Session 2: Plastid Biogenesis and Interorganellar Cooperation
09:00 - 10:35
Chair: Alison Smith, John-Innes Institute, UK
09.00 - 09.40 Thomas Pfannschmiddt, University of Grenoble, FR
The generation of the plastid encoded RNA polymerase PEP as bottleneck for chloroplast biogenesis
09.40 - 10.20 Jane Langdale, University of Oxford, UK
Transcriptional regulation of chloroplast biogenesis
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break & Group Photo
Session 3: Plastid Metabolism
11.00 - 12.45
Chair: Bettina Bölter, LMU, DE
11.00 - 11.40 Alison Smith, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
The chloroplast at night
11.40 - 12.20 Kevin Redding, Arizona State University, USA
Relocation of the gene encoding the algal FeFe hydrogenase from the nucleus to the chloroplast
12.20 - 12.35 Marion Eisenhut, Heinrich-Heine-University, DE
Giving function to the unknown - the novel protein family MNX facilitates manganese export in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms
12.35 - 12.50 Steve Kelly, University of Oxford, UK
Dissecting the regulatory network governing C4 photosynthesis through exploitation of natural variation
12:50 Lunch and Free Time
Session 4: Plastid Genetic Systems
15.00 - 18.05
Chair: Shin-ya Miyagishima, National Institute of Genetics, JP
15.00 - 15.40 Christian Schmitz-Linneweber, Humboldt University, DE
Chloroplast Ribonomics
15.40 - 16.20 Sally Mackenzie, University of Nebraska, USA
Plastid signaling and epigenetic response in plants
16:20 - 16.50 Coffee break
(Continued) Session 4
16.50 - 18.05
16.50 - 17.10 Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont, University of Geneva, CH
Chloroplast RNA metabolism – why so complex
17.10 - 17.25 Peter Kindgren, University of Western Australia, AU
Can we design PPR proteins to bind user-defined RNA targets
17.25 - 17.40 Sandra Tanz, University of Western Australia, AU
Chloroplast Gene Expression in C4 Cleome
17.40 - 17.55 HsiangChun Lin, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
Making a C4 rice prototype