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Programme, abstracts & participants book [PDF]
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| Thursday 20 January |
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12:30-13:30
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Registration & lunch
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| 13:30–13:40 |
Welcome & introductions
Alistair
Hetherington, Holly Slater |
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Session I
Chairperson: Alistair Hetherington
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| 13:40–14:20 |
Colin Brownlee, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth,
UK
Interactions between the ECM and polarised signalling machinery
during early development in Fucus embryos |
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| 14:20–15:00 |
Paul McCabe, University College Dublin, Eire
Evidence for developmental signals that are essential in controlling
somatic embryogenesis in carrot |
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| 15:00–15:30 |
Refreshment break |
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| 15:30–16:10 |
Julie Gray, University of Sheffield, UK
The link between stomatal development and wax biosynthesis |
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| 16:10–16:50 |
Robert Pruitt, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN, USA
Role of the extracellular matrix in regulating epidermal cell interactions |
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| 16:50-17:30 |
Andy Pereira, Plant Research International, Wageningen,
The Netherlands
The SHINE clade of AP2/ERF transcription factors regulate the formation
of plant separation layers |
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| Friday 21 January |
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Session II
Chairperson: Keith Lindsey
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| 09:30–10:10 |
Dianne Edwards, Cardiff University, UK
Is the present the key to the past? Thoughts on the evolution of
signalling mechanisms |
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| 10:10–10:50 |
Keith Roberts, John Innes Centre, Norwich,
UK
The extracellular matrix and cell elongation |
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| 10:50-11:20 |
Refreshment break |
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| 11:20-12:00 |
Herman Hofte, INRA–Versailles, France
Coordination of cell expansion with cell wall assembly through
cross talk across the plasma membrane |
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| 12:00-12:40 |
Andrew Fleming, University of Sheffield, UK
Modifying leaf morphogenesis by manipulating the extracellular
matrix |
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| 12:40–13:00 |
Discussion & concluding remarks |
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| 13:00–14:00 |
Lunch and depart |
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