MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
AM Session
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| 1. |
Plant-Microbe-Pathogen Interactions I
Organizers: Jonathon Jones/Jeff Dangl/Christie Williams
Sponsored by Pioneer, a DuPont Business |
| 2. |
Polyploidy
Organizers: Boulos Chalhoub/Jonathan Wendel |
| 3. |
Non-Seed Plants: How Genomes Are Being Used to Study Plant Processes and Evolution
Organizer: Ralph Quatrano
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| 4. |
Seed Development
Organizer: Jan Miernyk
Sponsored by the MU Interdisciplinary Plant Group |
| 5. |
Plant Metabolic Engineering
Organizers: Erich Grotewold/Joe Chappell
Sponsored by Chromatin,Inc. |
| 6. |
Tree Genomics and Biotechnology
Organizers: Steve Strauss/Rishikesh Bhalerao |
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PM Session
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| 7. |
Plant-Microbe-Pathogen Interactions II
Organizers: Jonathon Jones/Jeff Dangl/Christie Williams
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| 8. |
Chromosome/Centromere Structure
Organizers: Jim Birchler/Andreas Houben
Sponsored by the MU Interdisciplinary Plant Group |
| 9. |
Where the molecule meets the whole plant
Organizer: Sharon Long
Sponsored by Plant, Cell and Environment |
| 10. |
Quantitative/Association Genetics
Organizers: Mike McMullen/Roberto Tuberosa
Sponsored by The Division of Plant Sciences |
| 11. |
Systems Biology/Modeling in Plants
Organizers: Marcus Heisler /Henrik Jonsson
Sponsored by Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. |
| 12. |
Plant Architecture
Organizer: Jennifer Flectcher |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27th
AM Session
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| 1. |
Molecular Evolution I
Organizers: Outi Savolainen/Mike Clegg
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| 2. |
Nothing Secondary About Them: Roles and Regulation of Specialized Metabolites
Organizers: Rob Last/Joerg Bohlmann |
| 3. |
Gene Silencing/Small RNA World
Organizers: David Baulcombe/Pam Green
Sponsored by Stadler Genetic Symposium |
| 4. |
Genomics-Assisted Breeding I
Organizers: Peter Langridge/Dani Zamir
Sponsored by Plant Biotechnology Journal |
| 5. |
Channels/ Membrane Transporters
Organizers: Sally Assman/Julian Schroeder
Sponsored by New Phytologist |
| 6. |
Hormone Signaling
Organizers: Tom Guilfoyle /Angus Murphy
Sponsored by the MU Interdisciplinary Plant Group |
| PM Session |
| 7. |
Molecular Evolution II “Speciation”
Organizer: Chris Pires |
| 8. |
Structural Genomics
Organizers: Daryl Somers/ Katrien Devos
Sponsored by Stadler Genetic Symposium |
| 9. |
New Biotech Developments
Organizers: R. Trethewey/S. Padgette
Sponsored by Monsanto Company |
| 10. |
Methylation/Transposons/Heterochromatin
Organizers: Alan Schulman/Rob Martienssen |
| 11. |
Ovule, Fertilization
Organizer: Charles Gasser |
| 12. |
Organelles
Organizers: Kathleen Newton and Henry Daniell
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28th
AM Session |
| 1. |
Biofuel Crops and Processing I
Organizers: Geoff Fincher/Dick Flavell/Gary Stacey
Sponsored by GCB Bioenergy |
| 2. |
Functional Genomics
Organizers: Gynheung An/Henry Nguyen
Sponsored United Soybean Board |
| 3. |
Cell Cycle, Cell Division
Organizers: Dirk Inze/Peter Doerner
Sponsored by Stadler Genetic Symposium |
| 4. |
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Organizers: Sam Zeeman/Alison Smith
Sponsored by ADM Research |
| 5. |
Molecular/ Cellular Control of Pollen Tube Growth
Organizers: Bruce McClure/Vernonica Franklin-Tong
Sponsored by The Plant Journal |
| 6. |
Photomorphogenesis and Development
Organizer: Peter Quail/Eberhard Schäfer
Sponsored by Arcadia Biosciences |
| PM Session |
| 7. |
Apomixis
Organizers: Ross Bicknell/Peggy Ozias-Akins |
| 8. |
Comparative Genomics
Organizers: Jeff Bennetzen/Jerome Salse
Sponsored by Stadler Genetic Symposium |
| 9. |
Targeted Protein Degradation
Organizers: Judy Callis and Pascal Genschik |
| 10. |
Flower Induction and Development
Organizers: George Coupland/Martin Kater
Sponsored by Plant Biology |
| 11. |
Pollen/Self-Incompatibility
Organizers: June Nasrallah |
| 12. |
Circadian Rhythms
Organizers: Steve Kay/Stacey Harmer |
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th
AM Session |
| 1. |
Abiotic Stress I “Water, Salts, Minerals”
Organizers: Mark Tester/Mel Oliver
Sponsored by Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics |
| 2. |
Meristems and Vegetative Development
Organizers: Marja Timmermans/Chris Kuhlemeier |
| 3. |
Host-Virus Interactions
Organizer: Rick Nelson |
| 4. |
Transposable Elements
Organizers: Tom Peterson /Dan Voytas |
| 5. |
Metagenomics
Organizer: Barry Goldman |
| 6. |
Sequencing of Crop Genomes
Organizers: Catherine Feuillet/Kellye Eversole
Sponsored by United Soybean Board |
| PM Session |
| 7. |
Abiotic Stress II
Organizers: Mark Tester/Mel Oliver
Sponsored by Monsanto Company |
| 8. |
Bioinformatics/Biostatistics/Databases
Organizer: Olin Anderson
Sponsored National Corn Growers Association |
| 9. |
Epigenetics
Organizers: Karen Cone/Chris Pires
Sponsored by the MU Interdisciplinary Plant Group |
| 10. |
DNA Stability/Repair
Organizers: Anne Britt/Holger Puchta
Sponsored by the Stadler Genetic Symposium |
| 11. |
Biotic Stress (Insects, Weeds, & Nematodes)
Organizers: Jan Leach /David Fischhoff
Sponsored by Divergence |
| 12. |
Symbiosis
Organizer: Kate VandenBosch |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30th
AM Session |
| 1. |
Future Genomic/Transformation Technologies
Organizer: Joe Ecker
Sponsored by the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics |
| 2. |
Phytotherapies for Human Health
Organizer: Willam Folk
Sponsored by the MU Interdisciplinary Plant Group |
| 3. |
Root Development
Organizers: Antonio Costa de Oliveira/ Phil Benfey |
| 4. |
Transcription Factors
Organizer: Maria Monteros
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| 5. |
Plant-Microbe Interactions That Affect Plant Development
Organizer: Gary Stacey
Sponsored United Soybean Board |
| 6. |
Genome-Assisted Breeding II
Organizers: Dani Zamir/Peter Langridge
Sponsored by Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics |
