Opening Remark - 1F Main Hall

Kazuo Shinozaki

Keynote Lectures - 1F Main Hall

Kazuo Shinozaki and Kiyotaka Okada

Maarten Koornneef - Max Planck Institute, Germany

Arabidopsis natural variation: from genes to evolutionary ecology

Elliot M. Meyerowitz - California Institute of Technology, USA

Plant Computational Morphodynamics: Live Imaging and Computational Models of Pattern Formation at the Shoot Apex

These lectures are sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Plenary Session 1: Plant Hormone Regulation - 1F Main Hall

Hitoshi Sakakibara

Peter McCourt - University of Toronto, Canada 09:00

"Think globally act locally" Using systems biology to understand ABA signaling

Shinjiro Yamaguchi - RIKEN Plant Science Center, Japan 09:30

Regulation of shoot branching by strigolactones

Makoto Matsuoka - Nagoya University, Japan 10:00

Molecular Interaction of Gibberellin Signaling Components, GID1, SLR1,and GID2

The session is sponsored by The Plant Journal/Wiley-Blackwell

Plenary Session 2: Cell Biology - 1F Main Hall

Akira Nagatani

Kathryn M. Barton - Carnegie Institution, USA 11:00

HDZIP SOUP: Untangling the network that controls axis formation in Arabidopsis

Ikuko Hara-Nishimura - Kyoto University, Japan 11:30

A membrane fusion-mediated plant defense strategy against bacterial pathogens

Inhwan Hwang - Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea 12:00

Distribution of newly synthesized organellar proteins in plant cells

This session is sponsored by Plant and Cell Physiology/Oxford University Press

Concurrent Session 1: Regeneration - 1F Main Hall

Mitsuyasu Hasebe

Kenneth D. Birnbaum - New York University, USA 14:00

Plant Regeneration and Root Meristem Organization

Elliot M. Meyerowitz - California Institute of Technology, USA 14:25

Callus Formation and Shoot Regeneration in Arabidopsis

Mitsuyasu Hasebe - National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan 14:50

Molecular mechanisms of cell-fate change from a differentiated cell to a stem cell in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Akira Iwase - RIKEN Plant Science Center, Japan 15:15

A Wound Responsive Transcription Factor WIND1 Promotes Cell Dedifferentiation in Arabidopsis

Munetaka Sugiyama - The University of Tokyo 15:30

Requirement for the RID3-dependent negative control of cell proliferation in de novo morphogenesis

This session is sponsored by The Hasebe Reprogramming Evolution of ERATO-JST

Concurrent Session 2: Biotic responses - 3F 301-302

Ken Shirasu

Xinnian Dong - Duke University, USA 14:00

Cellular responses in plant immunity

Scott C. Peck - University of Missouri, USA 14:25

MAP Kinase phosphatase 1 is a negative regulator of PAMP responses and resistance against pseudomonas syringae pv Tomato

Jian-Min Zhou - National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China 14:50

Pseudomonas syringae effector proteins modulate MAP kinases to enhance host susceptibility

Jane Glazebrook - University of Minnesota, USA 15:15

Multiple routes to activation of salicylic acid signaling - A key role of CBP60 proteins

Thorsten Nuernberger - University of Tü?0bingen, Germany 15:30

The peptidoglycan pattern recognition receptor LYM3 is crucial for Arabidopsis immunity to bacterial infection

This session is sponsored by The North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC)

Concurrent Session 3: Abiotic responses - 1F Main Hall

Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

Zhizhong Gong - China Agricultural University, China 16:15

ABA regulates root development

Erwin Grill - Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany 16:40

Plant's long and short distance signalling for controlling the water status

Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki - University of Tokyo / JIRCAS, Japan 17:05

Regulatory networks of gene expression in abiotic stress response in Arabidopsis

Laurent Nussaume- CEA, France 17:30

Molecular dissection of local and systemic responses to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Takashi Kuromori - RIKEN Plant Science Center, Japan 17:45

ABC transporter AtABCG25 involved in ABA transport and responses

This session is co-sponsored by Target Proteins Research Program of MEXT and Plant Physiology/ASPB

Concurrent Session 4: Epigenetic and RNA Regulation - 3F 301-302

Yuichiro Watanabe and Tetsuji Kakutani

Marjori Matzke - Gregor Mendel Institute, Austria 16:15

RNA-directed DNA methylation

Vincent Colot - IBENS, France 16:40

Mechanisms and phenotypic consequences of DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

