2024 MAS-ASPB & UMD Plant Symposium Schedule
Venue: The Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center, College Park
| Day One: Wednesday (May 29, 2024) | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Registration |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Simple breakfast served to all attendees |
| 9:00 – 9:05 am | Welcome remarks |
| 9:05 – 9:10 am | Keynote speaker introduction |
| 9:10 – 10:00 am | Keynote address – Dr. Maria Harrison |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Coffee Break, Set up presentations for Session I |
| 10:15 – 12:00 pm | Session I: Plant Genetics and Genomics Dr. Mark Zander and Dr. Nicholas Santantonio |
| 10:15 – 10:40 am | Dr. Richard Boyle |
| 10:40 – 11:05 am | Dr. Daniel R. Leal |
| 11:05 – 11:30 am | Dr. Qi Mu |
| 11:30 – 11:40 am | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 11:40 – 11:50 am | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 11:50 – 12:00 pm | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Lunch (boxed lunche served to all attendees), networking |
| 12:45 – 2:00 pm | Poster Session (Odd numbers present) |
| 2:00– 3:20 pm | Session II: Plant Biotechnology (session chair: Dr. Yiping Qi & TBD) |
| 2:00 – 2:25 pm | Dr. Bing Yang |
| 2:25 – 2:50 pm | Dr. Jesus Beltran |
| 2:50 – 3:00 pm | Dr. Jack Wang (lab post doc will present) |
| 3:00 – 3:10 pm | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 3:10 – 3:20 pm | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 3:20 – 3:35 pm | Coffee Break, Set up presentations for Session III |
| 3:35 – 5:00 pm | Session III: Plant Biotic Interaction (session chair: Dr. Nidhi Rawat and TBD) |
| 3:35 – 4:00 pm | Dr. Rong Di |
| 4:00 – 4:25 pm | Dr. Murli Manohar |
| 4:25 – 4:35 pm | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 4:35 – 4:45 pm | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 4:45 – 4.55 pm | Short talks: TBD from submitted abstract |
| 4.55 – 5:15 pm | Short Break |
| 5:15 – 6:15 pm | Career Development Workshop (convener: Dr. Hua Lu and Dr. Daniel R. Leal) Panelists: |
| 6:30 – 9:00 pm | Reception/dinner at The Hall CP for all attendees: 4656 Hotel Dr, College Park, MD 20742 |
| Day Two: Thursday (May 30, 2024) | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Registration |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Simple breakfast served to all attendees |
| 9:00 – 9:05 am | Welcome remark by UMD-IBBR Co-Director |
| 9:05 – 9:10 am | Keynote speaker introduction by UMD-IBBR Co-Director |
| 9:10 – 10:00 am | Keynote address by Dr. Hong Ma |
| 10:00 – 10:15am | Coffee Break, Set up presentations for Session IV |
| 10:15 – 12:00 pm | Session IV: Plant development and cell biology (session chair: Dr. Hua Lu and Dr. Jose Feijo) |
| 10:15 – 10:40 am | Dr. Mark Zander |
| 10:40 – 11:05 am | Dr. Ross Sozzani |
| 11:05 – 11:30 am | Dr. Shan He |
| 11:30 – 11:40 am | TBD from submitted abstract |
| 11:40 – 11:50 am | TBD from submitted abstract |
| 11:50 – 12.00 pm | TBD from submitted abstract |
| 11:45 – 12:30 pm | Lunch (boxed lunches served to all attendees), networking |
| 12:30 – 1:45 pm | Grant Development Workshop (convener: Dr. Shunyuan Xiao and Dr. Vijay Tiwari) Panelists: Dr Wang / Jaiswal (NSF), Christian Tobias (USDA-NIFA), and V.K. Sharma (DOE) |
| 1:45 – 3:00 pm | Poster Session (Even numbers present) |
| 3:00– 4:35 pm | Session V: Omics-based approaches to accelerate plant improvement (session chair: Dr. Gary Coleman and Dr. Edward Eisenstein) |
| 3:00 – 3:25 pm | Dr. Sean McSweeney |
| 3:25 – 3:50 pm | Dr. Bret Cooper |
| 3:50 – 4:15 pm | Dr. Grey Monroe |
| 4:15 – 4:25 pm | TBD from submitted abstract |
| 4:25 – 4:35 pm | TBD from submitted abstract |
| 4:35 – 4:45 pm | Short break |
| 4:45 – 4:55 pm | Poster Awards, Oral Presentation Awards |
| 4:55 – 5:00 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 5:00 – 5:10 pm | Poster Take-down and Departure |