Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Insights from Multi-Omics Approaches to Understand Stress Responses
Interdisciplinary studies that integrate multi-scale big data (e.g. genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, phenomics).
Discussion Leaders: Stephanie Klein (Iowa State University, United States) and Abdeljalil El Habti (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm
Natanella Illouz-Eliaz (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
"Unraveling Drought Recovery in Arabidopsis Using a Single-Cell Multi-omic Approach"
3:25 pm - 3:30 pm
Discussion
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm
Trevor Nolan (Duke University, United States)
"Interrogating Plant Hormone and Stress Responses at Cellular Resolution Using Time Series Single-Cell Transcriptomics"
3:40 pm - 3:45 pm
Discussion
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Jie Yun (MIT, United States)
"Genotype-by-Environment Interaction (GxE) in Gene Regulatory Networks in Brachypodium distachyon Under Soil Water Deficit"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Stress Tolerance
Studies that explore the mechanistic functions and interactions of genes and their products.
Discussion Leader: Trevor Nolan (Duke University, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Aanchal Choudhary (National Institute of Plant Genome Research, India)
"Drought Suppresses the Salicylic Acid-mediated Plant Defenses Against Bacterial Pathogens by Attenuating Activation of CBP60g/SARD1 During Combined Stress"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Jasper Lamers (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Sodium-specific Responses of the Root Are Tightly Regulated in a Spatio-temporal Manner"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Soyanni Holness (Sapienzia University of Rome, Italy)
"The Effect of Sequential Abiotic Stresses on Physiological and Molecular Defense Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Hongfei Li (Wageningen University& Research, The Netherlands)
"Carbon Allocation and Root Cellular Responses of Schrenkiella parvula Rooted in Salt"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Eva van Zelm (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"Time to Appear: a Role for the IAOx Pathway in Lateral Root Appearance During Salt Stress"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Toshisangba Chuba (Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Taiwan)
"Spatial Differences in Stoichiometry of EGR Phosphatase and Microtubule-Associated Stress Protein 1 Control Root Meristem Activity During Drought Stress"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Exploring Plant Diversity and Physiology for Favorable Traits in Stress-Prone Environments
Studies that make use of existing natural diversity to identify phenotypic, biochemical, or molecular traits linked to improved resilience.
Discussion Leader: Eva van Zelm (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Villo Bernád (University College Dublin, Ireland)
"Agronomic Characterization of the European Barley Heritage Collection (ExHIBiT)"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Andrea Ramirez (Stanford University, United States)
"A Comparative Study of Adaptive Stress Tolerance in the Brassicaceae Family"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Maryam Rahmati Ishka (Boyce Thompson Institute, United States)
"Hormonal Modulation of Root System Architecture in Solanum pimpinellifolium Under Salt Stress"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Nathaly Rodriguez Ortiz (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
"Rootstocks for Delivery of Salt-Tolerant Grafted Tomatoes"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Yunji Huang (Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Montpellier (IPSIM), Univ Montpellier/INRAE/CNRS/Supagro, France)
"Spatiotemporal Perception of Water Stress in Arabidopsis"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Refining Your Non-Technical Skills to Be a Successful Scientist
Discussion Leader: Clara Stanschewski (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Refining Your Non-Technical Skills to Be a Successful Scientist
Rashmi Sasidharan (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Robert VanBuren (Michigan State University, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes