| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 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 - 7:45 pm | Welcome Remarks & Announcements: Erich Grotewold (The Ohio State University) / Joe Chappell (University of Kentucky) |
| 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | METABOLIC NETWORKS AND ENGINEERING: BEFORE PLANTS |
| 7:45 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion Leader: Reinhardt Rosson (Biotechnology Resources, USA) |
| 7:55 pm - 8:30 pm | Claudia Schmidt-Dannert (Univ. Minnesota, USA)
"Biosynthetic Pathways by Design - Fitting microbial cells with new biosynthetic capabilities" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:15 pm | Christina Smolke (Cal Tech, USA)
"Molecular sensors for optimizing alkaloid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ORGANIZATION AND EVOLUTION OF PLANT METABOLIC PATHWAYS |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Elli Wurtzel (Lehman College, USA) |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Mary Schuler (Univ. Illinois, USA)
"Catalytic specificity and evolution of the P450 monooxygenase superfamily" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Thomas Vogt (Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany)
"Plant natural product glycosyl- and methyltransferases - Diversity versus specificity " |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:35 am | Joseph Jez (Danforth Center, USA)
"Regulatory protein-protein interactions in metabolism: The case of cysteine synthesis" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Yoshikazu Tanaka (Suntory, Japan)
"Engineering the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in Rosa hybrida" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm | GRC & GRS Group Photos |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENZYME PLASTICITY: FRIEND OR FOE IN METABOLIC ENGINEERING? |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre, UK) |
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7:40 pm - 8:00 pm | Reuben Peters (Iowa State University, USA)
"Specificity, evolution, and functional genomics in rice diterpene biosynthesis" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Natalia Dudareva (Purdue University, USA)
"Floral scent: gateway to original creation" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Birger Lindberg Møller (Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Denmark)
"Metabolic engineering of secondary metabolites for crop improvement: Lessons learned from cyanogenic glucosides" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | REGULATORY FACTORS FOR METABOLIC ENGINEERING |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Neal Gutterson (Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.) |
| 9:10 am - 9:45 am | Kazuki Saito (Chiba University, Japan)
"Integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics for finding regulatory networks in plant metabolism" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Bert van der Zaal (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"The use of artificial transcription factor libraries for mutant discovery" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:50 am | Masaru Takagi (AIST, Japan)
"Transcription factors that regulate the phenylpropanoid pathway" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Ling Yuan (Univ. Kentucky, USA)
"Creation of master transcription factors for the regulation of plant metabolic pathways" |
| 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 II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TRANSPORT AND SEQUESTRATION OF PLANT CHEMICALS |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Natasha Raikhel (UC Riverside, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Christoph Benning (Michigan State University, USA)
"Non-vesicular lipid trafficking during chloroplast biogenesis" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
| 8:25 pm - 8:50 pm | Markus Klein (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
"Mechanisms of vacuolar storage of flavonoids" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Walter Werveij (Free University Amsterdam)
"A P3A-type H+-ATPasa is required for vacuolar acidification and coloration of Petunia flowers" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HARVESTING ENERGY AND BIOCONVERSION |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Sharlene Weatherwax (US Dept. of Energy, USA) |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Don Ort (University of Illinois, USA)
"Photosynthetic energy capture by plants: Targets for improvement and impacts of global change" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Alison Smith (John Innes Centre, UK)
"What plants do when the light goes out" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:50 am | Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal (Lund University, Sweden)
"Bioconverison of lignocellulosic raw materials" |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Cristiana Dal’Molin (AIBN, University of Queensland, Australia)
"Genome-scale model of a plant cell" |
| 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 III |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting (Part I) |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENGINEERING COMPLEX AGRONOMIC TRAITS |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Andrew Hanson (University of Florida, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Doug Cook (UC Davis, USA)
"Genetic, genomic and biochemical dissection of symbiosis in legumes" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
| 8:25 pm - 9:00 pm | Francoise Daniel-Vedele (INRA Versailles, France)
"Nitrogen use efficiency in higher plants: Using functional genomics and quantitative genetics to dissect a complex agronomic trait" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Paul Matthews (S.S. Steiner, Inc., USA)
"Breeding beyond better beer: Towards molecular breeding and metabolic engineering of enhanced phytoestrogenicity in medicinal hops (Humulus lupulus)" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PLANT METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Discussion Leader: Maarten Chrispeels (UC San Diego, USA) |
| 9:25 am - 10:00 am | Mary Lou Guerinot (Dartmouth University, USA)
"Metals, mutants and mayhem" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Richard Sayre (The Ohio State Univ, USA)
"Metabolic engineering of cassava for improved micronutrient content" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Glaucia Souza (Univ. São Paulo, Brazil)
"Genomic tools for the metabolic engineering of sugars in sugarcane" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:10 pm | Pamela Weathers (Arkansas Bioscience Institute, USA)
"Development of low-cost bioreactors for production of plant products" |
| 12:10 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 IV |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting (Part II) |
| (Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | WINDOW TO THE FUTURE |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Richard Flavell (Ceres, Inc., USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Wolf Frommer (Stanford Univ., USA)
"Sensitive detectors for metabolic traffic control: first steps towards a systems approach" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
| 8:25 pm - 8:40 pm | Oliver Yu (Danforth Center, USA)
"Metabolic engineering of resveratrol biosynthesis in yeast and mamalian cells" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Roundtable and Group Discussion:
"Unexplored opportunities and challenges for the future of metabolic engineering in plants" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
