
22-23 May 2012
The Sainsbury Laboratory hosted an academic symposium focusing on the dynamics of plant biology. Featuring early career scientists from around the world as speakers, the event attracted audiences from across Cambridge as well as researchers from other universities.
A timetable of the talks is below:
Tuesday 22 May, 2012
13:20 - 13:30 |
Welcome and introduction |
13:30 - 14:10 |
How cell walls mechanically control growth |
14:10 - 14:50 |
Finding love: Intercellular communication during plant reproduction |
14:50 - 15:30 |
DNA methylation dynamics during sexual reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana |
15.30 - 15.50 |
Coffee Break |
15:50 - 16:30 |
Plant pathogen effectors as probes to elucidate plant processes |
16:30 - 17:10 |
Positional information by differential endocytosis splits auxin response to drive Arabidopsis root meristem growth |
17:10 - 17:50 |
Open Discussion |
Wednesday 23 May, 2012
09:00 - 09:40 |
Can we make Arabidopsis into Striga? |
09:40 - 10:20 |
A novel carotenoid-derived molecule functions in periodic root branching |
10:20 - 11:00 |
Smoke and mirrors: The curious connection between post-fire germination and shoot branching regulation |
11.00-11.20 |
Coffee Break |
11:20 - 12:00 |
Hormonal networks in plant development: Fundamentally simple? |
12:00 - 12:40 |
Quantifying leaf morphology: perspectives on development, environmental regulation, and natural variation in leaf shape and size |
12.40 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
13:30 - 14:10 |
Adaptation to the environment in Arabidopsis thaliana |
14:10 - 14:50 |
The footprint of mating system shift and colonization on the genome of a young species |
14:50- 15:30 |
Scratching the surface: Evolutionary developmental genetics of the land plant cuticle |
15:30 - 16:15 |
Open Discussion |