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Symposium Report

The 5th Taiwan-Korea-Japan

International Symposium on Microbial Ecology

Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2013

Venue National Central University,

#300 Jhongda Road, Jhongli, Taiwan 32001

Organized by

Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology (TSME)

The Microbiological Society of Korea (MSK)

Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology (JSME)

Local organizer

National Central University

National Taiwan Ocean University

Fu-Jen Catholic University

Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, National Apply Research Laboratory

The Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA

Institute of Nuclear Energy Research

Organizing committee

Chair:

Shir-Ly Huang*, National Central University, Taiwan

Board members:

Mei-Chin Lai, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Jyh-Yih Leu, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Jer-Horng Wu, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Chu-Ching Lin, National Central University, Taiwan

Hsin-hsin Tung, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Jang-Cheon Cho, Inha University, Korea

Tae-Ho Lee, Pusan National University, Korea

Chang-Jun Cha*, Chung-Ang University, Korea

Koji Hamasaki, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Mio Takeuchi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Jun Murase*, Nagoya University, Japan

(*Country contact person)

Executive advisors:

Shiu-Mei Liu, National Taiwan Ocean University

Sang-Jin Kim, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology

Kazuhiro Kogure, The University of Tokyo

Nov. 12, 2013

The 5th Taiwan-Korea-Japan Symposium on Microbial Ecology was held at National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan. There were about 200 participants with 37 from Japan and 33 from Korea. We also had 2 participants from China, 1 from Hong Kong and 1 from USA. In the conference, two plenary talks were delivered by Prof. SM Liu (TSME President) and Prof. Joe Zhou (USA). And a total of 19 oral presentations were from the four symposia and 2 from woman microbiologist round table. The four symposia were Marine Microbial Diversity & Ecosystem; Microbial Biodegradation with Ecological Perspective; Approaches to Microbial Ecological Theory; Microbes v.s. the Environment (Young scientist symposium). In addition to the oral presentation, there were a total of 95 posters with 26 from Japan, 24 from Korea and 1 from China. Eight best poster awards were selected by the Poster Award Committee composed of three Societies plus prof. Joe Zhou.

For the events associated with the conference, the young scientist party remained a success with a good number of participants (16 from Taiwan and Japan plus 2 from Korea and 1 from China). The student party concluded with the establishment of a Facebook group “Young Scientist Meeting and Party on Microbial Ecology,” which facilitate communications between the young scientists. It will be managed by the student representatives from three countries. Particularly, with the initiation by Dr. Mio Takeuchi, we held a round table discussion chaired by President SM Liu and had about 20 participants sharing woman scientist situation in the three countries. In addition, the promotion of 6th Korea-Japan-Taiwan symposium and ISME 15 were also included and introduced by President SJ Kim (MSK) and Prof. CJ Cha. For the welcome reception on Oct. 31st, the symposium speakers/conveners, organizing committee members, board members of three societies and local sponsors, a total of 40 guests were invited for the dinner. There were 52 participants joining Eco-tour in Yangmingshan National Park on Nov. 2nd.

The business meeting of TSME, MSK and JSME was being held on Nov. 1st and concluded with a continuous mutual collaboration among the three societies. The one-day 6th K-J-T symposium will be held before ISME15 in 2014. The three societies actively promote ISME 15 in Asia countries and particularly in China.

I . Participants

Category Affiliation country TotalTaiwan Korea Japan Hong Kong China USA

Regular participants 125 33 37 1 2 1 199Accompanying persons - 4 1 - - 1 -

Student party 16 2 16 0 1 0 35Business meeting 5 5 6 0 0 0 16

Poster 44 24 26 0 1 0 95Note: Participants from twelve countries have joined, if counted by nationality. Except for T-K-J, they are Germany (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Vietnam (1), Hong Kong (2), Malaysia (1), China (3), Pakistan (2) and USA (1)

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Program book cover and conference poster

Group photos of participants

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Opening remarks by Dr. GR Liu, Vice President and Dr. YH Chu, Dean of College of Earth Science, NCU

II. Scientific program

CategoryAffiliation country

TotalTaiwan Korea Japan China USAPlenary Lecture 1 0 0 0 1 2

Symposium lecture 5 4 3 0 0 12Young scientist symposium 2 2 2 1 0 7

Poster presentation 44 24 26 1 0 95

Plenary speeches by prof. Shiu-Mei Liu (left) from National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan and prof. Joe Zhou (right) from University of Oklahoma, USA.

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Auditorium hall, K.T. Li library, NCU

Poster session, Engineering building 4, NCU

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III. Scientific awards

There are eight best poster awards presented to participants from Taiwan (4), Korea (2) and Japan (2).

Poster award session during the banquet, South Garden, Jhong-li

!IV. Other events

1. Welcome dinner

Oct. 31 19:00-21:00, 聚風華 restaurant, Jhong-li, Taiwan

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2. Young scientist symposium and party

Oct. 31 19:00-21:00, HOLOthé (福祿茶), Jhong-li, Taiwan

3. Business meeting

Nov. 1st 11:30-13:30, K.T. Li library, NCU, Jhong-li, Taiwan

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4. Woman scientist roundtable

Nov. 1st 08:10-09:20, K.T. Li library, NCU, Jhong-li, Taiwan

5. Eco-tour

Nov. 2nd 08:30-16:00, Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei, Taiwan

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Attachment - Program

October 31, Thursday

K. T. Li Library Conference Hall (R204, 2 Floor)

Engineering Building 4

12:20 - 17:30 Registration

(Lobby, K. T. Li Library) Poster;

Company Exhibition

(set up) 13:00 – 14:00 TSME member assembly

14:00 - 14:30 Opening

Shiu-Mei Liu, National Taiwan Ocean University

14:30 - 15:10

Plenary speech 1 Convener: Shir-Ly Huang, National Central University (Taiwan) Speaker: Shiu-Mei Liu, National Taiwan Ocean University (Taiwan) "Status of microbial ecology research in Taiwan"

15:10 - 16:30

Symposium 1. Marine Microbial Diversity & Ecosystem Organizer/Convener: Mei-Chin Lai, National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan) Speaker: 1. Koji Hamasaki, The University of Tokyo (Japan)

"Spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterioplankton in the Pacific Ocean: clues to ecosystem functioning"

2. Sen-Lin Tang, Academia Sinica (Taiwan) "Prokaryotic diversity and metagenomes in the South China Sea"

3. Jang-Cheon Cho, Inha University (Korea) "Another reason for cultivating the uncultured: Abundant SAR116 phage types in the ocean"

4. Ka-Lai Pang, National Taiwan Ocean University (Taiwan) " Fungi in marine environments"

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break Poster session (presentation) 17:00 - 18:30

19:00 - 21:00 Welcome Reception (by invitation);

Young scientist meeting and party

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November 1st, Friday

K. T. Li Library

Conference Hall (R204, 2F) K. T. Li Library

Conference Room 2 (R205, 2F) Engineering Building 4

8:10 - 9:20

Woman Scientist Roundtable: Topic: Network for Asian Woman Microbiologists Organizer: Mio Takeuchi (AIST, Japan), Shir-Ly Huang (National Central University, Taiwan) Chair: Shiu-Mei Liu (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)(President, TSME) 8:15-8:30 Natsuko Hamamura (Ehime University, Japan) "Promotion of diversity and gender

equality in science and technology

and academia in Japan: prospective

and activities of the Japanese Society

of Microbial Ecology" 8:30-8:40 Song-Ih Han, (Mokwan University, Korea) 8:40-9:00 Experience Sharing, Tai-Lee Hu (Feng Chia University, Taiwan) & Hsin-hsin Tung (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) 9:00-9:20 Discussion & Conclusion

9:30 - 10:10

Plenary speech 2 Convener: Shir-Ly Huang, National Central University (Taiwan) Speaker: Jizhong (Joe) Zhou, University of Oklahoma (USA), Tsinghua University (China) "Microbial Ecology in Genomics Era: Challenges and Opportunities"

10:10 – 11:30

Symposium 2. Microbial Biodegradation with Ecological Perspective Organizer/Convener: Chang-Jun Cha, Chung-Ang University (Korea) Speaker: 1. Che Ok Jeon, Chung_ang University (Korea)

"Alteromonas is a key player of PAH degradation in tidal flat" 2. Naoko Yoshida, Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan)

"Genomic and physiological differences of dehalorespiring bacteria in three different phyla"

3. Woojun Park, Korea University (Korea) "Quorum sensing of diesel-degrading Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1"

4. Chu-Ching Lin, National Central University (Taiwan) "Rethinking the role of syntrophy in secondary mineralization of iron (oxyhydr)oxides and its impact on the biogeochemistry of subsurface environments"

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11:30 - 13:30 Lunch

K. T. Li Library, Conference Room 2 (R205, 2F)

TSME, KSM & JSME business meeting

Engineering Building 4

Poster session (presentation)

13:30 - 15:15

Young Scientist Symposium. Microbes vs. the Environment

Advisor: Chu-Ching Lin, National Central University (Taiwan)

Organizer (Country Student Representative)/ Convener: 1. Shun-ichi Fukushima, PhD student, Tokyo Metropolitan University

(Japan) 2. Jang-Ho Lee, Ph.D Candidate, Yonsei University (Korea) 3. Tai-Hung Lin, Ph.D. Candidate, Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)

Topic 1: Relationship Between Microbial Physiology and Habitat Conditions 1. Ahyoung Choi, Inha University (Korea)

"Prevalence of new marine verrucomicrobia subgroups at the ocean surface in the late summer"

2. Chi-Wei Chiang, Fu-Jen Catholic University (Taiwan) "Significance of Pseudozyma species in mangrove sediments" 3. Shotaro Suzuki, The University of Tokyo (Japan)

"Microbial community structure in the Pacific Ocean" 4. Jer-Horng Wu, National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)

"Comparative metaproteomics of methane-producing Archaea in 50°C reactor operated at different loading conditions"

Topic 2: Microbial Functions in Your Research Field 1. Jiayue Yang, University of Tsukuba (Japan) "Spontanous mutants emerge in biofilms and become the main

population by environmental selection" 2. Muhammad Imran Khan, Yonsei University (Korea)

"Enrichment and characterization of starch-utilizing RDX-degrading microbial consortia from explosive-contaminated soil"

3. Chang-Ping Yu, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) "Isolation and characterization of a novel melamine-degrading bacterium"

15:15 - 15:30 Group photo

15:30 - 15:55 Coffee break

15:55 - 17:15

Symposium 3. Approaches to Microbial Ecological Theory

Organizer/ Convener: Shin Haruta, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan) Natsuko Hamamura, Ehime University (Japan) Yasuhisa Saito, Shimane University (Japan)

Speakers: 1. Chie Katsuyama, Chuo University (Japan)

"A case study of mathematical modeling for describing complementary cooperation between two bacteria in pesticide degradation"

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2. Chih-hao Hsieh, National Taiwan University (Taiwan) "Detecting causality in complex ecosystems"

3. Hee-Deung Park, Korea University (Korea) "Rare and general bacterial taxa distributed differently across temporal scale in an activated sludge bioreactor"

4. Takeshi Miki, National Taiwan University (Taiwan) "An ecologist's guide to dynamical modeling of microbial community and ecosystem"

17:15 - 17:30

Conference promotion Sang-Jin Kim (President, LOC of ISME-15) (President, MSK) 1. ISME-15, 2014 (Seoul, Korea) 2. 6th K-J-T Microbial Ecology Symposium, 2014 (Seoul, Korea)

18:00 - 20:30 Banquet (Poster award and closing ceremony)

November 2nd, Saturday

08:30 - 16:00

Eco-tour Yangmingshan National Park and Beitou, Taiwan Organizer: Hsin-hsin Tung, National Taiwan University (Taiwan) Yangmingshan National Park : http://english.ymsnp.gov.tw/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&gp=0&Itemid=104# Beitou: http://www.taipeitravel.net/frontsite/en/sceneryEnSearchAction.do?method=doSearch&menuId=1030502