2022 Symposium
FRIDAY, May 13
All activities will be held in the Ballroom at MSU Union - unless specified
Session I: Microbial communities / plant microbe interactions
Moderators: Mackenzie Jacobs & Rees Rillema
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Welcome - Eric Hegg Associate Dean, CNS |
Welcome Remarks |
| 9:05 | Asaph Aharoni Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
Yin and Yang in the rhizosphere: Interplay between root exudation and microbiome forces in the tomato underground world |
| 9:45 | Danny Ducat PRL, MSU |
A flexible co-culture platform for light-driven bioproduction using sugar-secreting cyanobacteria and model microbes |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break | |
Session II: Gene regulation and Signaling
Moderators: Danielle Young & Kenia Segura Abá
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Clint Chapple Purdue University |
Phenylpropanoids as potential regulators of plant growth |
| 11:10 | Terri Long North Carolina State University |
Iron regulatory mechanisms at the intersection of plant development and stress response |
| 11:50 | Ron Cook (STUDENT, RESEARCH) PRL, MSU |
The elusive roles of chloroplast lipid phosphate phosphatases |
| 12:05 | Shin-Han Shiu PLB/CMSE, MSU |
Deciphering the genetic basis of plant traits through integrating multi-omics data |
| 12:35 | Lunch | |
Session III: Plant insect interactions
Moderators: Hannah Parks & Bianca Serda
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1:15 | Gregg Howe - Keynote BMB, MSU |
Conflict between growth and defense: Lessons from the jasmonate response pathway |
| 2:05 | Georg Jander Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Glucosinolates and Cardiac Glycosides |
| 2:45 | Leah Johnson (STUDENT, RESEARCH) BMB, MSU |
Genetic dissection of JAZ function in plant immunity and metabolism |
| 3:00 | Coffee Break | |
Session IV: Metabolomics and Synthetic biology
Moderators: Paul Fiesel & Nick Schlecht
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 3:15 | Rebecca Roston University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
Membranes sensing, cycling, and adapting to severe low temperatures |
| 3:55 | Danielle Young (STUDENT, RESEARCH) PLB, MSU |
Characterizing Lipid Dynamics in a Model Microalga using Isotopic Labeling |
| 4:10 | Bjoern Hamberger BMB, MSU |
From dynamically evolving pathways in the mints to new chemical spaces: The power of promiscuity |
| 4:40 | Garret Miller (STUDENT, RESEARCH) BMB, MSU |
The Biosynthetic Pathway Towards Diterpenoid Alkaloids in the Ranunculaceae |
| 4:55 | Erich Grotewold BMB, MSU |
Unveiling the secret life of specialized metabolites |
| 5:25 | Rob Last | Closing remarks |
5:35 Poster Session, Ballroom, MSU Union
6:55 Dinner, Ballroom, MSU Union