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Plant Volatiles (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Plant Volatiles Across Multiple Scales: From Molecular Mechanisms to Ecological Functions

February 3 - 4, 2018

Chairs Anjel Helms and Ainhoa Martinez Medina

Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco

Via Giovanni Pascoli

Lucca (Barga), IT

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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Plant Volatiles is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The 3rd Plant Volatiles GRS will bring together young international scientists from diverse research backgrounds ranging from plant biology, entomology, microbiology, and ecology to genetics, biochemistry, and pharmacology. Attendees, representing the next generation of scientists, will participate in highly interdisciplinary and interactive discussions of current topics in the field of plant volatile research. Through poster and oral presentations, the 2018 GRS will feature new, unpublished progress on the following topics:

Biosynthesis and metabolism of plant volatiles
The role of plant volatiles in interactions among plants and other organisms
Volatiles across a changing environment
Volatiles in agroecosystems

The Plant Volatiles GRS will also feature a mentoring program where attendees can receive professional and career advice from experienced scientists and leaders in the field of plant-volatile research. The mentors will include both an early-career mentor and an established senior-career faculty mentor and each will provide a keynote address. The program of the Plant Volatiles GRS will provide ample time to discuss science and career choices with peers and members of the mentoring team.

The early-career mentor, Dr. Ana Pineda (NIOO-KNAW, Netherlands), is a postdoctoral scientist in the research group of Prof. Dr. Martijn Bezemer at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. Her work has focused on understanding how microbes influence plant-insect interactions at different trophic levels, and how these interactions can be applied for crop protection.

The senior-career mentor will be announced soon.

Related Meeting

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

Conference Program

Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Volatiles in Interactions Between Plants and Other Organisms Discussion Leader: Nursyafiqi Zainuddin (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
3:15 pm - 3:20 pm	Opening Remarks
3:20 pm - 3:35 pm	Adrienne Godschalx (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) "Floral Volatiles and Corresponding Transcript Expression of Brood-Site Mimic, Arum maculatum, Are Geographically Structured and Vary According to the Dominant Pollinator Species"
3:35 pm - 3:40 pm	Discussion
3:40 pm - 3:55 pm	Julia Bing (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany) "How to Get the Best Pollen?? The Role of Floral Traits in the Mate Selection Process of Nicotiana attenuata"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm	Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Keynote Session: Career Insights and Professional Development Advice / Volatiles in Interactions Between Plants and Other Organisms (continued) Discussion Leader: Swayamjit Ray (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:35 pm - 6:00 pm	Martin Heil (Cinvestav, Unidad Irapuato, Mexico) "Career Insights and Professional Development Advice"
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm	Discussion
6:05 pm - 6:20 pm	Ivan Fernandez Lopez (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany) "Defense Priming by Herbivory in Ectomycorrhizal Oak Trees over Successive Growth Flushes"
6:20 pm - 6:25 pm	Discussion
6:25 pm - 6:40 pm	Alexander Weinhold (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Germany) "Interplay of Aboveground Herbivory and Belowground Parasitism Modulates Volatile Emission in Tomato Plants"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm	Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:00 pm	Bipana Paudel Timilsena (Pennsylvania State University, USA) "Herbivore Specific Induction of Defense Response by Primed Plants"
7:00 pm - 7:05 pm	Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:20 pm	Kay Moisan (Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands) "Warning or Blessing? Volatiles Emitted by Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Fungi Affect Plant Development and Resistance to Insects"
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm	Discussion
7:25 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	Keynote Session: Career Insights and Professional Development Advice / Plant Volatiles in Agroecosystems and Animal Perception of Plant Volatiles Discussion Leader: Arletys Verdecia (Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba)
9:00 am - 9:05 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am	Ana Pineda (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), The Netherlands) "Career Insights and Professional Development Advice"
9:30 am - 9:35 am	Discussion
9:35 am - 9:50 am	Daniel Mutyambai (Cornell University, USA) "Novel Maize Cropping System Affects Constitutive Volatile Emission and Plant Defences"
9:50 am - 9:55 am	Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am	Andrew Muchlinski (Virginia Tech, USA) "Influence of Root Terpenoids on the Microbial Community of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)"
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Hannah Burger (Ulm University, Germany) "Odour Responses to Host-Plant Odorants in Specialized Andrena Bees"
10:30 am - 10:35 am	Discussion
10:35 am - 10:50 am	Alexander Haverkamp (Max Planck Institut for Chemical Ecology, Germany) "A Hawkmoth's Perspective on Floral Scent"
10:50 am - 10:55 am	Discussion
10:55 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	Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Plant Volatiles Discussion Leader: Arman Beyraghdar Kashkooli (Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 1:50 pm	Cynthia Holland (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) "Structure-Function Investigation of Prephenate Aminotransferase Reveals the Molecular Basis for Substrate Recognition and Regulation"
1:50 pm - 1:55 pm	Discussion
1:55 pm - 2:10 pm	Rocio Escobar-Bravo (Leiden University, The Netherlands) "Light Intensity-Mediated Induction of Type-VI Glandular Trichome-Associated Allelochemicals Increases Resistance Against Thrips in Tomato"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm	Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm	Itay Maoz (Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel) "Biochemical and Molecular Evidence for the Diversity of Acetyl Esters Production in Grapes (Vitis vinifera)"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes