Scope
The calcium ion is a universal intracellular second messenger used in numerous plant signal transduction pathways. Since the last major international ‘plant calcium’ meeting in 1985 the field has matured and moved on from simple cataloguing of the involvement of calcium ions in diverse signalling pathways to detailed investigations of the individual components of the calcium homeostatic machinery and identification of the components up and down stream of the calcium signal. The aim of this conference is to consider the ‘state of the art’ and to engage in horizon scanning exercises that are only possible in relatively small discussion-focussed meetings. Major issues to be discussed include a) the role calcium ions in controlling nuclear function b) the identification and regulation of calcium responsive transcriptional regulators c) the molecular identification of calcium channels d) the interaction of calcium with other second messengers such as reactive oxygen species and e) how calcium signals are decoded. We wish to explore the involvement of calcium in mycorrhizal and rhizobium based signalling systems, disease resistance and the involvement of calcium in circadian phenomena.
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Organising committee
Alistair Hetherington, Bristol, UK
Dale Sanders, York, UK
Marc Knight, Durham, UK
Raoul Ranjeva, Toulouse, France
Carl Ng, Dublin, Ireland
Helen Pinfield-Wells, New Phytologist, Lancaster, UK
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