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Program |
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January 9 (Tuesday) Morning |
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10:00-10:10 |
Opening Address-Norio Murata (Organizer, NIBB) |
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10:10-10:20 |
Welcome to NIBB-Hideo Mohri (Director General of NIBB) |
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Session I. Tolerance and acclimation to stress |
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Chairpersons: Hans J. Bohnert and Tapio E. Paiva |
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10:20-10:55 |
Hayashi, Hidenori (Ehime University) |
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Enhancement of salt tolerance of cyanobacteria and higher plants by transformation of the gene for choline oxidase. |
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10:55-11:30 |
Takabe, Tetsuko (Nagoya University) |
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Glycinebetaine accumulation stabilizes rubisco in cyanobacteria transformed with bacterial bet genes under salt stress. |
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11:30-12:05 |
Bohnert, Hans J. (University of Arizona) |
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Salinity tolerance-signaling pathways, plant development and biochemical responses. |
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12:05-12:25 |
Discussion |
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12:25-12:40 |
Group Photo |
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12:40-13:50 |
Lunch |
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January 9 (Tuesday) Afternoon |
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Session I. Tolerance and acclimation to stress (continued) |
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13:50-14:25 |
Verma, Desh Pal S. (Ohio State University) |
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Osmotic Stress in Plants: Role of praline and sulfur. |
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14:25-15:00 |
Paiva, Tapio E. (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) |
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Cold Acclimation and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. |
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15:00-15:35 |
Chen, H. H. Tony (Oregon State University) |
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Abscisic acid-induced freezing tolerance in plant cells. |
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15:35-16:05 |
Coffee Break |
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16:05-16:40 |
Inzé, Dirk (Universiteit Gent) |
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Defense mechanisms of plants to oxidative stress. |
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16:40-17:15 |
Nishimura, Mikio (NIBB) |
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Chaperonins and temperature stress in higher plants. |
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16:15-17:45 |
Discussion |
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18:00-20:00 |
Reception (at Faculty Club) |
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January 10 (Wednesday) Morning |
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Session II. Stress-induced gene expression |
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Chairpersons: Montserrat Pages and Naoki Sato |
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9:00-9:35 |
Leone, Antonella (Universita di Napoli) |
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Genes for fatty acid desaturases: control of the expression by external stimuli. |
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9:35-10:10 |
Murata, Norio (NIBB) |
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Low-temperature-induced gene expression of acyl lipid desaturases. |
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10:10-10:40 |
Coffee Break |
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10:40-11:15 |
Maresca, Bruno (International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Napoli) |
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Membrane lipid perturbation sets the temperature of heat shock response in yeast. |
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11:15-11:50 |
Sato, Naoki (Tokyo Gakugei University) |
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Cold-regulated cyanobacterial rbp genes. |
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11:50-12:20 |
Discussion |
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12:20-13:20 |
Lunch |
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January 10 (Wednesday) Afternoon |
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Session II. Stress-induced gene expression (continued) |
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13:20-13:55 |
Pagès, Montserrat (Gentro de Investigaciò i Desenvolupament) |
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In vivo significance and functionality of ABRE-like motifs in the promoter of the abscisic acid responsive genes from maize. |
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13:55-14:30 |
Shinozaki, Kazuo (RIKEN) |
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Gene expression and signal transduction in Arabidopsis under water stress. |
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14:30-15:05 |
Bartels, Dorothea (Max-Plank Institut fur Zuhtungsforshung) |
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Isolation of genes invloved in the ABA signal transduction pathway of the resurrection plant Araterostigma plantagineum. |
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15:05-15:30 |
Discussion |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Session III. Stress-induced signals |
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Chairpersons: Dorothea Bartels and Yasunori Machida |
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16:00-16:35 |
Machida, Yasunori (Nagoya University) |
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Cutting activates the PMSAP (plant multisignal activated protein) kinase in plants. |
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16:35-17:10 |
Boss, Wendy F.(North Carolina State University) |
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Regulation of phosphoinositide metabolism and the responsive state of the cell. |
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17:10-17:45 |
Nagy, Ferenc (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) |
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Temperature dependent phosphorylation of the S6 ribosomal protein in plant cells. |
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17:45-18:15 |
Discussion |
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19:00-21:00 |
Banquet (at Restaurant Tsukushi) |
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January 11 (Thursday) Morning |
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Session IV. Ca2+ signaling |
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Chairpersons: Russell L. Jones and Hidetoshi Iida |
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9:00-9:35 |
Iida, Hidetoshi (NIBB) |
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Calcium signaling in the yeast mating process. |
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9:35-10:10 |
Sanders, Dale (University of York) |
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Calcium channels and calcium-based signalling at the plasma membrane and tonoplast. |
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10:10-10:40 |
Coffee Break |
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10:40-11:15 |
Wu, Yan (Rockefeller University) |
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IP3 and calcium mediate activation of two ABA responsive genes. |
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11:15-11:50 |
Jones, Russell L. (University of California) |
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Calcium, calmodulin and signal transduction in barley aleurone. |
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11:50-12:20 |
Discussion |
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12:20-13:20 |
Lunch |
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January 11 (Thursday) Afternoon |
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Session V. Ca2+ in stress response |
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Chairpersons: Rajinder S. Dhindsa and Masashi Tazawa |
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13:20-13:55 |
Tazawa, Masashi (Fukui University of Technology) |
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Hydration-induced Ca2+ release from internal stores in Characean cells. |
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13:55-14:30 |
Nakamura, Kenzo (Nagoya University) |
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Signal transduction in the sugar-inducible gene expression in plants. |
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4:30-15:05 |
Muto, Shoshi (Nagoya University) |
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Hypoosmotic shock induced elevation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ and subsequent activation of protein kinases in tobacco suspension culture cells. |
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15:05-15:25 |
Discussion |
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15:25-15:55 |
Coffee Break |
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15:55-16:30 |
Cleland, Robert E. (University of Washington) |
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Intracellular and extracellular calcium and their role in gravity stress responses. |
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16:30-17:05 |
Frohnmeyer, Hanns (University of Freiburg) |
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Analysis of UV-light dependent signal transduction events parsley and soybean cell cultures. |
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17:05-17:40 |
Dhindsa, Rajinder S. (McGill University) |
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Cold-induced expression of Cas genes of Alfalfa is mediated by calcium signaling. |
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17:40-18:00 |
Discussion |
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18:00-18:10 |
Closing Remarks-Norio Murata |