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TNAM2010 Conference Program

TNAM2010 Conference Program

 

Wednesday, September 15th 2010

 

14:00-16:00         Registration and Poster mounting, Coffee and Refreshment

 

16:10-16:15         Welcome note

 

Opening Session: Cellular Signalling

Chair: Claus Schwechheimer

16:15-16:50         invited Speaker

Christian Fankhauser: “Regulation of asymmetric growth responses by members of the Phytochrome Kinase Substrate (PKS) family”

16:50-17:10          René Richter: “GA-T1 and GA-T2 are major regulators of GA signaling downstream of DELLA proteins and PIFS                    

17:10-17:30          Andrea Pitzschke: “Nuclear shuttle or stress gene activator - VIP1 tips the scales”        

17:30-17:50          Thorsten Hamann: “The plant response to cell wall damage is regulated through the interaction of ROS and JA mediated processes”                          

17:50-18:25          invited Speaker

Luis Lopez-Molina: “Seed Dormancy: the Role of DELLA factors, ABA and the Seed Coat”                 

18:30-21:00         Welcome Reception at the NaWi

 

 

Thursday, September 16th 2010

 

Session: Abiotic Stress

Chair: Wolfgang Dröge-Laser

8:30-9:05              invited Speaker

Francisco J. Quintero: “Roles of Na/H exchangers in salt tolerance and potassium nutrition    

9:05-9:22              Markus Teige: “The Ca2+-dependent protein kinase CPK3 is required for MAPK-independent salt-stress acclimation in Arabidopsis”                      

9:22-9:39              Claudia Jonak: “High soil salinity: Metabolic adaptation, redox balance and signaling”              

9:39-9:56              Naïm Stiti: “Coenzyme-specificity and redox-sensitivity of two stress-responsive aldehyde dehydrogenases from Arabidopsis thaliana       

9:56-10:15            Eric van der Graaff: “Biotic and abiotic stress tolerances are inversely modulated by Arabidopsis thaliana PLAT domain protein1”                            

 

10:15-10:50         Coffee Break       

               

 

Session: Biotic Interactions

Chair: Markus Teige

10:50-11:25         invited Speaker

Xinnian Dong: “Cellular responses in plant immunity”

11:25-11:41          Elena Petuschnig: “The LysM-RLK CERK1 is a major chitin binding protein in Arabidopsis thaliana and is subject to chitin-induced phosphorylation” 

11:41-11:57          Birgit Kemmerling: “The multiple functions of BAK1 in plant development and innate immunity”                             

11:57-12:13          Timo Engelsdorf: “Carbohydrate metabolism represents a compatibility factor in the Arabidopsis thaliana -Colletotrichum higginsianum interaction”

12:13-12:30         Christian Gu: “Activity-based protein profiling in plants”                      

 

12:30-14:00         Lunch Break                        

 

14:00-17:00         Poster Session

 

16:00-17:00         AFGN Meeting

 

 

Session: Cell Biology

Chair: Marie-Theres Hauser

17:00-17:35         invited Speaker

Karin Schumacher:  “The V-ATPase- a roadtrip through the plant endomembrane system”

17:35-17:51          Viktor Žárský:  PLD, actin and exocyst as regulators of functional sub-domains on the plant cytoplasmic membrane”                              

17:51-18:07          Klaus Harter: “A short brassinolide-regulated response pathway in the plasma membrane of Arabidopsis”                         

18:07-18:25          Lorenzo Borghi:  “Microtubule dynamics and cell shaping: new roles for Arabidopsis RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED protein”               

18:25-19:00         invited Speaker

Andreas Weber: “Connecting the peroxisomes - transport across the peroxisome membrane”

 

19:00-19:15         Special

Klaus Harter: AFGN - Retrospective

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, September 17th 2010

 

 

Session: Evolution, Diversity and Development Part1

                Chair: Hans-Peter Comes

8:30-9:05              invited Speaker

Juliette de Meaux: “Asymmetric distribution of cis-regulatory differences between Arabidopsis genomes”

9:05-9:22              Annette Becker: “Divorce in the Brassicaceae: Retention of function and neofunctionalization in the  Arabidopsis Bsister genes ABS and GOA                           

9:22-9:38              Nicola Nielsen: “The role of NOGG during female gametophyte development”  

9:37-9:55              Zhongjuan Zhang: “Transcriptional activation of Arabidopsis axis patterning genes WOX8/9 links zygote polarity to embryo development”      

 

9:55- 10:35           Coffee Break

 

Session: Evolution, Diversity and Development Part2 + Genetics and Epigenetics Part1

 

10:35-11:10         invited Speaker

Alexander Platt: “Patterns of Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana

                              

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Chair: Wolfram Weckwerth

11:10-11:45         invited Speaker

Vincent Colot:  “Mechanisms and phenotypic consequences of  DNA methylation in Arabidopsis”                           

11:45-12:02          Marcel Lafos:  “Epigenetic histone modifications are dynamically regulated during differentiation”        

12:02-12:20         Jan Lohmann:  “Hormonal control of the shoot stem-cell niche”          

 

12:20-14:00         Lunch Break

 

 

Session: Genetics and Epigenetics Part2

 

 

14:00-14:35         invited Speaker

Andreas Houben: “Phosphorylation of histone H3 in plants - a dynamic affair”

14:35-14:55          Ramón A. Torres-Ruiz:  “Rapid generation and transcriptome analysis of autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana”                   

 

14:55-15:20         Coffee Break

 

Session: Physiology Part I

                Chair: Veronica Maurino

15:20-15:55         invited Speaker

Staffan Pearson: “Live cell imaging reveals interaction and cooperation between actin filaments and microtubules in Arabidopsis”

15:55-16:15         Petra Bauer: “Regulation of Fe homeostasis in plants”

16:15-16:35          Nikolaus Schlaich: “Functional analysis of flavin-conaining monooxygeases in Arabidopsis”

16:35-16:55          Richard Strasser:  “Class I alpha-mannosidases involved in N-glycan processing are important for cell wall biosynthesis and root development”

 

16:55-18:30         Poster Session

 

18:30-19:15         Walk to Fortress Hohensalzburg

19:15-19:45         Welcome at the Fortress

From 20:00           Conference Dinner

 

 

Saturday, September 18th 2010

 

Session: Physiology Part II

Chair: Andreas Bachmeier

9:00-9:35              invited Speaker

Samuel Zeeman: “Beta-amylase-like proteins function in metabolic regulation and cellular”    

9:35-9:52              Stefanie Hach: “Pyrimidine degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana”        

9:52-10:09            Alexandra Maier:  “Evolution of C4 photosynthesis: studies on NAD-malic enzyme in C3 and C4 species reveal novel features”                             

10:09-10:25          Claudia Oecking:  “14-3-3 epsilon group members are essential for plant growth and development”        

10:25-10:40          Rochus Franke: “Genes in acyl-lipid metabolism affect suberin biosynthesis and function”

                              

10:40-11:10         Coffee Break

 

Closing Session:

Chair: Raimund Tenhaken

11:10-11:45          Special

Martin Parniske: “Signal Perception and Transduction in Plant Root Symbiosis with Fungi and Bacteria”

 

11:45-12:00         Poster Prizes (sponsored by CLF Climatics and Conviron) and Farewell

From 12:00           Snacks and Refreshments at the Foyer