Agenda - Mechanisms in Plant Development

7:30—9 am Breakfast

8 am - times will be listed onsite - Badge Pick-up and Information Table

9 am—12:30 pm Session 1
Chair: Stéphanie Robert, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden

9--9:30 am Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University/HHMI, USA - "Making a difference in leaf development"
9:30--10 am Bert de Rybel, VIB/Ghent University, Belgium - "ZHD transcription factors control primary xylem development"
10--10:15 am Short talk 1: Bas Bargmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA - "Plant Regeneration: To Cell and Back"
10:15--10:30 am Short talk 2: Flor Ercoli, University of California Davis, USA - "Tyrosine-sulfated peptide-induced flavonol biosynthesis controls elongation and differentiation in Arabidopsis primary root"

10:30--11 am Coffee break

11--12:30 pm Session 1 continued

11--11:30 am Ari Pekka Mähönen, University of Helsinki, Finland - "Stem cells of vascular cambium: at the intersection of signals"
11:30 am--12 pm Javier Palatnik, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), Argentina - "MicroRNA control of plant development and regeneration"
12--12:15 pm Short talk 3: Bruno Guillotin, IPS2-CNRS, USA - "A temporal map of division, chromatin modification, and identity specification in the regenerating root"
12:15--12:30 pm Short talk 4: Ora Hazak, University of Muenster, Germany - "Non-Cell-Autonomous Peptide Signals Drive Xylem Maturation"

12:30--1:30 pm Lunch and Meet the Experts:
Bert de Rybel
Dominique Bergmann
Ari Pekka Mähönen
Javier Palatnik

1:30--2:30 pm Free Time

2:30--6 pm Session 2
Chair: Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University/HHMI, USA

2:30--3 pm Stéphanie Robert, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden - "The role of cuticle during apical hook development"
3--3:30 pm Rachel Shahan, University of California, Los Angeles, USA - "Transcriptional framework for age-dependent cell states and plant developmental timing"
3:30--3:45 pm Short talk 5: Dave Jackson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA - "TERMINAL EAR1 controls maize development through translational control of developmental mRNAs, and integrates development with abiotic stress responses"
3:45--4 pm Short talk 6: Laura Lee*, New York University, USA - "Glutathione accelerates the cell cycle and cellular reprogramming in plant regeneration"

4--4:30 pm Coffee break

4:30—6 pm Session 2 continued

4:30--5 pm Lucia Strader, Duke University, USA - "Factors governing Arabidopsis adventitious root formation"
5--5:30 pm Teva Vernoux, ENS de Lyon, France - "Auxin to rule them all: one hormone, many patterns"
5:30--5:45 pm Short talk 7: Imani Madison*, North Carolina State University, USA - "Opening The Gates To Plant Cell Communication"
5:45--6 pm Short talk 8: Marja Timmermans, University of Tuebingen, Germany - "Making a flat leaf: Pre-patterning, morphogenic small RNAs, and Turing dynamics"

6--7 pm Dinner and Meet the Experts:
Stéphanie Robert
Rachel Shahan
Lucia Strader
Teva Vernoux

7--9 pm Poster Session 1 Reception (odd numbers)

7:30—9 am Breakfast

8 am - times will be listed onsite - Badge Pick-up and Information Table

9 am—12:30 pm Session 3
Chair: Satoko Yoshida, NAIST, Japan

9--9:30 am Enrico Coen, The John Innes Centre, UK - "On the fundamental unit of shoot development"
9:30--10 am Laura Bacete, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sweden - "Integrative Approaches to Deciphering Cell Wall Integrity in the Green Lineage"
10—10:15 am Short talk 9: Arif Ashraf, University of British Columbia, Canada - "Nuclear movement during plant growth and development"
10:15--10:30 am Short talk 10: Anne-Lise Routier, Université de Montréal, Canada - "The apical hook paradox: how a fast-growing organ can maintain a curved shape" - replaced by Daniel Kierzkowski, University of Montreal, Canada - "Auxin modulates developmental gradients to shape leaf-like organs in moss”

10:30--11 am: Coffee break and group photo

11 am—12:30 pm: Session 3 continued

11—11:30 am Arun Sampathkumar, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Germany - "Mechano-chemical basis of cellular architecture in plants"
11:30 am--12 pm Kirsten ten Tusscher, Utrecht University, Netherlands - "(De)coding plant development; The science behind the art of modeling"
12--12:15 pm Short talk 11: Zoe Nemec Venza*, RDP Lab, ENS de Lyon, France - "Cells at the root surface use mechanical cues to activate edge-based growth control in Arabidopsis"
12:15--12:30 pm Short talk 12: Camila Goldy*, ENS de Lyon, France - "The actin cytoskeleton is required to maintain the cell division orientation against the cellular geometry"

12:30—1:30 pm Lunch and Meet the Experts:
Enrico Coen
Laura Bacete
Arun Sampathkumar
Kirsten ten Tusscher

1:30--2:30 pm Career Development Session - "Career Development in Academia: From Graduate Studies to Tenure Track” (this meeting will take place on the patio outside the restaurant)

Panelists:
- Dominique Bergmann

- Siobhan Braybrook

- Tessa Burch-Smith

- Rico Coen

- Ari Pekka Mähönen

- Mike Scanlon

- Lucia Strader

- Tatsuya Nobori

2:30--5:30 pm Session 4
Chair: Enrico Coen, The John Innes Centre, UK

2:30--3 pm Satoko Yoshida, NAIST, Japan - "Haustorium development in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants"
3--3:30 pm Tatsuya Nobori, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK - "What are plant immune cell states?"
3:30—3:45 pm Short talk 13: Lanxi Hu*, Cornell University, USA - "Heterogeneous cell growth generates robustness of morphogenesis to external perturbation"
3:45--4 pm Short talk 14: Andrew Muroyama, UCSD, USA - "Mechanical cues orient symmetric cell divisions to pattern stomata across eudicots"

4--4:30 pm Coffee break

4:30--5:30 pm Session 4 continued

4:30--5 pm Terri Long, NCSU, USA - "Iron works: deciphering molecular mechanisms of homeostasis in plants"
5--5:15 pm Short talk 15: Jennifer López Ortiz*, University of Helsinki, Finland - "Changing the shield: from endodermis to phellem"
5:15--5:30 pm Short talk 16: Conchi Manzano, HHMI and UCDavis, USA - "SlEXO1 Modulates Cortical and Exodermal Cell Identities and Apoplastic Barrier Formation in Tomato Roots"

5:30--6:30 pm Dinner and Meet the Experts:
Satoko Yoshida
Tatsuya Nobori
Terri Long

6:30--8:30 pm Poster Session 2 Reception (even numbers)

7:30—9 am Breakfast

8 am - times will be listed onsite - Badge Pick-up and Information Table

9 am—12:30 pm Session 5
Chair: Michael Scanlon, Cornell University, USA

9—9:30 am Miltos Tsiantis, MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Germany - "From genes to shapes: the genetic basis for diversification of leaf form"
9:30—10 am Yoan Coudert, CNRS - ENS Lyon, France - "Phyllotaxis patterning from a single apical cell"
10—10:15 am Short talk 17: Annis Richardson, University of Edinburgh, UK - "Evolution and development of grass organs"
10:15--10:30 am Short talk 18: Idan Efroni, The Hebrew University, Israel - "Remodeling of the sugar transport machinery guides carbohydrates recruitment for wound repair"

10:30—11 am Coffee break

11 am--12:30 pm Session 5 continued

11—11:30 am Siobhan Braybrook, UCLA, USA
11:30 am—12 pm Sandy Hetherington, University of Edinburgh, UK - "Characterizing the developmental innovations that underpinned the rise of vascular plant, new insights from fossils and genes"
12—12:15 pm Short talk 19: Tilman Jacob*, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany - "Root thermomorphogenesis is mediated by cell cycle-activating kinase target of rapamycin"
12:15--12:30 pm Short talk 20: Erin Doody*, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, UK - "MADELEINE, a flavanol UDP-glucosyltransferase, is necessary for the correct differentiation of bullseye epidermal cells in the Hibiscus trionum petal"

12:30—2 pm Lunch and Meet the Experts:
Miltos Tsiantis
Yoan Coudert
Siobhan Braybrook
Sandy Hetherington

2—5 pm Session 6
Chair: Miltos Tsiantis, MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Germany

2—2:30 pm Michael Scanlon, Cornell University, USA - "Cell-fate acquisition at a developmental boundary in the maize leaf"
2:30—3 pm Lin Xu, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - "Binary lineage decisions of founder cells endow flexible plant regeneration"
3—3:15 pm Short talk 21: Eline Verhelst*, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium - "Conserved molecular regulators of vascular tissue development"
3:15--3:30 pm Short talk 22: Ya Min, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA - "The moment symmetry breaks: spatiotemporal dynamics of CYCLOIDEA expression during early floral development"

3:30—4 pm Coffee break

4—5 pm Session 6 continued

4—4:30 pm Tessa Burch-Smith, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA - "Signal integration for plant cell-cell communication during development"
4:30—4:45 pm Short talk 23: Sunil Kenchanmane-Raju, University of California, USA - "Cellular retooling in organ body plan elaboration"
4:45—5 pm Short talk 24: Heather Meyer, Syracuse University, USA - "Intrinsically disordered proteins as thermosensors"

5--6 pm Free Time

6--7 pm Dinner and Meet the Experts:
Michael Scanlon
Lin Xu
Tessa Burch-Smith

7--8 pm Keynote 2: Niko Geldner, University of Lausanne, Switzerland - Chory Memorial Lecture on Plant Signaling "How I made a career breaking root barriers – and how Joanne inspired me to dream it up"

8--9 pm Closing Reception