Indo-German Symposium on "Plant Biology" was jointly organized by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi; German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle (Saale), Germany; German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany; Max-Planck Institute, Golm, Potsdam, Germany; and National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi during October 18 - 20, 2011 at INSA. |
नाम |
Lecture |
Prof. Dr. Ralph Bock, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam |
Taming plastids for biotechnology |
Prof. Dr. Axel Hans Karl Brennicke, University of Ulm, Ulm |
The PPR-protein family and RNA editing in plant mitochondria |
Prof. Dr. Andreas Graner, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben |
Sequence based utilization of plant genetic resources of barley: opportunities and constraints |
Prof. Dr. Gerd Werner Jurgens, University of Tubingen, Tubingen |
Plant cytokinesis - a tale of membrane traffic and fusion |
Prof. Dr. Christian Johannes Jung, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel |
Flowering time regulation in two major European crops: from gene identification to application in plant breeding |
Prof. Dr. Paul Maria Josef Schulze Lefert, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Koln |
Structure of and assembly cues for the arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microflora |
Prof. Dr. Dierk Alfred Rudolf Scheel, University of Halle and Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle |
Signaling in plant innate immunity |
Prof. Dr. Nigel Mark Stitt, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam |
How do plants balance growth with the carbon supply in a fluctuating environment? |
Prof. Dr. Widmar Herwig Tanner, University of Regensburg, Regensburg |
45 years of membrane transport proteins - how about the role of lipids? |
Prof. Dr. Lothar Otto Eduard Willmitzer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam |
Systems analysis of the response of A. thaliana to eight different environmental conditions |
Invited speakers from India: |
नाम |
Lecture |
Prof. Sudhir Kumar Sopory, Vice-Chancellor, JNU |
The role of gene technology in enhancing crop productivity |
Dr. Subhra Chakraborty, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi |
Regulatory networks involved in nutrient response in plant |
Prof. Bharat Bhushan Chattoo, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda |
Engineering for resistance to rice blast |
Prof. Sudip Chattopadhyay, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur |
Functional interrelations of ZBF2/GBF1 with other bZIP transcription factors in Arabidopsis seedling development |
Dr. Sanjay Kapoor, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi |
Functional Characterization of a novel seed-specific MADS box transcription factor involved in hormone homeostasis in rice |
Prof. Jitendra Paul Khurana, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi |
Functional analysis of cryptochromes in Brassica reveals interaction of light, phytohormone and stress signalling in regulating plant development |
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi |
Single nucleotide polymorphism in abiotic stress responsive genes and their relevance to ecological adaptation in rice |
Dr. Sunil Mukherjee, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi |
Geminiviruses : viral DNA replication and control of the pathogen |
Dr. Utpal Nath, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
The biology of surface curvature |
Prof. Deepak Pental, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi |
Utilizing natural variation for Improving oilseed mustard, Brassica juncea |
Dr. Imran Siddiqi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad |
Clonal seed formation |
Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad |
Induction and suppression of host innate immunity in plant-pathogen interactions |
Dr. Rakesh Tuli, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali |
Designing proteins, genes and promoters for control of insect pests in field crops |
Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi |
Modulation of transcriptome in natural and transgenic rice unravels the molecular basis of water-deficit stress tolerance |
Prof. K. Veluthambi, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai |
Evidence for trans-TGS from the study of gene silencing in transgenic plants |
Dr. Usha Vijayraghavan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
Functions for some evolutionarily conserved transcription regulators in rice panicle, spikelet and floret development |
Invited young scientists from India for poster presentation : |
नाम |
Lecture |
Dr. Nrisingha Dey, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar |
Modification of promoters using molecular evolution and recombination techniques |
Dr. Mukesh Jain, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi |
Unraveling the chickpea transcriptome using next generation sequencing technologies |
Dr. Ashwani Pareek, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
Towards raising abiotic stress tolerant plants through genetic engineering of cyclophilins |
Dr. Kalika Prasad, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kerala |
Spiraling around a plethora of patterns: which alternate to choose? |
Dr. Saurabh Raghuvanshi, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi |
Dynamic drought-stress modulated regulation of small RNA population in a drought tolerant indica rice variety 'Nagina 22' |
Dr. Joy K. Roy, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Punjab |
Towards understanding of molecular basis of processing quality in wheat |
Dr. Aniruddha P. Sane, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow |
SlERF6, an AP2/ERF domain transcription factor, represses ABA responses in tomato |
Dr. P.K. Singh, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow |
Next generation macromolecules for the control of crops insect pests : Looking beyond Bt |
Dr. Y. Sreelakshmi, School of Life Sciences, Hyderabad |
Proteomic analysis reveals modulation of multiple metabolic pathways by high pigment1 locus of tomato during fruit ripening |
Dr. Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur |
Metabolic engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis pathway in tobacco and its applications |