Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Mechanisms of Stress Signaling and Resilience
Discussion Leaders: Julia Bailey-Serres (University of California, Riverside, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:25 pm
Katayoon Dehesh (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"The Regulatory Network Elicited by a Conserved Stress-Signaling Metabolite in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Kingdoms"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm
Malcolm Bennett (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
"Hydraulic Flux Responsive Hormone Redistribution Determines Root Branching"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Signaling Mechanisms and Stress Response
Discussion Leaders: Claudia Jonak (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Zhen-Ming Pei (Duke University, United States)
"Plant Cell-Surface Salt Sensors are GIPC Sphingolipids"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Rashmi Sasidharan (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Flooding Stress Resilience: Signaling In Time and Space"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Alexandre Martinière (CNRS, France)
"The Receptor Kinase FERONIA Regulates Phosphatidylserine Nanodomains Formation to Modulate ROP-Signaling During Osmotic Stress"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Ora Hazak (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
"Peptide Signals Mediating Root Salt Stress Adaptation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Liwen Jiang (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"COPII Vesicles and Stress Response"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Joerg Kudla (University of Münster, Germany)
"A CBL4-to-CBL8 Ca2+ Sensor Switch Confers Ca2+ Signal Intensity Dependent Enhancement of the SOS Pathway for Tolerance to Elevated Salt Stress in Arabidopsis"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Paul Verslues (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
"An NPH3-Domain Protein Required for Safe Proline Accumulation During Drought Stress"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Thomas Juenger (University of Texas at Austin, United States) and Julia Bailey-Serres (University of California, Riverside, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cellular Organization and Stress Response
Discussion Leaders: Katayoon Dehesh (University of California, Riverside, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Staffan Persson (Copenhagen University, Denmark)
"Regulation of Microtubule-Associated Processes During Salt Stress"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Jürgen Kleine-Vehn (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria)
"Stress Signal Integration Into Growth Programs"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
Eilon Shani (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Developing Genomic Tools to Reveal Hidden Transport Mechanisms in ABA Homeostasis"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Monika Chodasiewicz (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
"Stress Granules as a Component of Salt Stress Signaling"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Photosynthesis, Climate Change and Agriculture
Discussion Leader: Amelia Henry (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Alexandre Grondin (Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement, France)
"Genetic Control of Water Use-Related Traits in African Rice"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Jennifer Quebedeaux (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"The Phenomics of Stomata and Water Use Efficiency in C4 Grass Crops"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Abdeljalil El Habti (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
"Manipulation of Stomata to Increase Yield Potential in Wheat"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Margaret Frank (Cornell University, United States)
"New Tools for Dynamically Maximizing Crop Productivity"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Michael Nuccio (Inari Agriculture, Inc., United States)
"Transforming the Food System with Inari’s SEEDesignTM Platform"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Lei Ding (LIBST, UCLouvain, Belgium, Belgium)
"Are Aquaporins Expressed in Stomatal Complexes Promising Targets to Enhance Stomatal Dynamics?"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Cécile Lefoulon (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"Ion Channels of Stomata in CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) Plants"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Adaptation to Water Stress and Salinity
Discussion Leader: Magdalena Julkowska (Boyce Thompson Institute, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Ikram Blilou (KAUST/King Abdulah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
"Thriving in the Desert: Root Developmental Adaptations to Desert Environment"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Juliette de Meaux (University of Cologne, Germany)
"Cis-regulatory Evolution Spotlights Species Differences in the Adaptive Potential of Gene Expression Plasticity"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
Brook Moyers (University of Massachusetts Boston, United States)
"Dynamic Quantitative Genetics of Rice Under Stress"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Andrea Ramirez (Stanford University, United States)
"A Comparative Study of Adaptive Stress Tolerance in the Brassicaceae Family"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Rhizosphere Interfaces with Soil, Water and Ions
Discussion Leader: Daniela Dietrich (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Andrea Carminati (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Soil Hydraulic Constraints on Transpiration and Plant Adaptation Strategies"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
David Salt (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
"Evolved Adaptation to the Coast in Arabidopsis thaliana "
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Stephanie Klein (Iowa State University, United States)
"Multiple Integrated Root Phenotypes are Associated with Enhanced Drought Tolerance in Maize"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Siobhan Brady (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Tomato Exodermal Regulation and Function"
11:25 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Niko Geldner (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Suberin - A Polymer at the Heart of Root Stress Response"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Christian Lorenzo (VIB - UGent Center for plant systems biology, Belgium)
"BREEDIT: a Multiplex Genome Editing Pipeline to Improve Yield and Drought Resistance in Maize"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Interfaces with Soil and Microbes
Discussion Leader: Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Cyril Zipfel (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
"Roles and Perception of Signaling Peptides During Stress"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Rumyana Karlova (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Mechanisms of Root Microbiome Recruitment Under Drought Stress"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Natanella Illouz-Eliaz (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
"Rapid Immune System Transcriptome Rewiring Upon Drought Recovery"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Maryam Rahmati Ishka (Boyce Thompson Institute, United States)
"Hormonal Modulation of Root System Architecture in Solanum pimpinellifolium Under Salt Stress"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Raffaella Balestrini (CNR, Italy)
"Impact of Water Limitation on Two Tomato Cultivars Grown in Open Field: From the Rhizosphere Microbiota to the Stress Responses"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
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
Omic Approaches to Understanding Stress Acclimation
Discussion Leader: Robert VanBuren (Michigan State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Sonia Negrao (University College Dublin, Ireland)
"A Different Beerspective: Assessing Heritage Barley in Response to Waterlogging Using Phenomics"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
David Des Marais (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Mechanisms and Consequences of GxE in Brachypodium"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Anna Amtmann (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"A Dual Epigenetic Brake Moderates Plant Stress Responses"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Thelma Madzima (University of Washington Bothell, United States)
"Epigenetic & Abiotic Stress Mediated Transcriptional Regulation in Maize"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Malia Gehan (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, United States)
"Open Challenges in Plant Abiotic Stress Phenotyping with PlantCV"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Trevor Nolan (Duke University, United States)
"Interrogating Plant Hormone and Stress Responses at Cellular Resolution Using Time Series Single-Cell Transcriptomics"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Eva van Zelm (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Time to Appear: A Role for the IAOx Pathway in Lateral Root Appearance During Salt Stress"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tissue Hydraulics and Plant Physiology
Discussion Leader: Yann Boursiac (INRAE, France)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm
Mutez Ahmed (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Belowground Hydraulic Processes Affecting Plant Response to Drought"
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Matthew Gilliham (University of Adelaide, Australia)
"New Insights Into GABA Regulated Stomatal Regulation of Photosynthesis and Plant Water Use"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:35 pm
Guillaume Lobet (UCLouvain, Belgium)
"Computational Approaches to Better Understand How Local Root Anatomies Influence Global Root System Conductivities"
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure