SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEY NOTE SESSION: OVERVIEWS OF LIFESPAN, CELL DEATH AND CELL FATE CONTROL |
| Discussion Leader: Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston (HRI Wellesbourne) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Welcome Remarks |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Eric Baehrecke (University of Maryland)
"Genetic regulation of programmed cell death during Drosophila development" |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Gordon Lithgow (Buck Institute, CA)
"Stress response as the determinant of organismal senescence - the lifespan of C. elegans" |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Arp Schnittger (Max Planck Inst, Koeln)
"Arabidopsis trichomes as model cells to study the connection between cell fate, cell cycle and cell death" |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GENETIC CONTROL OF SENESCENCE, RIPENING AND CELL DEATH |
| Discussion Leader: Harry Klee (University of Florida) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Hong Gil Nam (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
"Involvement of cytokinin signaling components in control of leaf senescence in Arabidopsis" |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Dominique Roby (INRA/CNRS)
"Functions and targets of AtMYB30, a transcriptional regulator of the hypersensitive cell death in Arabidopsis" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Paul Dijkwel (University of Groningen)
"Arabidopsis genes that regulate ethylene-induced senescence" |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Guri Johal (Purdue University)
"Identifying natural suppressors of cell death and senescence in plants: implications in breeding" |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | James Giavannoni (Cornell University)
"Positional cloning of ripening mutations impacting fruit ripening and senescence in tomato" |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Gary Drews (University of Utah)
"Cell death during female gametophyte development" |
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 | CELL DEATH AND CELL SEPARATION IN ORGAN DEVELOPMENT |
| Discussion Leader: Tony Bleecker (University of Wisconsin, Madison) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Sara Liljegren (University of North Carolina)
"Cell separation in Arabidopsis flowers and fruit" |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Jerry Roberts (University of Nottingham)
"Molecular and genetic strategies to dissect the abscission process in Arabidopsis" |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Hilary Rogers (Cardiff University)
"Gene expression during Alstroemeria floral senescence" |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Hiroo Fukuda (University of Tokyo)
"Formation and rupture of a lytic vacuole is a pivotal step of programmed cell death in plants" |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SIGNALING IN CELL DEATH RESPONSES |
| Discussion Leader: Dominique Roby (INRA/CNRS) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Jeff Dangl (University of North Carolina)
"Control of cell death by the LSD1 gene familty" |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Imre Somssich (Max-Planck-Institut, Koeln)
"WRKY transcription factors involved in cross-talk between defense and senescence signaling pathways" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Harry Klee (University of Florida)
"Control of ethylene responses at the level of receptor function" |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Susheng Gan (Cornell University)
"Functional analysis of leaf senescence-associated transcription factors in Arabidopsis" |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Liz Harrison (HRI Wellesbourne)
"Unravelling the signalling pathways that control gene expression during senescence" |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Carmen Castresana (Universidad Autónoma)
"Role of oxylipins as cell death protectants" |
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 | BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SENESCENCE AND CELL DEATH |
| Discussion Leader: Howard Thomas (Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Paul Bethke (University of California, Berkeley)
"Active oxygen and nitric oxide as determinants of programmed death in barley aleurone cells" |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Klaus Apel (ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
"Singlet oxygen and the role of a genetically defined cell death program in Arabidopsis thaliana" |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Stefan Hörtensteiner (Institute of Plant Sciences, BERN)
"Biochemical and molecular analysis of chlorophyll catabolism" |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Sergi Munné-Bosch (Universitat de Barcelona)
"The role of chloroplastic antioxidants in the ageing process of Mediterranean shrubs" |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MECHANICS OF CELLULAR RECYCLING DURING SENESCENCE AND CELL DEATH |
| Discussion Leader: Russell Jones (University of California, Berkeley) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Dave Robinson (University of Heidelberg)
"Autophagy: what (plant) cells do when they are hungry" |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Ikuko Hara-Nishimura (Kyoto University)
"A vacuolar processing enzyme exhibiting caspase-1-like activity regulates TMV-induced cell death in tobacco leaves" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Jan Smalle (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"Functions of the Ubiquitin/26S proteasome pathway in Arabidopsis hormone signaling and senescence" |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | John Thompson (University of Waterloo)
"Regulation of programmed cell death by eucaryotic translation initiation factor 5a: Implications for growth and development of plants" |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Helen Ougham (IGER)
"Chloroplast senescence: there and back again" |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Ryouichi Tanaka (Hokkaido University)
"Light-dependent and -independent cell death caused by accumulation of pheophorbide a in transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing antisense RNA for pheophorbide a oxygenase" |
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 - 7:50 pm | Business meeting |
7:50 pm - 9:30 pm | HOT TOPICS |
| Discussion Leader: Jean T. Greenberg (University of Chicago) |
| Dingzhong Tang (Indiana University)
"Control of pathogen-induced cell death by EDR1 and EDR2" |
| Elin Johansson (Göteborg University)
"Progression and Specificity of Protein Oxidation in the Life Cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana" |
| Maria Suarez (University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala SWEDEN)
"Metacaspase-dependent programmed cell death is essential for plant embryogenesis" |
| Lirong Zeng (Ohio State University)
"Understanding the molecular mechanisms of a novel U-box/ARM-repeat protein-regulated programmed cell death and broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice" |
| Andreas M. Fischer (Montana State University)
"Functional analysis of cereal leaf senescence using a genetic approach" |
| Kohki Yoshimoto (National Institute for Basic Biology)
"Plant Autophagy: Autophagy-Defective Mutants Exhibit Early Senescence" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ORGANELLE AND CYTOSKELETON FUNCTIONS DURING SENESCENCE AND CELL DEATH |
| Discussion Leader: Hiroo Fukuda (University of Tokyo) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Greg C Vanlerberghe (University of Toronto)
"The mitochondrial respiratory chain and programmed cell death in plants" |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Noni Franklin-Tong (University of Birmingham)
"Self-incompatibility triggers programmed cell death in Papaver pollen" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Christine Gietl (Technische Universitaet Muenchen)
"Ricinosomes: an organelle for developmentally regulated programmed cell death in senescing plant tissue" |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Nan Yao (University of Chicago)
"Cell biological analysis of mechanisms of programmed cell death in Arabidopsis protoplasts" |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Peter V. Bozhkov (University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala SWEDEN)
"Cell-death programme of plant embryo" |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Renier Van Der Hoorn (Wageningen University)
"Activity profiling of papain-like proteases in plants" |
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 | SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AS A MEANS TO UNDERSTAND SENESCENCE AND CELL DEATH |
| Discussion Leader: Guri Johal (Purdue Univeristy) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Nick Smirnoff (University of Exeter)
"Role of ascorbate and other antioxidants in senescence and cell death" |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Shimon Gepstein (Technion University)
"Proteomics profiling of leaf senescence" |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Jörg Kudla (Universitat Münster) "Stress, Calcium and protein phosphorylation: The role of CBL calcium sensor/CIPK protein kinase signaling network" |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Allan Shapiro (U. of Delaware) "A Systems Biology Approach to Control over Programmed Cell Death in the Arabidopsis Hypersensitive Response" |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |