The First International Summit on Plant Resilience was held at the East Lansing Marriott on M.A.C. Avenue from May 16-17, 2024.
Day 1 - Thursday, May 16th
| SESSION TIME |
AGENDA |
PRESENTER |
| 12:00-4:00 PM |
Put Up Posters |
|
| 3:00-8:00 PM |
Registration |
|
| 4:00-5:30 PM |
Poster Session |
|
| 5:30-5:40 PM |
Opening Remarks |
Sue Rhee |
| 5:40-6:30 PM |
Keynote Speaker |
Michelle Heck |
| 6:30-8:00 PM |
Reception |
|
Day 2 - Friday, May 17th
| SESSION TIME |
AGENDA |
PRESENTER |
| 8:00-8:05 AM |
Opening remarks |
Sue Rhee |
| 8:05-9:05 AM |
Session 1 - Plant metabolism |
Tom Sharkey |
| 8:05-8:20 AM |
Metabolic Redesign of Oil Metabolism for Enhanced Food, Feed, and Biofuel Traits |
Ed Cahoon |
| 8:20-8:35 AM |
Plant Volatile Communication and Climate Resilience |
Natalia Dudareva |
| 8:35-8:50 AM |
Can we redesign photosynthetic carbon assimilation? |
Andreas Weber |
| 8:50-9:05 AM |
The challenge of metabolomics in RIKEN CSRS |
Kazuki Saito |
| 9:05-9:20 AM |
Discussion / Synthesis |
Tom Sharkey |
| 9:20-9:40 AM |
Coffee break |
|
| 9:40-11:00 AM |
Session 2 - Abiotic Stresses |
Bob VanBuren |
| 9:40-9:55 AM |
The dynamic role of protein structural disorder: an exploration into stress response
mechanisms |
Alejandra Covarrubias |
| 9:55-10:10 AM |
Stress combination: What you should all be working on! |
Ron Mittler |
| 10:10-10:25 AM |
Plant winners and losers in a changing climate |
Danielle Way |
| 10:25-10:40 AM |
Discussion / Synthesis |
Bob VanBuren |
| 10:40-11:00 AM |
Coffee break |
|
| 11:00-12:15 PM |
Session 3 - Signaling pathways for stress acclimation
|
Gregg Howe |
| 11:00-11:15 AM |
Flavonols protect tomato pollen from reproductive failure at elevated temperatures |
Gloria Muday |
| 11:15-11:30 AM |
Balancing Act: The Intricate Regulation of Phosphatidic Acid in Plant Immunity |
Libo Shan |
| 11:30-11:45 AM |
Biotechnological and computational approaches toward improved climate resilience in
rice |
Sally Assmann |
| 11:45-12:00 PM |
Ethanol mitigates abiotic stresses in plants |
Motoaki Seki |
| 12:00-12:15 PM |
Discussion / Synthesis |
Gregg Howe |
| 12:15-1:30 PM |
Lunch |
|
| 1:30-2:45 PM |
Session 4 - Data science for plant climate resilience
|
Emily Josephs |
| 1:30-1:45 PM |
Plant Life at the Extremes in the Atacama Desert |
Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez |
| 1:45-2:00 PM |
Data Science in Ag - Accelerating Translational Agricultural Research |
Cranos Williams |
| 2:00-2:15 PM |
Harnessing the power of deserts to make plants resistant to heat, drought and flooding
stress |
Heribert Hirt |
| 2:15-2:30 PM |
Discussion / Synthesis |
Emily Josephs |
| 2:30-2:50 PM |
Coffee break |
|
| 2:50-4:05 PM |
Session 5 - Translational science in plant climate resilience
|
Addie Thompson |
| 2:50-3:05 PM |
Interpretable Machine Learning Improves Gene Discovery and Trait Prediction in Breeding
Programs |
Mariano Alvarez |
| 3:05-3:20 PM |
Breeding for the present and future: Perspectives on Common bean |
Clare Mukankusi |
| 3:20-3:35 PM |
The Journey to Social Acceptance of Genome-Edited Crops: The Case of High-GABA Tomatoes |
Hiroshi Ezura |
| 3:35-3:50 PM |
Multiplex gene engineering for climate-resilient crops |
Dirk Inze |
| 3:50-4:05 PM |
Discussion / Synthesis |
Addie Thompson |
| 4:05-4:15 PM |
Closing remarks |
Sue Rhee |