SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACHES AND METABOLIC NETWORKS |
| Discussion Leader: Rick Dixon (Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA) |
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm | Lothar Willmitzer (Max Planck Institute, Golm, Germany)
"Metabolomics - An Integrative Part In Systems Biology" |
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm | James Liao (University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
"Synthetic Metabolism for Fuels and Chemicals" |
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 METABOLIC PATHWAYS |
| Discussion Leader: Eran Pichersky (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
"Operon-Like Gene Clusters For Metabolic Pathways" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 11:05 am | Thomas Mitchell-Olds (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)
"Molecular Basis And Ecological Consequences Of Variation In Secondary Metabolites" |
11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Barbara Halkier (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Metabolic Engineering of Benzylglucosinolate in Tobacco" |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Hiroshi Maeda (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
"Defining the Phenylalanine Biosynthetic Pathway in Plants" |
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 |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENZYME PLASTICITY: THE ENGINE FOR METABOLIC ENGINEERING, EVOLUTION AND CHEMICAL DIVERSIFICATION? |
| Discussion Leader: Joe Noel (Salk Institute, San Diego, CA, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Dan Tawfik (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel)
"Protein Evolvability - A Reconstructive Approach" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Sarah O'Connor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA)
"Enzyme Engineering in Alkaloid Biosynthesis" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | David Gang (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA)
"On the Origin of Metabolite Modularity and Arrays in Plant Specialized Metabolism" |
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 |
| Discussion Leader: Eleanore Wurtzel (Lehmann College, CUNY, NY, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Rick Dixon (Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA)
"Manipulating Transcription Factors For Plant Quality Trait Enhancement" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:05 am | Pierre Broun (York University, York, UK)
"Hunting For Transcription Factors Controlling Metabolic Pathways" |
11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Alexander Vainstein (Hebrew University Of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Regulation of Phenylpropanoid Volatiles' Biosynthesis in Flowers" |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Doug Allen (Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, USA)
"Improving Plant Metabolic Flux Analysis through Increased Labeling Information" |
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 |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INTEGRATING METABOLISM AND CELL BIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Peter Facchini (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada) |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Erich Grotewold (Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA)
"Trafficking and Vacuolar Sequestration of Anthocyanins" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Elison Blancaflor (Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA)
"Tip Growth in Plants: Bridging the GAP between Membrane Trafficking and the Cytoskeleton" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Wolf Frommer (Carnegie, Stanford, CA, USA)
"FRET Sensors for Spying Out Metabolic Control Networks and Identifying Missing Parts" |
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 |
| Discussion Leader: Clint Chapple (Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Michael Hannon (Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA)
"Micro-Algae as a Platform for the Production of Bioproducts and Biofuels" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:05 am | Debra Mohnen (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA)
"Modification of Plant Cell Wall Metabolism to Reduce Biomass Recalcitrance to Biofuel and Bioproduct Production" |
11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Chang-Jun Liu (Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY, USA)
"Engineering Novel Enzyme and Dissecting Protein-Protein Interaction for Understanding Lignin Biosynthesis and Regulation" |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Prajakta Pradhan (Joint Bioenergy Insitute - LBNL, Berkeley, CA, USA)
"Synthesis of Phenylpropanoid-Esters and -Amides in Arabidopsis thaliana to Engineer a Cleavable Lignin" |
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 |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX TRAITS |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Hanson (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Tom Leustek (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA)
"Filling in the gaps in plant amino acid metabolism using phylogenomics" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Teruhiro Takabe (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)
"Metabolic Engineering Of The Osmoprotectant Glycine Betaine" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Steven Brumbley (The University Of Queensland, Australia)
"Production of the Biopolymer Polyhydroxybutyrate in Sugarcane" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PLANT METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR HUMAN HEALTH |
| Discussion Leader: Carole Cramer (Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Cathie R. Martin (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
"Metabolic Engineering Of Health-Promoting Polyphenols In Tomato" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:05 am | Dean DellaPenna (Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, USA)
"Using Natural Variation To Understand The Synthesis Of Nutritionally Important Plant Compounds" |
11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Eugenia Enfissi (Royal Holloway University Of London, England)
"Fruit-specific DE-ETIOLATED-1 (DET-1) Down-regulation Leads to Increased Accumulation of Health-promoting Phytochemicals in Tomato" |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Aldwin Anterola (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA)
"Towards Taxol Production in Moss: The First Two Steps" |
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 out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | WINDOWS TO THE FUTURE FOR METABOLIC ENGINEERING |
| Discussion Leader: Wolf Frommer (Carnegie, Stanford, CA, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Jacqueline Shanks (Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA)
"Harnessing Plant Biochemistry for Industrial Chemicals - Beyond Fuels?" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Yair Shachar-Hill (Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, USA)
"Metabolic Flux Analysis Of Developing Seeds And Beyond" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Round Table Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |