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 | Keynote Session: Plant Metabolism and Cell Walls – Diversity and Exploitation |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Hanson (University of Florida, USA) |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm | Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom) "Making Sense of Metabolic Diversity" |
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm | Maureen McCann (Purdue University, USA) "Engineering Biomass for a Billion-Ton Bioeconomy" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Specialized Metabolism |
| Discussion Leader: Eleanore Wurtzel (Lehman College, City University of New York, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Elizabeth Sattely (Stanford University, USA) "Discovery and Engineering of Plant Natural Product Pathways" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Reuben Peters (Iowa State University, USA) "The Many Roles of Diterpenoids in Plant-Microbe Interactions" |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | Birgit Draeger (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenbgerg, Germany) "Plant Alkaloids: Make Use of the Knowledge!" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Xu Li (North Carolina State University, USA) "Discovery of a Novel Amino Acid Racemase Gene Family Through Exploration of Arabidopsis Natural Accessions" |
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | General 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 | Metabolic Regulation and Signal Transduction |
| Discussion Leader: Nicole Clay (Yale University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | Joseph Jez (Washington University at St. Louis, USA) "What Structural Biology Can Teach Us About Metabolic Regulation in Plants" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Craig Schenck (University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA) "Role of Tyrosine-Insensitive, Non-Plastidic Prephenate Dehydrogenase in Legumes" |
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm | Yang Zhang (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom) "Multi-Level Engineering Facilitates the Production of Phenylpropanoid Compounds in Tomato" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | John Shanklin (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) "Engineering Lipids and Defeating Biochemical Feedback" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Metabolism – Spatial and Dynamic |
| Discussion Leader: Eva Colloakova (Virginia Tech University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Doug Allen (Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture / Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA) "Quantifying Plant Phenotypes with Metabolic Flux Analysis and Isotopic Labeling" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Jonathan Page (The University of British Columbia, Canada) "Genomic Analysis of Cannabinoid Production in Cannabis sativa" |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | Kent Chapman (University of North Texas, USA) "Visualizing Lipid Metabolites in Plant Tissues by Mass Spectrometry" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Nazia Nisar (The Australian National University, Australia) "Defining the Roles of CRTIL (Carotenoid Isomerase-Like) Enzymes in Carotenoid Metabolism and Cold Tolerance" |
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | General 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 | Engineering Cell Walls |
| Discussion Leader: Udaya Kalluri (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | John Ralph (University of Wisconsin, USA) "Engineering Lignins Designed for Deconstruction" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Debra Mohnen (University of Georgia, USA) "Modification of Pectin and Cell Wall Structure to Generate Plants with Improved Plant Growth and Enhanced Qualities for Biofuel and Biomaterial Production" |
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Dominique Loque (Joint BioEnergy Institute, USA) "Fine-Tuning Secondary Cell Wall Engineering" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Breakthrough Technologies: Gene Expression and Editing |
| Discussion Leader: Vladimir Shulaev (University of North Texas, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Kazuki Saito (RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science / Chiba University, Japan) "Combining Metabolomics with Genomics: From Arabidopsis to Crops and Medicinal Plants" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | George Lomonossoff (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom) "Fine-Tuning Transient Expression Levels: When Less Can Be More" |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | Yingfang Zhu (Purdue University, USA) "Gene Editing in Plants Using TALENS and CRISPR/cas" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Aymerick Eudes (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA) "Exploiting the Substrate Promiscuity of Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:Shikimate Hydroxycinnamoyl Transferase to Reduce Lignin" |
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | General 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 | Breakthrough Technologies: Chromosome Manipulation and Mutation |
| Discussion Leader: Gregory Copenhaver (University of North Carolina, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | James Birchler (University of Missouri, USA) "Construction and Applications of Engineered Minichromsomes in Plants" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Luca Comai (University of California, Davis, USA) "Genomic Discovery Through Induced Mutations and Chromosome Manipulations" |
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Brande Wulff (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom) "Gene Identification in Hexaploid Wheat by Mutational Genomics" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | 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 |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Translational Case Studies: Bottlenecks from Basic to Applied |
| Discussion Leader: Cathie Martin (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Katrina Cornish (Ohio State University, USA) "Will Alternate Natural Rubber Hit the Road? Molecular Approaches to Increasing Rubber Yield" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:05 am | Peggy Lemaux (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "How Basic Research Informs Informs Cereal Crop Improvement Efforts. But Where Are These New Varieties?" |
11:05 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:50 am | Oliver Yu (Conagen Inc, USA) "The Missing Links Between Plant Metabolic Engineering and Commercialization" |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Patrick Shih (Joint BioEnergy Institute, USA) "A Robust Gene Stacking Method Utilizing Yeast Assembly for Plant Metabolic Engineering" |
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | General 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 | Translational Case Studies: From Lab to Commercial Products in the Field |
| Discussion Leader: Kenneth Davenport (Chromatin, Inc, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Marc-Andre D'Aoust (Medicago Inc., Canada) "Plant-Produced Influenza Vaccines and Beyond" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Stephen Temple (Forage Genetics International, USA) "Development and Commercialization of Reduced Lignin Alfalfa" |
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |