Organizing Committee:
Alice Cheung (University Massachusetts, Amherst) Gary Drews (University of Utah) Anja Geitmann (McGill University) Mark Johnson (Brown University) Ravi Palanivelu (University of Arizona), Co-‐Chair Karen Schumaker (University of Arizona) Ramin Yadegari (University of Arizona), Co-‐Chair
Conference Website: http://www.plantreproduction2016.org Sponsors: School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona Company of Biologists CyVerse (formerly iPlant Collaborative) Integrative Pollen Research Coordination Network
Friday March 18, 2016
13:00-‐19:30pm
Conference registration and poster set-‐up
14:00-‐17:00pm
‘Big Data’ workshop by CyVerse (formerly iPlant Collaborative)
18:30-‐19:30pm
Conference opening mixer
Saturday March 19, 2016 7:30-‐8:30am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Provided by the conference Conference registration and poster set up
8:30-‐9:00am
Event marking the formal opening of Plant Reproduction 2016 Session I: Floral Induction and Floral Organ Development Chair: Jennifer Fletcher, USDA-‐ARS/UC Berkeley
Jennifer C. Fletcher 9:00-‐9:30am
Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA-‐ARS/UC Berkeley, USA
George Coupland 9:30-‐10:00am
10:00-‐10:15am
10:15-‐10:30am
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany Francisco Madueno Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-‐UPV, Valencia, Spain
Frank Wellmer Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
10:30-‐11:00am 11:00-‐11:15am
11:15-‐11:30am
11:30-‐11:45am
11:45-‐12:00pm
12:00-‐12:15pm 12:15pm
Epigenetic Regulation of Arabidopsis Floral Induction Control of Floral Induction by Seasonal Cues
Evolution of Floral-‐initiation Gene Network to a Compound Inflorescence in Legumes
Repression of the Leaf Development Program by Floral Organ Identity Factors COFFEE BREAK
Nathanaël Prunet California Institute of Technology, USA
Kay Schneitz Technical University of Munich, Germany
Adrienne Roeder Cornell University, USA
SUPERMAN Prevents Stamen Formation and Promotes Stem Cell Termination in the Fourth Whorl of the Arabidopsis Flower The Atypical Arabidopsis GPI-‐anchored β-‐1,3 glucanase ZERZAUST Controls Floral Organ Development Mediated by the Atypical Recept Precise sepal size arises from variable cellular growth in Arabidopsis
Maria Helena Goldman SCI1 (Stigma/style Cell-‐cycle Inhibitor 1) Controls FFCLRP -‐ University of São Paulo, Brazil
Andrea Guazzotti Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Pistil Development and Integrates Cell Proliferation and RNA Splicing
Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Ovule Primordia Formation
LUNCH BREAK -‐ Lunch provided by the conference
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Saturday March 19, 2016 Session II: Sporogenesis, meiosis, and Apomixis Chair: Anna Koltunow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Adelaide, Australia
Anna Koltunow 14:00-‐14:30pm
14:30-‐14:45pm
14:45-‐15:00pm
15:00-‐15:30pm
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Adelaide, Australia
Célia Baroux University of Zürich, Switzerland
Dazhong Zhao University of Wisconsin-‐ Milwaukee, USA
Hong Ma Fudan University, China
15:30-‐16:00pm 16:00-‐16:15pm
16:15-‐16:30pm
16:30-‐16:45pm
16:45-‐17:00pm
17:00-‐17:15pm
17:15-‐19:00pm
Control of Apomixis in Hieracium Species: a Focus on Initiation
Chromatin Reprogramming during Spore Mother Cell differentiation Control of Anther Cell Differentiation by the EMS1 Receptor Kinase-‐linked Signaling Complex in Arabidopsis Functions of DNA Synthesis Factors in Arabidopsis Meiosis and Implication on Recombination Mechanisms COFFEE BREAK
Matthew Tucker University of Adelaide, Australia
Zoe Wilson University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Marc Albertsen DuPont Pioneer, USA
Marcel Prins KeyGene, Netherlands
Joann Conner University of Georgia, USA
Sporophytic Control of Female Germline Development in Arabidopsis and Barley Tight Regulation of Tapetum Gene Expression is Essential for Pollen Development Progress Towards Achieving Clonal Gametes in Maize Cloning the Apomeiosis Gene from Apomictic Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Induced Parthenogenesis and Haploid Seed Production in Millet, Maize and Rice with PsASGR-‐BBML Transgenes
Poster Session 1 Presenters to stand by odd-‐numbered posters
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Sunday March 20, 2016 8:00-‐9:00am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Provided by the conference Session III: Gametogenesis Chair: Weicai Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China
9:00-‐9:30am
9:30-‐9:45am
9:45-‐10:00am
10:00-‐10:15am
10:15-‐10:30am
Weicai Yang
Matt Evans
11:15-‐11:30am
Embryo Sac Nuclear Position, Cell Identity and Maternal Effects in Maize
Carnegie Institution for Science, USA
Gabriela Pagnussat
Mitochondrial Ferredoxins in Arabidopsis: Redox Partners and Their Role During Female Gametogenesis and Early Embryogenesis
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
Li Yuan
The CKI1 histidine kinase specifies the central cell of the female gametophyte in Arabidopsis
UC Davis, USA
Moritz Roevekamp
Marchantia MpRKD Regulates Gametophyte Development and Maintains Unfertilized Egg cells in a Quiescent State
University of Zurich, Switzerland
10:30-‐11:00am
10:00-‐11:15am
The Role of the Central Cell in the Female Gametophyte
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
COFFEE BREAK
Mengxiang Sun Wuhan University, China
Christine Chase University of Florida, USA
The Impact of Gamete Development in Embryogenesis Mitochondrial Functions in Plant Reproduction: Insights From S male-‐sterile Maize
Shuqun Zhang 11:30-‐11:45am
11:45-‐12:15pm
12:15pm
Zhejiang University, China A Mitogen-‐activated Protein Kinase Cascade in and University of Missouri, Arabidopsis Pollen Development USA
David Twell University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Essentials of Plant Male Germline Development
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Sunday March 20, 2016 Session IV: Pollen – Pistil Interactions Chair: Teh-‐hui Kao, Pennsylvania State University, USA 14:00-‐14:30pm
Teh-‐hui Kao Pennsylvania State University, USA
Noni Franklin-‐Tong
14:30-‐14:45pm University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Subramanian 14:45-‐15:00pm Sankaranarayanan University of Calgary, Canada
Roger Chetelat 15:00-‐15:15pm UC Davis, USA
Amanda Broz
15:15-‐15:30pm Colorado State University, USA
Self-‐incompatibility in Petunia: A Complex Self/non-‐self Recognition System Between Pollen and Pistil Engineering Self-‐incompatibility in Arabidopsis thaliana
ARC1-‐mediated Destruction of GLO1 in Brassica Stigmas Leads to a Self-‐incompatibility Response Mutations in Two Pollen Self-‐incompatibility Factors Reinforce Mating Systems Transitions in Solanum Dynamics of Reproductive Barriers in Wild Tomato Species
15:30-‐16:00pm 16:00-‐16:15pm
16:15-‐ 16:30pm
16:30-‐16:45pm
16:45-‐17:15pm
17:15-‐19:00pm
COFFEE BREAK
Moritz Nowack
Ghent University, Belgium
Anja Geitmann McGill University, Canada
Nan Luo UC Riverside, USA
Tetsuya Higashiyama Nagoya University, Japan
KIR1 Controls the Loss of Flower Receptivity by Induction of Programmed Cell Death in the Arabidopsis Stigma Navigating the Pistil -‐ How the Pollen Tube Senses, Responds, and Invades Exocytosis-‐based Mechanisms for Tip Growth and Guided Growth in Pollen Tubes Key Molecules and In Vivo Dynamics of Pollen Tube Guidance
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Sunday March 20, 2016 19:00-‐20:00pm
Dinner provided by the conference
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Monday March 21, 2016 8:00-‐9:00am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Provided by the conference Session V: Gametophyte Interactions and Fertilization Chair: Stefanie Sprunck, University Regensburg, Germany
9:00-‐9:30am
9:30-‐9:45am
9:45-‐10:00am
Stefanie Sprunck
Early Signaling Events During Flowering Plant Gamete Interactions
University of Regensburg, Germany
SNP-‐informed RNA-‐sequencing identifies pollen-‐specific secreted proteins that coordinate pollen tube reception
Alexander Leydon Brown University, USA
Ana Marta Pereira University of Porto, Portugal
10:00-‐10:15am
LORELEI Function in Pollen Tube Reception at the Interface of the Synergid Cell and the Xunliang Liu Pollen Tube Requires the Modified Eight-‐ The University of Arizona, USA Cysteine Motif and FERONIA Receptor-‐Like Kinase
10:15-‐10:45am
COFFEE BREAK
10:45-‐11:00am
11:00-‐11:15am
11:15-‐11:30am
Sharon Kessler University of Oklahoma, USA
Juliane Heydlauff
11:30-‐11:45am
Functional Analysis of MLO-‐mediated Pollen Tube Reception Causes and consequences of synergid degeneration
University of Bremen, Germany
Ryushiro Kasahara
Discovery of POEM Phenomenon Induced by Pollen Tube Contents
Nagoya University, Japan
Tomokasu Kawashima
The Mechanism of Gamete Nuclear Migration in Arabidopsis thaliana
Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austria
“Love is Strong and You’re So Sweet”: JAGGER is Essential for Persistent Synergid Degeneration and Polytubey Block in Arabidopsis
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Monday March 21, 2016 Session VI: Embryogenesis Chair: Jeff Long, UC Los Angeles, USA 11:45-‐12:15pm
12:15-‐12:30pm
12:15-‐2:00pm
14:00-‐14:15pm
14:15-‐14:30pm
Jeff Long
It’s All in the Family: Shoot Patterning by Closely Related Transcription Factors
UC Los Angeles, USA
Identification of a Receptor-‐like Kinase With Polar Localization in the Radial Axis and Roles in Tissue Patterning
Jamie van Norman UC, Riverside, USA
LUNCH BREAK-‐ Lunch provided by the conference Loss of HAN Function Causes Radialization of Apical-‐Basal Pattern Elements in the Arabidopsis Embryo
Wolfgang Lukowitz University of Georgia, USA
Brian Crawford
Genetic Control of Distal Stem Cell Fate Within Root and Embryonic Meristems
UC San Diego, USA
Joakim Palovaara
An Interactive Transcriptome Atlas of the Early Arabidopsis Embryo
14:30-‐14:45pm Wageningen University, Netherlands
Pablo Jenik
14:45-‐15:00pm Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Helena Robert Central European Institute of 15:00-‐15:15pm Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Developmentally Regulated Auxin Production for Proper Embryo Development in Arabidopsis
Minako Ueda 15:15-‐15:30pm
Live Imaging of the Intracellular Dynamics During the Zygote Polarization in Arabidopsis
Thomas Laux 15:30-‐16:00pm University of Fribourg, Germany
Paternal and Maternal Cues Converge in Arabidopsis Embryo Axis Formation
Nagoya University, Japan
16:00-‐16:30pm
COFFEE BREAK
The Timing of Initiation of the Embryo Maturation Program in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Monday March 21, 2016 Session VII: Endosperm Development Chair: Gwyneth Ingram, Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Gwyneth Ingram 16:30-‐17:00pm
17:00-‐17:15pm
Laboratoire Reproduction A Biophysical Approach to Seed Development: Endosperm as the Hard/soft Heart of Seed et Développement des Growth Co-‐ordination Plantes, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France Fertilization-‐coupled Sperm Nuclear Membrane Fusion is Required for Proper Endosperm Proliferation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Shuh-‐ichi Nishikawa Niigata University, Japan
Identification of Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling Early Maize Endosperm Development
Gary Drews 17:15-‐17:30pm
University of Utah, USA
Rita Batista
Dissecting the Role of Type I MADS-‐box Transcription Factors During Early Seed Development
17:30-‐17:45pm Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 17:45-‐18:00pm
University of Bath, UK
18:00-‐19:30pm 19:30-‐19:45pm 19:45-‐20:00pm
20:00-‐20:15pm
Maternal Control of Seed Development Mediated by the Flavonoid Biosynthesis Pathway
Maha Aljabri
Dinner provided by the conference
Phillip Becraft Iowa State University, USA Junpeng Zhan The University of Arizona, USA
Analysis of the Opaque-‐2 gene Regulatory Network in Maize Endosperm Patterns and Genetics of Endosperm Development and Hybrid Seed Inviability in Mimulus
Elen Oneal
Duke University, USA
Tetsu Kinoshita 20:15-‐20:45pm
The Naked Truth About Endosperm Gene Regulation
Epigenetic Controls and Reproductive Barriers in Endosperm
Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University
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Tuesday March 22, 2016 8:00-‐9:00am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Provided by the conference
Session VIII: Regulation of Parental Genome Expression Chair: Claudia Köhler, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Claudia Köhler 9:00-‐9:30am
9:30-‐9:45am
9:30-‐9:45am
10:00-‐10:15am
10:15-‐10:30am
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Jinsheng Lai China Agricultural University, China
Jennifer Frost UC Berkeley, USA
Nuno Pires University of Zurich, Switzerland
Veronique Lesage INRA, France
Epigenetic Control of Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation Genetic Imprinting and its Regulation in Maize Endosperm DEMETER-‐mediated DNA Demethylation Requires the FACT Complex at Heterochromatic Regions in the Arabidopsis thaliana Central Cell Cryptic Genetic Variation in the Paternal Regulation of Seed Development Unlocking the Cross-‐incompability Between Wheat and Rye?
10:30-‐11:00am
COFFEE BREAK
Stewart Gilmor 11:00-‐11:30am
11:30-‐11:45am
11:45-‐12:00pm
12:00-‐12:15pm
12:15pm
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico
Zygotic Genome Activation in Isogenic and Hybrid Embryos of Arabidopsis
Yanbing Wang
A growth-‐promoting role for LORELEI, a maternally expressed imprinted gene, in early seed development in Arabidopsis
The University of Arizona, USA
Amal Johnston University of Heidelberg, Germany
Scott Russell University of Oklahoma, USA
Imprinting Breakdown Underlies Fertilization-‐ dependent Parthenogenetic Development in Boechera Cell Cycle Control in the Zygote of Oryza sativa
LUNCH BREAK-‐ Lunch provided by the conference
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Tuesday March 22, 2016 Desert Museum Visit and Dinner Banquet 13:00-‐14:00pm
Reaching the Sonora Desert Museum in buses provided by the conference
14:00-‐17:00pm
Visiting the Sonoran Desert Museum
17:15-‐18:00pm
IASPRR congress
18:30-‐20:30pm
Conference banquet dinner and award ceremony
20:30-‐22:00pm
Return to Marriott in buses provided by the conference
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Wednesday March 23, 2016 7:30-‐8:30am
8:30-‐9:00am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST-‐ Provided by the conference Session IX: Fruit and Seed Development Chair: Robert Franks, North Carolina State University, USA Generation of Stage-‐Specific and Domain-‐Specific Robert Franks Transcriptional Profiles via FACS-‐based North Carolina State Protoplast Sorting to Reveal Mechanisms of University, USA Arabidopsis Gynoecial Development
Stefan de Folter 9:00-‐9:15am
9:15-‐9:30am
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico
Flowering Plants: Cytokinin-‐auxin Integration During Early Gynoecium Development
Zhongchi Liu
Genomic Approach in Identifying Genes and Gene Networks that Regulate Strawberry Flower and Fruit Development
University of Maryland, USA
Ann Callahan 9:30-‐9:45am
9:45-‐10:00am
USDA-‐ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, West Virginia, USA
Identifying the Stoneless Endocarp Mutation in Plum
Alexander Goldshmidt
Trait-‐first, Models for Yield Improvement in Crops
Monsanto, CA, USA
10:00-‐10:30am 10:30-‐11:00am
11:00-‐11:15am
COFFEE BREAK
Ester van der Knaap University of Georgia, USA
Ulrich Hammes Regensburg University, Germany
Alan Seal 11:15-‐11:30am
11:30-‐11:45am 11:45-‐1:00pm
New Zealand Institute of Plant & Food Research, New Zealand
The Role of OVATE in Tomato Fruit Patterning Development of Arabidopsis Seeds Depends on Phloem Unloading by UmamiTFRacilitators Pollen Donor Effects on Fruit Weight in Actinidia (kiwifruit)
Dongfang Wang
The Regulation of Embryo Growth Rate by Spelman College, Atlanta, Arabidopsis Invertase Inhibitors GA, USA LUNCH-‐ Boxed Lunches provided by the conference Conclusion of Plant Reproduction 2016 – Thank you for attending!
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