| Sunday, August 20 |
| 2:00-11 pm | Registration opens |
| 4:30 - 6:00 pm | Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| Times given below for speakers include 7 minutes discussion! |
| Session I: New Developments in Cell Wall Structure. |
| Alan Darvill, Chair, University of Georgia |
| 7:30 pm | Mike Jarvis, Glasgow University UK; "Microfibril Structure in Some
Higher Plants" |
| 8:00 | Tony Bacic, University Melbourne, Australia; "AGPs: Multifunctional
Cell Surface Proteoglycans?" |
| 8:30 | Fons Voragen, Wageningen, Netherlands; "Arabinoxylans from Cereals" |
| 9:00 | John Ralph; USDA/ARS Dairy Forage Res. Center, WI;
"Lignin Structure, Recent Advances" |
Monday, August 21 |
| 8:45 am | Group Photograph |
| Session II: New Developments in Cell Wall Biosynthesis. |
| Bruce Stone, Chair, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia |
| 9:00 | Ariel Orellana, University of Chili; "Biosynthesis of non-cellulosic
polysaccharides and the role of nucleotide sugar transporters in the Golgi
apparatus". |
| 9:30 | J S Grant Reid, University of Stirling, Scotland; "Molecular
characterisation of enzymes of galactomannan biosynthesis " |
| 10:00 | Takahisa Hayashi, Kyoto University, Japan; "Mechanism
of beta-glucan synthesis along cortical microtubules" |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 11:00 | Deborah Delmer, University of California, Davis; "Functional genomics of the plant CesA gene family" |
| 11:30 | Larry Blanton; Texas Tech University; "Characterisation of the cellulose
synthase gene from Dictyostelium discoideum" |
| 12:00 | R Malcolm Brown Jr.; University of Texas, Austin; "Cellulose
Biosynthesis" |
| 4:30-6:00 pm | Posters |
| 7:30-9:30 pm | Session III: Cell Wall Mutants |
| Nick Carpita, Purdue University, Chair |
| 7:30 | Nick Carpita, Purdue University; Overview; "New ways to study wall
structure and architecture" |
| 8:00 | Maureen McCann, John Innes Institute, UK; "Rapid detection and
analysis of cell wall mutants using infrared spectroscopy" |
| 8:30 | Wolf-Dieter Reiter, University of. Connecticut; "Altered xyloglucan
structure in glycosyltransferase mutants of arabidopsis" |
| 9:00 | Simon Turner, University of Manchester, UK; "Genetic analysis of
secondary cell wall deposition in Arabidopsis" |
Tuesday, August 22 |
| 9:00 AM | Group Picture |
| 9:00am-12:30 | Session IV: Cell Walls and Development |
| Dan Cosgrove, Pennsylvania State University, Chair |
| 9:30 | Dan Cosgrove, Pennsylvania State University. ; "Overview / High
specificity of expression of different expansin genes & implications for
developmental functions" |
| 9:30 | Don Nevins, University of California Davis; "Characterization and
regulation of unique endoglucanses responsible for cell wall metabolism" |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Herman Hofte INRA, Versailles, France; "Cellulose synthesis and Arabidopsis development" |
| 11:00 | Mary Tierney, University of Vermont, "Expression and localization of
two-domain proline-rich proteins in Arabidopsis" |
| 11:30 | Dave Brummell, DNA Plant Technology, Oakland CA; "Analysis of cell
wall metabolism during fruit softening using transgenic plants" |
| 4:30-6:00 pm | Posters |
| Session V: Structure of Glycosyltransferases/Glycosylhydrolases |
| Candace Haigler, Texas Tech University., Chair |
| 7:30 pm | Candace Haigler, Texas Tech University., "Overview on structure of
cellulose synthase complexes" |
| 8:00 | Tara Karnezis, La Trobe University. Melbourne ,Australia; "Investigating
the topology of a membrane-bound (1-3)-beta glucan [curdlan] synthase by
an Agrobacterium sp" |
| 8:30 | Geoff Fincher, University of Adelaide, Australia; "Crystal structures,
substrate specificities and functions of beta-glucan exo- and
endohydrolases" |
| 9:00 | Gideon Davies, University of York, UK; -crystal structure of family 2
glycosyltransferase |
Wednesday, August 23 |
| Session VI: The Walls of Wood |
| Clint Chapple, Purdue University, Chair |
| 9:00 AM | Rochus Franke, Purdue University; "Identification and characterization of the last
unknown catalyst in lignin biosynthesis" |
| 9:30 | Malcolm Campbell, Oxford University, UK; "A link between light
perception and lignification" |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Zheng-Hua Ye, University of Georgia; "Plant Secondary Cell Wall
Architecture." |
| 11:00 | Wout Boerjan, University of Gent, Belgium "Unraveling lignin
biosynthesis in poplar" |
| 11:30 | Tuula Teeri, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden,
"Enzymes for Making and Breaking Wood" |
| 12:00 | Claire Halpin, University of Dundee, Scotland UK; "Enabling technologies for manipulation of
complex pathways" |
| 5:00-6:00 pm | Business meeting. Select new vice-chair; set date/place for next meeting |
| 7:30-9:20 pm | Session VII: Wall Assembly and Higher Order Organization |
| Keith Roberts, John Innes Institute, Norwich UK, Chair |
| 7:30 | Andrew Staehelin, University of Colorado; "Golgi dynamics and cell
plate assembly" |
| 7:50 | Mike Gidley; Unilever, UK; "The role of matrix polysaccharides in cell
wall mechanical function: new in vitro models" |
| 8:15 | Malcolm O'Neill, University of Georgia; "Pectin cross-links and wall
organization" |
| 8:40 | Tobias Baskin, University of Missouri; "Cell wall organization and
growth anisotropy" |
| 9:05 | Keith Roberts, John Innes, UK; "Assembling the secondary cell wall
during xylem formation" |
Thursday, August 24 |
| Session VIII: Cell Walls in the Era of Genomics |
| Chris Somerville, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford CA, Chair |
| 9:00 AM | Chris Somerville, Carnegie Institution of Washington;
"Overview of Genome Research and Tools" |
| 9:30 | Bernard Henrissat, CNRS, Marseilles, France;
"Carbohydrate-active enzymes; modules, families and genomics" |
| 10:00 | Coffee |
| 10:30 | Ken Keegstra, Michigan State University.; "Fucosyl and other Golgi
glycosyltransferases" |
| 11:00 | Todd Richmond, Carnegie Institution of Washington; "Functional
genomics of Csl families" |
| 11:30 | Ron Sederoff, North Carolina State University; "Genomics and cell walls
of loblolly pine" |
| 12:00 | Desh Pal Verma, Ohio State University; "Cell plate-specific callose synthase and its partners that form
a complex" |
| 12:15 | Talk chosen from Best Poster -- Speaker and title TBA |
| 6:00 pm | Lobster dinner! |
| Session IX: Keynote Lecture |
| 8:00-9:00 pm | Andrew Spicer
Dept. of Biochemistry, University of California Davis Medical School, Davis CA
"HA, HA! Hyaluronan biosynthesis and function exposed." |
| 9:00-11 pm | Final reception. |
