| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff and Chair Jonathan Jones |
| 7:45 pm - 8:35 pm | Understanding and improving plant germplasm |
| 7:45 pm - 8:25 pm | Susan McCouch (Cornell University)
"Genes from the wild for crop improvement" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm | Reception and Social |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Genomics, natural variation and crop improvement |
| Discussion Leader: Joe Ecker (Salk Institute) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Zach Lippman (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Molecular basis of hybrid vigor in interspecific Solanum crosses" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Short Talk: Adam Famoso (Cornell University)
"Genetic architecture of rice aluminum tolerance determined through QTL mapping and genome-wide association analysis" |
| 9:45 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Short Talk: Maren Friesen (University of Southern California)
"Population Genomics of Medicago truncatula in relation to Salinity Adaptation" |
| 10:00 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Ted Crosbie (Monsanto)
"Plant Breeding @ Monsanto" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Oliver Ratcliffe (Mendel Biotechnology)
"New transcription factor-based technology and tools for future crop improvement" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Short Talk: Cristobal Uauy (JIC, Norwich)
"Into the Wild: using wild emmer to improve wheat" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Short Talk: Jo Petolino (Dow)
"Zinc Finger Nuclease-Mediated Transgene Deletion" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Genomics and natural variation |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Joe Ecker (Salk Institute)
"New insights from the Arabidopsis genome, epigenome and YFome" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Kirsten Bomblies (Harvard University)
"Resistance gene diversity and the hypochondriacs of the plant world" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Johanna Schmidt (Brown University)
"Flowering pathways in changing climates" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk: Patrice Salome (MPI Tubingen)
"Genetic architecture of flowering time in defined Arabidopsis F2 populations" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Epigenetics |
| Discussion Leader: Jonathan Jones (The Sainsbury Laboratory) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Rob Martienssen (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Heterochromatin reprogramming and small RNA silencing in plant germ cells" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Marjori Matzke (Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology)
"RNA-mediated epigenetic silencing in Arabidopsis" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Eric Richards (Washington University St. Louis)
"Nuclear structure and epigenetic regulation" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Olivier Voinnet (Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes)
"Small RNAs are incredibly important in absolutely everything!" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Short Talk: Mary Gehring (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
"DNA methylation dynamics during seed development" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Short Talk: Ian Henderson (University of Cambridge)
"Describing meiotic recombination frequency in Arabidopsis thaliana" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Protein and small molecule dynamics in plant biology |
| Discussion Leader: Julian Schroeder (University California San Diego) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Steve Briggs (University of California San Diego)
"Observations of the proteome during defense signaling" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Mike Sussman (University Wisconsin)
"Quantitative changes in the phosphoproteome induced by abiotic stress measured with 15N in situ metabolic labeling" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Short Talk: Masaru Ohme-Takagi (Tsukuba)
"Transcriptional repressors play a pivotal role for the regulation of gene expression: Utility of repressors for crop improvement" |
| 8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Short Talk: Mary Wildermuth (UC Berkeley)
"Plant biotrophs manipulate host ploidy to enhance specific metabolic processes" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Short Talk: Vera Bonardi (UNC North Carolina)
"Expanded functions for plant intracellular immune receptors in basal defense and programmed cell death" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cross talk in hormone signalling |
| Discussion leader: Mike Sussman (University Wisconsin) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Julian Schroeder (University California San Diego)
"Early Atmospheric CO2 Sensing and Signaling Mechanisms and New Insights into Convergence Mechanism with ABA Signaling" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Jose Alonso (North Carolina State University)
"Cross talk or crossed wires; how the plant appropriately rebalances hormone signalling pathways during environmental responses" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Joanne Chory (Salk Institute)
"How plants know when to grow and when not to grow" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Sean Cutler (University California Riverside)
"Control of ABA signaling by new ligands and orthogonal receptors" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Short Talk: Kat Chang (Salk)
"Temporal gradation of EIN3 transcription factor binding regulates the ethylene transcriptional response" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Short Talk: John Withers (MSU)
"Structure-Function Analysis of Coronatine-Mediated Formation of JAZ:COI1 Receptor Complexes and their Contribution to Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas syringae" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Plant signaling molecules and plant disease |
| Discussion Leader: Joanne Chory (Salk Insitute) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Corne Pieterse (University Utrecht)
"Networking by plant hormones in plant defense" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Roberto Solano (CNB Madrid)
"Repression by JAZ meets TOPLESS" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Jane Glazebrook (University Minnesota)
"Arabidopsis CBP60 proteins activate salicylate signaling in two modes of plant defense" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk: Cristiana Arguesso (UNC)
"Two-component cytokinin response elements and cytokinin-regulated transcriptional networks in the susceptibility of Arabidopsis to the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Plant disease resistance and susceptibility |
| Discussion Leader: Steve Briggs (University of California San Diego) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Jeff Dangl (University North Carolina)
"Effectors, targets, NB-LRR activation, and cell death" |
| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | Xin Li (University British Columbia)
"Genetic and biochemical analysis of snc1-mediated immunity" |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Paul Schulze-Lefert (Max-Planck-Institute fur Zuchtungsforschung)
"Secretion in plant-microbe interactions" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Pam Ronald (University California Davis)
"Recognition and response in the XA21-mediated innate immune response" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Short Talk: Mary Beth Mudgett (Stanford)
"Pathogen modulation of phospholipid signaling during innate immunity in Arabidopsis" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Short Talk: Kee-Hoon Sohn (Sainsbury Lab, Norwich, UK)
"A nucleoporin homolog Nup43 is required for AvrRPS4-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Plant disease resistance and susceptibility |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Schulze-Lefert (Max-Planck-Institute fur Zuchtungsforschung) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Ulla Bonas (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg)
"Plant targets of Xanthomonas effector proteins" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Short Talk: Susana Rivas (Toulouse)
"AtsPLA2-alpha negatively regulates hypersensitive cell death and plant defence through its interaction with the Arabidopsis transcription factor AtMYB30" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
| 8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Brian Staskawicz (University California Berkeley)
"Molecular Basis of NLR Immune Receptor Signaling in Plant Innate Immunity" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Peter Dodds (CSIRO Canberra)
"Initiation of flax rust resistance" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |