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2023 MAS-ASPB & UMD Plant Symposium Schedule
Venue: The Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center, College Park Room 0224
| Day One: Wednesday (May 24, 2023) | |
| 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-PSLA Chair John Erwin |
| 9:05 – 9:10 am | Keynote speaker introduction by Jose Feijo |
| 9:10 – 10:00 am | Keynote address – Alice Cheung (UMass Amherst) Pollen-Pistil Interaction: a long and winding road to fertilization |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Coffee Break, Set up presentations for Session I |
| 10:15 – 12:00 pm | Session I: Plant Growth and Development (session chair: Juan Dong) |
| 10:15 – 10:40 am | Anna Stepanova (North Carolina State University) Auxin biosynthesis: a geneticist’s perspective |
| 10:40 – 11:05 am | Angus Murphy (University of Maryland) Resolving a paradox: “inactive” auxin metabolites regulate apical hook maintenance |
| 11:05 – 11:30 am | Xingyun Qi (Rutgers Camden) Diverse EPF signals regulate stomatal development |
| 11:30 – 11:40 am | Elle Zelinsky (Penn State University) Modification of pectin by polygalacturonases is involved in growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 11:40 – 11:50 am | Guanhua Feng (Penn State University) A novel Arabidopsis regulator for anther gene expression and pollen wall formation |
| 11:50 – 12:00 pm | Debamalya Chatterjee (Penn State University) Understanding Spatiotemporal Regulation of Basal Endosperm Differentiation in Maize |
| 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Lunch (boxed lunched served to all attendees), networking |
| 12:15 – 12:45 pm | Icebreaker Bingo Game (Organizer: Jayson Padilla of ASPB) |
| 12:45 – 2:00 pm | Poster Session (Odd numbers present)
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| 2:00– 3:20 pm | Session II: Plant Genetics and Genomics (session chair: Vijay Tiwari) |
| 2:00 – 2:25 pm | Yinong Yang (Penn State University) CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing for Rice Functional Genomics and Trait improvement |
| 2:25 – 2:50 pm | Sachin Rustgi (Clemson University) Nourish the population with nutritionally enhanced, healthier, safer wheat and peanuts |
| 2:50 – 3:00 pm | Xi Luo (University of Maryland) A MYB transcription factor SALAD regulates leaf serration in woodland strawberry |
| 3:00 – 3:10 pm | Gautam Saripalli (University of Maryland) Identification of a novel candidate gene controlling spikelet number per spike in wheat for grain yield improvement |
| 3:10 – 3:20 pm | Sunil Kenchanmane Raju (New York University) Unraveling Root Architecture Complexity at Single-cell Resolution in Maize |
| 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: Nidhi Rawat) |
| 3:35 – 4:00 pm | Shunyuan Xiao (University of Maryland) Breaking down nonhost resistance to understand plant immunity |
| 4:00 – 4:25 pm | Christopher Clarke (USDA-ARS) Diverse mobile genetic elements shaped phytopathogenicity of Streptomyces |
| 4:25 – 4:40 pm | Pai Li (Michigan State University) The Nucleo-cytoplasmic Function of Actin Depolymerization Factors (ADF) in Plant Immunity |
| 4:40 – 4:50 pm | Ashley Dague (Marshall University) Identification and analysis of antimicrobial compounds from model mosses Physcomitrella patens and Ceratodon purpureus |
| 4:50 – 5:00 pm | Bhavit Chhabra (University of Maryland) Discovery and mapping of FHB-resistant mutations in a susceptible wheat variety |
| 5:00 – 5:15 pm | Short Break |
| 5:15 – 6:15 pm | Career Development Workshop (convener: Hua Lu) Panelists: Vishnu Mishra (ASPB ambassador), Huachun Larue (Bayer Crop Science), Tomas Cermak (Ball Horticultural Company), and Emily Wu (Corteva Agriscience) |
| 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 25, 2023) | ||
| 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 David Weber | |
| 9:05 – 9:10 am | Keynote speaker introduction by David Weber | |
| 9:10 – 10:00 am | Keynote address – Henry Daniell (University of Pennsylvania) Engineering plant genome to advance human health – affordable drugs for increased global access |
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| 10:00 – 10:15am | Coffee Break, Set up presentations for Session IV | |
| 10:15 – 12:00 pm | Session IV: Plant Biotechnology (session chair: Edward Eisenstein) | |
| 10:15 – 10:40 am | Aditya Kunjapur (University of Delaware) Engineering rhizobacteria for biosynthesis of plant effectors and for containment |
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| 10:40 – 11:05 am | Meng Xie (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Populus protoplast experimental system enables systematic characterization of bHLH transcription factors |
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| 11:05 – 11:15 am | Rahul Singh (University of Pennsylvania) Orally delivered proinsulin bioencapsulated in marker-free lettuce plant cells regulates blood sugar levels similar to natural insulin |
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| 11:15 – 11:25 am | Yanhao Cheng (University of Maryland) CRISPR-Cas12a base editors confer efficient multiplexed genome editing in rice |
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| 11:25 – 11:35 am | Joseph Lagner (University of Maryland) CRISPR-Based Disease Detection Strategies for Candidatus Phytoplasma |
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| 11:35 – 11:45 pm | Aobo Huang (Rutgers University) Application of Proximity Labeling in Plant Cell Polarity Study |
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| 11:45 – 12:30 pm | Lunch (boxed lunches served to all attendees), networking | |
| 12:30 – 1:45 pm | Grant Development Workshop (convener: Fereshteh Shahoveisi) Panelists: Courtney Jahn (NSF), Amer Fayad (USDA-NIFA), Christian Tobias (USDA-NIFA), and Shing Kwok (DOE-BER) |
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| 1:45 – 3:00 pm | Poster Session (Even numbers present) | |
| 3:00– 4:35 pm | Session V: Plant Evolution and Ecology with Climate Change (session chair: Hong Ma) | |
| 3:00 – 3:25 pm | Tanya Renner (Penn State University) Evolution by co-option and convergence in the carnivorous plants |
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| 3:25 – 3:50 pm | Corlett Wood (University of Pennsylvania) Crosstalk between mutualistic and parasitic endosymbionts on the same host plant |
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| 3:50 – 4:15 pm | Sean Sharp (University of Maryland) Species matter: How soil carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics differ across similar plant communities experiencing saltwater intrusion |
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| 4:15 – 4:25 pm | John Jelesko (Virginia Tech) Fear and Loathing in “Poison Ivy Land”: Increasing Atmospheric CO2 Levels Correlated With Increased Clinical Toxicodendron Dermatitis in Virginia (and the COVID pandemic made it worse). |
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| 4:25 – 4:35 pm | Guojin Zhang (Penn State University) The comprehensive nuclear phylogenetic tree of orchids provided new insights into the evolution of orchids growing on trees |
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| 4:35 – 4:45 pm | Short break | |
| 4:45 – 4:55 pm | Poster Awards, Oral Presentation Awards | |
| 4:55 – 5:00 pm | Closing Remarks by ASPB CEO Crispin Taylor | |
| 5:00 – 5:10 pm | Poster Take-down and Departure | |