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AQUAPORINS
BIOPHYSICAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS FOR WATER TRANSPORT
international course
Villa Gualino, Turin, Italy
February 28 - March 1, 2005
This international Course
will provide an overview of recent findings and emerging ideas on
the molecular and physiological mechanisms of water transport in
plants.
In addition, technological advances for the research in the field
of water transport, both at the biophysical and molecular levels,
will be described and demonstrated. The Course is targeted to PhD
students and young researchers, who are entering this field of research,
and to scientists interested in widening their understanding of
plant water metabolism.
PROGRAM
Monday 28 February
9.00 - 9.15
Registration
9.15 - 9.30
Introduction
Andrea Schubert, Torino, Italy
SESSION I
mechanisms of water transport in
whole plants
9.30 - 10.30
Apoplastic, symplastic and transcellular water transport in plants
Claudio Lovisolo, Torino, Italy
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00
Hydraulic architecture in plants; vessel-embolism formation and
refilling
Sebastiano Salleo, Trieste, Italy
12.00 - 13.00
Water transport and drought stress in plants
Jaume Flexas, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
Physiological and ecophysiological measurements:
NMR, sapflow-meter, eddy covariance
Antonio Raschi, Firenze, Italy
15.00 - 16.00
Hydraulics in forest trees: moving fluids at the lowest cost
Tommaso Anfodillo, Padova, Italy
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 - 18.00 Poster session
Tuesday 1 March
SESSION II
molecular mechanisms of water transport
in plants
8.45 - 9.45
MIP genes and proteins in plants
Ralf Kaldenhoff, Darmstadt, Germany
9.45 - 10.45
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of plant aquaporins
Christophe Maurel, Montpellier, France
10.45 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00
New tools for molecular studies of water transport in plants
Menachem Moshelion, Rehovot, Israel
12.00 - 13.00
Biological functions of MIPs in plants
Andrea Schubert, Torino, Italy
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 17.00
I Group - Bioinformatics:
practical session
Primetta Faccioli, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
II Group
- Lab demonstration
The participants will form two groups which will take turn in attending
the two activities
17.00 -18.00 Poster session
General information
Registration fee
Registration fee is € 190,00 (VAT 20% included) net of any
bank charge. It includes: conference kit, participation to all sessions,
book of abstracts, attendance certificate, 3 coffee-breaks, 2 lunches.
A limited number of reduced registration fees (€ 120,00 VAT
20% included) is available for researchers and students aged 32
years or less (send a copy of your ID while registering).
50 participants overall will be accepted.
Deadline for registrations: February 18th,
2005.
Payment modalities
Bank wire transfer headed to:
Fondazione per le Biotecnologie
Bank: Istituto Bancario S. Paolo di Torino
Branch: Agenzia 01
Bank Address: C.so Re Umberto I, 51/53 10128 Torino, Italy
Account number: 100000104365
ABI 1025 - CAB 1001
SWIFT code: IBSPITTM501
Cancellations
Written cancellations must be submitted to the Organising Secretariat
no later than February 20th, 2005. In this case 70% of the registration
fee will be refunded; no refunds will be given for cancellation
requests presented after the above mentioned date.
Poster session
All scientific contributions will be accepted. If you intend to
display a poster please write the title on the registration form
or notify the Organizing Secretariat by e-mail.
Posters must be in portrait format. The maximum accepted dimensions
for the posters are 90 cm (width) x 110 cm (height). Fastening material
will be made available by the Organizing Secretariat and no other
material will be allowed in order to avoid panel damaging.
Please do not submit any text of your poster to the Organizing Secretariat.
Posters will not be included in the didactic material.
Posters will be hanging for all Course duration.
Scientific cordinator
Prof. Andrea Schubert
University of Turin
andrea.schubert@unito.it
Organising secretariat
Fondazione per le Biotecnologie
Viale Settimio Severo, 63
10133 Torino
Tel. 0116600187 - Fax 0116600708
mail@fobiotech.org
Congress location
Villa Gualino
Viale Settimio Severo, 63
10133 Torino
Language
Official language of the Course is English.
Translation will not be provided.
Hotel reservation
Please contact the Organizing Secretariat for all information.
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