Program
Monday, September 16 |
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14.00-14.15 |
Welcome Detlef Weigel (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Director, Host, Tübingen, DE, ) and Christian Jung (Coordinator SPP1530, Kiel University, Plant Breeding Institute, Kiel, DE) |
SESSION 1: |
Environmental Control of FloweringChair: Richard Immink |
14.15-15.05 |
Keynote Lecture Phil Wigge (Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK) Flowering and Temperature |
15.05-15.30 |
Nicole Rodenburg (Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, NL) Control of Flowering by Ambient Temperature |
15.30-15.55 |
Hiroyuki Tsuji (Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, JP) Molecular mechanism of florigen function and its pleiotropic functions beyond flowering |
15.55-16.30 | Coffee break (35 min) |
16.30-16.55 |
Ioana Lemnian (Institute of Computer Science, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) Analysis of deep-sequencing data for elucidating floral transition in Beta species |
16.55-17.20 |
Leonie Verhage (Plant Research International, Wageningen University, NL) The role of alternative splicing in ambient temperature regulated flowering time control |
17.20-18.30 | Poster Session |
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Tuesday, September 17 |
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SESSION 2: |
Control of Flowering by endogenous cuesChair: Claus Schwechheimer |
9.00-9.50 |
Keynote lecture George Coupland (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, DE) Regulatory networks controlled by floral repressors FLC and SVP |
9.50-10.15 |
Mitzi Villajuana Bonequi (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, DE) Genetic suppressors of esd4 reveal a connection between SUMOylation and salicylic acid in Arabidopsis |
10.15-10.40 |
Maria Cristina Casao (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, DE) Is the evening complex gating the photoperiod input in barley? |
10.40-11.25 | Coffee break (45 min) |
11.25-11.50 |
Hjördis Czesnick (University of Potsdam, Genetics Department, Potsdam, DE) Functional spezialization of Arabidopsis poly(A)polymerases in relation to flowering time |
11.50-12.15 |
Jathish Ponnu (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, DE) Trehalose-6-phosphate signaling connects energy status and floral transition in Arabidopsis |
12.15-13.30 | Lunch, Max Planck House, Tagungsraum |
Session 3 |
Signal IntegrationChair: Maria Albani |
13.30-14.20 |
Keynote lecture Hao Yu (Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore, SG) Integration of flowering signals in Arabidopsis |
14.20-14.55 |
Serena Della Pina (Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Department of Genetics, Amsterdam, NL) Evolution of inflorescence architecture via alterations in cis-regulatory gene elements |
14.55-15.20 |
Seun Omolade (Kiel University, Plant Breeding Institute, Kiel, DE) Evolutionary diversification of sugar beet homologs of Arabidopsis thaliana PRR3/7 genes and their function in flowering time control. |
15.20-16.05 | Coffee break (45 min) |
16.05-16.30 |
Michael Christie (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, DE) Isolation of new genes in the miR156-SPL pathway |
16.30-16.55 |
Mohammad Usman Anwer (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, DE) Entrainment through the Arabidopsis circadian clock factor ELF3 is conveyed by cellular localization, as revealed by natural variation studies of an altitude-associated allele |
17.00-18.30 | Poster Session |
19.00 - open end |
Joint in-town evening, Restaurant Neckarmüller, Gartenstr. 4, 72074 Tübingen PLEASE BE PREPARED TO PAY FOR FOOD AND DRINKS YOURSELF. |
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Wednesday, September 18 |
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SESSION 4: |
Natural Variation and AdaptationChair: Markus Schmid |
9.00-9.50 |
Keynote Lecture Detlef Weigel (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, DE) Origin and consequences of genetic and epigenetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana and its relatives |
9.50-10.15 |
Ulrich Lutz (Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Department of Plant Systems Biology, Munich, DE) Natural variation of gibberellin-regulated flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana |
10.15-10.40 |
Nazgol Emrani (Kiel University, Plant Breeding Institute, Kiel, DE) Expression dynamics of A. thaliana flowering time regulator homologs in Brassica napus |
10.40-11.20 | Coffee break (40 min) |
11.20-11.45 |
Franziska Turck (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, DE) Variation in distance between regulatory regions changes sensitivity of FLOWERING LOCUS T to environmental signals |
11.45-11.55 | Closing Remarks (Markus Schmid, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, DE) |
12.00 | Lunch (Sandwiches), End of Meeting |