14th Plant Biology Symposium      University of Maryland, May 23, 2013
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Welcome to the 14th Annual Plant Biology Minisymposium.

The 14th Annual Plant Biology Minisymposium will be held on Thursday May 23rd at University of Maryland at College Park (approximately 8:30 am - 5:00 pm). All plant Biologists are invited to join us for this one-day meeting (faculty, students, postdoctoral and visiting fellows and anyone else with an interest). The speakers this year include many junior scientists who are breaking new ground with innovative techniques and approaches.

We encourage you to participate and submit abstracts for a poster presentation. Approximately six abstracts will be selected for a brief (3-5 min.) poster talk during the oral sessions. Opportunities for interactions and net-working are particularly facilitated in a meeting of this size.

Mark Running    Univ. Louisville    Turning Moss Into Algae: Prenylation Mutants of Physcomitrella patens
Wendy Peer    Univ. Maryland    Flavonoids, auxin and redox homeostasis
Libo Shan    Texas A & M    Differential regulation of plant immunity and development by a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1
Bing Yang    Iowa State    TAL effectors: from pathogenesis to genome editing
Ping He    Texas A & M    Ca2+-dependent protein kinases in plant effector-triggered immunity
Jianhua Zhu    Univ. Maryland    Insights into how plants deal with temperature extremes
Amy Litt    NSF    Comparative gene function in dry and fleshy fruit development in Solanaceae
Jose Pruneda-Paz    UC San Diego    Uncovering transcriptional circuits in Arabidopsis by functional genomics
Chris Dardick    USDA ARS W. Virginia    A Next-Gen mapping strategy to decipher the molecular and genetic basis for architectural variations in peach trees
Terri Long    NC State    Nutrient homeostasis in plants
Chunying Kang    Univ. Maryland    Genome-scale transcriptomic insights into early stage fruit development in woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca


Organizers:

  • Heven Sze (co-chair of the organizing commitee)
  • Caren Chang (co-chair of the organizing commitee)
  • June Kwak
  • Zhongchi Liu
  • Hua Lu
  • Steve Mount
  • Shunyuan Xiao
  • Jianhua Zhu
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    Sponsors:

  • Institute for Biosciences and Biotechnology Research
  • Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland
  • Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland
  • Percival Scientific
  • BIOLINE
  • Bio-Rad
  • Integrated DNA Technologies
  • Macherey-Nagel, Inc.
  • RAININ Pipetting 360°
  • The Scale People, Inc.
  • WorldWide Medical Products, Inc.


  • This document was last modified on May 20, 2013 (Steve Mount).