Plenary Symposium V: We are Changing The World! Mary Clutter’s Impacts on Plant Biology

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Organizer(s)

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  Machi Dilworth, PhD

  Retired
  National Science Foundation
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  Joseph Ecker, PhD

  Professor
  HHMI, The Salk Institute

Plenary Speaker(s)

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  Natalie Clark, PhD

  USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Iowa State University
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  Maria Harrison, PhD

  Professor
  Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
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  Zachary Lippman, PhD

  Professor
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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  Chris Somerville, PhD

  Professor Emeritus
  University of California Berkeley

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM EDT

  Daily News and Highlights
• 10:05 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  Overview by Chairs: Machi Dilworth & Joe Ecker
  Machi F. Dilworth, PhD – National Science Foundation ; Joseph R. Ecker, PhD – HHMI, The Salk Institute
• 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  Using Gene Regulatory Networks to Uncover Novel Regulators in Plant Biology
  Natalie M. Clark, PhD – Iowa State University
• 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  Dissecting Quantitative Trait Variation and Pleiotropy in Evolution and Crop Improvement by Genome Editing
  Zachary Lippman, PhD – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• 11:15 AM – 11:40 AM EDT

  Break
• 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM EDT

  Reprogramming Root Cells for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
  Maria J. Harrison, PhD – Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
• 12:10 PM – 12:40 PM EDT

  Finding Research Opportunities
  Chris Somerville, PhD – University of California Berkeley