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

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

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

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

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

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

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