Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology |
| Discussion Leader: N. Michele Holbrook (Harvard University, USA) |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader: The Past, Present and Future of Plant Vascular Biology |
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Fredrick Meinzer (Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, USA) "How Do Plants Achieve Relative Homeostasis of Long-Distance Water Transport" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | William Adams (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) "Linking Foliar Vascular Metrics to Photosynthesis and Transpiration" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Modeling Physical Processes in Vascular Systems |
| Discussion Leader: John Sperry (University of Utah, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | Uwe Hacke (University of Alberta, Canada) "Variation in Pit Membrane Structure and Vessel Diameter" |
9:55 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:20 am | Steven Jansen (Ulm University, Germany) "The Anatomy of Embolism Resistance in Plants" |
11:20 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:15 pm | Xavier Noblin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) "Cavitation Bubble Dynamics in Artificial and Natural Systems" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
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 | Genetic and Environmental Controls on Vascular Development
and Function |
| Discussion Leader: Rachel Spicer (Connecticut College, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm | Kaisa Nieminen (Natural Resources Institute Finland / University of Helsinki, Finland) "Regulatory Mechanisms in Vascular Development" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Max Feldman (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA) "Time Dependent Genetic Analysis Links Field and Controlled Environment Phenotypes in the Model C4 Grass Setaria" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Phloem Ecophysiology |
| Discussion Leader: Sanna Sevanto (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | N. Michele Holbrook (Harvard University, USA) "Phlocm Transport: Moving Carbohydrates from Leaves to Roots in Long Vines and Tall Trees" |
9:55 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:20 am | Susanne Hoffmann-Benning (Michigan State University, USA) "The Role of Phloem Transport in Abiotic Stress Signaling and Response" |
11:20 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:15 pm | Michael Clearwater (University of Waikato, New Zealand) "Resolving the Enigmatic Plumbing of Flowers" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
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 | Modeling and Quantification of Vascular Networks |
| Discussion Leader: Jonathan Wilson (Haverford College, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm | Craig Brodersen (Yale University, USA) "Insights into Three-Dimensional Organization of Plant Vascular Networks from X-Ray MicroCT" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Thomas Buckley (University of Sydney, Australia) "Who's Afraid of the Bomb? Reconciling Inferences from Equilibrated Bulk Leaf Water Potential with the Situation in Intact, Transpiring Leaves" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Vascular Biology in Ecological Patterns and Processes |
| Discussion Leader: Tim Brodribb (University of Tasmania, Australia) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | Richard Dick (Ohio State University, USA) "Hydraulic Redistribution in a Shrub-Intercropping System: A Driver of Beneficial Microorganisms, Biogeochemical Processes, Hydrology, and Crop Productivity in the Semi-Arid Sahel" |
9:55 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:20 am | Jordi Martinez-Vilalta (CREAF / Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain) "The Role of Functional Traits in Forest Dynamics Under Climate Change" |
11:20 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 11:55 am | Lawren Sack (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) "Determinants and Implications of Leaf Venation Architecture and Maximum Stomatal Conductance Worldwide" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Christine Scoffoni (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) "Causes and Consequences of Embolisms in Leaf Veins: A New Explanation for Plant Vulnerability to Dehydration" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Trait-Based Approaches in Comparative Vascular Biology |
| Discussion Leader: Jeannine Cavender-Bares (University of Minnesota, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm | Patrick Fonti (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland) "The Contribution of Quantitative Wood Anatomy to Understand Plant Responses to Changing Environment" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Benjamin Blonder (Oxford University, United Kingdom) "Linking Vascular Biology to Community Processes Using a Trait-Based Approach" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Plant Vascular Processes in Ecosystem and Earth System
Models |
| Discussion Leader: Brent Helliker (University of Pennsylvania, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:55 am | Gaby Katul (Duke University, USA) "Multi-Scale Modeling
of Ecosystem Structure and Function" |
9:55 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:20 am | Ying Fan Reinfelder (Rutgers University, USA) "Plant Rooting Depth,
Soil Hydrology, and Implications to Terrestrial Environmental Change" |
11:20 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:15 pm | Alexandra Konings (Stanford University, USA) "Using Microwave
Remote Sensing Data for Ecosystem-Scale Hydraulic Traits" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Evolution of Plant Vascular Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Jarmila Pittermann (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) |
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
5:45 pm - 6:25 pm | Emanuele Ziaco (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) "Wood Anatomy and Climate at the NevCAN Mountain Observatories: The Road Towards Cellular Dendroclimatology in the Great Basin" |
6:25 pm - 6:35 pm | Discussion |
6:35 pm - 7:15 pm | Nick Rowe (Centre Nationale De Racherche Scientifique, France) "Evolution of Stem Structural Diversity" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |