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9:00 AM - 10:00 AMUndergraduate Poster Session
9:00 AM - 5:00 PMPoster Set-up
10:00 AM - 12:00 PMRe-imagining Postgraduate Training for the Plant Sciences
10:00 AM - 6:00 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Su-may Yu, Academia Sinica
11:00 AM - 5:00 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Ortrun Scheid, Gregor Mendel Institute
- 1:00 PM - 3:30 PMOpening Address and Awards
1:00 PM - 3:30 PMOpening Address and Awards
1:40 PM - 2:10 PM2016 Leadership in Science Public Service Award Howard G. Buffett ### 247642###Presenter
2:10 PM - 2:50 PMPlant Receptor Kinase-mediated Immunity: From the Plasma Membrane to the Field Cyril Zipfel ### 231979###Presenter
2:50 PM - 3:30 PMSeeds of Hope — Back to the Future Robert B. Goldberg – Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles ### 101684###Presenter
3:00 PM - 5:00 PMHow I Work Interviews
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMAmbassador Meet Up
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMCoffee Break
- 4:00 PM - 6:30 PMMajor Symposium I: Small RNA Regulation of Genes and Development
4:00 PM - 4:05 PMMajor Symposium I - Small RNA Regulation of Genes and Development Overview Craig Pikaard, Ph.D ### 191793###Major Symposium Organizer
4:05 PM - 4:30 PMThe RNAs and Enzymes of RNA-directed DNA Methylation Craig Pikaard, Ph.D ### 191793###Major Symposium Speaker
4:30 PM - 5:00 PMGermline Reprogramming and Epigenetic Inheritance: How to Avoid Bad Karma Rob Martienssen ### 231977###Major Symposium Speaker
5:00 PM - 5:30 PMCoffee Break
5:30 PM - 6:00 PMThe Parasitic Plant Cuscuta Pentagona (dodder) Produces Large Numbers of 22 Nt Micrornas That Regulate Host MRNAs During Parasitism Michael J. Axtell – Plant Biology Ph.D. Program, Department of Biology, and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University ### 101404###Major Symposium Speaker
6:00 PM - 6:30 PMMicrorna, Argonaute, and the Endoplasmic Reticulum Xuemei Chen ### 231685###Major Symposium Speaker
6:00 PM - 8:30 PMBlogger Lounge
6:30 PM - 7:00 PMPlant Biology 2016 Tweet-Up
6:30 PM - 7:45 PMOpening Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 PM - 9:00 PMHHMI Biointeractive Night at the Movies-popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn
7:00 AM - 8:30 AMMeet & Greet Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 PMSelfie Station
7:30 AM - 8:30 AMHow to Plan an Effective Workshop or Conference Siobhan Brady, PhD – University of California, Davis ### 102137###Presenter
8:00 AM - 8:30 AMMorning Coffee Service
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMCommunity Coloring Activity
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMDraw Your Science
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMMembership Desk
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- 8:30 AM - 11:00 AMMajor Symposium II: Developing Healthier Foods: Quality, Nutrition, and Molecular Gastronomy
8:30 AM - 8:35 AMMajor Symposium II - Developing Healthier Foods: Quality, Nutrition, and Molecular Gastronomy Overview Harry Klee, Ph.D ### 191792###Major Symposium Organizer
8:35 AM - 9:00 AMThe Benefits of a Colourful Diet; Some of the Science Behind 5-a-day Cathie Martin ### 103757###Major Symposium Speaker
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMExploring All the Options Towards Engineering an Even Healthier Apple Andrew Allan ### 231687###Major Symposium Speaker
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMCoffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMAn Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding and Improving Tomato Flavor Harry Klee, Ph.D ### 191792###Major Symposium Speaker
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMDo You Taste What I Taste and Do You Like It? Linda Bartoshuk ### 231688###Major Symposium Speaker
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMPoster Session
11:00 AM - 7:00 PMExhibit Hall Open
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMBioinformatics Resources for Plant Biology Research
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMThe Education Committee Workshop – Writing Science: Inspire Careful Thinking and Useful Discourse
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMPublishing in and Reviewing for the Plant Cell Sabeeha Merchant – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles ### 106621###Presenter @@@ Nan Eckardt ### 239885###Presenter
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMUSDA, DOE and NSF Grantsmanship Workshop
11:30 AM - 1:30 PMCommunication Workshop: How to Create a Winning Elevator Pitch
11:30 AM - 5:00 PMResume Reviews
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMCareer Chats - Getting Your First Job
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 1: Salt & Minerals
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Jiping Liu, Robert w. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS Jiping Liu, PhD – Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS ### 198594###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMIdentification of Plant Vacuolar Transporters Mediating Phosphate Storage Teng-Kuei Huang – Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica ### 106671###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMCharacterization of the Role of an Iron-binding Protein in Seed Development Rozalynne Samira – North Carolina State University ### 213402###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMComputational Prediction of Regulatory Relationships: New Players in the Arabidopsis Thaliana Iron Deficiency Response Anna Matthiadis – North Carolina State University ### 213398###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMMetal Hyperaccumulation and Hypertolerance in Arabidopsis Halleri Ute Kraemer, Dr. rer. nat. habil., D. Phil. – Ruhr University Bochum ### 191794###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMnip1;2 Is a Plasma Membrane-localized Channel for Aluminum Uptake and Aluminum Tolerance in Arabidopsis Jiping Liu, PhD – Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS ### 198594###Presenter
3:15 PM - 3:17 PMGenome Wide Association Analysis of Salinity Adaptation Traits in Medicago Truncatula Hapmap Populations Yun Kang – the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. ### 213413###Lightning Speaker
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 2: Epigenetics
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Chuanzhu Fan, Wayne State University Chuanzhu Fan, Ph.D – Wayne State University ### 162374###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMModelling Transcript Abundance from Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Data in Plants: Lessons from Eucalyptus grandis Steven G. Hussey, PhD – University of Pretoria ### 213412###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMSmall RNAs from Natural Antisense Transcripts of ghmixtamyb-like3_a12 Play Roles in Cotton Seed Fiber Development Xueying Guan – Nanjing Agricultural University ### 213350###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMElucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Histone Lysine to Methionine Mutation in Plants Dean Sanders – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 162402###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMGenerating a Novel Early Flowering Phenotype in Brassica Napus by Modifying Epigenetic Information Raghavendra prasad Savada – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ### 213386###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMEpigenetic Divergence and Evolution of Plant New Genes Chuanzhu Fan, Ph.D – Wayne State University ### 162374###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 3: Seed Development
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Don Mccarty, University of Florida Donald R. McCarty – University of Florida ### 102188###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMThe Role of Plastid Signaling in Maize Embryogenesis Donald R. McCarty – University of Florida ### 102188###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMThe Maize Dosage-effect Defective kernel1 (ded1) Locus Encodes a Myb Transcription Factor Controlling Endosperm Development and Grain-fill Janaki S. Mudunkothge – University of Florida ### 213406###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMRegulation of Calcium Accumulation in Finger Millet (eleusine Coracana) Grains by Cbl-cipk Interaction and Its Potential for Crop Biofortification Anil Kumar – G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar ### 213362###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMA Search for Novel gid1 Interacting Proteins Amber Hauvermale – Washington State University ### 102162###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMMaternal AFB1 and AFB5 Positively Regulate Seed Dormancy in Arabidopsis Ming Yang, PhD – Oklahoma State University ### 213377###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 4: Metabolic Diversity
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Hiroshi Maeda, University of Wisconsin - Madison Hiroshi Maeda, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 101956###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMIn Vitro Reconstruction and Analysis of Evolutionary Variation of the Tomato Acylsucrose Metabolic Network Pengxiang Fan – Michigan state university ### 101211###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMRole of Bifunctional Ammonia-lyase in Grass Cell Wall Biosynthesis Jaime Barros-Rios – University of North Texas ### 213351###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMRelaxation of Tyrosine Pathway Regulation Facilitated the Evolution of Betalain Pigmentation in Caryophyllales Samuel Lopez Nieves – University of Wisconsin Madison ### 213376###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMInsights into a Role of Arabidopsis Mediator in the Crosstalk Between Glucosinolate Biosynthesis and Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis Jeong Im Kim – Purdue University ### 213419###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMSensor Kinases Tor and gcn2 Orchestrate Translation and Autophagy in Response to Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur Supply for Cysteine Synthesis in Higher Plants Yihan Dong – Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg ### 213372###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 5: Novel Breeding Resources
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Steven Strauss, Oregon State University Steven H. Strauss, PhD – Oregon State University ### 100653###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMEngineering Oilseed Crop to Produce DHA Using Algal Pufa Synthases - a Novel Approach Bala B. Pudota, PhD – Dow AgroSciences ### 213411###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMRoot Traits Contributing to Drought Tolerance of Maize Inbred Lines in the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Project Patompong Saengwilai – Mahidol University ### 107705###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMBiofortification of Chickpea for Enhanced Iron Accumulation and Bioavailability Thi My Linh Hoang – Queensland University of Technology ### 213436###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMLysine-rich Rice Enhances the Growth and Development of Skeletal System in Growing Rats Pui Kit Suen – The Chinese University of Hong Kong ### 213369###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMWide Mutation Spectrum in Floral Genes from Single- and Double-guide RNA crispr/cas9 Transgenic Poplars Steven H. Strauss, PhD – Oregon State University ### 100653###Presenter
2:00 PM - 4:30 PMElevator-Pitch Videos
3:20 PM - 3:45 PMCoffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
- 3:45 PM - 5:34 PMConcurrent Symposium 6: Plant-Insect Interactions
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Meredith Schuman, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Meredith C. Schuman – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ### 213393###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMOviposition by Pieris Brassicae Induces a Systemic Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis Thaliana Olivier Hilfiker – University of Lausanne ### 213353###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMTurnabout Is Fair Play: The Fall Armyworm Co-opts a Plant Defense Protein for Its Own Benefit Swayamjit Ray, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University ### 213425###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMUnderstanding the Role of Mirnas in Auxin Signaling During Vat-mediated Aphid Resistance Sampurna Sattar – Penn State University ### 213574###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMGenetic Mapping Shows Intraspecific Variation and Transgressive Segregation for Caterpillar-induced Aphid Resistance in Maize Vered Tzin – Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research ### 213368###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMThe Smell of Spacetime? Plant Volatiles in Four Dimensions Meredith C. Schuman – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ### 213393###Presenter
5:30 PM - 5:32 PMPennycress Nectaries and Nectar: Molecular Dissection and Evaluation as a Nutritional Resource for Pollinators Clay J. Carter – University of Minnesota ### 213580###Lightning Speaker
- 3:45 PM - 5:34 PMConcurrent Symposium 7: Phenotyping for the Future
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Lisa Ainsworth, University of Illinois Elizabeth Ainsworth – USDA ARS/University of Illinois ### 106855###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMHigh Fidelity Detection of Qtl for Biomass Production from Rapid Imaging of a C4 Grass Crop in the Field Andrew Leakey – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ### 102429###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMRevealing the Temporal Patterns of Qtl Associated with Stress-responsive Traits in Cotton Michael Gore, PhD – Cornell University ### 213357###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMOpen-source Tools for High-throughput Plant Phenotyping Noah Fahlgren, PhD – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ### 107364###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMProbabalistic Network Modeling Predicts Gene Regulating Metabolic Pathway Underlying Quantitative Trait Locus (qtl) for High-throughput Hyperspectral Imaging Index RJ Cody Markelz – University of California-Davis ### 149077###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMLive Cell Imaging of Phosphate Distribution Profiles in Arabidopsis Wayne Versaw – Texas A&M University ### 213418###Presenter
