MECHANISMS IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT
July 30 – August 4, 2017
Saxtons River, VT
Organizers:
Doris Wagner, Professor
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Marja Timmermans, Professor
Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany
SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2017
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
DINNER
Session 1: 7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
A Systems Biology Approach to Understanding
Development
Chair: Lars Ostergaard
Keynote:
7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Philip Benfey, Duke University, USA
Underground signaling networks
7:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
ST1. Neelima Sinha, University California Davis, USA
Interactions between tomato and the parasitic plant
dodder
8:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
ST2. Anthony Bishopp, University of Nottingham, UK
The de-novo specification of root vascular pattern.
GfE Sponsored Speaker.
MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
Session 2: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Alternations between generations
Chair: Dominque Bergmann
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
S1. Thomas Dresselhaus, University of Regensburg, DE
Fertilization mechanisms and zygotic genome activation
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
S2. Rita Gross-Hardt, University of Bremen, DE
Dual and opposing roles of EIN3 during early seed
development
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
ST3. Stewart Gillmor, Langebio-CINVESTAV, MEX
Maternal transcript bias in early embryos of
Arabidopsis thaliana
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
FASEB Sponsored Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
S3. Duarte Figuereido, Uppsala Biocenter, SW
Auxin-mediated control of early seed development
11:05 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
ST4. Sharon Kessler, Purdue University, USA
Female control of reproductive success in Arabidopsis
11:25 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
ST5. Moritz Rövekamp, University of Zürich, CH
The single Marchantia CrRLK1L ortholog controls
rhizoid formation and cell size during gametophyte
development
11:40 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
ST6. Siobhan Braybrook, Sainsbury Laboratory
Cambridge University, UK
Using a wall to keep back the sea: development in
brown algae
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH and Meet the Speakers Session
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Free time
Session 3: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Short range signaling
Chair: Rüdiger Simon
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
S4. Dolf Weijers, Wageningen University, NL
Signals controlling growth and pattern in the
Arabidopsis embryo
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
S5. Elizabeth Haswell, Washington University, USA
Stretching the paradigm: New insights into the
function and regulation of MscS-like channel family
members
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
ST7. Joop Vermeer, University of Zürich, CH
Cell volume regulation during lateral root formation in
Arabidopsis
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
The Plant Cell Sponsored Coffee Break
4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
S6. Keiko Torii, University of Washington, USA
How to make a pore: Autocrine regulation of
stomatal differentiation potential
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
ST8. Ora Hazak, University of Lausanne, CH
New insights into the mechanism of root CLE peptides
perception
5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
ST9. Nathanael Prunet, Dartmouth College, USA
SUPERMAN controls the auxin/cytokinin balance at the
stamen/carpel boundary to prevent class B gene
expression and terminate stem cells in the fourth whorl
of Arabidopsis flowers
5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
ST10. Juan-José Ripoll, Univ. California San Diego, USA
Towards generating a comprehensive understanding of
fruit growth
6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
ST11. Antia Rodriguez-Villalon, ETH Zurich, CH
Perturbing phosphoinositide homeostasis during
vascular cell differentiation: a tale of two halves?
6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
DINNER
7:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Poster Session 1:
Odd # posters presented 7:30-8:30
Even # posters presented 8:30-9:30
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2017
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Session 4: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
BREAKFAST
Pluripotency and regeneration
Chair: Elena Kramer
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
S7. Rüdiger Simon, University of Düsseldorf, DE
Dynamics of stem cell signalling pathways
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
S8. Michael Scanlon, Cornell University, USA
Genetic and genomic analyses of leaf pattern
formation
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
ST12. Agata Burian, University of Silesia, POL
A possible microRNA-mediated regulation of axillary
meristem development during Arabidopsis shoot
ontogeny
10:15 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
FASEB Sponsored Coffee Break
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
S9. Akira Iwase, RIKEN, JAP
Wound-induced cellular reprogramming in Arabidopsis
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
S10. Kenneth Birnbaum, New York University, USA
Patterning and punishment: The connection between
injury and development in meristem regeneration
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
ST13. Remko Offeringa, Leiden University, NL
A molecular switch for rejuvenation and polycarpy in
flowering plants
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
ST14. Laura Ragni, Univeristy of Tübingen, DE
Periderm development: a tale of growth and
programmed cell death
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH and Career Development Round-TableDiscussions
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free time
Session 5: 4:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Gene regulation and regulatory networks
Chair: Thomas Dresselhaus
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
S11. Siobhan Brady, Univ. of California, Davis, USA
Dealing with a harsh world: root cell type
differentiation programs in response to stress
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
S12. Zhongchi Liu, University of Maryland, USA
Genomic approaches to identify genes and gene
networks that regulate strawberry fruit development
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
The Plant Cell Sponsored Coffee Break
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
S13. Lars Ostergaard, John Innes Centre, UK
Stories on fruit form from the Shepherd's Purse
5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
ST15. Andrea Gallavotti, Rutgers University, USA
New insights into auxin-dependent transcriptional
regulation by the maize REL2 transcriptional
corepressor
6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
ST16. Jeff Long, University California Los Angeles, USA
It’s all in the family-network regulation by closely
related transcription factors
6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
DINNER
7:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Poster Session 2:
Odd # posters presented 7:30-8:30
Even # posters presented 8:30-9:30
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Session 6: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
BREAKFAST
Patterning mechanisms
Chair: Pilar Cubas
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
S14. Teva Vernoux, ENS de Lyon, FR
Robust patterning by signal integration at the shoot
apex
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
S15. Yuling Jiao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN
Contribution of auxin to leaf patterning
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
ST17. Annis Richardson, University California Berkeley,
USDA Plant Gene Expression Centre, USA
Grass boundaries: a story of fused leaf1
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
FASEB Sponsored Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
S16. Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University, CA
Think global, act local: integrating polarities across
developing organs
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
ST18. Catherine Mansfield, John Innes Centre, UK
Getting to the bottom of BASL
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
ST19. Aman Husbands, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, USA
How to robustly position a boundary
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
ST20. Baoqing Ding, University of Connecticut, USA
Formation of periodic pigment spots in monkeyflowers
(Mimulus) by the diffusion-reaction mechanism
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Business Meeting
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH and Meet the Speakers Session
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free time
Session 7: 4:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Evolution and comparative development
Chair: Stacey Harmer
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
S17. Miltos Tsiantis, Max-Planck Institute for Plant
Breeding Research, DE
Evolution of gene regulatory networks sculpting
plant form: sorting out the wood from the trees
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
S18. Elena Kramer, Harvard University, USA
Exploring the genetic basis of floral novelty in
Aquilegia
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
The Plant Cell Sponsored Coffee Break
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
S19. Cris Kuhlemeier, University of Bern, CH
Plant-pollinator interactions and the genetics of
speciation
5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
ST21. Yoan Coudert, Muséum National d'Histoire
Naturelle, FR
Hormonal regulation and evolution of branching forms
in mosses
6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
ST22. Devin O’Connor, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge
University, UK
Cross-species functional distinction and interaction
within the PIN auxin efflux protein family
6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
DINNER
7:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Poster Session 3: posters for competition
Odd # posters presented 7:30-8:30
Even # posters presented 8:30-9:30
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Session 8: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
BREAKFAST
Growth dependent morphogenesis
Chair: Ken Birnbaum
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
S20. Adrienne Roeder, Cornell University, USA
A fluctuation-based patterning mechanism
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
S21. Ari Pekka Mahonen, University of Helsinki, FI
Location and activity of cambial stem cells in the
Arabidopsis root
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
ST23. Carolyn Rasmussen, Univ. California Riverside, USA
Using mathematical modeling to predict division plane
orientation in plant cells
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
FASEB Sponsored Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
S22. Pilar Cubas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia,
ESP
To branch or not to branch, a bud´s question
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
ST24. Sebastian Soyk, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, USA
When domestication and breeding collide: negative
epistasis for yield in tomato
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
ST25. Hernan Lopez-Marin, Max-Planck Institute for
Plant Breeding Research, DE
Super determinant (Sde) regulates axillary meristem
initiation in tomato
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
ST26. Katy Guthrie, Missouri University, USA
Understanding the function of Suppressor of sessile
spikelet 2 (Sos2) in maize reproductive development
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH and Career Development Round-TableDiscussions
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Free time
Session 9: 3:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Environmental Adaptations
Chair: Cris Kuhlemeier
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
S23. Stacey Harmer, UC Davis, USA
The precise timing of flower development by the
circadian clock and environmental cues enhances
reproductive success
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
S24. Dan Chitwood, USA
Persistent homology: a tool to universally measure
plant morphologies across organs and scales
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
ST27. Jessica Guseman, USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit
Research Station, USA
Light regulation of IGT genes and lateral organ
orientation
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
The Plant Cell Sponsored Coffee Break
4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
S25. Niko Geldner, University of Lausanne, CH
Controlling influx, allowing exchange - how plant
roots build their barrier
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
ST28. Ben Holt, University of Oklahoma, USA
How CONSTANS regulates FLOWERING LOCUS T –
it’s complex
5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
ST29. Mohammad Salehin, Univ. California San Diego, US
Glucosinolates have a surprising new role in abiotic
stress tolerance via Aux/IAAs
5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
ST30. Heike Lindner, Carnegie Institution for Science,
USA
“Illuminating” natural variation of root system
architecture in soil
6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Doris Wagner and Marja Timmermans
Closing remarks
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
DINNER
7:30 p.m. – late
Final discussions and interactions
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2017
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lunch boxes available and DEPARTURES
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