SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 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 - 9:30 pm | Metabolic Engineering in Non Plant Systems |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Natalia Dudareva (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA) |
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | James Liao (UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
"Direct Conversion of CO2 to Fuels and Chemicals"
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8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Matheos Koffas (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY)
"Metabolic Engineering of prokaryotes for the Biological Production of Fuels and phytochemicals"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Interrogating Plant Metabolism with Quantitative Genetics and Genomics |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Clint Chapple (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Dan Kliebenstein (UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA)
"Quantitative metabolomics identifies regulatory roles for secondary metabolites in primary metabolism and physiology"
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9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Alisdair Fernie (MPI-MPP, Golm, Germany)
"Chemotyping exotic genotypes for re-engineering primary and secondary metabolism in tomato"
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11:00 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | Joost Keurentjes (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Dissecting the regulatory circuitry underlying quantitative traits"
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11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Bjorn Junker (Martin-Luther-University Halle, Halle, Germany)
"Multiscale metabolic modeling: dynamic flux balance analysis on a whole plant scale"
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Ruthie Angelovici (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA)
"Genome Wide Association Studies of Free Amino Acid Metabolism in Arabidopsis Seeds"
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12:25 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 | Accessing Taxonomically-restricted Metabolism with Genomics I |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Joerg Bohlmann (UBC, Vancouver, Canada) |
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm | Robin Buell (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA)
"Interrogation of medicinal plant species through multiple 'omics' techniques"
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8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Joseph Chappell (University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY)
"Nothing like we imagined - uncovering the terpenome of liverworts"
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Markus Lange (Inst. for Biological Chemistry, Pullman, WA, USA)
"Teasing out the secret life of terpenoid secretory structures"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Accessing Taxonomically-restricted Metabolism with Genomics II |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Vincenzo De Luca (Brock University, St Catharine, ON, Canada) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Sarah O'Connor (John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK)
"Bringing Medicinal Alkaloids into the 21st Century: The Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids"
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9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Peter Facchini (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada)
"Unlocking Pandora's Box: The Metabolic Elegance and Complexity of Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis"
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11:00 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | Ian Graham (University of York, York, United Kingdom)
"Noscapine Biosynthesis in Papaver species: The role of gene clusters"
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11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Melissa Mageroy (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada)
"Combining genomics and biochemistry for the discovery of a novel natural resistance to spruce budworm in white spruce"
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Vonny Salim (Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)
"Silencing of iridoid biosynthetic genes reveals the metabolic route of secologanin biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus"
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12:25 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 | Novel Approaches for Interrogating Plant Metabolism |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Andrew D. Hanson (University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | A. Daniel Jones (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA)
"Interrogation of Plant Specialized Metabolomes: When Mass Alone is not Enough"
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8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Valerie de Crecy-Lagard (University of Florida, FL, USA)
"Finding metabolic genes via a comparative genomics-centric pipeline"
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9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Samuel Bocobza (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
"Orchestration of Thiamin Biosynthesis and Central Metabolism by Combined Action of the TPP Riboswitch and the Circadian Clock in Arabidopsis"
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Transport Processes in Plant Metabolism |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Andreas Weber (Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Andreas Weber (Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany)
"Intracellular metabolite transport in C4 photosynthesis and photorespiration" |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:10 am | Christoph Benning (Michigan State University, USA)
"Lipid transport between the ER and the Chloroplast"
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11:10 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 12:00 pm | Barbara Halkier (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"What is the role of transport processes in shaping the tissue-specific distribution of defense compounds?"
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12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Payam Mehrshahi (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA)
"Trans-organellar Complementation Redefines the Biochemical Continuity of ER and Chloroplasts"
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12:25 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 | Plant Metabolism and Human Health: Essential Nutrients |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Barry Pogson (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia) |
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm | Peter Beyer (Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany)
"Golden rice and Golden Crops for human nutrition: Achievements and work to be done"
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8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Teresa B. Fitzpatrick (University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland)
"Engineering vitamin B6 metabolism: What benefits can we expect to reap?" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Michael Gore (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
"The Genetic Architecture of Tocopherol and Tocotrienol Synthesis in Maize Seed"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Plant Metabolism and Human Health: Non-essential Nutrients |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Cathie R. Martin (John Innes Centre, UK) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Anait S. Levenson (University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA)
"Novel epigenetic mechanisms of dietary stilbenes: promise in fighting prostate cancer"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:10 am | Richard Mithen (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
"Development of high glucoraphanin 'Beneforte' broccoli and its impact upon human health"
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11:10 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 12:00 pm | Andrea Doseff (Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA)
"Identification of human targets of the dietary flavone apigenin reveals novel aspects of the anti-carcinogenic and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of phytochemicals"
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12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Arnaud Bovy (Wageningen University, Wageningen, Holland)
"Breeding for healthy ingredients in dietary plants"
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12:25 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 | Keynote Session |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Rick Dixon (University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Erich Grotewold (Center for Applied Plants Sciences, The Ohio State University, USA)
"From gene networks to flavonoid metabolism: Filling in gaps for rational metabolic engineering"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Vincent L. Chiang (Forest Biotechnology Research Group, NC State, Raleigh, NC, USA)
"Systems understanding of monolignol biosynthesis"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |