Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Role of Plant Lipids
in Human Nutrition
Discussion Leader: Johnathan Napier (Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
Peter Gillies (Rutgers University, USA)
"Role of Lipids in Human Health and Nutrition"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm
Susan Knowlton (DuPont Company, USA)
"High Oleic Oils: Bridging the Intersection
of Human Health and Industry Needs"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm
Joe Hibbeln (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Role
of Lipids in the Human Brain"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Role of Lipids in Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses
Discussion Leader: Edgar Cahoon (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Nicolas Cecchini (CIQUIBIC-CONICET, National University of Córdoba, Argentina)
"Oxylipins and Lipid Transfer Proteins that Function in Multiple Systemic Plant Immunity Programs"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Alisa Huffaker (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Integration of Lipid Signaling in Maize Defense"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Nick Roberts (ZeaKal, Inc. / AgResearch Ltd., New Zealand)
"Drought Resistance and Oil Biosynthesis"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Marina Gavilanes-Ruiz (National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico)
"Plasma Membrane Sphingolipids in Cold Acclimation"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Rubén Rellan-Alvarez (Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Mexico)
"The Role of Phospholipid Metabolism in Maize Adaptation to Low Phosphorus and Cold Conditions"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Imara Perera (North Carolina State University, USA)
"Phosphorylation of AtVIP by SnRK1: A Low Energy Connection"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Eli Borrego (Texas A&M University, USA)
"Systemic Volatile and Non-Volatile Oxylipins Regulate Long-Distance Signaling in Maize"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lipid Signaling and Cellular Homeostasis
Discussion Leader: Susanne Hoffmann-Benning (Michigan State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Ingo Heilmann (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
"Cross Talk Between PIs and MAP-Kinases and Effects on
Cell Plate Formation"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Teun Munnik (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Phosphoinositide Signaling in Plant Stress and
Development"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Glenda Gillaspy (Virginia Tech, USA)
"Low Energy Signaling and Lipids"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Bojan Gujas (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Perturbing Phosphoinositide Homeostasis During Vascular Cell Differentiation: A Tale of Two Halves?"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Edgar Cahoon (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
"Coordinate Regulation of Serine Palmitoyltransferase
and Ceramide Synthases in the Maintenance of Sphingolipid Homeostasis"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Role of Lipids in Cellular Structure
and Function
Discussion Leader: Jean Greenberg (University of Chicago, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
Rebecca Roston (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
"Membrane Remodeling Required for Freezing Tolerance"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Peter Dormann (University of Bonn, Germany)
"Tocopherol and Phytol Metabolism in
Arabidopsis "
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am
Ivo Feussner (University of Goettingen, Germany)
"Steric Shielding Controls Positional Specificity in
Lipoxygenases"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Till Ischebeck (University of Göttingen, Germany)
"A Lipid Droplet Associated Scaffold Protein"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Jin-Zheng Wang (University of California, Riverside, USA)
"Retrograde Signalling Metabolite Dependent Alteration of Lipid Composition Bridges Membrane Composition and Unfolded Protein Response in the ER"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Sebastien Mongrand (CNRS, France)
"Structural Basis for the Membrane Raft Protein Targeting and Sequestering by Protein-Lipid Interactions in Plants"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Mark Running (University of Louisville, USA)
"Protein Prenylation Mechanisms in Plants: Redundancy, Specificity, and Function"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
David Gang (Washington State University, USA)
"Mining Multi-Omics Datasets to Identify Lipid Regulators"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lipids and Cellular Trafficking
Discussion Leader: Glenda Gillaspy (Virginia Tech, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Christoph Benning (Michigan State University, USA)
"Contribution of Chloroplast Phosphatidylglycerol
Metabolism to Cellular Lipid Homeostasis"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Maryse Block (Cell and Plant Physiology Laboratory, UGA/CNRS/INRA, France)
"Membrane Lipid Biogenesis and Homeostasis
in Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves: Role of Phospholipid Flip-Flop"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Katrin Philippar (Saarland University, Germany)
"Integration of Organellar
FA/Lipid Transport into Plant Lipid Metabolism"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
DeQuantarius Speed (University of Chicago, USA)
"Cellular and Molecular Biology of AZI1-Mediated Resistance"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Lawrence Griffing (Texas A&M University, USA)
"The Sterol Trafficking Pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana "
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genome Modification Approaches to Metabolic Engineering of Lipid Biosynthesis
Discussion Leader: John Dyer (U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Feng Zhang (Calyxt, USA)
"Genome Editing of Plant Fatty Acid Metabolism"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Navdeep Mutti (DuPont Pioneer, USA)
"Genome Editing of Plant Lipid Metabolism
for Insect Control in Soybean"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:25 am
Johnathan Napier (Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom)
"Making Omega-3 Long Chain
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Transgenic Plants - A Sustainable Source of
Fish Oils for Food and Feed"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Jean-Denis Faure (AgroParisTech / INRA, France)
"Oleic Acid Accumulating Camelina Produced by CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Yuki Fujiki (Saitama University, Japan)
"Combined Effects of 12S Globulin Mutation and Overexpression of DGAT1 on Seed Oil Content in Arabidopsis thaliana "
11:20 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Yingqi Cai (University of North Texas, USA)
"Expression of Mouse Diacylglycerol:Acyl-CoA Acyltransferase 2, DGAT2, with Combinations of Plant and Other Mammalian Factors, Promotes Triacylglycerol Production"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Anastasiya Lavell (Michigan State University, USA)
"The Role of Proteolysis in Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana "
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
John Shanklin (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"Global Sugar Regulation Networks and Oil
Synthesis"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 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
Lipids, Energy and Bio-Renewables
Discussion Leader: Kent Chapman (University of North Texas, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Robert Mullen (University of Guelph, Canada)
"The Role of the Lipid
Droplet-Associated Proteins (LDAPs) and Their Interacting Proteins in the
Regulation of Lipid Droplet Dynamics"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Chengchang Xu (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"Interplay Between Starch and
Triacylglycerol Metabolism in Energy Homeostasis, Carbon Balance and Plant
Growth"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Olga Yurchenko (USDA-ARS, USA)
"Engineering the Production of Conjugated Fatty Acids in Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Hae Jin Kim (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
"Identification of Acyl-ACP Thioesterases from Coriander Developing Endosperm for Enhanced Petroselinic Acid Production"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
Timothy Durrett (Kansas State University, USA)
" Altered Gene Expression During Low Seed Oil Accumulation "
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
"Omic" Platforms for Lipid Analyses
Discussion Leader: Ruth Welti (Kansas State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
Doug Allan (U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA)
"Photosynthesis to Lipids: Using Isotopes to
Assess Flux in Primary Metabolism of Plants"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Xuemin (Sam) Wang (University of Missouri, St. Louis / Danforth Plant Science, USA)
"Lipid-Protein Interactome in Metabolic and Growth
Regulation"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:25 am
Eve Wurtele (Iowa State University, USA)
"New Genes, Ancient Lipid Networks"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Aruna Kilaru (East Tennessee State University, USA)
"Discovery and Implications
of Anandamide in Moss
11:20 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Louise Michaelson (Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom)
"Coming in from the Cold: Lipidomics and Transcriptomics of Temperature Adaptation"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Adriana Garibay-Hernandez (Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
"A SAM-Dependent Lipid Methylation Pathway in an Oleaginous Microalga Suggested by Comparative Lipidomics and Proteomics"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Philip Bates (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
"Investigations into the Control of Unusual Fatty Acid Induced Down Regulation of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase by PII"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Liza Alexander (Iowa State University, USA)
"Evaluating Intracellular and Extracellular Lipid Metabolic Networks at the Level of Individual Cells"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lipid Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Functional Analyses
Discussion Leader: Xuemin (Sam) Wang (University of Missouri, St. Louis / Danforth Plant Science, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Ruth Welti (Kansas State University, USA)
"Characterizing the Function of Genes
Involved in Stress-Induced Lipid Metabolism"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Basil Nikolau (Iowa State University, USA)
"Integrated and Dynamic Multi-Spectroscopic In Situ Imaging of Plant Lipid Metabolism"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Jedrzej Szymanski (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Computational Approaches to Plant Lipid Science"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Mark Sartain (Agilent Technologies, USA)
"A New Lipid Analyses Platform"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Kent Chapman (University of North Texas, USA)
"What Can Metabolite Location Tell Us About
Pathways of Lipid Metabolism in Oilseeds?"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure
