StartDate |
StartTime |
EndTime |
Event/Item |
Room |
FRIDAY |
|
30-Jul |
8:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
ASPB Executive Committee Meeting |
515 a&b |
SATURDAY |
|
31-Jul |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
ASPB Education Foundation Board Meeting |
514 b&c |
31-Jul |
8:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
Plant Physiology Board Meeting |
515 a&b |
31-Jul |
8:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
Plant Ontology and Gramene's Gene
Annotation Workshop (pre-reserved
ticket required)
Sponsored by NSF Funded Projects, Gramene Database & Plant Ontology
Attendees for this workshop, please bring your confirmation emails and go
directly to the meeting room. |
512 a,b,e,f |
31-Jul |
9:00 AM |
9:00 PM |
Registration Open |
F210 |
31-Jul |
9:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Government Agencies Room - Learn about Funding
Opportunities from U.S. Government Agencies!
9 am - 1 pm: DOE
1 pm - 5 pm: NSF |
320 |
31-Jul |
9:00 AM |
9:00 PM |
Speaker Ready Room Open |
514a |
31-Jul |
9:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Exhibitor Move-In & Posters May be hung |
Exhibit Hall |
31-Jul |
9:30 AM |
11:00 AM |
ASPB Membership Committee Meeting |
514 b&c |
31-Jul |
11:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
Undergraduate Networking Poster Session
(Students please move your posters to Exhibit Hall Poster Area afterwards) |
516 c |
31-Jul |
1:00 PM |
7:00 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
31-Jul |
12:45 PM |
3:15 PM |
Opening Address, ASPB/CSPP Awards
Ceremony & ASPB Award Speakers (S07)
12:45
Opening Addresses & Awards Ceremony
1:30 S071: Charles Albert Shull Award Speaker - Steve Jacobsen, University Of
California Los Angeles - DNA methylation in Arabidopsis
2:05 S072: Stephen Hales Prize Speaker - Jeff Dangl, University Of North
Carolina - The Plant Immnue System
2:40 S073: Perspectives Award Speaker - Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology
Adviser to the Secretary of State and to the Administrator of USAID - On
the Front Lines of the Global GMO Debate |
517 a&b |
31-Jul |
3:15 PM |
3:45 PM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Hall outside |
31-Jul |
3:45 PM |
7:00 PM |
Symposium I: Martin Gibbs Medal Winner
Symposium; Building Extracellular Polymers; Lignin, Cutin, Suberin and
Polysaccharides (S01)
Organizer:
John Ohlrogge, Michigan State University
3:45 S011: Lacey Samuels, University of British Columbia, Vancouver - The
Elusive Export of Extracellular Polymer Components
4:20 S012: Frédéric Beisson, CEA/CNRS/Aix Marseille University/Michigan State
University - Biosynthesis of Cutin and Suberin Polyesters: From Monomers
to Nanostructures
4:55 S013: Curtis Wilkerson, Michigan State University/DOE Great Lakes
Bioenergy Research Center - Utilizing biochemical adaptations of plants
and next-generation sequencing instruments to discover enzymes and
transcription factors involved in plant cell wall biosynthesis
5:30 Coffee Break in hallway
6:00 S014: Jocelyn Rose, Cornell University - Peeling Apart the Structural
Matrices at the Plant Surface
6:25 S015: Clint Chapple, Purdue University - Lignin: An Extracellular
Polymer with Unique Biochemical Plasticity |
517 a&b |
31-Jul |
7:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
31-Jul |
7:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Opening Mixer in Exhibit Hall
(appetizers & drinks; exhibits & posters open) |
Exhibit Hall |
SUNDAY |
|
1-Aug |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
ASPB Education Committee Meeting |
515 a&b |
1-Aug |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
ASPB Ambassador Club Meeting |
514 b&c |
1-Aug |
7:00 AM |
7:00 PM |
Speaker Ready Room Open |
514a |
1-Aug |
7:00 AM |
11:00 PM |
Posters Open |
Exhibit Hall |
1-Aug |
8:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Registration Open |
F210 |
1-Aug |
8:30 AM |
6:00 PM |
Government Agencies Room - Learn about Funding
Opportunities from U.S. Government Agencies!
