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Invitation to the 96th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan
The 96th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan will be held from September 4 (Wed) to 6 (Fri), 2024, at Kochi University of Technology’s Eikokuji Campus (https://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/english/about/campus/eikokuji.html). We are currently making every effort to prepare for the event. This is the first time ever that the Genetics Society of Japan meeting will be held in Kochi Prefecture, and the first time in 60 years that it will be held in Shikoku. This is a valuable opportunity, so please do not hesitate to participate. We will be releasing key information of the meeting through our website (https://gsj96kochi.com/) in due course of time.
The program for the meeting will include general lectures with oral presentations, as well as workshops, domestic symposia, and international symposia. We are going to invite proposals for the workshop topics in the near future. Please feel free to apply. We will also be holding poster presentations by master course graduate students and undergraduate students at this meeting to provide more opportunities for young participants to present their work. For your information, the Best Papers (BP) Award will be presented to outstanding general lectures selected by a review committee, and the Young Best Posters (YBP) Award will be presented to outstanding poster presentations selected by a vote of all meeting participants. Both the BP Award and the YBP Award will be presented at the society members’ General Meeting on the final day of the meeting. Therefore, the meeting will be exciting until the very end. We look forward to your active participation from all generations.
In addition, on September 7 (Sat), the day after the meeting, we will be holding a public citizen lecture entitled “The Amazing Plant Genetic Resources of Shikoku” at the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden (https://www.makino.or.jp/multilingual/?lang=en). Makino Botanical Garden is a beautiful, state-of-the-art botanical garden that was established to commemorate the achievements of Tomitaro Makino, a botanist from Kochi who is known as the “Father of Japanese Plant Taxonomy.” Makino’s life and accomplishments may be fresh in your memory thanks to the NHK morning drama “Ranman”. Using the facilities within Makino Botanical Garden, this citizen lecture will introduce the charm of the plants of Shikoku and the plant research to junior high school and high school students as well as to the public in an easy-to-understand way. In addition to valuable lectures by researchers from Makino Botanical Garden and several universities, we are also preparing participant-oriented events. We hope that this citizen lecture will be enjoyed by everyone, including members of the society.
Kochi is a prefecture that is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the Pacific Ocean to the south. It is geographically somewhat isolated, but this has led to the development of a unique culture and rich natural environment there. Notably, transportation to Kochi is not that bad these days. Even for those who think that Kochi is too far away and that they will never visit` there unless they have a good reason, this meeting is an excellent opportunity. We hope that all of you will come to Kochi and enjoy its value by yourself.
We look forward to your participation.
The 96th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan Chairperson
Kojiro Ishii (Kochi University of Technology)