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 - 7:35 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Plants at the Limit |
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Michael R. Blatt (University of Glasgow)
"Introduction" |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Jill Farrant (University of Cape Town)
"Insights into Vegetative Desiccation Tolerance via Use of a Systems Biology Approach" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Simon Barak (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
"Natural Stress Tolerance in Extremophile Relatives of Arabidopsis thaliana" |
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Zvi Peleg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"A Cross-Species Meta-Analysis Highlights Osmoregulation as a Key Mechanism in Drought Adaptation" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | John Cushman (University of Nevada)
"Understanding Desiccation Tolerance Using Integrated Comparative 'Omics Approaches in Resurrection Species" |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Stress and Development |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Motoaki Seki (Riken)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Christa Testerink (University of Amsterdam)
"Underground Strategies of Plants to Avoid Salinity" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Leslie Sieburth (University of Utah)
"Salt and Water Stress: Implications for Shoot Development" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Ken Birnbaum (New York University)
"Cell-Type Specific Responses to Salt Stress in Rice and Arabidopsis" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Vassilis Fotopoulos (Cyprus University of Technology)
"Employment of Priming Agents for Improved Plant Performance Under Abiotic Stress Conditions" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Songhu Wang (University of California)
"AtCV Modulates Chloroplast Degradation Under Abiotic Stress via Inducing Chloroplast Vesiculation" |
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm | Nico Geldner (University of Lausanne)
"The Functional Relevance of Casparian Strips in Water and Nutrient Homeostasis" |
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 | The Genetics of Stress |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Anna Amtmann (University of Glasgow)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Motoaki Seki (RIKEN)
"Novel Epigenetic and RNA Regulation in Plant Abiotic Stress Responses" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Elizabeth Weretilnyk (McMaster University)
"Using Natural Variation in the Extremophile Eutrema salsugineum to Identify Traits Conferring Tolerance to Osmotic Stress" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Wei Zhen (Wageningen University and Research Centre)
"A Mixed Model QTL Analysis for Salt Tolerance in Seedlings of Crop-Wild Hybrids of Lettuce"
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8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Aaron Stephan (University of California San Diego)
"Genetic and Functional Identification of Sensory Mechanisms in Plants that Initiate Responses to Salt, Water Stress, and Other Abiotic Stress"
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8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Junro Mogami (The University of Tokyo)
"Novel Roles of Subclass III SnRK2s and Their Interacting Partners in Modulating Mg2+-Susceptibility in Arabidopsis"
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Signalling |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Erwin Grill (University of Munich)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Christine Foyer (University of Leeds)
"Roles for Redox Processes in Plant Responses to Drought" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Doris Wagner (University of Pennsylvania)
"Chromatin Remodeling in Water Stress Responses" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Rucha Karnik (University of Glasgow)
"SNARE Mediated Regulation of Vesicle Transport - Mechanisms and Implications for Salt Stress" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Sona Pandey (Danforth Centre)
"Proteomics Signatures of Drought Adaptability in Two Wheat Varieties" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Takashi Ueda (University of Tokyo)
"Expected and Unexpected Roles of Membrane Traffic in Stress Response" |
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm | Teun Munnik (University of Amsterdam)
"Salt Stress Triggers Distinct PI4P- and PI(4,5)P2 Responses at the Plasma Membrane of Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings" |
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 | Transport Mechanisms and Stress Interactions |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Maris Apse (Arcadia Biosciences)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Enrico Martinoia (University of Zurich)
"The Role of Vacuolar ALMTs in Guard Cell Regulation, Ionic Homeostasis and Salt Stress" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Nathalie Leonhardt (CEA, France)
"Functional Diversity of Guard Cell Proton Pump ATPases" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Stanley Miklavcic (University of South Australia)
"Modelling Salt Uptake by and Transport in Roots and the Salt Stress Response of Plants"
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8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm | Zaida Andres Gonzalez (University of Heidelberg)
"Guard Cell Vacuolar Dynamics and pH Depend on Potassium Uptake at the Tonoplast" |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Water and Homeostasis |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Steve Tyerman (University of Adelaide)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Francois Chaumont (Universite Catholique de Louvain)
"Mechanisms Regulating Plasma Membrane Aquaporins Under Abiotic Stress" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Francois Tardieu (Ecophysiology Laboratory of Plants under Environmental Stress (LEPSE))
"Control of Growth Under Water Deficit"
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10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Tracy Lawson (University of Essex)
"Stomatal Behaviour Impacts on Photosynthesis and Water Use Efficiency" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Harkamal Walia (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
"Improving Root Traits for Drought Adaptation in Wheat" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Jason Reed (University of North Carolina)
"ABCG Transporters Affecting Extracellular Barrier Functions"
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12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 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 |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | 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 |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Metabolic Interactions |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Mel Oliver (USDA-Ars)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Julian Schroeder (UC San Diego) |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Diana Santelia (University of Zürich)
"Mechanism of Starch Degradation and Its Regulation in Arabidopsis Guard Cell Chloroplasts During Stomata Movements"
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8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Ute Roessner (The University of Melbourne)
"Identifying Novel Salinity Tolerance Mechanisms by Spatial Analysis of Lipids in Barley Roots"
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8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm | Paul Verslues (Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Taiwan)
"Metabolic Interactions and Signaling Influencing Proline Metabolism and Drought Acclimation" |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Long Distance and Whole-Plant Functions |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Julia Bailey-Serres (University of California) |
9:10 am - 9:35 am | Herve Cochard (Université Blaise Pascal)
"Functional and Ecological Significance of Xylem Cavitation in Trees" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Graham Farquhar (The Australian National University) |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Ian Dodd (Lancaster University)
"Exploiting Long-Distance Chemical Root-to-Shoot Signalling" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Josetter Masle (The Australian National University)
"Integration of Developmental and Stress Response Pathways" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Siobhan Brady (University of California, Davis)
"Environmental and Developmental Regulation of Xylem Cell Specification and Secondary Cell Wall Synthesis in Arabidopsis"
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12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm | Steve Tyerman (Adelaide) |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Engineering for Water Efficiency and Stress Tolerance |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Ed Blumwald (UC Davis) |
5:40 pm - 6:05 pm | Sónia Negrão (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
"Forward Genetic Approaches to Develop Salt Tolerance Germplasm" |
6:05 pm - 6:15 pm | Discussion |
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm | Roberto Gaxiola (Arizona State University)
"H+-PPases from Salt Tolerance to Phloem Loading" |
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm | Ju-Kon Kim (Seoul National University)
"Alteration of Root Architecture Is a Key to Engineer Drought Tolerance" |
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm | Discussion |
6:45 pm - 7:10 pm | Raquel Chan (Universidad Littorale)
"Different Pathways Triggered by HD-Zip I Transcription Factors to Confer Multiple Abiotic Stress Tolerance. The Long Way from the Lab to the Field Is Completed for HaHB4" |
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm | Discussion |
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | General Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |