Plant Genomes & Biotechnology: From Genes to Networks
December 4 - 7, 2019

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Program information: An electronic version of the program abstract book will be sent three working days prior to the first day of the meeting, and hard copies will be available for collection upon your arrival at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. First night and keynote speakers are informed of their session date and time, otherwise program information is only available upon release of the electronic version of the abstract book. The reason we do this is to try and maximize interactions by encouraging participants to stay for the duration of the meeting.

Please check your email for talk length, poster instructions, and how to have your poster printed at CSHL for collection upon arrival. 

Abstract Status

Presenting Author

Abstract Title

Talk/Poster

Abramson, Bradley W

Gene prediction and cycling behavior in Spirodela polyrhiza using full-length cDNA sequencing over diel cycles

poster

Ahkami, Amir H

Cell-type specific omics identifies spatiotemporal regulation of plant development and plasticity under individual and abiotic stress combinations

poster

Arikit, Siwaret

The fragrant trait (2-acetyl-1-pyrroline)—A common survival metabolite from crops to tree plants

poster

Ayalew, Mentewab

A dynamic modeling approach to understand the links between metal uptake and antibiotic resistance in plants

poster

Ben Azaiez, Fatma Ezzahra

Nitrogen reduce the inhibitory action of salinity on barley development

poster

Bennett, Morgan M

Expression patterns of DNA methyltransferases and demethylases throughout plant growth and development and in response to phytohormones

poster

Boernke, Frederik

Identification and characterization of novel regulators of low-energy-signaling by SnRK1 in Arabidopsis thaliana

talk

Borrill, Philippa

Towards mechanistic understanding of homoeolog expression levels in polyploid wheat

talk

Brenton, Zachary W

Species-specific duplication event controlling adaptive benefits in Sorghum bicolor is only discoverable after improvement in reference genome quality

poster

Brophy, Jennifer A

Engineering plant development to control root shape

talk

Busch, Wolfgang

Approaching genetic complexity using forward and association genetics

talk

Chougule, Kapeel M

Characterizing genetic and transcript variation using long single molecule sequencing in maize

poster

Cuperus, Josh T

Identifying chromatin-accessible regions that actively drive gene expression

talk

De Jaeger, Geert

Integration of multiple proteomics methods reveals the signaling landscape of the AMPK ortholog SnRK1 in plants

poster

Diniz, Augusto

Transcriptome analysis of sugarcane genotypes contrasting for biomass production

poster

Estelle, Mark

The Arabidopsis TIR1/AFB auxin receptor genes have both overlapping and specialized functions

talk

Ethridge, Tina

Identifying novel DNA-transcription factor interactions using DAP-seq

poster

Feiz, Leila

Synthesis of indole-3 acetic acid by aphid saliva

talk

Gallagher, Joseph P

Evolution and function of duplicate transcription factor genes GT1 and VRS1 in maize and Brachypodium distachyon

poster

Gehring, Mary

Epigenetic processes at the single cell level—Analysis of Arabidopsis imprinting dynamics

talk

Gifford, Miriam L

Timing and coordination of cell type response mechanisms that regulate nodulation

talk

Gladman, Nicholas

Fertility of pedicellate spikelets in sorghum is controlled by a jasmonic acid regulatory module

talk

Haney, Cara

Functional genomics of rhizosphere-associated Pseudomonas

talk

Herath, Venura G

Cis-regulatory architecture reveals potential regulatory circuits involved in the transcriptional regulation of BiP genes in potato

poster

Jander, Georg

Biosynthesis of cardiac glycosides in wallflowers (Erysimum, Brassicaceae)

talk

Jin, Hailing

Cross-kingdom RNAi and small RNA trafficking between plants and fungal pathogens

talk

Jores, Tobias U

Rediscovery and functional characterization of the CaMV 35S enhancer using STARR-seq

poster

Joshi, Kumud

Reimagining how putrescine functions as a signaling compound—The essential role of synthesis, compartmentation, and transport

poster

Julian, Russell

Understanding the epigenetic basis of plant nitrogen response

poster

Kawash, Joseph

Machine learning method towards genomic selection

poster

Kim, Sun A

URI mediates iron deficiency signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

poster

Kjellbom, Per

The role of aquaporins in water balance and nitrogen sequestering

poster

Klein, Harry R

Sugar signalling interacts with transcriptional regulation to suppress growth in maize carpels

poster

Korte, Arthur

Natural variation of gene regulatory networks

talk

Krämer, Ute

Adaptation to local soil composition in Arabidopsis halleri

talk

Krasileva, Ksenia

Natural diversity in highly variable plant NLR immune receptors

talk

Kumar, Vivek

Advancing systems biology of plants—Transcriptomics and genome-scale metabolic modeling using open-science community platform of KBase

poster

Lacombe, Benoit

Protein and gene regulatory network involved in hormone-dependent nutrient sensing

talk

Lasky, Jesse R

Genomics of sorghum local adaptation to a parasitic plant

talk

Li, Miaomiao

Variation in transcription factor–DNA interaction in natural populations of Arabidopsis

poster

Libault, Marc

Development of single nuclei -omic technologies to better understand the transcriptional regulation of plant genes

poster

Lin, Yao-Cheng

Systems genetics analysis of waterlogging tolerance mechanisms in Brassica

poster

Lin, Yi-Chen

Molecular basis of variation in flowering behaviour in Scandinavian population of perennial Arabis alpina

poster

Liu, Tie

Abiotic stress response in shoot apical meristem—Identifying gene regulatory networks that link shoot meristem development and stress responses

talk

Lu, Zhenyuan

SciApps.org—A cloud-based platform for shareable and reproducible bioinformatics workflows

