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Tel Aviv University |
February 5-8th 2012 |
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United States-Israel Binational Research & Development Fund (BARD) Workshop Microbial Virulence Determinants & Plant Innate Immunity
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Sunday February 5th
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Registration - Refreshments/Appetizers |
1:00-1:45 pm |
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Opening Welcome and BARD Introduction |
1:45-2:30 pm |
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1:45-2:10 pm |
Welcome Organizers: Adi Avni, Guido Sessa, and Mary Beth Mudgett
Moshe Mevarech – Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
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2:10-2:25 pm |
Workshop Introduction Edo Chalutz – Executive Director of BARD
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Session 1: Plant Disease Resistance and Signaling Moderator: Guido Sessa |
2:30-5:50 pm |
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2:30-3:15 pm |
Jonathan Gressel – Dept. of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute, Israel Understanding virulence and plant immunity to facilitate killing plants
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3:15-3:45 pm |
Dierk Scheel – Dept. of Stress and Developmental Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany Calcium and MAP kinase signaling in PAMP-triggered immunity
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Coffee Break |
3:45-4:15 pm |
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4:15-4:45 pm |
Guido Sessa – Dept. of Mol. Biol. & Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel MAP kinase signaling in effector-triggered immunity
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4:45-5:00 pm |
Saikat Bhattacharjee – Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, USA Multi-molecular interactions between the positive immune regulator EDS1 with resistance proteins, and the negative regulator SRFR1
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5:00-5:50 pm |
Paul Rivlin – The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel Israel in the changing middle east
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Monday February 6th |
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Session 2: Plant Immune Receptor Complexes Moderator: Adi Avni |
9 am-12:30 pm |
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09:00-09:45 am |
Brian Staskawicz – Dept. of Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, USA Recognition and activation of plant NLR immune receptors
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09:45-10:15 am |
Libo Shan – Dept. of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M Univ., USA Phosphorylation and ubiquitination of immune sensory complexes
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Coffee Break |
10:15-10:45 am |
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10:45-11:15 am |
Adi Avni – Dept. of Mol. Biol. & Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel Endocytosis and sterol biosynthesis in the induction of plant immunity
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11:15-11:45 am |
Sorina Popescu – Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell Univ., USA Intracellular trafficking of transmembrane receptors – a model for understanding signal transduction in plant immunity
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11:45-12:15 am |
Nathalie Leborgne-Castel – CNRS/Université de Bourgogne, France Role of cryptogein-induced endocytosis in tobacco
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12:15-12:30 am |
James Mitch Elmore – Dept. of Plant Pathology, UC Davis, USA Quantitative proteomics reveals dynamic changes in the plasma membrane proteome during Arabidopsis immune signaling
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Lunch Break |
12:30-2:00 pm |
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Session 3: Fungal Immunity and Signaling Moderator: Amir Sharon |
2:00-5:00 pm |
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2:00-2:30 pm |
Bart Thomma – Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen Univ., Netherland The molecular biology of Verticillium-tomato interactions
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2:30-3:00 pm |
Dov Prusky – Dept. of Postharvest and Food Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel Fungal-induced alkalinization process in susceptible hosts: a wide mechanism affecting pathogenicity
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3:00-3:30 pm |
Tesfaye Mengiste – Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue Univ., USA Regulatory mechanisms in plant resistance to necrotrophic pathogens |
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Coffee Break |
3:30-4:00 pm |
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4:00-4:30 pm |
Amir Sharon – Dept. of Mol. Biol. & Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel Botrytis-plant interaction: a crosstalk of cell death
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4:30-4:45 pm |
Julia Schumacher – Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, M?nster Univ., Germany Identification of new virulence factors by T-DNA-mediated insertional mutagenesis in Botrytis cinerea
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4:45-5:00 pm |
Maggie Levy – Dept. of Plant Pathol. & Microbiol., Hebrew Univ., Israel Modified cuticle in SHN1/WIN1 gain of function mutant provokes inappropriate defense responses that consequently lead to susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea
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Session 4: Posters
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5:00-6:00 pm |
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5:00-6:00 pm |
Posters and Refreshments – All participants
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Tuesday February 7th |
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Session 5: Effector Targets and Pathogenicity Moderator: Mary Beth Mudgett |
9 am -13:00 pm |
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09:00-09:30 am |
Yedidya Gafni – Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel The role of the host papain-like cysteine protease CYP1 in plant viral infection
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09:30-10:00 am |
Jian-Min Zhou – National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China A novel modifier of a plant immune protein from bacteria
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10:00-10:30 am |
Adam Bogdanove – Dept. of Plant Pathol. & Microbiol., Iowa State Univ., USA Tallying TAL effector targets in Xanthomonas-rice interactions
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Coffee Break |
10:30-11:00 pm |
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11:00-11:30 am |
Isaac Barash – Dept. of Mol. Biol. & Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel Highlights in the evolution of Pantoea agglomerans into a gall forming pathogen
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11:30-12:00 pm |
Saul Burdman – Dept. of Plant Pathol. & Microbiol., Hebrew Univ., Israel Deciphering virulence mechanisms in the yet non-model cucurbit pathogenic bacterium Acidovorax citrulli
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12:00-12:30 pm |
Mary Beth Mudgett – Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford Univ., USA Tomato 14-3-3 TFT1: XopN effector target or activator?
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12:30-12:45 pm |
Laura Chalupowicz – Dept. of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel An insight into the molecular interactions between Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis and tomato
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12:45-13:00 pm |
Alon Savidor – Dept. of Mol. Biol. & Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel The Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis–tomato interactome reveals perception of pathogen by host and suggests mechanisms of infection
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Lunch Break |
13:00-2:30 pm |
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Session 6: Plant Defense Responses Moderator: Robert Fluhr |
2:30-4:45 pm |
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2:30-3:00 pm |
Yigal Cohen – Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan Univ., Israel Bremia lactucae–Lactuca sp. interactions: mechanisms involved in induced resistance and non-host resistance
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3:00-3:30 pm |
Robert Fluhr – Dept. of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute, Israel A serpin protease inhibitor controls cell death
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3:30-4:00 pm |
Teun Munnik – Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam Univ., Netherland Phospholipid signaling in plant defense
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4:00-4:15 pm
4:15-4:30 |
Avishai Mor – Dept. of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute, Israel Rapid wound response in plants involves singlet oxygen
André Velásquez – Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell Univ., USA A tomato LysM receptor-like kinase promotes immunity and its kinase activity is inhibited by AvrPtoB
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Coffee Break |
4:30-5:00 pm |
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Session 7: Agro-Biotechnology Moderator: Guido Sessa |
5:00-6:00 pm |
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5:00-5:30 pm |
Dror Shalitin – Evogene, Rehovot, Israel General approach for gene identification targeting plant disease resistance
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5:30-6:00 pm |
Eli Kayat – Rahan Meristem, Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra, Israel Enhanced fungal resistance in transgenic banana plants (Musa acuminate AAA) expressing cottonwood (Populus sargentii) pathogen related eIF5A gene
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Closing Remarks Organizers: Adi Avni, Guido Sessa, Mary Beth Mudgett |
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6:00-6:30 pm |
Priorities for future research and collaboration
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