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General Information Registration ICAR Conference Registration will take place in the Strathblane Hall on Level 0 of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre and will be open at the following times: Tuesday 30 th June 14:00 - 19:00 Wednesday 1 st July 08:00 - 18:00 Thursday 2 nd July 08:30 - 18:00 Friday 3 rd July 08:30 - 18:00 Saturday 4 th July 08:30 - 18:00 Venue Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE. Tel: 0044 (0) 131 300 3000 Fax: 0044 (0) 131 300 3030 ICAR 2009 will be held at Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), situated in the city centre. The EICC’s striking circular design has made it one of Edinburgh's most distinctive landmarks. The centre has hosted many high profile congress and events since opening in 1995. As you would expect from a world-class venue, the technical, presentation and communications facilities are modern, efficient and adaptable. 16 Exhibition The ICAR 2009 Exhibition will be held in the Cromdale Hall on Level -2 of the EICC from Tuesday 30 th June to Saturday 4 th July. All delegates are invited to visit the exhibition. The opening times of the exhibition are as follows: Tuesday 30 th June 14:00 - 21:00 Wednesday 1 st July 09:00 - 20:00 Thursday 2 nd July 09:00 - 20:00 Friday 3 rd July 09:00 - 14:00 and 18:00 - 20:00 Saturday 4 th July 09:00 - 14:00 Refreshment Breaks Coffee and tea will be served in the both the Strathblane and Cromdale Halls at the following times: Wednesday 1st July 10:30 - 11:00 and 15:30 - 16:00 Thursday 2nd July 10:30 - 11:00 and 16:00 - 16:30 Friday 3rd July 10:30 - 11:00 Saturday 4th July 10:30 - 11:00 and 15:45 - 16:30 Lunches Lunch is included in the registration fee and will be served in both the Strathblane and Cromdale Halls. Lunch breaks will be at the following times: Wednesday 1 st July 12:30 - 14:00 Thursday 2 nd July 12:30 - 14:00 Friday 3 rd July 12:30 - 14:00 Saturday 4 th July 12:30 - 14:00 Posters Posters will be displayed in the Strathblane and Cromdale Halls. Poster numbers on the boards relate to the poster numbers in this programme and in the book of abstracts. Presenting authors are required to attend their posters during the poster sessions on Wednesday (odd numbers), Thursday (even numbers) or Friday evening (all poster numbers) respectively. Velcro to mount the posters can be obtained from the registration desk. Conference Abstracts All delegates will have received, in their delegate bags, a memory stick containing all the abstracts
of the conference. Hard copies of the Book of Abstracts have been available to purchase in advance and a few may be available to purchase onsite at the Finance Desk. Producing the abstracts this way reduces organisational costs, as well as reducing paper and printed materials. Social Event Tickets There are a limited number of tickets available to purchase for the conference dinner and optional tours. Please see the staff at the Finance Desk as early as possible if you would like to purchase a ticket. Message Board Messages and news for the Conference delegates will be published on a message board next to the registration desk and on screens around the EICC. Delegate Badges For security purposes, delegate badges must be worn at all times. General Assistance Please go to the ICAR 2009 Registration Desk in the Strathblane Hall if you have any queries. Speakers The Speakers’ Preview Area will be in the Lomond Foyer on Level 0 of the EICC. Speakers should visit this area, preferably at least 2 hours prior to the start of their session, to organise the material for their presentation. The desk will be open from 14:00 - 19:00 on Tuesday 30 th June and from 08:30 - 18:00 from Wednesday onwards. Currency Currency exchanges are available at Bureaux de Change throughout the city and at all major UK airports including Glasgow and Edinburgh and in Edinburgh Waverley Train Station. Delegates will also be able to exchange currency in most Edinburgh city centre banks. Credit Cards Most credit cards are accepted in the UK. However it is best to pay cash in smaller shops. Banking Hours Normal bank opening hours are Monday to Friday from 09:00 - 17:00. 17 Shopping Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 09:00 - 17:00. Late night shopping on Thursdays until 19:30 or 20:00. Some shops are open on Sundays from 12:00 - 16:00. Language The official language of the Conference will be English – there will be no simultaneous translation in conference sessions. Business Centre The EICC Business Centre offers facilities including internet access, fax machine, PC/printer and photocopier. Secretarial services are also available. Internet Access Delegates can access the wireless internet service by collecting log in details from the registration desk. Parking There are three car parks all within two to five minutes walking distance from the EICC. Please view the website for detailed information about car parking – www.eicc.co.uk Transport Taxi service is an easy way to travel around Edinburgh. It is best to agree an approximate fare at the start of the journey. There are also good bus routes throughout the city. The main bus terminal is in St Andrew’s Square. Buses are operated by Lothian Buses (www.lothianbuses.com) and First Buses (www.firstgroup.com/ukbus). Telephones Public telephones for domestic and international calls are located in the Strathblane Hall on Level 0 of the EICC. Mobile Phones Out of courtesy to speakers and other delegates, mobile phones and pagers must be switched off or to silent mode before entering sessions. Smoking It is against the law to smoke in any enclosed public area in Scotland.
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Page 7 and 8: At a Glance Programme Tuesday 30 th
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Page 24: Keynote Speakers Professor David Ba
Page 28 and 29: Mechanism and function of active DN
Page 30 and 31: DNA methylation and transgeneration
Page 32 and 33: Architecture from stem cell centred
Page 34 and 35: The responses of stomata to environ
Page 36 and 37: Low oxygen stress: What is more imp
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Page 40 and 41: Genome-wide association study of 10
Page 42 and 43: Predicting flowering time in changi
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Page 55 and 56: Uniparental expression of PolIV-dep
Page 57 and 58: The circadian clock controls carboh
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Page 63 and 64: Towards a spatiotemporal understand
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Evidence of neutral transcriptome e
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Signalling modules controlling the
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Asymmetry, pattern and renewal in A
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Leaf size is regulated by a cell-au
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Using pathogen effectors to underst
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Endocytic trafficking: New players
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New classes of proteins forming com
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Untangling transcriptional regulato
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Cytokinin signaling: Two-components
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Dynamic, auxin-responsive plasma me
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A level-set model of leaf form deve
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Modelling cell division in the Arab
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A systems biology approach to under
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Arabidopsis as a model for cell wal
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Exploiting model species to increas
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Using Arabidopsis thaliana to impro
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Epigenetic regulation of cartenoid
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The last common ancestor of ferns a
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Resetting and regulation of Floweri
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Functional redundancy and spatial e
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Dynamic interactions of vernalizati
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Analysis of the Arabidopsis AtMYB60
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The early bird 1 reveals a new cog
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Posttranslational modifications of
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Isolation and identification of ubi
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Shedding light upon the plant circa
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Transcriptome profiling of RNA-proc
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Tissue identity shapes growth respo
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Descriptions and Programmes Tuesday
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Exhibition The ICAR 2009 Exhibition
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Stand 1 Journal of Experimental Bot
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Stand 10 Agrisera Agrisera is a Swe
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