Objectives

The goal of the Plant Cell Atlas (PCA) is to bring together a community who will comprehensively describe plant cell types by integrating high-resolution subcellular and cellular location information of nucleic acids, proteins, and metabolites.

Symposium Goals:
  1. Share the most exciting scientific and technological breakthroughs in plant science as it is relevant to developing a Plant Cell Atlas.
  2. Create a forum for people interested in these approaches and their application to plants to meet and network.
  3. Discuss the needs of the PCA community and gather input on what is needed to develop a Plant Cell Atlas resource.

Each day will consist of two oral sessions and one poster session. Each oral session will feature two invited speakers and two speakers selected from abstract submissions. The oral sessions will also include time for open discussions on PCA community building and data handling. Further details of the agenda will be posted here in the upcoming months.

Recordings of the nine of the talks can be found on the PCA YouTube channel.

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Invited Speakers

Registration

NOTE: You must have a Zoom account in order to register for the conference. If you do not have an account you can sign up for a free Zoom account here.

Registration deadline: None
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
Dates: Dec 12 & 13, 2022
Times: Monday, December 12 -
                       Session 1: 7:00 AM to 10:20 AM PST
                       Session 2: 3:00 PM to 5:10 PM PST
              Tuesday, December 13 -
                        Session 3: 7:00 AM to 9:10 AM PST
                        Session 4: 3:00 PM to 6:20 PM PST
Monday Dec 12, 2022 - Session 1
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Monday Dec 12, 2022 - Session 2
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Tuesday Dec 13, 2022 - Session 3
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Tuesday Dec 13, 2022 - Session 4
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Abstract Submission


We are no longer accepting abstracts.

Abstract Submission Deadline - Talks & Posters: October 12, 2022
Poster File Submission Deadline: December 5, 2021

Abstracts may be submitted on any topic related to the Plant Cell Atlas, including but not limited to: single-cell or spatial omics (proteomics, metabolomics, and/or transcriptomics), advanced imaging, data integration, systems biology, synthetic biology, and genetic engineering.

There is no fee to submit an abstract. NOTE: You still need to register for the meeting through the registration link above even if you submit an abstract.

Abstracts should be no longer than 1 page and submitted as a PDF or Word document. Please include:
  • Title
  • Author(s) - presenter name in bold
  • Affiliation
  • Abstract

Those whose abstracts have been selected for a talk will be notified by October 21, 2022.

Schedule

DAY 1
December 12, 2022
Oral Session 1
Moderators: Devang Mehta & Kaisa Kajala
7:00 AM - 9:10 AM PST
7:00 AM - 7:05 AM PST
Introduction: Devang Mehta & Kaisa Kajala
7:05 AM - 7:25 AM PST
Rachel Shahan (Duke University, USA)
Talk Title: Transcriptional dynamics underlying cell fate specification in the Arabidopsis root
7:35 AM - 7:45 AM PST
Tran Chau (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Talk Title: Discovery of conserved marker genes for cross-species cell type assignment by machine learning
7:50 AM - 8:10 AM PST
Ying Zhu (Genentech, USA)
Talk Title: Technology advances in single-cell and spatial proteomics for plant biology
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM PST
Alexander Borowsky (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Talk Title: Gene network discovery and engineering to enhance rice root resilience
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM PST
Transition to Community Discussion 1
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM PST
Community Discussion 1: Devang Mehta & Kaisa Kajala
What are the major challenges/bottlenecks and outstanding questions for single cell omics in plants?
Break
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM PST
Poster Session 1
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM PST
9:20 AM - 10:20 AM PST
Session 1 details available here
Oral Session 2
Moderator: Benjamin Cole
3:00 PM - 5:10 PM PST
3:00 PM - 3:05 PM PST
Introduction: Benjamin Cole
3:05 PM - 3:25 PM PST
Tatsuya Nobori (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
Talk Title: PHYTOMap: Multiplexed single-cell 3D spatial gene expression analysis in plant tissue
3:35 PM - 3:45 PM PST
Trevor Tivey (Boyce Thompson Institute, USA)
Talk Title: Examining arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis using spatial transcriptomics in Medicago truncatula
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM PST
Anshul Kundaje (Stanford University, USA)
Talk Title: Deep learning for genomic discovery
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM PST
Dusan Velickovic (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
Talk Title: In situ spatial metabolomics for revealing root-microbe molecular interactions down to the cellular scale
4:35 PM - 4:40 PM PST
Transition to Community Discussion 2
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM PST
Community Discussion 2: Benjamin Cole
What are the major challenges/bottlenecks and outstanding questions for spatial omics in plants?
DAY 2
December 13, 2022
Oral Session 3
​Moderators: Margaret Frank & Tie Liu
7:00 AM - 9:10 AM PST
7:00 AM - 7:05 AM PST
Introduction: Margaret Frank & Tie Liu
7:05 AM - 7:25 AM PST
Terri Long (North Carolina State University, USA)
Talk Title: How Ironic: Iron at the intersection of plant development and multi-stress resilience
7:35 AM - 7:45 AM PST
Maria Savina (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
Talk Title: PlantLayout: the platform for mathematical modeling of plant developmental processes within realistic layouts
7:50 AM - 8:10 AM PST
Christopher Anderton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
Talk Title: Towards revealing the metabolome within plant tissue at the single cell level with spatially resolved mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry imaging approaches
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM PST
Itzel Meneses (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
Talk Title: Systematic modification of a FRET biosensor based on a intrinsically disordered protein for tracking the effects of osmotic stress in Arabidopsis
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM PST
Transition to Community Discussion 3
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM PST
Community Discussion 3: Margaret Frank & Tie Liu
What are the major challenges/bottlenecks and outstanding questions for systems biology and AI in plant science?
Oral Session 4
Moderator: Christopher Anderton
3:00 PM - 5:10 PM PST
3:00 PM - 3:05 PM PST
Introduction: Christopher Anderton
3:05 PM - 3:25 PM PST
Tessa Burch-Smith (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA)
Talk Title: Applying 3-D imaging approaches to understand how single plant cells communicate to achieve multicellularity
3:35 PM - 3:45 PM PST
Noé Perron (University of Florida, USA)
Talk Title: The ice plant genome and single-cell transcriptome offer new insights into the expression changes during the C3 to CAM transition
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM PST
Chin-Min Kimmy Ho (Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.)
Talk Title: Leaf epidermal patterning and fate determination
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM PST
Caroline Martin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Talk Title: Dissecting seed tissue coordination through development with snRNA-sequencing
4:35 PM - 4:40 PM PST
Transition to Community Discussion 4
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM PST
Community Discussion 4: Christopher Anderton
How can we navigate the evolving social media to promote the work and people of the PCA community?
Break
5:10 PM - 5:20 PM PST
Poster Session 2
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM PST
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM PST
Session 2 details available here
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“The Plant Cell Atlas operates predominantly out of Michigan State University. We acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – the Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. We affirm Indigenous sovereignty and hold Michigan State University accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.”
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