MBC2019: Marine Biotechnology Conference 2019
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MBC2019: Marine Biotechnology Conference 2019 Haruko Takeyama 1,2,3 & Hiroshi Saito 4 & Yohei Nishikawa 2,3 Published online: 26 November 2020 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
As the developments in molecular biology, the field of marine biotechnology is currently undergoing a dramatic period of change. In particular, the development of big data acquisition and analysis technologies including the next-generation sequencers has led to the acquisition of various knowledge and the creation of new research topics. At the same time, we are faced with a variety of problems including marine microplastics that have not been previously identified. Thus, we are now expected to contribute to play an important role not only in advancing and disseminating research but also in industries and policies under the industry-governmentacademia collaboration. To provide a cross-sector forum for researchers from around the world to meet and discuss these various research topics from a professional point of view, the Marine Biotechnology Conference 2019 (MBC 2019) was held at Shizuoka City, Japan (Marinart Shizuoka City Shimizu Cultural hall, Shimizu Terrsa), from September 9 (Monday) to September 13 (Friday), 2019, by the Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology (JSMB) which has more than 30 years of history. * Haruko Takeyama [email protected] Hiroshi Saito [email protected] 1
Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory, AIST-Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0072, Japan
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Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, 513 Wasedatsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
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School of Marine Science & Technology, Department of Fisheries, Tokai University, 3-20-1, Orido, Shimizu-ku, shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan
The MBC2019 was a joint conference of the 12th International Marine Biotechnology Conference (IMBC) and the 12th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference (APMBC). In 2003, the joint conference of both international conferences was also held in Japan (Makuhari, Chiba). At that time, more than 700 participants from 32 countries attended MBC2003, and fruitful and productive discussion in a wide range of research fields was conducted. After an interval of 16 years, the joint conference MBC was held in Japan again. As a whole, 545 people attended the conference throughout the 5 days, with about 40% of the participants coming from overseas including 27 countries and regions (Fig. 1). MBC2019 consisted of eight plenary lectures, 37 invited speakers, more than 100 oral speakers, and more than 260 poster presentations including 15 sessions ((1) Disease and Immunology in Aquaculture, (2) Blue Innovation, Science to Policy, (3) Algal Biotechnology, (4) Natural Products from Marine Bioresources, (5) Reproductive and Developmental Technology in Aquaculture, (6) New Analysis for M
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