| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Putting Together Pieces of Metabolic Pathways |
| Discussion Leader: Jake Stout (National Research Council, Canada) |
| 3:45 pm - 3:50 pm | Session Introduction |
| 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm | Anthony L. Schilmiller (Michigan State University, USA)
"Identification of an acetyltransferase implicated in acylsugar biosynthesis in tomato trichomes" |
| 4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
| 4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Kathryn M. Storey (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Comparative analysis of diterpenoid biosynthetic pathways in general and specialized metabolism of spruce species" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Keynote Lecture |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Cathie R. Martin (John Innes Centre, UK)
"Is luck or planning the best way to contribute to plant biology?" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Rewiring Metabolic Network |
| Discussion Leader: Jing-Ke Weng (Salk Institute, USA) |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Joshua R. Widhalm (University of Nebraska, USA)
"Re-routing the peroxisomal branch of phylloquinone biosynthesis to the plastids in Camelina sativa" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 8:50 pm | Sanjaya Sanjaya (Michigan State University, USA)
"Enhancing energy density of biofuel crops by engineering oil in vegetative tissues" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Round Table Discussion I |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Precision Engineering: Understanding the Enzymes and Regulators of Metabolism |
| Discussion Leaders: Nicholas Bonawitz (Purdue University, USA) and Christopher Roach (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
| 9:00 am - 9:05 am | Session Introduction |
| 9:05 am - 9:20 am | Lesley-Ann Giddings (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Reengineering strictosidine synthase: Conversion of a pictet spenglerase into a hydrolase" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Charles Stewart Jr. (Salk Institute, USA)
"Structural innovations and adaptations controlling type III polyketide synthase activity in apples" |
| 9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
| 9:55 am - 10:10 am | Samuel E. Bocobza (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"The TPP riboswitch acts as a pacesetter to orchestrate central metabolism in thiamin autotrophs" |
| 10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 11:00 am | Round Table Discussion II |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Information Flow: Looking at Relationships within the Network |
| Discussion Leaders: Ruthie Angelovici (Michigan State University, USA) and Joëlle Muhlemann (Purdue University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:35 pm | Session Introduction |
| 1:35 pm - 1:50 pm | David Toubiana (Jacob Blaustein Institutes of Desert Research, Israel)
"Metabolic profiling of a tomato introgression lines collection exposes novel insights in the regulation of seed metabolism and sink source relations between seed, fruit and the mother plant" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Jordan O. Hay (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
"Metabolic network reconstruction and flux variability analysis of bna572, a predictive stoichiometric model of carbon partitioning in developing oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) embryos" |
| 2:15 pm - 2:25 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
