ADVANCES IN TROPICAL GENOMICS: Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Biodiversity

Programme
Day #2: Technical Workshop Tuesday, 21 December 2011 MIT Buildings, SEAMEO-BIOTROP Campus 08.30 - 09.00 Registration and Coffee/Tea 09.00 - 12.00 Session#1: Methodology in genomic research Dr. Kazuyuki Doi (MEXT, Japan) Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam (UKM-MOSTI, Malaysia) 12.00 - 13.00 Break/Lunch/Praying 13.00 - 16.00 Session#2: Bioinformatics Dr. Junya Yamagishi (MEXT, Japan) Arli Parikesit (Univ. Leipzig, Germany)

Venue
Day#1: Seminar (20 December 2011) IPB International Convention Center Botani Square 2nd floor, Jl. Raya Pajajaran Bogor - West Java, Indonesia Day#2: Technical Workshop (21 December 2011) MIT Buildings, SEAMEO-BIOTROP Campus
(Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology)

Jl. Raya Tajur Km. 6 Bogor - West Java, Indonesia

Regional Seminar

Hotel information
Hotel Santika Bogor (http://www.santika.com/santika-bogor/), phone: +62-251-8400707 Hotel Salak The Heritage (http://hotelsalak.co.id/), phone : +62-251-8373111 Novotel Bogor (http://www.novotelbogor.com/), phone: +62-251-8271555 Sahira Butik Hotel (http://www.sahirabutikhotel.com/), phone : +62-251-8322413 Royal Hotel (http://royalhotelbogor.com/), phone: +62-251-8347123, 8347333 Hotel Pangrango 2 (http://www.pangrangohotel.com), phone: +62-25- 8321482 Hotel Permata (http://permatahotel.com/), phone : +62-251-8318007

Important Dates
Submission of abstract: 9 December 2011 Notification of acceptance: 13 December 2011 Registration deadline: 19 December 2011 Seminar: 20 December 2011 Technical Workshop: 21 December 2011

ADVANCES IN TROPICAL GENOMICS: Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Biodiversity

IPB International Convention Center SEAMEO-BIOTROP Campus Bogor - West Java, Indonesia 20-21 December 2011

FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, please visit: http://regionalseminar.event.ipb.ac.id/ or contact: Dr. Ulfah J. Siregar e-mail: siregaruj@gmailcom; ulfahjsiregar@biotrop.org Dr. Utut Widyastuti e-mail: ututsuharsono2002@yahoo.com; uwidyastuti@ipb.ac.id

Organized by:

SEAMEO

BIOTROP

Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology

Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)

Background
Tropical biodiversity is the world's very valuable assets. It provides food, feeds, clothing, and shelter for a large portion of the world's population. However, the tropical genetic resources are not only underutilized, they are also in danger of being lost due to the destruction of natural habitats at their sites of origin, the high costs of conservation programs, and our lack of appreciation of the worth of these precious resources. There is a critical need for assessing the richness of tropical genetic resources for conservation and future sustainable utilization. Assessment of genetic resources as component of biodiversity, which was previously done using molecular markers has limitation, since such markers could not access the whole genome of the organisms. The rapid advance in genomics has drawn many attentions as new and more powerful tool to asses and study genetic resources, also to solve some problems that have long been obstacles to traditional breeding program. Genomics is the study of how genes and genetic information are organized within the genome, and how this organization determines their function. The application of genomics is dramatically improving capacity to explore the genetic constitution of many important species. Together with the growing number of partial and complete genomic sequences, high-throughput and massively parallel genotyping platforms are increasingly coming on stream, allowing the analysis of transcripts, proteins, and pathways and, more importantly, helping to extract useful variability from the wealth of resources stored in germplasm banks. Genomic analysis of tropical species promises to add new dimensions to growing information available about morphology, physiology, and parallel evolution in diverse lineages of organisms. Genetic resources, which provide the raw materials, should interact with both advanced biological exploration, which provides an understanding of the genetic basis of traits, and breeding programs, which realize the value by applying conventional and advanced

methods to produce new and improved varieties and breeds. Using functional genomics approach, improvement program relies on a profound understanding of the genetic basis of functional diversity that will serve to broaden organism adaptation and improve productivity by the stacking of new or existing favorable alleles.

Programme
Day #1: Seminar Monday, 20 December 2011 IPB International Convention Center 08.30 - 09.00 Registration and Coffee/Tea 09.00 - 09.45 Opening Ceremony Welcome address : Rector IPB Congratulatory address : Director, SEAMEOBIOTROP Keynote Speech : Ministry of Research & Technology RI 09.45 - 10.15 Coffee/Tea/Press conference 10.15 - 12.15 Plenary Session State of the art research & policy on genomics & bioinformatics Ministry of Education & Culture (Indonesia) Dr. Kazuyuki Doi (MEXT, Japan) Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam (UKM-MOSTI, Malaysia) Dr. Junya Yamagishi (MEXT, Japan) Dr. Shigehiko Kanaya (NAIST, Japan) Prof. Dr. Suharsono (RCBIO IPB, Indonesia) 12.15 - 13.30 Break/Lunch/Praying/Poster Session 13.30 - 15.30 Sub-Plenary Session (Parallel) Session#1: Structural genomics (comparative genomics, genome mappings, ecological genomics, evolution etc.) Session#2: Functional genomics (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, EST, transgenics etc) 15.30 - 16.00 Break/Coffee/Praying 16.00 - 17.00 General discussion Research foci and initiation for genome consortium/network

Objectives
To create a scientific forum for information exchange

on genomics of all types of organisms in the tropics for conservation and sustainable utilization purposes. To build a network and cooperation among scientists working on genomics research in the region and those in other regions. To create a consortium for genomics of tropical organisms, especially in South East Asia. One day seminar on 20 December 2011 will serve as forum for information exchange and knowledge sharing among participants, where various aspects of recent genomics research conducted both in the region and other regions will be discussed. The following one day workshop on 21 December 2011 will be devoted to learning process on recent methodologies an protocols, also possibility of forming a consortium of tropical genome from Southeast Asia, as well as developing a collaborative, strategic plan among participants in the region.

Registration Fee
Foreign participants: US $ 150 Domestic participants (Indonesia) Students: IDR 250,000 Academicians/Researchers: IDR 500,000 Others: IDR 1,000,000 The registration fee can be transferred to: Bank BNI branches Bogor-Indonesia Account Number: 3893705 Name: Rektor IPB C/Q IPB (Penampungan)