Conference Program
 
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

July 16-21, 2006
Holderness School
Holderness, NH

Chair:
Sheila McCormick

Vice Chair:
Richard Amasino

The Plant Molecular Biology Conference has traditionally covered a wide range of topics: plant-microbe interactions, development, metabolism, epigenetics and hormones, using approaches ranging from cell biology and biochemistry to genetics and genomics. Several additional speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts. A nice feature of our meeting is that each day, poster presenters have the opportunity to "advertise" their poster, in 5-minute chalk talks held just before the poster session.

CONTRIBUTORS

Gordon Research Conferences

National Science Foundation
USDA

BASF Plant Sciences
Solexa

Syngenta

The Nature Publishing Group
Plant Biosciences Ltd.

Carl Storm International Diversity Fellowship
Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship

Blackwell Publishing
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. a DuPont Company
Cell Press

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 11:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmChair Sheila McCormick and GRC on-Site director
Welcome Addresses
7:45 pm - 9:30 pmLIGHT PERCEPTION
Discussion Leader: Rick Amasino (Univ. Wisconsin)
7:45 pm - 8:10 pmNatan Nelson (Tel Aviv Univ.)
"The molecular architecture and evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pmDiscussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pmRick Vierstra (Univ. Wisconsin)
"Illuminating the structure and photochemistry of phytochromes from the study of their prokaryotic progenitors"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pmDiscussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pmKevin Folta (Univ. Florida)
"Green light photoreceptors - expanding the plant sensorium"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
9:30 pmReception and Social
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmMETABOLIC SIGNALING
Discussion Leader: Harry Klee (Univ. Florida)
9:00 am - 9:25 amCarol Mackintosh (Univ. Dundee)
"Multiple roles for 14-3-3 proteins in plant (and human) nutrient signaling"
9:25 am - 9:35 amDiscussion
9:35 am - 10:00 amYair Shachar-Hill (Michigan State Univ.)
"Analysing flux in the metabolic networks of plants"
10:00 am - 10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 amCoffee Break
10:40 am - 11:05 amMoto Ashikari (Nagoya Univ.)
"Cytokinin oxidase regulates rice grain production"
11:05 am - 11:15 amDiscussion
11:15 am - 11:40 amToni Kutchan (Danforth Center)
"Engineering plant secondary pathways: Alkaloid production in opium poppy"
11:40 am - 11:50 amDiscussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pmReidunn Aalen (University of Oslo)
"Overexpression of Inflorescence Deficient in Abscission activates cell separation in vestigial abscission zones in Arabidopsis"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pmDiscussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmDavid Braun (Pennsylvania State University)
"Tie-dyed1 encodes a novel gene controlling carbohydrate accumulation in leaves"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCELLULAR SENSING
Discussion Leader: Sandy Lazarowitz (Cornell)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pmSimon Gilroy (Penn State)
"Ions, lipids and the molecular basis of mechanical sensing in plants"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pmDiscussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pmDavid Ehrhardt (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
"Molecular dynamics of plant cell morphogenesis"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pmAlice Cheung (Univ. Massachusetts)
"Cellular compartmentation and the regulation of cell growth"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pmDiscussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pmJorge 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 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmHORMONAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS
Discussion Leader: Simon Gilroy (Penn State)
9:00 am - 9:25 amMark Estelle (Indiana Univ.)
"The TIR1/AFB auxin receptors in Arabidopsis"
9:25 am - 9:35 amDiscussion
9:35 am - 10:00 amJonathan Jones (Sainsbury Lab)
"Raging hormones: auxin, gibberellin and plant defense"
10:00 am - 10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 amCoffee Break
10:40 am - 11:05 amMiyako-Ueguchi-Tanaka (Nagoya Univ.)
"GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1 encodes a soluble receptor for gibberellin"
11:05 am - 11:15 amDiscussion
11:15 am - 11:40 amHarry Klee (Univ. Florida)
"Plant volatile chemicals: flavor and beyond"
11:40 am - 11:50 amDiscussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pmHua Jin (University of Michigan)
