The Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

 

Many new technologies have revolutionized biology, including advances in high resolution imaging, in vivo protein interactions, computational modeling, and single-cell analyses. These technologies are being applied to plants to dissect the functions and interactions of specialized cell types and their capacity to respond to environmental changes, interact with other organisms, grow, and reproduce. The information provided by these new technologies needs to be shared and integrated to provide fresh insights into the functional connections among diverse biomolecules, suggest new hypotheses for cellular functions, and to model cellular processes.

The Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC will provide a forum to discuss and share cutting-edge approaches that explore plant biology from the perspective of individual cells. The conference will bring together a diverse and vibrant community of researchers interested in mapping cellular and subcellular protein localization patterns, tracking dynamic interactions between proteins, identifying the molecular components of cellular substructures, discerning complete states and transitions of specialized cell types, and integrating these disparate data points in order to generate testable models of cellular function, new research avenues, and provide solutions to societal challenges.

The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by April 1, 2023. Please check back for updates.

Vision for the Plant Cell Atlas

Discussion Leaders

• Samuel Leiboff (Oregon State University)

Speakers

• Ru Gunawardane (Allen Institute for Cell Science, United States)
• Philip Benfey (Duke University / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States)

Characterizing Plant Developmental Programs at the Single-Cell Level

Discussion Leaders

• Marc Libault (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
• Benjamin Cole (DOE-Joint Genome Institute)

Speakers

• Joseph Ecker (Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States)
• Jennifer Nemhauser (University of Washington, United States)
• Cole Trapnell (University of Washington, United States)

Multiscale and Quantitative Imaging for Single Cells

Discussion Leaders

• David Ehrhardt (Carnegie Institution for Science / Stanford University, United States)

Speakers

• Sylvia Rodrigues da Silveira (Université de Montréal, Canada)
• Florent Waltz (University of Basel, Switzerland)

Spatially Defining the Proteome Landscape in Plant Cells

Discussion Leaders

• R. Glen Uhrig (University of Alberta, Canada)

Speakers

• Sixue Chen (University of Mississippi, United States)
• Amir Ahkami (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), United States)
• Justin Walley (Iowa State University, United States)

Spatially Resolved Single Cell Metabolomics

Discussion Leaders

• Christopher Anderton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Speakers

• Asaph Aharoni (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
• Aleksandra Skirycz (Boyce Thompsosn Institute, United States)

Automating Phenotyping at Cellular, Organ, and Whole Organism Levels

Discussion Leaders

• Margaret Frank (Cornell University, United States)

Speakers

• Malia Gehan (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, United States)
• Siobhan Braybrook (UCLA, United States)
• Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska (University of Montreal, IRBV, Canada)

Single Cell Comparative Plant Cell Biology and Evolution

Discussion Leaders

• Michelle Facette (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States)

Speakers

• Joyce Onyenedum (Cornell University, United States)
• Masayuki Onishi (Duke University, United States)

Systems and Synthetic Biology Approaches for Enabling Single Cell Biology

Discussion Leaders

• Jenn Brophy (Stanford University, United States)

Speakers

• Christine Queitsch (University of Washington, United States)
• Aditya Kunjapur (University of Delaware, United States)
• Sean Cutler (University of California - Riverside, United States)

Modeling and Data Integration for Knowledge Synthesis from Single Cell Datasets

Discussion Leaders

• Noah Fahlgren (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)

Speakers

• Robert Schmitz (University of Georgia, United States)
• Shao-shan Carol Huang (New York University, United States)

The GRC Power Hour™

Organizers

• Yoselin Benitez Alfonso (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
• Noah Fahlgren (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)
• Rachel Shahan (Duke University, United States)