8:30 am - 12 pm: DOE
2:30 pm - 6:30 pm: NSF |
320 |
1-Aug |
8:30 AM |
12:00 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
1-Aug |
8:30 AM |
11:55 AM |
Symposium II: Polyploidy, Heterosis, and
Genomic Plasticity (S02)
Organizer:
Z. Jeffrey Chen, University of Texas, Austin
8:30 S021: Joseph R. Ecker, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Natural
variation, Epigenome and Genomic Plasticity
9:05 S022: Loren H. Rieseberg, University of British Columbia – Genomic
Footprints of Hybridization
9:40 Coffee Break in hallway
10:10 S023: Pamela S. Soltis, University of Florida - Recent and Recurrent
Polyploidy in Tragopogon: Genetic and Evolutionary Consequences
10:45 S024: James A. Birchler, University of Missouri - Studies at the
Intersection of Heterosis and Polyploidy
11:20 S025: Z. Jeffrey Chen, The University of Texas at Austin - Molecular
Mechanisms of Polyploidy and Hybrid Vigor |
517 a&b |
1-Aug |
12:00 PM |
4:00 PM |
Exhibits Open |
Exhibit Hall |
1-Aug |
12:00 PM |
2:30 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
1-Aug |
12:00 PM |
2:30 PM |
Poster & Exhibit Session (non-compulsory
posters)
*Lunch Provided |
Exhibit Hall |
1-Aug |
12:00 PM |
2:30 PM |
The iPlant Collaborative Workshop: New
tools for innovative plant biology research (lunch provided, pre-reserved
ticket required)
Sponsored by iPlant Collaborative |
512 a,b,e,f |
1-Aug |
12:00 PM |
1:30 PM |
ASPB Public Affairs Committee Meeting |
514 b&c |
1-Aug |
12:00 PM |
2:30 PM |
CSPP Outgoing Executive Committee Meeting |
515 a&b |
1-Aug |
2:30 PM |
6:00 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
1-Aug |
2:30 PM |
5:55 PM |
Symposium III: CSPP President’s
Symposium: Signals and Plant Development (S03)
Organizer:
Carl Douglas, University of British Columbia
2:30 S031: Enrico Scarpella University of Alberta - Auxin Signals in Leaf
Vascular Patterning
3:05 S032: Daniel Matton, University of Montréal - Pollen Tube Guidance in
Solanaceous Species: A Complex Web of Signals
3:40 Coffee Break
4:10 S033: Daphne Goring, University of Toronto - Selecting the best
pollen grains: Stigmatic signaling events in the Brassicaceae
4:45 S034: Joe Kieber, University of North Carolina - The ins and outs of
cytokinin signaling
5:20 S035: Keiko Torii, University of Washington - Take a Deep Breath:
Signaling in Stomatal Patterning and Differentiation |
517 a&b |
1-Aug |
6:00 PM |
6:40 PM |
CSPP Gold Medal Lecture (S08)
S081:
Brian Ellis, University of British Columbia - A passion for pathways |
517 a&b |
1-Aug |
7:00 PM |
8:00 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. |
514 b&c |
1-Aug |
7:00 PM |
10:00 PM |
Career Workshop I: Getting the Most out
of Graduate School (dinner
provided, pre-purchased ticket required) |
516 c |
1-Aug |
7:00 PM |
10:00 PM |
Career Workshop II: Is Industry the Right
Choice for You? (dinner
provided, pre-purchased ticket required) |
516 d&e |
1-Aug |
7:30 PM |
9:30 PM |
Education Workshop - Education Outreach:
Strategies for Broadening the Impact of Your Research (pre-reserved
ticket required) |
513 d,e,f |
1-Aug |
7:30 PM |
10:00 PM |
Metabolic Pathway Databases and Tools
(PMN/KEGG/MetaCrop) Workshop |
512 c,d,g,h |
MONDAY |
|
2-Aug |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
ASPB Minority Affairs Committee Meeting |
515 a&b |
2-Aug |
7:00 AM |
11:00 PM |
Posters Open |
Exhibit Hall |
2-Aug |
7:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Speaker Ready Room Open |
514a |
2-Aug |
8:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Registration Open |
F210 |
2-Aug |
8:30 AM |
5:00 PM |
Government Agencies Room - Learn about Funding
Opportunities from U.S. Government Agencies!
