Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Single-Cell and Spatial Omics Approaches to Dissect Plant Stress Resilience
Discussion Leader: Natanella Illouz-Eliaz (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Natanella Illouz-Eliaz (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
"Bouncing Back: How Plants Recover from Stress"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Sunil Kenchanmane Raju (New York University, United States)
"Integrating Single-Cell Transcriptomes Links Cell-Type Gene Expression to Function"
4:10 pm - 4:15 pm
Discussion
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm
Sean Robertson (University of Manitoba, Canada)
"A Single Nucleus Atlas of Transcriptional Responses to Growth-Altering Stress: Drought, Salinity, and Flooding"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Unveiling Stress Resilience Mechanisms Through Phenomics and Genomics
Discussion Leader: Yosef Fichman (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Lidor Shaar-Moshe (University of Haifa, Israel)
"Elucidating the Cellular and Genetic Basis of Na+ Transport and Accumulation"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Lukas John (University of Hohenheim, Germany)
"Investigating Water Deficit Tolerance Mechanisms in Chenopodium Quinoa Through a High-Resolution Transpiration Phenotyping Platform"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Samadhi Wimalagunasekara (Louisiana State University, United States)
"Convergent Evolution of Genes and Gene Networks in Extremophytes Associated with Salt Stress Tolerance"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Jie Yun (MIT, United States)
"Carbon Allocation Strategies Under Drought-Induced Carbon Limitation Differ in Annual and Perennial Species of Brachypodium at Reproductive Stage"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Alexander Borowsky (UC Riverside, United States)
"Heterogeneity in Rice Cell Type Responses to Water Deficit Across the Root System"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Priya Ramakrishna (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
"Subcellular Salinity Stress Response Mapped Using Correlative CryoSEM-CryoNanoSIMS Imaging"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Jenny Schuster (Michigan State University, United States)
"Identifying Genetic Regulators Involved in Desiccation Tolerance in the Resurrection Grass, Oropetium Thomaeum"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Vesna Bacheva (Cornell University, United States)
"The Hydromechanics of Long-distance Signaling: Do Plant Signals Go with the Flow?"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
The Interplay Between Developmental and Environmental Cues in Shaping Stress Resilience
Discussion Leader: Lidor Shaar-Moshe (University of Haifa, Israel)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Yosef Fichman (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"All About that ROS? Novel Findings in Systemic Signaling and Acclimation in Response to Different Abiotic Stresses"
9:10 am - 9:15 am
Discussion
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Sahil Desai (Cornell University, United States)
"Mechanics of Stomatal Regulation: A Systems-Scale Model for Understanding Coupling Between Passive and Active Mechanisms"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Yiyun Li (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Transcriptional Networks Guiding Root Branching in Salt"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Andrea Sama (University of California, San Diego, United States)
"Investigating the Effect of Environmental Stress on Metabolite Localization and Signaling in Plants"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Paolo Korwin Krukowski (University of Milan, Italy)
"Gigantea Negatively Regulates the Accumulation of ABF Transcription Factors"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Asif Ahmed Sami (Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands)
"Drying Induced Regulation of Desiccation Tolerance in Seeds of Arabidopsis Thaliana"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Parvinderdeep Kahlon (Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands)
"Interactions Between Salinity and Supplemental Far-Red Light Responses in Rice"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Thu Nyugen (Louisiana State University, United States)
"Cellular Responses and Genetic Mechanisms of Halophyte Roots Leading to a Change in Root Architecture at High Salinity"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Exploring Career Paths
Discussion Leader: Sunil Kenchanmane Raju (New York University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Navigating Your Career: Insights from Experts Across Disciplines
Moises Exposito-Alonso (University of California Berkeley, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States)
Maheshi Dassanayake (Louisiana State University, United States)
Thomas Juenger (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Amelia Henry (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes