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THURSDAY June 26

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Executive Committee Meeting

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Club Room

3:00 PM

6:00 PM

Registration open in Fiesta Americana for pre-registered only; on-site and paying registrants can register at the Siglo XXI Convention Center starting @ 12 pm Friday, June 27

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Merida Room

6:30 PM

9:30 PM

ASPB Executive Committee Dinner

Offsite

FRIDAY June 27

7:00 AM

10:00 AM

Registration open in Fiesta Americana for pre-registered only; On-site and paying registrants can register at the Siglo XXI Convention Center starting @ 12 pm Friday, June 27

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Merida Room

12:00 PM

6:00 PM

Registration Open in Convention Center for pre-registered and on-site registrants

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Gran Pasaje

8:00 AM

4:00 PM

Exhibitors Move-in (Booth inspection 4-5 PM)

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

10:00 AM

Education Committee Meeting

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Board Room Sala De Cosejo

11:00 AM

12:30 PM

Education Foundation Board Meeting

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Exec Center 1&2

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Plant Physiology Editorial Board Meeting

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Club Room

12:00 PM

Tues eve.

Media & Executive Lounge Open in Hotel

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Club Room

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Opening Address & Awards Ceremony
Awards to be given this year are the ASPB-Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize, the Early Career Award, the Charles Albert Shull Award, the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award, the Corresponding Membership Award, the Fellow of ASPB Award, the Charles F. Kettering Award, the Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research, and the Stephen Hales Prize.

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

2:30 PM

3:50 PM

Symposium I: Opening Symposium
2:30-3:10  S011 - 2007 Charles Albert Shull Awardee: Samuel C. Zeeman, ETH Zurich, Switzerland - What plants do in the dark: the conversion of transitory starch into sucrose in leaves
3:10-3:50  S012 - 2007 Stephen Hales Prize Winner: Sarah Hake, Plant Gene Expression Center -
A genetic approach to plant morphology

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

3:50 PM

4:30 PM

Coffee Break

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Gran Pasaje

4:30 PM

5:10 PM

Perspectives of Science Leaders -
Luis Herrera-Estrella, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Department of Plant Genetic Engineering, Irapuato, Mexico

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

5:10 PM

7:00 PM

Opening Welcome & Reception

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salons Volladolid and Progreso

SATURDAY June 28

7:00 AM

8:00 AM

Ambassador's Club Breakfast

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Exec Center 1&2

7:00 AM

8:00 AM

Minority Affairs Committee

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Board Room

8:00 AM

7:00 PM

Registration Open In Center

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Gran Pasaje

8:00 AM

12:30 PM

Posters May Be Set up

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM

7:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

12:20 PM

Symposium II: Maize Biology Sponsored by Monsanto - Organizers: Sarah Hake and Jean Phillipe Vielle Calzada
8:30 S021: John Jones - The origins and early dispersal of Maize: The Palynological and Archaeological Evidence
9:10 S022: Vicki Chandler - Epigenetic Silencing Across Generations
10:10 Coffee Break
10:40 S023: Erik Vollbrecht - The maize inflorescence: development, domestication and insights into grass evolution
11:30 S024: Jean Phillipe Vielle Calzada - The Codifying Genome of the Palomero Mexican landrace

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

12:30 PM

3:00 PM

Poster Session/Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Undergraduate Poster Session
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Even Numbered Poster Session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Odd Numbered Poster Session

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

12:30 PM

2:00 PM

Public Affairs Committee Meeting

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall Committee Room

12:30 PM

7:00 PM

Exhibit Hall/Posters Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 1: Education Outreach - Chair: Jane Ellis
3:00 M0101: Adan Colon-Carmona - An inquiry-based plant genomics course and workshop: Phenotype to gene and back again
3:25 M0102: Chris Cullis - Lost crops of Africa: Involving undergraduates in their rediscovery and development
3:50 M0103: Nancy Moreno - Web-based biology teaching resources
4:15 M0104: Burkhard Schulz/Michael Van Oosten - Video podCasts as a teaching tool in Plant Physiology laboratory courses

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 2: Organelle Biology and Protein Trafficking – Chair: Marisa Otegui
3:00 M0201: Sally McKenzie - Non-AUG translation initiation in plant protein dual targeting
3:25 M0202: Steven M. Smith - Defining the plant peroxisome and modeling its function
3:50 M0203: Danny J Schnell - The role of the TOC-TIC translocons in regulated preprotein targeting to plastids
4:15 M0204: Marisa S. Otegui - The ESCRT related CHMP1A and B proteins mediate the localization of the auxin efflux carrier PIN1 at the plasma membrane and are required for embryo development.