8:30 am - 12 pm: NSF
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm: USDA |
320 |
2-Aug |
8:30 AM |
12:00 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
2-Aug |
8:30 AM |
11:55 AM |
Symposium IV: Impact of Plant Biology on
Human Health and Medical Research (S04)
Organizer:
Barry Pogson, Australian National University
8:30 S041: Dean DellaPenna, Michigan State Universtiy - Integrating
genomics and quantitative genetics to balance the nutritional content of
plants
9:05 S042: Ingo Potrykus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Insights
from Golden Rice: GE-projects for public good are faced with inhibitive
conditions
9:40 Coffee Break
10:10 S043: Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College- From the soil to the seed:
Iron homeostasis in plants
10:45 S044: Geoffrey Wasteneys, University of British Columbia
- Arabidopsis as a model system for understanding the role of microtubule
dynamics in cancer progression
11:20 S045: Barry Pogson, Australian National University - Carotenoid
biosynthesis and function in plants: Are there implications for macular
degeneration of the eye? |
517 a&b |
2-Aug |
12:00 PM |
4:00 PM |
Exhibits Open |
Exhibit Hall |
2-Aug |
12:00 PM |
1:30 PM |
ASPB Women in Plant Biology Sponsored
Lunch & Speaker: Shirley Malcom, Head of the Directorate of Education
and Human Resources of AAAS (pre-purchased ticket required) |
516 c |
2-Aug |
12:00 PM |
1:30 PM |
Lunch available for purchase in exhibit hall OR on
your own |
Exhibit Hall |
2-Aug |
12:00 PM |
1:30 PM |
Small Colleges/PUI Networking Lunch (pre-purchased
ticket required) |
516 d & e |
2-Aug |
12:00 PM |
1:30 PM |
Tips and Troubleshooting for Quantitative
and Qualitative Immunoblotting of Photosynthetic Organisms Workshop (lunch provided,
pre-reserved ticket required)
Sponsored by Agrisera and Environmental Proteomics NB Inc. |
512 a,b,e,f |
2-Aug |
1:30 PM |
5:30 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
2-Aug |
1:30 PM |
3:10 PM |
Minisymposium 1. Education Outreach
Chair:
John Cushman
1:30 M0101: Frederic Pitre - Montreal Biodiversity Centre
1:55 M0102: Jeffrey Coker - Inquiry-Based Activities to Accompany the 12
Principles of Plant Biology
2:20 M0103: David Lally - PREP: A systems approach to plant science
education
2:45 M0104: Uwe Hilgert - Novel Education, Outreach and Training Programs |
510 a&c |
2-Aug |
1:30 PM |
3:10 PM |
Minisymposium 2. Protein
Trafficking & Targeting
Chair: Peta Bonham-Smith
1:30 M0201: Peta Bonham-Smith - What is required for the nuclear and
nucleolar localization of Arabidopsis ribosomal proteins?
1:55 M0202: Shyen Ying Goh - Characterization of targeting signals and
pathways controlling ER import sites in plants
2:20 M0203: Jurgen Denecke - Discovery of the late prevacuole, a new
compartment of the plant secretory pathway
2:45 M0204: Andreas Nebenführ - Myosin-driven vesicle movements are
necessary for rapid tip growth in root hairs |
510 b&d |
2-Aug |
1:30 PM |
3:10 PM |
Minisymposium 3.
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chair: Noah Whiteman
1:30 M0301: Georg Jander - Production of a δ-N-Acetylornithine, a
Defensive non-Protein Amino Acid in Arabidopsis thaliana
1:55 M0302: Gustavo Bonaventure - New insights into the early biochemical
activation of jasmonic acid biosynthesis in leaves
2:20 M0303: Joe Louis - Arabidopsis thaliana - green peach aphid
interaction
2:45 M0304: Noah Whiteman - Development of a genomic model herbivore of
Arabidopsis thaliana |
511 a&d |
2-Aug |
1:30 PM |
3:10 PM |
Minisymposium 4.
Transcriptional Networks
Chair: Shiobhan Brady
1:30 M0401: Hairong Wei - A Pipeline for Adequately Recognizing
Transcription Regulators Involved a Biological Process Using Microarray Data
and Existing Knowledge Base
1:55 M0402: Cheng Zou - Decoding the cis-regulatory logic of
stress-regulated genes in Arabidopsis thaliana
2:20 M0403: Apurva Bhargava - Deciphering the possible role of MYB-KNOX
complexes in regulation of secondary cell wall synthesis in the Arabidopsis
inflorescence stem
2:45 M0404: Shiobhan Brady - A Stele-Enriched Transcriptional Network in
the Arabidopsis Root |
511 b&e |
2-Aug |
1:30 PM |
3:10 PM |
Minisymposium 5. Oxidative
Stress
Chair: Jaideep Mathur
1:30 M0501: Jaideep Mathur - Rapid organelle responses to reactive oxygen
species
1:55 M0502: William Zerges - Chloroplast stress granules are required for
oxidative stress tolerance
2:20 M0503: Qiaohong Duan - FERONIA regulates RAC/ROP-mediated root hair
growth and pollen tube-ovule interaction
2:45 M0504: Sixue Chen - Redox proteomics of Brassica napus guard cells |
511 c&f |
2-Aug |
3:10 PM |
3:45 PM |
COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL |
Exhibit Hall |
2-Aug |
3:45 PM |
5:25 PM |
Minisymposium 6. Minority
Affairs - Plant Systems and Genomic Biology
Chair: Adán Colon-Carmona and John Harada
3:45 M0601: Terri Long - Pumping Iron: Molecular Mechanisms of Plant
Nutritional Deficiency
4:18 M0602: Jose Pruneda-Paz - A Functional Genomics Approach Uncovers
Transcriptional Circuits Within the Clock Network
4:51 M0603: Ana Caicedo - How to Evolve a Weed: The Origins of Weedy Rice
in the U.S. |
510 a&c |
2-Aug |
3:45 PM |
5:25 PM |
Minisymposium 7.
