| SUNDAY |
| 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | I. ROLES OF PLANT VOLATILES IN HUMAN AFFAIRS |
| Chair: Harry Klee (University of Florida, USA) |
| Discussion Leader: Eran Pichersky (University of Michigan, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Chair's comments |
| 7:50 pm - 8:20 pm | Fred Provenza (Utah State University, USA)
"Linking herbivore experience, varied diets, and plant biochemical diversity" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
| 8:25 pm - 8:55 pm | Efraim Lewinsohn (Agricultural Research Organization, Israel)
"Genetic engineering of tomato aroma: a single gene causes a perceptible change in aroma" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Masaharu Mizutani (Kyoto University, Japan)
"Molecular mechanism of the floral aroma formation during oolong tea manufacturing" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | II. VEGETATIVE VOLATILES: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY AND METABOLOMICS |
| Chair: Marcel Dicke (Wageningen University, Holland) |
| Discussion Leader: Ted Turlings (University of Neuchâtel, CH) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Chair's comments |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Jonathan Gershenzon (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, GER)
"Exploring new roles for plant sesquiterpene volatiles in ecological interactions, stress physiology, and internal signaling" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Nicole Van Dam (Centre for Terrestrial Ecology, Heteren, Holland)
"Can you smell the difference? Belowground induction reduces the effectiveness of aboveground volatiles serving as indirect defences" |
| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Ian Baldwin (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, GER)
"Using ‘deaf’ and ‘mute’ plants to study ecological interactions mediated by volatiles" |
| 11:05 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:35 am | Junji Takabayashi (Kyoto University, Japan)
"Leaf volatile ecology: multitrophic interaction networks mediated by leaf volatiles" |
| 11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Christopher Frost (Penn State University, USA)
"Priming plant defense with herbivore-induced volatiles: a ‘new’ extension of an old paradigm?"
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| 11:50 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
| 11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Sabrina Koepke (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, GER)
"Nocturnal vs. diurnal herbivore damage: jasmonate signaling, gene regulation and light-dependent ocimene emission" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Martin Heil (CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Mexico)
"Ecological and physiological roles of herbivore-induced plant volatiles" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | II. VEGETATIVE VOLATILES: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY |
| Chair: Marcel Dicke (Wageningen University, Holland) |
| Discussion Leader: Ted Turlings (University of Neuchâtel, CH) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Monika Hilker (Free University, Berlin, GER)
"Insect Eggs Induce Plant Defense" |
| 5:55 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:25 pm | Joop J.A. van Loon (Wageningen University, Holland)
"Vegetative plant volatiles induced by arthropod feeding: signalling depends on trophic context" |
| 6:25 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:55 pm | Matthias Held (University of Neuchâtel, CH)
"Scents of distress: how herbivore-damaged plants attract parasitic wasps and nematodes" |
| 6:55 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:25 pm | Consuelo M. De Moraes (Penn State, USA)
"The role of volatiles in mediating interactions between plant species" |
| 7:25 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | III. FLORAL VOLATILES: GENERALIZED AND FOOD/REWARD-BASED POLLINATION |
| Chair: Robert Raguso (Cornell University, USA) |
| Discussion Leader: Florian Schiestl (ETH Zürich, CH) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Chair's comments |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Candace Galen (University of Missouri, USA)
"Sugar and spice: the dynamic role of fragrance in nectar-based interaction webs" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Tia-Lynn Ashman (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Gender-specific floral scent: implications for mating and fertility" |
| 9:50 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
| 9:55 am - 10:25 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:25 am - 10:50 am | Andre Kessler (Cornell University, USA)
"Ecological roles of herbivore-induced changes in flower morphology and secondary metabolism" |
| 10:50 am - 10:55 am | Discussion |
| 10:55 am - 11:05 am | Nina Theis (University of Massachusetts, USA)
"Foliar herbivory affects floral fragrance" |
| 11:05 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:35 am | Steven Johnson (University of KwaZulu-Natal, S. Africa)
"The ecological and evolutionary basis for specialization in pollination systems: general theory and some examples from southern Africa" |
| 11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Boris Schlumpberger (University of Munich, GER)
"Variation of floral scent in the Andean cactus Echinopsis ancistrophora (Cactaceae); evidence for constraints on hawkmoth attraction" |
| 11:50 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
| 11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Stefan Dötterl (University of Bayreuth, GER)
"Are oil-bees using volatile oil-markers for finding non-volatile fatty oils?" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | III. FLORAL VOLATILES: SPECIALIZED AND SEXUALLY DECEPTIVE POLLINATION, AND OBLIGATE MUTUALISM |
| Chair: Florian Schiestl (ETH Zürich, CH) |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Raguso (Cornell University, USA) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Chair's comments |
| 5:40 pm - 6:05 pm | Rod Peakall (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)
"The role of floral odor in the pollination and evolution of Australian sexually deceptive orchids" |
| 6:05 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
