Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - TAIR

Saturday 4 th July
16:30 - 18:00
1 Anther/pollen development Tinto
Workshop Organisers – Zoe Wilson and Hong Ma
Male reproduction is important for both basic science and agricultural applications. This is an area of very
active research and has seen rapid progress in recent years. The workshop will cover presentations
linked to pollen and anther development that will involve the characterization of new mutants, discussion
of techniques for the analysis of pollen development and the development of resources required for
such analyses. It is envisaged that this will principally focus on Arabidopsis research, however it will
also extend into the analysis of crop species and the potential translatability of the research area.
Programme
16:30 - 16:45 Hong Ma (Fudan University/Pennsylvania State University)
Regulation of anther gene expression by the DYT1 transcription factor
16:45 - 17:00 Zoe A Wilson (University of Nottingham) P022
Establishing regulatory models for anther endothecium development
and the regulation of dehiscence
17:00 - 17:15 Maura Cardarelli (Universita La Sapienza, Roma)
The role of auxin in Arabidopsis late stamen development
17:15 - 17:30 Reidunn B Aalen (University of Oslo) P098
The ASH1 HOMOLOG 2 (ASHH2) histone H3 methyltransferase is required
for ovule and anther development in Arabidopsis
17:30 - 17:45 Trudie Allen (University of Leicester) P375
Functional analysis of fused-kinase signalling in gametophytic cytokinesis
17:45 - 18:00 Gael Le Trionnaire (University of Oxford) P154
MicroRNA profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana mature pollen
2 Ambient temperature Moorfoot
Workshop Organiser – Seth Davis
Small changes in growth temperature can have dramatic effects on plant development. This workshop
will highlight recent efforts to understand the responses and mechanisms that Arabidopsis thaliana uses
in the detection of non-stress temperatures. Discussions will be led that highlight rhythmic reactions to
daily thermal changes, responses to climate effects, the role of temperature in allele-by-allele
interactions, and the role of RNAs as potential "thermometers." It is hoped that this workshop serves as
a primer to promote the study of plant responses to the ambient-temperature environment.
Programme
16:30 - 16:45 Seth Davis (MPI Cologne)
Temperature entrainment of the circadian oscillator: memory of the past
16:45 - 17:00 Joanna Schmitt (Brown University)
Photothermal time and response to temperature variation in dynamic
real-world environments
17:00 - 17:15 Ji Hoon Ahn (Korea University)
Regulation of temperature response by small RNA:
toward an understanding of the ambient temperature sensing
17:15 - 17:30 Anthony Hall (University of Liverpool)
A systems biology approach to understand the regulation of signalling
pathways by temperature
17:30 - 17:45 Kirsten Bomblies (MPI Tubingen)
Temperature sensitivity of plant autoimmunity
17:45 - 18:00 Discussion
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