Cytoskeletal Dynamics
Sponsored by Hybrigentics
Chair: Sherryl Bisgrove
3:45 M0701: Robin E. Young - The role of the microtubule binding protein
EB1 in subcellular architecture
4:10 M0702: William Eisinger - Guard cell microtubules change in number,
order, and bundling with changes in stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis
4:35 M0703: Bou Daher Firas - Actin and calcium mediated control of vesicle
delivery is responsible for effecting a change in growth direction in pollen
tubes
5:00 M0704: Julia Dyachok - Light regulation of SCAR complex function and
F-actin accumulation during early Arabidopsis seedling development |
510 b&d |
2-Aug |
3:45 PM |
5:25 PM |
Minisymposium 8. Auxin
Chair: Gloria Muday
3:45 M0801: D. Marshall Porterfield - Non-invasive quantification of
endogenous root auxin transport using an integrated flux microsensor
technique
4:10 M0802: Wendy Peer - We have an AP for that. The role of aminopeptidase
M1 in root meristem maintenance
4:35 M0803: Daniel Lewis - Auxin and ethylene induce distinct flavonol
accumulation patterns through independent transcriptional networks
5:00 M0804: Dazhong Zhao - Regulation of Multiple Organ Development by the
MicroRNA160a Gene in Arabidopsis |
511 a&d |
2-Aug |
3:45 PM |
5:25 PM |
Minisymposium 9. Regulation
of Gene Expression
Chair: Helen Tai
3:45 M0901: Helen H. Tai - Genome-wide profiling of tetra-acetylated H4
during seed imbibition in Arabidopsis thaliana
4:10 M0902: Gulab Rangani - Genetic analysis of phyA' - an epiallele
associated with exonic methylation
4:35 M0903: Shajahan Anver - Possible Link between XCT and Chromatin
Remodeling
5:00 M0904: Orit Shaul - Exposure of upstream-ORF containing transcripts
to degradation by the Arabidopsis nonsense mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway,
and feedback regulation of this pathway by UPF3 |
511 b&e |
2-Aug |
3:45 PM |
5:25 PM |
Minisymposium 10. Plants
& Human Health
Chair: Elsbeth Walker
3:45 M1001: Yechun Wang - Enhancing Resveratrol Biosynthesis by Gene
Engineering in Yeast Cells
4:10 M1002: Teresa Penfield - Increasing the Artemisinin Yield of
Artemisia annua
4:35 M1003: Kazuhito Akama - Development of γ-aminobutyric acid
(GABA)-enriched rice and its blood pressure-lowering effect in spontaneously
hypertensive rats (SHRs)
5:00 M1004: Sarah Conte - Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of
Yellow Stripe-Like Transporters |
511 c&f |
2-Aug |
5:30 PM |
7:30 PM |
Exclusive Poster Session (compulsory odd
numbers) (exhibits closed) |
Exhibit Hall |
2-Aug |
7:30 PM |
9:00 PM |
ASPB Minority Affairs Committee Sponsored
Dinner & Speaker:
Tyrone Hayes, University of California, Berkeley - From Silent Spring To
Silent Night: A Tale Of Toads And Men (pre-purchased ticket
required) |
516 c |
2-Aug |
7:30 PM |
9:30 PM |
Guidelines for Preparing Digital Art
Workshop
Speaker:
Michael Hepp of The Sheridan Group |
512 a,b,e,f |
2-Aug |
7:30 PM |
9:30 PM |
NIH 101 Workshop
Speakers:
Cheryl A. Kitt, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Center for Scientific Review, NIH;
and Michael Bender, Ph.D., Program Director, Division of Genetics and
Developmental Biology, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH |
513 a,b,c |
2-Aug |
8:00 PM |
9:30 PM |
TAIR and SGN Workshop |
512 c,d,g,h |
TUESDAY |
|
3-Aug |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
ASPB Women in Plant Biology Committee Meeting |
515 a&b |
3-Aug |
7:00 AM |
2:00 PM |
Posters Open |
Exhibit Hall |
3-Aug |
8:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Speaker Ready Room Open |
514a |
3-Aug |
8:30 AM |
5:30 PM |
Government Agencies Room - Learn about Funding
Opportunities from U.S. Government Agencies!
8:30 am - 12:30 pm: USDA
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm: DOE |
320 |
3-Aug |
8:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Registration Open |
F210 |
3-Aug |
8:30 AM |
12:30 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
3-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 11. Organelle
Biology
Chair: Kathy Osteryoung
8:30 M1101: Craig Whippo - PMI13 is a plasma membrane-anchored
actin-binding protein involved in light-mediated chloroplast movements
8:55 M1102: Aaron Schmitz - In Vivo and In Vitro Functional Relationship
Between Chloroplast Division Proteins FtsZ1 and FtsZ2
9:20 M1103: Kyaw Aung - An Arabidopsis C-terminal tail-anchored protein in
peroxisomal and mitochondrial division and positioning
9:45 M1104: Georgia Drakakaki - Probing Trans Golgi Network with chemical
genomics and proteomics |
510 a&c |
3-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 12. Organ
Development
Chair: Fang Bai - ASPB Ambassador
8:30 M1201: Sibum Sung - The PHD finger protein, VIL2, is necessary for
photoperiod-mediated epigenetic regulation of the floral repressor, MAF5
8:55 M1202: Shigeo Sugano - Stomagen, a cysteine rich peptide expressed in
mesophyll cells, positively regulates stomatal development in Arabidopsis
9:20 M1203: Sangho Jeong - The predicted transcription factor GROUNDED
functions downstream of the YODA MAP kinase cascade to promote the asymmetric
division of Arabidopsis zygotes
9:45 M1204: Paja Sijacic - TSO1 coordinates cell proliferation and
differentiation in Arabidopsis flower development |
510 b&d |
3-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 13. Second
Messengers
Chair: Wendy Boss
8:30 M1301: Julian Schroeder - Carbonic Anhydrases as Upstream Mediators
of CO2-Induced Stomatal Movements and CO2 Regulation Mechanisms of Anion
Channels
8:55 M1302: Yichen Zhao - Teaching an old hormone new tricks:
Brassinosteroid receptor-mediated Ca2+ signaling
9:20 M1303: Eric Vincill - Functional characterization of GLR3.4, a
glutamate receptor-like ion channel
9:45 M1304: Yang Ju Im - Increasing the synthesis of
phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate (PtdInsP2) results in changes in carbon
partitioning and the phosphate status of Arabidopsis plants |
511 a&d |
3-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 14. Enzyme
Regulation - Sponsored by Biochemical Journal 'Plant' Knowledge Environment
Chair: Bill Plaxton
8:30 M1401: Csengele Barta - The role of Mg2+ and adenine nucleotides in
regulating Rubisco activase stability at high temperatures
8:55 M1402: Alberto Iglesias - Allosteric regulation of ADP-glucose
pyrophosphorylase: Exploring the molecular mechanism involved in the
propagation of the activation signal
9:20 M1403: Martin Umhang - Complex formation between enzymes involved in
starch degradation
9:45 M1404: Brendan O'Leary - In vivo Multi-site Phosphorylation of
Bacterial-type Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase from Developing Castor Oil
Seeds |
511 b&e |
3-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 15. Metabolic
Pathways
Chair: Owen Rowland
8:30 M1501: Owen Rowland - Three Arabidopsis Fatty Acyl-CoA Reductases,
FAR1, FAR4, and FAR5, Generate Primary Fatty Alcohols Associated with Suberin
Deposition
8:55 M1502: Oliver Corea - Upstream genes encoding phenylalanine
biosynthesis: Differential control of protein and lignin formation in
Arabidopsis
9:20 M1503: Valeriano Dal Cin - Ectopic expression of a MYB transcription
factor defines a set of co- regulated genes involved in phenylalanine and
phenylpropanoid
9:45 M1504: Dawn Hall - An integrated genomic, proteomic and biochemical
analysis of (+)-3-carene biosynthesis in Sitka spruce genotypes that are
resistant or susceptible to white pine weevil |
511 c&f |
3-Aug |
10:00 AM |
2:00 PM |
Exhibits Open |
Exhibit Hall |
3-Aug |
10:10 AM |
10:40 AM |
COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL |
Exhibit Hall |
3-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 16. Cell
Expansion
Chair: Erik Nielsen
10:40 M1601: Erik Nielsen - Examining the Role of the Cellulose
Synthase-like Protein, AtCSLD3, During Root Hair Tip-Growth
11:05 M1602: Charles Hunter - Disruption of maize Cellulose Synthase-Like
D1 leads to a narrow-leaf warty phenotype
11:30 M1603: Lawrence Winship - Pollen Tube Shape During Oscillatory
Growth
11:55 M1604: Renate Weizbauer - Characterization of cellular mechanisms
controlling cell expansion in the twisted dwarf1 mutant in Arabidopsis
thaliana |
510 a&c |
3-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 17. Genome
Evolution
Chair: Michael Deyholos
10:40 M1701: Mark Beilstein - The Age of Arabidopsis: dated molecular
phylogenies indicate a Miocene origin for Arabidopsis
11:05 M1702: Jer-Ming Chia - A high-resolution variation map in the maize:
Signatures of recombination, selection and domestication
11:30 M1703: Iben Sorensen - Investigating the molecular mechanisms
underlying the evolution of land plants
11:55 M1704: Michael Deyholos - Comparative genomics of a whole-genome
sequence of flax (Linum usitatissimum) obtained by de novo assembly of short,
shotgun reads |
510 b&d |
3-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 18.
Phosphoregulation
Chair: Tim Devarenne
10:40 M1801: Wendy Lyzenga - KIP1, a CIPK protein kinase, interacts with
KEG an E3 ligase
11:05 M1802: Julian Avila-Pacheco - Characterization of the interaction
between the plant cell death regulator Adi3 and the SnRK complex
11:30 M1803: Steve Huber - Autophosphorylation of Tyr-610 in the receptor
kinase BAK1 regulates function in vivo
11:55 M1804: Jianming Li - BBP1 links a cell surface receptor to a
GSK3-like kinase to regulate brassinosteroid signaling |
511 a&d |
3-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 19. Enzyme
Structure & Function
Chair: Bethany Zolman
10:40 M1901: Bethany Zolman - An acyl-CoA oxidase triple mutant reveals a
high degree of redundancy in peroxisomal metabolism and variation between
different Arabidopsis accessions
11:05 M1902: Amanda Rochon - Cytosolic NADPH-dependent glyoxylate
reductase from Arabidopsis: crystal structure and evidence for β-HAD
family membership
11:30 M1903: Don Trinh Nguyen - Biochemical conservation and evolution of
germacrene A oxidase in Asteraceae
11:55 M1904: Boon Hoe Lim - Phylogenetic engineering of
ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) |
511 b&e |
3-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 20. Membranes
& Ion Transport
Chair: Olena Vatamaniuk
10:40 M2001: Rebecca Roston - Defining the role of TGD2 in chloroplast
lipid transport
11:05 M2002: Haibing Yang - FKBP-mediated maturation and sterol packing of
the Arabidopsis ABCB19 auxin transporter are distinct processes
11:30 M2003: Ivan Baxter - Ionomics of the Maize Nested Association
Mapping Panel
11:55 M2004: Olena Vatamaniuk - "Novel" Functions of
"Old"Transporters: COPT2 and OPT3 Function in Cadmium
Detoxification in Arabidopsis thaliana |
511 c&f |
3-Aug |
12:30 PM |
2:00 PM |
ASPB Executive Committee Meeting/Luncheon |
515 a&b |
3-Aug |
12:30 PM |
2:00 PM |
CSPP Business Meeting |
514 b&c |
3-Aug |
12:30 PM |
2:00 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
3-Aug |
12:30 PM |
2:00 PM |
Exclusive Poster Session & Exhibit
Session
(non-compulsory) *Lunch available for purchase in the exhibit hall |
Exhibit Hall |
3-Aug |
2:00 PM |
5:30 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516 a&b |
3-Aug |
2:00 PM |
5:30 PM |
Symposium V: Joint ASPB-CSPP: Pollen
Biology (S05)
Organizers:
Alice Cheung, University of Massachusetts, Anja Geitmann, University of
Montreal, Heven Sze, University Of Maryland
2:00 S051: Alice Cheung, University Of Massachusetts - Regulation of
pollen tube growth, reorientation and interaction with the female gametophyte
2:30 S052: Ravi Palanivelu, University of Arizona - Primed for success:
pistil signals potentiate pollen tubes prior to fertilization
3:00 S053: June Nasrallah, Cornell University - S-locus Receptor Kinase
Signaling in Pollen Recognition and Pistil Development
3:30 Coffee Break
4:00 S054: Sheila McCormick, USDA/ARS and UC-Berkeley - Arabidopsis PTEN
promotes autophagy in pollen tubes
4:30 S055: Benedikt Kost, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Control
of polar cell growth by Rac/Rop signaling
5:00 S056: Anja Geitmann, University of Montreal - Size matters: the
pollen tube's adaptation to an invasive life style |
517 a&b |
3-Aug |
2:00 PM |
5:00 PM |
Exhibitor Break Down (Posters will close from 2 -
5:30 pm for safety during breakdown) |
Exhibit Hall |
3-Aug |
5:30 PM |
7:30 PM |
Exclusive Poster Session (compulsory even
numbers) (exhibits closed) |
Exhibit Hall |
3-Aug |
7:45 PM |
8:30 PM |
Finish Exhibitor Break Down |
Exhibit Hall |
3-Aug |
9:00 PM |
12:00 AM |
Final Party (complimentary
for attendees, guest tickets available for purchase)
Get totally tubular! Come enjoy 80s dancing, dessert and drinks. |
710 |
WEDNESDAY |
|
4-Aug |
7:00 AM |
2:00 PM |
Posters Open (remove posters by 2 pm) |
Exhibit Hall |
4-Aug |
7:00 AM |
8:30 AM |
ASPB Program Committee Meeting |
515 a&b |
4-Aug |
8:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
Speaker Ready Room Open |
514a |
4-Aug |
8:30 AM |
12:30 PM |
Government Agencies Room - Learn about Funding
Opportunities from U.S. Government Agencies!
8:30 am - 12:30 pm: USDA |
320 |
4-Aug |
8:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
Registration Open |
F210 |
4-Aug |
8:30 AM |
12:30 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516a&b |
4-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 21. Cell Wall
Structure & Assembly
Chair: Malcolm Campbell
8:30 M2101: Purbasah Sarkar - Visualization of 3D architecture of plant
cell walls at nanometer resolution using EM tomography
8:55 M2102: Heather Wheeler - Regulation of secondary cell wall
deposition: Not the usual suspects
9:20 M2103: Yan Liang - Identification and characterization of
glycosyltransferase activities that incorporate galactose into
arabinogalactan-protein in tobacco and Arabidopsis
9:45 M2104: Laura Bartley - Modification of acyltransferase genes involved
in incorporation of ferulic acid into grass cell walls improves wall
digestibility |
510 a&c |
4-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 22. Clocks
& Rhythms
Chair: C. Robertson McClung
8:30 M2201: Anne Helfer - A new connection between the morning and evening
loops of the Arabidopsis circadian clock
8:55 M2202: Olga Danilevskaya - Maize global transcriptomics reveals
pervasive leaf diurnal rhythms but in ears the core oscillator spins in
isolation
9:20 M2203: Patrice Salomé - The role of the morning loop of the
Arabidopsis circadian clock in temperature compensation
9:45 M2204: Santosh Satbhai - Circadian Regulated Response Regulators
(CRRs) of Moss Physcomitrella patens and Evolution of Pseudo Response
Regulators (PRRs) among Green Plants |
510 b&d |
4-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 23. Cell Cycle
& Division
Chair: James Umen
8:30 M2301: Yubing Li - A novel cyclin dependent kinase in the green alga
Chlamydomonas that mediates cell size checkpoint control
8:55 M2302: Mei Guo - Cell Number Regulator1 Affects Plant and Organ Size
in Maize: Implications for Crop Yield Enhancement and Heterosis
9:20 M2303: Brunilis Burgos-Rivera - A tissue-specific RNA interference
strategy to study the role of Arabidopsis Minichromosome Instability 12
(MIS12)
9:45 M2304: Carolyn Rasmussen - Distinct regions of TANGLED are required
for temporally specific localization to the plant cortical division site |
511 a&d |
4-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 24.
Gravitropism
Chair: Edgar Spalding
8:30 M2401: John Kiss - Hypocotyls exhibit a phototropic response to red
light in microgravity
8:55 M2402: Hanwen Bai - Phosphate availability affects gravitropic
setpoint angle (GSA) & gravitropic response of the lateral roots of
Arabidopsis thaliana
9:20 M2403: Elizabeth Henry - Block of a root anion channel by NPPB alters
auxin distribution and impairs gravitropism
9:45 M2404: Stanley Roux - Apyrase suppression inhibits gravitropism and
the asymmetric distribution of an auxin-responsive DR5:GFP reporter in
primary roots of Arabidopsis |
511 b&e |
4-Aug |
8:30 AM |
10:10 AM |
Minisymposium 25.
Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Chair: Keiko Yoshioka
8:30 M2501: Alisa Huffaker - Peptide regulation of maize pathogen defense
responses
8:55 M2502: Maria Ek Ramos - Stress-induced localization of the cell death
suppressor Adi3 in endosomes triggers plant cell death
9:20 M2503: Noriyuku Hatsugai - Bacterial-induced hypersensitive cell
death involves fusion of the vacuolar and plasma membranes
9:45 M2504: Wolfgang Moeder - Alterations in abscisic acid signaling and
sensitivity caused by salicylic acid in lesion mimic mutants |
511 c&f |
4-Aug |
10:10 AM |
10:40 AM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Hall outside |
4-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 26. Root
Biology
Chair: Heather Marella
10:40 M2601: Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi - Cell identity is buffered against
environmental change in the Arabidopsis root
11:05 M2602: Heather Marella - The amino acid permeases, AAP3 and AAP6,
are involved in root-knot nematode parasitism of Arabidopsis
11:30 M2603: Akifumi Sugiyama - Expression analysis of two ATP binding
cassette transporters (AtABCG30 and AtABCG32) that are potentially involved
in root exudation of phytochemicals
11:55 M2604: Woei-Jiun Guo - Potential roles of a novel class of sugar
efflux transporters in nutrition of rhizosphere microbes |
510 a&c |
4-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 27. Light
Signaling
Chair: Meng Chen
10:40 M2701: Enamul Huq - The HECATE proteins promote photomorphogenesis
by negatively regulating the function of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 1 in
Arabidopsis
11:05 M2702: Scott Finlayson - Phytochrome regulation of branching is
mediated by PIFs and auxin
11:30 M2703: Shu-Hsing Wu - LZF1/BBX22 optimizes Arabidopsis
skotomorphogenesis and growth fitness under short-day condition
11:55 M2704: Meng Chen - Phytochrome nuclear bodies and early light
signaling events |
510 b&d |
4-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 28. Pollen
Biology
Chair: Youssef Chebli, CSPP Student Awardee
10:40 M2801: Rabah Zerzour - Evidence of MAPK mediated mechanotransduction
during pollen tube oscillatory growth
11:05 M2802: Laurel Cooper - Surprises in the Maize Pollen
Transcriptome:Developmental Similarities and Inbred Differences
11:30 M2803: Carl Douglas - Building the pollen wall: new insights into
sporopollenin biosynthesis and deposition
11:55 M2804: Jean-Claude Mollet - Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana
pollen tube cell wall |
511 a&d |
4-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 29. Hormone
Cross-Talk
Chair: Su-May Yu
10:40 M2901: Russell Johnson - Functional analysis of TaABF1 during
abscisic acid signaling in cereal grains
11:05 M2902: Jie Qu - Are ABA and GA responses converged through the
actions of GASA peptide hormones?
11:30 M2903: Ning Li - The ethylene-regulated gravitropic response of
Arabidopsis is an ideal research model for molecular systems biology
11:55 M2904: Julie Plet - Role of cytokinin signalling in regulating
Medicago truncatularoot and nodule organogenesis |
511 b&e |
4-Aug |
10:40 AM |
12:20 PM |
Minisymposium 30. Abiotic
Stress
Chair: Kazuo Shinozaki
10:40 M3001: Kazuo Shinozaki - AtABCG25 is an ABC transporter involved in
abscisic acid transport and response
11:05 M3002: Stephen Howell - Stress management by the ER in plants
11:30 M3003: Aviah Zilberstein - The role of the Cell Wall Linker
Protein, from the 8CM-proline-rich protein family, in maintaining
cytosol-plasma membrane-cell wall continuum
11:55 M3004: Katharina Braeutigam - The effects of genotype and clonal
history on shaping the drought response in Populus |
511 c&f |
4-Aug |
12:30 PM |
1:30 PM |
ASPB Annual Business Meeting |
510 a&c |
4-Aug |
12:30 PM |
2:00 PM |
Lunch on your own |
|
4-Aug |
12:30 PM |
2:00 PM |
CSPP Incoming Executive Committee Meeting |
515 a&b |
4-Aug |
2:00 PM |
5:30 PM |
On-site Child Care (pre-registration required) |
516a&b |
4-Aug |
2:00 PM |
5:35 PM |
Symposium VI: ASPB President's Symposium:
Next Wave of Plant Biotechnology (S06)
Organizer:
Tuan-hua David Ho, Washington University
2:00 Introduction
2:10 S061: Dr. Roger Beachy, NIFA/USDA and Danforth Plant Science Center - TBA
2:45 S062: Dr. Wilhelm Gruissem, Swiss Federal Inst of Tech - Crop
improvement and biofortification: GMO or non-GMO?
3:20 Coffee Break
3:50 S063: Dr. Paul Quick, International Rice Research Inst - Engineering
C4 Rice:a dream or reality?
4:25 S064: Dr. Vipula Shukla, Dow Agroscience - Precise Genome
Modification in Plants: The EXZACTTM Technology Platform
5:00 S065: Dr. David Fischhoff, Monsanto Company - Improving nutritional
quality, stress tolerance and intrinsic yield potential of crops through
advances in agricultural biotechnology |
517 a&b |
