Seed Institute Meeting
at UC Davis
October 25-26, 2003

Day 1 October 25, 2003
Time Schedule
11:00 - 12:15 Arrival and lunch
12:15 - 12:30 Welcome & Introduction -- Bob Goldberg/ John Harada
12:30 - 2:30 FISCHER LAB
  Bob Franks -  Specification of the carpel margin meristem -  the essential first step in female fertility

Tzung-Fu Hsieh -  How to understand Polylcomb protein function throughout plant development

Wenyan (Frank) Xiao - Seed imprinting is controlled by antagonism between MET1 methyltransferase and DME glycosylase enzymes

Jon Penterman - Function of proteins related to the DME DNA glycosylase
2:30 - 2:45 Discussion
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 5:30   HARADA LAB
  Masa-aki Ohto - Control of Seed Size by AP2
  Siobhan Braybrook - Role of LEC Transcription Factors in Embryo Development 

Soomin Park - Functional Dissection of the ELC1 CCAAT Binding Transcription Factor

Raymond Kwong- Identification of Genes Induced by LEC1

John Harada - How do LEC B3 Domain Transcription Factors Regulate Embryogenesis?

Soomin Park - A Novel DNA Binding Site for LEC2

Siobhan Braybrook - Identification of LEC2 Target Genes

John Harada - Conclusions and Wrap
5:30 - 5:45 Discussion
5:45 - 7:00 Check-In Palm Court Hotel and Free Time
7:00 - 10:00
Reception and Halloween Dinner @ Silo Pub

 
Day 2
October 26, 2003
Time
Schedule
8:00 - 8:30
Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00
DREWS LAB

Gary Drews et al. -  Development and Fuction of the Female Gametophyte
10:00 - 10:15
Discussion
10:15 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 12:30
GOLDBERG LAB

Bob Goldberg - A Strategy for Uncovering Regulators of Embryo and Seed Development

Tomokazu Kawashima -  The Search For Suspensor-Specific Gene Networks

Brandon Le/ Anhthu Bui - A Comprehensive Profile of Gene Active in Seed Development

Bob Goldberg - Teaching Undergraduates the excitement of Scientific Discovery

Brittan Scales/ Josh Wolf/ Erin March - A Comprehensive Search For Knock-Out Mutations in Genes Active During Seed Development

Jinsun Choi - Identification and Analysis of Arabidopsis HOX7 Gene Knock-Outs

Bob Goldberg - What's the Next Step?
12:30 - 12:45
Discussion
12:45 - 1:30
Lunch
1:30 - 2:00
Summary