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Intercellular signalling in plants

4—5 September 2006

Firth Court, University of Sheffield, UK



Organizers:
Julie Gray (University of Sheffield, UK)
Andrew Fleming (University of Sheffield, UK)
Paul Quick (University of Sheffield, UK)

Timetable

Monday 4 September 2006Tuesday 5 September 2006
10:00 - 11:20
Signalling in the shoot apical meristem

11:50 - 15:20
Auxin

15:50 - 17:50
Alternative signalling mechanisms

09:00 - 10:40
Signalling and patterning

11:10 - 12:50
Signalling outside the plant


Signalling in the shoot apical meristem

Chair:
Thomas Laux (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Monday 4 September 2006
09:00 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:40
Stem cell development in plants
Thomas Laux (University of Freiburg, Germany)
10:40 - 11:20
Role of FT and FD in the floral transition
Philip Wigge (John Innes Centre, UK)
11:20 - 11:50 Coffee/tea break

Auxin

Chair:
Ottoline Leyser (University of York, UK)
Monday 4 September 2006
11:50 - 12:30
Auxin transport-dependent tissue and cell polarity in plants
Jiri Friml (ZMBP Tübingen, Germany)
12:30 - 12:50
AXR4 is Required for Localization of the Auxin Influx Carrier AUX1
Selected oral communication - Ranjan Swarup (University of Nottingham, UK)
12:50 - 14:00 Lunch and poster viewing

14:00 - 14:40
Long range signalling in the control of shoot branching
Ottoline Leyser (University of York, UK)
14:40 - 15:20
Interactions of PIN and PGP auxin transport mechanisms
Angus Murphy (Purdue University, USA)
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee/tea break

Alternative signalling mechanisms

Monday 4 September 2006
15:50 - 16:30
Plasmodesmata and intercellular transport of viral RNA
Manfred Heinlein (Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, France)
16:30 - 17:10
First encounters - deployment of defence-related natural products by plants
Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre, UK)
17:10 - 17:30
Identification of novel plasmodesmal proteins from Arabidopsis suspension cultures
Selected oral communication - Andy Maule (John Innes Centre, UK)
17:30 - 17:50
Mechanism of jasmonate-induced growth inhibition
Selected oral communication - Thuong Nguyen (University of East Anglia, UK)
17:50 - 19:00 Wine reception and poster session

Signalling and patterning

Chair:
Martin Hülskamp (University of Cologne, Germany)
Tuesday 5 September 2006
09:00 - 09:40
A stochastic and dynamic selection process mediated by lateral inhibition results in the spacing pattern of trichomes on Arabidopsis leaves
Martin Hülskamp (University of Cologne, Germany)
09:40 - 10:00
Vectorial information for planar polarity of Arabidopsis root hair positioning
Selected oral communication - Urs Fischer (Umea Plant Science Centre, Sweden)
10:00 - 10:40
Signalling during vascular morphogenesis
Ykä Helariutta (University of Helsinki, Finland)
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee/tea break

Signalling outside the plant

Chair:
Ton Bisseling (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
Tuesday 5 September 2006
11:10 - 11:50
Cell-cell signalling during epidermal development
Gwyneth Ingram (University of Edinburgh, UK)
11:50 - 12:10
Reprogramming of root epidermal cells in response to nutrient deficiency
Selected oral communication - Wolfgang Schmidt (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
12:10 - 12:50
Nod factor signalling during different steps of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis
Ton Bisseling (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)