AGENDA
Thursday, 4 November 2004
15:00-15:30-Registration
15:30-Welcome address
15:45-Jean-Paul SCHWITZGUÉBEL: General information on COST
16:15-Jean-Paul SCHWITZGUÉBEL: Presentation and present status of COST
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16:45-Mark AARTS: Comparative genomics of Zn accumulation in Thlaspi
caerulescens and Arabidopsis thaliana
17:35-18:00- COFFEE BREAK
18:00-Maura CARDARELLI: Overexpression of Arabidopsis phytochelatin
synthase enhances Cd tolerance and accumulation in Nicotiana tabacum
18:15-Nicolas LUGON-MOULIN: Possible strategies to reduce cadmium in tobacco
plants
18:30-Abdul R. MEMON: Identification and characterization of heavy metal
accumulator plants in Turkey
18:45-Ronald OOMEN: Nramp metal transporters: their role in metal homeostasis
Friday, 5 November 2004
9:00-Welcome address of the Rector of the University of Parma, prof. Gino Ferretti
9:15-Edgardo FILIPPONE: "Omics" approaches in the phytoremediation of organic
pollutants
10:05-Patricia HARVEY: Metabolics: detoxification of organic xenobiotics by the
secondary plant cell wall
10:20-10:50- COFFEE BREAK
10:50-Robert EDWARDS: Applications for directed proteomics in isolating
phytoremediating enzymes
11:05-Peter SCHROEDER: Detoxification of herbicides in Phragmites australis
11:20-Wilfried SCHWAB: Crosstalk between xenobiome and metabolome
11:35-Antonella FURINI: Characterization of a bZIP Transcriptional Factor induced
by Cadmium in Brassica juncea
11:50-Barbara CREMA: Effect of Cd on the expression of sulphate transporter
genes in Brassica juncea
12:05-Javier ABADIA: Metal-related proteomics and metabolomics in plants
12:20-Cyrille FORESTIER: Potent role of ATP-Binding Cassette transporters in
heavy metal detoxification in Arabidopsis
12:35-Sirpa KÄRENLAMPI: Proteomics and metal-responsive proteins in Thlaspi
12:50-Luisa DAVIES: Identification of genes and proteins responsible for
Phragmites phytoremediation
13:05-14:40- LUNCH BREAK AT THE CAMPUS
ILLUSTRATION OF “OMICS” EQUIPMENT
14:40- RealTime PCR
15:10- ProteomeLab
15:40-MALDI-TOF
16:10-NMR
16:40-Visit to the Interdepartment Center
Saturday, 6 November 2004
9:00-Welcome address from Vice-President of Parma Province and EFSA delegate
9:45-Luis GOMEZ: Engineering poplars for phytoremediation of chlorinated
pollutants
10:00-Stephane VUILLEUMIER: Genomics of glutathione S-transferases in plantassociated bacteria
10:15-Edgardo FILIPPONE: Expression of fungal laccase in tobacco for PAHs
degradation
10:30-André GERTH: The role of plants in TNT-Phytoremediation
10:45-Ales NEPOVIM: Degradation of nitroaromatic compounds by plants induction of detoxification enzymes
11:00-Kim YRJALA: DNA-macro array as tool to monitor intrinsic biodegradation
potential in PAH-polluted rhizospheres
11:15-Jean-Paul SCHWITZGUEBEL: Metabolism of sulphonated aromatic
compounds in several plant species
11:30-Michael PALMGREN: Strategies for identification of heavy metal
transporters of potential value for phytoremediation and biofortification purposes
11:45-Pierre SAUMITOU-LAPRADE: QTL mapping of zinc tolerance in
Arabidopsis halleri
12:00-Enrique SANCHO: A proteomic approach to characterize the effect of arsenic
on tolerant and sensitive Pseudomonas fluorescens rhizobacteria
12:15-Gaelle MONGELARD: Effects of zinc deficiency on gene expression in
tomato plants
12:30-Luis E. HERNANDEZ: Early responses of Medicago to cadmium and
mercury
12:45-Petr SOUDEK: Plant response on heavy metal contamination – summary of
results.
13:00-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-Nathalie VERBRUGGEN: Identification of genes involved in Cd tolerance in
Cd hyperaccumulators
14:45-Manuel BECANA: Regulation of thiol metabolism in plants of Lotus
japonicus under cadmium stress
15:00-Isabelle DUQUESNOY: Modulation of oxidative responses to inorganic
species of arsenic in maize and tomato
15:15-Antoine DENIAU: The first linkage map in Thlaspi caerulescens using AFLP
and CAPS markers
15:30-Ann CUYPERS: Oxidative stress as a modulator in cadmium toxicity: an
integrated approach
15:45-Henk SCHAT: Cu and Cd tolerance co-segregate with P-type ATPase
expression in Silene
16:00- General discussion and summary
Appointment of coordinators
Strategies for the future and planning
Information on STSM
Date and place of next meeting
Any other business
To follow: visit of the Reggia di Colorno
DINNER at ALMA