from ecosystems to biomolecules

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
September 29 - 0ctober 1, 2002


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Arabidopsis thaliana

Ni-hyperaccumulator Alyssum lesbiacum

Arabidopsis halleri growing on mine waste

Short Talks

The role of soil microorganisms in the uptake of heavy metals by hyperaccumulators
J. S. Angle, T. Delorme, Reda Abou Shanab, R. L. Chaney and P. van Berkum

Mechanisms of As tolerance in Cytisus striatus
P. M. Bleeker, H. Schat, R. Vooijs, J. A. C. Verkleij and W. H. O. Ernst

Phytoextraction of Cd from contaminated soils requiring remediation
Rufus L. Chaney, J. Scott Angle, Henrike C. Perner, Yin-Ming Li, Roger D. Reeves, Alan J. M. Baker, Marla S. McIntosh and Volker Römheld

Ecotypic variation in the transport, compartmentation and coordination of Cd between populations of the metal hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens
Stephen D. Ebbs, Shilpa Uchil and Leon Kochian

Evidence for Ni-proton antiport activity at the vacuolar embrane of the hyperaccumulator Alyssum lesbiacum
R. A. Ingle, M. D. Fricker and J. A. C. Smith

Analysis of the heterogeneity of photosynthesis in heavy metal-stressed plants by microscopic and macroscopic imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics
Hendrik Kupper and Ivan Setlik

Finding how and where plants bind the metals: a combined EXAFS and SEM/EDX approach for lead
M. Marmiroli, G. Antonioli, E. Maestri and N. Marmiroli

Regulation of glutathione biosynthesis in plants
David J. Oliver, Chengbin Xiang and Annita Peterson

Analysis of the mechanism and function of the cation/H+ antiporter CAX2 in Mn2+ transport
Jon K. Pittman, Toshiro Shigaki, Coimbatore Sreevidya, Vessela Chalova and Kendal D. Hirschi

Responses of herbivores to cadmium hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi caerulescens
A. J. Pollard, S. T. Behmer, D. Raubenheimer, and J. A. C. Smith

An Azolla filter for heavy metal binding and Nymphaea as a tool for sludge treatment
E. Tel-Or

AtNRAMP3 encodes a vacuolar metal transporter that down regulates heavy metal accumulation under iron deficiency in Arabidopsis
Sébastien Thomine, Françoise Lelièvre, Elise Debarbieux, Julian I. Schroeder and Hélène Barbier-Brygoo

Comparative analysis of Arabidopsis gene expression profiles in response to copper, zinc and iron deficiencies
Henri Wintz , Tama Fox and Chris Vulpe

 

Illustrations: Heavy Metal Plant cartoon by Sam Day. Arabidopsis thaliana - the model plant (Philip Rea). Micrograph of the leaf surface of the Ni-hyperaccumulator Alyssum lesbiacum (Ute Kraemer). Arabidopsis halleri growing at the bottom of a heap of minewaste (Ute Kraemer)
Heavy metals and plants: from ecosystems to biomolecules is funded by the New Phytologist Trust

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