| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cell Walls in Development |
| Discussion Leader: Maura C. Cannon, University of Massachusetts |
| 7:30 | Mary Tierney, University of Vermont
"Proline-rich structural cell wall proteins are essential for root hair and guard cell function in Arabidopsis" |
| 8:10 | Elizabeth Lord, University of California, Riverside
"Wall molecules involved in adhesion and guidance in lily pollination" |
| 8:50 | Alan Showalter, Miami University of Ohio
"Structure, Expression and Function of the Tomato LeAGP-1 Arabinogalactan-Protein with its Distinctive Lys-rich Subdomain: GPI Anchoring and LeAGP-1 Overexpression Studies" |
| 9:15 | General Discussion followed by Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Wall Loosening Mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: Taka Hayashi, University of Kyoto |
| 9:00 | Peter Schopfer, University of Freiburg
"Peroxidase-generated hydroxyl radicals effect cell wall loosening and extension growth" |
| 9:40 | Jan Derksen, Catholic University of Nijmegen
"Plant lipid transfer proteins with wall extension activity" |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 | Daniel J. Cosgrove, Penn State University
"Crystal structure and functional analysis of expansins" |
| 11:30 | Akane Okamoto-Nakazato, Showa Pharmaceutical University
"Yieldin, a wall bound protein regulating the acid-induced change in the yield threshold" |
| 12:10 | General Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cell Biology of Cell Walls |
| Discussion Leader: Keith Roberts, John Innes Centre |
| 7:30 | Maureen McCann, Purdue University
"Cell wall-related gene discovery in the Zinnia system" |
| 8:10 | Peter Ulskov, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
"Biophysical consequences of altering rhamnogalacturonan side-chain structure" |
| 8:50 | Neil Taylor, University of York
"Regulation of Secondary Cell Wall Cellulose Synthesis" |
| 9:15 | General discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell Wall Genomics, Proteomics and Evolution |
| Discussion Leader: Chris Somerville, Carnegie Institution / Stanford Univ. |
| 9:00 | Geoffrey B. Fincher, University of Adelaide
"Genomic approaches to wall biosynthesis in barley" |
| 9:40 | Pedro M. Coutinho, AFMB-CNRS, Marseille(s)
"Carbohydrate-active enzymes: Arabidopsis vs. Rice" |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 | Kenneth Keegstra, MSU-DOE Plant Research, Laboratory
"The genes and enzymes required for xyloglucan biosynthesis" |
| 11:30 | Wolf-Dieter Reiter, University of Connecticut
"Genetic analysis of the GT47 glycosyltransferase gene family of Arabidopsis" |
| 12:10 | Joss Rose, Cornell University
"Proteomic analysis of the tomato cell wall" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #1 (4-5pm for even # posters, 5-6pm for odd # posters) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Wood Formation and Lignification |
| Discussion Leader: Simon Turner, University of Manchester |
| 7:30 | Claire Halpin, University of Dundee
"Multi-gene manipulation of lignin biosynthesis" |
| 8:10 | Eric Beers, Virginia Tech University
"Gene expression profiles from xylem, phloem and non-vascular tissues of Arabidopsis" |
| 8:50 | Ewa Mellerowitz, SLU
"Pectin methyl esterase regulates cell expansion and intrusive growth during wood development in poplar" |
| 9:15 | General Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Technical Advances in Cell Wall Analysis and Use |
| Discussion Leader: William York, CCRC and University of Georgia |
| 9:00 | Markus Pauly, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology
"Microanalysis of cell walls using mass spectrometry" |
| 9:40 | Herman Höfte, Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, INRA, Versailles
"Pushing the limits of FT-IR microspectroscopy for the analysis of variation in Arabidopsis cell walls" |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 | Michael Hahn, CCRC and University of Georgia
"Monoclonal antibodies as essential tools for the study of plant cell wall structure, biosynthesis and remodeling" |
| 11:25 | John Ralph, USDA/ARS
"Solubilization of Finely-Divided Cell Walls - a Platform for Improved Characterization and Analysis" |
| 11:50 | Lawrence Melton, University of Auckland
"New Plant Cell Wall Models: A different way of looking at xyloglucans and cellulose microfibrils" |
| 12:15 | General Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Pathogenesis, symbiosis, and other biotic interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Joss Rose, Cornell University |
| 7:30 | Nick Brewin, John Innes Centre
"Cell wall remodeling during Rhizobium invasion of legume roots" |
| 8:10 | Eric Davis, North Carolina State University
"Worms and Walls: A Dynamic Relationship" |
| 8:40 | John Bishop, Washington State University
"Battle for the cell wall: Molecular evolution of glycanhydrolases and their inhibitors" |
| 9:10 | Ling Qin, University of Wageningen
"A functional beta-expansin in a plant parasitic nematode" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Polysaccharide Biosynthesis I |
| Discussion Leader: Debra Mohnen, CCRC, University of Georgia |
| 9:00 | Ariel Orellana, University of Chile
"Nucleotide sugar transporters: Analysis of their role in the biosynthesis of non-cellulosic polysaccharides" |
| 9:40 | Nick Carpita, Purdue University
"The mixed-linkage ß-glucan synthase" |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 | Vincent Bulone, CNRS-Grenoble
"Unraveling the mechanisms of cellulose and callose synthesis in plants and in the Oomycete Saprolegnia monoica: recent developments" |
| 11:30 | Shinobu Satoh, University of Tsukuba
"Molecular analysis of pectin biosynthesis and functions with T-DNA tagging in haploid tobacco" |
| 12:10 | General Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #2 (4-5pm for even # posters, 5-6pm for odd # posters) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Polysaccharide Biosynthesis II |
| Discussion Leader: Bruce Stone, Latrobe University |
| 7:30 | Kanwarpal Dhugga, Pioneer Hi-Bred
"ß-mannan synthase from guar seed is a member of the cellulose synthase super gene family" |
| 7:55 | Georg Seifert, John Innes Centre
"Developmental control of UDP-galactose flux into cell wall matrix polymers |
| 8:20 | Jason Sterling, University of Georgia
"A putative galacturonosyltranfserase gene family in Arabidopsis" |
| 8:45 | Naomi Geshi, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
"Characterization of 1,4-ß-galactsyltransferases in Arabidopsis" |
| 9:10 | Peter Albersheim, CCRC/University of Georgia
"Studies of pectin structure" |
| 9:25 | General Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
