| SUNDAY p.m. |
Nuclear Regulation of Gene Expression |
Witold Filipowicz (Discussion Leader)
- Alan Wolffe (NIH), Regulatory Roles for Chromatin
- Iris Meier (DuPont), Plant MAR-Binding protein MFP1: Protein-Protein Interactions and subcellular localization
- Judith Bender (Johns Hopkins), Regulation of Tryptophan Genes in Arabidopsis
- Witold Filipowicz (Friedrich Miescher Inst.), Oligouridylate-binding Proteins Affecting mRNA Splicing and Accumulation in N. plumbaginifolia
- Arthur Hunt (Univ. of Kentucky), Identifying plant polyadenylation factors
| MONDAY a.m. |
Cytoplasmic Control of Gene Expression |
Pam Green (Discussion Leader)
- Mark Johnson (DOE Plant Research Lab, Michigan State), Sequence-Specific Degradation of Highly Unstable Transcripts
- Dan Gallie (UC-Riverside), Molecular Analysis of Stress in Regulating
Translation and mRNA Stability
- Marie Petracek (NC State), mRNA Stability and translation: the Fed-1 Model
- Rick Vierstra (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison), Proteolytic Control of Enzymes
Using the Ubiquitin System
- Alice Barkan (Univ. of Oregon), Genetic Analysis of Group III Intron Splicing in Chloroplasts
- Shaul Yalovsky (UC-Berkeley), Protein prenyltransferases - relay between isoprenoid biosynthesis and plant development?
| MONDAY p.m. |
Gene Silencing |
Dick Flavell (Discussion Leader)
- Jerzy Paszkowski (Friedrich Miescher Inst.), Gene Silencing Mutants and DNA Methylation
- Dick Flavell (John Innes Center), Co-Suppression of Chalcone Synthase Expression in Petunias
- Herve Vaucheret (INRA), Genetic Analysis of Co-Suppression in Plants
- David Baulcombe (Sainsbury Lab), Systemic Signalling in Gene Silencing: Evidence for a Novel Regulatory System in Plants
| TUESDAY a.m. |
Plant-Microbe Interactions |
Barbara Baker (Discussion Leader)
- Barbara Baker (Plant Gene Expression Center, UC-Berkeley), Molecular-Genetic Characterization of N-Mediated TMV Resistance
- Maria Harrison (Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation), Molecular Genetic Analysis of Mycorrhizal Association
- Doug Cook (Texas A&M Univ.), Plant genetic control of nodulation in the Medicago trancatula-Rhizobium meliloti symbiosis
- Joe Clarke (Duke Univ.), Molecular Genetic Studies of Systemic Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis
- John Rathjen (UC Davis), Activated Pto Mediates the AvrPto-dependent hypersensitive disease resistance response in N. benthamiana and tomato
- Steve Whitham (Washington State Univ.), Identification of a novel multicomponent virus resistance mechanism in Arabidopsis
| TUESDAY p.m. |
Metabolic Regulation |
Gloria Coruzzi (Discussion Leader)
- Gloria Coruzzi (New York Univ.), Light and Metabolic Regulation of Amide Amino Acid Biosynthesis Genes in Arabidopsis
- Rick Dixon (Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation), Function, Organization and Regulation of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway
- John Shanklin (Brookhaven National Lab), Understanding and redesigning lipid modification enzymes
- John Celenza (Boston University), A yeast screen designed to elucidate the biosynthesis of indolic secondary metabolites involved in plant development and plant pathogen response
| WEDNESDAY a.m. |
Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Development |
Detlef Weigel (Discussion Leader)
- Detlef Weigel (Salk Inst.), A Genetic Framework for Floral Patterning
- Ed Newbigin (Univ. of Melbourne), Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility in Nicotiana alata
- Daphne Preuss (Univ. of Chicago), The Role of Cell Adhesion During Arabidopsis pollination
- Caroline Dean (John Innes Centre), Control of Flowering Time and Vernalization Response in Arabidopsis
- Jenn Fletcher (CalTech), The CLV3 gene encodes a small protein associated with meristematic activity in Arabidopsis
- Animesh Ray (Univ. of Rochester), Paradoxical regulatory interactions of SHORT INEGUMENTS 1 gene with LEAFY
| WEDNESDAY p.m. |
Keynote Address |
- Joanne Chory (Salk Inst.), Light, Brassinosteroids, and Arabidopsis Development
| THURSDAY a.m. |
Plant Responses to Environmental Signals |
Rob Last (Discussion Leader)
- Tricia Conklin (Boyce Thompson Inst., Cornell Univ.), Oxidative Stress Adaptation Mutants and Mechanisms in Arabidopsis
- Paul Devlin (Scripps Research Inst.), Genetic analysis of interactions between light signalling and the circadian clock in Arabidopsis
- Winslow Briggs (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford Univ.), Signal Transduction in Phototropism: Probing an Elusive Pathway in Plants
- Ian Baldwin (Max-Planck Inst.), Jasmonates as Mediators of Adaptive Responses to Environmental Stresses
- Kris Niyogi (UC-Berkeley), Regulation of Photosynthetic light harvesting in excessive light
| THURSDAY p.m. |
Hormonal Control |
Mark Estelle (Discussion Leader)
- Joe Kieber (Univ. of Illinois-Chicago), Genetic Analysis of Ethylene Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
- Takashi Hirayama (Penn), The RESPONSIVE TO ANTAGONIST 1 is involved in the thylene perception in Arabidopsis
- Neil Olszewski (Univ. of Minnesota), Evidence that O-Linked GlucNAC Modification of Proteins Plays a Role in GA Signal Transduction
- Michael Herzog (University of Grenoble), Gibberellins promote Arabidopsis trichome formation by up-regulating GLABROUS1 gene and controlling endoreduplications
- Mark Estelle (Indiana Univ.), Ubiquitin-Related Proteins and Auxin Response
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