* FINAL PROGRAMME *

DATES: 5th September, Sunday (welcome cocktail), 6 and 7 (full day), 8 (morning)

SESSION I	Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics
SESSION II	Ecology and Biodiversity
SESSION III	Systems Biology (Omics)

5th SEPTEMBER, Sunday

6:00 - 9:00 PM

Registration / Welcome Cocktail

6th SEPTEMBER, Monday

9:00 - 09:30 AM	Opening remarks
9:30 - 10:00 AM	Transformed Hairy Roots of Discaria trinervis: A tool for studying actinorhizal symbiosis in the context of intercellular infection L Imanishi, A Vayssières, C Franche, D Bogusz, S Svistoonoff and L G Wall
10:00 - 10:30 AM	Searching for signalling molecules involved in actinorhizal symbioses S Svistoonoff, F Auguy, D Moukouanga, L Tisa, A Crabos, V Hocher, D Bogusz, C Franche
10:30 - 11:00 AM	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 AM	Frankia BCU110501 diffusible factor(s) involved in Discaria trinervis nodulation, an intercellular root infected actinorhizal symbiosis L A Gabbarini and L G Wall
11:30 - 12:00 AM	Hydrogenase in Frankia: expression and structure C Kosawang, P Pucic, N Kudahettige and A Sellstedt
12:00 - 01:00 PM	Visit to Porto Botanical Garden
01:00 - 02:30 PM	Lunch
02:30 - 03:30 PM	Poster session (P1-P9)
03:30 - 04:00 PM	Coffee Break
04:00 - 04:30 PM	Recent trials for Frankia transformation M Yamaura, K Kakoi, M Abe, T Uchiumi and K-i Kucho
04:30 - 05:00 PM	Alnus and Frankia in Alaska: a case study in the intra-generic variability of an intimate symbiosis M Anderson, R W Ruess, D L Taylor

7th SEPTEMBER, Tuesday

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Amplicon restriction patterns, nucleotide sequence and secondary folding of 5.8S-rRNA in resolution of taxonomic dispute of Myrica sp.
M Yanthan and A K Misra

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Ceanothus americanus impacts soil nitrogen and plant composition in tallgrass prairies of Illinois
John Taft, Kristin Pink and Jeffrey O. Dawson

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Activity of nodule-specific promoters in heterologous nodules: implications for the evolution of infection pathways
K Pawlowski, B Rashidi, S Mehrabi, M Plaszczyca, T Persson, I Demina, L Jingsi, P Santos, S Svistoonoff, C Franche, M Plaszczyca and A Ribeiro

11:30 - 12:00 AM

Enginering the gene predisposition to nitrogen fixation : a global approach of the symbiotic program in Casuarina glauca and Alnus glutinosa
V Hocher, N Alloisio, P Doumas, F Auguy, P Fournier, P Normand and D Bogusz

12:00 - 12:30 PM

Functional analysis of defense-related genes involved in Casuarina glauca-Frankia symbiosis
P Santos, I Graça, B Rashidi, J Liang, A Fortunato, A Melo, J C Ramalho, A Pereira, B Day, K Pawlowski and A Ribeiro

12:30 - 02:00 PM

Lunch

02:00 - 03:30 PM

Poster session (P10-P17)

03:30 - 04:00 PM

Coffee Break

04:00 - 04:30 PM

Characterization of TTA codon containing genes in Frankia and exploration of the role of tRNA in regulating these genes
A Sen, S Thakur, A Bothra, S Sur and L S Tisa

04:30 - 05:00 PM

Genomic perspectives on the Datisca - Frankia root nodule symbiosis
A M Berry

8th SEPTEMBER, Wednesday

9:30 - 10:00 AM	What are the stories that the Frankia genomes are telling us? L S Tisa, N Beauchemin, D Bogusz, T Furnholm, M Gtari, M Rehan, A Sen, L G Wall, F Xu
10:00 - 10:30 AM	A comparative genomic approach to the study of Geodermatophilaceae M Gtari, I Essoussi, R Boujmil, A Hamza, E Accattino, E Crotti, D Daffonchio, V Barbe, C Médigue, P Pujic, J Gury and P Normand
10:30 - 11:00 AM	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 AM	Round Table Frankia, Frankineae, Actinorhizal plants: the future that lies ahead
12:00 - 12:15 AM	Next International Meeting on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants & International Symposium on Frankineae – location and possible dates
12:15 - 12:30 PM	Closing Remarks
12:30 - 02:00 PM	Lunch
Afternoon & Evening	Porto Sightseeing Tour, Visit to Port wine cellars & Conference Dinner

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