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Plant Biology 2007 and Botany 2007 Joint Congress
Chicago Highlights
Plant Biology and Botany 2007
JULY 7-11, 2007 * HILTON CHICAGO * CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
A JOINT CONGRESS INCLUDING:
American Fern Society (AFS),
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB),
American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT),
Botanical Society of America (BSA)

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!

COMMITTEE MEETINGS | HILTON FLOOR PLANS

StartTime

EndTime

Event/Item

Room

FRIDAY, July 6

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

The Plant Cell Editorial Board Meeting

Joliet Room

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

ASPB Executive Committee Meeting

Marquette Room

12:00 AM

5:00 PM

Ancestral Angiosperm Genome Project (AAGP) Meeting
- Claude dePamphilis

McCormick

6:00 PM

9:00 PM

Registration Opens

8th St. N. & S.

6:30 PM

9:30 PM

ASPB Executive Committee Dinner

Offsite

6:30 PM

9:30 PM

ASPB The Plant Cell Editorial Board Meeting

Offsite

SATURDAY, July 7

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

ASPB Membership Committee Meeting

PDR 4

7:00 AM

6:00 PM

Registration Open

8th St. N. & S.

7:00 AM

6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

PDR 5

8:00 AM

5:00 PM

Field Trips
FT - 1 Ferns of the Indiana Dunes Region - $85.00
FT - 2 Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie - $115.00 - CANCELLED!
FT - 3 Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Site Tour - $130.00 - CANCELLED!
FT - 4 The Indian Boundary Prairies - $75.00 - CANCELLED!
FT - 5 The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora - $75.00

OFFSITE

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Field Trip
FT - 6 Chicago Botanic Garden - $35.00

OFFSITE

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

The Plant Cell Editorial Board Meeting

Joliet Room

9:00 AM

5:00 PM

Posters May Be Posted

Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest Hall

10:00 AM

2:00 PM

Field Trip
FT -7 Illinois Beach State Park - $50.00

OFFSITE

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Education Forum Session: Education Forum Session - Supporting Effective Teaching and Learning

Continental A

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Education Forum Session - Active Learning in the Classroom

Continental B

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Workshop W2 - "Smiling Faces" - A Simple Technique for Teaching Enzyme Function

Lake Huron

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Workshop W3 - Planting Science and Cultivating Mentoring

Lake Michigan

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Workshop W4 - MorphBank's New Annotation Functionality for Morphological Phylogenetics and Biological Research Collections

Lake Erie

10:00 AM

2:00 PM

Plant Physiology Editorial Board Meeting

PDR 2

11:00 AM

1:00 PM

ASPB Public Affairs Committee Meeting

PDR 6

11:00 AM

12:30 PM

Undergraduate Poster Session & ASPB Section/New Member Reception
Undergraduates are encouraged to attend and display their posters. All sections of ASPB will be represented to answer questions about membership and section activities.

Grand Ballroom

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

ASPB Ambassador's Club Lunch

PDR 4

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

BSA Workshop W5 - Classroom Wonders: Wisconsin Fast Plants and C-Fern

Lake Michigan

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Education Forum Session - Along the Career Path

Stephens 1

1:00 PM

4:00 PM

Education Forum Session - BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Symposium
Part 1

Stephens 2

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

ASPB Awards Ceremony
All attendees are invited to attend this prominent annual ceremony which recognizes meritorious research and service in plant biology by the presentation of awards to deserving individuals.  Awards to be given this year are the Corresponding Membership Award, the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award, the Stephen Hales Prize, the Charles Albert Shull Award, the Martin Gibbs Medal, the Adolph E. Gude, Jr. Award, the Excellence in Teaching Award, the Early Career Award, the ASPB-Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize, and, for the first time this year, the ASPB Fellows Award.

International Ballroom

2:00 PM

2:30 PM

COFFEE BREAK

Northwest Hall Prefunction Space

2:15 PM

3:15 PM

Education Forum Session - Trees in Teaching: Versatile Tools for Learning

Stephens 3

2:15 PM

3:15 PM

Education Forum Session - Exploring Inquiry-based Instruction in Botany to Enhance Student Learning In a Differentiated Classroom

Stephens 5

2:15 PM

3:15 PM

Education Forum Session - Introducing a Problem Space Approach to Undergraduate Problem Solving: Exploring the Phylogeography of the Invasive Species Tamarix

Stephens 2

3:00 PM

4:20 PM

S01 ASPB Major Symposium - Charles Albert Shull & Stephen Hales Prize Awardees
3:00-3:40 PM S01001 Xuemei Chen - HEN1 in microRNA biogenesis and plant development
3:40-4:20 PM S01002 Ken Keegstra - Back to the Future-Xyloglucan Structure, Biosynthesis and Function

International Ballroom

3:15 PM

4:15 PM

Education Forum Session - PREP: Active Learning and Mutual Benefit

Stephens 1

3:15 PM

4:15 PM

Education Forum Session - Open Modeling and Simulation Resources for Problem Solving in Plant Biology

Stephens 2

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

SL01 Special Lecture - Education Forum Keynote Address - Stephanie Pace Marshall, Ph.D.

Continental C

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

ASPB's Perspectives of Science Leaders
Plant Biology into the 21st Century: Where to from Here?
Speaker: Dr. James Collins, Assistant Director of Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation, will discuss his perspectives on where biology is today, where it is going, and how plant biology fits in that vision.

Continental B

5:45 PM

7:30 PM

Education Forum Reception & Book Signing

Northwest Hall Prefunction Space

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

ASPB Fellows Reception
Honoring this year's ASPB Fellows by invitation only.

Grand Tradition

6:00 PM

10:00 PM

ASPB Career Workshop I: Where are the Jobs
Speakers from industry (Christine Ellis, Monsanto; Katherine Krolikowski, Mendel), publishing (Nancy Eckardt, The Plant Cell; Jennifer Henry, Functional Plant Biology) academia (Robert Last, Michigan State University), science policy (Diane Jofuku Okamuro, NSF); and career guidance (Sarah Blackford, Society for Experimental Biology) will give brief presentations about opportunities in their fields and answer questions during the evening. Workshop will begin with dinner.  This event requires a pre-purchased ticket.

Williford B

6:00 PM

10:00 PM

ASPB Career Workshop II: Getting the Most Out of Your Postdoc Experience
Speakers will discuss postdoc options in industry and academia (Terry Delaney, University of Vermont); postdoc funding (Sharman O-Neill, UC Davis; Guntram Bauer, Human Frontiers Science Program); research/teaching balance (Sarah Wyatt, Ohio University; Leeann Thornton, Washington University); choosing a mentor and project (Nicole Donofrio, University of Delaware); and what are PI's looking for in a postdoc (Don Ort, University of Illinois). Workshop will begin with dinner. This event requires a pre-purchased ticket.

Williford C

7:00 PM

10:00 PM

BSA Executive Committee Dinner

OFFSITE

SUNDAY, July 8

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

ASPB Minority Affairs Committee Meeting

Joliet Room

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Small Colleges/PUI Networking Breakfast
This event serves as an opportunity to bring people from PUIs together to network, share information on strategies for teaching and research in plant biology, and explore other opportunities.  This event requires a pre-purchased ticket.

Waldorf Room

8:30 AM

5:00 PM

ASPT Board Meeting

Marquette Room

7:30 AM

7:00 PM

Registration Open

8th St. N. & S.

7:30 AM

7:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

PDR 5

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

BSA Financial Advisory Committee Meeting

PDR 6

8:00 AM

5:00 PM

Exhibitor Setup

Southwest Hall & Southeast Hall

8:00 AM

11:00 PM

Internet Café Open

Southewest Hall

8:00 AM

11:00 PM

Posters Open

Southwest, Southeast & Northeast Halls

8:00 AM

5:00 PM

Field Trips:
FT - 8 Ferns of Northeastern Illinois - $75.00
FT - 9 FENS: More than "Peat with calcareous seepage..." - $75.00 - CANCELLED!
FT - 10 Warren Woods and Mud Lake Bog, Berrien County, Michigan - $85.00 - CANCELLED!
FT - 11 Somme Prairie and Vestal Grove - $115.00 - CANCELLED!
FT - 12 Calumet Wetlands - $160.00 - CANCELLED!
FT - 13 Flora and Ecology of the Indiana Dunes -$85.00
FT - 14 The Morton Arboretum - $85.00 - CANCELLED!

OFFSITE

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Education Forum Session - BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Symposium Part 2

Stephens 1

8:30 AM

12:30 PM

BSA Workshop W6 - Measuring Eco-physiology of Plants from Cells to Ecosystems with Nondestructive Techniques

Lake Michigan

8:30 AM

12:30 PM

BSA Workshop W7 - Image Quiz: Teaching plant identification based on insights from cognitive psychology

Lake Huron

8:30 AM

12:30 PM

BSA Workshop W8 - Sharing scientific research with K-12 learners: expanding our outreach

Lake Ontario

8:30 AM

12:00 PM

S02 ASPB Major Symposium - "Plant Biology in sub-Saharan Africa"
8:30 - 9:00 AM Organizer: Debby Delmer, UC Davis - Overview of Plant Biology in Africa
9:00 S02001 Mande Semon - The Evolutionary History of the
African Rice Oryza glaberrima Steud

9:40 S02002 Cosmos Magorokosho - The Introduction of Maize in
Africa and Current Levels of Diversity in Zimbabwe,
Zambia and Malawi
10:20 COFFEE BREAK
10:50 S02003 James Ogwang - Biological control of water hyacinth
in Lakes Victoria and Kyoga – Uganda

11:20 S02004 Dionne Shepherd - Diversity of maize streak virus
(MSV) and transgenic resistance to MSV in maize

International Ballroom

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

BSA Web Committee Meeting

PDR 6

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Workshop W9 - Plants in Space: Educational Opportunities in Plant Biology Using the Space Garden

Astoria Room

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Workshop W10 - Preparing Figure Files for Publication

PDR 2

10:20 AM

11:20 AM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

Grand Ballroom

10:30 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Education Committee Meeting

Joliet Room

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Membership Committee Meeting

Williford A

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

ABLS, AFS, ASPT & BSA Presidents' Luncheon

PDR 6

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

ASPB Minority Affairs Luncheon
This luncheon is sponsored by the ASPB Committee on Minority Affairs.  Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan will speak on “Will Current Legislative Policies Enhance or Impede the Progress of Underrepresented Minorities Obtaining Degrees in the Sciences?”     This event requires a pre-purchased ticket.

Waldorf Room

1:00 PM

4:00 PM

Field Trip:
FT - 15 The Field Museum and Botany Department - $25.00 (to be repeated as FT 17) PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK TO THE MUSEUM

OFFSITE

1:00 PM

3:30 PM

BSA Council Meeting

Williford A

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

BSA Workshop W1 - New BSA Teaching Innovations Short Course

Lake Michigan

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

BSA Workshop W11 - Scientific Writing and Editing

Lake Ontario

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

BSA Workshop W12 - Collections Planning and Policy for Educators and Academics

Lake Huron

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

BSA Workshop W13 - Carex Identification

Lake Erie

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

BSA Workshop W16 - The World of Plants at Your Fingertips

PDR 2

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

S03 Minority Affairs Symposium - Plants and Human Nutrition - Chair: Greg Goines
2:00 S03001 Howard Damude - Making a healthy oil even healthier: Production of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in soybean.
2:20 S03002 Marcella Gilbert - Historical Diet & Current Disease Among the Northern Plains Tribes
2:50 S03003 Raymond Rodriguez - Nutritional Genomics: Linking Food, Genomics and Human Health to Promote Global Health and Wellness
3:15 S03004 Eugenia Winston - Genetic and cultural methods to control reniform nematode in cotton

International Ballroom

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

M01 Minisymposium - Emerging Genome Technologies - Chair: Ivan Baxter
2:00 M01001 Andrea L Eveland - 3’UTR Profi ling: Resolution of Diff erential Expression by Closely-Related Transcripts and Identification of Novel Sequences
2:25 M01002 Samuel Hazen - Detecting circadian clock regulated transcription using genome tiling arrays
2:50 M01003 Ivan Baxter - Deletion and Duplication Detection in Arabidopsis using Tiling Arrays
3:15 M01004 Xu Zhang - Survey of splicing variation and allele specifi c expression in natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana using SNP-tiling array

Continental Ballroom A

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

M02 Minisymposium - Vegetative Development - Chair: Kenneth Birnbaum
2:00 M02001 Kenneth Birnbaum - A Genomic and Real Time View of Regenerating Tissue
2:25 M02002 Jeanne M. Harris - Abscisic Acid rescues the root meristem defect of M. truncatula latd mutants
2:50 M02003 Mengjuan Guo - Molecular Mechanisms for KNOX Gene Silencing by the Arabidopsis ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 Complex
3:15 M02004 M Van Lijsebettens - Growth control in plants by chromatin modifying complexes

Continental Ballroom B

2:00 PM

3:40 PM

M03 Minisymposium - Cell-to-Cell and Long Distance Signaling - Chair: Dominique Bergman
2:00 M03001 Jennifer M. Gagne - The Protein Phosphatase Type 2C Proteins, POL and PLL1 are Required for Multiple Asymmetric Cell Divisions During Plant Development
2:25 M03002 David Braun - Tie-dyed1 encodes a novel protein controlling carbohydrate accumulation in leaves
2:50 M03003 Dominique Bergmann - Accentuate the positive: interactions between opposing regulators control stomatal pattern in Arabidopsis
3:15 M03004 Karen Deak - Long Distance Signals Regulate Lateral Root Emergence in Arabidopsis thaliana

Continental Ballroom C

3:30 PM

5:30 PM

BSA Workshop W12a - Collections Planning and Policy for Educators and Academics

Lake Huron

3:30 PM

5:30 PM

BSA Workshop W13a - Carex Identification

Lake Erie

3:45 PM

4:45 PM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

Grand Ballroom

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

BSA Student and Mentor Orientation

 

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

BSA Under-Represented People Committee Meeting

PDR 6

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

M04 Minisymposium - Cellular Technologies - Chair: Marisa Otegui
4:10 M04001 Matthew V. Thompson - Estimating long-distance phloem behavior with sieve-element targeted, fluorescence labeled membrane proteins
4:35 M04002 Dana E Martinez - Involvement of “senescence associated vacuoles” in the degradation of chloroplast proteins in tobacco leaves
5:00 M04003 Luisa Lopez-Ochoa - Use of peptide aptamers for broad-based geminivirus disease resistance
5:25 M04004 Tzvi Tzfi ra - Toward zinc finger nucleases-mediated gene targeting in plants

International Ballroom

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

M05 Minisymposium - Abiotic Stress - Chair: Mike Hasegawa
4:10 M05001 Chan Yul Yoo - Ca2+/CaM signaling through AtGTL1 mediates drought stress adaptation
4:35 M05002 Zhanguo Xin - ESK1 Is a Novel Component of Freezing Tolerance
5:00 M05003 Adriana Katz - Salt-induced changes in the plasma membrane proteome of the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina
5:25 M05004 Ru Zhang - Cyclic Electron Transport Protects against Moderate Heat Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

Continental Ballroom A

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

M06 Minisymposium - Rhythms - Chair: C. Robertson McClung
4:10 M06001 Katharine Hubbard - Dissection of Calcium Signalling Pathways in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock
4:35 M06002 Sumire Fujiwara - Blue-light dependent stabilization of ZEITLUPE requires the LOV domain in Arabidopsis
5:00 M06003 Kazunari Nozue - The circadian clock and light signaling converge on PIF4 and PIF5 to control rhythmic hypocotyl growth
5:25 M06004 Michael F Covington - The circadian clock regulates auxin signaling in an organ-specific manner

Continental Ballroom B

4:10 PM

5:50 PM

M07 Minisymposium - Seed Biology - Chair: Jane Shen-Miller
4:10 M07001 S.M. de Sousa - A sorbitol dehydrogenase deficiency reduces kernel size in maize
4:35 M07002 J. Shen-Miller - Exceptional longevity of fruits of Nelumbo nucifera: heat-hardy (100oC) proteins.
5:00 M07003 Christine Andeme Ondzighi-Assoume - During Biogenesis of Nucellus Cells in Developing Seeds, Arabidopsis Protein Disulfide Isomerase 5 Traffics Together with Cysteine Proteases to Protein Storage and Lytic Vacuoles
5:25 M07004 Hardy Rolletschek - Mechanisms for oxygen sensing and balancing in naturally hypoxic crop plant seeds

Continental Ballroom C

5:00 PM

7:00 PM

TAIR/Gramene/SGN Workshop I: Gene Ontology and Plant Metabolic Databases
Workshop I will focus on describing both the Gene Ontology (GO; http://www.geneontology.org) and the Plant Ontology (PO; http://www.plantontology.org).

Williford B

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Student Worker Orientation Meeting

Marquette Room

5:00 PM

6:30 PM

BSA Grad School Reception/Career Fair

Normandie Lounge

5:00 PM

7:00 PM

American Fern Society Council Meeting

PDR 6

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

USDA Reception
All employees/colleagues of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are invited to attend.

Astoria Room

5:30 PM

7:00 PM

Judge Jones Dinner (by Invitation Only)

Joliet Room

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

Digital Art I:  Digital Art for Introductory and Intermediate Users
Speaker: Michael Hepp of The Sheridan Group
This session will help you to create digital art files that meet the requirements of The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology.

