"Sulfur Metabolism in Plants: Mechanisms and Application to Food Security and Responses to Climate Change"
Monday, November 22, 2010
- 17.00-20.00 Registration and Get-together-party
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
- 08.00-08.45: Registration
- 08.45-09.00: Opening
Session 1a. Sulfate uptake and assimilation – cellular regulation
- 09.00-09.30: Introduction by Kazuki Saito, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan
- 09.30-10.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 10.30-11.00: Coffee break
- 11.00-11.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 11.30-12.00: General discussion
- 12.00-12.30: Poster introductions (10 x 3 min)
- 12.30-14.00: Lunch break and Poster viewing
Session 1b. Sulfate uptake and assimilation – whole plant regulation
- 14.00-14.30: Introduction by Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, U.K.
- 14.30-15.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 15.30-16.00: Tea break
- 16.00-16.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 16.30-17.00: General discussion
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Session 2a. Sulfur and mineral nutrition
- 09.00-09.30: Introduction by Rainer Höfgen, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Golm, Germany
- 09.30-10.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 10.30-11.00: Coffee break
- 11.00-11.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 11.30-12.00: General discussion
- 12.00-12.30: Poster introductions (10 x 3 min)
- 12.30-14.00: Lunch break and Poster viewing
Session 2b. Sulfur and mineral stress
14.00-14.30: Introduction by Michael T. McManus, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 14.30-15.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 15.30-16.00: Tea break
- 16.00-16.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 16.30-17.00: General discussion
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Session 3a. Sulfur nutrition and food quality
- 09.00-09.30: Introduction by Linda Tabe, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia
- 09.30-10.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 10.30-11.00: Coffee break
- 11.00-11.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 11.30-12.00: General discussion
- 12.00-12.30: Poster introductions (10 x 3 min)
- 12.30-14.00: Lunch break and Poster viewing
Session 3b. Sulfur nutrition and food security
- 14.00-14.30: Introduction by Robert M. Norton, International Plant Nutrition Institute, Horsham, Australia
- 14.30-15.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 15.30-16.00: Tea break
- 16.00-16.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 16.30-17.00: General discussion
Friday, November 26, 2010
Session 4a. Sulfur and biotic interactions
- 09:00-09.30: Introduction by Ewald Schnug, Julius Kühn-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany
- 09.30-10.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 10.30-11.00: Coffee break
- 11.00-11.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 11.30-12.00: General discussion
- 12.00-12.30: Poster introductions (10 x 3 min)
- 12.30-14.00: Lunch break and Poster viewing
Session 4b. Sulfur and abiotic interactions
- 14.00-14.30: Introduction by Heinz Rennenberg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- 14.30-15.30: Oral presentations (4 x 15 min)
- 15.30-16.00: Tea break
- 16.00-16.30: Oral presentations (2 x 15 min)
- 16.30-17.00: General discussion
- 19.00 -22.00: Conference dinner
Saturday, November 27, 2010
- 09.00-17.00 Scientific excursion