5:30 PM - 5:32 PMA Genome-wide Indexed Mutant Library of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii Provides a Platform for High-throughput Genetics Research in Plants Xiaobo Li – Carnegie Institution for Science ### 213378###Lightning Speaker
- 3:45 PM - 5:34 PMConcurrent Symposium 8: Networks in Development
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Daniel Runcie, University of California, Davis Daniel Runcie, PhD – University of California Davis ### 108100###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMTemporal and Spatial Uncoupling of Wuschel Expression and Cytokinin Signaling in the Shoot Apical Meristem Paul Tarr, PhD – California Institute of Technology ### 213427###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMLeunig Interacts with angustifolia3 and Functions as Transcriptional Co-activator During Leaf and Flower Development Million Tadege – Oklahoma State University ### 198599###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMSpatial Encoding of Temporal Memory Through the Vernalization Pathway of Arabidopsis Thaliana Daniel Runcie, PhD – University of California Davis ### 108100###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMThe cdk8 Module of Mediator Controls Vegetative Phase Change in Arabidopsis Thaliana Manuel Buendia-Monreal – Cinvestav Irapuato / Langebio ### 213399###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMA Network Approach to Study Brassinosteroid-regulated Plant Growth and Stress Responses in Arabidopsis Trevor Nolan – Iowa State University ### 213397###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:34 PMConcurrent Symposium 9: Signaling
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Amy Marshall-Colon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Amy Marshall-Colon, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ### 213404###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMCrossed Signals: Using Systems Biology to Uncover a Transcriptional Crosstalk Network Amy Marshall-Colon, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ### 213404###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMIBR5 Is a Central Regulator of Plant Hormonal Responses Nihal Dharmasiri, PhD – Texas State University ### 108475###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMUnraveling an Elegant Net of Sensation and Reaction: Modeling Responses to Multiple Stressors in Tomato Claire Hann, MS – University of South Carolina ### 213396###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMCell Wall Regulation at the Trans-golgi Network Heather E. McFarlane – University of Melbourne ### 213390###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMRGS Proteins Are Prevalent in Monocots and Maintain Functional Compatibility with gα Across Kingdoms Sona Pandey – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ### 101536###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:34 PMConcurrent Symposium 10: Plastids & Organelles
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Liwen Jiang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Liwen Jiang, PhD – the Chinese University of Hong Kong ### 213394###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMBiogenesis and Function of Plant Multivesicular Prevacuolar Compartment Liwen Jiang, PhD – the Chinese University of Hong Kong ### 213394###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMImproving Plant Stress Responses to Stress-induced Senescence by Silencing Thylakoid Turnover in Crop Plants Eduardo Blumwald, PhD – Plant Sciences Department, The University of California, Davis ### 100774###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMCytoplasmic Control of Plastid Retrograde Signaling by Scf(dif)-mediated Degradation of Differentiation and Greening-like Zhihua Hua – Ohio University ### 213367###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMChloroplast Protein Homeostasis; Protein Maturation and Degradation Klaas van Wijk – Cornell University ### 213352###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMMolecular Function of a Plastid-targeted RNA-binding Protein in RnA Editing and Photosynthesis Yan Lu, PhD – Western Michigan University ### 101262###Presenter
5:30 PM - 5:32 PMThe Role of Arabidopsis sig2 in Phytochrome-dependent Anterograde Signaling and Coordinated Control of Nucleus and Chloroplast Gene Expression During Photomorphogenesis Sookyung Oh – Michigan State University ### 106634###Lightning Speaker
5:32 PM - 5:34 PMGuard Cell Photosynthesis Is Critical for Stomatal Turgor Production, yet Does Not Directly Mediate co2- and Aba-induced Stomatal Closing Tamar Azoulay-Shemer – UCSD ### 100644###Lightning Speaker
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMPlantae Meetup
5:35 PM - 7:00 PMExclusive Poster Session
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMMinority Affairs Committee Sponsored Dinner Amber Smith, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 208664###Presenter
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMPosters Open
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMPUI Networking Workshop: Funding Research at PUI's
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMRelationship Building in Science Communication
7:30 PM - 8:00 PMPub-Club Hub Meet-Up
8:00 AM - 8:30 AMMorning Coffee Service
8:00 AM - 12:00 PMBlogger Lounge
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMCommunity Coloring Activity
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMDraw Your Science
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMMembership Desk
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMRegistration Open
8:00 AM - 8:00 PMSelfie Station
8:00 AM - 9:00 PMPosters Open
- 8:30 AM - 11:00 AMMajor Symposium III: New Biological Insights from Large Scale Biology
8:30 AM - 8:35 AMMajor Symposium III - New Biological Insights from Large Scale Biology Overview Ute Kraemer, Dr. rer. nat. habil., D. Phil. – Ruhr University Bochum ### 191794###Major Symposium Organizer
8:35 AM - 9:00 AMTranscriptional Regulation of Plant Metabolism Siobhan Brady, PhD – University of California, Davis ### 102137###Major Symposium Speaker
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMNovel Insights in Plant Biology Through Integration of Data in Large-scale Cellular Networks Zoran Nikoloski ### 234939###Major Symposium Speaker
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMCoffee Break-Generously Sponsored by "The Plant Cell"
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMWidespread Occurrence of Metabolic Gene Clusters in Plants and Evolutionary Driving Forces of Cluster Formation Seung Yon Rhee – Carnegie Institution for Science ### 101681###Major Symposium Speaker
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMLarge-scale Biology from Small-scale Plant Rnas Blake C. Meyers – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ### 100927###Major Symposium Speaker
9:00 AM - 11:00 AMHow I Work Interviews
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMCareer Chats - Preparing your Elevator Pitch
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMCareer Chats - Working at PUI
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMPoster Session
11:00 AM - 3:45 PMExhibit Hall Open
