Program

Planning of the first week (July 1-5)

Day 1 - Monday July 1

08:30-09:00 Welcome

SESSION “CONCEPTS IN MEMBRANE ION AND WATER TRANSPORTS”

9:00-10:00 History of concepts and approaches in plant mineral nutrition and membrane transport (Hervé Sentenac)

10:15-12:15 Biophysics of ion diffusion in water and across a membrane (Alexis de Angeli)

13:45-15:45 Biophysics of water transport (Christophe Maurel)

16:00-17:30 Self-presentation / expectations of attendees

17:30-19:00 POSTER SESSION

Day 2 - Tuesday July 2

SESSION “METHODS FOR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF ION AND WATER TRANSPORT IN PLANTS”

8:45-9:45 Tools and techniques used in electrophysiology (Anne-Aliénor Véry)

9:45-10:45 Heterologous expression systems (Anne-Aliénor Véry)

11:00-12:00 The use of analytical chemistry and imaging approaches to study iron (and other metals) transport in plants (Stephane Mari)

14:00-15:00 Yeast as a versatile heterologous expression system for the characterization of transporter functions and regulations (Léon Dirick, Florence Vignols)

15:00-16:00 Quantitative live cell imaging in plants (Alexandre Martinière-Delaunay)

16:15-18:15 Regulation of membrane transport by post-translational modifications (Laurence Lejay & Véronique Santoni)

18:30-19:30 Round table

Day 3 - Wednesday July 3

SESSION “From molecular analyses to whole plant physiology”

09:15-10:15 Nitrogen and Phosphorus interactions in plants: molecular and physiology aspects (Anna Medici)

10:15-11:15 Deciphering the molecular mechanisms regulating iron homeostasis in plants (Christian Dubos)

SESSION 1 OF PRACTICAL WORKSHOP

13:30-18:30 Start of SESSION 1 of PRACTICAL WORKSHOP

Days 4 – Thursday July 4

9:00-18:30 Following of SESSION 1 of PRACTICAL WORKSHOP

Days 5–Friday July 5

9:00-17:30 Following of SESSION 1 of PRACTICAL WORKSHOP

Planning of the second week (July 8-12)

Day 8 – Monday July 8

SESSION “Membrane transport proteins: structure-function & regulation”

9:30-10:30 Functional categories and properties of membrane transport proteins (Hervé Sentenac)

10:30-11:30 Structure/function relationship of transport systems (Lionel Verdoucq)

14:00-15:00 Conference 1 - Ana Assunção (CIBIO, Porto, Portugal) “Zinc sensing in plants” (to be confirmed)

15:00-16:00 Conference Peng Yu (University of Bonn, Germany) “Establishment and function of root system and its associated microbiome in maize”

16:30-17:30 Transceptors (Laurence Lejay)

Evening : Mistral Dinner

DAY 9 – Tuesday July 9

SESSION “From molecular analyses to whole plant physiology” (following)

9:30-10:30 Nutrient signaling networks in plants under climate change (Antoine Martin)

10:30-11:30 Water transport: from aquaporins to whole plant hydraulics (Yann Boursiac)

14:00-15:00 Conference Lourdes Rubio (Botany and Plant Physiology Dpt. University of Málaga (Spain) "Insights from Seagrasses: Understanding Salinity Tolerance and Nutrient Uptake Mechanisms for Crop Improvement"

15:30-16:30 Phenotyping the adaptive root development to water and nutrient availability (Philippe Nacry)

16:30-17:30 Nutrient exchange and adaptation to environmental stress in plant-fungal interactions (Sabine Zimmermann)

17:45-18:45 Round table

Day 10 to Day 12 lunch time - Wednesday July 10, Thursday July 11, Friday July 12 morning

SESSION 2 of PRACTICAL WORKSHOP

Friday July 12 afternoon

14:00-16:00 Evaluation by attendees / Closure