Dynamics of plant biology

13:20 - 13:30

Welcome and introduction
Professors Elliot Meyerowitz and Ottoline Leyser

13:30 - 14:10

How cell walls mechanically control growth
Dr Siobhan Braybrook, University of  Bern

14:10 - 14:50

Finding love:  Intercellular communication during plant reproduction
Dr Sharon Kessler, University of Zürich

14:50 - 15:30

DNA methylation dynamics during sexual reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana
Dr Pauline Jullien, ETH Zürich

15.30 - 15.50

Coffee Break

15:50 - 16:30

Plant pathogen effectors as probes to elucidate plant processes
Dr Sebastian Schornack, The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich

16:30 - 17:10

Positional information by differential endocytosis splits auxin response to drive Arabidopsis root meristem growth
Dr Emanuele Scacchi, University of Lausanne

17:10 - 17:50

Open Discussion

09:00 - 09:40

Can we make Arabidopsis into Striga?
Dr Yuichiro Tsuchiya, University of Toronto

09:40 - 10:20

A novel carotenoid-derived molecule functions in periodic root branching
Dr Jaimie van Norman, Duke University

10:20 - 11:00

Smoke and mirrors: The curious connection between post-fire germination and shoot branching regulation
Dr David Nelson, University of Georgia

11.00-11.20

Coffee Break

11:20 - 12:00

Hormonal networks in plant development: Fundamentally simple?
Dr Tom Bennett, University of Cambridge

12:00 - 12:40

Quantifying leaf morphology: perspectives on development, environmental regulation, and natural variation in leaf shape and size
Dr Daniel Chitwood, University of California, Davis

12.40 - 13.30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:10

Adaptation to the environment in Arabidopsis thaliana
Dr Angela Hancock, University of Vienna

14:10 - 14:50

The footprint of mating system shift and colonization on the genome of a young species
Dr Daniel Koenig, Max Planck Institute

14:50- 15:30

Scratching the surface: Evolutionary developmental genetics of the land plant cuticle
Dr Sam Brockington, University of Cambridge

15:30 - 16:15

Open Discussion