Plant Cell Dynamics 2021

Chunhua Zhang Tribute

June 1-3

MWPCD 2021_Talks

Time: 9:15am-12:30pm CST

MWPCD 2021_poster sessions

Time: 4:30-8:00 PM CST

Program: There will be two sessions per day, with talks in the morning and poster sessions in the evening. Zoom rooms available each afternoon for open use.

Note all times correspond to Central Standard Time, USA (CST)

Zoom meeting links to talk and poster sessions will be sent to all registered participants

Tuesday, June 1^st

9:45 am: Opening remarks by Dan Szymanski (Purdue University)

10:00-10:35 am: Keynote Speaker Takashi Ueda (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)

10:35-10:55 am: Kriechbaumer Lab (Oxford Brookes University, UK)

10:55-11:05 am: Break

11:05-11:25 am: Heese Lab (University of Missouri, USA)

11:25-11:45 am: Bassil Lab (University of Florida, USA)

11:45-12:05 am: Friml Lab (IST, Austria)

12:05-12:30 pm: Zhang Lab (Purdue University, USA)

Tuesday, June 1^st

5:00-6:30 pm Poster sessions

5:00-5:45 pm: posters 1 to 10

5:45-6:30 pm: posters 11 to 20

Wednesday, June 2^nd

10:00-10:35 am: Keynote Speaker Charlie Cunningham (NSF)

10:35-10:55 am: Smertenko Lab (Washington State University, USA)

10:55-11:05 am: Break

11:05-11:25 am: Braybrook Lab (UCLA, USA)

11:25-11:45 am: Zabotina Lab (Iowa State University, USA)

11:45-12:05 am: Anderson Lab (Penn State, USA)

Wednesday, June 2^nd

5:00-6:30 pm Poster sessions

5:00-5:45 pm: posters 21 to 30

5:45-6:30 pm: posters 31 to 40

Thursday, June 3^rd

10:00-10:35am: Keynote Speaker Michelle Facette (UMass Amherst, USA)

10:35-10:55 am: Haswell Lab (Washington University, USA)

10:55-11:05 am: Break

11:05-11:25 am: Rasmussen Lab (UC-Riverside, USA)

11:25-11:45 am: Kessler Lab (Purdue University, USA)

11:45-12:05 am: Rodriguez-Villalon Lab (ETH, Switzerland)

12:05-12:15 am: Plans for 2022 meeting by Georgia Drakakaki (UC Davis).

Thursday, June 3rd

5:00-6:30 pm Poster sessions

5:00-5:45 pm: posters 41 to 50

5:45-6:30 pm: posters 51 to 62

Poster Schedule and Breakout Room

Tuesday, June 1^st

5:00-5:45 pm: posters 1 to 10

Breakout room	Poster #	First author - Lab	Title
A	1	Peifeng Yu - Hua Lab	The Ubituitin-26S Proteasome and Autophagy Systems Relay Proteome Homeostasis Regulation During Seed Development
	2	Youngwoo Lee - Szymanski	Multimerization variants as potential drivers of neofunctionalization
B	3	Ayoub Stelate - Petrasek	The identification of cytoskeletal determinants of PIN-FORMED protein dynamics within the plasma membrane.
	4	Jinmo Gu - Nebenfuehr	The power of engineering organelle movements in plants
C	5	Katarzyna Retzer	Root illumination status defines PIN-FORMED2 (PIN2) subcellular distribution and intracellular trafficking
	6	Justin Brueggeman - Nebenfuehr	Nuclear Movement in Growing Root Hairs in Arabidopsis thaliana Depends on Multiple Mechanisms
D	7	Alexander Johnson - Friml	The TPLATE complex mediates membrane bending during plant clathrin-mediated endocytosis
	8	Sara Maynard - Griffing	405nm photostimulation of the endoplasmic reticulum-chloroplast contact site in Arabidopsis hypocotyls causes rapid cytoskeletal depolymerization and elevated cytoplasmic calcium
E	9	Tyler Mendes - Meier	Identifying motor proteins that function in male germ unit movement in Arabidopsis thaliana pollen tubes
	10	Weiwei Zhang - Staiger	Arabidopsis myosin XIK interacts with the exocyst complex to facilitate vesicle tethering during exocytosis

Tuesday, June 1^st

5:45-6:30 pm: posters 11 to 20

Breakout room	Poster #	First author - Lab	Title
A	11	Yang Li - Hua	A machine learning approach to prioritizing functionally active F-box genes in plants
	12	Giulia Russo - Schubert	Strigolactones and abiotic stress in plants: modulation of abscisic acid transport
B	13	Ning Zhang - Zabotina	Xyloglucan synthesizing complex: protein-protein interactions, localization, trafficking, and compositional dynamics.
	14	Guillermo Baena - Karnikbr	Trafficking SNARE SYP132 contributes to stomatal defenses through regulation of plasma membrane H+-ATPases
C	15	Sidney L. Shaw - Shaw	Evidence for GTPase rate constant regulation in cortical microtubule dynamics.
	16	Megan Paredes - Griffing	Photostimulation at the ER-chloroplast contact sites induces mitochondrial and peroxisomal clustering.
D	17	Anthony Postiglione - Muday	Spatial Regulation of ABA-Induced ROS Synthesis During Stomatal Closure
	18	Alani Antoine-Mitchell – Heese	Novel vesicular trafficking component modulates Fe sensing and IRT1 accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
E	19	Abira Sahu - Nielsen.	Functional Characterization of CSLD2, CSLD3, and CSLD5 Proteins during Cell Wall Synthesis
	20	Xiaojiang Guo	An Interrogation of Kinesin-14 Evolution Reveals Novel Motors in the Spindle Midzone for Establishing the Bipolar Mitotic Apparatus

Wednesday, June 2^nd

5:00-5:45 pm: posters 21 to 30

Breakout room	Poster #	First author - Lab	Title
A	21	Zizhen Liang - Kang	CURT1A is required for the assembly of grana stacks at the prolamellar body surface in the Arabidopsis etioplast
	22	Baiying LI	Distinct COPII populations in nutrient deprivation and stress conditions
B	23	Yonglun Zeng - Jiang	The Plant Energy Sensor SnRK1 Phosphorylates FREE1 to Regulate Autophagosome Closure Through Orchestrating the ESCRTIII Complex and Core Autophagy Machinery
	24	Francois Jobert - Robert	Understanding the mechanisms of cell shape regulation in jigsaw puzzle-shaped leaf pavement cells
C	25	PJuan Carlos Montesinos - Benkova	Cytokinin modulation of the microtubules dynamics, a mechanism regulating cell differentiation in plants
	26	Morgan Moser - Meier	Establishing the molecular role of SINE proteins in regulating stomatal dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana
D	27	Umma Fatema Mohammad Foteh Ali - Kawashima	Investigating the Role of the Class XI Myosin in F-actin Dynamics required for Sperm Nuclear Migration in the Arabidopsis Central Cell
	28	Ivan Radin - Haswell	Plant homologs of PIEZO mechanosensitive ion channels localize to the tonoplast and affect vacuolar morphology
E	29	Kelly Mason - Heese	Synergistic roles of Clathrin Coated Vesicle (CCV) components in modulating basal plant immune responses.
	30	Dae Kwan Ko - Brandizzi	Transcriptional competition shapes proteotoxic ER stress resolution

Wednesday, June 2^nd

5:45-6:30 pm: posters 31 to 40

Breakout room	Poster #	First author - Lab	Title
A	31	M. Arif Ashraf - Facette	Tale of the nucleus: A protein in the nuclear membrane is required for correct division plane orientation
	32	Sabrina Kaiser - Scheuring	The vacuole - cytoskeleton connection: a handle to regulate growth?
B	33	Yao Xiao - Schwechheimer	KIPK-mediated termination of hypocotyl negative gravitropism
	34	Jenny Codjoe - Haswell	Mechanosensitive ion channel MSL10 genetically and physically interacts with ER-plasma membrane contact site proteins
C	35	Lu Wang - Dong	Connected function of PRAF and GNOM in membrane trafficking controls intrinsic cell polarity in plants
	36	Benjamin P. Graham - Haigler	Cotton fibers as a case study of how cells set their diameter
D	37	Nga Nguyen - Heese	Clathrin adaptor regulates plasma membrane protein abundance in the roots for effective hormone efflux
	38	Mingqin Chang - Drakakaki	Identification of new molecular players during plant cytokinesis
E	39	Alina Graf - Schwechheimer	A repeated cysteine-containing motif in AGC1 kinases and its role in cell biology
	40	Chloe Champeyroux  - Rodriguez-Villalon	Evolution of two PTENs subfamilies to regulate different vacuolar trafficking routes during plant development

Thursday, June 3rd

5:00-5:45 pm: posters 41 to 50

Breakout room	Poster #	First author - Lab	Title
A	41	Adria Sans Sanchez - Zwiewka	Arabidopsis FLIPPASE as new vesicular trafficking regulator in stress conditions
	42	Kamryn Spinelli - Wu	Inferring the distribution of material secretion for tip-growing cells via a mechano-geometric model
B	43	A. E. Lanassa Bassukas - Schwechheimer	PDK1 substrate AGC1 PAX kinase controls protophloem differentiation and vein patterning
	44	Gujas Bojan - Rodriguez-Villalon	Traffic Lights of Xylem Cell Differentiation: PTEN2s Regulation of Tonoplast Dynamics
C	45	Aimee N. Uyehara - Rasmussen	Analysis of aberrant, preprophase band-independent TANGLED1 recruitment to the cell cortex in maize
	46	Boyuan Liu - Vidali	Loss-of-function and localization analysis of Sec6 and Sec3 in Physcomitrium patens
D	47	Cifrova Petra - Schwarzerova	Role of ARP2/3 complex in Arabidopsis thaliana reproduction
	48	Rosalie Sinclair - Drakakaki	Callose and Membrane Dynamics During Cytokinesis In Land Plants And Ancestral Cell Walls
E	49	Janlo M. Robil - McSteen	The large scutellar node1 gene is required for auxin-mediated root and vascular development in maize
	50	Matthew Hickey - Smertenko	A model for microtubule dynamics in the Arabidopsis phragmoplast

Thursday, June 3rd

5:45-6:30 pm: posters 51 to 62

Breakout room	Poster #	First author - Lab	Title
A	51	Alison Mills, - Rasmussen	Functional Characterization of TAN1 Role in Division Plane Orientation Using an Arabidopsis Synthetic Double Mutant
	52	Leo G Koenigsfeld - McSteen	tls4 functions in auxin mediated vegetative and reproductive development in maize
B	53	Beatrice N. Diep - Rasmussen	Analysis of the preprophase band’s role in recruiting TANGLED1 and its role in division plane orientation in Zea mays
	54	Muhammad Zaki Jawaid - Drakakaki	A Biophysical Model for Plant Cell Plate Development Based on the Contribution of Callose to a Spreading Force
C	55	Yan Ju - Kessler	FERONIA-mediated polar accumulation of NORTIA at the filiform apparatus facilitates intra- and inter-specific pollen tube reception in Arabidopsis thaliana
	56	Qiong Nan - Kessler	WPRs Acting as a Downstream of PAN2 Receptor Is Involved in the Polarity Establishment in Maize Stomata
D	57	Lei Huang - Zhang	Endosidin20-1 is more potent than Endosidin20 in inhibiting plant cellulose biosynthesis
	58	Samuel A. Belteton - Szymanski	Real-time conversion of tissue-scale mechanical forces into an interdigitated growth pattern
E	59	Liyuan Xu - Staiger	Inhibition of actin filament nucleators leads enhances de novo filament nucleation in Arabidopsis.
	60	Xiaohui Li - Zhang	Identify novel regulators of exocytosis in Arabidopsis through chemical genetics screening
F	61	Natasha Bilkey - Dixit	The epidermis drives twisted growth of Arabidopsis roots
	62	Rachappa Balkunde - Dixit	Novel Cytoskeletal Regulators of Trichome Branching in Arabidopsis