November 3rd ROOM: KARON 17:00 - 19:00 Registration Open November 4th | Friday ROOM: KARON 08:00 - 09:00 Registration 09:00 - 09:10 Welcome Address Apichart Vanavichit, ISRFG 2022 Co-chair of the Organizing Committee, Rice Science Center, Kasetsart University, THAILAND 09:10 - 09:25 Opening Remarks Sutkhet Nakasathien, Vice President for Research and Creation, Kasetsart University, THAILAND 09:25 - 09:40 A Tribute to Dr. Hei Leung Kenneth McNally, IRRI, PHILLIPPINES Plenary Session 09:40 - 10:10 The International Oryza Map Alignment Project (2003-present): From BACs to Gap Free Reference Genomes – What we’ve learned and where we’re going ? Rod A. Wing, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia & University of Arizona, USA 10:10 - 10:40 Phased, secondary siRNAs in reproduction and vegetative growth of grasses Blake C. Meyers, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center & Univ of Missouri - Columbia, USA 10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 - 11:30 Epigenome bioinformatics in rice and plants Pao-Yang Chen, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, TAIWAN 11:30 - 12:00 Exploring Diverse Rice Genomic Variation using the SNP-Seek V3 Database Kenneth McNally, IRRI, PHILLIPPINES 12:00 - 12:10 Group photo 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch ROOM: KARON 13:00 - 14:00 Poster session I Concurrent Sessions PanOryza Genomics Chair: Jaiswal Pankaj Genomics and Epigenomics Chair: Jixian Zhai Regulation of Whole Plant Development Chair: Ludovico Dreni ROOM: KARON ROOM: KATA ROOM: SURIN 14:00 - 14:30 14:00 - 14:30 14:00 - 14:30 Creation of pan gene sets for Asian rice Jaiswal Pankaj, Oregon State University, USA An atlas of plant full-length RNA reveals tissue-specific and monocots-dicots conserved regulation of poly(A) tail length Jixian Zhai, Southern University of Science and Technology, China Beyond ABC: Rice (O. sativa L.) Reveals Essential, Conserved Functions of MADS-box Genes in Seed Coat and Seed Vasculature Development Ludovico Dreni, Spanish Research Council and Shanghai Jiao Tong University 14:30 - 14:50 14:30 - 14:50 14:30 - 14:50 Integration of genetic variations in Oryza rufipogon uncovers the hidden process of rice domestication (1) -Dynamics of the genome architecture during rice domestication- Yutaka Sato, NIG, Japan Genetic and epigenetic novelties for adaptive traits in rice De los Reyes Benildo, Texas Tech University, USA A Germin-like protein OsGER4 is involved in promoting crown root development under exogenous Jasmonic acid treatment in rice Thi Mai Huong To, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Viet Nam 14:50 - 15:10 14:50 - 15:10 14:50 - 15:10 Integration of genetic variations in Oryza rufipogon uncovers the hidden processes of rice domestication (2) - Various selection events of QTGs (Quantitative Trait Genes) during rice domestication and subsequent breeding processes - Takeshi Izawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan Rice transformation treatments leave specific epigenome changes beyond tissue culture Jo-Wei Hsieh, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Involvement of Chloroplastic Sec14-like Protein in the Regulation of Phosphorus Acquisition and Use Mailun Yang, The University of Tokyo, Japan 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee break 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee break 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee break 15:40 - 16:00 15:40 - 16:00 15:40 - 16:00 Disentangling The Genome Wide Contribution of Structural Variations and Transposable Elements to Drought Resistance in The Model Species Oryza Sativa Mara Miculan, King Abdullah University, Saudi Arabia Promoter architecture and transcriptional regulation of genes upregulated in germination and coleoptile elongation of diverse rice genotypes tolerant to submergence Bijayalaxmi Mohanty, NUS, Singapore Zaxinone Synthases Are Required for Normal Rice Growth and Mycorrhization, and an Efficient Tool for Increased Yield Salim Al-Babili, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 16:00 - 16:20 16:00 - 16:20 Structural Variant identification and preliminary characterization in two Oryza alta accessions Andrea Zuccolo, KAUST, Saudi Arabia Molecular mechanisms underlying rice responses to light: from seed germination to flowering Nelson Saibo, ITQB NOVA, Portugal 16:20 - 16:40 16:20 - 16:40 Bringing back the wild into rice: development of genome-wide InDel marker sets and construction of genome-indexed wild rice libraries for rice improvement Sung-Ryul Kim, IRRI, Philippines Nutritropism and its mechanism Toru Fujiwara, University of Tokyo, Japan 16:40 - 17:00 A Platinum Standard de novo assembly of the polyploid rice wild relative Oryza ridleyi Hook provides a first glimpse into the dynamics of homeologous subgenome size difference. Saule Mussurova, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 17:00 - 17:20 Expanding Oryza genomes in Ensembl Guy Naamati, EMBL-EBI EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK November 5th | Saturday ROOM: KARON 08:00 - 09:00 Registration Plenary Session 09:00 - 9:30 Path to Durable, Broad-spectrum Resistance in Rice Jan Leach, College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University, USA 09:30 - 10:00 Reprograming of immunity-related gene expression in rice by nuclear effectors of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae Yong-Hwan Lee, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Korea 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 - 11:00 Characterisation of ALOG Genes Controlling Rice Inflorescence Development Martin Kater, University of Milan, Italy 11:00 - 11:30 Multifaceted Role of Intrinsically Disordered Highly Proline-rich Proteins in Conferring Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice Tuan-hua David Ho, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 11:30 - 12:00 The Role of SUMO in Rice Stress Responses Ari Sadanandom, Durham University, UK 12:10 - 13:00 Lunch ROOM: KARON ROOM: SURIN 13:00 - 14:00 Poster Session II 13.00-16.30 Workshop: High-performance computing (HPC) Please register Concurrent Sessions 1. Opening Remarks & Keynote Prof. Rod A Wing 15 Min 2. KAUST Computational Resources Dr. Saber Feki 15 Min 3. Overview of 3k Rice Genome project Dr. Yong Zhou 10 Min 4. Overview of Accelerated workflow for variant discovery Dr. Nagarajan Kathiresan 10 Min 5. Workshop: High-performance computing (HPC) Dr. Nagarajan Kathiresan (workflow discussion and demos) 6. Scientific discussion & support Dr. Yong Zhou 7. Tools for data preprocessing and demo (Phase #1) 30 Min 8. Tools for Variant discovery and demo (Phase #2) 30 Min Coffee break 30 Min 9. Data parallelization methods, call set refinement and demo (Phase #3) 50 Min Variant tables and demo (Phase #4) 30 Min Open discussion and feedback 10 Min Multiple Disease Resistance Chair: Antonio Costa de Oliveira Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses Chair: Arinthip Thamchaipenet ROOM: KARON ROOM: KATA 14:00 - 14:30 14:00 - 14:30 Rice Resilience to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses Needs a Lot of WRKYs Antonio Costa de Oliveira, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil Pushing Through Hard Times! Ethylene Acts as a Key Signal Regulating Rice Root Adaptive Responses in Compacted Soil Bipin Pandey, University of Nottingham, UK 14:30 - 15:00 14:30 - 14:50 Discovering candidate gene(s) for sheath blight resistance Jaiswal Pankaj, Oregon State University, USA Integrative omic analyses of salinity stress responsive pathways in rice Phosuwan Sunadda, Mahidol University, Thailand 15:00 - 15:20 14:50 - 15:10 Allele specific recognition of the Magnaporthe oryzae effector AVR-Pita by the unconventional rice resistance protein Ptr Laksanavilat Nutthalak, PHIM Montpellier France, France An Oryza rufipogon x Koshihikari introgression line with a high capacity to take up nitrogen to maintain growth and panicle development under low nitrogen conditions Adu Bright Gyamfi, The University of Tokyo, Japan 15:20 - 15:40 Coffee break 15:10 - 15:40 Coffee break 15:40 - 16:00 15:40 - 16:00 The Rice Canonical Strigolactones Are Not the Tillering-Inhibitory Hormone but Rhizospheric Signals Jian You Wang, KAUST, Saudi Arabia Multilayered Regulation of Membrane-Bound ONAC054 Is Essential for Abscisic Acid-Mediated Promotion of Leaf Senescence and Environmental Stress Responses in Rice Yasuhito Sakuraba, The University of Tokyo, Japan 