Program and Speakers

9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks Xiaofeng Cao, Institute of Genetics and Developmental , CAS Steve Mao, Cell

9:10 a.m. Keynote Vernalization: environmental sensing and epigenetic switching Caroline Dean,

10:00 a.m. TBD Xiaofeng Cao, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS

New Horizons for Plant 10:30 a.m. Sensing cold temperature in rice Kang Chong, Institute of , CAS

Biology: From Root to 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break Shoot to the Field 11:30 a.m. Seedling emerging out of soil: life and death decisions Xing-Wang Deng, Peking University Friday, November 18, 2016 2016年11月18日 星期五 12:00 p.m. TBD Zhizhong Gong, Chinese Agriculture 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. University Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 12:30 p.m. Free Lunch (for registered participants only) 中国科学院 遗传与发育生物学研究所1号楼215报告厅 1:30 p.m. Plastid to mitochondrial signals regulate 北京市朝阳区北辰西路1号院, 100101 programmed cell death in Jiayang Li, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS Organizers Susanne Brink 2:00 p.m. Perception of plant hormones by classical Trends in Plant Science, Cell Press receptor or non-canonical receptor Daoxin Xie, Tsinghua University Xiaofeng Cao 曹晓风 Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS 2:30 p.m. The role of ER quality control during pollen tube guidance in Flowering plants Anne Knowlton Weicai Yang, Institute of Genetics and Current Biology, Cell Press Developmental Biology, CAS

Steve Mao 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break Cell, Cell Press 3:30 p.m. Analysis of a class of cytoplasmic kinases To register, go to: provides new insight into plant immune http://www.cell.com/lablinks regulation Jianmin Zhou, Institute of Genetics and Registration is FREE (space is limited) Developmental Biology, CAS

4:00 p.m. TBD This free, one-day meeting, co-sponsored by Cell Yong-Guan Zhu, Institute of Urban Press, the Institute of Genetics and Development Environment, CAS and the State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics 4:30 p.m. Keynote of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will bring Plant intracellular immune receptors; diversity, together plant biologists from the Greater Beijing deployment and dissection Area. Attendees will be treated to a series of short Jonathan Jones, The Sainsbury Laboratory, CAS talks from leaders in the field, and this will be an excellent opportunity for local research groups 5:20 p.m. Closing Remarks to interact and for newcomers to this area of Susanne Brink, Trends in Plant Science research to get a broad overview of the field. This Anne Knowlton, Current Biology meeting will tackle the major challenges of the Sponsored by field, including bridging the gap between basic research and applied agriculture.