Interdepartmental Plant Physiology Major

2008 Loomis and IPPM mini Symposium

Theme: Organelle biogenesis and protein targeting
Date: March 27 & 28 (Thursday and Friday), 2008
Venue: Room 260-262 Scheman Building, Ames
Organizer: Dr. Diane Bassham

2008 Loomis lecture flyer (pdf 422KB)

Loomis Lecture (7 pm, Thursday, March 27, 2008)

Dr. Kenneth Keegstra
Professor
Michigan State University, USA
Title: What has been learned about chloroplast assembly in the last 3 decades?

IPPM mini-symposium speakers

Dr. Mike Blatt, Professor
University of Glasgow, UK
Title: Getting round the guard cell - channels at traffic intersection

Dr. Sally Mackenzie, Professor
University of Nebraska, USA
Title: Profound effects of mitochondrial genome instability on plant development

Dr. Peter Walter, Professor
University of California–San Francisco, USA
Title: The unfolded protein response: Introcellular signaling from the ER to the nucleus

Dr. Kenneth Keegstra, Professor
Michigan State University, USA
Title: Progress and problems in understanding Golgi-localized synthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides

Nic Boersma

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• Loomis and IPPM mini symposium

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