The 4th International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology
July 19 – 23, 2016, Shenzhen, China
http://www.PVB2016.org

 

Provisional Scientific Program

 

Tuesday, 19 July 2016
10:00–21:00 Registration

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
8:30    Welcoming Remarks
8:40    Keynote Speech: Plant Vascular Biology: Past, Present and Future
         William Lucas (UC Davis, USA)
9:15     Professor Biao Ding Memorial Lecture: Transcriptional Regulation by Small RNAs and Argonautes
         Yijun Qi (Tsinghua University, China)
10:00    Coffee Break
10:30–12:00 Session I. Cambial Meristem Development and Vascular Patterning
10:30    Bert de Rybel (Ghent University, Belgium): Genetic and Hormonal Control of Vascular Cell Proliferation
11:00    Ari Pekka Mähönen (University of Helsinki, Finland): Cell Fate Decisions in the Arabidopsis Root Cambium
11:30    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
11:45    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts

12:00–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:00 Session II. Development of Vascular Tissues: Xylem and Phloem Cell Differentiation
13:30    Christian Hardtke (University of Lausanne, Switzerland): Receptor-like Kinase Pathways in Phloem Differentiation
14:00    Chun-Ming Liu (Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing): CLE Peptide and Phloem Differentiation in Arabidopsis
14:30    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
14:45    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
15:00    Coffee Break

15:15–17:15 Session II. Development of Vascular Tissues: Xylem and Phloem Cell Differentiation (Continued)
15:15    Antia Rodriguez-Villalon (ETH, Zürich, Switzerland): Plant Phospholipids: The New Gatekeepers of Vascular Cell Differentiation
15:45    Yihua Zhou (Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, CAS): Secondary Wall Biosynthesis is Essential for Functions of the Vascular System in Rice
16:15    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
16:30    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
16:45    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
17:00    Coffee Break

17:15–19:00 Session III. Secondary Growth in Woody Species 
17:15    Andrew Groover (USDA Forest Service & UC Davis): Modeling Transcriptional Networks Regulating Secondary Growth and Wood Formation in Forest Trees
17:45    Laigeng Li (Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, CAS): Understanding Receptor-like Kinase (RLK) Function in the Process of Secondary Growth
18:15    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
18:30    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
18:45    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
19:00    Welcome Reception

Thursday, 21 July 2016
8:30–10:30 Session III. Secondary Growth in Woody Species (Continued)
8:30    Matias Kirst (University of Florida, USA): EVE Regulates Vessel Element Size and Number
9:00    Meng-Zhu Lu (Chinese Academy of Forestry): Identification of Regulators Involved in Development of Secondary Xylem Differentiation in Poplar
9:30    Vincent Chiang (North Carolina State University, USA.): Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis in Populus trichocarpa
10:00   Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
10:15   Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
10:30   Coffee Break

11:00–12:30 Session IV. Mechanisms of Vascular Transport (Xylem and Phloem)
11:00    Michael Knoblauch (Washington State University, Pullman, USA): Long-distance Phloem Transport: How Plants Alter Sieve Tube Physiology and Geometry to Maintain Sink Support
11:30    David Braun (University of Missouri, USA): Transporters Controlling Sucrose Phloem Loading in Cereals
12:00    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
12:15    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:00 Session IV. Mechanisms of Vascular Transport (Continued)
13:30    Joan Laur (University of Alberta, Canada): Aquaporins in Plants: The Physiological Significance of Water Channel Proteins
14:00    Rainer Hedrich (University of Würzburg, Germany) Electrical Wiring and Long-Distance Plant Communication
14:30    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
14:45    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
15:00    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
15:15    Coffee Break
15:45–17:50 Poster Session I
18:00     Dinner

Friday, 22 July 2016
8:30–10:30 Session V. Vascular Trafficking and Development
8:30    Christine Beveridge (University of Queensland, Australia): Sugar Demand, Not Auxin, is the Initial Regulator of Apical Dominance
9:00    Yuling Jiao (Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, CAS): Long-distance Transport-mediated Cell Fate Control in the Shoot Apex
9:30    Xiangdong Fu (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China): The Mobile Arabidopsis HY5 Protein Coordinates Plant Growth and Nutrition
10:00   Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
10:15   Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
10:30    Coffee Break

11:00–12:30 Session V. Vascular Trafficking and Development (Continued)
11:00    Tien-Shin Yu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China): Systemic Signals Involved in Inhibition of Floral Initiation
11:30    Byung-Kook Ham (University of California, USA): Ribonucleoprotein Complexes as Vehicles for Long-distance Trafficking of siRNA and mRNA
12:00    Fritz Kragler (MPI, Golm, Germany): Long-distance Transported mRNAs and Mobility Motif(s) in A. thaliana
12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:30 Session VI. Integrative Plant Vascular Biology
13:30    Thomas Greb (Heidelberg University, Germany): Long- and Short-distance Signaling in the Regulation of Lateral Plant Growth
14:00    Mechthild Tegeder (Washington State University, Pullman, USA): Altering Source-to-Sink Transport of Nitrogen to Improve Crop Productivity
14:30    Ulrich Hammes (University of Regensburg, Germany): Phloem Unloading: Seed and Root Development Depend on UmamiT Amino Acid Facilitators
15:00    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
15:15    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
15:30    Coffee Break

16:00–18:30 Session VI. Integrative Plant Vascular Biology (Continued)
16:00    Yong-Ling Ruan (University of Newcastle, Australia): Cell Wall Invertase as a Functional Component for Vascular Evolution and Phloem Unloading
16:30    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
16:45    Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
17:00–18:30 Poster Session II
18:30    Conference Dinner

Saturday, 23 July 2016
8:30–10:30 Session VII. Biotic Plant Interactions
8:30    Ted Farmer (University of Lausanne, Switzerland): Long-distance Wound Signaling Systems in Plants
9:00    Pradeep Kachroo (University of Kentucky, USA): Chemical Signaling and Transport of Signals during Systemic Immunity
9:30    Uwe Sonnewald (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany): How Potato Plants Take the Heat?
10:00   Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts
10:15   Talk to be selected from submitted abstracts 
10:30   Coffee Break
11:00–11:30 Closing Remarks
11:45   Lunch

PVB2016 - Provisional Scientific Program.pdf