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: Lipids in Human Health
Discussion Leader: Kathrin Schrick (Kansas State University, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
Douglas Mashek (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Breaking Fat: The Fascinating and Winding Road of Lipid Droplet Catabolism and Signaling"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
Joost Holthuis (Osnabrück University, Germany)
"Exploring the Dark Side of Sphingolipid Biosynthesis with Light-Actuated Lipid Probes"
9:20 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
Membrane Structure and Function
Discussion Leader: Peter Doermann (University of Bonn, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Kirsten Bacia (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
"COPII Membrane Interaction"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Edgar Kooijman (Kent State University, USA)
"The Role of DGPP in PA-Mediated Stress Signaling"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:35 am
Rebecca Roston (Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
"The Rhythms of Membrane Lipid Dynamics in Monocots"
10:35 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Ron Cook (Michigan State University-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, USA)
"Lipid Phosphate Phosphatases (LPPs) in Chloroplast Lipid Metabolism"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Philip Bates (Washington State Univeristy, USA)
"What Lipid Class Is Transported from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Plastid Within the Eukaryotic Pathway?"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Peter Lundquist (Michigan State University, USA)
"Plastoglobules: New Horizons in Chloroplast Lipid Research"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Ingo Heilmann (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) and Susanne Hoffmann-Benning (Michigan State University, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Protein-Lipid Interaction
Discussion Leader: Patrick Horn (East Carolina University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Yuki Nakamura (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
"Phospholipid Binding in Flowering Time Control and Beyond"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Mina Aziz (University of North Texas, USA)
"Structural Insights into the Evolutionary Divergence of Acylethanolamide Signaling"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Sebastien Mongrand (CNRS, France)
"Group 1 REMORIN Phospho-Status Defines Its Plasma Membrane Nanodomain Organization, a Link Between Phoshoinositides, Nanodomain and Actin Cytoskeleton"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Amanda Koenig (Michigan State University, USA)
"PLAFP as a Phosphatidic Acid Dependent Signal for Systemic Stress Response"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Michal Pyc (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Arabidopsis LDIP Regulates Lipid Droplet Size and Lipid Homeostasis via Interactions with LDAPs and SEIPINs"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Designing Lipids for Health and Industry
Lipids are important as both nutritional components for our body as well as precursors or end products for industrial purposes. This session will describe approaches to use our knowledge combined with systems and synthetic biology to produce lipids for nutritional and medicinal purposes, biofuel, or other desirable compounds.
Discussion Leader: Xuemin (Sam) Wang (University of Missouri-St. Louis / Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Yonghua Li-Beisson (CEA Cadarache, France)
"TAG Production in Microalgae: Carbon and Energetic Aspects"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Hae Jin Kim (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
"New Oil Traits for Oilseed Crops as Sustainable and High-Quality Feedstocks"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Anthony Kinney (Corteva Agriscience, USA)
"Improving Oilseeds by Gene Editing"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Sanju Sanjaya (West Virginia State University, USA)
"Genetic Improvement of Seed Storage Compounds in Energy Crops"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Jay Thelen (University of Missouri, USA)
"New Insights on the Regulation of Plant Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Brice Jarvis (Illinois State University, USA)
"Improving Pennycress Seed Oil Composition Using CRISPR Gene Editing, EMS Mutagenesis, and Transgenic Approaches"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Trevor Romsdahl (University of North Texas, USA)
"Triacylglycerol Estolides in Orychophragmus violaceus Seed Oil Contain Long Polyester 'Branch Chains'"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
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 at the Interface with Other Players
Discussion Leader: Sebastien Mongrand (CNRS, France)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Piers Hemsley (University of Dundee, United Kingdom)
"S-Acylation: Greasing Membrane Protein Function in Plants"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Teun Munnik (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Phospholipid Signals induced by Salt and Water Stress"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Thiya Mukherjee (Kansas State University, USA)
"Plant HD-Zip Transcription Factors Drive Epidermal Cell Fate via Lipid-Binding START Domains"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Henrik Scheller (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Biosynthesis of Glycosylinositol Phosphorylceramides and Their Role in Root Symbioses"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Till Ischebeck (University of Göttingen, Germany)
"The Lipid Droplet Proteome: New Insights to Its Composition and Function"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lipids in Plant Development
Lipids play an important role as membrane components, during signaling, and for the movement of vesicles, This session will discuss their function as it relates to plant development.
