Genome Concept Centennial Symposium
This symposium is financially supported by National Institute of Genetics (NIG International Symposium) and by Yaponesia Genome Project.

Because of new corona virus outbreak in 2020, we decided to postpone this conference.
NEW Dates: February 15-17 (Monday-Wednesday), 2021

[OLD Dates: August 23-25 (Sunday-Tuesday), 2020]
Place: Plaza Verde, Numazu, Japan (no change) Home Page of Plaza Verde

GCC Keynote speakers (30min talk + 5min discussion)

Dr. GOJOBORI Takashi (Distinguished Professor & Associate Director of Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST)
Dr. Dan GRAUR (Moores Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston)
Dr. LI Wen-Hsiung (Distinguished Research Fellow, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei)
Dr. LI Yi-Xie (Director, Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai)
Dr. Mark STONEKING (Professor, University of Leipzig, Leipzig)

GCC Invited Speakers (20min talk+ 5 min discussion)

Dr. Hiroshi AKASHI (Professor, Division of Evolutionary Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. Aida ANDRES (Professor, University College London, London)
Dr. SU Bing (Professor, CAS Institute of Zoology , Kunming)
Dr. CHAW Shu-Miaw (Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taipei)
Dr. Tal DAGAN (Professor, University of Kiel, Kiel)
Dr. FUJIMOTO Akihiro (Professor, University of Tokyo, Tokyo)
Dr. Arndt von HAESELER (Professor, University of Vienna, Vienna)
Dr. HANADA Kousuke (Associate Professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology , Tobata)
Dr. HASEBE Mitsuyasu (Professor, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki)
Dr. IKEO Kazuho (Associate Professor, Laboratory for DNA Data Analysis, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. IMANISHI Tadashi (Professor, Tokai University, Isehara)
Dr. INOUE Ituro (Professor, Division of Human Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. INOUE Jun (Assistant Professor, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa)
Dr. ITOH Takeshi (Advanced Analysis Center Leader, The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba)
Dr. Timothy A. JINAM (Assistant Professor, Population Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. KANZAWA-KIRIYAMA Hideaki (Researcher, National Museum of Science and Nature, Tsukuba)
Dr. KIMURA Ryosuke (Associate Professor, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa)
Dr. KINOSHITA Tetsu (Professor, Yokohama City University , Yokohama)
Dr. KITANO Jun (Professor, Division of Ecological Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. Kirill KRYUKOV (Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Population Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. MINETA Katsuhiko (Researcher, KAUST, Jedda)
Dr. NAKAMURA Yasukazu (Professor, Genome Informatics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. OSADA Naoki (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University , Sapporo)
Dr. OTA Hiroki (Professor, University of Tokyo, Tokyo)
Dr. FU Qiaomei (Professor, CAS Institute of Paleontology and paleoanthropology, Beijing)
Dr. SAITOU Naruya (Professor, Population Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. SASAKI Hiroyuki (Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka)
Dr. SATTA Yoko (Professor, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama)
Dr. SHIMIZU Kentaro (Professor, University of Zurich, Zurich)
Dr. SHIMIZU Hiroshi (Researcher, KAUST, Jedda)
Dr. SHINODA Ken-Ichi, (Vice Director, National Museum of Science and Nature,, Tokyo/Tsukuba)
Dr. SHINZATO Chuya (Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa)
Dr. Anne STONE (Professor, University of Arizona, Phenix)
Dr. SUZUKI Hitoshi (Professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo)
Dr. SUZUKI Rumiko (Project Associate Professor, Population Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
Dr. TAKEYAMA Haruko (Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo)
Dr. TAMURA Koichiro (Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo)
Dr. Yun-Xin FU (Professor, University of Texas at Houston, Houston)
 
Program

Day 1: Monday, February 15, 2021
13:00 - 13:10 Opening remarks
13:10 - 15:00 Session 1
	13:10 - 13:45 Keynote talk 1
	13:45 - 15:00 Invited talks 1-3
15:00 - 15:20 Tea break
15:20 - 16:45 Session 2 
	15:20 - 15:55 Keynote talk 2
	15:55 - 16:45 Invited talks 4-5
16:45 - 17:05  Tea break
17:05 - 18:30 Session 3 
	17:05 - 17:40  Keynote talk 3
	17:40 - 18:30  Invited talks 6-7
 
Day 2: Wednesday, February 16, 2021
9:00 - 10:25 Session 4
	9:00 - 9:35 Keynote talk 4
	9:35 - 10:25 Invited talks 8-9
10:25 - 10:45 Tea break
10:45 - 12:10 Session 5 
	10:45 - 11:20 Keynote talk 4
	11:20 - 12:10 Invited talks 10-11
12:10 - 13:30  Lunch
13:30 - 14:45 Session 6 
	13:30 - 14:45 Invited talks 12-14
14:45 - 15:05 Tea break
15:05 - 16:45 Session 7 
	15:05 - 16:45  Invited talks 15-18
16:45 - 17:05 Tea break
17:05 - 18:45 Session 8 
	17:05 - 18:45  Invited talks 19-22

Day 3: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
9:00 - 10:40 Session 9
	9:00 - 10:40 Invited talks 23-26
10:40 - 11:00 Tea break
11:00 - 12:15 Session 10 
	11:00 - 12:15 Invited talks 27-29
12:15 - 13:30  Lunch
13:30 - 14:45 Session 11 
	13:30 - 14:45 Invited talks 30-32
14:45 - 15:05 Tea break
15:05 - 16:20 Session 12 
	15:05 - 16:20  Invited talks 33-35
16:20 - 16:40 Tea break
16:40 - 17:55 Session 13 
	16:40 - 17:55  Invited talks 36-38
17:55 - 18:00 Closing Remarks

Organizing Committee for GCC Symposium 
Dr. IKEO Kazuho (DNA Data Analysis Laboratory, NIG), Chair
Dr. SAITOU Naruya (Population Genetics Laboratory, NIG) 
Dr. SATTA Yoko (Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Dr. TAMURA Koichiro (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

GCC administrative office: 
National Institute of Genetics
Mishima, 411-8540, Japan
email: gcc2020@nig.ac.jp
phone: +81-55-981-6790
fax: +81-55-981-6789

Updated on January 21, 2021