The Sainsbury Laboratory hosted an academic symposium focusing on dynamic networks in plant biology. Featuring early career scientists from around the world as speakers, this event was free to attend.
A timetable of the talks is below:
Tuesday 21 May, 2013
| 12:50-13.10 | Welcome and introduction Professor Ottoline Leyser, Director, Sainsbury Laboratory |
| 13:10-13:50 | The “Endless Forms”: Genetics, Development, and Evolution of Flower Colour and Shape Dr Yaowu Yuan, University of Connecticut |
| 13:50-14:30 | Uncovering the genomic landscape of speciation through population-level resequencing of two Aquilegia species Dr Daniele Filiault, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology |
| 14:30-15:10 | Adaptation and its genetic basis in plants Dr Marco Todesco, University of British Columbia |
| 15:10-15:30 | Tea break |
| 15:30-16:10 | The blossoms and the roots of developmental evolution in genotype-phenotype maps Dr Ulises Rosas, New York University |
| 16:10-16:50 | Genome-wide association study of drought tolerance in A.thaliana Dr Artur Korte, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology |
| 16:50-17:30 | Shifting protein-protein interactions in the evolution of the grasses: when, how, and why? Dr Madelaine Bartlett, Brigham Young University |
| 17:30-18:15 | Open discussion |
Wednesday 22 May, 2013
| 09:30-10:10 | Using evolutionary sequence variation to make inferences about protein structure and function Dr Lucy Colwell, Harvard University |
| 10:10-10:50 | Rewiring cell fate decisions to uncover MAPK specificity in the stomatal lineage Dr Diego Wengier, Stanford University |
| 10:50-11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10-11:50 | Applying system metabolism to improve synthetic metabolism Dr Arren Bar-Even, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 11:50-12:30 | Mechanical regulation of morphogenesis at the shoot apex Dr Naomi Nakayama, ENS, Lyon |
| 12:30-13:30 | Break |
| 13:30-14:10 | Stochasticity and regulation in plant tissue growth Dr Karen Alim, Harvard University |
| 14.10-14.50 | Endodermal cell responses and size control regulate lateral root formation Dr Joop Vermeer, University of Lausanne |
| 14:50-15:30 | Morphogenetic mechanisms underlying germinal and somatic fate acquisition in maize anthers Tim Kelliher, Stanford University |
| 15:30-15.50 | Tea break |
| 15:50-16:30 | Unravelling the calcium machinery responsible for the nucleoplasmic calcium oscillation in legume symbioses Dr Myriam Charpentier, John Innes Centre |
| 16:30-17.10 | Intracellular Protein Transport in Plants Dr Michael Sauer, Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology |
| 17:10-18:00 | Open discussion |