Daniel Zilberman - University of California, Berkeley, USA 17:05

DNA methylation in rice seed

Ho-Ming Chen - Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 17:30

22-nucleotide RNA triggers secondary siRNA biogenesis in plants

Filipe Borges - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal 17:45

The Role of miRNAs During Germ Cell Specification in Arabidopsis Pollen

This session is sponsored by National Institute of Genetics (NIG)

Workshop 1: Polyploidy and Hybrid Vigor - 3F 301-302

Organizer: Z. Jeffrey Chen

Workshop 2: Future of Arabidopsis Informatics - 3F 303-304

Organizer: Ruth Bastow

Workshop 3: Plant Senescence and the Associated Cell Death - 3F 315

Organizer: Hong Gil Nam

Poster Session 1: Odd-numbers - Exhibition Hall A

This session is sponsored by Bayer CropScience K.K.

Plenary Session 3: Enviromental Responses - 3F 301-304

Takashi Araki

Steve A. Kay - University of California, San Diego, USA 09:00

Large Scale Approaches to Deconvolving Arabidopsis Circadian Networks

Chentao Lin - University of California, Los Angeles, USA09:30

Regulation of shoot branching by strigolactones

Koh Iba - Kyushu University, Japan 10:00

Analysis of Arabidopsis CO2 response mutants with thermal imaging

The session is co-sponsored by RIKEN Plant Science Center and RIKEN BioResource Center

Plenary Session 4: Epigenomics and RNA Regulation - 3F 301-304

Motoaki Seki

David C. Baulcombe - University of Cambridge, UK11:00

The diverse roles of small, non coding RNA in plants

Tetsuji Kakutani - National Institute of Genetics, Japan 11:30

Genetics of DNA Methylation in Genes and Transposons

Joseph R. Ecker - Salk Institute, USA12:00

Sequencing Epigenomes of Plants and People

This session is sponsored by RIKEN Plant Science Center

“NSF 2010 and Beyond” session - 3F 301-304

Mary Lou Guerinot

Machi Dilworth

Opening Remark

Andrew Millar

From Genetics to Systems Biology with GARNet

Klaus Harter

AFGN: A success story of basic research in and around Germany

Mary Lou Guerinot

From the Ionome to the Genome: Identifying the gene networks involved in regulating ion homeostasis in plants

Kazuo Shinozaki

Arabidopsis Functional Genomics in Japan

Workshop 4: Brassicaceae Map Alignment Project: An International Consortium to Generate High Quality Phylogenetically Representative Reference Genomes across the Brassicaceae - 3F 301-302

Organizer: Rod A. Wing, Detlef Weigel and Chris J. Pires

Workshop 5: Cell separation processes in plants - 3F 303-304

Organizer: Zinnia H. Gonzalez-Carranza, Reidunn Aalen and Melinka Butenko

Workshop 6: TAIR workshop: Making best use of TAIR tools and datasets - 3F 315

Organizer: Eva Huala

Poster Session 2: Even-numbers - Exhibition Hall A

This session is sponsored by American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) and The North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC)

Plenary Session 5: Crop Genomics - 1F Main Hall

Minami Matsui

Satoshi Tabata - Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Japan 09:00

Development of a basis for marker-assisted selection in breeding in crop plants

Qifa Zhang - Huazhong Agricultural University, China 09:30

Progresses of rice functional genomics research and the implications in crop genetic improvement

Michael W. Bevan - John Innes Centre, UK 10:00

Progress in Crop Plant Genomics

The session is sponsored by Kazusa DNA Research Institute

Plenary Session 6: Systems Biology and Metabolism - 3F 301-304

Kazuki Saito

Dirk Inzé - VIB / Ghent University, Belgium 11:00

Systems biology of leaf growth

Seung Yon Rhee - Carnegie Institution, USA 11:30

Integration of Metabolomics, Metabolic Network and Gene Function Network for Systematic Gene Function Identification

Kazuki Saito - Chiba University / RIKEN Plant Science Center, Japan 12:00

Plant metabolomics for systems biology - from Arabidopsis to crops

This session is sponsored by RIKEN Plant Science Center

Concurrent Session 5: Novel function of Peptides in Intercellular Signaling - 3F 301-302

Hiroo Fukuda

Rüdiger Simon - The Heinrich-Heine University, Germany14:30

Peptide signalling in plant primary meristems

Hiroo Fukuda - The University of Tokyo, Japan 14:55

CLE Peptides Regulating Vascular Stem Cell Fates

Tetsuya Higashiyama - Nagoya University, Japan 15:20

Pollen tube guidance by attractant peptides

Melinka A. Butenko - University of Oslo, Norway 15:45

A Transcription Factor Suppressing Floral Abscission Downstream in the IDA-HAE/HSL2 Signaling Pathway

Tomoo Shimada - Kyoto University, Japan 16:00

Stomagen is a mesophyll-derived positive regulator of stomatal density

This session is co-sponsored by The Fukuda Plant Peptides Project of BRAIN and The Plant Cell/American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

Concurrent Session 6: Metabolism and Systems Biology - 3F 303-304

Masami Yokota Hirai, Tetsuro Mimura and Shuichi Yanagisawa

Tetsuro Mimura - Kobe University, Japan14:30

Metabolome researches in plant metabolic regulation

Stanislav Kopriva - John Innes Centre, UK 14:55

The importance of having sulfur

Robert L. Last - Michigan State University, USA 15:20

Forward and Reverse Genetics Meet: The Chloroplast 2010 Project

Wolf B Frommer - Carnegie Institution for Science, USA 15:45

High throughput analysis of membrane/signaling protein interactions in Arabidopsis

Fumiaki Katagiri - University of Minnesota, USA 16:00

Network modeling reveals prevalent negative regulatory relationships between signaling sectors in Arabidopsis immune signaling

This session is sponsored by The Metabolomics Project of CREST-JST

Concurrent Session 7: Developmental Regulation - 3F 301-302

Yasunori Machida and Hidehiro Fukaki

Gerd Jürgens - University of Tübingen, Germany 16:45

Cell fate specification in early embryogenesis

Mary Byrne - John Innes Centre, UK17:10

A role for the ribosome in organ patterning

Malcolm J. Bennett - University of Nottingham, UK 17:35

Systems Analysis of Lateral Root Development: An Emerging Story

Fred Sack- The University of British Columbia, Canada 18:00

Regulation of stomatal lineage cell proliferation by the Arabidopsis MYB FOUR LIPS via direct targeting of core cell cycle genes

Toshiro Ito - Temasek Life Sciences laboratory, Singapore 18:10

Cell cycle-dependent developmental timing control of floral stem cells

Ykä Helariutta - University of Helsinki, Finland 18:20

Analysis of cell signalling during vascular morphogenesis in Arabidopsis

This session is sponsored by The Machida Plant Meristems Project of JSPS

Concurrent Session 8: Research Tools and Resources - 3F 303-304

Masatomo Kobayashi and Minami Matsui

Masatomo Kobayashi and Minami Matsui - RIKEN BioResourceScience Center / RIKEN Plant Science Center, Japan16:45

Japanese resource project on Arabidopsis - outlines and introduction of FOX lines

Erich Grotewold - Ohio State University, USA17:10

The Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC)

Eva Huala - Carnegie Institution, USA 17:35

New data and tools at TAIR (the Arabidopsis Information Resource)

Geert De Jaeger - VIB / Ghent University, Belgium 18:00

Protein complex purification for gene network building

David Somers - Ohio State University/POSTECH, USA 18:15

Rapid assessment of gene function using artificial microRNA in Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts

This session is sponsored by RIKEN BioResource Center

Plenary Session 7: Evolution and Natural Variations - 3F 301-304

Hirokazu Tsukaya

Olivier Loudet - INRA, France 09:00

Natural variation for growth and the interaction with the environment in Arabidopsis thaliana

Detlef Weigel - Max Planck Institute, Germany 09:30

Next-generation genetics in Arabidopsis thaliana: Evolutionary tradeoffs, immunity and speciation

Motoyuki Ashikari - Nagoya University, Japan10:00

Rice breeding by QTL pyramiding

The session is sponsored by Journal of Plant Research/Springer

Plenary Session 8: Development - 3F 301-304

Kiyotaka Okada

Keiko U. Torii - University of Washington, USA 11:00

Receptor signaling in Stomatal Patterning: Complexity, Challenges, and New Insights

Philip N. Benfey - Duke University, USA 11:30

Development rooted in interwoven networks

Cris Kuhlemeier - University of Bern, Switzerland12:00

Leaf development: molecular genetics of the golden angle

This session is sponsored by National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)

Closing Remark - 3F 301-304

Kiyotaka Okada