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Sunday Monday Tuesday
Sunday 29 September
| 12 noon-6.00pm |
Registration |
| 6.00 - 8.00pm |
Drinks |
Monday 30 September
| 08.30-08.45am |
Opening remarks, Dale Sanders
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Session 1: Molecular mechanisms of heavy metal
detoxification
Chairperson: Ute Kraemer |
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| 08.40-09.20am |
Speaker: Cobbett, C.
Heavy metal detoxification mechanisms in plants
Cobbett, C. |
| 09.20-10.00am |
Speaker: Rea, P.A.
Fundamental mechanics of phytochelatin synthesis
Philip A. Rea, Stéphane Mari, Ladomyra Demkiv, Shun Liang,
Stacey L.
Matthews, Albert Lang and Olena K. Vatamaniuk |
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| 10.00 - 10.30am |
Coffee break |
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| 10.30-11.10am |
Speaker: Goldsbrough, P.
Metallothioneins: metal tolerance and homeostasis
Goldsbrough, P., Guo, W.-J. and Meetam, M.
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| 11.10-11.50am |
Speaker: Clemens, S.
Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis halleri as
models: molecular analysis of metal tolerance and metal signal
transduction
Vess, C., Weber, M., Cazal, A.-C., Harada, E., Maier, T., Simm,
C. and Clemens, S. |
| 11.50-12.05pm |
Speaker: Oliver, D.J.
Regulation of glutathione biosynthesis in plants
Oliver, D.J., Xiang, C. and Peterson, A. |
| 12.05-12.20pm |
Speaker: Bleeker, P.M.
Mechanisms of As tolerance in Cytisus striatus
Bleeker, P.M., Schat, H., Vooijs, R., Verkleij, J.A.C. and
Ernst, W.H.O |
| 12.20-12.35pm |
Speaker: Marmiroli, M.
Finding how and where plants bind the metals: a combined EXAFS
and SEM/EDX approach for lead
Marmiroli, M., Antonioli, G., Maestri, E. and Marmiroli, N.
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| 12.45 - 02.00pm |
Lunch |
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Session 2: Molecular mechanisms of heavy metal detoxification
Chairperson: Philip A. Rea
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| 02.00-02.40pm |
Speaker: Rosen, B.
Pathways of arsenic transport and detoxification in prokaryotes
and eukaryotes
Rosen, B.P., Mukhopadhyay, R., Liu, Z., Shen, J., Barbrey,
J.M. and Agre, P. |
| 02.40-03.20pm |
Speaker: Vatamaniuk, O.K.
Phytochelatin-dependent heavy metal detoxification in an animal,
the
nematode worm, Caenorhabditis elegans
Olena K. Vatamaniuk, Elizabeth A. Bucher, James T. Ward and
Philip A. Rea |
| 03.20-03.35pm |
Speaker: Thomine, S.
AtNRAMP3 encodes a vacuolar metal transporter that down regulates
heavy metal accumulation under iron deficieincy in Arabidopsis
Thomine, S., Lelièvre, F., Debarbieux, E., Schroeder,
J.I. and Barbier-Brygoo, H. |
| 03.35-03.50pm |
Speaker: Ingle, R.A.
Evidence for Ni-proton antiport activity at the vacuolar membrane
of the hyperaccumulator Alyssum lesbiacum
Ingle, R.A., Fricker, M.D. and Smith, J.A.C. |
| 03.50-04.05pm |
Speaker: Pittman, J.K.
Analysis of the mechanism and function of the cation/H+
antiporter CAX2 in Mn2+ transport
Pittman, J.K., Shigaki, T., Sreevidya, C., Chalova, V. and
Hirschi, K.D. |
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| 04.05 - 04.30pm |
Coffee break |
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Session 3: From trace element homeostasis to
metal hyperaccumulation
Chairperson: J. Andrew C. Smith |
| 04.30-05.10pm |
Speaker: Guerinot, M.L.
Gene discovery in aid of plant nutrition, human health and environmental
remediation
Atkinson, A., Colangelo, E., Grotz, N., Hibbard, S., Kim, S.A.,
Parson, B. and Guerinot, M.L. |
| 05.10-05.50pm |
Speaker: Kochian, L.
Investigating the molecular physiology of heavy metal accumulation
and tolerance using Thlaspi caerulescens as a model system
Kochian, L., Pence, N., Klein, M., Papoyan, A. and Li, L. |
| 05.50-06.30pm |
Speaker: Kraemer, U.
The role of membrane transporters and low-molecular-weight chelators
in metal homeostasis in hyperaccumulators and closely related
model plants.
Kraemer, U., A-G Desbrosses-Fonrouge, A.-G., Becher, M., Draeger,
D., Kerkeb, L. and Wycisk, K. |
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| 6.30 - 6.40pm |
Beverages |
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| 06.40-07.20pm |
Speaker: Salt, D.
Molecular physiology of metal hyperaccumulation in plants
Salt, D. |
| 07.20-08.00pm |
Speaker: Aarts, M.G.M.
Thlaspi caerulescens EST sequence analysis
Aarts, M.G.M., Rigola, D., Goossens, P., Fiers, M., Assunção,
A. and Schat, H. |
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Conference Dinner
08.00 - 10.00pm
Tuesday
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