16:00 - 16:20 16:00 - 16:20 Development and deployment strategy of gene-edited- bacterial blight resistance rice cultivars for Asia and Africa Van Schepler-Luu, IRRI, Philippines Beneficial endophytic Streptomyces alleviated salt tolerance of rice Arinthip Thamchaipenet, Kasetsart University, Thailand 16:20 - 16:40 Functional Analysis of Type-A Response Regulators in Rice Root Development under Salinity Stress Yu-Chang Tsai, National Taiwan University, Taiwan November 6th | Sunday ROOM: KARON Plenary Session 09:00 - 09:30 The Consequences of Altering Stomatal Density Julie E. Gray Biosciences, University of Sheffield, UK 09:30 - 10:00 The Sound of Photosynthesis Martin Trtilek Photon Systems Instruments (PSI), Czech 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 - 11:00 Overcoming Agricultural Challenges with high throughput Genotyping and Gene Expression. Ganesh Thambidurai, Genomax Technologies, Thailand 11:00 - 11:30 Pollen - the weakest link? Developing understanding of environmental sensitivity during pollen formation to help generate more environmentally resilient crops Zoe A Wilson, University of Nottingham, UK 11:30 - 12:00 Bringing the Missing Nutrition into Rice Through Precision Breeding and Functional Genomics Nese Sreenivasulu, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Concurrent Sessions Supernutrient Rice Chair: Apichart Vanavichit Innovative Precision Breeding Chair: Erik Murchie Functional Genomic Databases and Browsers Chair :Rod A. Wing ROOM: KARON ROOM: KATA ROOM: SURIN 13:00 - 13:30 13:00 - 13:30 13:00 - 13:30 Rainbow Rice: A Paradigm Shift in Food Futures Apichart Vanavichit, Kasetsart University, Thailand Photosynthesis and Resilience in Diverse Rice Germplasm Erik Murchie University of Nottingham, UK Using Oryza genomes, transcriptomes and Plant Reactome Knowledgebase to discover candidate genes for stress tolerance Jaiswal Pankaj, Oregon State University, USA 13:30 - 14:00 13:30 - 14:00 13:30 - 14:00 Iron Excess Response and Tolerance Mechanisms in Rice Hiroshi Masuda, Akita University, Japan Membrane lipid remodeling for improving phosphate use efficiency in rice Giri Jitender, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi India Genomic characterization of elite diversity in rice: focus on irrigated rice under development at IRRI Nguyen V. H, CIRAD, France 14:00 - 14:30 14:00 - 14:30 14:00 - 14:20 Genotypic and environmental control of grain yield and quality in Thai pigmented rice Chanakan Prom-U-Thai, Chaingmai University, Thailand Understanding the Nature of Interspecific Hybrid Sterility among AA Genome Species of Rice to utilize wild relatives for rice improvement Dayun Tao, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Accelerated Workflow and Software Tools for Plant Genomes: Data processing from Raw data to Variants using high-performance computing (HPC) Nagarajan Kathiresan, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break 14:20 - 14:50 Coffee break 15:00 - 15:20 15:00 - 15:20 14:50 - 15:10 Biosafety assessment of High Iron and Zinc Rice for future stacking with Golden Rice Oliva Norman, IRRI, Philippines Characterization of a global rice panel identifies genetic resources useful for rice breeding Joshi Gaurav, IRRI, Philippines ESIRGA - Elastic Search Implementation for Rice Genome Analytics Luis Fernando Rivera, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 15:20 - 15:40 15:20 - 15:40 Molecular mechanism underlying leaf colouration in the Rainbow rice revealed by transcriptome analysis Maipoka Maiporn, Rice Science Center, KU KPS, Thailand Climate-ready Rice by Marker-assisted Backcrossing Thanyalak Jampa, Kasetsart University, Thailand 15:40 - 16:00 ISRFG 2022 Pioneer Award for Outstanding and Sustained Contributions to the Advancement of Rice Genome Biology 16:00- 17:00 Announcement of the Next ISRFG 2023 Closing Remarks Farewell dinner at Beach BBQ Atmosphere during sunset November 7th | Monday The Phuket Heritage Sightseeing All pick up at Le Meridien Hotel [1] Private Phuket Sightseeing & City Tour Pick up time: 9.00 am [3] Coral Island Tour by Speedboat Pick up time: 8.00am [4] James Bond Island Big Boat Tour with Sea Canoe Pick up time: 8.00am [5] Phi Phi Island Tour by Big Cruise Pick up time: 7.00 am