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Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism and Function (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Plant Lipids in Stress and Development

January 28 - 29, 2023
Chairs Amanda Koenig and Ilian Giordano Ponce-Pineda
Grand Galvez
2024 Seawall Boulevard
Galveston, Texas, United States
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Conference Description

The Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism and Function GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.

Plant lipids act as structural components in membranes, as inter-/intracellular signals, and as energy storage. Modifications to lipid composition, structure, and metabolism can dramatically influence the development and physiology of the plant. This seminar will focus on the functions of lipid and membrane remodeling and lipids as signals during plant stress response and development.

All submitted abstracts will be considered for oral presentation until November 1st, 2022. We encourage you to also submit the same abstract for consideration to the GRC.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism and Function" 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 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Plant and Algal Lipid Biosynthesis
Discussion Leader: Evan LaBrant (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Yang Xu (University of Guelph, Canada)
"Terminal Enzymes for Storage Lipid Biosynthesis in Plants and Microalgae"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lipids in Stress
Discussion Leader: Keting Chen (Iowa State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Katharina Ebel (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
"A New Player in Lipid Homeostasis? ABCG7 Affects the Membrane Remodeling Under Changing Temperatures"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Elsinraju Devadasu (Michigan State University, United States)
"Dynamics of the Maize Plastoglobule Lipidome and Proteome During Drought Stress and Recovery"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Elizabeth Hann (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"Investigating Genetic Regulation of Lipid Accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in Response to Nitrogen Deprivation"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Sébastien Leterme (LPCV/CNRS, France)
"Identification and Characterization of a VPS13 Homolog in Arabidopsis thaliana"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Jordan Tolley (Texas A&M University, United States)
"Overexpression of ZmLOX6 in Arabidopsis thaliana Enhances Pentyl Leaf Volatile (C5) Emissions That Promote Plant Growth and Tolerance to Green Peach Aphids"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Dirk Winkelman (Iowa State University, United States)
"A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assess the Roles of Glossy2 and Glossy2-like in Maize Cuticular Wax Biosynthesis"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Lipids in Metabolism and Development
Discussion Leader: Jyoti Ranjan Behera (East Tennessee State University, TN, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Niña Alyssa Barroga (RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science / Academia Sinica, Japan)
"Role of LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID ACYLTRANSFERASE 2 (LPAT2) in de novo Glycerolipid Metabolism and Developmental Control: Two Sides of the Same Coin?"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Ron Cook (Michigan State University, United States)
"Phosphatidate Phosphatases in Chloroplast Lipid Metabolism"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Zachary Wright (Rice University, United States)
"Lipid Biosynthetic Subdomains of the ER Produce Both Peroxisomes and Lipid Droplets"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Linah Alkotami (Kansas State University, United States)
"Modulating Seed Fatty Acid Metabolism to Enhance Synthesis of Functional Lipids"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Abdul Azeez (Washington State University, United States)
"Functional Genomics in P. fendleri to Characterize the Mechanisms of Efficient HFA Flux Through the Lipid Metabolic Network into Oil"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Nicolas Esnay (University North Texas, United States)
"Interactions Among SEIPINs, a Key ER Protein Complex to Support of Lipid Droplet Biogenesis"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Advice for Financial Support and Job Searches for “Post”-Pandemic Success
Discussion Leader: Patricia Scholz (University of Göttingen, Germany)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
"Post"-Pandemic Success: Advice for Financial Support and Job Searches
  • Philip Bates (Washington State University, United States)
  • Yang Xu (University of Guelph, Canada)
  • Van Nguyen (RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan)
  • Kayla Flyckt (Corteva, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

This is awarded pursuant to the authority of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-75) and is subject to Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs) dated 11/12/2020, and NSF Agency Specific Requirements, dated 05/13/2022, available at https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/rtc.jsp. This award is made in accordance with the provisions of NSF Solicitation: NSF 21-506 Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs.

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January 26 - 31, 2025


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