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Valladolid

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 3: Metabolism Trafficking – Chair: Georg Jander
3:00 M0301: Jennifer R. Watling - Hot plants: single power source, hybrid or turbo-charged?
3:25   M0302: Alberto A. Iglesisas - Understanding the fate of trioses-phosphate in plant cells. A study on the regulation of cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases
3:50 M0303: Mark A. Settles - Multiple non-redundant roles for plastidic 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in maize
4:15 M0304: Georg Jander - Reduced activity of Arabidopsis thaliana HMT2, a methionine biosynthetic enzyme, increases seed methionine content

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Izamal

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 4: Plant Pathogen Interactions – Chair: Hong Gu Kang
3:00 M0401: Jagger JW Harvey - Biogenesis and function of plant viral small RNAs
3:25 M0402: Xiaohang Wang - Functional characterization of CLE peptides from a plant-parasitic nematode, Globodera rostochiensis
3:50 M0403: Wei Ma - Cyclic nucleotides act as an early signal upstream from Ca2+ in plant innate immunity
4:15 M0404: Hong Gu Kang - CRT1, an Arabidopsis ATPase that interacts with diverse resistance proteins and modulates disease resistance to Turnip crinkle virus

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Progreso

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 5: Root Biology – Chair: Joseph G. Dubrovsky
3:00 M0501: Joseph G. Dubrovsky - Root system formation: how lateral root initiation is related to the number of cells between successive primordia
3:25 M0502: Jose Efrain Ramirez Benite - Root transition zone is the primary site of copper-induced oxidative stress
3:50 M0503: Rosangela Sozzani - Radial Patterning in the Arabidopsis root: Exploring for new SHR target genes
4:15 M0504: Jianbo Shen - Auxin mediates patterning of cluster root development induced by phosphorus deficiency in Lupinus albus

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Ekbalam

4:40 PM

5:10 PM

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 6: Minority Affairs Symposium: Model Plants of the Americas – Chair: MaryElena Zavala
5:10 M0601: Eleanore Wurtzel - Maize: a model cereal crop for developing strategies to solve global vitamin A deficiency
5:35 M0602: Netali Ochoa Alejo - Chili pepper: Biotechnology of a historically and culturally important crop for Mexicans
6:00 M0603: Elisa Leyva-Guerreo - Vacuolar expression of linamarase in cassava roots increases root free amino acids and leaf protein
6:25 M0604: Alejandra Jaramillo - Piperales: Spices, medicine and models

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 7: Protein Modification and Turnover – Chair: Shaul Yalovsky
5:10 M0701: Miguel E. Vega Sanchez - The rice E3 ligase SPL11 ubiquitinates SPIN1, an RNA/DNA binding protein involved in negative control of flowering time
5:35 M0702: Shaul Yalovsky - Signaling by type-I ROP/RAC GTPases requires transient acylation and consequential partitioning into lipid rafts
6:00 M0703: Maria Ek-Ramos - Subcellular localization dynamics of two cell death regulating protein kinases in tomato
6:25 M0704: Peter Geigenberger - Redox-regulation of carbon storage in plants

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Valladolid

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 8: Intracellular Signaling – Chair: Alan Jones
5:10 M0801: Peter Geigenberger - Acclimatory sensing of the carbon status
5:35 M0802: Elena Baena-Gonzalez - Arabidopsis KIN10 and KIN11 are central mediators of convergent transcriptional responses in energy and stress signaling
6:00 M0803: Su-May Yu - Distinct Hexokinases (HXKs) Act as Positive or Negative Regulators in the Sugar Signaling Pathway
6:25 M0804: Alan Jones - Heterotrimeric G protein coupled D-glucose Signaling in Arabidopsis

