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Plant Molecular Biology

Gordon Research Conference

Dynamic Plant Systems

June 10 - 15, 2018

Chair

Vice Chair

Holderness School

33 Chapel Lane

Holderness, New Hampshire, United States

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Conference Description

The theme of the 2018 Plant Molecular Biology GRC is "Dynamic Plant Systems". At this meeting, we aim to foster interactions in this emerging new field - plant system dynamics. Our goal is to spark discussions and collaborations across different scales of time (minutes, hours, days, years) - and across different levels of inquiry - from epigenetic and transcription dynamics, to dynamics of cell biological and developmental processes, to whole plant physiology and evolutionary dynamics. Our program will bring together thought-leaders in this new and emerging field of plant system dynamics that span PIs, post-docs and students.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Plant Molecular Biology" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: (Epi)genomic Dynamics and Gene Regulatory Networks Discussion Leader:
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm	Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:35 pm	"(Epi)genome Dynamics and the Regulatory DNA Landscape"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm	"Modeling Gene Regulatory Networks: The Dynamic / Interface Between Environmental Perception and Response"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Dynamics of Epigenetic Modifications Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	"Dynamic Evolution of Gene Regulatory Elements in Plant Genomes"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am	"Adaptation to Environmental Stress by a Dynamic Chromatin-Based Stress Memory"
10:05 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am	"Guarding Cellular Identity: Histone Modification Profiling During In Vivo Cellular Reprogramming"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am	"New Capabilities in Plant Functional Genomics at the Joint Genome Institute"
11:15 am - 11:20 am	Discussion
11:20 am - 11:50 am	"Dynamic Regulation of DNA Methylation Patterns by the RNA-Directed DNA Methylation Pathway"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm	"Evidence for a Unique DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase in Cereal Crops"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General 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	Transcriptional Networks and Dynamics Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm	"Dynamics of Underground Signaling Networks"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm	"Gene Regulatory Network Dynamics: Lessons from Plants"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Abiotic and Hormone Signaling Dynamics Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	"Recovering from Stress: A Matter of Space and Time"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am	"A Mobile Signaling via Small Peptide in Response to Dehydration Stress"
10:05 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am	"Regulatory Network Behind Systemic Nitrogen Signaling, in Arabidopsis"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Dynamic Protein Acetylation Mediates the Biotic Stress Response in Maize and Arabidopsis"
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am	"Network Walking: Genome-Wide Validation of a TF-Target Network that Mediates Early-to-Late Nitrogen Responses"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm	"Live Imaging of mRNA Synthesis in Arabidopsis"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General 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	Nutrient Transport and Sensing in Time Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm	"Nutrient Dynamics: From Soil to Seed"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm	Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm	"Dynamics of Endodermal Barriers for Plant Nutrition"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm	"Peptide Signaling During Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbiosis"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Cell Biology Dynamics Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	"Topological Analysis of Multicellular Dynamics in Plants"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am	"Regulation of Cytoskeletal Dynamics Impacts Cell Shape and Plant Development"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Dynamic Auxin Signaling from Plasma Membrane to Nucleus Guides Differential Growth"
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am	"MT-Involved Vacuolar Degradation of the Cortical Polarity Complex in the Stomatal Lineage"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm	"Uncovering Plant-Microbe Relations by Mapping the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Effectors in Phytopathogenesis"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General 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
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Responses in Circadian Time Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm	"Circadian Rhythms Are Turning Heads: Clock Regulation of Growth Pathways in Sunflower"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm	"Network-Based Pattern Classification Associates Temporal Dynamics of the Transcriptome with Circadian Regulation of Plant Fitness"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:00 pm	"Integrating Time and Temperature: How Plants Dynamically Modulate Stress Responses Throughout the Day and Season"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	"This Is the Rhythm of the Night (and Day)"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Development in Space and Time Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	"Dynamics of Regenerating the Root Stem Cell Niche: Insights from Single Cell Seq"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am	"Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling Stem Cell Regulation in the Arabidopsis thaliana Root"
10:05 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am	"Unravelling Transcription Factor Functions Through Integrative Inference of Transcriptional Networks in Plants"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Spatiotemporal Regulation of Hormone Patterns Influencing Plant Development"
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am	"Cross-Species Functional Diversity Within the PIN Auxin Efflux Protein Family"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm	"Plasticity in Photosynthesis Across Time-Scales"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General 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	Genome Dynamics and Evolution Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm	"Genetics and Epigenetics of Environmental Adaptation in Real Time"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm	Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm	"Sunflower Domestication in Space and Time"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm	"Contrasting Maps of Genetic Constraint Between Domesticated and Undomesticated Species Reveals the Regulatory Changes Associated with Transition to a Food Crop"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

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