Source: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI submitted to NRP
THE 32ND ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY PLANT GROUP SYMPOSIUM - THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PLANT ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESS RESPONSES
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1007113
Grant No.
2015-67013-24017
Cumulative Award Amt.
$10,000.00
Proposal No.
2015-05015
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2015
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2016
Grant Year
2015
Program Code
[A1101]- Plant Health and Production and Plant Products: Biology of Agricultural Plants
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
(N/A)
COLUMBIA,MO 65211
Performing Department
Plant Sciences
Non Technical Summary
An increased understanding of the interface between plant biotic and biotic stress responses will allow U.S. agriculture to face critical needs in developing effective germplasm and address the impacts of climate change, loss of agricultural land, global competition, and food and feed security. Knowledge of how plants respond to and tolerate multiple and simultaneous stressors remains in its infancy and increased attention to this critical area is needed.AFRI funding will support an interdisciplinary symposium covering a range of plant biology disciplines that will bring together leading plant stress biology experts with diverse approaches to understand the adaptive strategies that plants have evolved to cope with biotic and abiotic stresses (individually and in concert). A global perspective will be provided through inclusion of international speakers. The symposium will take place from May 27-29, 2015 at the University of Missouri.The specific objectives of the symposium are to provide an interdisciplinary forum where prominent scholars can examine current international challenges in plant stress biology with an emphasis on the interface between abiotic and biotic stress responses; stimulate research collaborations among those in the research community; and engage students and postdoctoral fellows in investigating these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. The symposium supports a number of USDA-NIFA strategic goals as well as the research priority areas of four AFRI program areas; 1) Growth and Development, Composition and Stress Tolerance; 2) Photosynthesis and Nutrient Use in Agricultural Plants; 3) Plant-Associated Microbes and Plant-Microbe Interactions; and 4) Plant-Associated Insects and Nematodes.
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
100%
Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
2032499102018%
1022499101018%
1042499115018%
2062499105018%
2113110113018%
2123130112010%
Goals / Objectives
The 32nd Annual IPG Symposium on Plants Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Interface between Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses will be held May 27 - 29, 2015, in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, MO.The specific objectives of the IPG Symposium are to:provide an interdisciplinary forum where prominent scholars can present their research on plant stress biology highlighting the interface between abiotic and biotic stressors;examine current international challenges in maintaining plant productivity in all landscapes in a changing and stressful abiotic and biotic environment;stimulate research collaborations through interactions and networking among those in the research community;engage students and postdoctoral fellows in investigating issues in plant stress biology from an interdisciplinary perspective;facilitate the development of international collaborations to address global food security challenges
Project Methods
The 2015 Symposium on the Interface between Plant Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses will include (1) two keynote presentations on the state of and grand challenges in the field that are open to the public; (2) a provided lunch and a networking reception on the first day to facilitate exchanges between all symposium attendees; (3) eight sessions covering diverse aspects of plant stress responses from the molecular to the ecological and evolutionary level; (4) two speed poster and two regular poster sessions; (5) a networking dinner exclusively for students/postdoctoral fellows and invited speakers; (6) a summary lecture discussing interconnecting themes, exciting future directions, and open questions; and (7) an exhibitor show.Invited speakers will be given 30 or 40 minutes to present their research. There will also be four 15-minute poster presentations through out the symposium. Selection of these poster talks will be based on abstracts submitted prior to the meeting with preferential selection for graduate student and postdoctoral fellow presentations. A conscious effort has been made to invite young, early career researchers (Taryn Bauerle, Alisa Huffaker, Mehdi Kabbage), and women (Christine Foyer, Heidi Appel, Jian Hua, Elizabeth Vierling, Joy Bergelson, Lisa Ainsworth, Marilyn Roossinck, in addition to Alisa Huffacker, and Taryn Bauerle).Tentative schedule for the 32nd Annual Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) SymposiumWednesday May 27th 8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast9:00 - 9:05 Welcome, Robert Sharp, Walter Gassmann, Mel Oliver9:05 - 9:15 Opening remarks, MU Chancellor Bowen Loftin9:15 - 10:00 Christine Foyer, University of Leeds, Opening Keynote Lecture (effects of abiotic and biotic stress on development; open to public)10:00 - 10:30 Cyril Zipfel, Sainsbury Laboratory (pattern recognition receptors and plant development)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break11:00 - 11:30 Simon Barak, Ben-Gurion University (systems biology of abiotic stress responses)11:30 - 12:00 Jian Hua, Cornell University (temperature and plant immunity)12:00 - 12:30 Elizabeth Vierling, University of Massachusetts Amherst (molecular chaperones)12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (provided)2:00 - 2:30 Joy Bergelson, University of Chicago (ecology and evolution of plant immunity)2:30 - 2:45 Selected Abstract Talk #1 (junior scientist)2:45 - 3:15 Lisa Ainsworth, USDA-ARS and University of Illinois-Champaign, Urbana (climate change and plant growth)3:15 - 3:30 Selected Abstract Talk #23:30 - 3.45 Speed Posters - even posters3:45 - 5:00 Poster Session - even posters attending5:00 - 6:00 Reception/Poster Session6:15 - 7:00 Julian Schroeder, University of California, San Diego, Evening Keynote Lecture (systems biology of guard cell signaling, open to public)Thursday May 28th8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast9:00 - 9:30 John Cushman, University of Nevada, Reno (CAM, abiotic stress tolerance)9:30 - 10:00 Antonio Leyva, Spanish National Biotechnology Centre, Madrid (arsenic tolerance and root development)10:00 - 10:30 Heidi Appel, University of Missouri (insect-plant interactions)10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break11:00 - 11:30 Mehdi Kabbage, University of Wisconsin-Madison (programmed cell death and necrotrophs)11:30 - 12:00 Marilyn Roossinck, Penn State (ecology and evolution of plant viruses)12:00 - 12:30 Brian Enquist, University of Arizona (community and macroecology)12:30 - 2:30 Lunch2:30 - 3:00 Alisa Huffacker, University of California, San Diego (plant peptide signals)3:00 - 3:15 Selected Abstract Talk #33:15 - 3:45 Igor Kovalchuk, University of Lethbridge (epigenetics of plant stress responses)3:45 - 4:00 Selected Abstract Talk #44:00 - 4:15 Speed Posters - odd posters4:15 - 5:30 Poster Session - odd posters attending5:30 - 6:30 Poster Session - all posters6:30 - 8:30 Student/postdoc/speaker dinnerFriday May 29th 8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast9:00 - 9:30 Florian Grundler, University of Bonn (plant parasitic nematodes)9:30 - 10:00 Taryn Bauerle, Cornell University (woody root responses to abiotic and biotic stresses)10:00 - 10:15 Selected Abstract Talk #410:15 - 11:00 Coffee Break11:00 - 11:30 Corné Pieterse, University of Utrecht (plant hormone networks in stress responses)11:30 - 12:00 Peter McCourt, University of Toronto (systems biology of ABA signaling)12:00 - 12:30 John Boyer, University of Missouri (closing speaker)12:30 Meeting AdjournThe method of announcement or invitation that will be used.A meeting website (www.ipg.missouri.edu/symposium/) and a twitter hashtag (#ipg2015) have been created to advertise the topic and exciting line-up of speakers. A print ad was placed in the November/December 2014 issue of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) newsletter ASPBNews. Additional advertising will include two direct e-mailings (one in February, one in April) to ASPB members as well as participants of past IPG annual meetings. E-mail announcements also will be sent to the appropriate BIOSCI/Bionet Groups (e.g. bionet.genome.arabidopsis, bionet.maize, bionet.plants, bionet.molbio.proteins), and the meeting posted on the event calendars of the ASPB, the Crop Sciences Society of America, The Maize Genome Database, Soybase, and The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR). In addition, abstracts of talks and posters will be printed and provided as a program booklet to all participants at time of registration.

Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16

Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience: researchers interested in in abiotic and biotic stress responses, particularly those interested in the integration of stress responses by plants. There were 204 attendees at the Symposium on Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses. Of the 204 attendees, over half (57.8%, n=118) were students and/or postdoctoral fellows. Attendees represented 10 countries and 18 states. Multiple efforts were made to deliver science-based knowledge to our target audience. These efforts included oral presentations, poster sessions, and networking events. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Individuals: Melissa Mitchum (PI), Heidi Appel (Co-PI), Walter Gassmann (Co-PI), David Mendoza-Cozatl (Co-PI), Saadia Bihmidine (postdoctoral representative), Deborah Finke, Felix Fritschi, Abe Koo, Paula McSteen, Mel Oliver and Sona Pandey all served on the organizing committee for the 32nd Annual Symposium on The Interface between Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses. Responsibilities included identifying, contacting, and hosting speakers; establishing the program and schedule; selecting poster abstracts for short presentations; and identifying and following up with potential sponsors. Partner organizations included Monsanto, Journal of Experimental Botany, LI-COR, Metabolon, Cotton Incorporated, ABC Labs and American Society of Plant Biologists. Collaborators at MU included the Interdisciplinary Plant Group, who hosted the symposium and provided financial support, University of Missouri Chancellor's Distinguished Visitors Program, University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, and University of Missouri Mizzou Advantage. MU sponsors provided financial support for selected speaker travel. Training or Professional Development: Invited speakers gave 30 or 45 minute oral presentations about their research. There were also five 15-minute poster presentations, four from either a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow throughout the symposium. Selection of these poster talks were based on abstracts submitted prior to the meeting. The Symposium also included a poster session for attendees, including students. The organizing committee invited poster submissions on topics related to plant biology research in general; the posters described recently completed research, research in progress, or publicly presented research. Poster sessions at scientific meetings, in general, give young investigators, such as undergraduate students, an opportunity to present and communicate their research efforts to a scientific audience and to receive feedback and for informal discussions with meeting speakers. The Symposium also included a networking dinner for speakers, undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?To reach members of communities who are not usually aware of these research activities for the purpose of enhancing public understanding and increasing interest in learning and careers in science, the Wednesday evening Keynote speaker Dr. Julian Schroeder, University of San Diego gave a public lecture "Calcium Specificity Signaling Mechanism in Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis Guard Cells." The Journal of Experimental Botany also sponsored a special issue containing reviews and research articles written by symposium speakers and attendees. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The 32nd Annual IPG Symposium on Plants Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Interface between Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses provided a venue and an opportunity for researchers who study plant interactions with abiotic and biotic factors using varying disciplinary approaches to share their research and approaches. An increased understanding of the interface between plant biotic and biotic stress responses is needed to allow U.S. agriculture to face critical needs in developing effective germplasm and address the impacts of climate change, loss of agricultural land, global competition, and food and feed security. Knowledge of how plants respond to and tolerate multiple and simultaneous stressors remains in its infancy and increased attention to this critical area is needed. Topics covered by the symposium included the interactions between abiotic and biotic stress on plant growth, productivity, population genetics, and ecology, all important issues affecting agriculture worldwide. Its impacts/outcomes included exposure to interdisciplinary research in the plant sciences for students; networking opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows; potential collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects for faculty. The symposium took place on May 27-29, 2015, on the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center. Twenty-one world-renowned experts shared their recent advances in studies of plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. There were 204 attendees at the Symposium on The Interface between Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses. Of the 204 attendees, more than half (57.8%, n=118) were students and/or postdoctoral fellows and half were academics from research universities and institutions. Attendees represented 10 countries and 18 states. A Symposium website was created to advertise the Symposium. Information regarding the Symposium was also disseminated by (1) distributing postcards about the symposium at scientific conferences (ASPB) (2) advertising in the ASPB newsletter (3) posting on the American Society of Plant Biologists, and TAIR online calendars. Invited speakers gave 30 or 45 minute oral presentations about their research. There were also four 15-minute poster presentations, four from either a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The Symposium also included a poster session for attendees, including students. The organizing committee invited poster submissions on topics related to plant biology research in general; the posters described recently completed research, research in progress, or publicly presented research. In total, 60 research posters were showcased at the IPG Symposium. Of those 60, 26 were submitted by students (graduate and/or undergraduate). "Speed Poster" session were also held before each poster. Participants in these sessions were allowed 1-minute to present a summary of their poster research. There were 20 participants in the speed poster sessions. Attendees received an unpublished program booklet with abstracts of oral and poster presentations. Poster sessions at scientific meetings, in general, give young investigators an opportunity to present and communicate their research efforts to a scientific audience and to receive feedback. The interdisciplinary nature of the IPG Symposium poster session offered a great opportunity for young investigators to see the diversity of topics, interests, and talents in the plant biology community. It also provided an excellent venue for extended informal discussions with meeting speakers and attendees. The Symposium also included a networking dinner for speakers, undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to encourage interactions between speakers and younger investigators. The goal was to provide an informal venue for students and postdoctoral fellows to interact socially with invited speakers. In the past, graduate students have been recruited to postdoctoral positions in speakers' labs following these opportunities.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Journal of Experimental Botany Special Issue: The Interface Between Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses Volume 67 Issue 7 March 2016 (http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/7.toc)