WORKSHOP ON:
EMBRYOGENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION IN PLANTS
6-7 March 2003 Villa Gualino, Torino (Italy)
Scientific co-ordinators:
Elisabetta Lupotto, Istituto sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Sezione di
Bergamo, Italy
Chun-Ming Liu, Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Organizer:
Biotechnology Foundation Villa Gualino, Torino, Italy
..::. Thursday March 6, 2003 .::..
13.45 >
Registration
14:00 > Opening by Elena Spoldi and Giovanni Buffa (FB), and E. Lupotto and C-M Liu.
Session
1 Chairperson: C-M Liu
14.15 > David MEINKE - Dept.
Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA
A genomic perspective on seed development in Arabidopsis
14.50 > Lucia COLOMBO - BioDip,
Milano University, I
Molecular control of ovule development in Arabidopsis
15.25 > Fred BERGER - ENS, Lyon, F
Patterning and epigenetic control of endosperm development in Arabidopsis
16.00-16.30 break
Session
2 Chairperson: A.M. Meijer
16.30 > Chun-Ming LIU - PRI,
Wageningen, NL
Small signal proteins in plant development
17.05 > Remko OFFRINGA - Leiden
University, NL
Auxin and pattern formation during early plant development
17.40 > Casper VROEMEN -
Wageningen University, NL
Shoot meristem formation and boundary establishment in Arabidopsis
18.15-19.00 Poster and short communications Session
..::. Friday March 7, 2003 .::..
Session 3 Chairperson: R. Offringa
9.00 >
Anne Marie MEIJER - Clusius Laboratory Leiden University, NL
Genetic control of vascular tissue development in rice
9.35 > Pieter OUWERKERK - Clusius
Laboratory Leiden University, NL
Functions of homeobox genes in monocot and dicot plant development and
adaptation to the environment
10.10 > Martin KATER - BioDip,
Milano University, I
Flower induction in rice
10.45 -11.00 break
Session
4 Chairperson: E. Lupotto
11.00 > Carlo POZZI - DIPROVE,
Milano University, I
Mutants and gene control in barley morphogenesis
11.35 > Thomas DRESSELHAUS - AMPII,
Hamburg University, D
Apomictic embryo development in maize and Tripsacum
12.10 > Serena VAROTTO - Padova
University, I
Role of histone acetylation in development of Zea mais
12.45-14.15 Lunch
Session
5 Chairperson: Fred BERGER
14.15 >Erwin HEBERLE-BORS - Vienna
Biocentre, A
Fundamental aspects of microspore embryogenesis
14.50 > Alisher TOURAEV - Vienna
Biocentre, A
Isolation and characterisation of tobacco and wheat embryogenic microspore
specific genes
15.25 > Maria Antonietta GERMANA' -
CNR-IRCA, Palermo, I
Gametic embryogenesis in Citrus
16.00-16.30 break
Session
6 Chairperson: E. Heberle-Bors
16.30 >Kim BOUTILIER - PRI,
Wageningen, NL
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Brassica microspore embryogenesis
17.05 >Jan CUSTERS - PRI,
Wageningen, NL
Brassica napus microspore culture as biological model for studying suspensor
function
17.40 >Andreas MORDHORST - Nunhems
Zaden BV, Haelen, NL
Developmental studies using somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis
18.15-19.00 Poster and short communications Session
19.00 Closure
..::. Saturday March 8, 2003 .::..
HybTech closed meeting
Scientific Coordinators .:.
Dr. Elisabetta Lupotto
Istituto per la Cerealicoltura, Bergamo (I)
e-mail: eurice.elu@spm.it
Dr. Chun-Ming Liu
Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen (NL)
e-mail: chunming.liu@wur.nl
Organising
Secretariat .:.
Fondazione per le Biotecnologie
Viale Settimio Severo, 63 - 10133 TORINO (I)
Phone +39 011 6600187 - Fax +39 011 6600708
e-mail: mail@fobiotech.org - http://www.fobiotech.org
Congress Location:
Villa Gualino Congress Center
Viale Settimio Severo, 63 - 10133 Torino, (I)
General
information .:.
Registration fee
Registration fee is 160 (VAT 20 % included) net of any bank charge.
It includes:
Conference kit
Participation to all sessions
Book of abstract
Attendance certificate
Coffee break
For any meal at Villa Gualino self-service a coupon is to be bought at 13
each at the reception.
A limited number of reduced registration fees ( 100) is possible for
researchers and students aged 32 years or less
(send a copy of your ID while registering)
The registration will be accepted only after receipt of the payment
Deadline for applications: February 28th, 2003.
Payment
modalities .:.
Bank wire transfer headed to:
Fondazione per le Biotecnologie
Bank: Istituto Bancario S. Paolo di Torino
Branch: Agenzia 01
Bank Address: C.so Re Umberto I, 51/53 - 10128 Torino, Italy
Account number: CAB 1001, ABI 1025
SWIFT code: IBSPITTM501
Cancellations
.:.
Written cancellations must be submitted to the organising Secretariat not later
than February 20th, 2003.
In this case 70% of the registration fee will be refunded; no refunds will be
given for cancellation requests presented after the above mentioned date.
Poster and
short communications .:.
Participants are warmly invited to submit abstract (2 pages) to be discussed in
form of poster or short communication, with title, authors, five key words, text
and references.
This material must be assembled in Word file and sent at our mail address mail@fobiotech.org
before February 3, 2003.
Please indicate the session in which your intervention may refer. Authors will
be notified within February 20th, 2003.
The dimensions of posters should not exceed a height of 120 cm and a width of 95
cm.
Deadlines for abstract submission: February 3rd, 2003.
Deadlines .:.
Abstract submission: February 3rd, 2003.
Registrations: February 28th, 2003.
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