Session 1: Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Physiology of Senescence and Fruit
Ripening |
Noriko Inada, University of Tokyo
Three-dimensional analysis of the senescence program in rice leaves
John Thompson, Waterloo University
Membrane changes associated with leaf senescence
David Granot, Volcani Center
Sugar sensing and senescence in tomato
Jim Giovanoni, Texas A&M University
Isolation and functional characterization of genes participating in ethylene signal
transduction and fruit ripening of tomato
Joss Rose, Cornell
Elucidating fruit ripening-related cell wall disassembly in the post-genomic era
Session 2: Molecular Biology and Genetics of Senescence |
Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston, Horticultural Research International, UK
Regulation of gene expression during leaf senescence
Susheng Gan, University of Kentucky
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Senescence-Specific Genes in Arabidopsis
Hong-Gil Nam, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Molecular genetic analysis of leaf senescence in Arabidopsis
Betania Quirino, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Senescence-associated genes from Arabidopsis
Sid Thomas, Aberystwyth, UK
Genetic manipulation of leaf senescence in maize and other species
Session 3: Abscission and Dehiscence |
Coralie Lashbrook, University of Florida
Abscission Responses to Water Stress: Role of Regulated Ethylene
Biosynthesis
Sara Patterson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Genetic analysis of abscission in Arabidopsis
Mark Tucker, USDA Beltsville
Intercellular signals within the abscission zone and cis-acting elements in the bean
abscission cellulase (BAC) promoter
Jeremy Roberts, University of Nottingham
Engineering resistance to pod shatter in Brassica
Sarah Liljegren, University of California-San Diego
A bHLH gene, INDEHISCENTI, is required for Arabidopsis fruit dehiscence
Session 4: Hormonal Control Systems |
Joe Kieber, University of North Carolina
Genetic analysis of cytokinin response pathways
Jose Alonso (Joe Ecker), University of Pennsylvania
T-DNA knock-outs for a better understanding of the
Ethylene signaling pathway.
Eric Schaller, University of New Hampshire
Ethylene receptors of Arabidopsis: Localization and action
Harry Klee, University of Florida
Ethylene and defense against pathogens: what's going on here
Claus Wasternack, Halle, Germany
Jasmonates and Senescence
Klaus Theres, University of Cologne
Genetic and molecular analysis of shoot branching in tomato
Rick Amasino, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Genetic analysis of the transition to flowering in Arabidopsis
Ronald Koes, Free University, Amsterdam
Development of the cymose petunia inflorescence
Vava Grbic, University of Western Ontario
Genetic control of axillary meristern induction and identity
Steve Clark, University of Michigan
CLAVATA1: Ligand binding, phosphorylation and redundant receptors
Session 6: Developmental Programmed Cell Death |
Alan Jones, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Regulation of Programmed Cell Death During Tracheary Element Differentiation
Dan Gallie, University of California-Riverside
The maize endosperm cell death program is controlled by a balance between
ethylene and abscissic acid
Malcolm Drew, Texas A&M University
Ethylene dependent programmed cell death in aerenchyma. formation
Russell Jones, University of California, Berkeley
Hormones, Reactive Oxygen Species and Cell Death in Cereal Aleurone
Session 7: Stress-Induced Programmed Cell Death |
Keith Davis, Paradigm Genetics, North Carolina
Interaction of signaling pathways during ozone-induced hypersensitive
cell death.
Alex Levine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Cell death in Plant Interactions with Necrotrophs
Andrew Bent, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Defense activation and suppression of HR cell death caused by a defective cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel
Jennifer Mach University of Chicago
The Role of the ACD2 Gene in Programmed Cell Death
Petra Epple, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Role of the LSD I Gene in Programmed Cell Death
Topics to be announced
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