Discussion Leader: Edgar Cahoon (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Yvon Jaillais (Laboratory of Plant Reproduction and Development, ENS Lyon / CNRS, France)
"Anionic Phospholipids and the Regulation of Plasma Membrane Auxin Signaling and Plant Development"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Imara Perera (North Carolina State University, USA)
"Inositol Pyrophosphates and the Cross Talk Between Lipids and Phosphate"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
Mareike Heilmann (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
"Phosphoinositides in the Plant Nucleus"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Md Haq (East Tennessee State University, USA)
"The Role of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in Anandamide-Mediated Signaling Pathway in an Early Land Plant, Physcomitrella patens "
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Ashley Cannon (BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, USA)
"N-Acylethanolamine (NAE) Signaling in Arabidopsis Is Mediated by NAE- and Tissue-Specific Molecular Changes that Lead to Tissue-Specific Developmental Differences"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Chengchang Xu (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"Autophagy-Mediated Degradation of Lipid Droplets in Arabidopsis "
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
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
Lipid Detection and Visualization
Novel lipid detection, identification, quantification, and visualization techniques, as well as optogenetics approaches that can be used to study lipid function.
Discussion Leader: Aruna Kilaru (East Tennessee State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Matias Zurbriggen (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)
"Optogenetics for the Control and Understanding of Signaling and Metabolic Pathways"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Ruth Welti (Kansas State University, USA)
"Plants Under Stress: Analysis of Their Lipids"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Young Jin Lee (Iowa State University, USA)
"High-Throughput Metabolite Screening and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Imaging: Arabidopsides Are Enriched in Feronia Mutant and Localized in Chloroplast"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Praveen Krishnamoorthy (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
"Advanced Light Microscopy to Explore Phosphoinositide Microdomains in the Plant Plasma Membrane"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lipids in the Response to Environmental Challenges
Discussion Leader: Kent Chapman (University of North Texas, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Ivo Feussner (University of Goettingen, Germany)
"All Plants Are Not Equal: Evolutionary Differences in Lipid Remodeling upon Cold Acclimation"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Ana Laxalt (Universidad Nacional de Mar Del Plata, Argentina)
"Phospholipase C Enzymes in Plant Stress: Redundant or Unique?"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Mike Kolomiets (Texas A&M University, USA)
"OPDA and α-Ketol, KODA, Not JA, Are Signals for Activation of Symbiont-Induced ISR in Maize"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Noemí Ruiz-Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain)
"Membrane Tethering and Lipid Transport by Arabidopsis Synaptotagmins 1 and 3 at ER-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites Under Cold Stress"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Wilhelm Menzel (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
"PAMP-Induced Phosphorylation of PIP5K6 Inhibits the Production of Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate in Arabidopsis thaliana "
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Xuemin (Sam) Wang (University of Missouri-St. Louis / Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
"Interaction and Regulation Between Lipid Metabolism and Circadian Clock"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
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
Keynote Session: Frontiers of Plant Lipid Biology
Discussion Leaders: Susanne Hoffmann-Benning (Michigan State University, USA) and Ingo Heilmann (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Glenda Gillaspy (Virginia Tech, USA)
"Current Challenges in Plant Phospholipid Lipid Signaling"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm
Christoph Benning (Michigan State University, USA)
"The Essential Role of Metabolism and Transport of Phosphatidic Acid in Plastids"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm
John Shanklin (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"New Approaches to Understanding the Regulation of Lipid Synthesis"
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
General Discussion: Advancing Lipid Research to the Forefront of Science
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure