logo7th International Legume Conference
"Legume Systematics for Next Generation"  29 Aug - 2 Sept 2018,  Sendai,   JAPAN
 

Symposia

Symposia


We hold 11 symposia. The duration of each session is 90 min and generally for six speakers (15 min each).  Some symposia include two sessions (in total 180 min). Symposium organizers can make changes for the number of speakers and presentation time. 

By Clicking the linked title below, you will see the detail information of the symposium.
  1. Legume Morphology: diversity and evolution
     10:50 - 12:20; 13:30 - 15:00 (two sessions), 29th Aug (Wed)
    (
    Organizers:  Brigitte Marazzi, Juliana Villela Paulino, Leonardo Borges, Vidal Mansano, Simone de Pádua Teixeira)
  2. Evolution and systematics of subfamily Detarioideae
    15:30 - 17:00, 29th Aug (Wed)
     (Organizers: Manuel de la Estrella, Bente Klitgaard, Anne Bruneau)
  3. Diversity of African Legumes
    17:30 - 19:00, 29th Aug (Wed)
    (Organizer: Ben-Erik Van Wyk)
  4. Legume Diversity in Asia
    10:50 - 12:20
    , 30th Aug (Thu)
    (Organizers: Tetsukazu Yahara, Tingshuang Yi, Firouzeh Javadi)
  5. Phylogenetic niche conservatism, biome switching, and adaptation in legume evolution
     13:30 - 15:00; 15:30 - 17:00 (two sessions), 30th Aug (Thu)
     (Organizers: Toby Pennington, Colin Hughes)
  6. Evolution and diversity of Legume - Soil Bacteria Symbiosis
    17:30 - 19:00, 30th Augt (Thu)
    (Organizers: 
    Milagros Leon Barrios, Kojiro Takanashi, Tadashi Kajita)
  7. Root to Tip Legume Phylogenomics: Building the Phylogenetic Foundations for Next Generation Legume Systematics
    10:50 - 12:20; 13:30 - 15:00(two sessions), 1st Sept (Sat)
     (Organizers: Colin Hughes, Toby Pennington, Jeff Doyle)
  8. Taxonomy, phylogeny and conservation of tribe Dalbergieae
    15:30 - 17:15, 1st Sept (Sat)
    (Organizers: Mohammad Vatanparast, Bente Klitgård)
  9. Evolutionary Diversification across the legume landscape: from order to genus
    17:45 - 19:00, 1st Sept (Sat)
    (Organizer: Ashley Eagan)
  10. Legume Evolutionary Genomics
    10:50 - 12:20, 2nd Sept (Sun)
    (Steven Cannon, Sachiko Isobe, Ken Naito)
  11. Celebrating 40 years of legume systematics: the productive career of Gwilym P. Lewis
    13:30 - 15:00, 2nd Sept (Sun)
    (Organizers: Anne Bruneau, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz)