| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Chair Sheila McCormick and GRC on-Site director
Welcome Addresses |
| 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | LIGHT PERCEPTION |
| Discussion Leader: Rick Amasino (Univ. Wisconsin) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Natan Nelson (Tel Aviv Univ.)
"The molecular architecture and evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
| 8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Rick Vierstra (Univ. Wisconsin)
"Illuminating the structure and photochemistry of phytochromes from the study of their prokaryotic progenitors" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Kevin Folta (Univ. Florida)
"Green light photoreceptors - expanding the plant sensorium" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Reception and Social |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | METABOLIC SIGNALING |
| Discussion Leader: Harry Klee (Univ. Florida) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Carol Mackintosh (Univ. Dundee)
"Multiple roles for 14-3-3 proteins in plant (and human) nutrient signaling" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Yair Shachar-Hill (Michigan State Univ.)
"Analysing flux in the metabolic networks of plants" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Moto Ashikari (Nagoya Univ.)
"Cytokinin oxidase regulates rice grain production" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Toni Kutchan (Danforth Center)
"Engineering plant secondary pathways: Alkaloid production in opium poppy" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Reidunn Aalen (University of Oslo)
"Overexpression of Inflorescence Deficient in Abscission activates cell separation in vestigial abscission zones in Arabidopsis" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | David Braun (Pennsylvania State University)
"Tie-dyed1 encodes a novel gene controlling carbohydrate accumulation in leaves" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CELLULAR SENSING |
| Discussion Leader: Sandy Lazarowitz (Cornell) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Simon Gilroy (Penn State)
"Ions, lipids and the molecular basis of mechanical sensing in plants" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | David Ehrhardt (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
"Molecular dynamics of plant cell morphogenesis" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Alice Cheung (Univ. Massachusetts)
"Cellular compartmentation and the regulation of cell growth" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Jorge Muschietti (INGEBI - University of Buenos Aires)
"LePRK Signal Transduction in Pollination: Dephosphorylation and Protein Complex Dissociation by an Unusual Style Component" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HORMONAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS |
| Discussion Leader: Simon Gilroy (Penn State) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Mark Estelle (Indiana Univ.)
"The TIR1/AFB auxin receptors in Arabidopsis" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Jonathan Jones (Sainsbury Lab)
"Raging hormones: auxin, gibberellin and plant defense" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Miyako-Ueguchi-Tanaka (Nagoya Univ.)
"GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1 encodes a soluble receptor for gibberellin" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Harry Klee (Univ. Florida)
"Plant volatile chemicals: flavor and beyond" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Hua Jin (University of Michigan)
"Characterization of an allele specific suppressor of bri1-9" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Chris Vanschie (University of Amsterdam)
"Geranyldiphosphate is a key intermediate for Gibberellins; silencing GPS results in a dwarf" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INTRACELLULAR DYNAMICS |
| Discussion Leader: David Ehrhardt (Carnegie Institution of Washington) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Laurie Smith (UC-San Diego)
"Spatial control of cytokinesis in plant cells" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Sandy Lazarowitz (Cornell)
"Plant intercellular transport: viruses touch a nerve" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Kelly Dawe (Univ. Georgia)
"Centromeres and centromeric chromatin" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | John Runions (Oxford Brookes University)
"Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi body and cytoskeletal dynamics in the plant cell" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PLANT DEFENSE SYSTEMS |
| Discussion Leader: Jonathan Jones (Sainsbury Lab) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Jeff Dangl (Univ. N. Carolina)
"The molecular logic of the plant immune system" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Thomas Boller (Univ. Basel)
"LRR-receptor kinases and their role in plant defense and development" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Ian Baldwin (Max Planck Institute)
"Plant-herbivore interactions in non-model systems" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Mary Beth Mudgett (Stanford)
"Biochemical function of Xanthomonas type III effector proteins during plant infection" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Sarah Grant
"The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrPpiB enhances virulence on dry plants" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Hailing Jin (University of California, Riverside)
"A specific endogenous siRNA regulates gene expression in plant disease" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE LECTURE |
| Discussion Leader: Sheila McCormick (Plant Gene Expression Center) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Jim Carrington (Oregon State)
"Proliferation and specialization of small RNA-directed pathways in plants" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 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) |
| 9:30 pm | Social Event |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DEVELOPMENTAL TRANSITIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Laurie Smith (UC-San Diego) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Miltos Tsiantis (Univ. Oxford)
"Meristem to leaf developmental transitions and their role in sculpting angiosperm leaf form" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Rick Amasino (Univ. Wisconsin)
"Vernalization is an environmentally induced epigenetic switch" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Xuemei Chen (UC-Riverside)
"AGAMOUS, APETALA2, and miR172 in flower development in Arabidopsis" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Doris Wagner (Univ. Pennsylvania)
"The role of transcriptional networks and chromatin remodeling in Arabidopsis development" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Harley M. Smith (University of California, Riverside)
"Specification of floral cell fate during inflorescence development in Arabidopsis" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Mai Komatsu (DuPont)
"Elucidating the genetic basis of root architecture development in maize" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Xuemei Chen (UC-Riverside) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Steve Jacobsen (UCLA)
"Genetics of gene silencing in Arabidopsis" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Damon Lisch (UC-Berkeley)
"A gift that keeps on giving: epigenetic regulation of a plant transposon" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Jeff Chen (Univ. Texas-Austin)
"Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for non-additive gene regulation in Arabidopsis polyploids" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Jin Hoe Huh (UC Berkeley)
"DEMETER DNA Glycosylase Establishes MEDEA Polycomb Gene Self-Imprinting by Allele-Specific Demethylation" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
