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Abiotic: Light
Monday, Jul 27
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-4-1 - Gibberellin Transport Affects Lateral Root Growth During Far-Red Light Enrichment
Kasper van Gelderen, MSc PhD – Utrecht University, department of biology, Plant Ecofysiology
Abiotic: Light
Monday, Jul 27
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-4-3 - Arabidopsis GCN2-eif2alpha Module Provides Novel Insights into the Integrated Stress Response Triggered by Reactive Oxygen Emanating from Chloroplasts
Ansul Lokdarskhi, PhD – University of Tennessee
Abiotic: Light
Monday, Jul 27
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-4-4 - Aureochromes Mediate Blue Light Regulation of Fatty Acid Desaturase Expression in the Stramenopile Nannochloropsis Oceanica
Eva M. Farré, Dr. rer. nat – Michigan State University
Abiotic: Light
Abiotic: Salt and Minerals
Monday, Jul 27
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-8-1 - Ferroportin 3 Is a Dual-targeted Mitochondrial/plastid Iron Exporter Necessary for Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis
Jeeyon Jeong, PhD – Amherst College
Abiotic: Salt and Minerals
Monday, Jul 27
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-8-2 - Establishing Plantains as Model Species in Dissecting Vasculature Specific Physiology and Signaling in Response to Low Minerals
Jing Huang, MA – Purdue University
Abiotic: Salt and Minerals
Monday, Jul 27
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-8-3 - Copper Deficiency Alters Shoot Architecture and Reduces Fertility of Both Gynoecium and Androecium in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Maryam Rahmati Ishka, PhD – Cornell University
Abiotic: Salt and Minerals
Monday, Jul 27
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-8-4 - A Glutathione-conjugate Transporter for Zinc Immobilization and Detoxification in Arabidopsis
Jiping Liu, PhD – USDA-ARS
Abiotic: Salt and Minerals
Abiotic: Temperature
Monday, Jul 27
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-4-2 - Understanding the Molecular Basis of Thermotolerant Reproduction in Tomato
Mark Johnson, PhD – Brown University
Abiotic: Temperature
Monday, Jul 27
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-4-5 - A Lipid-associated Protein MORN1 Is a Novel Regulator of Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance
Zhan Li, PhD – Cornell University
Abiotic: Temperature
Abiotic: Water
Monday, Jul 27
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-8-5 - Raf-SnRK2 Cascade in Osmotic Stress and ABA Signaling
Pengcheng Wang, PhD – Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology
Abiotic: Water
Thursday, Jul 30
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-19-2 - Identification of Novel Stress-responsive Regulatory Elements for Developing Water Deficit- and Salt-inducible Synthetic Promoters in Poplar
Amir H. Ahkami, PhD – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Abiotic: Water
Thursday, Jul 30
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-19-3 - Rice Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Integrate Both Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses in Roots
Meng-Chun Lin, PhD – Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology/Institute of Molecular Biology
Abiotic: Water
Thursday, Jul 30
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-19-4 - GABA Signalling in Guard Cells Acts as a ‘Stress Memory’ to Optimise Plant Water Loss
Matthew Gilliham, PhD – University of Adelaide
Abiotic: Water
Thursday, Jul 30
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-19-5 - NO Problem: Ethylene-mediated Nitric Oxide Depletion Acclimates Submerged Plants to Survive Low Oxygen Stress
Sjon Hartman, PhD – Utrecht University
Abiotic: Water
Biochemistry and Metabolism
Thursday, Jul 30
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-27-1 - Omics analysis of autophagic recycling during nutrient starvation and development in maize
Elizabeth C. Chatt, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
Biochemistry and Metabolism
Thursday, Jul 30
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-27-2 - A Highly Conserved ORANGE Protein Elevates Photosynthesis Potential by Regulating Light-harvesting Pigment Biosynthesis
Tianhu Sun, PhD – Cornell University
Biochemistry and Metabolism
Thursday, Jul 30
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-27-4 - Seed Oil Biosynthesis: Lesquerella Does It a Unique Way
Sajina Bhandari – Washington State University
Biochemistry and Metabolism
Thursday, Jul 30
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-27-5 - Ancestral Substrate Promiscuity as a Driver of Functional Divergence in the BAHD Acyltransferase Family
Lars H. Kruse, PhD – Cornell University
Biochemistry and Metabolism
Thursday, Jul 30
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-27-6 - The Plant Metabolite Phenylacetaldoxime (PAOx) Is a Precursor for the Phytohormone Phenylacetic Acid (PAA)
Veronica C. Perez – University of Florida
Biochemistry and Metabolism
Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites
Monday, Jul 27
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-7-1 - Genetic and Biochemical Deconvolution of Pathways Controlling Maize Immunity
Alisa Huffaker, PhD – UC San Diego
Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites
Monday, Jul 27
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-7-2 - Expanding Our Horizons on Emission and Perception of Plant Volatiles
Natalia Dudareva, PhD – Purdue University
Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites
Monday, Jul 27
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-7-3 - It Happened Again: Convergent Evolution of Acylglucoses in Black Nightshade and Wild Tomato
Yann-Ru Lou, PhD – Michigan State University
Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites
Monday, Jul 27
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-7-4 - Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-mass Spectrometry Imaging and Transcriptomics of Germinating Sorghum Grain for Elucidation of Specialized Metabolite Biosynthesis
Nanna Bjarnholt, PhD – University of Copenhagen
Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites
Monday, Jul 27
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-7-5 - Bioactive Diterpenoids Impact the Composition of the Root-associated Microbiome in Maize (Zea Mays)
Katherine M. Murphy, BS – UC Davis
Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites
Monday, Jul 27
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-7-6 - Synergy Between the Anthocyanin and RDR6/SGS3/DCL4 siRNA Pathways Expose Hidden Features of
Arabidopsis
Carbon Metabolism
Nan Jiang, PhD – Michigan State University
Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites
Biochemistry: Transport
Thursday, Jul 30
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-19-1 - PLAFP as Phosphatidic Acid Dependent Signal for Systemic Stress Response
Susanne Hoffmann-Benning, PhD – Michigan State University
Biochemistry: Transport
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Animal
Monday, Jul 27
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-2-1 - Molecular-genetic Basis of Maize Resistance to Spider Mite Herbivores
Richard M. Clark, PhD – University of Utah
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Animal
Monday, Jul 27
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-2-2 - The Role of C1-2i C2H2 Zinc Finger Proteins StZFP2 and Zat18 in Response to Infestation by Chewing Insects
Susan D. Lawrence, PhD – USDA-ARS/Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Lab
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Animal
Monday, Jul 27
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-2-3 - Applying Plant Biochemistry to Chemical Ecology: Deciphering Acylsugar Structural Effects on Insect Herbivory
Yann-Ru Lou, PhD – Michigan State University
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Animal
Monday, Jul 27
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-2-5 - An improved Nicotiana benthamiana strain for aphid and whitefly experiments
Georg Jander, PhD – Boyce Thompson Institute
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Animal
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-14-5 - The Trichome Phenotype of Neighboring Conspecifics Impacts the Likelihood of Herbivory in Natural Dimorphic Populations of Datura Wrightii
Jay K. Goldberg – Indiana University - Bloomington
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Animal
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Monday, Jul 27
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-2-4 - Multiple Mechanisms of Resistance to SCN Encoded by Soybean Rhg1
Andrew Bent, PhD – University of Wisconsin - Madison
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Monday, Jul 27
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-6-2 - Two Unequally Redundant ‘Helper’ Immune Receptor Families Mediate Arabidopsis Intracellular ‘Sensor’ Immune Receptor Functions
Pierre Jacob, PhD – Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Monday, Jul 27
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-6-4 - A Glycolytic Enzyme Negatively Regulates Immunity Through Repressing the Expression of Intracellular Immune Receptor NLR Genes in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Leiyun Yang – Cornell University
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Monday, Jul 27
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-6-3 - Optimizing the PBS1 Decoy System to Confer Resistance to Potyvirus Infection in Arabidopsis and Soybean
Sarah E. Pottinger – Indiana University Bloomington
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Monday, Jul 27
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-6-5 - Mutual Potentiation of Plant Immunity by Cell-surface and Intracellular Receptors
Bruno Pok Man Ngou, BSc – The Sainsbury Laboratory
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-13-1 - Dynamic Regulation of Immunity Through Pep-induced Defense Transcript Splicing Control
Keini Dressano, PhD – UC San Diego
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-13-2 - Natural Diversity in Immune Receptors Affects Host Recognition of Pseudomonas Syringae Effector Protein HopZ1a
Jennifer D. Lewis, PhD – UC Berkeley/USDA
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-13-4 - REL2 Acetylation in Plant Pathogen Interactions
Brianna D. Griffin – Iowa State University
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-13-5 - Tomato Metacaspases MC1 and MC5 Are Mediators of Cell Death During Development and Disease
Shrabani Basak, MSc – Bose Institute
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-15-3 - Bacteria-produced Auxin Promotes Colonization of Beneficial Bacteria
Elhanan Tzipilevich, PhD – Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-15-5 - Insights into the Autoregulation of Nodulation (AON) Pathway Gained by Transcriptomics of the Maturation Zone of M. Truncatula Wild Type and Mutant Plant Roots in the First 3 Days Post Inoculation with Rhizobia
Julia Frugoli, PhD – Clemson University
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-15-6 - Comparative and Functional Genomics of Citrus Huanglongbing-associated Bacteria
Dapeng Zhang, PhD – Saint Louis University
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Thursday, Jul 30
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-24-1 - Developing a Nanotechnology Solution for Treatment of Smuts and Bunts
André Laroche, MSc, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Thursday, Jul 30
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-24-2 - A CLE-SUNN Module Regulates Strigolactone Content and Fungal Colonisation in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza
Lena Maria Mueller, Phd – Boyce Thompson Institute
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Thursday, Jul 30
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-24-4 - Discovery and Functional Characterization of Poplar Mobile Proteins Involved in Plant—fungal Communication
Haiwei Lu, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Thursday, Jul 30
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-24-5 - Epigenetic Regulation of Effector Gene Expression in Fungal Plant Pathogen
Wei Zhang, PhD – Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Thursday, Jul 30
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-24-6 - Entomopathogenic Endophytic Fungi Affect Reproduction of Two-spotted Spider Mite (Tetranychus Urticae Koch) by Changing Profiles of Steroidal Glycoalkaloids in Tomato
Shumaila Rasool, PhD – University of Copenhagen
Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe
Cell Biology: Cell Walls
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-10-3 - A Deeply Conserved Polygalacturonase Functions in Flower Development in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Ellen L. Zelinsky – The Pennsylvania State University
Cell Biology: Cell Walls
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-16-3 - Immunoprofiling of Cell Wall Carbohydrate Modifications During Aerenchyma Formation in Fabaceae Roots
Timothy J. Pegg, MS Botany – Miami University
Cell Biology: Cell Walls
Thursday, Jul 30
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-20-3 - Structured Illumination Microscopy Illuminates the Nanoscale Behaviors of Cellulose Synthase Proteins in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Sydney G. Duncombe – The Pennsylvania State University
Cell Biology: Cell Walls
Thursday, Jul 30
