Concurrent Symposium 26: Cell Walls

Concurrent Speaker(s)

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  Federica Brandizzi, BSc, PhD

  Professor
  Michigan State University
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  Georgia Drakakaki

  University of California Davis
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  Heather McFarlane, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Toronto
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  Erik Nielsen, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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  Breeanna Urbanowicz, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Georgia

Rapid Communication Speaker(s)

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  Min-Yao Jhu, M.S.

  PhD candidate
  University of California, Davis / Plant Biology

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Interplay Between Endomembrane Dynamics and Cell Wall Formation
  Georgia Drakakaki – University of California Davis
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  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
• 4:00 PM – 4:02 PM EDT

  Blocking entry: lignin-based resistance to dodder parasitism
  Min-Yao Jhu, M.S. – University of California, Davis / Plant Biology
• 4:02 PM – 4:17 PM EDT

  Molecular Mechanism of Polysaccharide Acetylation by the AtXOAT1 xylan O-acetyltransferase
  Breeanna Urbanowicz, PhD – University of Georgia
• 4:17 PM – 4:32 PM EDT

  A Golgi-localized Domain of Unknown Function Protein Coordinates Cell Wall Secretion During De-etiolation
  Heather E. McFarlane, PhD – University of Toronto
• 4:32 PM – 4:47 PM EDT

  CSLC Function Is Critical for the Synthesis of Xyloglucan but Not Essential to the Life of a Plant Cell
  Federica Brandizzi, BSc, PhD – Michigan State University