| Thursday 26 June |
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| 9:00-10:15 |
Registration |
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| 10:15-10:25 |
Welcome - Andy Meharg |
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Session 1 Environment 1 Chair
Henk Schat (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
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| 10:25–11:05 |
Arsenic dynamics in the rhizosphere
of wetland plants: Redox gradients and microbial processes
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Yong-Guan Zhu (Beijing, China) |
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| 11:05–11:45 |
Arsenic in aerobic rhizospheres
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Walter Wenzel (Vienna, Austria)
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| 11:45–12:25 |
The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi in arsenic uptake and assimilation by plants |
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Sally Smith (Adelaide,
Australia) |
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| 12:25–13.15 |
Lunch |
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| 13:15–13:55 |
Arsenic reduction and transport
in the arsenic hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata
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David Salt (West Lafayette, USA)
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| 13:55–14:35 |
Phytoremediation of arsenic
contaminated soils |
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Steve McGrath (Rothamsted, UK) |
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14:35–15:15 |
Arsenic efflux |
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Fangjie Zhao (Rothamsted, UK) |
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| 15.15–15:45 |
Coffee/tea |
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| 15:45–16:25 |
The arsenic biogeocycle |
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Barry Rosen (Detroit, USA) |
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| 16:25–17:05 |
The risk from arsenic in the food-chain |
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Andy Meharg (Aberdeen, UK) |
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| 17:05–17:45 |
Membrane transporters involved in the movement
of arsenic |
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Frans Maathuis (York, UK) |
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| 17:45–19:30 |
Posters and Reception |
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| 20:00 |
Conference Dinner |
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| Friday 27 June |
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| 8:30-8:35 |
Announcements – Andy Meharg |
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Session 2 Environment 2
Chair Steve McGrath (Rothamsted, UK) |
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| 8:35-9:15 |
The role of arsenate reductase
in arsenate toxicity and tolerance in plants |
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Henk Schat (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
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| 9:15-9:55 |
The ecological genetics of
arsenic tolerance in Holcus lanatus |
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Mark Macnair (Exeter, UK) |
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9:55-10:35 |
Ecological factors affecting
arsenic assimilation by plants |
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Nick Lepp (Liverpool, UK) |
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| 10:35-11:05 |
Coffee/tea |
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Session 3 Technologies
Chair Andy Meharg (Aberdeen, UK) |
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| 11:05–11:45 |
Application of synchrotron
techniques to investigate in-situ arsenic speciation |
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Kirk Scheckel (Cincinnati, USA) |
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Arsenic transport studies
using mutants
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Antonio Leyva (Madrid, Spain) |
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| 12:25–13:25 |
Lunch |
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13:25–14:05 |
Is the formation of arsenic phytochelatins
complexes important for the translocation of arsenic in plants |
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Joerg
Feldmann (Aberdeen, UK) |
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| 14:05–14:45 |
Breeding plants for desirable
traits with respect to arsenic |
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Adam Price (Aberdeen, UK) |
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| 14:45–15:25 |
Engineering plants to alter
arsenic metabolism |
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Om Dhankher (Amherst, USA) |
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15:25–15.55 |
Coffee/Tea |
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15:55–16:30 |
Conclusions/Discussion |
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