Report of UZH-KU Joint Research Project
Section 1
Project title:

Recent developments in fundamental and applied plant molecular biology

Project coordinator (KU)
Name
Position
Faculty, department

Shuhei Nasuda
Professor
Graduate School of Agriculture

Project coordinator (UZH)
Name
Position
Faculty, department
Period of project
Project location

No. of participants

Kentaro K. Shimizu
Full professor
Faculty of Science, Department of Evolutionary Biology andEnvironmental Studies
From: Monday, December 06, 2021
To: Monday, December 13, 2021
Hybrid (Zoom and Maskawa Hall at Kyoto University)[KU] Faculty members: 23 Students: 19[UZH] Faculty members: 24
Students: 9
Others: 3

Others: 7
Others: 7*A participant list can be attached instead of completing the above section. The list should
include the details above.

URL at which project
https://www.evolution.uzh.ch/en/KyotoUZH.html (until 2024)
outcomes can be viewed (e.g.
https://www.oc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/agreement/sp-news/20211217_1238/
workshop
notifications/programs/reports,
evidence of academic papers
published or otherwise madeavailable, etc.)
Please submit digital files (such as JPEG or GIF files) of the photographs
used in your report as attachments. The size of each image should be 4MB,
so that it can be used for printed materials. Please ensure that none of thephotographs submitted will cause any issues relating to portrait rights.
Photographs with captions
Photos of the workshop on 6th (top) and 13th (bottom) December 2021.

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Section 2
Summary of the project (approx. 200 words)*KU project leaders are required to submit a summary of the project in Japanese in addition to theEnglish summary (approx. 400 characters).
Kyoto-Zurich Workshop in Plant Science 2021: Recent developments in fundamental and applied plant
molecular biology was held in a hybrid format (online in Zurich and on site in Kyoto) on December 6and 13, 2021 with over 100 participants. The workshop aimed to promote collaborations between Kyoto
University (KU) and the University of Zurich (UZH) through scientific presentations by PIs as well as
discussions to facilitate further development of the partnership of both universities.
The workshop begun with opening address by Prof. Shuhei Nasuda (KU). The scientific session wasdivided into four sub-sessions, each with a specific sub-topic contributed by PIs with matchingexpertise: (1) Evolutionary genomics (Profs. Verena Schuenemann (UZH), Thomas Wicker (UZH),Ryohei Terauchi (KU), and Kentaro Yoshida (KU)), (2) Molecular biology (Profs. Shohei Yamaoka(KU), Takayuki Kohchi (KU), and Ueli Grossniklaus (UZH)), (3) Plant-pathogen interaction (Profs.
Cyril Zipfel (UZH), Beat Keller (UZH), Yoshitaka Takano (KU)), and (4) Ecology (Profs. Anna-Liisa
Laine (UZH), Hiroshi Kudoh (KU), Yuji Isagi (KU)). In the session "Discussion on partnershipdevelopment", international officers Ms. Chiyoko Kanno (KU) and Carolin Fleck (UZH) provided theoverview of the strategic partnership and funding opportunities which served as a basis of thediscussion. Thereafter Prof. Kentaro Shimizu concluded the workshop with a closing remark. Follow-up
discussions and exchange of information took place in a Slack platform for workshop.
This event will be a potential steppingstone for strengthening and launching collaborative research aswell as student exchanges.
京都大学 (以下京大) とチューリヒ大学 (以下 UZH) 共催で「Kyoto-Zurich Workshop in Plant
Science 2021」が 2021 年 12 月 6 日と 13 日に行われました。京大と UZH の連携を促進することを目的として、京都では益川ホールで、チューリッヒではオンラインのハイブリッド形式で開催されました。合計 100 名以上の参加者がありました。ワークショップは、那須田 周平教授 (京大) による開会挨拶で始まり、それぞれの専門性を持つ教授陣が 4 つのサブセッショ (1.
進化ゲノム学、2. 分子生物学、3. 植物-病原体相互作用、4.生態学) で研究成果を発表し、活発な意見交換が行われました。また、パートナーシップ発展のためのパネルディスカッションの時間には、神野 智世子氏 (京大) と Carolin Fleck 氏 (UZH) が、戦略的パートナーシップと資金提供の機会に関する概要を説明し、それを基に様々な協力の可能性が議論されました。その後、
清水 健太郎教授が閉会の辞を述べ、ワークショップは盛会のうちに終了しました。ワークシ
ョップのフォローアップと情報交換は、Slack でも続けて行われました。
本ワークショップの成果として、今後の共同研究や学生交流の強化・開始の足がかりとなることが期待できます。

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