Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Carbon Metabolism in a Changing Environment: Past and Future Perspectives
Discussion Leaders: Richard Vath (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) and Coralie Salesse-Smith (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Thomas Sharkey (Michigan State University, United States)
"Using Gas Exchange Measurements to Study Photosynthesis Regulation"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Photosynthesis in a Changing Climate: Leaves to Organism Scales
Discussion Leader: Ross Deans (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:35 pm - 5:50 pm
Mirindi Eric Dusenge (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)
"Photosynthetic Thermal Acclimation Capacity of Tropical Montane Rainforest Trees in Rwanda and in the Colombian Andes"
5:50 pm - 5:55 pm
Discussion
5:55 pm - 6:10 pm
Emily Harrison (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
"Manipulating Stomatal Density Can Improve Water-Use-Efficiency, but at What Cost to Photosynthesis?"
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm
Demi Sargent (Western Sydney University, Australia)
"Unravelling the Components of Mesophyll Conductance in Gossypium Species to Improve Tolerance to Heat and Drought Stress"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm
Luke Gregory (Michigan State University , United States)
"How does Photorespiration Beat the Heat and Maintain Photosynthesis at Elevated Temperatures?"
6:50 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:10 pm
Chris Montes (USDA-ARS (University of Illinois), United States)
"High-Throughput Methods to Genetically map and Leverage the Variable Response of Soybean to Provide Food Security in a World with Increasing Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Photosynthesis in a Changing Climate: Genomic, Cellular and Enzymatic Scale
Discussion Leaders: Ana Lobo (Lancaster University, United Kingdom) and Jacques Bouvier (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Donat Wulf (Bielefeld University, Germany)
"From Comparative Analysis of Gene Regulatory Networks to Changes in Photosynthetic Regulation"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Chiara Baccolini (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
"Metabolic Diversity in C4 Plants"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Julia Turnšek (UC Berkeley, United States)
"How to Build a Carboxysome: Understanding the Key Role of a Disordered Protein"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Luca Schulz (Max Planck Institute Marburg, Germany)
"Evolution of Increased Complexity and Specificity at the Dawn of Form I Rubiscos"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Nikita Bhatnagar (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Rubisco Activase Phosphorylates in Light Under Salt Stress"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Success in an Unpredictable Climate
Discussion Leaders: Edward Lochocki (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States) and Lorna McAusland (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Success in an Unpredictable Climate
Tracy Lawson (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
Danielle Way (The Australian National University, Australia)
Christopher Surridge (Nature Plants, United Kingdom)
Krishna Niyogi (HHMI / University of California, Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
Frank Ludewig (KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, Germany)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes