3135
Organellar Genetics

Current research on organellar (chloroplast or mitochondrial) genetics and genomics will be presented and discussed.
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2016
Time: 10:30 AM-12:40 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 6-7 (2nd Floor)
Organizer:
Pal Maliga
Chair:
Pal Maliga
10:30 AM
Introductory Remarks


10:35 AM
W652
Evolutionary Extremes in the Organelle Genomes of the Ancient Parasitic Plant Hydnora visseri (Hydnoraceae, Piperales)
Julia Naumann, Penn State University; Joshua P. Der, California State University, Fullerton; Eric Kenneth Wafula, Penn State University; Samuel S. Jones, Penn State University; Sarah T. Wagner, TU Dresden, Chair for Botany; Gesine Schäfer, TU Dresden, Chair for Botany; Christoph Neinhuis, TU Dresden, Chair for Botany; Stefan Wanke, TU Dresden, Chair for Botany; Claude dePamphilis, Penn State University

11:00 AM
W653
Progress in Implementing Plastid Transformation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Pal Maliga, Rutgers University

11:25 AM
W654
Genome-Wide Analysis of Translational Dynamics in Maize Chloroplasts
Alice Barkan, University of Oregon; Prakitchai Chotewutmontri, University of Oregon

11:50 AM
W655
RNA Editing to Rescue Plants from Organelle Genome Mutations
Maureen Hanson, Cornell University

12:15 PM
W656
Insect Control by the Expression of Long Double-Stranded RNA in Plastids
Jiang Zhang, Hubei University

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