"Characterization of an allele specific suppressor of bri1-9"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pmDiscussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmChris Vanschie (University of Amsterdam)
"Geranyldiphosphate is a key intermediate for Gibberellins; silencing GPS results in a dwarf"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmINTRACELLULAR DYNAMICS
Discussion Leader: David Ehrhardt (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pmLaurie Smith (UC-San Diego)
"Spatial control of cytokinesis in plant cells"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pmDiscussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pmSandy Lazarowitz (Cornell)
"Plant intercellular transport: viruses touch a nerve"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pmKelly Dawe (Univ. Georgia)
"Centromeres and centromeric chromatin"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pmDiscussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pmJohn Runions (Oxford Brookes University)
"Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi body and cytoskeletal dynamics in the plant cell"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmPLANT DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Jones (Sainsbury Lab)
9:00 am - 9:25 amJeff Dangl (Univ. N. Carolina)
"The molecular logic of the plant immune system"
9:25 am - 9:35 amDiscussion
9:35 am - 10:00 amThomas Boller (Univ. Basel)
"LRR-receptor kinases and their role in plant defense and development"
10:00 am - 10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 amCoffee Break
10:40 am - 11:05 amIan Baldwin (Max Planck Institute)
"Plant-herbivore interactions in non-model systems"
11:05 am - 11:15 amDiscussion
11:15 am - 11:40 amMary Beth Mudgett (Stanford)
"Biochemical function of Xanthomonas type III effector proteins during plant infection"
11:40 am - 11:50 amDiscussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pmSarah Grant
"The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrPpiB enhances virulence on dry plants"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pmDiscussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmHailing Jin (University of California, Riverside)
"A specific endogenous siRNA regulates gene expression in plant disease"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmKEYNOTE LECTURE
Discussion Leader: Sheila McCormick (Plant Gene Expression Center)
7:30 pm - 8:20 pmJim Carrington (Oregon State)
"Proliferation and specialization of small RNA-directed pathways in plants"
8:20 pm - 8:45 pmDiscussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pmBusiness 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 pmSocial Event
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDEVELOPMENTAL TRANSITIONS
Discussion Leader: Laurie Smith (UC-San Diego)
9:00 am - 9:25 amMiltos Tsiantis (Univ. Oxford)
"Meristem to leaf developmental transitions and their role in sculpting angiosperm leaf form"
9:25 am - 9:35 amDiscussion
9:35 am - 10:00 amRick Amasino (Univ. Wisconsin)
"Vernalization is an environmentally induced epigenetic switch"
10:00 am - 10:10 amDiscussion
10:10 amCoffee Break
10:40 am - 11:05 amXuemei Chen (UC-Riverside)
"AGAMOUS, APETALA2, and miR172 in flower development in Arabidopsis"
11:05 am - 11:15 amDiscussion
11:15 am - 11:40 amDoris Wagner (Univ. Pennsylvania)
"The role of transcriptional networks and chromatin remodeling in Arabidopsis development"
11:40 am - 11:50 amDiscussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pmHarley M. Smith (University of California, Riverside)
"Specification of floral cell fate during inflorescence development in Arabidopsis"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pmDiscussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmMai Komatsu (DuPont)
"Elucidating the genetic basis of root architecture development in maize"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmEPIGENETIC REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION
Discussion Leader: Xuemei Chen (UC-Riverside)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pmSteve Jacobsen (UCLA)
"Genetics of gene silencing in Arabidopsis"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pmDiscussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pmDamon Lisch (UC-Berkeley)
"A gift that keeps on giving: epigenetic regulation of a plant transposon"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pmJeff Chen (Univ. Texas-Austin)
"Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for non-additive gene regulation in Arabidopsis polyploids"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pmDiscussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pmJin Hoe Huh (UC Berkeley)
"DEMETER DNA Glycosylase Establishes MEDEA Polycomb Gene Self-Imprinting by Allele-Specific Demethylation"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
Last Updated: October 11, 2006