SATURDAY |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Neurobiology - Physiology of Plant Volatile Perception |
| Discussion Leader: Christina Kelber (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany) |
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Jeff Riffell (University of Washington, USA)
"The Neural Basis of Processing a Dynamic Odor in a Noisy Chemical Environment"
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4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Neurobiology - Physiology of Plant Volatile Perception |
| Discussion Leader: Christina Kelber (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Kelsey Byers (University of Washington, USA)
"Making Sense of Floral Scents: Floral Scent Differences Between Sister Species of Monkeyflowers - Chemical Ecology, Neurobiology, Genetics, and Evolution"
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7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
7:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Ecology - Plant Volatiles and Interactions from Individuals to Communities |
| Discussion Leader: Sybille Unsicker (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) |
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Stuart Campbell (Cornell University, USA)
"Plant Mating Systems and the Evolution of Volatile-Mediated Herbivore-Pollinator Interactions"
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8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Pratibha Yadav (Indian Institute of Science, India)
"Does It Smell Like the Host? Perception of Host Volatiles by the Ovipositor of Parasites in the Fig-Fig Wasp System"
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8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Afrodite Kantsa (University of the Aegean, Greece)
"Plant Volatiles and Floral Visitors in a Mediterranean Community: A Network Approach"
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8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Anne-Amélie C. Larue (University Salzburg, Austria)
"Multifunctionality of Floral Scent Bouquets Revealed by Inhibition of Pathway-Specific Products"
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9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Patricia Giron Calva (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
"Plant-to-Plant Signaling by Airborne Signals at Elevated Atmospheric Ozone Concentration"
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Agriculture - Roles and Applications of Plant Volatiles in Agro-Ecosystems |
| Discussion Leader: Jared Ali (Cornell University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Caroline Kung'u (ICIPE- African Insect Science for Food and Health, Kenya)
"Plant Volatiles in the Oecophylla-Cashew Association"
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9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
9:20 am - 9:35 am | Ithai Angeles-Lopez (CINVESTAV - Irapuato, Mexico)
"Increased Host-Plant Quality Explains Odor-Based Orientation of a Non-Vector Insect towards Virus-Infected Plants"
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9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 9:55 am | Tina Kasal (University Bonn, Germany)
"Detection of Biotic Stress in Tomato Greenhouses by VOC Emissions"
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9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Biochemistry - Synthesis and Regulation of Plant Volatiles |
| Discussion Leader: Philipp Zerbe (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
10:00 am - 10:15 am | Itay Gonda (Agricultural Research Organization, Israel)
"The Production of S-Methyl Thioacetate in Melon Fruit is Mediated by a Novel Methanethiol Acyltransferase Enzyme" |
10:15 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:35 am | Benoit Boachon (Université de Strasbourg, France)
"P450-Dependent Oxidative Linalool Metabolism in Arabidopsis Flowers is Involved in Defense Against Flower Visiting and Florivore Insects"
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10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 10:55 am | Ryan Sartor (University of California San Diego)
"Gaining Insight into Small Peptide Regulation of Volatile Metabolism Through Proteomics"
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10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:10 pm | Mentorship Component |
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Rob Raguso (Cornell University, USA)
"Minding the Gaps: Integrating Volatiles into Mainstream Research on Plant Ecology and Evolution"
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2:00 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
2:10 pm - 2:45 pm | New Frontiers in Plant Volatile Research |
| Discussion Leader: Christina Kelber (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany) |
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Sandy-Lynn Steenhuisen (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
"Changes in Floral Scent Associated with Pollinator Shifts in Protea (Proteaceae)"
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2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm | Katrin Wenke (University Rostock, Germany)
"Potential of Rhizobacterial Volatiles as Infochemicals for Plant-Microbe Interactions Belowground"
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2:40 pm - 2:45 pm | Discussion |
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |