15th Annual Embryo 21st Century/Seed Institute Conference

UCLA Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead

November 16-18, 2006

 

Friday - November 16

3:00pm                       Check-In -- Welcome Reception & Appetizers

 

4:00pm                       Session I - Fisher Lab

                                    Introduction

                                    Bob Fisher

 

4:05pm                       Structure of the DME DNA Glycosylase

                                    Jin Hoe Huh

 

4:40pm                       Mechanishms for Gene Imprinting

Tzung-Fu Hsieh

 

5:10pm                       Studying DME Outside the Seed

Matt Bauer

 

5:45pm                      Discussion and Free Time

 

6:30pm                       Dinner

 

8:00pm                       Poster Session I, Discussion, and Snacks

                                   

 

Saturday - November 17

8:00am                       Breakfast

 

9:00am                       Session II -- Drews Lab

                                    Introduction  Gray Drews

 

9:10am                       Indentification of Female Gametophyte Expressed Genes

Josh Steffen

 

9:25am                       Dissecting Egg Cell Gene Regulatory Networks

                                    Josh Steffen

 

9:40am                       Dissecting Synergid Cell Regulatory Networks

                                    Jayson Punwani and Dave Rabiger

10:30am                     Break and Discussion

 

10:45am                     Dissecting Central Cell and Early Endosperm Gene Regulartory

                                    Josh Steffen

 

11:15am                     Summary

Gary Drews

 

11:30am                     Discussion and Free Time

 

12:00am                     Lunch

 

1:00pm                       Free Afternoon for Discussion and Leisure Activities

 

4:30pm                       Poster Session II, Discussion and Appetizers

 

6:30pm                       Dinner

 

8:00pm                       Session III (Iris) -- Goldberg Lab

                                    Introduction

                                    Bob Goldberg

 

8:10pm                       What are the Genes Required to Make a Seed?

                                    Anhthu Bui, Javier Wagmaister, and Chen Cheng

 

8:50pm                       Using 454 Sequencing to Identify Genes Active in Embryo Regions

                                    Anhthu Bui and Brandon Le

 

9:30pm                       Break and Discussion

 

9:55pm                       Identifying Regulatory Elements Required for Suspensor Transcription

                                    Tomo Kawashima, Kelli Henry, and Bekah Charney

 

10:30pm                     Discussion, Snacks, & Free Time

 

Sunday - November 18 (check out of rooms by 10am!)

8:00am                       Breakfast

 

9:00am                       Session IV (Iris) -- Harada Lab

                                    Introduction

John Harada

 

9:10am                       Dissection of Arabidopsis Seed Development

Ryan Kirkbride and Mark Belmonte

 

9:50am                       Analysis of LEC2 Function of Embryogenesis

Siobhan Braybrook

  

10:30am                     Break and Discussion

 

10:45am                     Function of the LEC1 CCAAT Binding Factor in Embryo

Julie Pelletier

 

11:15am                     LEC Genes in Seed-Free Plants

Ryan Kirkbride

 

11:45am                     Summary

                                    John Harada

 

12:00pm                     Lunch &Departure