| 6:10 pm - 6:20 pm | Nicolas Vereecken (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
"Pollinator-attracting odour signals in Ophrys orchids and the evolution of chemical mimicry" |
| 6:20 pm - 6:25 pm | Discussion |
| 6:25 pm - 6:50 pm | Marcus Stensmyr (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena, GER)
"A rotten scam - Pollination in the dead horse arum" |
| 6:50 pm - 6:55 pm | Discussion |
| 6:55 pm - 7:20 pm | Andreas Juergens (Canterbury Research Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand)
"The role of leaf-volatiles in carnivorous plants for attracting prey insects" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | IV. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF PLANT VOLATILES: MOLECULES, BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS, AND ENZYMES |
| Chair: Natalia Dudareva (Purdue University, USA) |
| Discussion Leader: Joerg Bohlmann (University of British Columbia, CAN) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Chair's comments |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Robert Schuurink (University of Amsterdam, Holland)
"E-2 hexenal signaling in Arabidopsis" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Eyal Fridman (Hebrew University, Israel)
"The metabolic divergence syndrome in glandular trichomes" |
| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Amy Marshall-Colón (Purdue University, USA)
"Metabolic modeling of the benzenoid network in petunia" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:25 am | Dorothea Tholl (Virginia Tech University, USA)
"Arabidopsis - A Model for Molecular Approaches in Plant Volatile Biology" |
| 11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Takao Koeduka (University of Michigan, USA)
"Multiple eugenol/isoeugenol synthases in flowers of Clarkia breweri and Petunia hybrida represent both divergent and convergent evolution" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Eric Schmelz (USDA-ARS, USA)
"Herbivore-induced leaf volatile emission mediated by proteolytic fragments of chloroplastic ATP synthase" |
| 11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Jullada Laothawornkitkul (Lancaster University, UK)
"The direct effect of isoprene on herbivory" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Michele Auldridge (Salk Institute, USA)
"Crystal structure of the tomato methylketone synthase 1 reveals a novel α/β hydrolase active site" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | IV. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF PLANT VOLATILES: PATHWAY REGULATION AND METABOLIC ENGEERING |
| Chair: Natalia Dudareva (Purdue University, USA) |
| Discussion Leader: Joerg Bohlmann (University of British Columbia, CAN) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Wittko Francke (University of Hamburg, GER)
"Structural elucidation of volatile semiochemicals" |
| 5:55 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:25 pm | Wilfried Schwab (Technical University of Munich, GER)
"Functional characterization of enzymes forming strawberry volatiles" |
| 6:25 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:55 pm | Harro Bouwmeester (Plant Research International, Holland)
"Metabolic engineering of terpenoids and consequences for plant-insect interaction" |
| 6:55 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:25 pm | Joerg Bohlmann (University of British Columbia, CAN)
"The genomics of terpenoid volatiles in conifers" |
| 7:25 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | V. TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES FOR STUDYING PLANT VOLATILES |
| Chair: Wilhelm Boland (MPI, Jena, GER) |
| Discussion Leader: Dorothea Tholl (Virginia Tech, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Chair's comments |
| 9:10 am - 9:35 am | Francesco Loreto (CNR-IBAF Montelibretti, Italy)
"Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biosphere-Atmosphere System" |
| 9:45 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Armin Hansel (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
"On-line analysis of plant volatiles" |
| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
"Tracing bioactive semiochemicals in plant-anthropod interactions" |
| 11:05 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:35 am | Anita Marsaioli (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
"The chemical language ‘spoken’ by plants and animals" |
| 11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Pawel Misztal (University of Edinburgh, UK)
"Diurnal trends and distribution of VOCs over Macchia-canopy dune vegetation measured by two PTR-MS instruments" |
| 11:50 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
| 11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Antonio Granell (Universidad Politecnica, Valencia, Spain)
"Medium/high throughput volatile phenotyping platform for tomato" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Greg Loeb (Cornell University, USA)
"Defining grape volatiles used for host location as a basis for assessing phenology and management of grape berry moth" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | I. ROLES OF PLANT VOLATILES IN HUMAN AFFAIRS (CONTINUED) |
| Chair: Harry Klee (University of Florida, USA) |
| Discussion Leader: Eran Pichersky (University of Michigan, USA) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Harry Klee (University of Florida, USA)
"Plant volatile compounds: Sensory cues for health and nutritional value" |
| 5:55 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm | Rachel Davidovich-Rikanati (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
"Overexpression of a sesquiterpene synthase gene in tomato fruit results in increased production of both sesquiterpenes and monoterpenes" |
| 6:15 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
| 6:20 pm - 6:35 pm | Sylvie Baudino (University of St. Etienne, France)
"Biosynthesis and emission of volatile scent compounds by rose petals" |
| 6:35 pm - 6:40 pm | Discussion |
| 6:40 pm - 6:55 pm | Arieh Moussaieff (Hadassah, Israel)
"The millennial use of incense revisited: incensole acetate is a novel TRPV3 activator with central and peripheral effects" |
| 6:55 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:25 pm | Roman Kaiser (Givaudan, CH)
"The scents of a vanishing flora" |
| 7:25 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
