| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Organellar Evolution |
| Discussion Leader: Chris Leaver, Oxford |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Michael Gray, Dalhousie
Evolution of mitochondrial genomes |
| 8:15 pm - 9:00 pm | William Martin, Dusseldorf
Evolution of plastid genomes |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Lawrence Grossman, Wayne State
Remodeling of the electron transport system in anthropoid primates |
| MONDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Organellar Morphology and Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Yaffe, UCSD |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Rob Jensen, Johns Hopkins
Nuclear genetic control of yeast mitochondrial morphology |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | David Chan, Caltech
Mitochondrial dynamics in the mouse |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Kathy Osteryoung, Michigan State
Architecture and dynamics of the chloroplast division machinery |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | David Logan, St Andrews
The genetic control of plant mitochondrial shape, size, number and distribution |
| 12:45 pm | Lunch / Photo |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm | Replication and Transcription |
| Discussion Leader: David Clayton, HHMI |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Laurie Kaguni, Michigan
The mitochondrial DNA replication fork: a simple harmony of essential proteins |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | David Stern, Cornell
Genome-wide transcriptional responses of the chloroplast to abiotic stress |
| 8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | Gerry Shadel, Emory
Mitochondrial gene expression: Transcription initiation factors and beyond |
| 9:25 pm - 9:40 pm | Maria Falkenberg, Karolinska Institute
Mitochondrial transcription factors B1 and B2 activate transcription of human mtDNA |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Organellar Import/Export and Biogenesis |
| Discussion Leader: Tom Fox, Cornell |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Thomas Langer, Koln
Proteolysis of membrane proteins: what can we learn from mitochondria? |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Johannes Herrmann, Munich
The biogenesis of mitochondrial inner membrane proteins: Molecular dissection of the export pathway |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | Yves Choquet, Paris
Assembly and translation of chloroplast proteins |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Felix Kessler, Zurich
Mobile components of the chloroplast protein import machinery |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Metals and organelles |
| Discussion Leader: Roland Lill, Marburg |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Dennis Winge, Utah
Three proteins involved in the metallation of copper centers in cytochrome c oxidase |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Elizabeth Craig, Wisconsin
HSP70s of the mitochondrial matrix |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Heather O'Neill, Mayo Clinic
Assembly and iron storage properties of frataxin |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nuclear-Organelle Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Francis-Andre Wollman, Paris |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Sally Mackenzie, Nebraska
Investigating mitochondrial genome dynamics and their nuclear control in higher plants |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Ron Butow, Texas Southwestern
Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:40 am | Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont, Geneva
Large complexes of nucleus-encoded factors are involved in chloroplast RNA splicing |
| 11:40 am - 12:10 pm | Brendan Battersby, McGill
Nuclear genetic control of mtDNA segregation in the mouse |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Richard Showman, South Carolina
A non-mammalian model for temporal and spatial acquisition of mitochondrial heteroplasmy |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Disease Mechanisms, Model Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Schon, Columbia |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Michio Hirano, Columbia
Quantitative and qualitative defects of mtDNA due to thymidine phosphorylase deficiency |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Yohei Kirino, Tokyo
Translational defect of mutant tRNA without wobble modification in mitochondrial diseases |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | William Craigen, Baylor
Genetic approaches to outer mitochondrial membrane function |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Posttranscriptional Mechanisms, Signalling |
| Discussion Leader: Sabeeha Merchant, UCLA |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Carol Dieckmann, Arizona
General and specific factors governing mRNA stability and turnover in yeast mitochondria |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am | Gadi Shuster
Polyadenylation of RNA in chloroplasts and prokaryotes, similarities and differences |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am | M Sugiura, Nagoya
Chloroplast RNA editing in higher plants: cis-elements and trans-acting factors identified by in vitro systems |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Avi Danon, Weizmann Institute
Redox signaling in chloroplasts |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Development and lifespan |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Shoubridge, McGill |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Siegfried Hekemi, McGill
Mitochondria and lifespan in C. elegans |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Janneke Balk, Oxford
CMS: The role of mitochondria in PCD |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Howy Jacobs, Tampere
Role of mitochondrial genetic system in animal development |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
