The Announcement of
The 87th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan

We are pleased to announce that the 87th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan will be held on September 24-26, 2015 in Sendai.

1. Date (Times are tentative)

September 24 (Thu.), 2015

10:30-12:15 Oral presentations, Workshops
12:30-14:00 Luncheon seminar
14:00-18:00 Plenary workshop, General meeting, Award ceremony, Award lecture
18:30-20:30 Social gathering

September 25 (Fri.), 2015

09:00-13:00 Symposium, Workshops
14:00-18:00 Oral presentations, Workshops
18:30-20:00 Night seminar

September 26 (Sat.), 2015

09:00-12:00 Oral presentations
13:30-16:15 Public lectures

2. Venue

Kawauchi-Kita Campus, Tohoku University
41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576
  Campus map http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/map_directions.html
  Printable map http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/images/map_kawauchi.pdf

3. Registration for Participation

You may print out "Pre-registration Form" , fill in all the data, and send it by E-mail to <s-convention-1@or.knt-h.co.jp> or by FAX to <+81-11-280-2732>.

Registration Form
Pre-registration will be start from June 1(Mon.), 2015.

Payment by credit card is strongly preferred.
We accept the following cards:
VISA, Master Card, American Express, JCB and Diners Club

We will inform you how to let us know your credit card information by our reply e-mail.

Pre-registration deadline: August 20, 2015

Conference Secretariat

c/o Kinki Nippon Tourist Hokkaido Co., Ltd. Sapporo Corporate Travel Branch
N-3, W-2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0003 JAPAN
Phone: +81-11-280-8855
Fax: +81-11-280-2732
E-mail:s-convention-1@or.knt-h.co.jp

4. Oral Presentations

Any GSJ member who paid membership fees for 2015 may present a paper during the meeting in oral presentations. If you are not a GSJ member at the present time, please plan to become a member for 2015.
http://gsj3.jp/eng/e-howtogsj.html

5. Abstract Submission

Please send the abstract via on-line submission system before or on July 17 (Fri.), 2015. Prior registration for participation as a GSJ member is required to register for presentation. After the deadline, applications for presentations will not be accepted. Please contact us if you do not receive the acceptance from the online system.
If you can not operate the on-line system for your abstract submission, please send the file to GSJ87 Conference Secretariat (c/o Kinki Nippon Tourist Hokkaido) by e-mail (s-convention-1@or.knt-h.co.jp) by July 17, 2015.

On-line Submission

6. Instruction for Submission

Please note that you are require two different abstract.
1. Abstract for presentation (maximum 600 characters with space)
2. Abstract for GGS journal (maximum 1,200 characters with space)

First of all, please create “abstract body” by your own word processor, and then paste it to the column.
By using the icon on the top of column, you can modify characters to be bold, superscript or subscript.

If you need help, please contact the GSJ87 conference secretariat.

7. Registration Fee

Registration fee

On or before August 20, 2015
GSJ Members 7,000 yen
GSJ Members Student Free of charge
GSJ Non-member 9,000 yen
GSJ Non-member student Free of charge
On-site Registration
GSJ Members 8,000 yen
GSJ Members Student Free of charge
GSJ Non-member 10,000 yen
GSJ Non-member student Free of charge

Fee for social gathering on September 24, 2015

On or before August 20, 2015
GSJ Members 7,000 yen
GSJ Members Student 4,000 yen
GSJ Non-member 7,000 yen
GSJ Non-member student 4,000 yen
On-site Registration
GSJ Members 8,000 yen
GSJ Members Student 5,000 yen
GSJ Non-member 8,000 yen
GSJ Non-member student 5,000 yen

Receipts are going to be issued in the early September, 2015. The payment will be reimbursed, if the registration is cancelled by August 20, 2015

8. Accommodations

If you need to reserve your accommodations in Sendai, please contact the conference secretariat.

Conference Secretariat

c/o Kinki Nippon Tourist Hokkaido Co., Ltd. Sapporo Corporate Travel Branch
N-3, W-2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0003 JAPAN
Phone: +81-11-280-8855
Fax: +81-11-280-2732
E-mail:s-convention-1@or.knt-h.co.jp

9. Organizing Committee

Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics,
Graduate School of Agricultural Science,
Tohoku University
1-1, Tsutsumidori-Amamiya, Aoba, Sendai. Miyagi, 981-8555, JAPAN
Chairperson: Prof. Takeshi NISHIO (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
FAX: +81-22-717-8654
E-mail:gsj87@ml.tohoku.ac.jp

10. Inquiry

Conference Secretariat

c/o Kinki Nippon Tourist Hokkaido Co., Ltd. Sapporo Corporate Travel Branch
N-3, W-2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0003 JAPAN
Phone: +81-11-280-8855
Fax: +81-11-280-2732
E-mail:s-convention-1@or.knt-h.co.jp

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