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Presenter's
name is underlined |
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PD
= postdoc; G = graduate student, UG = undergrauate student, O = other |
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| FRIDAY |
Moderator:
Steve Rodermel |
| 4:30 PM |
Biochemical
characterization of the stress-induced dehydrins |
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Muath Alsheikh
(PD), Jan Svensson, and Stephen Randall |
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Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis |
| 4:45 PM |
Cold-tolerance
of C4 photosynthesis in Miscanthus x giganteus-effects of cold on
photosynthetic enzymes |
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Shawna L. Naidu
(PD), Stephen P. Moose, Abdul K. Al-Shoabi, Christine A. Raines, and Stephen
P. Long |
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University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign |
| 5:00 PM |
Maize
chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor (EF-Tu) and heat tolerance |
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Ivana Momcilovic
(G) and Zoran Ristic |
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University of South
Dakota |
| 5:15 PM |
Abscisic-acid
analogs reveal similarities in binding requirements between Vicia faba
L. and Commelina communis L. in a rapid stomatal-opening-inhibition
bioassay |
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Clayton Johnson
(UG), LeeAnne Williams, Maira Piantek, Stephanie Wolf and Daniel Hite |
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Truman State University |
| 5:30 PM |
Water
balance in the xerophytic fern Cheilanthes lanosa |
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Hope L Diamond
(G) and L.J. Swatzell |
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Southeast Missouri
State University |
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| 6:00 PM |
DINNER |
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KEYNOTE-"Plant Transcriptomes in the Lab and the Real World." |
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Hans Bohnert |
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University of Illinois
at Champaign-Urbana |
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| 8:15-10:00 |
Moderator:
Adam Miller |
| 8:15 AM |
Genome
analysis of Galdieria sulphuraria-a unique unicellular thermo-acidophilic
photosynthetic microorganism |
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Andreas Weber
(O), Marc Zimmermann, Tim Horlacher, Aziz Jamai, Michael Garavito, Christoph
Benning |
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Michigan State University |
| 8:30 AM |
Isolation
of genes involved in disease resistance response by screening CDR1 suppressor
mutants |
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Benjamin Millett
(UG) and Yiji Xia |
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Truman State University |
| 8:45 AM |
Molecular
Analysis of the CRINKLY gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana |
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Xueyuan Cao
(G), Kejian Li and Philip W. Becraft |
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Iowa State University |
| 9:00 AM |
bul,
elaborating form in Arabidopsis |
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Tom Campbell
(G), Cameron Cooper, and Mannie Liscum |
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University of Missouri-Columbia |
| 9:15 AM |
Alfalfa
polyphenol oxidase is expressed in flowers and developing seeds |
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Michael L. Sullivan
(O), Merici Evans, Sharon Thoma, Ronald Hatfield |
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US Dairy Forage Research
Center, Madison, WI |
| 9:30 AM |
Interacting
transcription factors from the TALE superclass regulate potato development |
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Hao Chen (G) |
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Iowa State University |
| 9:45 AM |
Altered
auxin distribution in atmdr1-1 analyzed by DR5::GUS expression |
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Daniel Lewis
(G), Bosl Noh, Edgar Spalding |
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University of Wisconsin |
| 10:00 AM |
BREAK |
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| 10:15-11:45 |
Moderator:
Coralie Lashbrook |
| 10:15 AM |
Gene targeting
by transposon excision mediated homologous recombination in Arabidopsis |
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Lakshminarasimhan
Krishnaswamy (G) |
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Iowa State University |
| 10:30 AM |
S-RNase-based
self-incompatibility factors |
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C. Nathan Hancock
(G), Lia Thornberry, and Bruce McClure |
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University of Missouri-Columbia |
| 10:45 AM |
Characterization
of calmodulin interaction with a cyclic nucleotide gated ion channel, AtCNGC2
by FRET. |
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Ajith Harish
(G) and Raymond E Zielinski |
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University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign |
| 11:00 AM |
Altering
the affinity of the cyclic-nucleotide-gated ion channel CNGC2 for calmodulin. |
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Mark A. Ditzler
(UG) and Raymond E. Zielinski |
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University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign |
| 11:15 AM |
Vesicle
Trafficking in Arabidopsis: Sorting out the SNAREs |
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Tony Sanderfoot
(O) |
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University of Minnesota |
| 11:30 AM |
Protein
traffic in the maize kernel: GFP as a tool for tracking antigens into the
starch granule |
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Lorena Mejia
(G), Rachel Chickwamba |
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Iowa State University |
| 11:45 AM |
Development
of an edible vaccine in corn against Alzheimer's disease |
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Sule Karaman
(G) |
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Iowa State University |
| Noon |
LUNCH |
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| 1:00-2:30 |
Moderator:
Diane Bassham |
| 1:00 PM |
Seasonal
changes in photoprotective mechanisms of the evergreen Taxus cuspidata
growing in sun and shade environments |
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Andrea Swanberg
(UG), John P. Whiteman (UG), Amy Verhoeven |
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University of St. Thomas |
| 1:15 PM |
The role
of phytochrome in root and shoot phototropism |
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Katrina M. Coveney
(UG), M.J. Correll, J.Z. Kiss |
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Miami University |
| 1:30 PM |
The role
of phytochromes A & B in gravitropism in Arabidopsis |
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Steven V. Raines
(UG), M.J.Correll, J.Z. Kiss |
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Miami University |
| 1:45 PM |
Oxygen-regulation
mechanisms during symbioses between Frankia and the wetland shrub
Alnus maritima |
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Heidi Kratsch
(G) |
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Iowa State University |
| 2:00 PM |
Antisense
repression of the plastidic 2-oxoglutarate/malate translocator (DiT1) has
massive impact on plant nitrogen metabolism |
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Joerg Schneidereit
(G), U.I. Fluegge, W.M. Kaiser, A. Weber |
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Michigan State University |
| 2:15 PM |
Investigating
the gamma-glutamyl cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana |
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Annita Peterson
(G) |
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Iowa State University |
| 2:30 PM |
Sterol-controlled
overexpression of ATP citrate lyase in Arabidopsis. |
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Elizabeth Winters
(G) |
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Iowa State University |
| 2:45 PM |
ATP-citrate
lyase generates cytosolic acetyl-CoA. |
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Beth L Fatland
(G), Ann Perera, Basil J Nikolau, Eve Syrkin Wurtele |
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Iowa State University |
| 3:00 PM |
BREAK |
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| 3:15-5:15 |
Moderator:
Karen Koster |
| 3:15 PM |
Phenylalanine
and its control on secondary metabolism |
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Lars Voll (PD),
Andreas Weber |
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Michigan State University |
| 3:30 PM |
Function
of the FtSH protease in Arabidopsis |
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Fei Yu (G) and
Steve Rodermel |
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Iowa State University |
| 3:45 PM |
A study
of catalytic and binding domains of maize starch synthases |
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Rachel Miller
(G) |
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Iowa State University |
| 4:00 PM |
Starch
breakdown under photorespiratory conditions |
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Sean Weise (G),
Allison Motzko, Thomas D. Sharkey |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 4:15 PM |
Plastidic
carbohydrate transporters: physiological role and molecular characterisation |
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Julia Trukhina
(G), A. Schneider and A. Weber |
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Michigan State University |
| 4:30 PM |
Maltose
metabolism in the cytosol |
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Yan Lu (G) and
Thomas D. Sharkey |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 4:45 PM |
New group
of hexokinase-like proteins from Solanum tuberosum and Arabidopsis
thaliana. |
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Inga Krassovskaya
(G), A. Wiese, A. Weber |
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Michigan State University |
| 5:00 PM |
Similar
domains, different substrates. A reverse genetics approach to characterize
a glycosyltransferase in A. thaliana |
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Andrea Brautigam
(G) and Andreas Weber |
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Michigan State University |
| 5:15 PM |
BREAK |
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| 5:30 PM |
MWASPB
Business Meeting |
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| 6:00 PM |
Depart |
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