| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15 pm | Chair Barbara Baker and GRC On-Site Director Peter Hendel
Welcome Addresses |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Gene Silencing / Post-Transcriptional Regulation |
| Discussion Leader: David Baulcombe The Sainsbury Laboratory |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | David Baulcombe
"Genetic and Biochemical Dissection of Gene Silencing in Arabidopsis and other Plants" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:35 pm | James Carrington Oregon State University
"Virus-Host Interactions" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Marjori Matzke Austrian Academy of Sciences
"RNA-Directed Promoter Methylation" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | Conference Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Signal Transduction |
| Discussion Leader: Joe Ecker The Salk Institute |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Joe Ecker
"Signaling Pathways for Hormone Regulated Growth" |
| 9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Bonnie Bartel Rice University
"Regulation and Action of the Plant Growth Hormone Auxin" |
| 10:05 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:27 am | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 10:27 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Julian Schroeder UC San Diego
"ABA Signal Transduction in Guard Cells, From Genomics to Cell Biology" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Varsha Wesley CSIRO
"Gene Silencing for Gene Discovery" |
| 11:45 am - 11:52 am | Discussion |
| 11:52 am - 12:07 pm | Jennifer Fletcher UC Berkeley
"Signaling in the Arabidopsis Shoot Apical Meristem" |
| 12:07 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (Posters Numbered 1-17) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Genomes and Genomics |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Last Cereon Genomics |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Robert Last
"Functional Genomics for Gene Discovery" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Robin Buell Institute for Genomic Research
"Leveraging High-Throughput Genomics Data to Plant Biologists" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Sakis Theologis UC Berkeley
"The Arabidopsis Genome" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Richard Michelmore UC Davis
"Natural and Artificial Evolution of Disease Resistance Genes" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Proteolytic Cellular Regulation in Plants |
| Discussion Leader: Mark Estelle University of Texas |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Mark Estelle
"Function of SCF Ubiquitin Protein Ligases in Auxin Response" |
| 9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Richard Vierstra University of Wisconsin
"The Ubiquitin / 26S Proteasome System: the 800-pound Gorilla in Post-Transcriptional Regulation" |
| 10:05 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:27 am | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 10:27 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Ken Shirasu The Sainsbury Laboratory
"Signaling Complexes in Disease Resistance" |
| 11:10 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 11:50 am | Pascal Genschik Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes
"APC and SCF: two essential ubiquitin-ligases in Arabidopsis thaliana" |
| 11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:12 pm | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 12:12 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II (Posters Numbered 18-35) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Development from Cell to Seed |
| Discussion Leader: Sheila McCormick UC Berkeley |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Sheila McCormick
"The Secret Life of Gametophytes" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Gordon Simpson John Innes Centre
"Control of Arabidopsis Flowering Time" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Miltos Tsiantis University of Oxford
"Control of Cell Fate in the Shoot: Beyond KNOX Genes" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Sarah Grant University of North Carolina
"Evolution of Sex Chromosomes in the Dioecious Plant, White Campion" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Genetic and Metabolic Framework of Plant Growth and Defense |
| Discussion Leader: Gloria Coruzzi New York University |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Gloria Coruzzi
"Identifying Nitrogen Regulated Gene Networks in Plants" |
| 9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Clint Chapple Purdue University
"Reactions and Interactions in Arabodopsis Phenylpropanoid Metabolism" |
| 10:05 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:27 am | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 10:27 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Diana Bassham Iowa State University |
| 11:10 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 11:50 am | Jen Sheen Massachusetts General Hospital
"Sugar and Hormone Signaling Network" |
| 11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:12 pm | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 12:12 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session III (Posters Numbered 36-53) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Address |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Speaker: Xing Wang Deng Yale University |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Election of Vice Chair |
| 9:30 pm - 12:30 am | Social Event |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Plant-Microbe Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Brian Staskawicz UC Berkeley |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Brian Staskawitz
"Delivery of Bacterial Type III Effector Proteins Specifying Plant Disease and Resistance" |
| 9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Jonathan Jones The Sainsbury Laboratory
"R genes and Defense Signaling to Specific Pathogens" |
| 10:05 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:27 am | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 10:27 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Jeff Dangl University of North Carolina
"Components of R gene Dependent Disease Resistance In Arabidopsis" |
| 11:10 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
| 11:25 am - 11:50 am | Paul Schulze-Lefert The Sainsbury Laboratory
"Nonhost Resistance to Fungal Pathogens in Arabidopsis: genetic and molecular components" |
| 11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:12 pm | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 12:12 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session IV (Posters Numbered 54-71) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Photosensory Perception and Signalling |
| Discussion Leader: Joanne Chory The Salk Institute |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Joanne Chory
"Light Control of Arabidopsis Development" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:35 pm | Winslow Briggs Carnegie Institution at Stanford University
"Phototropins: A New Family of Plant Photoreceptors" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Mannie Liscum University of Missouri
"Phototropic Signal-Response: An Interactive Web of Photoreception and Hormone Response Modulation" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - 9:40 pm | Speaker to be Announced from Poster Presenters |
| 9:40 pm - 9:45 pm | Discussion
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| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
