Program
| 8:30 AM | Registration ISB Atrium |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome ISB Auditorium Ana Caicedo, PB Program Leader |
| 9:05 AM | Structural Insights into Plant Respiration MARIA MALDONADO Department of Plant Biology, UC Davis (Introduced by Sibongile Mafu) |
| 9:55 AM | Break |
| 10:10 AM | Mechanisms of Mutation Rate Variation in Plant Mitochondria DANIEL SLOAN Department of Biology, Colorado State University (Introduced by Michelle Facette) |
| 11:00 AM | Understanding and Altering Chloroplast Photoprotection to Improve Crop Productivity KRISHNA NIYOGI Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley (Introduced by Michelle DaCosta) |
| 12:00 - 2:00 PM | Poster set-up, lunch and poster preview Campus Center, 11th floor |
| 2:10 PM | Welcome to afternoon session ISB Auditorium Alice Cheung, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| 2:20 PM | Cellular and Physiological Effects of Chloroplast/Mitochondrial Iron Export JEEYON JEONG Department of Biology, Amherst College (Introduced by Alice Cheung) |
| 3:10 PM | NORDIN LECTURE: Improving Photosynthesis Through Chloroplast Engineering MAUREEN HANSON Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University (Introduced by Elizabeth Vierling) |
| 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Reception and Poster Session Campus Center, 11th floor |
Speakers
- Maureen Hanson, Cornell University
- Maria Maldonado, University of California, Davis
- Daniel Sloan, Colorado State University
- Kris Niyogi, University of California, Berkeley
- Jeeyon Jeong, Amherst College
Faculty Coordinators
- Alice Cheung
- Michelle DaCosta
- Michelle Facette
- Elizbeth Vierling
Registration
Register online for free. Lunch is included for all attendees. We encourage attendees to present a poster.
A block of rooms will be held for the symposium at the UMass Hotel until September 20, 2023. Reserve a room
For information on our past symposiums, see the Plant Biology Annual Symposium History page.
