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Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists
and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists
Société Canadienne de Physiologie Végétale
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, Massachusetts August 5-9, 2006

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE - UPDATED 8/1/06

StartDate

StartTime

EndTime

Event/Item

Room

FRIDAY

 

4-Aug

9:00 AM

Noon

Education Committee - K-12 Workshop
Speaker: Paul Williams - Fast Plants in Your Class (Reservation Only)

303

4-Aug

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Executive Committee Meeting

301

4-Aug

2:00 PM

6:00 PM

Plant Physiology Editorial Board Meeting

305

SATURDAY

 

5-Aug

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Membership Committee Meeting

301

5-Aug

7:00 AM

9:00 PM

Registration Open with Coffee

Hall C Registration

5-Aug

7:00 AM

9:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

307

5-Aug

9:00 AM

1:00 PM

The Plant Cell Editorial Board Meeting

303

5-Aug

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

Publications Committee Meeting

305

5-Aug

9:00 AM

5:00 PM

Exhibitor & Poster Setup

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

5-Aug

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Canadian Society of Plant Physiology (CSPP) Executive Committee Meeting

301

5-Aug

10:30 AM

12:30 PM

Public Affairs Committee Meeting

305

5-Aug

11:00 AM

Noon

Undergraduate Networking Poster Session

313

5-Aug

11:00 AM

Noon

Boston Tea Party – ASPB Section Reception and New Member/Attendee Welcome  

310

5-Aug

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

ASPB Ambassador's Club Lunch

309

5-Aug

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

President's Opening Address & Awards Ceremony

Ballrooms A, B & C

5-Aug

2:00 PM

4:00 PM

Symposium I:
ASPB Awardees of Hales, Bogorad & Shull Symposium
- Organizer: Michael F. Thomashow
2:00 - Abstract S011 - Bob Buchanan - 2005 Hales Award - Thioredoxin at Berkeley
2:40 - Abstract S012 - Maureen Hanson - 2006 Bogorad Award Winner - Stromules extend the reach of plastids within the plant cell
3:20 - Abstract S013 - Krishna Niyogi - 2005 Shull Award - It's not easy being green: How plants deal with sunlight

Ballrooms A, B & C

5-Aug

4:00 PM

4:20 PM

Coffee Break

Outside Ballrooms

5-Aug

4:20 PM

6:50 PM

Symposium II:
Plants Mitigating Global Change
- Organizer: Stephen P. Long
Sponsored by Plant, Cell & Environment
4:20 - Abstract S021 - Stephen P. Long - Chairs Introduction: Plants Mitigating Global Change
4:35 - Abstract S022 - Chris Somerville -  Bioenergy: The 21st Century Challenge to Plant Biologists
5:10 - COFFEE BREAK
5:40 - Abstract S023 - Gerry Tuskan - The Populus Genome: A New Reference Genome for the Characterization of Plant Growth and Development
6:15 - Abstract S024 - Rick Dixon - Engineering plants for fermentation efficiency in production of liquid fuels

Ballrooms A, B & C

5-Aug

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

Perspectives of Science Leaders
Speaker: Dr. Mary E. Clutter - 2006 ASPB Leadership in Science Public Service Award

302

5-Aug

8:30 PM

10:30 PM

Opening Reception/Mixer in Exhibit Hall

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

SUNDAY

 

6-Aug

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

International Committee Meeting

301

6-Aug

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Small Colleges/PUI Networking Breakfast

313

6-Aug

7:00 AM

6:00 PM

Registration Open

Hall C Registration

6-Aug

7:00 AM

6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

307

6-Aug

7:00 AM

11:00 PM

Posters Open

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

6-Aug

8:30 AM

11:40 AM

Symposium III:
Gibbs Medal, Genome Scale Biology
- Organizer: Joseph Ecker
Sponsored by Pioneer
8:30 - Abstract S031 - Joseph Ecker - Growing a parts list for systems biology studies in plants
9:10 - Abstract S032 - Daniel Rokhsar - I Think That I Shall Never See/A Genome Lovely As A Tree’s: The Genome Of The Black Cottonwood Populus Trichocarpa
9:50 - COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
10:20 - Abstract S033 - Charlie Boone - Large-scale Mapping of Genetic and Chemical-Genetic Interactions in Yeast
11:00 - Abstract S034 - Marc Vidal - Interactome Networks

Ballrooms A, B & C

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

6-Aug

9:30 AM

7:10 PM

Exhibits Open

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

6-Aug

12:00 PM

2:00 PM

Minority Affairs Luncheon
Speaker: Alfred C. Johnson, PhD, Assistant Director of the NIH Office of Intramural Research at the NIH
Career Development for Minority Scientists: New Challenges in the Midst of Changing Realities
Sponsored by Monsanto

306

6-Aug

2:00 PM

5:10 p.m.

Symposium IV:
Legumes - Genomes to Biology
- Organizer: Douglas R. Cook
2:00 - Abstract S041 - Douglas R. Cook - From model legume systems to crop species: the importance of comparative genomics for agriculture
2:40 - Abstract S042 - Maria Harrison - The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: development and function of the arbuscule/cortical cell interface
3:20 - COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
3:50 - Abstract S043 - Giles Oldroyd - Signalling in Symbiosis
4:30 - Abstract S044 - Nevin Young - The Medicago truncatula genome sequence as a reference for legume genomics

Ballrooms A, B & C

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

6-Aug

5:10 PM

7:10 PM

Exclusive Poster & Exhibit Session - even number abstracts 5:10-6:10 PM; odd number abstracts - 6:10 - 7:10 PM

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

6-Aug

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

USDA Reception

305

6-Aug

7:10 PM

9:00 PM

Postdoc Reception Hosted by The Noble Foundation and Ceres, Inc.

Hilton

6-Aug

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

Broader Impact and Beyond - Education Workshop

311

6-Aug

7:10 PM

11:00 PM

Career Workshop I: Where Are the Jobs?
Speakers from industry (Mark Cigan, Pioneer), academia (Carolyn Wetzel, Smith College), government labs (Mel Oliver, USDA), publishing (Susanna Brink, Trends in Plant Science), public policy (Melissa Ho, Senate staff), and NGOs (Ivan Ingelbrecht, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture)

309

6-Aug

7:10 PM

11:00 PM

Career Workshop II: Getting and Keeping a Job
Speakers will present their views, experiences, and advice about balancing teaching and research (Allan Showalter, Ohio University), networking and seeking opportunities (Magdalena Bezanilla, Univ. of Massachusetts) writing application letters and CVs (Jose Arguello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute), seminar presentation skills (Bethany Zolman, Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis), how to interview (Marianne Laporte, Eastern Michigan University), and, negotiating skills (Danny Schnell, Univ. of Massachusetts)

310

6-Aug

8:00 PM

10:00 PM

Digital Art Workshop: How to Prepare Print-Quality Digital Images    

313

MONDAY

 

7-Aug

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Women in Plant Biology Committee Meeting

301

7-Aug

7:00 AM

11:00 PM

Posters Open

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

7-Aug

8:00 AM

4:30 PM

Registration Open

Hall C Registration

7-Aug

8:00 AM

4:30 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

307

7-Aug

8:30 AM

11:40 AM

Symposium V:
CSPP's President's Symposium: Tree Physiology & Genomics
- Organizer: Dr. Robert D. Guy
8:30 - Abstract S051 - Jorg Bohlmann - Biochemistry and Genomics of Insect Induced Defenses in Conifers
9:10 - Abstract S052 - Stewart B. Rood - Gibberellins as a master switch for crops and trees
9:50 - COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
10:20 - Abstract S053 - Steve Strauss - Genes useful for physiological sculpture of trees: Gibberellic acid signaling genes in poplar (Populus)
11:00 - Abstract S054 - Bjorn Sundberg - Wood formation in Populus - about auxin, GAs and ethylene

Ballrooms A, B & C

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

7-Aug

9:30 AM

2:00 PM

Exhibits Open

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

7-Aug

12:00 PM

2:00 PM

WIPB Luncheon
Speaker: Wendy F. Boss,  William Neal Reynolds Professor of Botany at North Carolina State University
Tapping on the Puzzle Piece
Sponsored by Monsanto

306

7-Aug

12:30 PM

2:00 PM

TAIR Workshop I: Introduction to TAIR
Hartmut Foerster, Christophe Tissier

313

7-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minority Affairs Symposium: Medicinal Plants and Ethnobotany - Organizer: Elli Wurtzel
2:00 - Abstract S081 - Eloy Rodriguez - Frontiers in Medicinal Plant Research and the Impact on Integrative and Agro Medicine
2:25 - Abstract S082 - Alfredo Gomez-Beloz - Ethnobotanical and laboratory efficacy of a wound healing plant, ohoru (Symphonia globulifera L.f.), used by the Winikina Warao of the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela
2:40 - Abstract S083 - Camille Tipton - Intellectual Property Rights & the Huaorani of the Ecuadorian Amazon
2:55 - Abstract S084 - Kevin Walker - Evaluating the Biogenesis and Molecular Pathways of Bioactive Plant Products
3:20 - Abstract S085 - Kathryn Chavez - Apoptosis inducing lignans from the medicinal bark of Guaiacum officinale L. (Zygophyllacceae)

312

7-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 1:
Cell Walls
- Chair: Janet Braam
2:00 PM - M0101 - Mezzari, Melissa P - Expression regulation and functions of Arabidopsis xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases
2:25 PM - M0102 - Paredez, Alexander R - Dynamic Visualization of Individual CESA Particles in Cells Depleted of Microtubules
2:50 PM - M0103 - Laskowski, Marta  - In Search of a Molecular Houdini: Do Pectate Lyases Allow Lateral Roots to Emerge?
3:15 PM - M0104 - Guanwardena, Arunika N - Cell wall degradation during programmed cell death in lace plant

304

7-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 2:
Oxidative Stress
- Chair: Julia Bailey-Serres
2:00 PM - M0201 - Xiong, Yan  - Autophagy is required for plants to survive under abiotic stresses
2:25 PM - M0202 - Moeder, Wolfgang  - Aconitase plays a role in regulating resistance to oxidative stress and pathogen-induced cell death
2:50 PM - M0203 - Melis, Tasios  - Photosystem-II damage and repair cycle in chloroplasts
3:15 PM - M0204 - Giacomelli, Lisa  - Accelerated light induced necrosis in an Arabidopsis thaliana triple mutant deficient in vitamin C, stromal and thylakoid chloroplast ascorbate peroxidases

313

7-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 3:
Global Change
- Chair: Sharon Robinson
2:00 PM – M0301 - Cousins, Asaph B. - Molecular mechanisms of global isotope exchange: the role of carbonic anhydrase during C4 photosynthesis
2:25 PM - M0302 - Prins, Anneke  - Acclimation of the maize transcriptome to CO2 enrichment
2:50 PM - M0303 - Rosenstiel, Todd N. - Cytosolic regulation of chloroplastic isoprene production: reconciling the ups and downs of isoprene emission in response to elevated CO2
3:15 PM - M0304 - Robinson, Sharon A - Safer to be dry - desiccation protects Antarctic mosses from UV-B induced DNA damage

311

7-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 4:
Intracellular Signalling
- Chair: Simon Gilroy
2:00 PM - M0401 - Monshausen, Gabriele  - Ca2+ regulation of transmembrane proton fluxes and ROS production: a common mechanism in tip growth and mechanosensing?
2:25 PM - M0402 - Gampala, Satyalinga Srinivas  - 14-3-3 proteins bind to Brassinazole Resistant 1 (BZR1) to regulate its activity
2:50 PM - M0403 - Devarenne, Timothy P - Negative Regulation of Plant Cell Death by the ACG protein kinases Adi3 and PDK1
3:15 PM - M0404 - Hardin, Shane C. - Correlation between cytoplasmic domain sequence and autophosphorylation among Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases

302

7-Aug

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

Coffee Break

Boylston Hallway

7-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 5:
Secondary Metabolism
- Chair: David Gang
4:10 PM - M0501 - Yuan, Joshua S - Identifying and Characterizing Rice Terpene Synthase Genes Involved in Insect Defense Using An Integrated Functional Genomic Approach
4:35 PM - M0502 - Gang, David R - The biosynthesis of volatile phenylpropenes involves unexpected phenylpropanoid ester reduction
5:00 PM - M0503 - Stewart Jr., Charles  - Genetic and Molecular Analyses of the Pun1 Locus and Pungency in Capsicum
5:25 PM - M0504 - Dudareva, Natalia  - Understanding benzenoid metabolism in petunia flowers

302

7-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 6:
Cytoskeleton
- Chair: Alice Cheung
4:10 PM - M0601 - Steinmetz, Andre A - LIM Domain Proteins : A Novel Family of Plant Actin Binding Proteins
4:35 PM - M0602 - Tzfira, Tzvi  - Microtubule-assisted movement of the Agrobacterium T-complex
5:00 PM - M0603 - Barton, Deborah A. - High Resolution SEM of Plant Microtubules: FESEM Finds a MAP
5:25 PM - M0604 - Cheung, Alice Y - Actin Cytoskeleton and Membrane Trafficking in Elongainputting Pollen Tubes

304

7-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 7:
Large scale & Emerging Technologies
- Chair: Robert Last
4:10 PM - M0701 - Last, Robert  - The Virtual Plastid: Functional and Informatic Annotation of the Arabidopsis Plastid Proteome
4:35 PM - M0702 - Raikhel, Natasha V - Exploring Chemical Space in the Plant World
5:00 PM - M0703 - Manish Raizada - Recombinomics: an analysis of whole genome recombination in Angiosperms and its use in predicting progeny sampling requirements during positional cloning
5:25 PM - M0704 - Mohanty, Amitabh  - Generation and characterization of fluorescent protein tagged maize lines for use in cell biology and genomics

311

7-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 8:
Water & Salinity
- Chair: Gladys Cassab
4:10 PM - M0801 - Cassab, Gladys I. - Genetic analysis of hydrotropism in Arabidopsis thaliana
4:35 PM - M0802 - Furukawa, Toshiko  - Analysis of RSOsPR10, PR protein exclusively expressed in rice roots
5:00 PM - M0803 - Fukao, Takeshi  - A variable cluster of ethylene responsive factor-like genes regulates acclimative responses to submergence in rice
5:25 PM - M0804 - Xiong, Liming  - Genetic analysis of drought tolerance

312

7-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 9:
Legume Biology
- Chair: Giles Oldroy
4:10 PM - M0901 - Frugoli, Julia  - Multiple interacting genes regulate nodule number in Medicago truncatula
4:35 PM - M0902 - Tadege, Million  - Tnt1 tagging in the model legume Medicago truncatula
5:00 PM - M0903 - Todd, Christopher D - Identification and cloning of a plant allantoate amidohydrolase
5:25 PM - M0904 - Samach, Alon - Molecular mechanisms regulating environmental induction of flowering in Medicago truncatula

313

7-Aug

5:50 PM

8:30 PM

Deep Gene Workshop

306

7-Aug

6:00 PM

7:30 PM

Minority Affairs Committee Meeting

301

7-Aug

7:00 PM

8:30 PM

Grantsmanship Workshop

313

7-Aug

7:00 PM

8:30 PM

Case Studies in the Classroom - Education Workshop
Speaker: Susannah Gal

309

7-Aug

7:00 PM

8:30 PM

Application of Protoplast Systems Workshop - Jen Sheen

310

7-Aug

8:30 PM

11:00 PM

Exclusive Poster & Exhibit Session - odd number abstracts 9:00-10:00 PM; even number abstracts - 10:00 - 11:00 PM

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

TUESDAY

 

8-Aug

6:00 AM

7:45 AM

Plant Runners Stampede - 5 K Fun Run
Busses pick up at 5:45 am at the Hynes Center

 

8-Aug

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Education Committee

301

8-Aug

7:00 AM

11:00 PM

Posters Open

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

8-Aug

8:00 AM

9:30 AM

Exhibitor Breakfast

Exhibit Hall

8-Aug

8:00 AM

4:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

307

8-Aug

8:00 AM

4:00 PM

Registration Open

Hall C Registration

8-Aug

8:30 AM

11:40 AM

Symposium VI:
Ion Channels and Cellular Signaling
- Organizer: Julian I. Schroeder
8:30 - Abstract S061 - Julian Schroeder - ABA and CO2 Signal Transduction Network in Guard Cells, Ca2+ Sensors, Insights into New Signaling Mechanisms and Branched Pathways.
9:10 - Abstract S062 - Sarah Assman - Heterotrimeric G-protein regulation of guard cell ion channels and the systems biology of stomatal ABA response
9:50 - COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
10:20 - Abstract S063 - Edgar Spalding - Calcium Entry Mediated by GLR3.3, a Plant Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor with a Broad Agonist Profile
11:00 - Abstract S064 - Dale Sanders - Calcium-Permeable Ion Channels in Plants

Ballrooms A, B & C

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

8-Aug

9:30 AM

2:00 PM

Exhibits Open

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

8-Aug

12:00 PM

2:00 PM

Executive Committee Meeting/Luncheon

301

8-Aug

12:30 PM

2:00 PM

TAIR Workshop II: Making the Most of Plant Metabolic Pathway Databases and Functional Annotation
Hartmut Foerster, Christophe Tissier

309

8-Aug

2:00 PM

7:00 PM

Exhibitor Break Down

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

8-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 10:
Cell Division
- Chair: Catherine Bergounioux
2:00 PM - M1001 - Quan, Li  - The ATK5 and ATK1 kinesins that are critical for meiotic spindle morphogenesis and gametophyte development in Arabidopsis
2:25 PM - M1002 - Wijeratne, Asela J. - PARTING DANCERS, a founding member of a novel gene family in plants, is required for the homologous recombination during meiotic prophase I in Arabidopsis
2:50 PM - M1003 - Larkin, John C. - Isolation and characterization of SIAMESE, a plant-specific cell cycle regulator controlling endoreplication onset
3:15 PM - M1004 - Bergounioux, Catherine  - The two cell-cycle regulated set-domain proteins ATRX5 and ATR6 interact with PCNA

302

8-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 11:
Reproductive Development
- Chair: Sara Patterson
2:00 PM - M1101 - Portereiko, Michael F. - AGL80 is required for central cell and endosperm development in Arabidopsis
2:25 PM - M1102 - Kim, Joonyup  - New clothes for COI1: insights into cell separation, abscission, apical dominance, epinasty and meristem arrest
2:50 PM - M1103 - Adam, Helene  - TaVRT-2 is the major flowering repressor that regulates the expression of the wheat vernalization gene VRN-1.
3:15 PM - M1104 - Sung, Sibum  - Epigenetic Maintenance of the Vernalized State in Arabidopsis Requires Like Heterochromatin Protein 1

304

8-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 12:
Photosynthetic Carbon Metabolism
- Chair: Rowan Sage
2:00 PM - M1201 - Sparla, Francesca  - Regulatory complexity of photosynthetic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
2:25 PM - M1202 - Genkov, Todor  - Green-like small subunits with red-like loops assemble into the holoenzyme and affect catalysis of chloroplast Rubisco
2:50 PM - M1203 - Schwender, Joerg  - RuBisCO without the Calvin Cycle improves the carbon efficiency of developing green seeds
3:15 PM - M1204 - Sage, Rowan F - The Regulation of Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase Activity in Response to Variation in Temperature and Atmospheric CO2 Partial Pressure in C3 plants

306

8-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 13:
Membrane Transport
- Chair: Walter Gassmann
2:00 PM - M1301 - Geisler, Markus  - Immunophilin-like TWISTED DWARF1 functions as a sensor in p-glycoprotein mediated auxin transport
2:25 PM - M1302 - Gassmann, Walter  - Electrophysiological characterization of Arabidopsis OPT oligopeptide transporters
2:50 PM - M1303 - Christopher, David A - Plasma membrane localization, genetic complementation and function of CNGC10, a calmodulin-binding potassium channel of Arabidopsis
3:15 PM - M1304 - Berkowitz, Gerald  - Plant cell Ca2+ currents and downstream nitric oxide generation: unraveling a plant innate immunity signaling cascade

312

8-Aug

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

Minisymposium 14:
Protein Modification & Turnover
- Chair: Shaul Yalovsky
2:00 PM - M1401 - Estevez, Jose M - Characterization of synthetic hydroxyproline-rich proteoglycans with AGP- and extensin-motifs in Arabidopsis as model substrates for hydroxylation and O-glycosylation
2:25 PM - M1402 - Farmer, Lisa M. - The RAD23 Family of Ubiquitin-Like Proteins Regulates Plant Development and Abscisic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana
2:50 PM - M1403 - Yin, Yanhai  - Novel transcription factors and E3 ubiquitin ligases involved in brassinosteroid signal transduction in Arabidopsis
3:15 PM - M1404 - Yalovsky, Shaul  - Analysis of lipid modifications of a type-I ROP by GC/MS reveals coordinate regulation by GDP/GTP exchange and transient S-acylation

311

8-Aug

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

Coffee Break

Boylston Hallway

8-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 15:
Pollen Tube Growth & Development
- Chair: Peter Hepler
4:10 PM - M1501 - Hord, Carey L. H. - The BAM1/BAM2 LRR-Receptor-Like Kinases are Essential for Normal Cell Fate Specification in the Early Arabidopsis Anther
4:35 PM - M1502 - Vernon, Daniel M - The novel intracellular LRR proteins PIRL1 and PIRL9 are required for Arabidopsis pollen development and viability
5:00 PM - M1503 - Palanivelu, Ravishankar  - Female sporophytic Arabidopsis mutants impaired in pollen tube guidance
5:25 PM - M1504 - Geitmann, Anja  - The mechanical principle behind the virility of the pollen tube

302

8-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 16:
Clocks & Light
- Chair: Alex Webb
4:10 PM - M1601 - Dhingra, Amit  - Green Light Regulation of Plastid Transcript Accumulation in Tobacco and Arabidopsis
4:35 PM - M1602 - Khanna, Rajnish  - PIF5: A Possible Node For Crosstalk Between Ethylene and Early Light Signaling Pathways
5:00 PM - M1603 - Lu, Sheen X - A CCA1-interacting RNA-binding protein (CIRP) functions in Arabidopsis circadian clock
5:25 PM - M1604 - Webb, Alex AR - Rhythmic Regulation of Ca2+ Signalling Networks

304

8-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 17:
Mineral Nutrition
- Chair: Elizabeth Rogers
4:10 PM - M1701 - Rogers, Elizabeth E. - Functional characterization of FRD3, a novel organic acid effluxer involved in iron homeostasis
4:35 PM - M1702 - Baxter, Ivan R - Natural ionomic variation in Arabidopsis identifies an E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in regulating shoot Mo.
5:00 PM - M1703 - Chiou, Tzyy-Jen  - Regulation of Phosphate Homeostasis by microRNA in Arabidopsis
5:25 PM - M1704 - Yang, Haibing  - The type I H+-PPase AVP1 functions at the intersection of auxin signaling and Pi sensing to mediate root architecture plasticity

312

8-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 18:
Seed Biology
- Chair: Bruce Downie
4:10 PM - M1801 - Shen-Miller, Jane  - Chaperonin cpn20 and cpn60 of exceptionally long-living fruits of Nelumbo nucifera: thermostability and peptide identities
4:35 PM - M1802 - Downie, Bruce  - A KELCH REPEAT CONTAINING F-BOX protein targets PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR1 (PIF1) and PIF3 for proteasome-mediated destruction
5:00 PM - M1803 - Liu, Po-Pu  - Functional Characterization of the BME3 GATA Zinc Finger Protein in Arabidopsis Seed Germination
5:25 PM - M1804 - Marcotte, William R. - The Arabidopsis group 1 LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT protein ATEM6 is required for normal seed development

306

8-Aug

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

Minisymposium 19:
Mechanisms of Gene Regulation
- Chair: Robert Hill
4:10 PM - M1901 - Wang, TzannWei  - Unhypusinated Arabidopsis senescence eIF5A negatively regulates a putative ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase gene
4:35 PM - M1902 - Belostotsky, Dmitry  - Arabidopsis exosome substrates include multiple classes of noncoding and messenger RNA: a tiling microarray study
5:00 PM - M1903 - Jorgensen, Richard A - EVOLUTIONARY and Functional Diversification of Chromatin and the Epigenome
5:25 pm - M1904 - Kumar, Santosh  - ABAP1 is an abscisic acid receptor modulating barley germination and dormancy

311

8-Aug

6:00 PM

8:00 PM

Education Foundation Board Meeting

301

8-Aug

7:00 PM

11:00 PM

Final Party – Disco Night!  Wear your 70’s clothes

Ballrooms A, B & C

WEDNESDAY

 

9-Aug

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Program Committee Meeting

301

9-Aug

7:00 AM

2:00 PM

Posters Open (remove posters by 2 pm)

Auditorium & Exhibit Hall C

9-Aug

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

307

9-Aug

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Registration Open

Hall C Registration

9-Aug

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 20:
Organelle Biogenesis
- Chair: Kentaro Inoue
8:30 AM - M2001 - Mackenzie, Sally A - Influence of mitochondrial genome stability on plant development
8:55 AM - M2002 - van Wijk, Klaas J. - Comparative proteomics of chloroplast protein sorting and proteolysis mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana using differential stable isotope labeling, iTRAQ and cICAT
9:20 AM - M2003 - Lingard, Matthew J - The family of Arabidopsis peroxin 11 isoforms promotes replication and/or proliferation of peroxisomes in suspension-culture cells
9:45 AM - M2004 - Inoue, Kentaro  - Involvement of type I signal peptidase in the biogenesis of chloroplasts

306

9-Aug

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 21:
Protein and Vesicle Trafficking
- Chair: Nadine Paris
8:30 AM - M2101 - Kang, Byung-Ho  - Plant COPII vesicles bud with an AtUso1-containing scaffold that attaches to the cis-side of the Golgi matrix to mediate vesicle transfer
8:55 AM - M2102 - Brandizzi, Federica  - Matrix protein targeting to the plant Golgi apparatus
9:20 AM - M2103 - Paris, Nadine  - Protein transport to the lytic vacuole is based both on transient contacts between Golgi and mobile prevacuoles and on the maturation of prevacuolar compartments
9:45 AM - M2104 - Rojas-Pierce, Marcela  - Chemical Genomics of an inhibitor of tonoplast protein trafficking in Arabidopsis

302

9-Aug

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 22:
Phytoremediation
- Chair: David Salt
8:30 AM - M2201 - Lin, Ya-Fen  - IRT3, a plasma membrane metal transporter, is involved in Zn uptake and responds to Zn deficiency
8:55 AM - M2202 - Shaul, Orit  - MHX transporters show increased expression in leaves of the zinc hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri than in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana
9:20 AM - M2203 - Ellis, Danielle  - Isolation and characterization of a unique arsenate reductase from the arsenic hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata
9:45 AM - M2204 - Doty, Sharon Lafferty - Enhanced Metabolism of A Variety of Environmental Pollutants by Transgenic Plants

304

9-Aug

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 23:
Genome Annotation & Resources
- Chair: Lukas Mueller
8:30 AM - M2301 - Campbell, Matthew A - The TIGR Rice Genome Annotation Database
8:55 AM - M2302 - Lim, Yong-Pyo  - Korea Brassica Genome Resource Bank (KBGRB)
9:20 AM - M2303 - Xiao, Yongli  - New Gene discovery in un-annotated regions in Arabidopsis genome
9:45 AM - M2304 - Lightfoot, David A - The Soybean Genome Database (SoyGD): A Tool For Integrated Legume Biology

312

9-Aug

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 24:
Temperature Response
- Chair: Gordon Gray
8:30 AM - M2401 - Brodl, Mark R. - Heat Shock-Induced Changes in Lipid and Protein Metabolism in the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Barley Aleurone Layers - An ER Stress Response
8:55 AM - M2402 - Uemura, Matsuo  - Dynamic changes in the Arabidopsis plasma membrane associated with the process of cold acclimation
9:20 AM - M2403 - Doherty, Colleen J. - Use of a truncated version of CBF2 to down-regulate the CBF cold response pathway and assess its role in cold acclimation
9:45 AM - M2404 - Hulm, Jacqueline L - Light-responsiveness of CBF transcriptional activators and involvement of the CBF regulon in the photoinhibitory responses of Arabidopsis

