| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | In Defence of Experimentation |
| Discussion Leaders: Sarah Covshoff (University of Cambridge) and Justin McGrath (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Howard Griffiths (University of Cambridge)
"Environmental Manipulation of Plants Reveals Metabolic Plasticity" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Primary Carbon Metabolism |
| Discussion Leaders: Dave Hanson (University of New Mexico) and Robert Sharwood (Australian National University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Jeremy Keown (University of Canterbury)
"Probing the Oligomeric State of Rubisco Activase Using Interface Mutants" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Robert Wilson (Australian National University)
"Improved Photosynthesis by Evolved Archaeal Rubisco Expressed in Tobacco Chloroplasts" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Samantha Stutz (University of New Mexico)
"Can Leaves Use Xylem Transported CO2 for Photosynthesis?" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Berkley Walker (USDA/ARS, University of Illinois)
"Physiological Evidence for Additional Glycolate/Glycerate Transporters Critical for Photorespiration" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Plant Responses to Environmental Conditions |
| Discussion Leaders: Christine Raines (University of Essex) and Ursula Ruiz Vera (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Marjorie Lundgren (University of Sheffield)
"On the Non-Discrete Nature of Photosynthesis Evolution" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Venkatraman Srinivasan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Fewer Not More Leaves: Key to Obtaining the Needed Jump in Soybean Crop Yield Potential" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Carlos Figueroa (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology)
"Regulation of Central Metabolism by Trehalose-6-Phosphate" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Patrick Friesen (University of Toronto)
"Improving Cold Tolerant C4 Photosynthesis: Mechanisms of Chilling Tolerance and Sensitivity Among Miscanthus Hybrids" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion: Modeling Career Success |
| Discussion Leaders: Sarah Covshoff (University of Cambridge) and Justin McGrath (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
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- Vipula Shukla (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
- Alistair Rogers (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Elizabete Carmo-Silva (Rothamsted Research)
- Asaph Cousins (Washington State University)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
