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Saturday, July 7th

Saturday, July 7th
3:00 pm to 4:20 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session S01: Major symposium: Charles Albert Shull & Stephen Hales Prize Awardee Symposium
Presiding: Richard Amasino, University of Wisconsin
S01001July 7th 3:00 pmHEN1 in microRNA biogenesis and plant development
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Charles Albert Shull & Stephen Hales Prize Awardee SymposiumAspbmajorChen, Xuemei; Yang, Zhiyong; Yu, Bin; Kim, YunJu.microRNA
development
methylation
S01002July 7th 3:40 pmBack to the Future-Xyloglucan Structure, Biosynthesis and Function
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Charles Albert Shull & Stephen Hales Prize Awardee SymposiumAspbmajorKeegstra, Kenneth.cell wall
biosynthesis
polysaccharide
xyloglucan

Sunday, July 8th

Sunday, July 8th
8:30 am to 12:00 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session S02: Major symposium: Plant Biology in sub-Saharan Africa
Presiding: Debborah Delmer, University of California, Davis
S02001July 8th 9:00 amThe Evolutionary History of the African Rice Oryza glaberrima Steud
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Plant Biology in Sub-Saharan AfricaAspbmajorSemon, Mande; Nielsen, Rasmus; Jones, Monty; McCouch, Susan.
S02002July 8th 9:40 amThe Introduction of Maize in Africa and Current Levels of Diversity in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi
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Plant Biology in Sub-Saharan AfricaAspbmajorMagorokosho, Cosmos; Warburton, M.; Banziger, M.; Betran, J.; Dreisigacker, S..maize
S02003July 8th 10:50 amBiological control of water hyacinth in Lakes Victoria and Kyoga – Uganda
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Plant Biology in Sub-Saharan AfricaAspbmajorOgwang, James.
S02004July 8th 11:20 amDiversity of maize streak virus (MSV) and transgenic resistance to MSV in maize
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Plant Biology in Sub-Saharan AfricaAspbmajorShepherd, Dionne; Owor, B.; Edema, R.; Varsani, A.; Martin, D.P.; Rybicki, E.P.; Thomson, J.A..
Sunday, July 8th
2:00 pm to 3:40 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session S03: Major symposium: Minority Affairs Symposium - Plants and Human Nutrition
Presiding: Gregory Goins, North Carolina A&T State University
S03001July 8th 2:00 pmMaking a healthy oil even healthier:  Production of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in soybean.
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Minority Affairs Symposium - Plants and Human NutritionAspbmajorDamude, Howard; Farrall, Leonard; Ripp, Kevin; Cahoon, Edgar; Liu, Zhan-Bin; Stecca, Kevin; Schweiger, Bruce; Booth, J. Russ; Kinney, Anthony.Lipids
lipid metabolism
polyunsaturated
omega-3
Soybean
S03002July 8th 2:25 pmNorthern Plains Tribes Gain Understanding of Diabetes
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Minority Affairs Symposium - Plants and Human NutritionAspbmajorGilbert, Marcella.
S03003July 8th 2:50 pmNutritional Genomics: Linking Food, Genomics and Human Health to Promote Global Health and Wellness
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Minority Affairs Symposium - Plants and Human NutritionAspbmajorRodriguez, Raymond.
S03004July 8th 3:15 pmGenetic and cultural methods to control reniform nematode in cotton
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Minority Affairs Symposium - Plants and Human NutritionAspbmajorWinston, Eugenia.Resistance
Cotton
Reniform nematode
Sunday, July 8th
4:10 pm to 5:50 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session M04: Minisymposium: Cellular Technologies Minisymposium
Presiding: Marisa Otegui, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M04001July 8th 4:10 pmEstimating long-distance phloem behavior with sieve-element targeted, fluorescence labeled membrane proteins
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Cellular TechnologiesAspbminiThompson, Matthew V.; Wolniak, Stephen M..phloem
sieve plate
sieve element
anatomy
fluid mechanics
intercellular protein targeting
companion cell
plasmodesmata
M04002July 8th 4:35 pmInvolvement of "senescence associated vacuoles" in the degradation of chloroplast proteins in tobacco leaves
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Cellular TechnologiesAspbminiMartinez, Dana E; Costa, Lorenza; Otegui, Marisa; Guiamet, Juan J.leaf senescence 
protein degradation
vacuoles
M04003July 8th 5:00 pmUse of peptide aptamers for broad-based geminivirus disease resistance
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Cellular TechnologiesAspbminiLopez-Ochoa, Luisa; Hanley-Bowdoin, Linda.Geminivirus Resistance
broad based resistance
peptide aptamers
M04004July 8th 5:25 pmToward zinc finger nucleases-mediated gene targeting in plants
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Cellular TechnologiesAspbminiTovkach, Andriy; Zeevi, Vardit; Tzfira, Tzvi.Gene targeting
zinc finger nucleases
DNA repair
Sunday, July 8th
7:00 pm to 7:30 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Reception: BSA & ASPB President's Welcome
Presiding: Christopher H. Haufler, University of Kansas
July 8th 7:00 pmBSA & ASPB President
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Conference Wide
Sunday, July 8th
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session SL02: Special Lecture: Plenary Address
SL02001July 8th 7:30 pmJudicial Independence and Scientific Evidence
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Plenary AddressSpecial AddressJones, John E..good science
judicial independence

Monday, July 9th

Monday, July 9th
8:30 am to 10:10 am · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session M08: Minisymposium: Education & Outreach
Presiding: Mary Williams, Harvey Mudd College
M08001July 9th 8:30 amDevelopment of rapid-cycling Brassica rapa as a model for teaching genetics
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Education & OutreachAspbminiAmasino, Richard; Woody, Scott.
M08002July 9th 8:55 amIntegrating Computational Thinking into Biology Education and Outreach
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Education & OutreachAspbminiNapoli, Carolyn.
M08003July 9th 9:20 amImages of plant cell biology on DVD: information for students and a resource for teachers
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Education & OutreachAspbminiGunning, B.plant cell biology
live cell movies
ultrastructure
atlas of micrographs
M08004July 9th 9:45 amMeta!Blast: development of a video game of cell and metabolic biology
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Education & OutreachAspbminiBassham, Diane; Brown, Trevor; Brown, Tyler; Dickerson, Julie; Herrnstadt, Steve; Kabala, David; Miller, Elizabeth; Syrkin-Nikolau, Mashette; Vue, Gaoder; Wurtele, Eve.plant cell biology
metabolic biology
gene regulation
game
education
virtual reality
Monday, July 9th
10:40 am to 12:20 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session M13: Minisymposium: Cell walls Minisymposium
Presiding: Allan M. Showalter, Ohio University
M13001July 9th 10:40 amIs rhamnogalacturonan-I a key scaffolding element in the pectin network of arabidopsis cell walls?
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Cell WallsAspbminiZhou, Shaohua; Carpita, Nicholas C; McCann, Maureen C.Arabidopsis
cell wall
rhamnogalacturonan-I
rhamnogalacturonan lyase
Pectin
cell expansion
M13002July 9th 11:05 amIdentification of primary sequences sufficient for crosslinking proline-rich proteins within the root hair cell wall of Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Cell WallsAspbminiXiao, Wei; Tierney, Mary.PRP
crosslinking
M13003July 9th 11:30 amFunctional characterization of Lysine-rich AGPs by reverse genetics
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Cell WallsAspbminiZhang, Yizhu; Yang, Jie; Showalter, Allan M..Arabidopsis
microarray
hyperglycosylated hydoxyproline-rich glycoproteins
GPI anchor
M13004July 9th 11:55 amViral-induced gene silencing of cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase-like genes in barley reveals a tightly controlled gene network for cell wall biosynthesis
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Cell WallsAspbminiHeld, Michael; Kessans, Sarah; Brandt, Amanda; Yong, Weidong; Scofield, Steven; Carpita, Nicholas C.Cellulose
cell wall
VIGS
barley
Monday, July 9th
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session S04: Major symposium: ASPB/BSA Joint Symposium -Evolutionary Development
Presiding: Michael Zanis, Purdue University
S04001July 9th 2:00 pmAn evolutionary-developmental perspective on the angiosperm reproductive syndrome
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Evolutionary DevelopmentAspbmajorFriedman, William E..female gametophyte
endosperm
modularity
evo-devo
double fertilization
inclusive fitness theory
S04002July 9th 2:40 pmEvolution of developmental genes in land plants
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Evolutionary DevelopmentAspbmajorHasebe, Mitsuyasu.genome
development
gene duplication
gene loss
Chlamydomonas
Selaginella moellendorffii
Physcomitrella patens
S04003July 9th 3:40 pmFlower development and evolution viewed from a diversity perspective
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Evolutionary DevelopmentAspbmajorEndress, Peter K..Flower development
flower evolution
Angiosperms
model species
diversity approach
S04004July 9th 4:20 pmShoots and leaves, an evo-devo perspective
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Evolutionary DevelopmentAspbmajorSinha, Neelima; Garces, Helena; Champagne, Connie; Uchida, Naoyuki; Koenig, Dan; David-Schwartz, Rakefet; Townsley, Brad.indeterminacy
Somatic embryogenesis
compound leaf

