Dear members of the Zoological Society of Japan,

We will hold the kickoff symposium for the MEXT Grants-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (B) "Evolvability Fluctuation History," which started this fiscal year.

Date and Time: Saturday, June 7, 2:20 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Koshiba Hall, Faculty of Science Building 1, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
Pre-registration is not required. Those from outside the field are also welcome to participate.
domain websitehttps://detecting-evolvability-dynamics.com

Program
14:00 Registration opens
14:20-14:40 Opening remarks, overview of the research area
14:40–15:10 "The dawn of vertebrate morphological evolution revealed by integrated research in paleontology and evolutionary developmental biology" (Tatsuya Hirasawa, Yuri Kimura, Daiki Higashiyama)
15:10 - 15:40 Poster session, coffee break
15:40–16:10 "History of Fluctuations in the Evolutionary Potential of Avian Wings Approached through Morphological Prediction Using Deep Learning" (Masahiro Uesaka)
16:10–16:40 "Evolutionary Potential Trajectory in Parallel Evolution of Insect and Fish Coloration" (Toshiya Ando, Ken Anzai)
16:40 - 17:00 General Discussion
17:00 - 17:30 Poster Presentation

We look forward to your participation. We especially welcome younger participants.
Also, if you know anyone else who might be interested, I would appreciate it if you could forward this information to them.

Tatsuya Hirasawa
Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator of the Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (B) "History of Evolvability Dynamics"