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CO2 Assimilation in Plants: Genome to Biome (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Integrating Processes in Photosynthesis

June 7 - 8, 2014
Chairs Sarah Covshoff and Justin McGrath
Waterville Valley
56 Packard's Road
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on CO2 Assimilation in Plants: Genome to Biome is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting was photosynthetic carbon assimilation at genetic, physiological, ecological and global scales, as well as engineering approaches to improve the efficiency of carbon assimilation. In addition to poster and oral presentations, there was a panel discussion with scientists from academia, government and industry at various career stages, that provided graduate students and post-doctoral scholars an opportunity to present work and explore career options in a focused and supportive environment.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "CO2 Assimilation in Plants: Genome to Biome" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmIn 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 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPrimary 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 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amPlant 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 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmPanel Discussion: Modeling Career Success
Discussion Leaders: Sarah Covshoff (University of Cambridge) and Justin McGrath (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Vipula Shukla (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
  • Alistair Rogers (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
  • Elizabete Carmo-Silva (Rothamsted Research)
  • Asaph Cousins (Washington State University)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
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3:00 pmSeminar Concludes

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CO2 Assimilation in Plants from Genome to Biome
June 8 - 13, 2025


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