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Izamal

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 9: Peptide Signaling – Chair: David Craik
5:10 M0901: David Craik - Discovery and Applications of the Cyclotides: Circular Knotted Plant Proteins
5:35 M0902: Erik A. Schmetz - Specialist herbivore evasion of plant defense elicitation: Engineered cATPC as a strategy to recover cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) recognition and defense against velvetbean caterpillars (Anticarsia gemmatalis).
6:00 M0903: Alisa Huffaker - PROPEP Family Regulation of Pathogen Defense in Arabidopsis thaliana
6:25 M0904: Renu Srivastava - Proteolytic processing of a plant peptide hormone by a subtilase in Arabidopsis

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Progreso

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 10: Drought and Flooding Stress – Chair: Alejandra Covarrubias
5:10 M1001: Julia Bailey-Serres - Elucidation of the acclimation response of Arabidopsis seedlings to low oxygen stress from the cellular to whole-plant level
5:35 M1002: Alejandra Covarrubias - Translational regulation conferred by the 3, untranslated region of a transcript encoding a late embryogenesis abundant protein in response to water deficit
6:00 M1003: Gabriel Iturriaga - Improvement of drought tolerance and grain yield in common bean by overexpressing trehalose-6-phosphate synthase in rhizobia
6:25 M1004: Yong-Fei Wang - SLAC1 is required for plant guard cell S-type anion channel function in stomatal signalling

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Ekbalam

7:30 PM

9:00 PM

Membership Committee Meeting

Hotel - Intercontinental - Salon Independencia

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

PUI Networking Reception
This annual event serves as an opportunity to bring people from PUIs together to network, share information on strategies for teaching and research in plant biology, and explore other opportunities.  This event requires a pre-purchased ticket.

Hotel - Intercontinental - Grand Salon I

7:30 PM

9:30 PM

Education Workshop - Evaluation, Assessment, and Research in Life Science Education: What, How, and Why?
Erin Dolan will be leading the session on behalf of the Education Committee. She will be joined by Nancy Moreno (Baylor College of Medicine). Food and beverages will be available for workshop registrants. This event requires a pre-reserved ticket.

Hotel - Intercontinental - Imperio

7:30 PM

9:30 PM

Digital Art Workshop I: Guidelines for Preparing Digital Art — Beginner
Speaker: Michael Hepp of The Sheridan Group

Hotel - Intercontinental - Grand Salon II

SUNDAY June 29

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Registration Open In Center

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Gran Pasaje

8:00 AM

7:00 PM

Posters Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM

7:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

12:20 PM

Symposium III: Biology of Tomato & Solanaceous Species - Organizers: Lukas Mueller and Lus (Stella) Barrero
8:30  S031: Roland Schafleitner, CIP, Peru - A genomics approach to identify drought resistance traits of potato
9:10  S032: Fernando Carrari, Argentina or Magdalenda Rossi, Brasil LAT-SOL, Argentina - Development of rapid strategies for testing of candidate Solanaceae QTLs *
9:50 Coffee Break
10:20  S033: Luz Stella Barrero, Corpioca, Colombia - Application of genomics tools - case study: tomato - Solanaceae
11:00  S034: Felipe Cruz, Mexico - Synthesis and transfer to the stigmatic surface of NaStEP, a vacuolar Kunitz proteinase inhibitor homolog and its role in pollen rejection in Nicotiana
11:40  S035: Esther Van Der Knaap, OSU, USA -  Underlying mechanisms of diversity in tomato fruit morphology

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

12:30 PM

3:00 PM

Poster Session/Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Odd Numbered Poster Session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Even Numbered Poster Session

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

12:30 PM

5:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

12:30 PM

2:30 PM

International Affairs Committee Meeting

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall - Committee Room

3:00 PM

6:10 PM

Symposium IV: Martin Gibbs Medal Symposium - Organizer: Richard A. Jorgensen
3:00-3:40  S041: Sue Rhee - Discovering new enzymes by combining computational and metabolomic approaches in Arabidopsis and translating metabolic network knowledge from model to crop plants
3:40-4:20  S042: Rodrigo Gutierrez - VirtualPlant: A software platform to support Systems Biology research in the post-genomic era
4:20-4:50 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
4:50-5:30  S043: Eric Kramer - Models of auxin transport and action: from Arabidopsis to Populus
5:30-6:10  S044: Richard A. Jorgensen - The iPlant Collaborative: A Cyberinfrastructure-Centered Community for a New Plant Biology

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Exclusive Exhibitor Only Cocktail Reception

Hotel - Intercontinental - Colonial

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

Career Workshop I: Getting the Most Out of the Postdoc Experience

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Yucatan 1

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

Career Workshop II: How to Get and Keep a Job – in Academia, Industry, or Government

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Yucatan 2

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

ASPB Fellows Reception

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Merida

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

Grantsmanship Workshop
Federal Grant Opportunities and Grantsmanship: A session on federal plant research and education programs to learn about new directions in funding, new priorities within current programs, and how to get these good ideas into well-written, appealing programs.  Both research- and education-centered opportunities will be explored.

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Yucatan 3 & 4

7:30 PM

9:00 PM

Minority Affairs Committee Sponsored Speaker & Dinner - There is Water Flowing Out of the Pipeline; Why Not Take a Drink? - David Burgess, Boston College
This event requires a pre-purchased ticket.

Hotel - Hyatt - Regency 2,3,4

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

European science: Opportunities for plant biologists  - Sponsored by the European Commission/ERA-LINK

Hotel - Hyatt - Regency - Chichen Itza

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

TAIR Workshop: Introduction to TAIR
Speakers: Peifen Zhang, David Swarbreck, Donghui Li

Hotel - Hyatt - Regency 1

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

Gramene & SGN Database Overview Workshop

Hotel - Hyatt - Regency - Uxmal

MONDAY June 30

7:00 AM

8:15 AM

Women in Plant Biology Committee Meeting

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Board Room

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Registration Open In Center

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Gran Pasaje

8:00 AM

7:00 PM

Posters Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM

7:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

12:30 PM

Symposium V: Tropical Agriculture - Organizer: Dr. Richard Sayre & Dr. Miguel A. Gomez-Lim
8:30-9:15  S051: Dr. Richard Sayre - Biofortification of cassava to alleviate malnutrition; the biocassava plus program
9:15-10:00  S052: Dr. Miguel A. Gomez-Lim - Genetic transformation of tropical plant species
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:15  S053: Dr. Marcos Buckeridge - A novel alpha-galactosidase from coffee is likely to control mannan fine structure in developing seeds
11:15-12:30  S054: Justin Maresh - Alkaloid biosynthesis in Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

12:30 PM

3:00 PM

Poster Session/Lunch
All Poster Numbers
New Member/Section Reception - 12:30 - 1:30 PM In ASPB Booth

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

12:30 PM

3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM

7:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Breakdown

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 11: Jasmonate Signaling – Chair: Gregg Howe
3:00 M1101: Edward Farmer - Jasmonate signalling and attack-stimulated growth reprogramming
3:25 M1102: John Browse - JAZ Repressor Proteins Control Jasmonate Signaling
3:50 M1103: Javier Narvaez-Vasquez - Systemic wound signaling in tomato leaves is cooperatively regulated by multiple plant peptides
4:15 M1104: Carlos L. Ballare - Modulation of jasmonate sensitivity by reflection signals. A phytochrome answer to the dilemma of plants

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 12: Small Regulatory RNAs and Chromatin Remodeling – Chair: Jose L. Reyes
3:00 M1201: Federico Sanchez - MicroRNA167 familiy: new insights on the auxin metabolism regulation in Phaseolus vulgaris roots
3:25 M1202: Jose L. Reyes - Conserved and Novel microRNAs in the legume Phaseolus vulgaris in response to ABA and drought
3:50 M1203: Michael Axtel  - Whole-transcriptome identification of Arabidopsis microRNA targets
4:15 M1204: Justin W. Walley - Stress induced chromatin remodeling differentially regulates plant stress signaling pathways

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Valladolid

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 13: Environmental Sensing and Responses – Chiar: Elaine Tobin
3:00 M1301: Javier Lopez - Overexpression of Arabidopsis CRY1 affects tomato growth, chlorophyll, anthocyanin and lycopene contents in fruit
3:25 M1302: Frank Harmon - Temperature entrainment of the Arabidopsis circadian clock requires ELF3 activity
3:50 M1303: Shen X. Lu - Testing time: Can a pulse of proposed oscillator components shift rhythms in Arabidopsis?
4:15 M1304: Peter V. Minorsky - Infradian Rhythms in Bean Seed Imbibition -- Not the Moon, the Sun!

