The symposium will be held in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri. Registration and all presentations will be in Monsanto Auditorium (ground floor). The poster sessions, continental breakfasts, meals, and coffee breaks will be in McQuinn Atrium (first floor).
Friday, April 24th
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Tours of the Bond Life Sciences Center and East Campus Plant Growth Facility
Meet outside of Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
Saturday, April 25th
7:15 AM – 8:15 AM – Registration and Refreshments
7:15 AM – 10:30 AM – Poster Set-Up
8:30-8:35 Welcome – David Braun, Soyon Park and Rebecca Roston
8:35-8:45 Opening Remarks
Jeni Hart, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, University of Missouri
8:45-10:30 Session One
Session Chairs: Soyon Park and Lydia Phillips
8:45 Session Keynote
Rose A. Marks, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Life Without Water: Evolution and Biodiversity of Resurrection Plants
9:15 Anuradha Singh, Michigan State University
Integrating UAV-Based Phenotyping and Genomic Predictions for Improving Plant Architecture and Biomass Yield in Sorghum
9:30 Mandeep Singh, South Dakota State University
Breaking Barriers: Genomic Insights into Wheat Root Tip Sharpness for Hard and Dry Soils
9:45 Naseem Samo, University of Kansas
Selection on telomere homeostasis drives the adaptive evolution of TERT in Mimulus
10:00 Meghan Boozer, University of Missouri
Analyzing Azetidine-2-Carboxylic Acid-Resistant Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana
10:15 Alysson Angermeier, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Visualization and quantification of photosynthetic Anabaena and Chlamydomonas by 3D cryo-volume electron microscopy
10:30-11:30 Break and Poster Session (Odd Numbered Posters)
11:30-12:30 Session Two
Session Chair: Prashant Sonawane
11:30 Session Keynote
Shuai Huang, The Ohio State University
Biomolecular condensates in plant immunity
12:00 Meenhu Singla, Indiana University
An RNA coat for plant leaves: Ally to commensals, guard against pathogens, or both?
12:15 ASPB Overview and Information
12:15-2:00 Lunch with Industry Discussions
2:00-3:30 Session Three
Session Chairs: Jie Zhu and Norman Best
2:00 Session Keynote
Michelle Guo, Iowa State University
Elucidating Context-Specific Receptor Kinase Signaling
2:30 Lauren Apprill, Kansas State University
A novel GIR1-ATML1 repression complex regulating giant cell formation and glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis sepals
2:45 Maria Castellon, University of Missouri
Biosynthetic Pathway of the Cardiac Toxins from Pink Oleander
3:00 Addison Kuecker and Corra Yockey, Augustana University
Expansins and their effect on leaf angle in Sorghum bicolor
3:15 Frederick Mildenhall, Purdue University
Sudden Cold Stress Induces Static Expression of Circadian Clock Genes in Tomato but Not In Arabidopsis
3:30-4:30 Break and Poster Session (Even Numbered Posters)
4:30-5:30 Session Four
Session Chairs: Corri Hamilton and Zach Traylor
4:30 Rachel Weber, University of Missouri
Uncovering the specific contribution of laccases and peroxidases to lignin polymerization in Arabidopsis thaliana
4:45 Thai Kim Ha Nguyen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Dissecting the cellular trafficking pathways mediated by the Arabidopsis proteins AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B
5:00 Jae Morris, Washington University, St Louis
Molecular Basis of Dual Lignin Biosynthesis in Grasses
5:15 Dinakaran Elango, Iowa State University
In Situ Detection of Methyl Jasmonate Using Plant-Wearable Sensors to Quantify Genotype-Dependent Herbivory Resistance
5:30-6:15 Plenary
Dong Xu, University of South Florida
Applications of AI in Plant Science and Agriculture: Case Studies and Insights
6:15-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Poster Session and Ice Cream Social
7:30-8:30 Odd Numbered Posters
8:30-9:30 Even Numbered Posters
Sunday, April 26th
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM – Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM – Continental Breakfast and Midwest ASPB Chapter Meeting
8:30-10:00 Session Five
Session Chairs: Jamie Barros-Rios and Ruthie Angelovici
8:30 Session Keynote
Craig Schenck, University of Missouri
A metabolic balancing act: How plants manage toxic metabolic production
9:00 Anuradha Dhingra, Washington University, St Louis
A Matter of Time: Circadian Rhythms Reshapes Immune Timing and
Defense in Tomato
9:15 Carissa Bersche, University of Missouri
Defining the genetic interaction of vesicular trafficking components and immune proteins in plant immunity
9:30 Terence Seldon Kwafo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Growth in Elevated CO2 Concentration Decreases Nutrient Concentration but Paradoxically Increases Nutrient Yield in Soybean
9:45 Kirti Tyagi, The Ohio State University
Defining the role of the WtsE effector pore domain in apoplastic niche establishment by Pantoea stewartii
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 Session Six
Session Chairs: Lloyd Sumner and Joseph Lynch
10:30 Session Keynote
Daniela Strenkert, Michigan State University
TBD
11:00 Ranjita Sinha, University of Missouri
bHLH35 mediates specificity in plant responses to multiple stress conditions
11:15 Liang Zhang, University of Georgia
A novel RG-I acetyltransferase that functions in vascular tissue and root cap
11:30 Burcu Alptekin, Ohio University
Plant Stress Adaptation Beyond Earth Through Application of Synthetic Microbiomes
11:45 Poster Awards
Noon Closing Remarks
David Braun, Soyon Park and Rebecca Roston