Tuesday, July 10th

Tuesday, July 10th
8:30 am to 12:00 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session S05: Major symposium: Manipulation of host signaling by pathogens
Presiding: Barbara N Kunkel, Washington University in Saint Louis
S05001July 10th 8:30 amCoronatine, a Pseudomonas syringae phytohormone mimic, modulates multiple aspects of host biology to promote disease
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Manipulation of Host Signaling by PathogensAspbmajorMellgren, Eve M; Laurie-Berry, Neva; Demianski, Agnes J; Kunkel, Barbara N.pathogen
virulence
jasmonate
disease
coronatine
hormone mimc
Pseudomonas syringae
S05002July 10th 9:15 amBacterial virulence factors: Excellent molecular probes of plant cellular functions
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Manipulation of Host Signaling by PathogensAspbmajorHe, Sheng-Yang.protein traffic
pathogenesis
host immunity
senescence
stomata
jasmonate signaling
salicylic acid
cell wall
S05003July 10th 10:30 amNematode Secretions Signal Big Changes in Host Plant Cells
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Manipulation of Host Signaling by PathogensAspbmajorDavis, Eric.Genes
parasitism
S05004July 10th 11:15 amThe Plant Cell: The First Line of Defense
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Manipulation of Host Signaling by PathogensAspbmajorSomerville, Shauna.plant pathogen interaction
cell wall
Tuesday, July 10th
3:20 pm to 5:00 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session M18: Minisymposium: Reproductive development
Presiding: Anireddy S. N. Reddy, Colorado State University
M18001July 10th 3:20 pmA novel plant-specific splicing factor regulates Flowering in Arabidopsis
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Reproductive DevelopmentAspbminiAli, Gul; Palusa, Saiprasad; Golovkin, Maxim; Prasad, Jayendra; Manley, James; Reddy, Anireddy S. N..splicing factor
flowering
pre-mRNA splicing
serine/arginine-rich proteins
alternative splicing
Arabidopsis
M18002July 10th 3:45 pmNUCLEAR PORE ANCHOR, the Arabidopsis homolog of Tpr/Mlp1/Mlp2/Megator, is involved in mRNA export and SUMO homeostasis and affects diverse aspects of plant development
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Reproductive DevelopmentAspbminiXu, Xianfeng, Morgan; Rose, Annkatrin; Muthuswamy, Sivaramakrishnan; Jeong, Sun Yong; Venkatakrishnan, Sowmya; Zhao, Qiao; Meier, Iris.Nuclear Envelope
Nuclear Pore
SUMO
flowering
mRNA export
development
M18003July 10th 4:10 pmInvolvement of the Solanum chacoense MAPKKK ScFRK1 in embryo sac development
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Reproductive DevelopmentAspbminiLafleur, Edith; Kapfer, Christelle; Gray-Mitsumune, Madoka; Matton, Daniel P..Embryo sac development
pollen tube guidance
egg apparatus
kinase
M18004July 10th 4:35 pmA putative CCAAT-binding transcription factor is a regulator of flowering timing in Arabidopsis
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Reproductive DevelopmentAspbminiWu, Yajun; Cai, Xiaoning; Ballif, Jenny; Endo, Saori; Davis, Elizabeth; Liang, Mingxiang; Chen, Dong; DeWald, Daryll; Kreps, Joel; Zhu, Tong; Harper, Jeffery.flower timing
CCAAT-binding transcription factor
Arabidopsis

Wednesday, July 11th

Wednesday, July 11th
8:00 am to 12:00 pm · International Ballroom/Hilton
Session SY06: Symposium: Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of Plants
Presiding: Edward Schneider, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
SY06SUM001July 11th 8:30 amProtecting the Diversity of Plants
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Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of PlantsSymposiumSchneider, Edward.
SY06002July 11th 8:45 amGlobal Plant Conservation: Where Are We, and Where are We Headed?
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Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of PlantsSymposiumRaven, Peter H..
SY06003July 11th 9:15 amSaving plant diversity in post-Apartheid South Africa
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Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of PlantsSymposiumHuntley, Brian.Plant conservation
Biological Diversity
South Africa
July 11th 9:45 amBreak
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Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of Plants
SY06004July 11th 10:30 amConservation of the Southwest Australian Global Biodiversity Hotspot
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Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of PlantsSymposiumHopper, Stephen D..Plant conservation
Southwest Australia
Biodiversity
SY06005July 11th 11:00 amEx situ Conservation: Second best, but increasingly Important
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Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of PlantsSymposiumPrance, Ghillean.Ex situ conservation
Seed storage
Millenium Seed Bank
SY06006July 11th 11:30 amPlant Conservation; a reality check
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Plenary Symposium: Protecting the Diversity of PlantsSymposiumCarlquist, Sherwin.Plant conservation
Invasive Species
Hawaiian Islands

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