Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Evolution and Diversity of Plastid Genomes
Discussion Leader: Pamela Soltis (University of Florida, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Susann Wicke (Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany)
"The Diversity of Plastid Genomes"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Eva Nowack (Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany)
"Understanding How Endosymbiosis Occurs"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Engineering Organelle Genomes
Discussion Leader: Pal Maliga (Rutgers University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:40 am
Juan Pablo Giraldo (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"Nanotechnology Approaches for Chloroplast Biotechnology Advancements"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Scott Lenaghan (University of Tennessee, United States)
"Mini-Synplastomes for Plastid Genetic Engineering"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Anil Day (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Manipulating DNA-RRR Pathways to Study and Express Plastid Genes"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Patricia Leon-Mejia (Intitute of Biotechnology Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Controlling Plastid Gene Expression
Discussion Leader: Sujith Puthiyaveetil (Purdue University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
Alice Barkan (University of Oregon, United States)
"Shining New Light on the Control of psbA Translation"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Elena Lesch (University of Bonn, Germany)
"Using Plant Organellar RNA Editing Enzymes in Heterologous Systems"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Production of Biopolymers
Discussion Leader: Rima Menassa (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:40 am
Ralph Bock (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
"Expression Strategies for Peptide Therapeutics in Chloroplasts"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Jiang Zhang (Agricultural Genomic Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS), China)
"Control of Insect Pests by Plastid-Mediated RNA Interference"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Luis Rubio (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)
"Expressing Nitrogenase Components in Plant Organelles"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Engineering Light Reactions
Discussion Leader: Eva-Mari Aro (University of Turku, Finland)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
Marcel Dann (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
"H2 acking Chloroplasts and Friends - Organelles and Endosymbionts as Hydrogen Factories"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Krishna Niyogi (HHMI / University of California, Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"Understanding and Altering Photoprotection to Improve Crop Productivity"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Engineering Carbon Fixation
Discussion Leader: Maureen Hanson (Cornell University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:40 am
Gilles Peltier (CEA CNRS Aix-Marseille University, France)
"Energy Requirement of the CO2 Concentration Mechanism in Algae: What Energy Constraints for Successful Transfer to Plants?"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Spencer Whitney (Australian National University, Australia)
"The Challenges of Translating Photosynthesis Directed Evolution Outcomes from E. coli into Chloroplasts"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Fay-Wei Li (Boyce Thompson Institute, United States)
"Pyrenoids in Non-Vascular Plants"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Engineering Plastid Metabolism
Discussion Leader: Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
Tobias Erb (Max Planck Society, Germany)
"Building Novel Synthetic Metabolism in Chloroplasts"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Hiroshi Maeda (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
"Accelerating the Conversion of CO2 into Phenolic Compounds in Plants"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plastids as Biosensors
Discussion Leader: Patricia Leon-Mejia (Intitute of Biotechnology Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:40 am
Katayoon Dehesh (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"Plastidial Metabolite and Stress Response Interaction Network"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Chanhong KIM (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"GUN1-Dependent Biogenic Thermal Stress Responses"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Francesco Licausi (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Synthetic Switches to Control Light Responses in Chloroplasts"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
SynBio of Photosynthetic Organisms
Discussion Leader: Barry Pogson (Australian National University, Australia)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
Saul Purton (University College London, United Kingdom)
"The Algal Chloroplast as a Testbed for Synthetic Biology"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Jim Haseloff (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"DNA Tools for Hyperexpression in Marchantia Chloroplasts"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure