Registration 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS        
Mark Estelle (Indiana University)
Genetic analysis of auxin signaling: a long road to a short pathway

SESSION A:
Bioinformatics

Chris Town, TIGR, Session Chair
Introductory remarks

Kimmen Sjolander, University of California, Berkeley, Second
Improving protein functional classification through structural phylogenomics

Ann Lorraine, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Transcriptional coordination of the metabolic network in Arabidopsis thaliana

Bjorn Usadel, Max Planck Institute, Germany
New MapMan dimensions

Eva Huala, Carnegie Institution, Stanford University
The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)

Heiko Schoof, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Web services for Arabidopsis data integration

7:00 am – all day       Poster set-up

Main Lounge (2nd floor)
Posters of Orals (Except for Session Chairs & Second) (1 – 74)
Arabidopsis 2010 (75 – 94)
Bioinformatics (95 – 106)

Tripp Commons (2nd floor)
Cell Biology (107 – 135)
Development 1: Flower, Fertilization, Fruit, and Seed (136 – 178)
Development 2: Shoot and Root (179 – 231)
Energy (232)
Environment 1: Abiotic (233 – 261)

Great Hall (4th floor)
Environment 2: Biotic (262 – 300)
Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms (301 – 320)
Metabolism (321 – 347)
Modeling/Other Systems (348 – 349)
Natural Variation and Comparative Genomics (350 – 376)
Signaling (377 – 431)
Systems Biology (432 – 440)

Philip Benfey, Duke University, Session Chair
A systems biology approach to understanding root development

Wilhelm Gruissem, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland, Second
Systems biology and reverse engineering of metabolic pathways using sparse GGM

Kieron Edwards, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Functional analysis of regulatory flexibility in the circadian clock: transcriptomic and reporter gene assays of circadian phase

Freeman Chow, University of Toronto, Canada
LATCA: a library of biologically active small molecules for plant chemical genomics

Sean Coughlan, Agilent Technologies
Design and testing of an Arabidopsis small RNA microarray

SESSION C:            
Environment 1: Abiotic          

Pill-Soon Song, Kumho Life & Environmental Science Laboratory, Korea, Session Chair
Phenotypic responses of bathochromic mutant phytochromes A conferring shade tolerance to Arabidopisis thaliana

Javier Paz-Ares, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Spain, Second
Regulation of phosphate starvation responses in Arabidopsis: transcriptional control and beyond

Diane Bassham, Iowa State University
Autophagy is required plants for plants to survive under abiotic stresses

Anthony Hall, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
The molecular basis of temperature compensation in the Arabidopsis circadian clock

Elsebeth Kolmos, Max Planck Institute, Germany
ELF4 point mutations affect phase and period properties of the Arabidopsis circadian clock

SESSION D:
Environment 2: Biotic

Edward Farmer, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Second
Controls over oxylipin biogenesis

Kristoffer Palma, University of British Columbia, Canada
The MOS4-associated complex is an important regulatory node in NPR1-independent innate immunity signaling

Hironori Kaminaka, University of North Carolina
bZIP10-LSD1 antagonism modulates basal defense and cell death in Arabidopsis following infection

A. Corina Vlot, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Identification of Arabidopsis ortholog(s) of a regulator of systemic acquired resistance in tobacco

Judith Bender, John Hopkins University, Session Chair
Histone methyltransferases that control DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

Pam Green, University of Delaware, Second
Elucidating the small RNA component of the Arabidopsis transcriptome

Todd Sangster, Whitehead Institute
Chaperone Hsp90 as a molecular mechanism of genetic and environmental canalization

Hidetoshi Saze, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
BONSAI: loss-of-function epigenetic mutation induced in the ddm1 (decrease in DNA methylation) background

Workshops I (Concurrent) 

(a) Submitting data to long-term repositories: information for 2010 grant recipients and all researchers
Eva Huala

(b) TAIR introductory workshop: including a  general overview of the website and availableresources and tools
Peifen Zhang and Katica Ilic

Union Theater

Reception Room

POSTER SESSION I           See locations below

Please present (stand by) your poster if your abstract number is EVEN 
           
Main Lounge
Posters of Oral (Except for Session Chairs & Second) (1 – 74)
Arabidopsis 2010 (75 – 94)
Bioinformatics (95 – 106)

Tripp Commons (2nd floor)
Cell Biology (107 – 135)
Development 1: Flower, Fertilization, Fruit, and Seed (136 – 178)
Development 2: Shoot and Root (179 – 231)
Energy (232)
Environment 1: Abiotic (233 – 261)

Great Hall (4th floor)
Environment 2: Biotic (262 – 300)
Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms (301 – 320)
Metabolism (321 – 347)
Modeling/Other Systems (348 – 349)
Natural Variation and Comparative Genomics (350 – 376)
Signaling (377 – 431)
Systems Biology (432 – 440)

SESSION F:
Natural Variation and Comparative Genomics

Johanna Schmitt, Brown University, Session Chair
Measuring selection on natural variation

Justin Borevitz, University of Chicago, Second
Evolutionary mechanisms of light response adaptation

Sureshkumar Balasubramanian, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Common alleles of PHYTOCHROME C mediate natural variation in flowering and growth responses of Arabidopsis thaliana

Christopher Toomajian, University of Southern California
Recent selection in the Arabidopsis genome: FRIGIDA and beyond

M. Eric Schranz, Duke University
Independent ancient polyploidy events in the sister families Brassicaceae and Cleomaceae

SESSION G:
Development 1: Flower, Fertilization, Fruit, and Seed

Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom, Session Chair
Flowering and vernalization

Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, Langebio- Cinvestav, Mexico, Second
Seven cells in the ovule: functional analysis of the female gametophyte transcriptome

Wim Soppe, Max Planck Institute, Germany
The molecular identification of RDO2 and RDO4 reveals new aspects of the seed dormancy mechanism

Yunde Zhao, University of California, San Diego
Temporally and spatially regulated auxin biosynthesis controls the formation of floral organs and vascular tissues

Cristina Castellejo, CSIC-IRTA, Spain
A RAV gene negatively regulates FT expression and extremely delays flowering

SESSION H:
Development 2:Shoot and Root         

Dominique Bergman, Stanford University, Session Chair
Positive regulators of stomatal development

Ben Scheres, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Second
Root patterning and cell polarity in Arabidopsis roots

Steffen Vanneste, Ghent University, Belgium
FOUR LIPS/MYB124 and MYB88 enhance PIN transcription

Kimberly Gallagher, Duke University
Examination of the mechanisms of SHORT-ROOT cell-to-cell signaling

John Chandler, University of Cologne, Germany
DORNROESCHEN (DRN) and DRN-LIKE redundantly control cotyledon initiation and meristem development in Arabidopsis thaliana

SESSION I: 
Metabolism

Harvey Millar, University of Western Australia, Australia, Session Chair
Where are all the proteins? Subcellular compartmentation of the Arabidopsis proteome as a key foundation for post-genomic analysis of metabolism

Wolf Frommer, Carnegie Institution, Stanford University, Second
The visible plant cell-biosensors and bioreporters:in vivo physiological imaging using fluorescent indicator proteins

Nicole Linka, Michigan State University
Peroxisomal ATP import is involved in fatty acid oxidation

Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, RIKEN, Japan
Functional identification of Arabidopsis flavonoid 7-O-rhamnosyltransferase gene by co-expression analysis

Yan Lu, Michigan State UniversityFunctional and informatic analyses of the Arabidopsis plastid

Workshops II (Concurrent)

(a) Web services and demonstrations        
Chris Town and Heiko Schoof

(b) Public engagement: broadening the impact of your research
Erin Dolan

Union Theater

Reception Room

POSTER SESSION II        
See locations below

Please present (stand by) your poster if your abstract number is ODD

Main Lounge
Posters of Oral (Except for Session Chairs & Second) (1 – 74)
Arabidopsis 2010 (75 – 94)
Bioinformatics (95 – 106)

Tripp Commons (2nd floor)
Cell Biology (107 – 135)
Development 1: Flower, Fertilization, Fruit, and Seed (136 – 178)
Development 2: Shoot and Root (179 – 231)
Energy (232)
Environment 1: Abiotic (233 – 261)

Great Hall (4th floor)
Environment 2: Biotic (262 – 300)
Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms (301 – 320)
Metabolism (321 – 347)
Modeling/Other Systems (348 – 349)
Natural Variation and Comparative Genomics (350 – 376)
Signaling (377 – 431)
Systems Biology (432 – 440)

SESSION J: 
Signaling        

Ute Hoecker, University of Duesseldorf, Germany, Session Chair
Suppression of light signaling in darkness

Masatoshi Nakajima, University of Tokyo, Japan, Second
Cytosolic gibberellin-receptor GID1

Geraint Parry, Indiana University, Bloomington
Investigating the expression of the TIR1/AFB family of auxin receptors: could miRNAs hold the key?

