The meeting will take place over three days, 5 - 7 December, with
an informal reception and poster session on the 5 December and
the conference dinner on the evening of the 6 December.
Full program details will follow shortly.
| Wednesday 5 December |
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| 8.00-8.45 |
Registration |
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| 9.00-9.05 |
Welcome - Alistair Hetherington |
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Session 1 Chair: Carl
Ng (UCD, Ireland) |
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| 9:05-9:45 |
1.1. Calcium channels and
calcium signalling |
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Dale Sanders FRS (York, UK) |
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| 9:45-10:25 |
1.2. The control of stress
gene expression and tolerance by calcium |
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Marc Knight (University of Durham,
UK)
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| 10:25-11:05 |
Coffee/tea |
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| 11:05-11:45 |
1.3. Differntial changes in
free calcium in the cytosolvs nucleus in response to physical
and chemical stimuli |
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Raoul Ranjeva (CNRS Toulouse, France
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| 11:45-12:25 |
1.4. The role of sphingosine-1-phosphate
in guard cell signalling |
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Alistair Hetherington (University
of Bristol, UK)
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| 12:25-12:45 |
1.5. Short lecture A: Ca2+
and calmodulin involvement in photoperiodic signalling. |
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John Love (University of Exeter, UK) |
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| 12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session 2
Chair: Marc Knight (University of Durham, UK) |
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| 14:00-14:40 |
2.1. Signalling in symbiosis
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Giles Oldroyd (JIC, Norwich, UK )
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| 14:40-15:20 |
2.2. Calcium/calmodulin-regulated
transcription activators: Integrating developmental cues and
stress responses |
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Hillel Fromm (Tel Aviv University,
Israel) |
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| 15:20-15:40 |
2.3. Short lecture B: Arabidopsis
vacuolar Ca2+/H+ exchangers CAX1 and CAX3
play a role in abiotic stress tolerance. |
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Jon Pittman (University of Manchester,
UK) |
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| 15:40-16:30 |
Coffee/tea |
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Plenary 1
Chair Alistair Hetherington (University of Bristol, UK)
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| 16:30-17:30 |
Spatial and temporal aspects
of calcium signalling |
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Sir Michael Berridge FRS (Brabham Institute, University
of Cambridge, UK) |
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| 17:30-19:30 |
Reception and Posters |
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Thursday 6 December |
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| 9:00-9:05 |
Announcements - Alistair Hetherington |
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Session 3
Chair: Raoul Ranjeva (CNRS Toulouse, France) |
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| 9:05-9:45 |
3.1. Ca2+, ROS and pH
- tipping the balance for root hair growth |
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Simon Gilroy (University of Wisconsin,
USA )
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| 9:45-10:25 |
Systems analysis of circadian
calcium signals in Arabidopsis |
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Alex Webb (University of Cambridge,
UK)
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| 10:25-11:05 |
Coffee/tea |
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| 11:05-11:45 |
3.3. Calcium signalling mechanisms
in plants and algae: Evolutionary implications from physiological
and genomic studies |
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Colin Brownlee (Marine Biological
Association, Plymouth, UK)
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| 11:45-12:25 |
3.4. Guard cell ion channel signalling,
CO2, abscisic acid and a model for calcium specificity |
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Julian Schroeder (University of California
San Diego, USA)
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| 12:25-12:45 |
3.5. Short lecture C: Mutations in AtCML9, a calmodulin-like protein from A.thaliana,
alter plant responses to abiotic stress and abscisic acid |
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Jean-Philippe Galaud (Castanet-Tolosan, France) |
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| 12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00-14:45 |
Discussion
Future priorities and directions in calcium-based signalling
research in plants
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Janet Braam, Rice University, Houston, USA |
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| 14:45-16:30 |
Posters and coffee |
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Plenary 2
Chair: Marc Knight (University of Durham,
UK) |
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| 16:30-17:30 |
Pollen tubes, vesicles and
CPK; what is the actual function of Ca2+ oscillations? |
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Tony Trewavas FRS (University of Edinburgh,
UK) |
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| 19:30 |
Conference Dinner, Minerva Suite,
Royal Dublin Society |
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Friday 7 December |
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| 9:00-9:05 |
Announcements - Alistair Hetherington |
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Session 4
Chair: Dale Sanders (University of York, UK) |
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| 9:05-9:45 |
4.1. Calcium-induced activation
of programmed cell death |
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Paul McCabe (UCD, Ireland) |
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| 9:45-10:25 |
4.2. A calcium sensor / protein
kinase network for decoding calcium signals in plants" |
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Jörg Kudla (University of Münster,
Germany)
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| 10:25-11:05 |
Coffee |
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| 11:05-11:45 |
4.3. Substrates of
calcium-dependent protein kinases |
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Alice Harmon (University of Florida,
USA)
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| 11:45-12:25 |
4.4. Calcium/calmodulin signalling
is critical for reprogramming plant growth and response to biotic
and abiotic cues |
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Joe Poovaiah (Washington State University,
USA)
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| 12:25-12:45 |
Short lecture D: Is Nod factor induced
calcium spiking in legume root hairs really required for nodule
induction? |
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Giulia Morieri (JIC, Norwich, UK) |
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| 12:45-13:00 |
Poster prize presentation
and conclusions – Alistair Hetherington |
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
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