Prof. Mikihisa Umehara
Department of Biological Resources, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Toyo University, JapanSpeech Title: To be Updated
Biography: Mikihisa UMEHARA is a Professor of Department of Biological Resources and Graduate School of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Japan. His major is plant physiology and plant biotechnology. He graduated from the University of Tsukuba in 1997, finished a doctor’s course at the Graduate School of Biological Sciences, the University of Tsukuba in 2004, and obtained Ph.D. in Science. He worked on onion breeding in Department of Biotechnology, Fukuoka Agricultural Research Center from 2004 to 2007. He joined RIKEN Plant Science Center as a special postdoctoral researcher in 2007 and worked on a class of plant hormones, strigolactones. In 2011, he moved to Toyo University as a associate professor, and became a full professor in 2015.
Prof. Dr. Jianbing Yan
Professor of Plant Genetics in the College of Plant Science and Technology/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, ChinaPresident of Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Speech Title: To be updated
Biography: Dr. Yan received his B.S. in 1999 and Ph. D in 2003 from Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU). 2003-2006, he worked in China Agricultural University as lecture, associate professor. From 2006-2008, he did his post doctorate research in International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Cornell University. From 2009 to 2011, he worked in CIMMYT as an associate scientist and scientist. 2011-now, he works in HZAU as a professor. His research interests focus on: Maize Genomics and the Genetic Improvement of Quality Traits based on big data and Single Cell Sequencing Technology Development and Application in Plants. Till data, he published more than 100 papers in international journals including of Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, PNAS, PLoS Genet, Plant Cell, New Phytologsit, Molecular Plant and so on.
Home page: www.maizego.org
Honors:
Ø Japan International Award for Yong Agricultural Researchers 2010
Ø Dupont Young Professor Award 2011
Ø Hubei Chutian Scholar Professor, 2011 (湖北楚天特聘教授)
Ø New Century Excellent Talents in University, 2011 （教育部新世纪人才计划）
Ø Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Youth, 2012 （优秀青年基金）
Ø Hubei “Five Four” Youth Medal, 2012（湖北五四青年奖章）
Ø The National Top-notch Youth Support Program, 2013 （“万人计划”青年拔尖人才）
Ø China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists, 2015 （国家自然科学基金委“杰青”）
Ø Yangtze River Scholars Distinguished Professor, 2016 （教育部“长江学者”）
Ø Overseas Chinese Contribution Award, 2018 （第七届中国侨界贡献奖二等奖）
Ø The L. Stadler Mid-Career Award, 2022 （刘易斯•斯塔德勒中期职业生涯奖）
Ø The 3rd National Award for Outstanding Innovation, 2023 （第三届全国创新争先奖）