Meeting programme
Tuesday 29th July |
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12:00–13:25 |
Lunch and registration |
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13:25–13:40 |
Welcome |
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13:40–14:30 |
Charles Godfray |
What do we mean when we talk about sustainable intensification? |
14:30–14:50 |
Yogesh Gupta |
P30: The exocyst complex is required for appressorium-mediated tissue invasion by rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae |
14:50–15:10 |
Aleksandr Gavrin |
P24: Symbiosome membrane is a crossroad of exo/endocytic pathways in infected cells of legume root nodules |
15:10–15:30 |
Break |
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15:30–15:50 |
Jing-Ke Weng |
The evolutionary implication of messiness in biology |
15:50–16:10 |
Emily Breeze |
P11: Action of the NF-Y transcription factors in plant stress responses |
16:10–16:30 |
Katie Becklin |
P7: Evolutionary history underlies plant physiological responses to global change since the Last Glacial Maximum |
16:30–16:50 |
Kevin Dorn |
P19: Genomics and domestication of field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) |
16:50–17:10 |
Break |
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17:10–17:30 |
Marjorie Lundgren |
P51: An intraspecific gradient from C3 to C4 photosynthesis |
17:30–17:50 |
Yoan Coudert |
P16: Molecular evidence for an indeterminate meristem precursor in a moss |
17:50–18:40 |
Kirsten Bomblies |
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18:40–20:10 |
Poster session and reception |
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20:10–23:00 |
Social event |
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Wednesday 30th July |
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08:55–09:00 |
Announcements |
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09:00–09:50 |
Philip Benfey |
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09:50–10:10 |
Li-Qing Chen |
SWEET proteins are key for phloem loading and seed filling |
10:10–10:30 |
João Raimundo |
P64: A genetic triangle: how three MYB proteins determine flower asymmetry in Antirrhinum |
10:30–10:50 |
Sarah Jose |
P36: Waterproof plants: linking leaf wax and stomatal pore development in barley |
10:50–11:20 |
Break |
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11:20–11:40 |
Philippa Borrill |
P10: Identifying downstream targets of the wheat transcription factor NAM-B1: ChIP-seq in hexaploid wheat using custom-built reference pseudomolecules |
11:40–12:30 |
Workshop: How to get your work published |
Co-Chairs: Professor Alistair Hetherington, Editor-in-Chief, New Phytologist and Dr Christopher Surridge, Chief Editor, Nature Plants |
12:30–13:20 |
Sarah O’Connor |
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13:20–13:30 |
Closing remarks |
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13:30–14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30–15:30 |
(Optional) Tour of John Innes Centre |