4th Sulphyton

 

 

 

 

 

5th – 8th September 2013

Athens, Greece

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Thursday 5-9-2013

17:00 – 19:00     Welcome and Registration

 

Friday 6-9-2013

 

Session IChairperson: Malcolm Hawkesford

09:00

Dimitris Bouranis

Opening of the 4th Sulphyton Workshop

09:05

Rainer Hoefgen

Towards systems biology of plant sulfate metabolism: The OAS module

09:30

Anna Wawrzyńska

Arabidopsis cytoplasmic serine acetyltransferase interacts with transcription factor SCL11

09:45

Anna Znój

In search of UP15 function, a protein encoded by gene induced during sulfur and nitrogen deficiency

10:00

Sarah J. Whitcomb

Using metabolic engineering to improve the nutritive quality of rice

10:15

Philippe D’Hooghe

Alterations of seed yield and quality in sulphur-limited Brassica napus L.

 

 

10:30

Coffee break

 

Session 2Chairperson: Mario Malagoli

11:00

Elke Bloem

How abiotic stress affects glucosinolate biosynthesis in plants

11:15

Tahereh Aghajanzadeh

Impact of pedospheric and atmospheric sulfur nutrition on glucosinolate metabolism in Brassica species

11:30

Elise Sorin

Effect of S-limitation on osmotic potential components in oilseed rape leaves: towards the development of early indicators?

11:45

Assylay Kurmanbayeva

Elucidating the molecular components that allow Salicornia and Sarcocornia to thrive in high sulfate and sulfide levels

12:00

Dmitry Yarmolinsky

The role of sulfite reductase in sulfite homeostasis

 

 

12:30

Lunch

 

 

Session 3Chairperson: Rüdiger Hell

15:00

Robert Hänsch

Regulatory Network of SO2 detoxification

15:30

Elmien Heyneke

The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis influences sulfur starvation responses of Medicago truncatula

15:45

Bernd Zechmann

Compartment-specific changes in glutathione and ascorbate levels during high light stress in Arabidopsis

16:00

Nora Luschin-Ebengreuth

The role of antioxidant metabolism during dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis

16:15

Barbara Koffler

Cadmium sensitivity of pad2-1 and vtc2-1 mutants is correlated to lower subcellular glutathione rather than ascorbate contents

 

 

16:30

Coffee break

 

Session 4Chairperson: Agnieszka Sirko

17:00

Luit J. De Kok

Metal toxicity and sulfur metabolism in Chinese cabbage

17:30

Martin Reich

Using H+- selective microelectrodes to determine sulfate fluxes at roots of intact plant seedlings

17:45

Annekathrin Weese

Metabolic coordination of sulfur metabolism in Brassica napus by clock-controlled genes

18:00

George Dilias

The effect of the continuous light in combination with sulfur deprivation on the chlorophyll levels and carotenoids in young maize leaves

18:15

Filippa Maniou

Aerenchyma formation in maize leaves during sulphate deprivation

18:30

Fayezeh Aarabi

Functional analysis of Arabidopsis SDI1/2

 

 

18:45

Chat

 

 

Dinner

 

 

Saturday 7-9-2013

 

Scientific excursion

Making wealth out of sulfides and its consequences in Lavrion peninsula, Greece

 

Departure from Stanley Hotel

 

During the ride to Lavrion, brief description of the excursion’s background

(Dimitris Bouranis)

 

Visit to Thorikos place

 

Visit to Cultural – Technological Park of Lavrion

 

The excavations of Kamariza – Soureza

 

Ride through the Sounion National Park

 

Arrival to Assimakis’s resort place

Swimming (optional)

Conference Lunch

 

Ride to Sounion

 

Arrival at Neptune’s Temple in Sounion

Visit to the Temple, chat and coffee

 

Arrival to Stanley Hotel

 

Sunday 8-9-2013

Visit to Acropolis (optional)

End of workshop