Notification and Application Form
IABHU International Symposium
- Frontiers in Amphibian Biology:
Endangered Species Conservation and Genome Editing The Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University (IABHU) will host the
international symposium “Frontiers in Amphibian Biology: Endangered Species
Conservation and Genome Editing” (details below). We expect a large number of
participants.
1. Date
March 27 (Thu) and 28 (Fri), 2014
2. Venue
Building E, Graduate School of Science,
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima Campus
Address
1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima
Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
(Directions available at http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/index.html)
3. Schedule
March 27
March 28
Lectures by invited speakers and institute members
Poster presentations
Social gathering (pre-registration required)
Lectures by invited speakers and institute members
Poster presentations
Backyard tour of the Institute (pre-registration required)
4. Protocol for poster presentations, social gathering, and backyard tour
Pre-registration is not required to attend the symposium (attendees may sign in at
the symposium desk). However, pre-registration is necessary for those who wish to
make a poster presentation, attend the social gathering, or join the backyard tour.
We offer a travel award for young poster presentation applicants. Applicants who
wish to be considered for a travel award must indicate so on the application form.
Application: Those wishing to make a poster presentation, attend the social
gathering, or join the backyard tour should complete and return the application form
(Word file) by email. The registration deadline is February 20, 2014.
Application submission: Please submit your completed application form (plese
see bellow) to amphsymp@hiroshima-u.ac.jp. Multiple applications per email are
not allowed; please send one email per applicant. The subject line must be
“Application for IABHU symposium <APPLICANT’S NAME>” and the file name of
Application Form must be “App_<APPLICANT’S NAME>”. Please delete these
instructional pages and the example Abstract Form (last page) from the document,
and send only the Application Form and Abstract Form when applying.
To apply to make a poster presentation, please put the title and name(s) of
the author(s) (for multiple authors, please place an asterisk to the left of author who
will be presenting) and the abstract of the presentation in the Abstract Form. Please
use Times 12 point font and single line spacing. Abbreviated names are acceptable
for affiliations. Please note the maximum word counts indicated on the Abstract
Form. Please see the example Abstract Form for guidance.
Poster presentation topics: There are no restrictions on the content of the poster
presentations, as long as the work pertains to amphibian biology.
Poster size: Maximum poster size is 80 cm (width) × 160 cm (height).
Travel awards: We offer a travel award for young poster presentation applicants
aged 40 years or under. Abstracts from the applicants will be screened by the
committee members, and about 20 applicants will be selected to receive travel
awards. The award winners’ names will be listed on the symposium webpage. The
maximum award per applicant is 30,000 yen for presenters coming from within
Japan and 100,000 yen for presenters coming from overseas. Travel awards will be
paid in cash (in Japanese yen) at the symposium desk (we do not support bank or
mail transfers).
5. Meeting fee
Participation (including backyard tour) Free
Social gathering
5,000 yen (Please pay at symposium check-in)
6. Accommodation: Please note that the symposium organizers do not take any
responsibility for providing accommodation or local transportation for participants.
For accommodation, please check Hotels.com site http://www.hotels.com/. The
following two hotels have convenient access to the symposium venue:
Toyoko Inn Higashi-hiroshima Saijo Ekimae
http://www.toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/00160/index.html
Saijo Hakuwa Hotel
http://web.travel.rakuten.co.jp/portal/my/info_page_e.Eng?f_no=108769
7. Contact address and correspondence
The Office of IABHU International Meeting, c/o Masayuki Sumida
Institute for Amphibian Biology
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
E-mail: amphsymp@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
*Program and further information are available on the symposium website:
http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/amphibia/FronAmphBiol/
*Printed programs will be distributed at the symposium check-in desk.
Application Form
NAME:
MAILING ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
EMAIL:
1. PRESENTATION
Are you applying for a travel award?
Are you 40 years of age or under?
Are you from Japan or overseas?
□ Presenting poster □ Not presenting
□ Yes
□ Yes
□ Japan
□ No
□ No
□ Overseas
2. SOCIAL GATHERING
□ Attending
□ Not attending
3. BACKYARD TOUR
□ Attending
□ Not attending
*Please complete and return the Application Form and Abstract Form to amphsymp@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Abstract Form
Title (maximum 40 words)
Authors’ names (maximum 40 words)
Authors’ affiliations (maximum 50 words)
Abstract (maximum 500 words)
Abstract form (Example)
From Antarctica or Asia? New colonization scenario for Australian-New Guinean narrow
mouth toads suggested from the findings on a mysterious genus Gastrophrynoides
Kurabayashi1, Masafumi Matsui2, Daicus M. Belabut3,4, Hoi-Sen Yong3,
Norhayati Ahmad4, Ahmad Sudin5, Mitsuru Kuramoto6, Amir Hamidy2, and Masayuki
Sumida1
1
Inst. for Amphibian Biol., Hiroshima Univ., Japan; 2Grad. Sch. of Human and Environ.
Stud., Kyoto Univ., Japan; 3Inst. of Biol. Sci., Univ. of Malaya, Malaysia; 4LESTARI,
Univ. Kebangsaan, Malaysia; 5Facul. of Sci. and Tech., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia,
Malaysia; 6Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan
○Atsushi
Microhylidae is a geographically widespread family of anurans. Although several
extensive molecular analyses have attempted to elucidate their subfamilial relationships,
and correlate these with Mesozoic and Cenozoic continental drifts, consensus has not
been reached. Further, generic level relationships have not been well investigated in
some microhylid subfamilies, and therefore subfamilial affiliations of some genera are
still unclear. To re-examine the subfamilial relationship of microhylids, to elucidate the
phylogenetic positions of two mysterious Asian genera, Gastrophrynoides and
Phrynella, and to better understand the trans-continental distributions of microhylid
taxa, we performed molecular phylogenetic and dating analyses using the largest
molecular dataset (7164 nucleotide sites and ~ 52 microhylids) applied to these taxa to
date. We newly sequenced six nuclear genes and two mitochondrial (mt) genes
(approximately 8 kbp) from 22 microhylid frogs from eight subfamilies. The maximum
likelihood and Bayesian analyses resulted in the following phylogenetic information. (1)
The recent view of the sister relationship of Microhylidae and Afrobatrachia is
disputable. (2) The subfamilial relationship of microhylids suggested so far could be
narrowed down to three alternatives. (3) Generic relationships of microhylines were
largely elucidated, excluding the positions of Chaperina, Micryletta, and Kaloula. (4)
Although two previous studies estimated different divergence ages for microhylid
subfamilies, our estimated ages were similar to the older one. Remarkably, our results
clearly showed that one of two problematic Asian genera, Phrynella, was nested in the
clade of the Asian subfamily Microhylinae. By contrast, Gastrophrynoides occupied the
most basal position of the Australian-New Guinean subfamily Asterophryinae. The
estimated divergence of Gastrophrynoides from other asterophryine was unexpectedly
around 50 million years ago. Although a colonization scenario via Antarctica to the
Australian-New Guinean landmass has been suggested for Asterophryinae, our finding
suggested a novel colonization route via Indo-Eurasia.