Course schedule
Monday 31st July
Introductions
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1000 | Welcome to TSL and housekeeping | |
| 1015 | Introductions by TSL Staff | |
| 1030 | Participant Introductions | |
| 1100 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Introduction to Plant Microbe Interactions | |
| 1200 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1300 | Poster Session | John Innes Centre Conference Centre |
| 1500 | Tour of The Sainsbury Laboratory and Norwich Research Park | Meet at John Innes Reception |
NB All activities will take place in the Training Suite, unless otherwise stated
Tuesday 1st August
Resistance Proteins. Led by Jonathan Jones
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Jonathan Jones | |
| 1030 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1100 | Practical Session | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1330 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - JIJIE CHAI - Structural Study of Plant Receptor Kinases | Jane Rogers Seminar Room at EI |
| 1430 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1500 | Practical Session |
Wednesday 2nd August
Resistance Proteins. Led by Jonathan Jones
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | Practical Session |
Genomic Resources and Bioinformatics for Plant Microbe Interactions. Led by Dan MacLean
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1130 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Dan MacLean | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1330 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - DIANE SAUNDERS - Developing new tools for interrogating cereal invaders | Jane Rogers Seminar Room at EI |
| 1430 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1500 | Practical Session | |
| 1800 | Social Session with TSL Students |
Thursday 3rd August
Effectors and Plant Immunity. Led by Sophien Kamoun
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Sophien Kamoun | |
| 1100 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1130 | Practical Session | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1330 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - JENS BOCH - A battle for life and death - Evolution of TALEs in plant-pathogenic Xanthomonas bacteria | JIC G34/35 |
| 1430 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1500 | Practical Session |
Friday 4th August
Effectors and Plant Immunity. Led by Sophien Kamoun
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | Practical Session |
Surface Immunity. Led by Cyril Zipfel
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1030 | Practical Session | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1330 | Pedagogical Lecture - Cyril Zipfel | |
| 1430 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1500 | Practical Session | |
| 1530 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - STEFANIE RANF - Specificity of LORE-dependent lipopolysaccharide immune sensing in Arabidopsis | |
| 1630 | Practical Session | |
| 1900 | Conference Dinner | Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts |
Saturday 5th August
Surface Immunity. Led by Cyril Zipfel
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | Practical Session |
Sunday 6th August
Excursion
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1100 | Board Coach to Cromer | JIC Reception |
| 1600 | Board Coach to Blakeney | Cromer Coach Park - TBC |
| 1645 | Bean’s Seal Trip Departs | Quayside Blakeney |
| 1845 (approx) | Arrive back at UEA |
Monday 7th August
Cellular Defence. Led by Silke Robatzek
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Silke Robatzek | |
| 1100 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1130 | Practical Session | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1330 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - PAUL BIRCH - The Delivery and Activity of late blight effector proteins that suppress plant immunity | JIC G34/35 |
| 1430 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1500 | Practical Session |
Tuesday 8th August
Cellular Defence. Led by Silke Robatzek
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | Practical Session | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
Functional Plant Genomics. Led by Ksenia Krasileva
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1330 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - DANIEL CROLL - Retracing genome evolution of pathogens during rapid disease emergence in agricultural ecosystems | JIC G34/35 |
| 1430 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Ksenia Krasileva | |
| 1530 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1600 | Practical Session |
Wednesday 9th August
Proteomics. Led by Frank Menke
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Frank Menke | |
| 1100 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1130 | Practical Session | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1330 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - DELPHINE PFLEIGER - Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis reveals shared and specific targets of Arabidopsis MAPkinases MPK3 MPK4 and MPK6 | Jane Rogers Seminar Room at EI |
| 1430 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1500 | Practical Session |
Thursday 10th August
Translations and Tipping the Balance. Led by Matt Moscou and Peter Van Esse
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Matt Moscou | |
| 1100 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1130 | Practical Session | |
| 1230 | Lunch | NRP Venues |
| 1330 | KEYNOTE LECTURE - BEAT KELLER - Molecular analysis of wheat – fungal pathosystems and applications in resistance breeding | JIC G34/35 |
| 1430 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1500 | Practical Session |
Friday 11th August
Translations and Tipping the Balance. Led by Peter Van Esse and Matt Moscou
| Time | Activity | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 930 | Practical Session | |
| 1030 | Tea Break and Discussion | |
| 1100 | PEDAGOGICAL LECTURE - Peter van Esse | |
| 1200 | Concluding Remarks |