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMEthics, Writing, and Social Media: Communication Pre- and Post-Publication
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMNow That Funds Are Being Awarded, Hear from New Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMWork-family Policies and Gender Inequality – Luncheon Sponsored by the Women in Plant Biology Committee David S. Pedulla ### 196845###Presenter
11:30 AM - 5:00 PMResume Reviews
12:00 PM - 3:00 PMElevator-Pitch Videos
12:00 PM - 3:00 PMWikipedia Edit-A-Thon
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMCareer Chats - Working as a Plant Biology Consultant
- 1:30 PM - 3:15 PMConcurrent Symposium 11: Biotic Interactions in Roots
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Arijit Mukherjee, University of Central Arkansas Arijit Mukherjee, PhD – University of Central Arkansas ### 108439###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMRoot-knot Nematode Infection of Arabidopsis Thaliana Is Mediated by Mscs-like Mechanosensitive Channels Heather Marella – Bridgewater State University ### 106781###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMDetermining the Role of Ida (Inflorscence Deficient in Abscission)-like Genes in Plant Development and Plant-Parasitic Nematode Infection Joonyup Kim – USDA/Soybean Genomics and Improvement Lab ### 213408###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMIdentification of a Core Set of Genes Conserved for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Identified Through Phylogenomics Armando Bravo, PhD in Plant Sciences – Boyce Thompson Institute ### 213395###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMRoot Derived Signaling: Arabinosylation of Peptides and Their Role in Medicago truncatula Nodule Regulation Stephen R. Nowak – Clemson University ### 101237###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMUsing Genomic Approaches to Study the Formation of Nodule-like Structures in Land Plants Arijit Mukherjee, PhD – University of Central Arkansas ### 108439###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:15 PMConcurrent Symposium 12: Heterosis
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Z Jeffrey Chen, University of Texas at Austin Z. Jeffrey Z. Chen, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin ### 213439###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMCircadian and Epigenetic Perspectives on Heterosis Z. Jeffrey Z. Chen, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin ### 213439###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMSRNAs Drive Epigenetic Reprogramming in F1 Hybrids Ian K. Greaves – CSIRO ### 225413###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMContributions from Polyploidy to an Understanding of Heterosis James A. Birchler, Ph. D. – University of Missouri, Columbia ### 213438###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMInclusion of Dominant Gene Action Explains Much of the Genetic Variance and Provides Insight into Heterosis in Maize Aaron Kusmec ### 255788###Speaker
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMOrganelle-triggered Epigenetic Changes in Plant Growth Behavior Sally A. Mackenzie – University of Nebraska ### 213440###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:15 PMConcurrent Symposium 13: Environmental & Eco-physiology
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Carl Bernacchi, USDA ARS Carl Bernacchi – USDA-ARS ### 100722###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMNatural Variation and Co-expression Network Analysis to Understand Temporal Regulation of Plant Fitness Kathleen Greenham – Dartmouth College ### 101554###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMIntegrated RNA-seq and Metabolic Profiling Reveal Novel Aspects of Light-Regulated Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Tomato Leaves Stephen Grace, PhD – University of Arkansas at Little Rock ### 108472###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMOverexpression of Bifunctional Fbp/sbpase May Prevent Soybean Yield Depression Under Future Climate Iris Koehler – USDA ARS ### 213388###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMMaternal Environment History Strongly Influences Progeny Germination Responses to Post-Dispersal Cues Gabriela Auge – Biology Department, Duke University ### 101469###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMResource Allocation in Sorghum: Trade-offs Between Plant Growth and Defence Viviana Rosati, BSc(Hons)/BBiomedSc – Monash University ### 100394###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:15 PMConcurrent Symposium 14: Bioenergy
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Jonathan Monroe, James Madison University Jonathan D. Monroe – James Madison University ### 100591###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMInhibition of Arabidopsis β-amylase3 Activity by Glutathionylation: A Potential Cold Stress Response Jonathan D. Monroe – James Madison University ### 100591###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMMolecular Jigsaw: Piecing Together Cellulose Synthase Assembly into the Cellulose Synthesis Complex Joseph L. Hill, Jr. – Penn State ### 108597###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMActivation of mir165b Represses athb15 Expression and Induces Pith Secondary Wall Development in Arabidopsis Qian Du, PhD – University of Connecticut ### 213379###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMA Novel Squalene Synthase-like Enzyme Initiates Production of Tetraterpenoid Hydrocarbons in Botryococcus Braunii Race L Hem Raj Thapa – Texas A&M University ### 213384###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMExploring a Photosynthetic Carbon Sink to Enhance Limonene Production in Cyanobacteria Xin Wang – Texas A&M University ### 213433###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:15 PMConcurrent Symposium 15: Plant-Pest Interactions – Organized by the Minority Affairs Committee
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Co-chairs, Gustavo Macintosh, Iowa State University & Adán Colón-carmona, University of Massachusetts Boston Gustavo MacIntosh – Iowa State University ### 101225###Co-Chair @@@ Adán Colón-Carmona ### 234637###Co-Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMHow Aphids and Associated Microbes Modulate Plant Immunity? Isgouhi Kaloshian, PhD – University of California ### 232434###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMPlant Isoflavone Defenses and Insect Counterattack in the Soybean Aphid-soybean War Gustavo MacIntosh – Iowa State University ### 101225###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMHerbivore Saliva as the First Line of Defense Against Induced Plant Defenses Loren Rivera Vega – Pennsylvania State University ### 213492###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMBioorthogonal Non-canonical Amino Acid Tagging (boncat) to Interrogate Nascent Protein Synthesis in Native Plant Tissues Weslee S. Glenn, PhD – California Institute of Technology ### 234634###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMThe Chloroplast-resident RNA Helicase ise2 Is an Important Determinant of Plant Susceptibility to Pathogen Infection Tessa M. Burch-Smith, PhD – University of Tennessee, Knoxville ### 149048###Presenter
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMWhat’s Your Plantae?
3:00 PM - 7:00 PMBlogger Lounge
3:15 PM - 3:45 PMCoffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:45 PMPUI Meet-Up
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 16: Temperature Stress
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Allison Barnes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Allison Barnes – University of Nebraska-Lincoln ### 213403###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMComparative Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Arabidopsis Thaliana and Boechera Depauperata Sumetha Kannan – san diego state university ### 213432###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMHSF-HSP Circuitry Regulates the Transcription of osclpb-c/hsp100 Gene in Rice (oryza Sativa l.) Dhruv Lavania – University of Delhi, South Campus ### 213366###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMCurvularia Protuberate Trehalose Is Important for a Three-way Symbiosis That Controls Plant Thermotolerance Chengke Liu – University of West Alabama ### 213385###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMWheat Leaf Lipid Composition Under High Day and Night Temperature Stress Sruthi Narayanan – Clemson University ### 213401###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMPlant Membrane Remodeling in Response to Acidification and Freezing Allison Barnes – University of Nebraska-Lincoln ### 213403###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 17: Gene Networks & Regulators
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Kevin Folta, University of Florida Kevin Folta – University of Florida ### 213389###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMRewiring Photosynthesis for Terpene Production Hong Ma, PhD – Texas A&M University ### 213431###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMMolecular Genetics of Plant-insect Interactions Sumitha Nallu, PhD – University of Chicago ### 213380###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMA Bioinformatic Analysis Reveals Common Genes Involved in Heat and Nitrogen Signaling Networks in Arabidopsis Thaliana Clayton Dilks – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ### 213409###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMRelated Myb-like Transcription Factors Function Antagonistically Within the Circadian Clock Network Akiva Shalit-Kaneh – UC Davis ### 213365###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMIdentification of Potential New Plant Growth Regulators by Screening for Biologically Active Random Peptides Kevin Folta – University of Florida ### 213389###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 18: Root Development
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Patrick Masson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Patrick H. Masson, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 108099###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMShoot-to-root Translocation of Arabidopsis hy5 Coordinates Plant Growth and Nutrition Xiangdong Fu, PhD – Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China ### 148377###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMInsensitivity to Phosphorus Deficiency Conferred by a Recessive Mutation in Totec, a Key to Uncover the Genetic Control of Root Development Javier Mora-Macias – LANGEBIO, Cinvestav Irapuato ### 213421###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMIdentification of Biotin as a Mediator of Cadaverine Response in Arabidopsis Nicole Gibbs – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 108097###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMIdentifying Apocarotenoid Regulators of Lateral Root Formation Alexandra J. Dickinson – Duke University ### 213364###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMThe Interaction Between Rice erf3 and wox11 Promotes Crown Root Development by Regulating Gene Expression Involved in Cytokinin Signaling Yu Zhao – huazhong agricultural university ### 213346###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 19: Hormone Biology
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Tai-Ping Sun, Duke University Tai-ping Sun – Duke University ### 213437###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMO-GlcNAcylation of Master Growth Repressor DELLA by SECRET AGENT Modulates Multiple Signaling Pathways in Arabidopsis Tai-ping Sun – Duke University ### 213437###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMJasmonate Reshapes Etiolated Seedling Morphology Through Deactivating cop1 Ziqiang Zhu – Nanjing Normal University ### 198586###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMAuxin Biosynthesis Regulation Javier Brumos – North Carolina State University ### 213349###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMCharacterization of a Dii-Based Auxin Reporter in Maize Ricardo Mir, PhD – University of California Riverside ### 213370###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMTissue-specific ca2+ Signaling Regulates Transcriptional Responses to Auxin in Growing Roots of Arabidopsis Thaliana Cody DePew – Pennsylvania State University ### 213426###Presenter
5:30 PM - 5:32 PMFunctional Analysis of Auxin Biosynthesis, Transport and Signaling in Root Phototropism of Arabidopsis Thaliana Taro Kimura – Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nigata University ### 213371###Lightning Speaker
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 20: Cell Biology
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Marisa Otegui, University of Wisconsin-Madison Marisa Otegui, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 100907###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMThe Arabidopsis Protein Disulfide Isomerases-7 and -8 Are Transmembrane Proteins of the Cis-golgi and Endoplasmic Reticulum: Oxidase and Secretory Functions David Christopher, PhD – University of Hawaii / Molecular Biosciences & Bioengineering ### 106897###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMRethinking the Biogenesis and Function of Multivesicular Endosomes Marisa Otegui, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 100907###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMCompensatory Missense Mutations in Genes Encoding the Interacting ATPases PEX1 and PEX6 Restore Peroxisome Function in Arabidopsis Kim Gonzalez – Rice University ### 101868###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMMutations in Splicing Factor 1 Suppress Leaf Variegation of Thylakoid Formation 1 in Arabidopsis Yajuan Zhu – Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, SIBS, CAS ### 213363###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMEfficient Selection of Antibody Fragments Using Phage Display and Exhaustive Yeast Two-Hybrid Screening Petra Tafelmeyer – Hybrigenics Corp., Cambridge, MA ### 107672###Presenter
4:00 PM - 7:00 PMElevator-Pitch Videos
5:35 PM - 7:00 PMExclusive Poster Session
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMMembership Committee Workshop: Job Offer? Negotiating for Success Before You Sign
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMPosters Open
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMWomen in Plant Biology Workshop - Family-Related Policies in the Workplace
8:00 AM - 8:30 AMMorning Coffee Service
8:00 AM - 12:00 PMBlogger Lounge
8:00 AM - 1:30 PMPosters Open
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMCommunity Coloring Activity
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMDraw Your Science
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMMembership Desk
8:00 AM - 5:30 PMRegistration Open
8:00 AM - 8:00 PMSelfie Station
- 8:30 AM - 11:00 AMMajor Symposium IV: Long Distance and Cell to Cell Signaling
8:30 AM - 11:00 AMMajor Symposium IV - Long Distance and Cell to Cell Signaling Overview Philip N. Benfey, PhD – Duke University & HHMI ### 106680###Major Symposium Organizer
8:35 AM - 9:00 AMUnderground Signaling Networks Philip N. Benfey, PhD – Duke University & HHMI ### 106680###Major Symposium Speaker
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMWhat Yeast Might Teach Us About Plant Development Jennifer Nemhauser – University of Washington ### 101082###Major Symposium Speaker
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMCoffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMGenetic Control of Phloem Morphogenesis Ykä Helariutta – currently Sainsbury Laboratory University Cambridge. ### 108039###Major Symposium Speaker
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMRoot-to-shoot Mobile Peptides Mediate Systemic Nitrogen-Demand Signaling Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi, PhD – Nagoya University ### 231689###Major Symposium Speaker
10:00 AM - 12:00 PMHow I Work Interviews
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMCareer Chats - Working in the Industry
11:00 AM - 1:30 PMExhibit Hall Open
11:30 AM - 12:30 PMWorking/Getting a Job in Industry
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMNAS Publishes Extensive Study on GE Crops
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMPoster Session
11:30 AM - 1:30 PMResume Reviews
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMWhat’s Your Plantae?
12:30 PM - 3:30 PMElevator-Pitch Videos
1:00 PM - 5:00 PMBlogger Lounge
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 21: Light Biology
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Winslow Briggs, Carnegie Institution for Science Winslow R. Briggs, Ph. D. – Carnegie Institution for Science ### 101328###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMUltra-fast Alterations in Mrna Levels Uncover Multiple Players in Light Stress Acclimation in Plants Amith Reddy Devireddy – University of North Texas ### 213423###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMMechanistic Studies of Light-enhanced Translation in De-Etiolating Arabidopsis Seedlings Guan-Hong Chen – Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica ### 213429###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMPhytochrome Interacting Factors (pifs) Mediate Metabolic Regulation of the Plant Circadian Clock Inyup Paik – UT Austin ### 102016###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMCustom Light Mixtures to Manipulate Plant Metabolite Profiles - A Case Study in Sweet Basil Sofia Carvalho – University of Florida ### 213417###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMSlac1, S_type Anion Channel Is Relocated from Plasma Membrane to Cytosol in Guard Cells During Stomatal Closure Winslow R. Briggs, Ph. D. – Carnegie Institution for Science ### 101328###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 22: Gene Expression and Regulation
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Shin-han Shiu, Michigan State University Shin-Han Shiu – Michigan State University ### 213441###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMWox9 Affects Leaf Blade Development and Floral Transition in Nicotiana Sylvestris Tezera W. Watira, PhD – OSU-IAB ### 213434###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMExamining Mobile Small Rnas Exchanged Between the Parasitic Plant Dodder and Its Host Saima Shahid – Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University ### 102234###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMArabidposis Pumilo Group 3 Proteins Function in Targeted Cytosolic Regulation of Mrnas Lauren Dedow – University of California, Riverside ### 213407###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMRegulated Alternative Splicing Contributes to Gametophyte-specific Expression of Arabidopsis Ras-group Lrr Gene pirl6 Daniel M. Vernon – Whitman College ### 213430###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMDo the Novel Transcripts in Intergenic Regions of Plant Genomes Represent Noisy or Functional Activity Shin-Han Shiu – Michigan State University ### 213441###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 23: Reproductive Biology
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Elizabeth Haswell, Washington University in Saint Louis Elizabeth Haswell, PhD – Washington University in Saint Louis ### 198587###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMLorelei Function in Pollen Tube Reception at the Interface of the Synergid Cell and the Pollen Tube Requires the Modified Eight-cysteine Motif and Feronia Receptor-like Kinase Ravishankar Palanivelu, PhD – University of Arizona ### 102422###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMThe PLC2-involved Auxin-modulation Is Essential for the Reproductive Development of Arabidopsis Yan Wu – Wuhan University ### 213354###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMAnalysis of MLO Function During Pollen Tube Reception Daniel Jones – The University of Oklahoma ### 213428###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMDemonstration of a Distinct Polar Exocytosis for Plant Cell Wall Formation That Is Regulated by rop1 Hao Wang – South China Agricultural University ### 213382###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMMechanosensitive Ion Channel msl8 Protects Pollen from Developmental Osmotic Shocks Elizabeth Haswell, PhD – Washington University in Saint Louis ### 198587###Presenter
