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There have been a number of successful meetings on stomata in past years, starting with a SEB symposium in Lancaster in 1979, followed by meetings in Hawaii (1983), a FESPP workshop in East Berlin (1989), a SEB sponsored symposium in Canterbury in 1997, and a meeting sponsored by New Phytologist in Birmingham in 2001. This meeting will continue and expand that tradition, using the topic of transpiration as a focal point. In the past five years, there have been rapid advances at several organizational levels in the understanding and measurement of the biology of transpiration. These areas have developed separately, yet each has major implications for the others. To catalyze needed interactions among scientists working in diverse areas, all aspects of water transport will be covered at levels spanning from gene expression to global modeling, including:

• root water uptake
• regulation of water flow by aquaporins
• long distance transport and xylem hydraulics
• guard cell physiology and development
• mechanisms controlling transpiration from the leaf to the globe.

A goal of this meeting is to bring together outstanding scientists from around the globe who might not otherwise meet. To provide the participants with an intimate retreat-like atmosphere for debate and interaction, the meeting will be limited to approximately 200 participants. The meeting will include invited talks, talks chosen from abstracts, and poster discussions; each day's program will cover topics at several organizational levels.

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Plant Physiology Special Issue
Biology of Transpiration
January 2007

http://www.aspb.org/BiologyofTranspiration

Confirmed Speakers and Tentative Titles
Alistair Hetherington (University of Bristol) - Sphingosine-1-phosphate and the guard cell signalling network
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki (Kyushu University) - Blue light regulation of stomatal function and signaling
Reka Albert (Pennsylvania State University) - Dynamic modeling of the signal transduction network corresponding to ABA induced stomatal closure
Russell Monson (University of Colorado) - Observations and models of transpiration and stomatal conductance at the canopy scale
Joseph Berry (Carnegie Institution of Washington) - Stomata and the Atmosphere (Sponsored by Global Change Biology)
Mairgareth Caird (University of California - Davis) - Overview of nighttime stomatal conductance and transpiration in C₃ and C₄ plants
John Sperry (University of Utah) - Hydraulic consequences of vessel evolution in angiosperms (Sponsored by Decagon Devices)
Bill davies (lancaster university) - Soil : plant signalling networks and the control of water use and plant productivity during soil drying
Frederick Meinzer (USDA Forest Service) - Variable embolism in roots and leaves: a dynamic hydraulic signal mediating stomatal control of transpiration
Francois Chaumont (Université catholique de Louvain) - Function and regulation of plasma membrane aquaporins in maize
Christophe MAUREL (CNRS / INRA) - Aquaporins and water uptake by roots
Josette Masle (Australian National University) - The genetics of transpiration efficiency
Thomas Juenger (University of Texas at Austin) - Natural Variation in the Physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana: the ecological genetics of drought adaptation
Hedrich Rainer (Julius Von Sachs Institiute) - Signaling in guard cells revisited - New insights
Michael Blatt (University Of Glasgow) - Getting around the guard cell – tailbacks on the high road
Sarah Assman (Pennsylvania State University) - G-protein regulation of stomatal function
Carl Bernacchi (Illinois State Water Survey) - The relationship between stomatal conductance and ecosystem evapotranspiration in response to atmospheric change
David Fowler (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) - Rising Tropospheric Ozone: the role of Stomata in mediating damage
Triin Kollist (University of Helsinki) - abi1, abi2, ost1 and a novel guard cell specific mutant rcd3 lack the common ozone-induced stomatal closure
Susanne von Caemmerer (Research School of Biological Sciences) - Stomatal behaviour in photosynthetic mutants
Hamlyn Jones (University of Dundee) - Remote sensing of stomatal behaviour from leaf to landscape
Julie Gray (University of Sheffield) - Metabolism of Malate is Important During Stomatal Closure
Sylvain MERLOT (CNRS - ISV (UPR2355)) - Open STomata mutations reveal important elements of ABA signaling in guard cells
Ian Woodward (University of Sheffield) - Vegetation dynamics and the role of stomata (Sponsored by New Phytologist)
Jennifer McElwain (University College Dublin) - Tracking long term carbon cycle dynamics, mass extinction and global catastrophes using fossil plant stomatal frequency
Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University) - Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Stomatal Development
Fred Sack (University British Columbia) - Division and morphogenesis in stomatal development
Gail Taylor (University of Southampton (UK)) - Genetics and genomics of tree transpiration in a high CO₂ world
Noel Holbrook (Harvard University) - Water flow through leaves: raging stream or gentle delta? (Sponsored by Blackwell Plant Science)
Julian Schroeder (UC San Diego) - ABA Signal Transduction Network in Guard Cells, Ca2+ Sensors, Insights into New Signaling Mechanisms and Branched Pathways.
Graham Farquhar (Australian National University) - Heavy water fractionation during transpiration (Sponsored by Plant, Cell & Environment)

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