Conference Series

European Molecular Biology Organization

 

Plant development and environmental interactions

27 - 30 May 2012 | Matera | Italy

Programme

 

Provisional Programme

27 May 2012
 

14:00 – 17:30

17:30 – 18:00

Arrival and Registration

Opening addresses

 
Opening lecture
 

18:00 – 18:45

Ueli Grossniklaus

Cell-cell communication during fertilization in Arabidopsis
 

18:45 – 19:30

Welcome buffet 

     
28 May 2012
 

Root apical meristem & root development

Chair: Javier Paz Ares

 

09:00 – 09:30

 

09:30 – 10:00

 

10:00 – 10:15

 

10:15 – 11:15

11:15 – 11:45

 

11:45 – 12:15

 

12:15 – 12:45

 

12:45 – 13:00

 

13:00 – 15:00

Sabrina Sabatini

Spatial coordination between stem cell activity and cell differentiation in the root meristem

Yrjo Helariutta

Analysis of cell signalling during vascular morphogenesis in Arabidopsis

Rosangela Sozzani

SHR/SCR-mediated signalling pathway controls asymmetric cell division and cell specification in the Arabidopsis root

Coffee break (Poster viewing)

Jiri Friml 

Molecular insights into the mechanisms of cell polarity and endocytic trafficking in plants

Thomas Beeckman

Root architecture: root apices as headquarters for root branching

Liam Dolan 

Evolution of mechanisms controlling cell growth and differentiation

Antonio Leyva 

Actin Cytoskeleton integrates brassinosteroids signalling with auxin response

Lunch & Poster viewing

 

Shoot apical meristem & leaf development

Chair: Csaba Koncz

 

15:00 – 15:30

 

15:30 – 16:00

 

16:00 – 16:15

 

16:15 – 17:15

17:15 – 17:45

 

17:45 – 18:15

 

18:15 – 18:45

 

18:45 – 19:00 

 

Jan Traas

From genes to shape: morphodynamics at the shoot apical meristem

Jan Lohmann

A novel regulator of shoot stem cell proliferation in Arabidopsis

Steffen Knauer

A screen for enhancers of shoot meristem defects

Coffee break (Poster viewing)

Marja Timmermans 

Patterning the leaf by small RNA and lipid signals

Miltos Tsiantis

Towards understanding development and diversity of leaf shape

Giorgio Morelli

A negative feedback regulatory loop controlling vascular development

Ignacio Rubio-Somoza

Temporal control of leaf complexity by a miRNA network

     
29 May 2012
 

Flowering & reproduction

Chair: Crisanto Gutierrez

 

09:00 – 09:30

 

09:30 – 10:00

 

10:00 – 10:30

 

10:30 – 11:30

11:30 – 12:00

 

12:00 – 12:30

 

12:30 – 12:45

 

12:45 – 13:00


 

13:00 – 15:00

Elliot Meyerowitz

Cell-cell communication in plant stem cell control

Enrico Coen

A framework for tissue cell polarity in animal and plants

George Coupland

Seasonal flowering in annual and perennial plants

Coffee break (Poster viewing)

Caroline Dean

Vernalization; mechanism and natural variation

Martin Kater

The Rice AGAMOUS Subfamily: “old genes” but new stories

Maura Cardarelli

Auxin and jasmonic acid interaction in the control of late stamen development in Arabidopsis thaliana            

Adriana Hemerly

A regulatory network that integrates DNA replication controls with transcriptional regulation is involved in gamete formation in Arabidopsis

Lunch & Poster viewing

 

Environmental interactions (abiotic)

Chair: Francesco Salamini

 

15:00 – 15:30

 

15:30 – 16:00

 

16:00 – 16:30

 

16:30 – 16:45

 

16:45 – 17:45

17:45 – 18:15

 

18:15 – 18:45

 

18:45 – 19:00 

 

21:00

Philip Benfey

Development rooted in emergent properties of regulatory networks

Celestina Mariani

Adventitious roots development in response to flooding

Cathie Martin                         

Biotechnological opportunities for Citrus improvement arising from the molecular study of Sicilian blood oranges

Lucio Conti

Genetic dissection of the drought escape response in Arabidopsis

Coffee break (Poster viewing)

Ferenc Nagy

Phosphorylation modulates phytochrome-B signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana

Salomé Prat

PIFs: light signaling regulators acting at the GA and BRs crossroad

Eirini Kaiserli

Shedding new light on morning specific growth in Arabidopsis

Conference dinner

     
30 May 2012
 

Environmental interactions (biotic)

Chair: Francesco Cellini

 

09:00 – 09:30

 

09:30 – 10:00

 

10:00 – 10:30

 

10:30 – 10:45

 

10:45 – 11:15

Nam-Hai Chua 

Genome-wide analysis uncovers regulation of long intergenic noncoding RNAs in Arabidopsis

Heribert Hirt

Arabidopsis AGC and MAP kinases are involved in interacting with beneficial and pathogenic microbes

John Mundy

Genes required for programmed cell death in plant innate immunity

Janice de Almida Engler

Cell cycle manoeuvring: a strategy taken by plant parasitic nematodes to induce specialized feeding sites in plant roots

Coffee break

 
Closing Lecture
 

11:15 – 12:00

Detlef Weigel

Harnessing the power of next-generation genetics to address problems of   plant breeding, evolution and speciation

 

12:00 – 12:15

Poster Prizes           

“Jeff Schell Award” sponsored by Betsy Schell

“EMBO Award” sponsored by EMBO           

 

12:15 – 13:00

Paolo Costantino, Gianluca Fusco, Csaba Koncz, Crisanto Gutierrez, Francesco Salamini

Round table on the perspectives of European plant sciences, and closing remarks )