ANNUAL RETREAT SHAW NATURE RESERVE October 17, 2008

PLANT BIOLOGY
ANNUAL RETREAT
SHAW NATURE RESERVE
October 17, 2008
9:30 Opening of retreat, Coffee served
9:45 Opening Remarks and Introductions
Location: Assembly Building
10:00-11:00 Talks (25 minute talks, 5 minute question session)
Session I
Brad Postier
JiYul Jung
11:00–11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Keynote Speaker
Antje Heese, PhD
University of Missouri - Columbia
12:30-2:00 Lunch/Exploring Shaw Arboretum
Location: Assembly Building
2:00-4:00 Talks (25 minute talks, 5 minute question session)
Session II
Amy Schroeder
Eve Mellgren
Ram Dixit, PhD
Mark Running, Phd
4:00-5:30 Poster Session (beverages and snacks served)
Location: Freund Center
5:30-7:00 Dinner Buffet
Location: Assembly Building

◊ Schedule of Talks ◊
Session I
10:00-12:00 Talks (25 minute talks, 5 minute question session)
10:00- 10:25 Speaker: Brad Postier
Blankenship Lab
“Out From the Shadows comes Chl d;
Can Chlorophyll d Expand the Range of
Photosynthetically Active Radiation?”
10:30- 10:55 Speaker: JiYul Jung
Schachtman Lab
“Ethylene Mediates Plant Response
and Tolerance to Potassium
Deprivation”
11:00- 11:25 Break
Keynote Speaker:
11:30- 12:30 Antje Heese, PhD
University of Missouri - Columbia
“Understanding the role of vesicular
trafficking in plant innate immunity”

Session II
LIST OF SPEAKERS
2:00-4:00 (25 minute talks, 5 minute question session)
2:00-2:25 Speaker: Amy Schroeder
Jez Lab
“Bioplastics: Directed Evolution of
PolyHydroxyAlkonate (PHA)
Biosynthesis”
2:30-2:55 Speaker: Eve Mellgren
Kunkel Lab
“Mqo, a TCA cycle enzyme, is required
for Pseudomonas syringae virulence on
Arabidopsis thaliana”
3:00-3:25 Speaker: Ram Dixit, PhD
“Dynamics and organization of
cortical microtubules: from
single molecules to whole cells.”
3:30-3:55 Speaker: Mark Running, PhD
"Protein lipid modification: new
components and targets"