Williford C

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

Grantsmanship Workshop
Research Program Leaders from NSF, USDA and DOE will provide updates on their research programs and share insights on what contributes to strongly competitive proposals

Williford A

7:00 PM

7:30 PM

BSA & ASPB President's Welcome

International Ballroom

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

BSA & ASPB Plenary - Judge John E. Jones III
Judge John E. Jones III - In 2005 Judge Jones presided over the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover School District, after which he held that it was unconstitutional to teach intelligent design within a public school science curriculum.

International Ballroom

8:30 PM

10:00 PM

All Society Mixer in Exhibit Hall
Open to all meeting registrants, this welcoming event in the Exhibit Hall is a perfect way to reconnect with old friends, meet new people, and network with other meeting participants.

Southwest, Southeast & Northeast Halls

MONDAY, July 9

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

ASPB Women in Plant Biology Committee Meeting

Joliet Room

7:00 AM

9:00 AM

Cornell Breakfast

Marquette Room

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Registration Open

8th St. N. & S.

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

PDR 5

8:00 AM

11:00 PM

Internet Café Open

Southwest Hall

8:00 AM

11:00 PM

Posters Open

Southwest, Southeast & Northeast Halls

8:00 AM

9:45 AM

CP03

Lake Ontario

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

CP04

Williford A

8:00 AM

11:30 AM

CP01

Boulevard B

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

SY03

Stevens 2

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP05

Lake Erie

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP02

PDR 4

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

SY02

Stevens 5

8:00 AM

4:30 PM

SY01

Williford B

8:15 AM

10:30 AM

SY04

Boulevard C

8:20 AM

2:45 PM

SY05

Stevens 1

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M08 Minisymposium - Education and Outreach - Chair: Mary Williams
8:30 M08001 Richard Amasino - Development of rapid-cycling Brassica rapa as a model for teaching genetics
8:55 M08002 Carolyn Napoli - Integrating Computational Thinking into Biology Education and Outreach
9:20 M08003 B Gunning - Images of plant cell biology on DVD: information for students and a resource for teachers
9:45 M08004 Eve Wurtele - Meta!Blast: development of a video game of cell and metabolic biology

International Ballroom

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M09 Minisymposium - Plant Defense - Chair: Thomas Eulgem
8:30 M09001 Ryan Shepherd - Phylloplane Proteins: Emerging Defenses at the Aerial Frontline
8:55 M09002 Thomas Eulgem - EDM2, a novel transcriptional regulator mediating disease resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana
9:20 M09003 Claire Anderson (nee Barker) - Analysis of an autoactive Hcr9 disease resistance protein reveals residues responsible for activation, repression and enhancement of signalling activity
9:45 M09004 Sang-Wook Park - Methyl Salicylate is a Critical Mobile Signal for Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance

Continental Ballroom A

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M10 Minisymposium - Protein Targeting - Chair: Sarah Patterson
8:30 M10001 Amber L. Robertson - Secretory Carrier Membrane Proteins (SCAMPs) in Arabidopsis thaliana
8:55 M10002 Hsou-min Li - Stimulation of transit-peptide release and ATP hydrolysis by a cochaperone during protein import into chloroplasts
9:20 M10003 Gloria K Muday - Altered auxin transport and root development in the scd1 mutant
9:45 M10004 Haruhiko Washida - Identifi cation of zip codes required for the cisternal ER targeting of rice glutelin RNA

Continental Ballroom B

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M11 Minisymposium - Heavy Metals and Phytoremediation - Chair: Sharon Doty
8:30 M11001 John L. Freeman - Evolutionary and Ecological Aspects of Selenium Hyperaccumulation
8:55 M11002 Dong-Yul Sung - Luciferase-based genetic screening of cadmium response mutants
9:20 M11003 Sabarinath Sundaram - An unusual glutaredoxin from the arsenic hyperaccumulator fern Pteris vittata L. regulates intracellular arsenite.
9:45 M11004 Zareen Khan - Endophyte assisted phytoremediation of Trichloroethylene(TCE) by Sweet potato plants

Continental Ballroom C

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M12 Minisymposium - Pollen Biology - Chair: Daphne Preuss
8:30 M12001 Stanley Roux - Pollen tubes release ATP as they grow and their continued growth requires the activity of pollen ectoapyrases that hydrolyze the secreted ATP
8:55 M12002 Mark A Johnson - Arabidopsis HAP2 (GCS1) is sperm-specifi c, required for pollen tube guidance, and essential for fertilization
9:20 M12003 Sharon Kessler - Cell-to-cell communication in pollen tube reception at the female gametophyte
9:45 M12004 René Lorbiecke - The pollen-specific protein kinase ZmPTI1a from maize co-localizes with callose deposition and facilitates a competitive advantage to the male gametophyte

Waldorf

8:30 AM

11:00 AM

CP07

PDR 2

8:30 AM

12:00 PM

CP06

Boulevard A

9:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP08

Lake Michigan

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

Exhibit Hall & Grand Ballroom

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Companion Continental Breakfast
A breakfast for registered companions of our attendees.  Information will be available on what to see and do in Chicago.

Marquette Room

10:00 AM

2:00 PM

Exhibits Open

Southwest, Southeast & Northeast Halls

10:15 AM

10:45 AM

CP10

Lake Huron

10:15 AM

12:00 PM

CP09

Lake Ontario

10:15 AM

12:15 PM

CP11

Williford A

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M13 Minisymposium - Cell Walls - Chair: Allan Showalter
10:40 M13001 Maureen C McCann - Is rhamnogalacturonan-I a key scaff olding element in the pectin network of arabidopsis cell walls?
11:05 M13002 Wei Xiao - Identification of primary sequences sufficient for crosslinking proline-rich proteins within the root hair cell wall of Arabidopsis thaliana.
11:30 M13003 Yizhu Zhang - Functional characterization of Lysinerich AGPs by reverse genetics
11:55 M13004 Michael Held - Viral-induced gene silencing of cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like genes in barley reveals a tightly controlled gene network for cell wall biosynthesis

International Ballroom

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M14 Minisymposium - Environmental Signaling - Chair: Janet Braam
10:40 M14001 Jorge Zavala - Elevated CO 2 increases susceptibility of soybean to natural herbivores by defeating induction of cysteine proteinase inhibitors.
11:05 M14002 Yingzhen Yang - A strong Arabidopsis guard cell promoter
11:30 M14003 Hemayet Ullah - Arabidopsis Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK1) scaff old proteins regulate diverse environmental stress signaling pathways
11:55 M14004 Yu-Chang Tsai - Arabidopsis Calcium Sensors Regulate Transition to Flowering and Nitric Oxide Accumulation

Continental Ballroom A

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M15 Minisymposium - Evolution of Development and Physiology - Chair: Karen Renzaglia
10:40 M15001 Verónica S. Di Stilio - Conservation and divergence of petal and stamen identity genes between Arabidopsis and Thalictrum, a basal eudicot
11:05 M15002 David R Smyth - Evolution of an enhancer region that regulates PETAL LOSS expression in the perianth of the Arabidopsis fl ower
11:30 M15003 Kevin M. Folta - Functional Characterization of Novel Rosaceae Genes in Transgenic Arabidopsis and Strawberry (Fragaria spp.)
11:55 M15004 Aldwin Anterola - Gibberellin Biosynthesis and Function in Bryophytes

Continental Ballroom B

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M16 Minisymposium - Plant Symbiont Biology - Chair: Federico Sanchez
10:40 M16001 F Sanchez - Genomics and RNAi Functional Analysis of a Highly Expressed Nod Gene Family in Phaseolus vulgaris
11:05 M16002 Ann M. Hirsch - The common nod genes are required for mature biofi lm formation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
11:30 M16003 David Jauregui - A leucine rich repeat receptor-like kinase has a role in nodule morphogenesis in Phaseolus vulgaris
11:55 M16004 Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran - Medicago truncatula DMI1 localizes to the nuclear envelope and regulates Nod factor-induced calcium spiking

Continental Ballroom C

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M17 Minisymposium - Mechanisms of Gene Regulation - Chair: Albrecht von Arnim
10:40 M17001 Shiv Tiwari - Nonredundant functions of Aux/IAA proteins
11:05 M17002 Andreas Wachter - Riboswitch mediated gene control in plants
11:30 M17003 Byung-Hoon Kim - The H subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 contributes to the
efficient translation of mRNAs with upstream open reading frames

11:55 M17004 Su-May Yu - GA and Sugar Signaling Interference in Germinating Cereal Grains: Mechanism of MYBGA and MYBS1 Interaction in the Regulation of α-Amylase Gene Expression.

Waldorf

10:45 AM

12:00 PM

CP12

Lake Huron

11:15 AM

11:30 AM

CP13

Boulevard C

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Teaching Committee Business Meeting

Boulevard A

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

ASPB Women in Plant Biology Committee Sponsored Speaker & Luncheon
Speaker: Dr. Jo Handelsman - The Women Don't Need Fixing: The Role of Institutions in Advancing the Participation of Women in Science

Williford C

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

American Fern Society Luncheon & Business Meeting

Astoria Room

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

Occupations in the plant sciences: Asking the right questions, finding the right answers and sharing life experiences.

Marquette

1:00 PM

2:30 PM

CP17

Lake Ontario

1:00 PM

4:45 PM

CP15

Lake Erie

1:00 PM

4:45 PM

CP16

Stevens 3

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

SY08

Stevens 4

1:00 PM

5:15 PM

CP14

Lake Huron

1:00 PM

5:15 PM

SY07

Stevens 2

1:15 PM

3:00 PM

CP18

Williford A

1:15 PM

3:30 PM

CP19

PDR 2

1:30 PM

2:45 PM

CP20

Lake Michigan

2:00 PM

5:00 PM

S04 ASPB/BSA Joint Symposium - "Evolutionary Development"
Organizer: Michael Zanis, Purdue University
2:00 S04001 William E. Friedman - An evolutionary-developmental perspective on the angiosperm reproductive syndrome
2:40 S04002 Mitsuyasu Hasebe - Evolution of developmental genes in land plants
3:20 COFFEE BREAK
3:40 S04003 Peter K. Endress - Flower development and evolution viewed from a diversity perspective
4:20 S04004 Neelima Sinha - Shoots and leaves, an evo-devo perspective

International Ballroom

2:40 PM

3:40 PM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

Exhibit Hall & Grand Ballroom

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

Student Involvement Across the Botanical Society of America

Joliet Room

3:15 PM

4:15 PM

Botanical Society of America, Pteridological Section Meeting

Lake Michigan

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

BSA International Outreach Committee Meeting

PDR 6

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

BSA Student Mixer

Marquette Room

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Ecological Section Business Meeting

Lake Ontario

5:00 PM

6:30 PM

ASPB International Affairs Committee Meeting

PDR 3

5:00 PM

7:00 PM

Joint Education Workshop "Ideas to Deliverables - Designing and Disseminating Effective Educational Materials" (W-14)
This workshop will bring together people with ideas for education and outreach ventures and those who have successfully implemented such ventures.

Wilford A

5:15 PM

6:30 PM

Future of plant DNA barcoding discussion

Stevens 5

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

Genetics Section Business Meeting

Lake Huron

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

Economic Botany Business Meeting

Lake Erie

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

ASPT/Systematics Section Business Meeting

Stevens 1

5:30 PM

7:30 PM

Developmental and Structural Section Mixer and Business Meeting

Stevens 2

6:00 PM

10:00 PM

Plant Physiology & The Plant Cell Editorial Board Dinner

OFFSITE

6:00 PM

10:00 PM

BSA Paleobotanical Section Banquet
Bus Transportation Provided from/to Hilton

Costa's Restaurant in Greektown

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

Exclusive Exhibitor-only Cocktail Reception

Southwest & Southeast Halls

6:30 PM

7:45 PM

Herbarium Curator's Meeting

Marquette Room

7:00 PM

10:00 PM

Exclusive Poster Session in Exhibit Hall
(even-number abstracts - 7:00 - 8:00 pm; odd-number abstracts - 8:00 - 9:00 pm)

Southwest, Southeast & Northeast Halls

TUESDAY, July 10

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

ASPB Education Committee Meeting

PDR 3

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Missouri Botanical Garden Breakfast

Marquette Room

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Registration Open

8th St. N. & S.

8:00 AM

6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

PDR 5

8:00 AM

11:00 PM

Internet Café Open

Southwest Hall

8:00 AM

11:00 PM

Posters Open

Southwest, Southeast & Northeast Halls

8:00 AM

12:15 PM

SY09

Boulevard A

8:00 AM

12:15 PM

C01

Boulevard B

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP26

Boulevard C

8:00 AM

11:30 AM

CP23

Continental A

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

SY10

Continental B

8:00 AM

12:15 PM

CP24

Continental C

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

SY11

Lake Michigan

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP22

Lake Ontario

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP21

Williford A

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

CP25

Williford B

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

SY12

Williford C

8:15 AM

9:45 AM

CP27

Lake Erie

8:30 AM

11:15 AM

CP28

Stevens 1

8:30 AM

11:45 AM

CP29

Stevens 2

8:30 AM

12:00 PM

S05 ASPB Major Symposium "Manipulation of host signaling by pathogens"
Organizer: Barbara Kunkel, Washington University
8:30 S05001 Barbara N Kunkel - Coronatine, a Pseudomonas syringae phytohormone mimic, modulates multiple aspects of host biology to promote disease
9:15 S05002 Sheng-Yang He - Bacterial virulence factors: Excellent molecular probes of plant cellular functions
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 S05003 Eric Davis - Nematode Secretions Signal Big Changes in Host Plant Cells
11:15 S05004 Shauna Somerville - The Plant Cell: The First Line of Defense

International Ballroom

8:30 AM

12:00 PM

SY13

Stevens 4

9:45 AM

10:30 AM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

Grand Ballroom

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP30

Williford B

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

SL03

Stevens 5

10:15 AM

12:00 PM

CP31

Lake Erie

11:30 AM

1:00 PM

BSA Economic Botany Section Luncheon

Marquette

12:00 PM

2:00 PM

ASPB Executive Committee Luncheon

Waldorf Room

12:00 PM

3:15 PM

Exclusive Poster Session in Exhibit Hall (Lunch provided)
(odd-number abstracts - 12:00 - 1:00 pm; even-number abstracts – 1:00 - 2:00 pm)

Southeast, Southwest, Northeast Halls

1:15 PM

4:15 PM

CP34

Stevens 2

1:00 PM

3:15 PM

CP33

Lake Michigan

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

SY14

Boulevard A

1:00 PM

2:15 PM

CP32

Lake Ontario

2:15 PM

3:00 PM

Tropical Biology Section Business Meeting

Lake Ontario

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Teaching Biology to Undergraduates
NSF-Sponsored discussion on the teaching of Biology to undergraduates. What is necessary to reshape undergraduate education in biology to reflect the 21st century approach to the discipline?

Joliet Room

4:00 PM

9:00 PM

Exhibitor Breakdown

Southeast, Southwest, Northeast Halls

3:20 PM

5:00 PM

M18 Minisymposium - Reproductive Development - Chair: Anireddy Reddy
3:20 M18001 Gul Ali - A novel plant-specific splicing factor regulates Flowering in Arabidopsis
3:45 M18002 Xianfeng, Morgan Xu - NUCLEAR PORE ANCHOR, the Arabidopsis homolog of Tpr/Mlp1/Mlp2/Megator, is involved in mRNA export and SUMO homeostasis and affects diverse aspects of plant development
4:10 M18003 Edith Lafleur - Involvement of the Solanum chacoense MAPKKK ScFRK1 in embryo sac development
4:35 M18004 Yajun Wu - A putative CCAAT-binding transcription factor is a regulator of flowering timing in Arabidopsis

International Ballroom

3:20 PM

5:00 PM

M19 Minisymposium - Bioenergy Crops - Chair: Steve Long
3:20 M19001 Lawrence B. Smart - Breeding and selection of new, high-yielding varieties of shrub willow (Salix spp.) for bioenergy, biofuels, and bioproducts
3:45 M19002 Frank G. Dohleman - Does increased daily carbon assimilation coupled with a higher Leaf Area Index and longer growing season explain the difference in productivity between two potential bioenergy crops?
4:10 M19003 Ming Li Wang - Mining Genetic Diversity of Sweet Sorghum in the US Collection for Biofuel Production
4:34 M19004 Bryan Penning - Maize cell wall gene network: A plant systems

Continental Ballroom A

3:20 PM

5:00 PM

M20 Minisymposium - Auxin Biology - Chair: Wendy Peer
3:20 M20001 Lucia Strader - IBR5, a putative dual-specifi city protein phosphatase, affects auxin response independently of TIR1
3:45 M20002 Makam Srinivas - Arabidopsis APP1 is a rate limiting component of Auxin signalling required for activation of DR5-like Auxin response elements
4:10 M20003 Abidur Rahman - Auxin, actin, and growth of the Arabidopsis thaliana primary root
4:35 M20004 Angela Hendrickson Culler - Novel Pathway for IAA Biosynthesis in Maize Endosperm

Continental Ballroom B

3:20 PM

5:00 PM

M21 Minisymposium - Secondary Metabolism - Chair: Mary A. Schuler
3:20 M21001 Mary A. Schuler - Modeling of plant P450 monooxygenase structures: a three-dimensional perspective on the evolution of their catalytic activities
3:45 M21002 Jonathan I. Watkinson - Two CHS-interacting proteins, CyAP and ENTH-like, manipulate flavonoid production in response to auxin
4:10 M21003 Jing-Ke Weng - Independent origins of syringyl lignin in vascular plants
4:35 M21004 Marc Morant - CYP703: an ancient cytochrome P450 in land plants catalyzing the C-7 hydroxylation of lauric acid for sporopollenin formation in pollen

Continental Ballroom C

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

International Ballroom Foyer

4:00 PM

5:30 PM

CP39

Boulevard C

3:30 PM

5:00 PM

CP38

Williford B

3:45 PM

5:00 PM

CP36

Williford A

3:30 PM

5:00 PM

Historical Section Informal Presentations & Business Meeting

Boulevard B

4:00 PM

5:30 PM

CP37

Lake Ontario

4:45 PM

5:30 PM

CP40

Lake Erie

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

CP35

Lake Michigan

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

BSA Annual Business Meeting & Reports

Lake Michigan

5:00 PM

7:00 PM

ASPB Education Foundation Board Meeting

Suite #1978 Parlor

5:30 PM

7:00 PM

BSA New Member Social

Marquette Room

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

Digital Art Workshop II: Digital Art for Advanced Users
Speaker: Michael Hepp of The Sheridan Group
If you are familiar with the basic concepts related to creating digital art, this session will cover more advanced topics.

Lake Ontario

6:00 PM

8:00 PM

TAIR/Gramene/SGN Workshop II: Introduction to three plant databases: Gramene, SGN and TAIR
Workshop II provides an introduction to three plant databases: Gramene (grasses), SGN (Solaneceae) and TAIR (Arabidopsis).

Lake Erie

6:00 PM

10:00 PM

ASPT Banquet

Field Museum's Stanley Field Hall

8:00 PM

11:00 PM

Final Party!
Say farewell to your fellow attendees! Have dinner on your own then join us for delicious desserts, drinks, conversation, and dancing to the Grammy award winning band Brave Combo. It will be a night to remember!

Grand Ballroom & Grand Foyer and Normandie Lounge

WEDNESDAY, July 11

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

ASPB Program Committee Meeting

PDR 6

7:00 AM

8:30 AM

Miami University of Ohio Breakfast

Marquette Room

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

Registration Open

8th St. N. & S.

8:00 AM

2:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

PDR 5

8:00 AM

2:00 PM

Posters May Be Removed - Please remove by 2 pm; those not removed will be discarded

 

8:00 AM

9:15 AM

CP44

Boulevard A

8:00 AM

11:45 AM

SY16

Stevens 1

8:00 AM

11:45 AM

CP43

Stevens 3

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

C02

Stevens 2

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP41

Boulevard B

8:00 AM

12:15 PM

SY15

Waldorf Room

8:00 AM

12:15 PM

CP42

Boulevard C

8:30 AM

11:30 AM

SY06

International Ballroom North

8:30 AM

9:45 AM

CP45

Williford A

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M22 Minisymposium - Protein Modifications and Turnover - Chair: Bonnie Bartel
8:30 M22001 Zhihua Hua - Biochemical and Functional Studies of S-RNase-Mediated Self-incompatibility in Petunia inflata
8:55 M22002 Melanie Monroe-Augustus - A role for peroxins in peroxisome associated protein degradation
9:20 M22003 Terrence P. Delaney - Analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana SON1 F-Box Protein and Putative Substrates
9:45 M22004 Marcus Miller - Genetic Analysis of the SUMO Conjugation Machinery in Arabidopsis

International Ballroom South

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M23 Minisymposium - Organelle Biology - Chair: Katherine Osteryoung
8:30 M23001 Jianping Hu - Toward understanding plant peroxisome proliferation
8:55 M23002 Rebecca Shipman - Plastidic type I signal peptidase 1 has a functional role in both the envelope and thylakoids of Arabidopsis chloroplasts.
9:20 M23003 Bradley Olson - Biochemical Analysis of Plant FtsZ1 and FtsZ2
9:45 M23004 Li Li - Enhanced carotenoid accumulation as a result of alteration of metabolic sinks in transgenic plants

Continental Ballroom A

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M24 Minisymposium - ABA and Ethylene - Chair: Sophia Stone
8:30 M24001 Elison B Blancaflor - N-acylethanolamine (NAE) metabolism impacts growth and interacts with ABA signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings
8:55 M24002 Sophia Stone - KEG, a Novel RING E3/Kinase/Ankyrin Protein Essential for Arabidopsis Growth and Development is Involved in Abscisic Acid Signaling
9:20 M24003 Charlotte Song - MAP kinases in ROS-mediated ABA Signaling
9:45 M24004 Sang-Dong Yoo - ETR1 Histidine Kinase Activity of Arabidopsis Promotes Plant Growth

Continental Ballroom B

8:30 AM

10:10 AM

M25 Minisymposium - Photomorphogenesis - Chair: Enamul Huq
8:30 M25001 Enamul Huq - PIF1 directly regulates chlorophyll biosynthesis to optimize the greening process in Arabidopsis
8:55 M25002 Meng Chen - HEMERA: a novel regulator required for phytochrome nuclear body localization and photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis
9:20 M25003 Guosheng Wu - The Effect of Different Subcellular Targeting of Cryptochrome 1 on Blue Light Regulated Photomorphogenesis
9:45 M25004 Bobby A. Brown - UV-B Signalling Pathways in Arabidopsis: UVR8 Defi nes a Photomorphogenic
Pathway that Regulates Transcription

Continental Ballroom C

8:30 AM

11:30 AM

CP46

Astoria Room

8:30 AM

3:00 PM

SY17

Stevens 4

8:45 AM

5:30 PM

SY18

Williford B

9:00 AM

11:45 AM

CP47

Williford C

9:45 AM

10:45 AM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

International Foyer

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

SL04

Stevens 5

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

CP48

Boulevard A

10:15 AM

12:00 PM

CP49

Williford A

10:30 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Discussion Session: What Works for Me

Joliet Room

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M26 Minisymposium - Intracellular Signaling - Chair: Jeff Harper
10:40 M26001 Young-Hee Cho - Nuclear Glucose Signaling through Hexokinase1 and HUPs in Arabidopsis
11:05 M26002 Renu Srivastava - Two membrane-bound bZIP transcription factors of Arabidopsis are activated in response to ER stress
11:30 M26003 Tzuu-fen Lee - Null mutation of an Arabidopsis copine gene compromises the specifi city of calcium signaling
11:55 M26004 Yoshimi Barron - Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases: A Critical Role in Pollen Tube Growth

International Ballroom South

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M27 Minisymposium - Regulation of Metabolism - Chair: Eve Wurtele
10:40 M27001 Ling Li - Down-regulation of a novel small gene confers a starch excess phenotype in Arabidopsis
11:05 M27002 Yadong Huang - Identification of a Protein Kinase and a RING-Finger Protein Involved in Plant Metabolic Response
11:30 M27003 Yun Lin - A regulatory role of histidine in Arabidopsis metabolism and growth revealed by the low oil 1 mutant that corresponds to ATP-Phosphoribosyl Transferase 1, a key enzyme of histidine biosynthesis
11:55 M27004 Joseph M. Jez - Regulatory Protein-Protein Interactions in Metabolism: Th e Case of Cysteine Biosynthesis

Continental Ballroom A

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M28 Minisymposium - Cellular Trafficking - Chair: Andreas Nebenführ
10:40 M28001 Clément Thomas - Actin filament bundling via LIM domains
11:05 M28002 Jung-Youn Lee - Targeting of PAPK1 Involves Association with Microtubules and Vesicle-like
Organelles

11:30 M28003 Byung-Ho Kang - RabA4b and its effector PI-4Kβ are key components for regulating secretory vesicle size in Arabidopsis.
11:55 M28004 Andreas Nebenführ - Myosin motors are required for optimal tip growth of root hairs

Continental Ballroom B

10:40 AM

12:20 PM

M29 Minisymposium - Water Relations - Chair: Alejandra Covarrubias
10:40 M29001 Adriana Arango - Relationship between stomatal closure, and xylem vulnerability to cavitation in
poplars

11:05 M29002 G.A. Gambetta - Applied water deficits accelerate ripening and induce changes in gene expression regulating flavonoid biosynthesis in grapevine
11:30 M29003 Yadira Olvera-Carillo - Functional analysis of hydrophlins LEA4 in Arabidopsis thaliana in drought adaptive response
11:55 M29004 Charles Hachez - Plasma membrane aquaporins are widely expressed in maize and form heteromers to regulate plant water movement

Continental Ballroom C

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Devel and Structural Chalk Talks I: 5-10 min talks without PowerPoint

PDR 2

11:00 AM

12:30 PM

American Journal of Botany Associate Editor Luncheon

Marquette Room

11:30 AM

1:00 PM

UMEB/Undergraduate Luncheon

Astoria Room

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Physiological Section Business Meeting

Stevens 1

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Botany 2008 Planning Meeting and Luncheon

PDR 6

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

ASPB Business Meeting

Waldorf Room

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

CP55

Boulevard A

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

CP51

Continental Ballroom B

1:00 PM

3:00 PM

CP52

Stevens 1

1:00 PM

3:45 PM

C03

Boulevard C

1:00 PM

2:15 AM

CP53

Boulevard B

1:00 PM

4:45 PM

CP54

International Ballroom South

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

SY20

Stevens 5

1:00 PM

5:30 PM

SY19

Stevens 2

1:15 PM

5:15 PM

CP56

Stevens 3

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Devel and Structural Chalk Talks II: 5-10 min talks without PowerPoint

PDR 2

2:00 PM

5:10 PM

S06 ASPB President's Symposium
Organizer: Rick Amasino, University of Wisconsin
2:00 S06001 Kirsten Bomblies - When good genes behave badly -hybrid incompatibility in Arabidopsis thaliana
2:40 S06002 M. Kathryn Barton - The role of HD-ZIPIII / LITTLE ZIPPER interactions in the establishment of leaf
polarity

3:20 COFFEE BREAK
3:50 S06003 Jorge Dubcovsky - The vernalization pathway in temperate cereals
4:30 S06004 Harry Klee - Ethylene mediates tomato fruit ripening by receptor turnover

International Ballroom North

2:15 PM

3:15 PM

CP58

Boulevard B

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

ALL COFFEE BREAK

International Foyer

3:15 PM

5:00 PM

CP59

Boulevard A

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

CP60

Williford C

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Paleobotanical Section  Business Meeting

Williford A

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Phytochemical Society Business Meeting

Williford C

4:30 PM

5:10 PM

BSA Development Committee Meeting

Astoria Room

5:10 PM

6:00 PM

BSA Legacy Society

Astoria Room

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

BSA Mixer & Awards Reception

Continental A and Foyer

7:30 PM

10:00 PM

BSA Banquet & Awards

Continental B & C

THURSDAY, July 12

8:00 AM

5:00 PM

Field Trip:
FT - 16 Dune Formations on Chicago's Public Lakeshore: Monitoring and Management - $85.00 - CANCELLED!

 

9:00 AM

12:00 PM

Field Trip:
FT - 17 The Field Museum and Botany Department - $25.00 (a repeat of FT 15) PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK TO THE MUSEUM

 

8:00 AM

12:00 PM

BSA Executive Committee Meeting

McCormick