Scientific Programme

Tuesday February 23
11.00 - 19.00 Registration
13.15 - 13.30 Opening
Welcome address by Dr. Hochholdinger F. (VIPCA)
13.30 - 14.20 Keynote lecture: Grossniklaus, U. (Switzerland): Cell-Cell Communication during Fertilization in Arabidopsis: a Surprising Link to Disease Resistance

14.30 - 16.00 Session Ia. Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination
Chairs: Job, D., Holdsworth, M.
14.30 - 14.55 (+5) Job, D. (France): Proteome-wide characterization of seed germination and vigor
15.00 - 15.25 (+5) Schnittger, A. (France) EMBO YIP lecture: Endosperm Development – Vegetable Patch and Battlefield
15.30 - 15.55 (+5) Gavazzi, G. (Italy): Genetic Dissection of Seed Development
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break

16.30 - 18.30 Session Ib. Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination
Chairs: Job, D., Holdsworth, M.
16.30 - 16.55 (+5) Holdsworth, M.J. (UK): Molecular networks regulating Arabidopsis seed maturation, after-ripening, dormancy and germination
17.00 - 17.25 (+5) Grappin, P. (France): Protein repair in Arabidopsis and the control of seed vigor
17.30 - 17.40 (+5) Sliwinska, E. (Poland): Embryo Emergence in Arabidopsis thaliana is not Driven by Radicle Elongation
17.45 - 17.55 (+5) Weier, D. (Germany): A 4D Atlas of the Developing Barley Grain
18.00 - 20.00 Welcome reception 

Wednesday February 24
08.00 - 19.00 Registration
09.00 - 10.30 Session IIa. Plant Organ Development
Chairs: Hochholdinger, F., Kater, M.
09.00 - 09.25 (+5) Hochholdinger, F. (Germany): Genetic and Genomic Dissection of Maize (Zea mays) Root System Development
09.30 - 09.55 (+5) Palme, K. (Germnay): Spatio-temporal analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana root for multiscale modelling
10.00 - 10.10 (+5) Heisler, M. (Germany): Coordination of Morphogenesis at the Shoot Apical Meristem
10.15 - 10.25 (+5) Busch, B. (Germany): Compound Leaf Development in Tomato Shows Homology to Axillary Meristem Initiation
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30 Session IIb. Plant Organ Development
Chairs: Hochholdinger, F., Kater, M.
11.00 - 11.25 (+5) Kater, M. (Italy): Molecular Control of Floral Meristem Identity in Arabidopsis
11.30 - 11.55 (+5) Sablowski, R. (UK): Bridging the gap between floral organ identity genes and morphogenesis
12.00 - 12.10 (+5) Castaings, L. (Germany): Differential Expression of Orthologous Flowering Time Genes PEP1 and FLC in Perennial Arabis alpina and Annual Arabidopsis thaliana
12.15 - 12.25 (+5) Souer, E. (The Netherlands): Evolution of Inflorescence Architecture
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 Session III. Plant Male Gametophyte Development
Chairs: Ma, H., Gasser, C.
14.00 - 14.30 (+5) Ma, H. (USA): Transcriptional Networks Regulating Arabidopsis Anther Development
14.35 - 15.00 (+5) Walbot, V. (USA): Anther Locule Ontogeny
15.05 - 15.25 (+5) Groß-Hardt, R. (Germany): Cell-Cell Communication between Gametic and Accessory Cells in Flowering Plants
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break

16.00 - 18.00 Session IV. Plant Female Gametophyte Development
Chairs: Ma, H., Gasser, C.
16.00 - 16.25 (+5) Gasser, C.S. (USA): Roles of polarity determinants in ovule development  
16.30 - 16.55 (+5) Sundaresan, V. (USA): Sundaresan, V. (USA): Patterning and Gamete Specification in the Arabidopsis Female Gametophyte by Auxin Gradients
17.00 - 17.20 (+5) Colombo, L. (Milano, Italy, PR): Multiple Roles of STK during Ovule and Seed Development
17.25 - 17.35 (+5) Koszegi, D. (Germany): RKD Defines the Egg Cell Identity in Wheat and Arabidopsis
17.40 - 17.50 (+5) Schneitz, K. (Germany): UNICORN Maintains the Layered Growth Pattern of Integuments and Represses the YABBY Gene INNER NO OUTER During Arabidopsis Ovule Development
18.00 - 20.00 Light dinner, Poster session I 

Thursday February 25 
08.00 - 19.00 Registration
09.00 - 10.30 Session V. Modeling and Systems Biology of Plant Development
Chairs: Palme, K., Gutierrez, C.
09.00 - 09.25 (+5) Tsiantis, M. (UK): Comparative Analysis of Leaf Development Programmes
09.30 - 09.55 (+5) Roig-Villanova, I. (Italy): Genetic Strategy to Identify New Regulators of SEEDSTICK, an Arabidopsis Ovule Identity Gene
10.00 - 10.10 (+5) Bohler, S. (Luxembourg): Proteomic Study of the Vegetative Development of Poplar Leaves in Normal and Ozone Treatment Conditions
10.15 - 10.25 (+5) Lokerse, A.S. (The Netherlands): Characterization of Auxin Regulated Genes Involved in Suspensor Cell Identity and Embryonic Transformation
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 

11.00 - 12.30 Session VI.  Epigenetics and Plant Development 
Chairs: Palme, K., Gutierrez, C.
11.00 - 11.25 (+5) Gutierrez, C. (Spain): Novel Insigths into the Plant Histone Code during Arabidopsis Development
11.30 - 11.55 (+5) Köhler, C. (Switzerland): Epigenetic control of polyploidization
12.00 - 12.10 (+5) Bruchmüller, A. (Germany): RNA-directed RNA Polymerases RDR5 is Essential for Transcript Level-Dependent Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing
12.15 - 12.25 (+5) Humbeck, K. (Germany): Development-Dependent Histone Modifications at Senescence Associated Genes
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.00 Session VII. Plant Somatic and Zygotic Embryogenesis
Chairs: De Vries, S., Benfey, P.
14.00 - 14.25 (+5) De Vries, S. (The Netherlands): The arabidopsis somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinases
14.30 - 14.55 (+5) Werr, W. (Germany): The roles of DORNRÖSCHEN and DORNRÖSCHEN-like during embryonic patterning: from redundancy to non-redundancy
15.00 - 15.20 (+5) Weijers, D. (The Netherlands): Auxin response and cell communication in embryonic root formation
15.25 - 15.35 (+5) Fiers, M. (The Netherlands): A Chemical Genomics Approach to Identify Enhancers and Repressors of Somatic Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis
15.40 - 15.50 (+5) Szakonyi, D. (UK): PIGGYBACK6 is a Ribosomal Protein Involved in Establishing Bilateral Symmetry in Arabidopsis Embryos
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break 

16.30 - 18.30 Session VIII. Plant Cell Fate, Totipotency, Lineage and Polarity 
Chairs: De Vries, S., Benfey, P.
16.30 - 17.05 (+5) Benfey, P. (USA): Development rooted in interwoven networks
17.10 - 17.35 (+5) Bergmann, D.C. (USA): Stomatal Development: signals and substrates guide pattern and polarity
17.40 - 17.55 (+5) Chen, J.-G. (Canada): RACK1 Genes Regulate Stem Cell Maintenance in Arabidopsis Root
18.00 - 18.10 (+5) Meins, F. Jr. (Switzerland): A Recently Evolved Arabidopsis miRNA Regulates Stem-Cell Identity and Patterning in Stomatal Development
18.15 - 18.25 (+5) Rodriguez, R.E. (Argentina): Control of Cell Proliferation in Arabidopsis thaliana by MicroRNA MiR396
18.30 - 20.30 Dinner, Poster Session II  

Friday February 26 
08.00 - 13.30 Registration
09.00 - 10.30. Session IX. Hormones in Plant Development  
Chairs: Berleth, T., Fleming, A.
09.00 - 09.25 (+5) Berleth, T. (Canada): Control of Leaf Vascular Patterning
09.30 - 09.55 (+5) Ostergaard, L. (UK): Cell Fate Determination by Hormonal Patterning in Fruits
10.00 - 10.10 (+5) Schwechheimer, C. (Germany): Regulation of PIN-Mediated Auxin Transport by the D6 PROTEIN KINASES
10.15 - 10.25 (+5) Lorbiecke, R. (Germany): Multifarious Expression Patterns and Diverse Subcellular Localizations of the PTI1-Kinase Family from Arabidopsis thaliana Suggest its Participation in Complex Signaling Pathways
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 

11.00 - 12.30. Session X. Signaling in Plant Development 
Chairs: Berleth, T., Fleming, A.
11.00 - 11.25 (+5) Fleming, A.J. (UK): Signalling within the Developing Leaf: from Cells to Organ
11.30 - 11.50 (+5) Golz, J.F. (Australia): Signalling between the shoot apical meristem and developing lateral organs 
11.55 - 12.15 (+5) Heidstra, R. (The Netherlands): TBA
12.20 - 12.30 Closing Ceremony, Conference Photo
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch 

19.00  Farewell Party