.br