PROGRAM ISE-G 2015

MONDAY September, 21st

from 12:00

Registration

from 14:00 

Coffee

16:00

Welcome and Introduction - Jörg Nickelsen

Endosymbiosis and Evolution

Chair: Jörg Nickelsen

Paulinella chromatophora - Exploring molecular mechanisms involved in establishing a photosynthetic organelle

Sergio

Muñoz-Gómez

The evolutionary history of MICOS reveals the pre-endosymbiotic origin of mitochondrial cristae

CIA is everywhere - or not?

Streptophyte terrestrialisation in the light of plastid evolution

Carotenoid biosynthesis in Cryptophyte algae: The best of both worlds?

17:45

Dinner

18:45

ISE-G Business Meeting (New People Welcome!)

Parasites and Organismal Interactions

Chair: Johanna Sobanski

From the plastome to the genome: Evolutionary aspects regarding parasitic Cuscuta species

A reduced glycosome in the kinetoplastid endosymbiont of parasitic Paramoeba species?

20:30

Come Together

TUESDAY September, 22nd

Protein Targeting and Import I

Chair: Danja Schünemann

The pitfalls of plant protein targeting prediction and of transient protein expression in heterologous systems

Uncovering the ancestral state of mitochondrial targeting

Dual targeting of nuclear encoded proteins into endosymbiotic organelles

10:00

Group Picture

10:15

Coffee

Protein Targeting and Import II - Technology Development

Chair: Danja Schünemann

Evolution of protein and metabolite transport systems in plastids

Intracellular reallocation of metabolic pathways in diatoms

Functional expression of putative zeaxanthin epoxidase genes from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum in tobacco

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii expression strains as new tools in functional genomics

Iman

Tabatabaei

Development of new selection systems for chloroplast transformation

12:30

Lunch

Organelle mRNA Metabolism I

Chair: Axel Brennicke

13:30

RNA editosomes in plant organelles - E-class PPR proteins and associated factors

14:00

Going against the flow: Extension of chloroplast RNA editing to novel target sites

14:15

Massive intron RNA editing and an unparalleled diversity in the organelle genomes of the lycophyte genus Selaginella

Poster Session I (with Coffee 14:30 - 16:00)

16:00

Transfer to the Botanical Garden of Berlin

16:30

Guided Tour through the Botanical Garden of Berlin (sponsored by Conviron)

19:45

Conference Dinner at Clärchen's Ballhaus

(main sponsor Agena, co-sponsors Conviron, Agrisera, and Dell)

For those who do not join, Dinner at the Harnack-Haus will be served from 18:00

WEDNESDAY September, 23rd

Organelle mRNA Metabolism II

Chair: Axel Brennicke

Processing of 5‘-transcript termini in plant mitochondria 

Oren

Ostersetzer-Biran

From gene expression to respiratory complex assembly: The roles of maturases in mitochondria biogenesis in plants

A newly defined repeated RNA-binding motif of HCF145 is conserved in photosynthetic organisms and stabilizes the psaA 5’-UTR in Embryophyta

A comprehensive detection of short RNAs in chloroplasts and mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana

Chloroplast gene expression in C4 Cleome

10:30

Coffee

Regulation of Photosynthesis

Chair: Ralph Bock

Separating light-dependent and plastid-derived regulation of photosynthesis genes using the Arabidopsis pap7 mutant as model for arrested plastid development

About a new PSII core-associated protein with a potential role in PSII repair

Characterization of the One Helix Protein OHP2 and its role in photosystem II assembly in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Inducible RNAi repression of the nuclear-encoded subunits of photosystem I in tobacco reveals a high stability and long lifetime of the complex

12:30

Lunch

Organelle Translation, Protein Stability, and Signaling

Chair: Christian Schmitz-Linneweber

Genome-wide analyses of translational dynamics in chloroplasts

Study of the Clp protease complex: A new strategy to identify protease substrates

Multiple strategies to adjust ALA synthesis with the demand for chlorophyll

WHIRLY1 - a DNA/RNA-binding protein located in plastids and the nucleus plays a role in stress resistance of plants

Poster Session II (with Coffee 15:00 - 16:30)

16:30

Guided Tour through the Max Planck Archives and the Historical Campus

(sponsored by Agrisera)

18:00

Dinner

20:00

Party at the Harnack-Haus

THURSDAY September, 24th

Organelle Genome Dynamics and Inheritance

Chair: Rudolf Hagemann

Endogenous factors determining the number of mitochondrial gene copies per cell

Structural evolution and dynamics of the Oenothera mitochondrial genome

Compaction of chloroplast nucleoids is promoted by the DNA/RNA-binding protein WHIRLY1 and is impaired in chloroplasts developing in continuous high light

CMS-G of Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima contains an unusual cytochrome c oxidase

10:15

Coffee

10:45

Eppendorf and Peter Sitte Awards & Closing remarks

(supported by Eppendorf)

from 12:00 

Lunch

from 13:00 

Depature