5:00-7:00 -- Registration -- Concorde Room Lobby; 20th floor6:00-8:00 -- Social Hours -- Concorde Room – 20th floor
Session 1: Plaza Meeting Room, Lower Level, Laura J. Olsen presiding
9:00 -- Opening Remarks, Gabriel Holbrook9:15 -- Dissection of avrRpt2-RPS2 defense signal transduction pathway.* I-ching Yu and Andrew F. Bent, Dept. of Crop Science, University of Illinois, Urbana., IL 61801.
9:30 -- Mitochondrial origin of anoxia-induced calcium signal in maize cells. Subbaiah C. Chalivendral, Douglas S. Bush2 and Martin M. Sachs1,3, 1Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801, 2Department of Biological Sciences, 3Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USDA/ARS, Urbana, IL 61801.
9:45 -- Molecular analysis of plant amino acid transporters.* Lishan Chen and Daniel R. Bush, Department of Plant Biology and USDA/ARS, Urbana, IL 61801.
10:00 -- Differential induction of a cytochrome P450 responsible for triasal Furon metabolism in maize seedlings.* Michael Persans, Joy Whitbred and Mary Schuler, Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.
10:15 -- Coffee and Pastries -- Plaza Meeting Room A, Lower Level
10:45 -- The role of Hsp70 in higher plant peroxisome biogenesis.* Wendy J. Crookes and Laura J. Olsen, Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 830 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048.
11:00 -- Characterization of peroxisomal protein import.* Donna Brickner and Laura J. Olsen, Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 830 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048.
11:15 -- Targeting signals in peroxisomal proteins.* Yan Lin and Laura J. Olsen, Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 830 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048.
11:30 -- Development of calcium oxalate crystals in specialized mesophyll cells of tobacco leaf (Nicotiana tabacum v. xanthi).* Vicki M. Racicot and Mary Alice Webb, Botany and Plant Pathology Dept., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
11:45 -- Strontium incorporation into calcium oxalate crystals in tobacco: potential for phytoremediation.* Christina Rinderle and Mary Alice Webb, Botany and Plant Pathology Dept., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
12:00-1:30 -- Lunch -- Concorde Room, 20th Floor (must have ticket to attend)
Session 2: Plaza Meeting Room, Lower Level, Mary Alice Webb presiding
1:30 -- The role of the barley aleurone signal sequence in heat-shocked transgenic tobacco leaf tissue.** Ryan Guynn and Mark Brodl, Biology Dept., Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401.1:45 -- The heat shock response of style transmitting tissue in petunia.** Kathryn Parsons and Mark Brodl, Biology Dept., Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401.
2:00 -- The heat shock response of warm-incubated barley aleurone layers.** Alisa Shaw and Mark Brodl, Biology Dept., Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401.
2:15 -- Messenger RNA stability in heat-stressed barley aleurone layers.** Paul A. S. Benson and Mark Brodl, Biology Dept,. Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401.
2:30 -- The response to gravity is correlated to the amount of starch in Arabidopsis hypocotyls.** Mary M Gvisinger, Allison Miller and John Z. Kiss, Dept. of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056.
2:45 -- Coffee -- Plaza Meeting Room A, Lower Level
3:15 -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Freedom to Operate an Evolving Problem in the Development of Plant Biotechnology -- Alan Gould, DowElanco, Indianapolis, IN
4:15-5:15 -- MWASPP Business Meeting; Plaza Meeting Room, Lower Level; Gabriel Holbrook, Presiding
5:15-6:15 -- Social Hour with cash bar -- Concorde Room, 20th Floor
6:15-7:30 -- Banquet -- Concorde Room, 20th Floor (must have ticket to attend)
7:30 -- Symposium: Signal Transduction in Plants.
Control of Flower Time and Senescence, Rick Amasino, Biochemistry Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WICa2+-dependent and independent signaling in the aleurone cell, Simon Gilroy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Session 3: Plaza Meeting Room, Lower Level, Helen Kiss presiding
9:00 -- Subcellular localization of soybean lectin-GUS fusions in transgenic tobacco seeds.* R. Philip, V. Sundararanian, M.J. Cho and L.O. Vodkin, Dept. of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.9:15 -- Somatic embryogenesis and plant development from peduncles of Cyclamen persicum Mill.* Woo Young Yang and Timothy J. Mulkey, Dept. of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809
9:30 -- Regulation of 2-carboxyarabinitol 1-phosphate phosphatase: influence of effectors and interaction with reagents modifying enzyme sulfhydryl groups.* Jongyun Heo and Gabriel Holbrook, Dept. of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115
9:45 -- Elevated CO2 affects the patterning of subsidiary cells in Tradescantia. J. Boetsch, J. Chin, and J. Croxdale, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
10:00 -- Coffee and Bagels -- Plaza Meeting Room A, Lower Level
10:45 -- Splice sites other than |GU…AG| are functional in plant pre-mRNA processing. Clair E. Baynton, Julie Limon and Mary Schuler, Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.
11:00 -- The transport of radiolabeled IAA and SAM in morning glory flowers. Alison A. Bangs and Helen G. Kiss, Dept. of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056.
11:15 -- Immunolocalization of integrins in Arabidopsis and Chara. W. Jira Katembe, Lucinda J. Swatzell, Chris A. Makaroff and John Z. Kiss, Dept. of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056.
11:30 -- General Announcements & Judges of Student Competition Confer
11:45 -- Announcement of Student Awards, Gabe Holbrook, Chair MWASPP
12:00 Brunch
* Graduate Student Presentation
** Undergraduate Student Presentation