Wednesday, May 30, 2001

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Registration/Poster Set-up (Memorial Union)

Lectures in ***

1:00	Welcome - Mannie Liscum
1:10	David Kehoe, Indiana University
	Unraveling prokaryotic phytochrome signal transduction: Biochemical and genetic approaches
1:40	Tilman Lamparter, Freie Universitat-Berlin
	Cph1 phytochrome from Synechocystis
2:10	Richard Vierstra, University of Wisconsin
	Bacteriophytochromes: travels to the bacterial kingdom bring new insights on phytochrome structure, function, and evolution
2:40	Break
3:10	J. Clark Lagarias, University of California - Davis
	Phytochrome structure and function: Insight from the extended phytochrome superfamily
3:40	Masaki Furuya, Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory
	Specific functions of phytochromes A and B require different structure of the bilin chromophore
4:10	Pill-Soon Song, University of Nebraska/Kumho LESL
	Intra- and inter-molecular signaling in phytochromes
4:40	*Short Talk (TBA)
5:00	*Short Talk (TBA)
5:20	Adjourn - Reception and Poster Session

Thursday, May 31, 2001

Lectures in **, Coffee in Poster Area starting at 7:45 a.m.

8:30	Garry Whitelam, University of Leicester
	Actions and interactions of phytochromes in Arabidopsis
9:00	Jim Weller, Wageningen Agricultural University
	Photoreceptor functions in pea and tomato
9:30	Karen Halliday, University of Bristol
	Phytochrome deficient mutants lose control: An insight into phytochrome and temperature interaction
10:00	Break
10:30	Eberhard Schafer, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat
	Analysis of PHYA signal transduction
11:00	Peter Quail, PGEC/University of California - Berkeley
	Phytochrome signaling networks
11:30	Lunch Break - On your own (Columbia restaurant map will be provided in registration package)
1:30	Christian Fankhauser, Universite de Geneve
	RSF1, a bHLH containing protein, is required for a subset of phytochrome A mediated responses
2:00	Meng Chen, Salk Institute
	Characterization of phytochrome interacting proteins
2:30	*Short Talk (TBA)
2:50	*Short Talk (TBA)
3:10	*Short Talk (TBA)
3:30	Break
4:00	David Alabadi, Scripps Institute
	Interactions between photoreceptors and circadian clocks in plants
4:30	Ferenc Nagy, Biological Research Center - Szeged Hungary
	Nucleo/cytoplasmic distribution of phyB and its role in the circadian system
5:00	*Short Talk (TBA)
5:20	*Short Talk (TBA)
5:40	Adjourn - Dinner - On your own
	Poster area open until ***

Friday, June 1, 2001

Lectures in **, Coffee in Poster Area starting at 7:45 a.m.

8:30	Anthony Cashmore, University of Pennsylvania
	Cryptochrome signaling
9:00	Alfred Batschauer, Pillips-Universitat Marburg
	The Arabidopsis blue light receptor cryptochrome 2: Cellular localization and signaling
9:30	TBA
10:00	Break
10:30	Masamitsu Wada, Tokyo Metropolitan University
	Blue light receptors and their function in the fern Adiantum and the moss Physcometrella
11:00	Winslow Briggs, Carnegie Institution of Washington
	The phototropin family of photoreceptors
11:30	*Short Talk (TBA)
11:50	Lunch Break - On your own
2:00	Mannie Liscum, University of Missouri
	Moving towards enlightenment: Phototropin-associated signal-response elements
2:30	Jason Reed, University Of North Carolina
	Do IAA proteins mediate light responses?
3:00	Xing-Wang Deng, Yale University
	Regulatory interaction between photosensory systems and the downstream COP/DET/FUS regulators
3:30	Break
4:00	Michael Neff, Washington University
	Cyp72B1: A modulator of photomorphogenesis
4:30	*Short Talk (TBA)
4:50	*Short Talk (TBA)
5:10	*Short Talk (TBA)
5:30	Announcements
6:00 - 9:00	Student-Speaker-Postdoc Dinner and Discussions (cover by registration fees) Everyone else on your own for dinner

Saturday, June 2, 2001

Lecture in **, Coffee in Poster Area starting at 8:00 a.m.

9:00	Harry Smith, University of Leicester
	Genetic analysis of Arabidopsis ecotypes reveals genes controlling shade avoidance responses
9:30	Jorge Casal, University of Buenos Aires
	Phytochrome-cryptochrome signaling network: A system for sophisticated light responses
10:00	Break
10:30	Carlos Ballare, University of Buenos Aires
	UV photsensory ecology: Perspectives from field experiments
11:00	Johanna Schmitt, Brown University
	Adaptive evolution of photomorphogenic responses in natural environments
11:30	*Short Talk (TBA)
11:50	Closing Remarks - Mannie Liscum
12:00	Meeting Adjourned