Symposium I: Martin Gibbs Medal Winner Symposium: Building Extracellular Polymers; Lignin, Cutin, Suberin and Polysaccharides
  Organizer: John Ohlrogge, Michigan State University

1. Lacey Samuels - The Elusive Export of Extracellular Polymer Components
2. Frédéric Beisson- Biosynthesis of Cutin and Suberin Polyesters: From Monomers to Nanostructures
3. Curtis Wilkerson - Using Biochemical Adaptations of Plants and Next-Generation Sequencing to Discover Enzymes and Transcription Factor for Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis
4. Jocelyn Rose- Peeling Apart the Structural Matrices at the Plant Surface
5. Clint Chapple - Lignin: An Extracellular Polymer with Unique Biochemical Plasticity