311

9-Aug

10:10 AM

10:40 AM

Coffee Break

Boylston Hallway

9-Aug

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 25:
Protein Targeting
- Chair: Nina Allen
10:40 AM - M2501 - Im, Yang Ju  - The Membrane Occupation Repeat Nexus (MORN) motifs in Arabidopsis PtdInsP Kinase 1 affect enzyme activity and subcellular localization
11:05 AM - M2502 - Li, Ming  - The targeting of atTic40 to the chloroplast inner membrane is independent of its import into the organelle
11:30 AM - M2503 - Christensen, Alan C - Evidence of alternative translation initiation in plant dual targeting
11:55 AM - M2504 - Eisinger, William R. - Phototropin1:subcellular localization and BL-induced movement

302

9-Aug

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 26:
Plant Pathogen Interactions
- Chair: Keiko Yoshioka
10:40 AM - M2601 - Ferrari, Simone  - Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Dissect Plant Defense Responses Mediated by Elicitors.
11:05 AM - M2602 - Shan, Libo  - Specific bacterial type III effectors suppress MAMP and MAPK signaling in Arabidopsis nonhost immunity
11:30 AM - M2603 - Wang, Dong  - A Small Number of WRKY Transcription Factors Mediate Defense Responses Downstream of NPR1
11:55 AM - M2604 - Yoshioka, Keiko  - The Chimeric Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channel AtCNGC11/12 Activates Multiple Pathogen Resistance Responses

304

9-Aug

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 27:
Vegetative Development
- Chair: Su-Sheng Gan
10:40 AM - M2701 - Gan, Su-Sheng  - AtMYB2 inhibits branching by controlling cytokinin production in Arabidopsis: a post-apical dominance mechanism
11:05 AM - M2702 - Savaldi-Goldstein, Sigal  - Brassinosteroids signal non-autonomously from the epidermis to control shoot growth
11:30 AM - M2703 - miao, ying  - Regulation of WRKY53 transcription factor in the onset of leaf senescence of Arabidopsis
11:55 AM - M2704 - Chen, Zhongying  - Heterotrimeric G-proteins and two seven-transmembrane domain MLO proteins modulate light-regulated asymmetrical root growth

312

9-Aug

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 28:
Biotechnology
- Chair: June Medford
10:40 AM - M2801 - Faye, Loic  - Towards "humanization" of the plant N-glycan maturation pathway
11:05 AM - M2802 - Lutz, Kerry A - Phage site-specific recombinases for marker gene excision in tobacco chloroplasts
11:30 AM - M2803 - Dhankher, Om Parkash - Arabidopsis arsenate reductase (AtACR2): a single enzyme wity multiple functions
11:55 AM - M2804 - Medford, June I. - Development of a Plant Sentinel for terrorist agents and environmental pollutants using computationally designed receptors with synthetic and hybrid signal transduction

311

9-Aug

12:30 PM

2:00 PM

CSPP Annual Business Meeting

313

9-Aug

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

ASPB Annual Business Meeting

309

9-Aug

2:00 PM

5:10 PM

Symposium VII:
ASPB's President's Symposium:  Plant Responses to the Environment
- Organizer: Michael F. Thomashow
2:00 - Abstract S071 - Mary Lou Guerinot - Seeing is Believing: Metal Homeostasis in Arabidopsis
2:40 - Abstract S072 - Rick Amasino - Vernalization: remembering winter with an environmentally induced epigenetic switch
3:20 - COFFEE BREAK
3:50 - Abstract S073 - Stacey Harmer - Auxin, light, and the circadian clock: co-conspirators regulating plant growth
4:30 - Abstract S074 - Jian-Kang Zhu - Salt and drought stress tolerance: role of proteins and small regulatory RNAs

Ballrooms A, B & C

Coffee Break in hall outside Ballrooms

9-Aug

6:00 PM

8:00 PM

CSPP Executive Committee Meeting

Jefferson Room - Hilton


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