American Society of Plant Biologists Midwestern Section
Section Officers 2014-2015
Chair
Darron R. Luesse ([email protected])
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Vice Chair
Aaron Wyman ([email protected])
Spring Arbor University
Secretary-Treasurer
Gustavo MacIntosh ([email protected])
Iowa State University
Executive Com Rep
Edgar Cahoon ([email protected])
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Past Chair, ex officio
Edgar Cahoon ([email protected])
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Local Meeting Organizer
Dmitri Nusinow ([email protected])
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Short Program
Saturday, March 22
7:00 – 8:00 ...................................................................... Registration/Check-in/Poster Set-up/Breakfast
8:00 – 9:45 ......................................................................................................................... Oral Session I
9:45 – 10:15 .................................................................................................................................... Break
10:15 – 12:00 .................................................................................................................... Oral Session II
12:00 – 1:30 ....................................................................................................................................Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 ...................................................................................................................... Oral Session III
3:30 – 4:00 ...................................................................................................................................... Break
4:00 – 5:00 .................................................................................................................... Keynote Speaker
5:00 – 6:30 ....................................................................................................................... Poster Viewing
6:45 – 8:00 .................................................................................................................................. Banquet
Sunday, March 23
8:00 – 10:00 .................................................................................................................... Oral Session IV
10:00 – 10:30 ............................................................................................................... Business Meeting
10:30 – 12:00 ....................................................................................................................Oral Session V
12:00 – 12:45 .............................................................................................. Announcements and Awards
Meeting Locations ................................................................The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
http://www.danforthcenter.org/
Registration ................................................................................................................................... Lobby
Keynote, Featured, & Oral Presentations................................................................... AT&T Auditorium
Poster Viewing ................................................................................................................... Lower Atrium
Saturday Lunch .................................................................................................................. Upper Atrium
Saturday Banquet ............................................................................................................... Upper Atrium
Parking .......................................................................................................................................... On site
Note: Vegetarian options will be available as part of all meals provided.
Posters: Posters should be set up before the scheduled poster session at 5pm.
Parking: Please park in the lot connected to the Danforth Plant Science Center and BRDG Park
building. Do not park in St Paul's Evangelical Church parking lot just east of the Danforth Campus.
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Saturday, March 21
Morning
7:00 – 8:00
Registration/Check-in/Poster Set-up/Breakfast ......................... Lobby/ Lower Atrium
8:00
Welcoming Remarks
8:15 – 10:00
Oral Session I .................................................................................................... Moderator
8:15
Defining the Roles of Serine Palmitoyltransferase-Interacting Proteins in the Regulation
of Sphingolipid Homeostasis
Athen Kimberlin, University of Nebraska Lincoln – Abstract #T1
8:30
A vesicular trafficking ENTH-domain protein functions in plasma membrane localization
of the receptor kinase FLS2
Carina Collins, University of Missouri, Columbia – Abstract #T2
8:45
Investigation into the CBF Cold Pathway of Soybean (Glycine max) Using
AtRD29a::GFP/GUS Transgenic Soybean
Jennifer Robison, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis – Abstract #T3
9:00
Local versus Systemic Metabolic Changes Induced by the Soybean Aphid and the Effect
on Growth of Corn Earworms on Soybean
Martha Ibore, Iowa State University – Abstract #T4
9:15
Four Hydroxyproline Galactosyltransferases, GALT3, GALT4, GALT5 and GALT6,
Function in Arabinogalactan-Protein Glycosylation, Growth and Development in
Arabidopsis
Debarati Basu, Ohio University – Abstract #T5
9:30
Genetic Characterization and Fine Mapping of the qSD10 Seed Dormancy in rice (Oryza
sativa L.)
Wirat Pipatpongpinyo, South Dakota State University – Abstract #T6
9:45 – 10:15
Break ........................................................................................................... Lower Atrium
(Tour of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, meet in Lobby)
10:15 – 12:00 Oral Session II ........................................................................................ …….Moderator
10:15
FEATURED SPEAKER: Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of G-protein cycle
during nodule formation in soybean
Sona Pandey, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Mo
10:45
MSL8 Regulates Opposing Osmotic Challenges in Pollen Hydration and
Germination
Eric S Hamilton, Washington University in St. Louis – Abstract #T7
11:00
Arabinogalactan-Protein and Cell Wall-Associated Receptor Kinase Interactions: Cellular
Signaling of Root Growth in Arabidopsis
Hayley D Herock, Ohio University – Abstract #T8
11:15
microRNA160 Regulation of Auxin-Cytokinin Balance during Soybean Root Nodule
Development
Spencer Schreier, South Dakota State University – Abstract #T9
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11:30
Engineering Resistance to the Bean Pod Mottle Virus Using a Protease Detection System
Matthew D Helm, Indiana University – Abstract #T10
11:45
Metabolic Characterization of Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) for the Production of Valuable
Fatty Acids
Enkhtuul Tsogtbaatar, The Ohio State University – Abstract #T11
Afternoon
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch, Upper Atrium
1:30 – 3:30
1:30
Oral Session III .......... Moderator – Dmitri Nusinow, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Genome-Scale Nitrogen Responsive Gene Expression during Maize Development
Jennifer J Arp, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Abstract #T12
1:45
Maize Nodal Root Growth Response to Water Deficits: Characterization in a Divided-Chamber
Model System
Kara J Riggs, University of Missouri, Columbia – Abstract #T13
2:00
Gene Expression Microarray of the GPS Treatment Reveals Novel Genes Involved in Early
Gravitropic Signal Transduction
Charles A Cook, Ohio University – Abstract #T14
2:15
An expansion may be involved in gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana
Megan A Osika, Ohio University – Abstract #T15
2:30
Characterization of vegetative and reproductive defects in the maize tassel-less 4 mutant
Dennis X Zhu, University of Missouri-Columbia – Abstract #T16
2:45
Formation of Indigo and Indirubin in E. coli expressing a P450 gene from woad
Laxmi Sagwan, Southern Illinois University – Abstract #T17
3:00
Identifying Plant Polyamine Exchangers that Affect Plant Development
Lingxiao Ge, Bowling Green State University – Abstract #T18
3:15
Roles of MAP KINASE17 in Peroxisome Proliferation and NaCl Tolerance in Arabidopsis
thaliana
Elizabeth M Frick, Washington University in St. Louis – Abstract #T19
3:30 – 4:00
Break ........................................................................................................................ Lower Atrium
4:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Using Proteomics to Study Signaling and Secretion During Responses to
Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Scott Peck, University of Missouri, Columbia
5:00 – 6:30
5:00 – 5:45
5:45 – 6:30
Poster Session........................................................................................................... Lower Atrium
Presenters of Odd numbered posters will be at their posters
Presenters of Even numbered posters will be at their posters
Evening
6:45 – 8:00
Banquet .................................................................................................................... Upper Atrium
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Sunday, March 22
Morning
7:00 – 8:00
Breakfast ..................................................................................................... Lower Atrium
8:00 – 10:00
8:00
Oral Session IV ................................................................................................. Moderator
Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping For Root Vigor And Days To Flowering In Canola
(Brassica napus L.)
Muhammad Arif Uz Zaman, North Dakota State University – Abstract #T20
8:15
Post-Synthetic Modification of the Plant Cell Wall as a Tool to Study Cell Wall Integrity
Control Involved in Biotic Stress Response
Nathan Reem, Iowa State University – Abstract #T21
8:30
Evolution of inflorescence development in maize and related grasses (Poaceae)
Eden A Johnson, University of Missouri, Columbia – Abstract #T22
8:45
Loss of Function of RNS2, a Housekeeping RNase T2 enzyme, Causes Alterations in
Cellular Homeostasis and Growth in Arabidopsis
Stephanie Morriss, Iowa State University – Abstract #T23
9:00
Regulation of HD-ZIP III Transcription Factor During Soybean Nodule Development
Suresh Damodaran, South Dakota State University – Abstract #T24
9:15
Preparing for a Proteomics Analysis of Arabidopsis Seedlings Grown in Microgravity
Proma Basu, Ohio University – Abstract #T25
9:30
Putative Histone Readers EML1 and EML3 Differentially Impact Geminivirus Infection
Tami Coursey, Ohio State University – Abstract #T26
9:45
MSH1-Derived Epigenetic Breeding Potential in Tomato
Xiaodong Yang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Abstract #T27
10:00 – 10:30 Business Meeting .................................................................................. AT&T Auditorium
10:30 – 12:00 Oral Session V................................................................................................... Moderator
10:30
Map-based cloning of Rj4, a gene controlling nodulation specificity in soybean
Fang Tang, University of Kentucky – Abstract #T28
10:45
The Membrane-anchored Ubiquitin-fold (MUB) Protein Family Regulates Ubiquitylation
in Arabidopsis
Xiaolong Lu, Saint Louis University – Abstract #T29
11:00
Next Generation Weed Control System in Cotton
Clayton T Larue, Monsanto Company – Abstract #T30
11:15
ASPB & The Plant Science Community – A Vision for the Future
Susan Cato, American Society of Plant Biologists
11:30
Development and utilization of high-throughput phenotyping tools to investigate the
genetic basis of drought tolerance in Setaria
Max J Feldman, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center – Abstract #T31
11:45
Localization of Maize SUCROSE TRANSPORTER1 Reveals Novel Insights into
Phloem Loading and Sucrose Retrieval
Robert F Baker, University of Missouri, Columbia – Abstract#T33
Afternoon
12:00 – 12:30 Announcements, Awards & Departure .............................................. AT&T Auditorium
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