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 24: Metabolic Networks
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Samuel Seaver, Argonne National Laboratory Samuel Seaver – Argonne National Laboratory ### 108542###Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMPlantseed v2: Enabling the Systemic Inter-specific Comparison of Predicted Metabolic Responses via Integration of Protein Families and Transcript Profiles Samuel Seaver – Argonne National Laboratory ### 108542###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMFlux Analysis in Developing Tomato Fruit by Omics Data- based Modeling Integrated with a Genome-scale Model Nadine Töpfer – Weizmann Institute of Sciences ### 213358###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMExtensions of Flux Balance Analysis for Constraint-based Modelling of Plant Metabolism Maurice Cheung – Yale-NUS College ### 213359###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMA Simplified Computational Framework with Single Nodes Representing Rapidly Equilibrating Metabolic Segments for Metabolic Flux Estimation in Spirodela Polyrhiza Erin M. Jewett – University of Minnesota ### 162472###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMExplaining Heterosis as an Emergent Property of Metabolic Networks Michael Vacher – University of Western Australia ### 213361###Presenter
3:15 PM - 3:17 PMBypassing Redundancy Using F-box Decoys Reveals New Roles of Lov/kelch/f-box Proteins in the Circadian Clock Chin-Mei Lee – Yale University ### 213387###Lightning Speaker
- 1:30 PM - 3:17 PMConcurrent Symposium 25: Education
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMOverview of Area by Co-chairs, Erin Friedman, Lynchburg College & Ken Helm, Siena College Erin Friedman, PhD – Lynchburg College ### 100415###Co-Chair @@@ Ken Helm, PhD – Siena College, Loudonville, NY ### 213783###Co-Chair
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMPeer Teaching as a Method for Improving Students’ Understanding of and Attitude Toward Gmo Technology Jordan M. Chapman – Wake Forest University ### 213435###Presenter
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMConnect the Dots: Using Concept Maps to Overcome Students Misconceptions About Photosynthesis Valerie Haywood, PhD – Case Western Reserve University ### 213348###Presenter
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMHelping Students Understand How Dna Mutations Cause a Phenotype by Incorporating Computational Molecular Modeling into the Classroom Tara Phelps-Durr, PhD – Radford University ### 213392###Presenter
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMBridging the Gap Between Two- and Four-year Colleges: A Bioinformatics Learning Pipeline for Non-traditional Students Ursulla A. Idleman – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ### 213415###Presenter
2:55 PM - 3:15 PMTransforming a Large Lecture Class: Learning Assistant Program in Biology at the University of Florida Alice C. Harmon – University of Florida ### 213373###Presenter
3:20 PM - 3:45 PMCoffee Break
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 26: Plant-Pathogen Interactions
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, Purdue University Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, PhD – Purdue University ### 101510###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMMicrobe-associated Molecular Pattern-induced Monoubiquitination of Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase bik1 in Arabidopsis Immunity Xiyu Ma – Texas A&M University ### 148970###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMThe Pseudomonas Syringae Type Iii Effector hopbb1 Modulates Plant Immunity by Recruiting Transcriptional Regulators for Degradation Li Yang – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill ### 162358###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMCell Death Control and Its Function in Plant Autoimmunity and Stress Tolerance Zuhua He, Ph.D – Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, SIBS, CAS ### 100707###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMInvolvement of Two Arabidopsis Triphosphate Tunnel Metalloenzymes in Pathogen Resistance and Leaf Senescence: Characterization and Agricultural Application Wolfgang Moeder – University of Toronto ### 107595###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMGetting to the Root of Resistance to Ralstonia Solanacearum in Tomato and Arabidopsis Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, PhD – Purdue University ### 101510###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 27: Applied Biotech
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Stanislaw Flasinski, Monsanto Stanislaw Flasinski – Monsanto ### 213375###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMTowards an RNAI-based Control of Plant Diseases Aline Koch – Institute for Phytopathology ### 213355###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMTranscript Switches for Fine-Tuning of Transgene Expression Yan Liang – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab ### 108499###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMApplication of A Transient Viral Vector for Efficient Genome Editing in Plants Will Cody – Texas A&M University ### 213420###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMThe Arabidopsis Qqs Orphan Gene Modulates Carbon and Nitrogen Allocation Across Species Ling Li, Ph. D. – Iowa State University ### 101097###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMThe Introduction of Rnai Technology to Protect Crop Plants Against Insect Pests Stanislaw Flasinski – Monsanto ### 213375###Presenter
5:30 PM - 5:32 PMNew Plant Breeding Techniques: Global Opportunities and Regulatory Hurdles for a Field That Could Revolutionize Agriculture Miguel E. Vega-Sanchez – Monsanto ### 213374###Lightning Speaker
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 28: Shoot Development
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Juan Dong, Rutgers University Juan Dong, PhD – Rutgers University ### 213391###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMmir156/spl4 Module Regulates Axillary Bud Formation and Shoot Architecture Jiqing Gou – The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation ### 101390###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMModifications to a Late Meristem Identity 1-like Gene Are Responsible for the Major Leaf Shapes of Upland Cotton (gossypium Hirsutum l.) Vasu Kuraparthy, PhD – North Carolina State University ### 213410###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMPatterning of a Desert-adapted Leaf: Utilizing Natural Variation to Dissect the Genetic Basis and Developmental Trajectory of Leaf Thickness in Tomato Viktoriya Coneva – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ### 213360###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMControl of Vein Formation by Auxin Movement Carla Verna – University of Alberta ### 213381###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMCell Polarity and Asymmetric Cell Division: The Crosstalk Between Mapk Signaling and the Polarity Protein Basl in Arabidopsis Stomatal Development Juan Dong, PhD – Rutgers University ### 213391###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 29: MAPK/Ca++ Signaling
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Keiko Yoshioka, University of Toronto Keiko Yoshioka, PhD – University of Toronto ### 107596###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMFunctional Involvement of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Module, osmkk3-osmpk7-oswrky30 in Mediating Resistance Against Xanthomonas Oryzae in Rice Siddhi Kashinath. Jalmi – National Institute of Plant Genome Research ### 213383###Presenter
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMMultiple Calmodulin-binding Sites Positively and Negatively Regulate an Arabidopsis Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Channel (cngc) Keiko Yoshioka, PhD – University of Toronto ### 107596###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMCa2+ Signaling Just Got More Complex: Regulatory Interaction of Conserved Calmodulin with Arabidopsis Thaliana ca2+-dependent Protein Kinase 28 (cpk28) Kyle W. Bender – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ### 101481###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMMolecular Mechanisms Underlying Wound-induced Rapid Systemic Calcium Signaling Masatsugu Toyota – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 101422###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMDevelopment of a Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensor for Mapk Activity in Arabidopsis Thaliana Najia Zaman – University of Wisconsin-Madison ### 108543###Presenter
- 3:45 PM - 5:32 PMConcurrent Symposium 30: Cell Wall
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMOverview of Area by Chair, Erik Nielsen, University of Michigan Erik Nielsen – Universiyt of Michigan ### 213775###Chair
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMIdentification of the Cell Wall Polysaccharide Class That csld3 Synthesizes Erik Nielsen – Universiyt of Michigan ### 213775###Chair
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMDetermination of the Disordered Amorphous, Surface Ordered, and Anhydrous Crystalline Core Domains of Cellulose Microfibrils Nicholas C. Carpita – Purdue University ### 100755###Presenter
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMIdentification of a Sphingolipid Mannosyltransferase That Is Required for Normal Cellulose Deposition in Arabidopsis Jenny C. Mortimer – Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ### 213405###Presenter
4:50 PM - 5:10 PMThe Effect of cgr2 and cgr3 Mediated Pectin Methylesterification on the Relationship Between Photosynthesis and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis Thaliana Sarathi M. Weraduwage, PhD – Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University ### 213347###Presenter
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMEvaluation of Endogenous Natural Antisense Transcript and Small Rna Based Regulation of Cellulose Synthase Family Members Daniel Nething – Ohio University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ### 213414###Presenter
5:30 PM - 5:32 PMatmyst4 Encodes a Functional Rhamnogalacturonan Lyase with Similarity to Family 4 Polysaccharide Lyases, Essential for Plant Growth and Development Matheus R. Benatti, PhD – Purdue University ### 108455###Lightning Speaker
5:30 PM - 6:30 PMASPB Town Hall Meeting
5:30 PM - 8:00 PMPosters Open
7:00 PM - 8:00 PMEnvironmental and Ecological Plant Physiology Section of ASPB Business Meeting and Mixer
8:30 PM - 12:00 PMPlant Biology 2016 Annual Party
8:00 AM - 11:00 AMCommunity Coloring Activity
8:00 AM - 11:00 AMDraw Your Science
8:00 AM - 11:00 AMMembership Desk
8:00 AM - 11:00 AMRegistration Open
8:30 AM - 9:00 AMMorning Coffee Service
- 9:00 AM - 11:30 AMMajor Symposium V: Plant Specialized Metabolism
9:00 AM - 9:05 AMMajor Symposium V - Plant Specialized Metabolism Overview Richard Dixon – University of North Texas ### 107698###Major Symposium Organizer
9:05 AM - 9:30 AMHarnessing Plant Metabolic Diversity Anne Osbourn ### 231691###Major Symposium Speaker
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMCoevolution of Hormone Metabolism and Signaling Networks Expands Plant Adaptive Plasticity Joseph Noel – Salk Institute for Biological Studies ### 101717###Major Symposium Speaker
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMCoffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM"Asking the Ecosystem" to Understand the Ecological Function of Specialized Metabolism Ian Baldwin, PhD ### 142164###Major Symposium Speaker
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMLignin Valorization via Biological Funneling: Tailoring the Biocatalyst to the Plant Feedstock Gregg Beckham ### 231692###Major Symposium Speaker
12:00 PM - 5:00 PMMedia Workshop for Scientists
8:00 AM - 5:00 PMPost-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants (PGRP)
8:00 AM - 2:00 PMPost-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants (PGRP) Continued
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMThe Pivotal Role of Phosphorus in a Resilient Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus Helen Jarvie ### 300696###Presenter
- 2:35 PM - 2:55 PMNoncoding RNA pattern and function in fiber cell development
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