The Plant Resilience Institute's 2024 International Plant Resilience Summit will be held at the East Lansing Marriott on M.A.C. Avenue.
Summit Schedule
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 |