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
Stress Sensing and Signalling at the Cellular Scale
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm
"Uncovering the Design Principles of the Root Epidermis in Salt Stress"
3:25 pm - 3:30 pm
Discussion
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm
"Symplastic Auxin Transport Regulates Lateral Root Hydropatterning"
3:40 pm - 3:45 pm
Discussion
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
"Decoding Roots Adaptation to Salinity: From Early Signals to Sodium Redistribution"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Genomics and Phenomics: Multi-Scale Data Integration for Stress Tolerance
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
"How HKT1 Shapes Ion Dynamics and Salt Tolerance in Lettuce"
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm
Discussion
5:45 pm - 5:55 pm
"Next-Generation ABACUS Biosensors Reveal Cellular ABA Dynamics During Lateral Root Organogenesis Under Water Limitation"
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
"Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Effect on Drought Response in Solanum Tuberosum "
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm
"Genomic Tolerance Insights into Extreme Salinity in Salicornia"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
"Combining High-Throughput Phenotyping with Transcriptomics to Characterize Chenopodium Quinoa 's Responses to Drought and Salt Stress Over Time"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
"Investigating Salinity Tolerance in Quinoa (Chenopodium Quinoa ) Across Experimental Systems and Phenological Stages: Contributions to Pre-Breeding Methodology"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
"Adapting to a Changing Climate: The Genetic and Physiological Basis of Warming and Water Stress Resilience in the Wild Grass Brachypodium Distachyon "
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
"Communicating Research Findings to Plant Scientists and the Public"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Plant Resilience in Extreme Environments and Stress Physiology: From Fields to Forests
9:00 am - 9:10 am
"From C3 to CAM: Rewiring Photosynthesis Through Development"
9:10 am - 9:15 am
Discussion
9:15 am - 9:25 am
"Salt Tolerance in Quinoa is Linked to Tissue-Specific Na+ Accumulation"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
"High Salt? No Stress! Improving Cultivar-Specific Wheat Transformation to Investigate Salinity Tolerance"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
"The Role of Sulfur in Regulating Water Use Efficiency and Metabolic Acclimation to Drought"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Water Potential Regulation: A Robust Way for Characterizing Species-Specific Stomatal Responses to VPD"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Integrated Stress Response in Extremophytes: Insights into Genetic Regulation and Physiological Adaptation to Concurrent Salinity and Nutrient Limitation"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
"Extreme Cooling Enables Survival in Extreme Heat in Plants"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
"Coordinated Seasonal Shifts Between Turgor Loss Point and Abscisic Acid Production in Quercus Rubra Leaves"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
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: Empowering Early Career Researchers Through Mentoring
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
"Plant Gene Regulation, Root Development, and Stress Response"
1:40 pm - 1:45 pm
Discussion
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
"Plant Stress Biology, Drought Resistance, and Cellular Signaling"
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm
"Spatial and Single-Cell Genomics, Plant Gene Regulation, and Plant-Microbe Interactions"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm
"Plant Science Education, Community Building, and Career Development"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes