Confirmed speakers and talk titles (some titles are to be determined)
Keynote lectures:
Dan Cosgrove / PennState Uni / TBAMark Estelle / UC San Diego / Auxin signaling: A short (but complex) pathway
Cathie Martin / JohnInnesCenter / TBA
Martin Yanofsky / UC San Diego / Control of Female Reproductive Tract Development in Arabidopsis
Other speakers:
Xiao-Ya Chen / SIPPE / Characterization of Arabidopsis RD22 and Cotton RDL1Cheng-Cai Chu / IGDB / Rice GERMINATION-DEFECTIVE1, encoding a B3 domain transcriptional repressor, is an essential regulator for seed germination and seedling development”
Xing-Wang Deng / Yale Uni / Light control of development: the role of the CDD complex
Biao Ding / OSU / Dissecting the Cis-Elements in an RNA that Direct Cell-to-Cell Trafficking
Ai-Wu Dong / Fudan Uni / The molecular mechanism of the Arabidopsis ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 complex in the repression of meristem-related class 1 knox gene expression.
Xin-Nian Dong / Duke Uni / Cellular responses in plant immunity.
Yu-Da Fang / SIPPE / The Organization and Dynamics of Histone 3 Variants in the Plant Cell Nucleus
Xiang-Dong Fu / IGDB / Natural variation in DEP1 is a dominant negative regulator of the plant architecture and grain yield.
Su-Sheng Gan / Cornell Uni / Control of Fruit Size By Cellular Senescenc
Zhi-Zhong Gong / China Agri. Uni / Transcriptional gene silencing independent on siRNA-directed DNA methylation in Arabidopsis
Hong-Wei Guo / Peking Uni / Crosstalk between ethylene and light in regulating Arabidopsis de-etiolation
Yu-Ke He / SIPPE / miRNA-directed morphogenesis under the control of HYL1
Zu-Hua He / SIPPE / Temperature-regulated development through receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis
Jian-Ping Hu / MichiganState Uni / Proliferation and positioning of peroxisomes, key players in plant development
Chen-Tao Lin / UCLA / Regulation of floral initiation by different blue light receptors in Arabidopsis
Bo Liu / UC Davis / Toward understanding mechanisms underlying acentrosomal microtubule organization in plant cells
Dong Liu / Tsinghua Uni / Genetic and genomic evidence that sucrose and phosphate interact to regulate plant responses to phosphate starvation and root development.
Hai Huang / SIPPE / Regulations of MIR165 and 166 genes in leaf polarity formation
Jia Li / LanzhouUni / Somatic embryogenesis receptor kinases are involved in regulating multiple plant signaling pathways
Zhong-Chi Liu / U. Maryland / Control of cell proliferation and differentiation in floral organ development
Sheng Luan / UC Berkeley / ABA signaling in stomatal regulation
Hong Ma / Fudan Uni / Anther development
Min Ni / U. Minnesota / SHB1 regulates seed development in Arabidopsis
Zhen-MingPei / Duke Uni / TBA
Yi-Jun Qi / NIBS / Rice microRNA effector complexes and targets
Wen-Hui Shen / U. Strasbourg / POLYCOMB and THRITHORAX family genes in plant stem cell maintenance and cell fate termination
Yi Tao / XiamenUni / Growth regulation under the shade
Xuelu Wang / Fudan Uni / Brassinosteroid signaling pathway and its cross-talk with ABA signaling in plants
Zhi-Yong Wang / Carnegie Institution of Washington / From brassinosteroid signaling to plant development
Qi-Guang Wen / SIPPE / Ethylene Receptors Cooperatively Convey Receptor Signal to Regulate Ethylene Responses in Arabidopsis
Dao-Xin Xie / TsinghuaUni / The jasmonate receptor
Yong-Biao Xue / IGDB / 显花植物核酸酶类自交不亲和性的分子控制
Hong-Quan Yang / Shanghai Jiaotong Uni / Integration of Light Signaling and Intrinsic Developmental Pathways in Stomatal Development
Zhen-Biao Yang / UC Riverside / Auxin acts as both local and global signals in coordinating cellular polarization
De Ye / China Agri. Uni / The story of wall in pollen formation and pollen tube growth
Yan-Hai Yin / IowaState Uni / Regulation of cell elongation by brassinosteroids and a novel signaling pathway.
Hao Yu / National UniSingapore / A Genetic Framework for Flower Initiation
Da-Bing Zhang / Shanghai JiaotongUni / Apical meristem maintenance by CLE signaling in rice
Da-Peng Zhang / TsinghuaUni / An Abscisic Acid Receptor ABAR/CHLH-mediated Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis
Jin-Song Zhang / IGDB / Rice ethylene signaling: emerging from underwater.
Da-Zhong Zhao / U. Wisconsin - Milwaukee / Regulation of multiple organ development by a microRNA gene in Arabidopsis
Yun-De Zhao / UC San Diego / A genetic network for auxin-regulated organogenesis in Arabidopsis
Dao-Xiu Zhou / U. Paris- Sud / Function of histone modification regulators in rice gene expression and development
Jian-Ming Zhou / NIBS / Toward understanding of receptor-kinase mediated plant immune signaling pathway
Jian-Ru Zuo / IGDB / Cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis