Interdisciplinary Plant Group

This symposium brought together scientists working on heterosis via several approaches - genetics, epigenetics, breeding, development, physiology, proteomics, metabolomics, organelles, apomixis and systems biology. The organisms represented will include Arabidopsis, maize, rice, tomato, wheat, sorghum, cowpea, cassava/sweet potato, and yeast. This unique convergence of heterosis investigators inspired new lines of investigation and collaboration among the participants to understand and harness heterosis in a predictable manner for crop production. (SCHEDULE)

Confirmed Speakers

• James A. Birchler, University of Missouri
• Edward S. Buckler, USDA-ARS
• Jeffrey Chen, University of Texas at Austin
• Luca Comai, University of California, Davis
• Xing Wang Deng, Peking University, China
• Liz Dennis, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
• Sherry Flint-Garcia, USDA-ARS
• Stephen Goff, University of Arizona
• Anna Koltunow, CSIRO, Urrbrae, Australia
• Avraham Levy, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• Zachary Lippman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Sally Mackenzie, University of Nebraska
• Stephen Moose, University of Illinois
• Leonie Moyle, Indiana University
• Kathleen J. Newton, University of Missouri
• Zoran Nikoloski, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
• Patrick Schnable, Iowa State University
• Stefan Scholten, University of Hamburg, Germany
• Nathan Springer, University of Minnesota
• Jianming Yu, Iowa State University
• Dani Zamir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Qifa Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Organizing Committee

• Jim Birchler, Ph.D., Commitee Chair
• Sherry Flint-Garcia, Ph.D., USDA/ARS and University of Missouri
• Elizabeth Kellogg, Ph.D., Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
• Paula McSteen, Ph.D., University of Missouri
• Kathleen Newton, Ph.D., University of Missouri
• Gary Stacey. Ph.D., University of Missouri
• Jacob Washburn, University of Missouri (Graduate Student Representative)

Sponsors

• Mizzou Advantage
• Monsanto Company
• National Corn Growers Association
• The Plant Cell

Exhibitors

• Conviron
• Li-Cor BioSciences