Systems biology and ecology of CAM plants

Please note that this is a draft programme. The topics, titles, timings and order are provisional and are subject to change. The confirmed programme will be published nearer the date of the meeting.

 

Tuesday 15th July

 

13:00–14:30

Registration and arrivals

 

14:30–14:45

Welcome from the organisers

 

14:45–15:45

Andrew Smith

Keynote: Turgor, succulence, acidity and CAM: the central role of the vacuole in carbon capture and storage

15:45–16:35

Thomas Brutnell

Keynote: C4 model systems

 

 

 

16:35–17:00

Break

 

 

 

 

Session 1

Genomics

Chair: Anne Borland

17:00–17:40

James Hartwell

Genomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic adventures with CAM

17:40–18:20

Xiaohan Yang

Comparative genomics of CAM, C3 and C4 plants.

18:20–19:00

David Weston

The transcriptomic and proteomic networks underlying Agave americana physiology

 

 

 

19:00–20:00

Dinner

 

20:00–21:00

Poster viewing

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 16th July

 

08:25–08:30

Announcements

 

Session 1 (cont.)

Genomics

Chair: Xiaohan Yang

08:30–09:10

June Simpson

Comparative transcriptome analysis in Agave species.

09:10–09:50

Hengfu Yin

The draft genome of Agave tequilana.

09:50–10:30

Bernard Wone

Transcriptional dynamics of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in the facultative CAM species, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

 

 

 

10:30–11:00

Break

 

 

 

11:00–11:40

Ray Ming

The draft genome of pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

11:40–12:40

Discussion (CAM genomics)

Chair: James Hartwell

 

 

 

12:40–14:00

Lunch

 

 

 

14:00–14:40

Sarah Davis

Keynote: Potential for converting light to liquid fuel using CAM crops in semi‐arid regions

14:40–15:40

Selected poster talks

 

14:40–14:55

Paul Abraham

P1 Capturing the dynamics of CAM: transcriptome and proteome analysis of diel cycle gene expression in Agave americana

14:55–15:10 Zong-Ming (Max) Cheng

P4 The comparative transcriptomic analysis of ten species in five subfamilies of Orchidaceae

15:10–15:25 Won Cheol Yim

P35 Transcriptome sequencing and RNA-seq mRNA expression profiling in the facultative CAM model species Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

15:25–15:40 Nanako Isshiki

P19 Promoter characteristics of CAM related genes

     

15:40–16:00

Break

 

 

 

 

Session 2

Metabolism, Metabolomics & Proteomics

Chair: James Hartwell

16:00–16:40

John Cushman

Novel insights into crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) from metabolomic studies.

16:40–17:20

Anne Borland

Orchestration of starch degradation in CAM plants

17:20–18:00

Luciano Freschi

Developmental, environmental and hormonal regulation of CAM expression in bromeliads

 

 

 

18:00–19:00

Dinner

 

19:00–21:00

Poster session

 

 

 

 

Thursday 17th July

 

08:25–08:30

Announcements

 

Session 2 (cont.)

Metabolism, Metabolomics & Proteomics

Chair: John Cushman

08:30–09:10

Johan Ceusters

Malate metabolism and leaf physiology 'enlightened'

09:10–09:50

Susanna Boxall

Kalanchoe loss of function mutants

09:50–10:30

George Ratcliffe

Analysis of CAM using constraints-based metabolic modelling.

10:30–11:15

Discussion (Roadmap for CAM Research)

Chair: Xiaohan Yang

   
  
 
   

11:15–11:30

Break

 

 

 

 

11:30–12:20

Rowan Sage

Keynote lecture: The functional anatomy of C3, C4 and CAM photosynthesis. 

12:20–13:20

Selected poster talks

 

12:20–12:35

Karolina Heyduk

P16 Lability of CAM expression in the homoploid hybrid Yucca gloriosa

12:35–12:50

Jacob Vogenberg

P34 Adaptation to deep shade: evolution of tropical cacti

12:50–13:05

Lonnie Guralnick

P13 Variability in the contribution of CAM in populations of Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. in the Eastern Cape

13:05–13:20

Paulo Mioto

P25 Abscisic acid production in leaves of different age in Guzmania monostachia with CAM up-regulated by drought

     

13:20–14:20

Lunch

 

 

 

 

Session 3

Evolution, Ecology & Ecophysiology

Chair: Klaus Winter

14:20–15:00

Erika Edwards

Rethinking the CAM evolutionary trajectory

15:00–15:40

Katia Silvera

Functional diversification of CAM in tropical orchids

15:40–16:20

Joe Holtum

Towards an Australian CAM flora: beginning with Calandrinia

 

 

 

16:20–16:50

Break

 

 

 

 

16:50–17:30

Howard Griffiths

Shifty work on CAM: has working the late shift lead to a Phase shift in CAM ecology and productivity modelling?

17:30–18:10

Casandra Reyes Garcia

Ecophysiological traits that influence colonization and survival of epiphytic bromeliads in a changing climate.
 

18:10–18:50

David Williams

Isotopic ecology and physiology of columnar cacti.

 

 

 

18:50–20:30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

Friday 18th July

 

08:25–08:30

Announcements

 

Session 3 (cont.)

Evolution, Ecology & Ecophysiology

Chair: Joe Holtum

08:30–09:10

Klaus Winter

Observations on Phase-III-CO2 leakage, CAM idling, and Jatropha.

09:10–09:50

Erick de la Barrera

Effects of climate change on CAM crops.

 

 

 

09:50–10:10

Break

 

 

 

 

10:10–10:50

Jose Luis Andrade

CAM plants of the Yucatan Peninsula: what have we learned? What else do we need to see?

10:50–11:40

Discussion (Evolution & ecophysiology)

Chair: Howard Griffiths

11:40–12:00

Closing remarks

 

 

 

 

12:00–13:00

Lunch

 

 

 

 

13:15–18:00

Trip to Emerald Bay