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Izamal

3:00 PM

4:40 PM

Minisymposium 14: Tomato and Solanaceous Species – Chair: Ilan Paran
3:00 M1401: Greg Maloney - Branched-Chain Amino Acid-Derived Flavor Volatiles in Tomato Fruit
3:25 M1402: Antonio J. Matas - Cell type specific gene discovery in tomato fruit using laser capture microdissection and pyrosequencing
3:50 M1403: Hui Kang - Involvement of a MADS-box gene, jointless, in multiple hormonal regulation of tomato development
4:15 M1404: Ilan Paran - Common and unique regulation of sympodial shoot development in pepper and tomato

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Progreso

4:40 PM

5:10 PM

Coffee Break

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Gran Pasaje

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 15: Plant Herbivore Interactions – Chair: Linda Walling
5:10 M1501: Linda Walling - Leucine aminopeptidase: A key regulator for insect defense
5:35 1502: Vijay Singh - Arabidopsis defense against green peach aphid: role of plant lipids
6:00 1503: Holger Merker - Oldies but goldies: NAC transcription factors and leucine aminopeptidase in plant defense
6:25 1504: Gary W. Felton - Salivary Enzymes: The First Line of Defense against Plant Defenses?

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 16: Genome Evolution and Comparative Genomics –Chair: Doreen Ware
5:10 M1601: Xiaofan Zhou - The relationship of gene evolutionary pattern and function of eukaryotic gene family
5:35 M1602: Apurva Narechania - Toward a better understanding of cereal genome evolution through ensembl compara
6:00 M1603: Nelson Avonce - The evolutionary history of the plant trehalose biosynthesis genes
6:25 M1604: Raul Alverez-Venegas - The Highly Similar Arabidopsis Homologs of  Trithorax ATX1 and ATX2 Encode Divergent Bichemical Functions

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Valladolid

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 17: Hormones – Chair: Marta Laskowski
5:10 M1701: Xiaofeng Wang - Molecular mechanisms of receptor kinase activation, dimerization and phosphorylation in brassinosteroid signal transduction
5:35 M17092: Jeff Shen - The WRKY transcription factor superfamily mediates plant responses to several hormones
6:00 M1703: Georgiana Ponce - Interplay of ethylene and gravitropic stimulation regulates the pattern of cell differentiation in root cap cells of maize roots
6:25 M1704: Marta Laskowski - Rhizotaxy is regulated by polar auxin transport

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Izamal

5:10 PM

6:50 PM

Minisymposium 18: Plant Symbiont Interactions – Chair: Carmen Quinto
5:10 M1801: Luis Cardenas - Fast and transient intracellular ROS changes in living root hair cells responding to specific NFs
5:35 M1802: Julia Frugoli - Regulation of nodule number in Medicago truncatula: sunn, lss, rdn and rae
6:00 M1803: Quan Zhang - Positional cloning of STR, a gene required for arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis in Medicago truncatula
6:25 M1804: Ranamalie Amarasinghe - Transporters operating at the plant-fungal interface in tall fescue- endophyte symbiotic association; Novel insights from a nutritional stand point.

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Progreso

7:30 PM

9:00 PM

Women in Plant Biology Committee Sponsored Speaker & Dinner: The Good Side of a Macho Culture - Patricia León, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Yucatan 2, 3, & 4

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

USDA Reception
All employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are invited to attend this annual reception. Enjoy the opportunity to share a beverage and mingle with this diverse group.

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Celestun

7:30 PM

9:30 PM

Digital Art II - Guidelines for Preparing Digital Art - Advanced
Speaker: Mike Hepp of The Sheridan Group

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Yucatan 1

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

Plant Metabolic Network (PMN) & Sol Genomics Network (SGN) & Gramene Metabolic Pathway Databases Workshop

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Merida

TUESDAY July 1

8:00 AM

3:00 PM

Registration Open In Center

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Gran Pasaje

8:00 AM

2:00 PM

Posters Open
Please remove your poster by 2 PM

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM

3:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Chichen Itza Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

Executive Committee Breakfast

Hotel - Fiesta Americana - Club Room

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 19: Emerging Technologies – Chair: Amit Dhingra
8:30 M1901: Erich Kombrink - The yeast three-hybrid system: A screening platform for the identification of targets of small signaling molecules
8:55 M1902:  Zhiyang Zhai - RNAi-in protoplasts as a rapid, high-throughput procedure for targeted gene-inactivation and functional analyses of Arabidopsis genes
9:20 M1903: Mathew E. Hudson - Genomics of system-specific model plants using next-generation sequencing
9:45 M1904: Amit Dhingra - Enabling Targeted Resequencing of Arbitrarily Long Conserved DNA Sequences

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 20: Gene Regulation – Chair: JC Jang
8:30 M2001: Colleen Doherty - Identifying Cold Regulatory Networks in Arabidopsis
8:55 2002: Kenzo Nakamura - Sugar-regulated gene expression and the control of seed oil synthesis in Arabidopsis
9:20 2003: David Skibbe - Mutator transposition alters the transcriptome and proteome of developing maize anthers
9:45 2004: JC Jang - P-bodies and ARE-mediated post-transcriptome in plants

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Valladolid

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 21: Seed Biology – Chair: Jeff Shen
8:30 M2101: Woei-Jiun Guo - An ABA/Stress-Induced HVA22 Protein Inhibits GA-Induced Programmed Cell Death in Aleurone Cells
8:55 2102: Russell Johnson - The wheat PKABA1-interacting factor TaABF1 mediates both abscisic acid-suppressed and abscisic acid-induced gene expression in aleurone cells
9:20 M2103: Ljudmilla Borisjuk - Functional analysis of the plastidial glucose-6-phosphate/phosphate translocator in legume seeds suggests a role for cellular differentiation and storage control
9:45 2104: Daniel Vernon - Diverse impacts of PPR knockout mutations on Arabidopsis embryo morphology, cell organization, and plastid development

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Izamal

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 22: Phytoremediation – Chair: Sharon L. Doty
8:30 M2201: Sharon L. Doty - Enhancing Phytoremediation of A Variety of Organic Pollutants
8:55 2202: Elizabeth Pilon-Sm+C100its - Plant Selenium Hyperaccumulation Functions as a Defense Against Herbivory
9:20 2203: Usha Balasundaram - A nucleo-cytoplasm co-localized type 2 metallothionein from Prosopis juliflora confers heavy metal tolerance to transgenic tobacco
9:45 2204: David G. Mendoza-Cozatl - Characterization of the thiol-peptides in the phloem sap of Brassica napus and their role in the long-distance transport of cadmium

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Progreso

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

Minisymposium 23: Photosynthesis – Chair: John Cushman
8:30 M2301: Steven Rodermel - Suppressors of the var2 variegation mutant of Arabidopsis provide access to regulatory networks that govern chloroplast biogenesis
8:55 M2301: Aleel K. Grennan - Role of pheophorbide a oxygenase in chlorophyll degradation
9:20 M2303: Ruey-hua Lee - Alkaline α-galactosidase degrades thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast during rice leaf senescence
9:45 M2304: Katia Silvera - Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in tropical orchids: integrating isotopes, habitat preference and gene expression

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Ekbalam

10:10 AM

10:40 AM

Coffee Break

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 24: Plant Biotechnology – Chair: Yi Li
10:40 P49002: Elsbeth Walker - C103TcJAMYC: a transcriptional regulator of paclitaxel (TaxolTM) biosynthesis in cultured Taxus cells
11:05 M2402: Yi Li - Gene-deletor: a tool to eliminate all transgenes in pollen and seed when their functions are no longer needed or their presence can cause concerns
11:30 M2403: Rima Menassa - Trafficking, degradation and purification of recombinant IL-10 protein in plants
11:55 P49005: Qungang Qi - Biochemical Characterization and Mutational Analysis of Aspartate Kinases to Identify Feedback-resistant Variants and Seed-specific Over-expression of the Variants for Enhanced Threonine Levels in Soybean Seed

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 25: Cell to Cell and Long Distance Signaling – Chair: Bernard Carroll
10:40 M2501: Bernard Carroll – Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Long-distance mRNA Silencing in Arabidopsis
11:05 M2502: Byung-Kook Ham - Molecular characterization of phloem-mobile ribonucleoprotein complexes
11:30 M2503: Jeanmarie Verchot-Lubicz - Potato virus X proteins induce ER-derived vesicles to enable plasmodesmata transport and are targeted for degradation by the 26S proteasome in plants
11:55 M2504: Friedrich Kragler - A microtubule-associated protein regulates the intercellular transport of the non-cell-autonomous acting homeodomain proteins

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Valladolid

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 26: Reproductive Biology – Chair: Heather Owen
10:40 M2601: Dazhong Zhao - Signaling of Anther Cell Fate Determination by the TPD1 Small Protein and EMS1 Receptor Kinase in Arabidopsis
11:05 M2602: Benjamin Rodriguez-Garay - The occurrence and integrity of compound pollen in Agave
11:30 M2603: Subbaiah Chalivendra - Protein-protein interactions potentially governing pollen tube growth in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
11:55 M2604: Monica Alandete-Saez - Two plasma membrane proteins expressed in the sperm cells and in the egg cell of Arabidopsis play different roles during the fertilization process

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Izamal

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 27: Mineral Nutrition – Chair: Teresa Hernandez Sotomayor
10:40 M2701: Uri Pick - A unique mechanism for Fe3+ and Fe2+ acquisition in a halotolerant alga
11:05 M2702: Jose Efrain Ramirez Benitez - Aluminium induces changes in organic acids metabolism in Coffea arabica suspension cells with differential Al tolerance
11:30 M2703: Christopher M. Cohu - Reexamining the role of superoxide dismutase in photosynthesis: plants without SOD activity in the chloroplast and cytosol
11:55 M2704: Georgina Hernandez – Essential role of MYB transcription factor: PvPHR1 in phosphate starvation signaling in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Progreso

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

Minisymposium 28: Cellular Growth and Division – Chair: William Thompson
10:40 M2801: William Thompson - Analysis of DNA replication timing on Arabidopsis chromosome 4
11:05 M2802: Luis Vidali - Class II formins are essential for actin organization and tip growth
11:30 M2803: Trino Ascencio-Ibanez - Geminivirus infection alters expression of cell cycle genes to promote endocycling in Arabidopsis
11:55 M2804: Carmen Quinto - Silencing a receptor-like kinase in Phaseolus vulgaris transgenic roots arrests nodule development by impairing vascular bundle formation

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Ekbalam

12:20 PM

1:30 PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Program Committee Meeting

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Committee Space in Exhbit Hall

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

ASPB Business Meeting

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Ekbalam

2:30 PM

6:20 PM

Symposium VI: President's Symposium - Organizer: C. Robertson McClung
2:30-3:10  S061 - C. Robertson McClung - Timing is Everything
3:10-3:50  S062 - Edgar Spalding - Seedling establishment seen through the eyes of a computer
3:50-4:20 Coffee Break
4:20-5:00  S063 - Steve Kay
5:00-5:40  S064 - Scott Poethig - Turning over a new leaf: the regulation of vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis
5:40-6:20  S065 - Annie Schmitt - Arabidopsis in the real world: flowering time pathways in natural environments across the species climatic range

Siglo XXI Convention Center - Salon Merida

8:30 PM

12:00 PM

Final Party - La Quinta Montes Molina
Within a block from the hotels, stroll right down the street Paseo de Montejo to this lovely historic mansion that is still owned by the original family.  Enter through the front gate to walk through the mansion to the back garden for a lovely final reception with drinks and light fare.  Show off your salsa dancing to the live salsa band or just enjoy the company and relax!  A perfect ending to our visit of this amazing city!  http://www.laquintamm.com/

La Quinta Montes Molina