SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Check-in Desk Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | LEARNING FROM EVOLUTION: EXTREMOPHILES |
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Bingru Huang (Rutgers University, USA) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | John Cushman (University of Nevada-Reno, USA) "Learning new tricks from dry plants: Comparative Functional Genomics of Desiccation Tolerant Species" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Dorothea Bartels (University of Bonn, Germany) "The transcriptome of the desiccation tolerant plant Craterostigma plantagineum: does it reveal the secrets of desiccation tolerance?" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Jill Farrant (University of Cape Town, South Africa) "Insights into mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants: studies ranging from whole plant physiology to -omics" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EPIGENETICS AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Vincent Colot (ENS, Paris, France) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Jerzy Paszkowski (University of Geneva, Switzerland) "Destabilization of heterochromatin by abiotic stress" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:25 am | Coffee Break |
10:25 am - 11:00 am | Pedro Rodriguez (CSIC, Valencia, Spain) "A link between ABA signaling and chromatin remodeling" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:35 am | Marc de Block (Bayer Bioscience, Belgium) "Artificial selection to direct the epigenetic component of complex traits" |
11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:10 pm | Jianhua Zhu (University of Maryland, USA) "SRS1, a putative calcium binding protein, is required for salt tolerance in Arabidopsis" |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Group Photo / Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session 1 |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Barbara Moffatt (University of Waterloo, Canada) |
5:40 pm - 6:15 pm | Sean Cutler (University of California, Riverside, USA) "Chemical and genetic dissection of ABA signaling" |
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm | Discussion |
6:25 pm - 6:45 pm | José Marquez (EMBL, Grenoble, France) "Sensing and signaling of ABA: Molecular mechanisms" |
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm | Discussion |
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm | Menachem Moshelion (Hebrew University, Israel) "Role of C3 bundle sheath cells in sensing xylem ABA and controlling leaf hydraulic conductivity" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SIGNALING PATHWAYS |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Teun Munnik (Amsterdam University, Netherlands) |
9:15 am - 9:50 am | Julian Schroeder (University of California, San Diego, USA) "Drought-induced and Salinity Resistance Mechanisms in Arabidopsis" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:05 am | Hiroaki Fujii (KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) "Salt stress-activated kinases" |
11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:40 am | Christa Testerink (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) "Novel salt stress-induced signals controlling root growth" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:10 pm | Miguel Botella (IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Málaga, Spain) "Sterols as new signals for plant development and water stress tolerance" |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Free Time |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | PROTEIN MODIFICATION AND TRAFFICKING |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Mike Hasegawa (Purdue University, USA) |
5:40 pm - 6:10 pm | Mike Blatt (University of Glasgow, UK) "Dynamics of protein complexes yield clues to the control of cell expansion under abiotic stress" |
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm | Paula van Kleeff (Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands) "Regulation of Arabidopsis potassium channels by phosphorylation and 14-3-3 interaction" |
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm | Discussion |
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm | Karin Schumacher (University of Heidelberg, Germany) "The V-ATPase - an engine for transport and traffic" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ION AND WATER HOMEOSTASIS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Khaled Masmoudi (CBS, Sfax, Tunisia) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Frans Maathuis (University of York, UK) "Modulating ion transport and salt tolerance in rice and barley" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:25 am | Coffee Break |
10:25 am - 11:00 am | Mary Beilby (University of NSW, Sydney, Australia) "Salt stress response of charophytes and roots" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | José Pardo (CSIC, Sevilla, Spain) "Roles of Na/H exchangers in potassium homeostasis" |
11:30 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:10 pm | Mark Tester (ACPFG Adelaide, Australia) "Ion transport in roots and salinity tolerance" |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session 2 |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | WHOLE PLANT RESPONSES AND TRAIT DISCOVERY |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Ray Bressan (KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) |
5:40 pm - 6:10 pm | Bill Davies (University of Lancaster, UK) "Hydro-metabolic signaling: an opportunity for plant improvement and crop management" |
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm | Katja Witzel (University of Kiel, Germany) "Investigation of Salinity Stress Responses in Barley Using the Genetic Variation of Mapping Populations" |
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm | Discussion |
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm | Liming Xiong (KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) "Discovery of drought tolerance determinants by analyzing root responses to drought stress" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
7:30 pm - 8:00 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) |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | METABOLISM AND METABOLIC SIGNALS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Joachim Kopka (MPI Golm, Germany) |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Alain Bouchereau (University of Rennes, France) "Diversity of osmoregulated metabolic accumulation processes in plants and functional metabolomic perspectives" |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
9:55 am - 10:25 am | Coffee Break |
10:25 am - 11:00 am | Claudia Jonak (GMI Vienna, Austria) "High soil salinity: Metabolic adaptation, redox balance and signaling" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Paul Verslues (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan) "Divergent metabolism and low water potential response in Arabidopsis ecotypes Landsberg erecta and Shakdara" |
11:30 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:10 pm | Bertrand Muller (INRA, Montpellier, France) "C metabolism and plant growth under water deficit: chicken and egg" |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Free Time |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | CROP IMPROVEMENT AND BREEDING |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Rana Munns (CSIRO, Canberra, Australia) |
5:40 pm - 6:10 pm | Glenn Gregorio (IRRI, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines) "Designing salt tolerant rice varieties" |
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm | Shin Takeda (University of Nagoya, Japan) "RSS1: a novel rice factor crucial for the maintenance of cell division activity under salt stress conditions" |
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm | Discussion |
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm | Eduardo Blumwald (University of California, Davis, USA) "Hormonal homeostasis and the tolerance of crops to abiotic stress" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |