Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants
July 25-26, 2013
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
25th July 2013 – Thursday (Day 1)
07.00 – 8. 20 Registration
Session chair: Andrea Barta
8:20 – 08:30 Introduction / Opening remarks
8:30 – 9:00

Sarah Assmann
Hidden Codes in RNA: In Vivo Genome-wide Profiling of RNA SecondaryStructure

9:00 – 09:20 Craig Simpson
Conservation of alternative exons in plants
9:20 – 9:40

Marcelo Yanovsky
PICln, an SnRNP Assembly Related Protein, Plays a Role in the Regulation ofAlternative Splicing, Developmental and Stress Responses in Arabidopsis

9:40 – 10:00 Vasiliki Zacharaki
FPA, a Regulator of Alternative Polyadenylation, is Closely Associated withCleavage and Polyadenylation Factors in vivo
10:00 – 10:20 Ann Loraine
RNA-Seq of Arabidopsis pollen uncovers novel transcription and alternativesplicing
10.20 – 10.40 Coffee break
Session chair: Pam Green
10:40 – 11:10 Cecile Bousquet-Antonelli
XRN4 and LARP1 are required in a heat-mediated mRNA decay pathway
essential for plant acclimation to heat stress and survival
11:10 – 11:30 Vinay Nagarajan
Transcriptomic analysis indicates multiple decay pathways for XRN4-affectedtranscripts in Arabidopsis
11:30 – 11:50 Dominique Gagliardi
Uridylation Protects Deadenylated mRNAs from 3' Trimming

11:50 – 12:10 Yukako Chiba
Involvement of Arabidopsis Deadenylases, AtCCR4a and AtCCR4b in Sugar
Metabolism
12:10 – 14:00 Lunch and Even number posters
Session Chair: Julia Bailey-Serres
14:00 – 14:30 M Crespi
Modulation of alternative splicing by long non-coding RNAs
14:30 – 14:50 Yuda Fang
Complementation of Hyponastic Leaves1 by Double-strand RNA Binding
Domains of Dicer-like 1 in Nuclear Dicing Bodies14:50 – 15:10 Srimathi Bogamuwa
P-body and Stress Granule Localized Tandem CCCH Zinc Finger Proteins are
Involved in ABA and GA Mediated Plant Growth and Stress Responses
15:10 – 15:30 Peter Moffett
RNA silencing and P-body components in compatible and incompatible
interactions between plants and viruses.
15.30 -15.50 Pablo Manavella
Exploring the miRNA biogenesis regulation by luciferase-aided fast-forward
genetics.
15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break
Session Chair: Martin Crespi
16:10 – 16:40 Motoaki Seki
Novel Antisense RNA Regulation Functions in Plant Abiotic Stress Responses
16:40 – 17:00 Jianhua Zhu
A DEAD Box RNA Helicase Is Critical for Pre-mRNA Splicing, ColdResponsive Gene Regulation, and Cold Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
17:00 – 17:20 Mehdi Jabnoune
A Rice Cis-Natural Antisense RNA Enhances PHO1;2 Protein Level via
Translational Control and Contributes to Phosphate Homeostasis and Plant
Fitness
17:20 – 17:40 Nihal Dharmasiri
Involvement of Post-transcriptional Regulation of IBR5 in Plant Auxin Response.
18:00 – 22:30 Dinner - Poster session
21:00 even number posters)(18:00 -19:30 odd number posters; 19:30 –Day 2: 26th July 2013 – Friday
Session Chair: Richard Jorgensen
8.30 – 09:00

Andrea Barta
Modulation of PPI-ase activity by RNA targets of AtCYP59 implies a novel layerfor transcription regulation

9:00 – 09:20 Chi Zhang
In vitro identification of RNA targets of Arabidopsis Puf RNA-binding proteins
9:20 – 9:40 Li Tian
Identification and Characterization of a Novel RNA-binding Protein Involved in
Glutelin mRNA Processing and Localization
9:40 – 10:00 Xiuren Zhang
Molecular mechanism for bi-directional processing of primary miRNAs withbranched terminal loops by Dicer-like 1 in Arabidopsis
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break
Session Chair: Karen Browning
10:20 – 10:50 Julia Bailey-SerresHigh resolution of translational dynamics through genome-wide profiling ofribosome footprints in Arabidopsis
10:50 – 11:10 Shengben Li
microRNAs inhibit the translation of target mRNAs on the endoplasmic reticulumin Arabidopsis
11:10 – 11.30 Allen Miller
Plant Viruses Reveal New Ways by which mRNAs Gain Access to theTranslational Machinery
11.30 – 11.50 Joel Stafstrom
Genetic Analysis of the DRG-DFRP-SLH Pathway in Arabidopsis: PossibleInvolvement in Translational Initiation
11.50 – 12.10 Mar Castellano
Genome-Wide Translatome Analysis of Arabidopsis Seedlings Subjected to HeatStress Identifies Regulatory Networks as Targets of Translational Control.
12:10 – 14:00 Lunch and Poster session – odd numbers
Session Chair: Motoaki Seki

14:00 – 14:30 Anireddy Reddy
Global analysis of gene expression and alternative splicing in a splicing regulator
mutant: Role of SR45 in thermotolerance
14:30 – 14:50 Hou-Sung Jung
Correct RNA Processing is Critical for Plants to Respond to Excess Light
14:50 – 15:10 Lisa Hartmann
Changing Alternative Splicing Patterns during Early Photomorphogenesis inArabidopsis thaliana
15.:10 – 15:30 Shih-Long Tu
Genome-wide Analysis of Light-regulated Alternative Splicing in Plants
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break
Session Chair: Sarah Assmann
15:50 – 16:20 Richard Jorgensen
Conserved Peptide Upstream Open Reading Frames (CPuORFs) are Generally
Associated with Regulatory Genes
16:20 – 16:40 Sergei Filichkin
Environmental Stress and Pathogen Challenge Regulate Unproductive Alternative
Splicing of the Plant Circadian Clock Genes
16:40 – 17:00 Raquel Carvalho
Stress responses mediated by the plant-specific SR45 and SCL30a splicing factors
are ABA-dependent
17:00 – 17:20 Michael Hamilton
Detection of Putative Splicing Regulatory Elements from the Analysis ofDiscriminative Motifs Across Plants
17:20 – 17:30 Concluding Remarks