poster

Lutz, Ulrich

Natural and engineered alleles of FLM and FLC modulate flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana in a continuous and broad phenotypic range

poster

Magnusson, Erika

Dissecting the gene regulatory network controlling phenolic biosynthesis in maize using transcription factor mutants

poster

Man, Jarrett

Structural variation in the LRR-RLK gene family drives receptor diversification

talk

Marand, Alexandre

The cis-regulatory landscape of maize single cells

talk

Marco, Cristina

Double triage to identify poorly annotated genes in maize

poster

Mehta, Devang

Post-genetic responses to phosphate starvation and heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

poster

Meja, Sendi

Annotation of the TUB transcription gene family in Zea mays

poster

Mendieta, John P

Identification of lncRNAs by utilization of histone modification data in Zea mays

poster

Mercier, Raphael

What limits meiotic recombination?

talk

Morrison, Ashby J

A new long-read sequencing platform for genome assembly

talk

Mu, Shuai

A transporter for delivering Zn to the developing tiller bud in rice

poster

Nattamai Malli Pooranachandhiran, Radesh

Characterization of the genome structure of an essential oil plant, lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)

poster

Nguyen, Cuong

Identification of a role for GmKIX1 in regulating organ size in soybean

poster

Nowack, Moritz

Dead on time—Mechanisms controlling programmed cell death in plant development

talk

Ort, Donald

Improving photosynthetic efficiency for improved crop yield

talk

Piasecka, Anna

Resistance-related diversity in cereals response to pathogen infection

talk

Rajavasireddy, Satyaki P

RNA Pol4 mediates divergent maternal and paternal impacts on the Arabidopsis endosperm

poster

Riangwong, Kanamon

Genome-wide association mapping and characterization of candidate genes controlling dirty panicle disease resistance

poster

Ricci, William A

Widespread long-range Cis-regulatory elements in the maize genome

talk

Robb, Jane

The Ve-resistance locus in tomato, a plant signalling intercept

poster

Rodrigues, Jessica A

Diversity of MYB transcription factors across apple, grape and kiwifruit genomes

poster

Schuman, Meredith C

Spatial genetics of plant communities

talk

Sellamuthu, Gothandapani

Distinct evolutionary origins of intron retention splicing events in NHX1 antiporter transcripts relate to sequence specific distinctions in Oryza species

poster

Shih, Patrick

Reconstructing plant metabolism with synthetic biology

talk

Silva, Eder

Infection of tomato shoots by Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of cacao Witches’ Broom Disease, induces the repression of SPL/SBP box transcription factors to reduce immune response and promotes pathogenesis

poster

Sindarovska, Yana

Transgenic tobacco plants as a tool for correct hydroxylation and synthesis of human collagen peptides

poster

Snell, Kristi D

Breakthroughs in plant based PHB production—Harnessing nature to heal nature

talk

Solanki, Shyam

Functionally antagonistic integrated domains of the Rpg5 NLR immunity receptor interact to regulate stem rust resistance in barley

talk

Song, Liang

young vs younger—bZIP transcription factor networks at two developmental stages

poster

Srikant, Thanvi

The A. thaliana methylome influences chromatin accessibility after heat stress

talk

Tanurdzic, Milos

Gene regulatory networks and chromatin regulation in control of shoot architecture

poster

Tello-Ruiz, Marcela K

Gramene Knowledgebase—A unifying resources for comparative genomics and pathway analysis

poster

Tsuchiya, Yuichiro

Unravel strigolactone signaling and controlling parasitic plant behaviors with small molecules

talk

Virdi, Kamaldeep S

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing of soybean KAS1 alters seed composition traits and plant growth

poster

Vogel, John

Gradual polyploid genome evolution revealed by a pan-genomic analysis of Brachypodium hybridum and its diploid progenitors

talk

Wang, Bo

Variant phasing and haplotypic expression from single-molecule long-read sequencing in maize

poster

Wang, Jin

Understanding cellular metabolism using systems engineering approaches

talk

Wang, Liya

Access to MaizeCODE data via SciApps.org

poster

Wei, Sharon

Gramene subsites—Pangenome browsers for crops

poster

Wei, Wei

Validation of genetic introgression by intersubgeneric hybridization between Glycine max and Glycine tomentella

poster

Weigel, Detlef

Epistasis, the spice of life—Lessons from the study of the plant immune system

talk

Williams, Ben

Naturally occurring variation in an epigenetic control mechanism

poster

Xu, Shuqing

Insect herbivory elicits flower development gene networks as induced defense in tomato leaves

poster

Xu, Xiaosa Jack

New insights into maize ear development using single cell (sc)RNA-Seq

talk

Zambrano, Jose

Molecular characterization of Arabinoxylan fibers in oat

poster

Zhang, Jin

High-resolution expression quantitative trait nucleotide (eQTN) mapping elucidates transcriptional regulation in Populus trichocarpa

poster

Zhang, Lifang

Characterizing key regulators of primary  root development

poster

Zhang, Yinwen

Maintenance of heterochromatin causes natural epigenetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana

poster

Zhao, Cheng

Building a computational framework of cell type-specific C4 plant multiscale modeling to enhance biomass production under drought in Sorghum

poster

Zhao, Kangmei

Delineating tissue- and condition- specific transcriptional regulation of metabolism Arabidopsis thaliana

poster

Zhou, Jian-Min

A plant secondary metabolite modifies bacterial transcription factor to inhibit virulence

talk

Zhu, Jia-Ying

Quantitative and genome-wide analysis of a transcription factor module integrating light- and hormone-signaling pathways in Arabidopsis

poster