The fifth Japanese meeting on biological function and evolution through interactions between hosts and transposable elements

Abstract

The fifth Japanese meeting on host–transposon interactions, titled “Biological Function and Evolution through Interactions between Hosts and Transposable Elements (TEs),” was held online on August 26–27, 2021. The meeting was supported by National Institute of Genetics and aimed to bring together researchers studying the diverse roles of TEs in genome function and evolution, as well as host defense systems against TE mobility by chromatin and RNA modifications and protein-protein interactions. Here, we present the highlights of the talks.

The sixth Japanese meeting on biological function and evolution through interactions between hosts and transposable elements

“…Transposable elements (TEs) constitute a significant proportion of the eukaryotic genome and play key biological and evolutionary roles. The interactions between TEs and their hosts were discussed in a series of meetings titled "Biological Function and Evolution through Interactions between Hosts and Transposable Elements" [1][2][3]. This meeting was held at the National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Mishima, Japan, where biologists studying TEs in different species gathered and exchanged ideas.…”