Aaron Rashotte, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cytokinin-regulated AP2/ERF transcription factors are novel components of the cytokinin signaling pathway that function in concert with type-B ARRs

Hicham Zegzouti, University of California, Los Angeles
Structural and functional insights into the regulation of the Arabidopsis AGC VIIa kinase family

SESSION K:
Modeling/Other Systems        

Sue Wessler, University of Georgia, Session Chair
Dramatic amplification of a rice transposable element since domestication

Michael Beer, Johns Hopkins University, Second
Systematic identification of cis-regulatory logic from microarray data and whole-genome sequence

Li Li, USDA/Cornell University
Or encodes a cystein-rich zinc finger domain containing protein that regulates high-levels of β-carotene accumulation in cauliflower

Rodrigo Gutierrez, New York University
VirtualPlant: a software platform to support systems biology research in the post-genomic era

SESSION L:

Jiri Friml, University of Tuebingen, Germany, Session Chair
Establishment and maintenance of cell polarity

Chris Staiger, Purdue University, Second
Actin-binding proteins as sensors of cellular stress

Catherine Konopka, University of Wisconsin, Madison
In vivo dynamics implicate a role for dynamin-related protein 1C in polar cell growth

Simon Alfred, University of Toronto, Canada
Polarazine: a new plant cytokinesis inhibitor

Nico Dissmeyer, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis cdc2 homolog CDKA:1

Refreshment Break 

SESSION M:  
Energy

Steven Rothstein, University of Guolph, Canada, Session Chair
Energy and Agriculture:The potential to use genetics to improve the energy efficiency of crop production

Keiko Torii, University of Washington, Second
Linking biomass and stomatal development

Liming Xiong, Danforth Plant Science Center
Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in Arabidopsis

Akiko Maruyama-Nakashita, RIKEN
SLIM1/EIL3 transcription factor required for plant growth on low sulfur environment

Special Lecture        
Richard Young (M.I.T)
Connecting signal transduction and gene expression

Workshops III (Concurrent)           

(a) Systems biology approaches to analysis of  metabolic and regulatory networks of Arabidopsis
Eve Wurtele

(b) Mechanotransduction in Arabidopsis  Elizabeth Haswell

Union Theater

Reception Room

POSTER SESSION III       

Free-for-All:A time for further discussions

Main Lounge
Posters of Oral (Except for Session Chairs & Second) (1 – 74)
Arabidopsis 2010 (75 – 94)
Bioinformatics (95 – 106)

Tripp Commons (2nd floor)
Cell Biology (107 – 135)
Development 1: Flower, Fertilization, Fruit, and Seed (136 – 178)
Development 2: Shoot and Root (179 – 231)
Energy (232 – 232)
Environment 1: Abiotic (233 – 261)

Great Hall (4th floor)
Environment 2: Biotic (262 – 300)
Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms (301 – 320)
Metabolism (321 – 347)
Modeling/Other Systems (348 – 349)
Natural Variation and Comparative Genomics (350 – 376)
Signaling (377 – 431)
Systems Biology (432 – 440)

Machi Dilworth, NSF, Session Chair      Introductory Remarks

Jeff Harper, University of Nevada, Reno
Arabidopsis 2010: Integrating the Unknown-eome with abiotic stress response networks in Arabidopsis

Heven Sze, University of Maryland
Arabidopsis 2010:Functional genomics of cation transporters

Mary Wildermuth, University of California, Berkeley
Temporal and spatial expression profiling of the Arabidopsis response to powdery mildew

Kristin Kasschau, Oregon State University
Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis small RNAs

SESSION O:
NAASC Choices
Rob McClung, Dartmouth College, Session Chair

Matt Geisler, University of Western Ontario, Canada
The predicted Arabidopsis interactome

Bert van der Zaal, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Polydactyl zinc finger transcription factors can be used as efficient tools to discover Arabidopsis mutants with enhanced homologous recombination

Rebecca Schwab, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

\Engineering specific and efficient gene silencing with artificial microRNAs

Martin Bayer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase gene SHORT SUSPENSOR regulates extra-embryonic development in Arabidopsis