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-26-1 - Interplay Between Endomembrane Dynamics and Cell Wall Formation
Georgia Drakakaki – University of California Davis
Cell Biology: Cell Walls
Thursday, Jul 30
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-26-2 - CSLD Proteins Are beta-1,4-glucan Synthases That Function During Polarized Cell Wall Deposition in Arabidopsis
Erik Nielsen, PhD – University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Cell Biology: Cell Walls
Thursday, Jul 30
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-26-5 - A Golgi-localized Domain of Unknown Function Protein Coordinates Cell Wall Secretion During De-etiolation
Heather E. McFarlane, PhD – University of Toronto
Cell Biology: Cell Walls
Cell Biology: General
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-16-5 - Investigating the Mechanisms of Secondary Plasmodesmata Formation
Brandon c. Reagan – The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Cell Biology: General
Cell Biology: Plastids and Organelles
Monday, Jul 27
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-5-3 - 3D Imaging of Tapetal Mitochondria Suggests the Importance of Mitochondrial Fission in Pollen Growth
Der-Fen Suen, PhD – Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica
Cell Biology: Plastids and Organelles
Thursday, Jul 30
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-22-1 - The Mechanism of Chaperonin Assistance in Post-translational Targeting of Plsp1
Laura Klasek, PhD – Elemental Enzymes
Cell Biology: Plastids and Organelles
Thursday, Jul 30
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-22-2 - Uncovering the OR Protein as a New Regulator of Plastid Preprotein Import
Li Li, PhD – USDA-ARS/Cornell University
Cell Biology: Plastids and Organelles
Thursday, Jul 30
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-22-3 - Moss (Physcomitrella Patens) Piezo Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Homologs Positively Regulate Cell Growth and Vacuolar Morphology
Ivan Radin, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
Cell Biology: Plastids and Organelles
Thursday, Jul 30
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-22-4 - ROS Tracking: Redox Coupling of Subcellular Compartments During Photo-oxidative Stress Triggered in Chloroplasts
Jose Ugalde – Chemical Signalling, INRES, University of Bonn
Cell Biology: Plastids and Organelles
Thursday, Jul 30
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-22-5 - The Organelle Zinc Finger (OZ) Family Performs RNA Processing in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria
Andrew B. Gipson, B.A. – Cornell University
Cell Biology: Plastids and Organelles
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Monday, Jul 27
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-1-2 - Classification of Lipids and Other Compounds into Structural Categories Using Supervised Machine Learning
Gaurav Moghe – Cornell University
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Tuesday, Jul 28
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-17-1 - Prevalence of Alternative ATG and Non-ATG Translation Initiators and Their Regulatory Effects Across Plant
Ming-Jung Liu, PhD – Academia Sinica
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Tuesday, Jul 28
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-17-2 - HAPPI GWAS: Holistic Analysis with Pre and Post Integration GWAS
Marianne Slaten, MS – University of Missouri-Columbia
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-17-3 - Web Based Genome Annotation Using GenSAS
Jodi Humann, PhD – Washington State University
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Development: Reproduction
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-10-1 - Synergid Cell Calcium Ion Oscillations Refine Our Understanding of Pollen Tube Reception as a Critical Block to Interspecific Hybridization
Nathaniel D. Ponvert – Brown University
Development: Reproduction
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-10-2 - SUPER STARCHY1 Regulates Rice Grain Development
Pinky Agarwal, PhD – National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Development: Reproduction
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-10-4 - Chromatin Regulates Expression of Small RNAs to Help Maintain Transposon Methylome Homeostasis in Arabidopsis
Michael Nodine, PhD – Gregor Mendel Institute
Development: Reproduction
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-10-5 - Flavonols Take the Heat out of Heat Stress to Protect Pollen from Elevated ROS
Joelle K. Muhlemann, PhD – Wake Forest University
Development: Reproduction
Tuesday, Jul 28
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-16-2 - Durotropic Growth of Pollen Tubes
Anja Geitmann, PhD – McGill University
Development: Reproduction
Development: Vegetative
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:47 PM – 4:49 PM
CS-18-7 - AT-hook Transcription Factors Restrict Petiole Growth by Antagonizing PIFs
David Favero, PhD – RIKEN
Development: Vegetative
Thursday, Jul 30
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-20-1 - Rootless1 Is a Putative bHLH Transcription Factor Modulating Post-embryonic Crown Root Development in Maize
Dhineshkumar Thiruppathi, PhD – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Development: Vegetative
Thursday, Jul 30
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-20-2 - Real-time conversion of tissue-scale mechanical forces into an interdigitated growth pattern
Dan Szymanski, PhD – Purdue University
Development: Vegetative
Thursday, Jul 30
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-20-4 - The Haunting Mystery of Stem Cell Development: Understanding POLTERGEIST Regulation via Phosphorylation
Sean R. James – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Development: Vegetative
Education and Outreach
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-12-1 - A Community Biology Lab Developing a Low-cost DIY Plant Incubator and Lab Monitoring System to Express Insulin in Marchantia Polymorpha
Tina S L Lai, Masters in Bioinformatics – New York University
Education and Outreach
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-12-2 - Finding and Fixing Annotation Errors Through Community Curation
Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz, PhD – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Education and Outreach
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-12-3 - Break
Education and Outreach
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-12-4 - Developing a Mentorship Program for Graduate Students Involved in a Summer Undergraduate Research Program (and how to move it online)
Caitlin A. Cridland – Virginia Tech
Education and Outreach
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-12-5 - The Plant Sciences Symposia Series: An Analysis of Corteva Agriscience’s Innovative Model for Partnership Between Industry and Academia
Jason T. Rauscher, PhD – Corteva Agriscience
Education and Outreach
Genes & Genomes: Biotechnology, Molecular Breeding
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-11-1 - Modulation of Salicylic Acid Receptor Activity Confers Resistance to Potato Zebra Chip Disease
Manikandan Ramasamy – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Weslaco, TX, USA
Genes & Genomes: Biotechnology, Molecular Breeding
Genes & Genomes: Epigenetics undersubscribed
Monday, Jul 27
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-9-2 - JMJ17 Promotes Cotyledon Greening During De-etiolation Through Repressing Genes Involved in Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis in Etiolated Arabidopsis Seedlings
Md Torikul Islam – Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Genes & Genomes: Epigenetics undersubscribed
Genes & Genomes: Gene Regulation and Transcriptional Networks
Monday, Jul 27
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-5-1 - Natural Variation and Gene Regulation: The Power of Hybrids
Erich Grotewold, PhD – Michigan State University
Genes & Genomes: Gene Regulation and Transcriptional Networks
Monday, Jul 27
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-9-1 - Illuminating the Plant Calendar: Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling Photoperiodism
Wei Liu, PhD – Yale University
Genes & Genomes: Gene Regulation and Transcriptional Networks
Monday, Jul 27
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-9-4 - Elucidating Genetic Pathways of Sex Determination and Dimorphism in Salix Purpurea
Brennan L. Hyden – Cornell University
Genes & Genomes: Gene Regulation and Transcriptional Networks
Monday, Jul 27
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-9-5 - IRT1-like Transporter Homoeologs of Wheat And Its Model Brachypodium Function In The Shoot And Transport Iron And Cadmium
Yulin Jiang, PhD student – Cornell University
Genes & Genomes: Gene Regulation and Transcriptional Networks
Monday, Jul 27
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-9-6 - Modifying the AEG1 Promoter from Cotton to Make It Tapetum-specific: A Step Towards Developing Male Sterile and Restorer Lines for Hybrid Seed Production in Cotton
Kamlesh K. Soni – DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SOUTH CAMPUS
Genes & Genomes: Gene Regulation and Transcriptional Networks
Thursday, Jul 30
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
Blocking entry: lignin-based resistance to dodder parasitism
Min-Yao Jhu, M.S. – University of California, Davis / Plant Biology
Genes & Genomes: Gene Regulation and Transcriptional Networks
Genes & Genomes: Genetics
Thursday, Jul 30
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-20-5 - Measurement of Pulling Force Accelerates the Identification of Candidate Genes Controlling Root System Architecture in Maize
Kevin Lehner, PhD – Colorado State University
Genes & Genomes: Genetics
Thursday, Jul 30
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-21-2 - Ribosome Biogenesis Pathway Underlies Establishment of Telomere Length Set Point in Arabidopsis
Yevgeniy Shakirov, PhD – Marshall University
Genes & Genomes: Genetics
Thursday, Jul 30
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-21-4 - A Comprehensive Interactome for the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock
Maria Sorkin – Washington University in St. Louis
Genes & Genomes: Genetics
Genes & Genomes: Genome Editing
Tuesday, Jul 28
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
CS-11-2 - A Developmentally Timed Transgene Excision System for Somatic Removal of Gene Editing Components in Asexually Propagated Plants
Greg S. Goralogia, PhD – Oregon State University
Genes & Genomes: Genome Editing
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-11-3 - CRISPR/cas Genome Editing for Engineering Bacterial Leaf Blight Resistance in Indica Rice
Van T. Luu, Ph.D – Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Genes & Genomes: Genome Editing
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-11-4 - Expanding the Scope of Plant Genome Engineering with Novel Cas12a Orthologs and Highly Multiplexable Editing Systems
Yingxiao Zhang, PhD – University of Maryland
Genes & Genomes: Genome Editing
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-11-5 - Multiplex CRISPR-based Editing in Lignin Biosynthesis to Improve Poplar for Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Daniel B. Sulis, MS – NC State University
Genes & Genomes: Genome Editing
Genes & Genomes: Molecular Evolution/Comparative Genomics
Tuesday, Jul 28
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
Break
Genes & Genomes: Molecular Evolution/Comparative Genomics
Thursday, Jul 30
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-21-1 - Assessing the Effect of Single and Double Mutants of Arabidopsis Thaliana Duplicate Genes on Plant Fitness
Melissa Lehti-Shiu, PhD – Michigan State University
Genes & Genomes: Molecular Evolution/Comparative Genomics
Thursday, Jul 30
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-21-3 - Homologous and Non-homologous Somatic Recombination Leads to Genome Remodeling During Clonal Growth of Potato
Kirk R. Amundson – University of California Davis
Genes & Genomes: Molecular Evolution/Comparative Genomics
Genes & Genomes: RNA Biology
Monday, Jul 27
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-8-6 - Regulator of Gene Silencing Calmodulin-like Protein 38 and mRNP Particle Turnover by Autophagy During Low Oxygen Stress
Sterling Field, M.Sc. – University of Tennessee
Genes & Genomes: RNA Biology
Monday, Jul 27
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-9-3 - Insights About the Importance of the Arabidopsis Cytoplasmic Exoribonuclease, XRN4
Vinay K. Nagarajan, PhD – University of Delaware
Genes & Genomes: RNA Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-21-5 - Missense Alleles of the PRP8 and BRR2a Splicing Factors Restore Splicing to Splice-site Mutants
Roxanna Llinas – Rice University
Genes & Genomes: RNA Biology
Phenomics
Monday, Jul 27
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CS-1-1 - Identification of Genetic Determinants of Phenotyping Errors in Image-based High-throughput Phenotyping
Yan Zhou – Iowa State University
Phenomics
Monday, Jul 27
2:02 PM – 2:17 PM
CS-1-4 - Leveraging High-throughput and Tightly Controlled Environments to Understand the Physiological and Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Water-use Efficiency in C4 Grasses
Ivan Baxter, Ph.D – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Plant Direct
Phenomics
Thursday, Jul 30
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-23-6 - Transforming Pace of Plant Variant Production Using Robotics and Automation
Udaya C. Kalluri – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Phenomics
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-18-1 - Ethylene-Independent Signaling by the Ethylene Precursor ACC in Ovular Pollen Tube Attraction in Arabidopsis
Caren Chang, PhD – University of Maryland
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-18-2 - SMAX1-dependent Seed Germination Bypasses GA Signalling in Arabidopsis and Striga
Shelley Lumba, PhD – University of Toronto
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-18-3 - Temporal and Spatial Regulation of ABA-induced ROS Synthesis During Stomatal Closure
Anthony E. Postiglione, MS – Wake Forest University
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-18-4 - The Mitochondrial Tail-anchored Protein TTM1 Undergoes Multiple Phosphorylation Events to Regulate Senescence-related PCD
Purva Karia, MSc – UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-18-5 - The Crosstalk of Brassinosteroid and Autophagy Pathways in the Control of Plant Growth and Stress Responses
Yanhai Yin, PhD – Iowa State University
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-18-6 - Development of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-based Biosensor Shows SnRK2 Protein Kinase Activation by ABA but Not by MeJA nd Elevated CO2 During Stomatal Closure
Yohei Takahashi, PhD – University of California, San Diego
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-25-1 - Antabactin- an ABA Receptor Antagonist, “Clicked” to Perfection
Aditya S. Vaidya, PhD – University of California, Riverside
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-25-2 - Calcium Transport by EIN2 Is Required for Ethylene Signaling in Arabidopsis
Yun-Ting Kao, PhD – University of Maryland, College Park
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-25-3 - Spatio-temporal Analysis of Auxin Transport Events During Phototropic Bending
Candace Pritchard – University of Maryland
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
Break
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-25-5 - Switching the Direction of Stem Gravitropism by Altering Two Amino Acids in AtLAZY1
Takeshi Yoshihara, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-25-6 - Characterization of CHARK, an Unusual Cytokinin Receptor of Rice
Alexander Heyl, PhD – Adelphi University
Signal Transduction & Hormone Biology
Synthetic Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:02 PM – 4:17 PM
CS-17-4 - Towards Carbon Farming: Replacing Inefficient Natural THI4s with Energy-efficient Ones
Jaya Joshi, PhD – University of Florida
Synthetic Biology
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:32 PM – 4:47 PM
CS-17-6 - A Synthetic Peptide Encoded by a Random DNA Sequence Inhibits Red Light Responses During Seedling Development
Tautvydas Shuipys – University of Florida
Synthetic Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-23-3 - CRISPR-Cas12b Genome Engineering Platforms in Plants
Changtian Pan – University of Maryland, College Park
Synthetic Biology
Systems Biology
Monday, Jul 27
2:17 PM – 2:32 PM
CS-1-5 - Using a Trait-based Dynamic Mathematical Framework to Investigate the Relationship Between Phenotypic Dynamical Parameters and the Genome in Setaria
Renee Dale, PhD – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Systems Biology
Thursday, Jul 30
4:17 PM – 4:32 PM
CS-23-5 - Crossing Knowledge Gaps in Plant Research
Seung Y. Rhee, PhD – Carnegie Institution for Science
Systems Biology
Whole-Plant: Environmental and Ecophysiological
Monday, Jul 27
2:00 PM – 2:02 PM
CS-1-3 - Modeling Stored Carbohydrate Dynamics via Optimal Response and Life History
Scott Oswald – University of Georgia
Whole-Plant: Environmental and Ecophysiological
Tuesday, Jul 28
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
CS-14-1 - Plant Physiology in the Era of Global Change: Developing a Mechanistic Understanding of Species Responses and Vulnerabilities
Rowan F. Sage, PhD – University of Toronto EEB Department
Whole-Plant: Environmental and Ecophysiological
Tuesday, Jul 28
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
CS-14-2 - Functional Phenomics and Genetics of the Wheat Root Economics Spectrum
Larry M. York, PhD – Noble Research Institute
Whole-Plant: Environmental and Ecophysiological
Tuesday, Jul 28
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
CS-14-3 - Effects of Polyethylene Microbeads on Lactuca sativa var. longifolia
Beatrice M. Mihalache – Los Gatos High School
Whole-Plant: Environmental and Ecophysiological
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