Concurrent Symposium 7: Biochemistry: Specialized Metabolites

Concurrent Speaker(s)

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  Nanna Bjarnholt, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Copenhagen
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  Natalia Dudareva, PhD

  Distinguished Professor
  Purdue University
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  Alisa Huffaker, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  UC San Diego
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  Nan Jiang, PhD

  Research Associate
  Michigan State University
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  Katherine Murphy, BS

  PhD Candidate
  UC Davis

Rapid Communication Speaker(s)

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  Yann-Ru Lou, PhD

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Michigan State University

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Genetic and Biochemical Deconvolution of Pathways Controlling Maize Immunity
  Alisa Huffaker, PhD – UC San Diego
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Expanding Our Horizons on Emission and Perception of Plant Volatiles
  Natalia Dudareva, PhD – Purdue University
• 4:00 PM – 4:02 PM EDT

  It Happened Again: Convergent Evolution of Acylglucoses in Black Nightshade and Wild Tomato
  Yann-Ru Lou, PhD – Michigan State University
• 4:02 PM – 4:17 PM EDT

  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
• 4:17 PM – 4:32 PM EDT

  Bioactive Diterpenoids Impact the Composition of the Root-associated Microbiome in Maize (Zea Mays)
  Katherine M. Murphy, BS – UC Davis
• 4:32 PM – 4:47 PM EDT

  Synergy Between the Anthocyanin and RDR6/SGS3/DCL4 siRNA Pathways Expose Hidden Features of Arabidopsis Carbon Metabolism
  Nan Jiang, PhD – Michigan State University