08:50-09:00

Opening Ceremony

Chair: Dabing Zhang

09:00-09:30

Plant peroxiosmes: proteolytic modulation and abiotic stress response

Dr. Jianping Hu (MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Plant Biology Department, Michigan State University)

09:30-10:00

Clearance of maternal barriers by paternal miR159 to initiate endosperm nuclear division in Arabidopsis

Dr. Binglian Zheng (School of Life Sciences, Fudan University)

10:00-10:30

Mature ovule size in barley is determined by localised cell division and expansion and contributes to downstream seed development

Dr. Matthew Tucker (School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, the University of Adelaide)

10:30-10:50

Coffee Break

Chair: Jianping Hu

10:50-11:20

Specific modulation of brassinosteroids signaling promotes plant reproductive development and increases crop yield

Dr. Wenhui Lin (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

11:20-11:50

Auxin independent MONOPTEROS activity during ovule development

Dr. Lucia Colombo (Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano)

11:50-13:30

Lunch

Chair: Hongwei Xue

14:00-14:30

Studies on the growth and development of shoots in Bambusa emeiensis

Dr. Shangliang Hu (College of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science & Technology)

14:30-15:00

A novel mechanism of vesicle trafficking governs pollen germination

Dr. Haiyun Ren (School of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University)

15:00-15:30

Mechanism of actin polymerization at pollen tube tip

Dr. Shanjin Huang (Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University)

15:30-15:50

Coffee Break

Chair: Gynheung An

15:50-16:20

Proteasome regulation in hormone effects and plant development

Dr. Hongwei Xue (School of Agriculture & Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

16:20-16:50

EAT1 Regulates Anther Development and Pollen Wall Pattern by Interacting with TDR in Rice

Dr. Jie Xu (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

16:50-17:20

Pectin biosynthesis coordinate s pollen tube growth and plant fertility

Dr. Yihua Zhou (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science)

17:20-17:50

Hypertolerance to ammonia toxicity related with saline upregulation of nitrogen metabolism and the function of ammonia transporter in halophyte Salicornia europaea

Dr. Yinan Yao (College of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science & Technology)

18:30

Dinner

Chair: Jim Whelan

09:00-09:30

Regulation of cellulose synthesis during stress and development

Dr. Staffan Persson (School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne)

09:30-10:00

Rice actin binding protein RMD controls crown root angle in response to external phosphate

Dr. Dabing Zhang (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

10:00-10:30

Decoding the precise control mechanism underlying microtubule Severing

Dr. Zhaosheng Kong (Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

10:30-10:50

Coffee Break

Chair: Jian Xu

10:50-11:20

Role of jasmonate in rice reproductive development

Dr. Zheng Yuan (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

11:20-11:50

WOX11 recruits a histone H3K27me3 demethylase to promote gene expression during shoot development in rice

Dr. Yu Zhao (National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement， Huazhong Agricultural University)

11:50-13:30

Lunch

Chair: Staffan Persson

14:00-14:30

Branching out: linking lateral root development with environmental signals

Dr. Malcolm Bennett (School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham)

14:30-15:00

The role of mitochondrial signalling in abiotic stress responses

Dr. Jim Whelan (ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Science, La Trobe University)

15:00-15:30

Chilling stress and stem cell integrity: A root perspective

Dr. Jian Xu (Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore)

15:30-15:50

Coffee Break

Chair: Malcolm Bennett

15:50-16:20

Sucrose functions as a signal of flowering in rice

Dr. Gynheung An (Crop Biotech Institute, KyungHee University)

16:20-16:50

Modulation of auxin biosynthesis and signaling for crop improvement

Dr. Yunde Zhao (Section of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego)

16:50-17:20

OsINP1 and OsDAF1 control pollen aperture formation in rice

Dr. Wanqi Liang (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

17:20-17:50

Arabidopsis HSP70-16 is required for flower opening under normal or mild heat stress temperatures

Dr. Jianxin Shi (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

18:30

Dinner