September 3

Open discussion: Genetically modified organisms - perspectives and risks

Chairmen: Edward Gwóźdź, Jan Szopa-Skórkowski, Przemysław Wojtaszek, Janusz Zimny

• PSEPB Executive Committee meeting.
• General Assembly of the PSEPB Founding Members.
• Welcome party.

September 4

• Opening of the conference - R. J. Górecki, PSEPB President.
• Awarding the title of the Honorary Professor in UWM in Olsztyn to Dr C. Hedley.

Plenary lectures:

• C. L. Hedley: "Development of starch granule molecular and supramolecular structure".
• A. Tretyn, J. Kopcewicz: "Molecular mechanisms of plant development".
• E. Gwoźdź: "Cellular and organospecific responses of plants to abiotic stress - involvement of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide".
• J. Szopa-Skórkowski: "Biotechnological plant improvement".
• F. Dubert, E. Nalborczyk: "Ecophysiological factors of crop productivity".

Poster session

Session A: Molecular conditions of plant development

Chairman: J. Kopcewicz

• G. Dąbrowska, J.Jagielska, S. Wrotek, A. Tretyn: "Identification and characteristic Pharbitis nil cDNA encoding protein of binding chlorophyll".
• E. Frączek, S. Weidner: "Translational regulation of preharvest sprouting of Triticosecale caryopses".
• R. Malinowski, N. Tagashira, M. Filipecki, P. Gaj, S Malepszy: "Identification and characterization of two XTH related genes involved in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) somatic embryogenesis".
• A.Wiśniewska, M. Filipecki, A. Pietraszewska, S. Malepszy: "Characterization of new genes expressed during cucumber somatic embryogenesis".
• A. Pszczółkowska, J. Olszewski, G. Fordoński, K. Płodzień, T. Kulik: "Identification of plant pathogenic Fusarium species using PCR methods".
• P. Wojtaszek: "Molecular mechanisms of generation and maintenance of plant cell polarity".
• R.J. Górecki, L.B. Lahuta, M. Horbowicz: "α-D-galactosides in seeds of Vicia genus".
• L. B. Lahuta, R. J. Górecki, E. Gojło, M. Horbowicz: "Accumulation of raffinose family oligosaccharides and galactosyl cyclitols in developing Vicia seeds".
• J. Legocka, A. Żarnowska: "Role of polyamines in cytokinin-regulated physiological processes".

Session C: Genetic engineering in quantitative and qualitative plant improvement

Chairman: J. Szopa-Skórkowski

• B. Grabowska, M. Figlerowicz: "Development of an effective method of selective RNAi-induced gene silencing in legumes".
• J. Hennig, M. Krzymowska, A. Barabasz, A. Mac, B. Bieniak, M. Charzyńska: "Functional analysis of gluB gene in Solanum tuberosum plants".
• Ł. Kłóska, W. Szarek, R. Cegielski, J. Troczyńska, L. Drozdowska: "Optimisation of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) regeneration and transformation conditions".
• J. Kępczyński: "Manipulation of ethylene biosynthesis and perception".
• B. Michalczuk, L. Michalczuk: "Ethylene production in senescing organs of transgenic petunia carrying maize IAA-glucose synthase gene".
• M. Łukaszewicz, J. Szopa: "Flavonoid biosynthesis modification in transgenic plants".
• W. E. Pluskota, D. J. Michalczyk, R. J. Górecki: "Activity of promoters of phenylalanine-ammonia lyase gene from pea in transgenic tobacco plants".
• Z. Rybka: "Changes of geneexpression during acclimatization and deacclimatization of wheat seedlings to low temperature".
• E.J. Sawicka-Sienkiewicz, H. Augustyniak, M. Jakubowicz, M. Rurek, G. Pietkiewicz, L. Styszko: "Development of molecular markers useful for selection of the potato genotypes resistant to potato cyst nematodes (Globodera rostochiensis)".
• J. Wojciechowicz, R. J. Górecki, A.B. Legocki, M. Figlerowicz: "RNAi as a specific antiviral immune system in plants".

Fireplace, marina on Lake Kortowskie

September 5

Session A continued

Chairman: J. Kopcewicz

• A.K. Banaś, H. Gabryś: "Sugars and chloroplast movements: interaction between sugars and light signaling pathways".
• M. Bojko, J. Kruk, S. Więckowski: "Plastoquinones incorporated in sodium cholate micelles are effectively reduced by ferredoxin:NADP+ oxidoreductase".
• W.I. Gruszecki, W. Grudziński, D. Niedźwiedzki, Z. Krupa: "Protectional excitation quenching in the photosynthetic antenna complexes".
• J. Grzyb, M. Bojko, A. Waloszek, D. Latowski, S. Więckowski: "Preliminary characteristic of quinone binding site on ferredoxin:NADP+ oxidoreductase molecule".
• B. Myśliwa-Kurdziel, K. Strzałka: "Fluorescence lifetime of protochlorophyllide in etiolated leaves, isolated etioplast membranes and in model systems".
• E. Niewiadomska, A. Haag-Kerwer, Z. Miszalski, R. Ratajczak: "Photorespiration and regulation of catalase activity in leaves of C3-CAM intermediate plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.".
• K. Strzałka, D. Latowski, K. Burda: "The role of membrane fluidity in regulation of molecular mechanism of the xantophyl cycle".
• A. Anielska-Mazur, J. Dobrucki, A. Timmers, H. Gabryś: "Light-induced in vivo reorganization of actin cytoskeleton in leaves of Nicotiana tabacum transformed with the plastin-GFP".
• W. Krzeszowiec, H. Gabryś: "Light-induced changes of actin architecture in plant cells and their role in chloroplast movements".
• D. Kwiatkowska: "Surface expansion of the shoot apical meristem in Arabidopsis thaliana".
• M. Lenartowska, K. Jaworski, R. Lenartowski, J. Niedojadło, D.J. Smoliński, B. Wróbel, E. Bednarska: "Role of the apoplast in Ca2+ metabolism during the pollen-pistil interaction".
• J. Bohdanowicz, E. Szczuka, J. Świerczyńska, J. Pasiak: "The influence of abiotic factors on microtubular cytoskeleton during microsporogenesis and pollen grain development in Gagea lutea (L.) Ker.-Gaw.", cancelled.
• E. Myśkow: "The mode of ray initiation affects the rate of double storied pattern formation in cambium".

Session D: Plant ecophysiology as a factor of plant production and environmental protection

Chairman: F. Dubert

• M. Kozłowska, P. Pukacki, E. Brzezińska, M. Rybus-Zając: "Effect of increased UV-B radiation on conifer metabolism".
• E. Skórska: "Estimation of crop plant susceptibility to UV-B radiation", cancelled.
• I. Sowik, B. Borkowska, D. Wawrzyńczak, L. Michalczuk: "Morphological characteristics and photosynthetic activity of selected strawberry clone with enhanced resistance to Verticilium wilt".
• P. Sowiński, A. Rudzińska-Langwald: "Chilling-sensitivity of maize. In search of new directions".
• M. Iqbal: "Plant growth and yield as affected by environmental factors".
• J. Dziejowski: "Microcalorimeter for heat effects measurements of plant metabolic processes".

September 5

Session B: Mechanisms of plant resistance to stress

Chairman: E. Gwóźdź

• K. Drzewiecka, P. Goliński: "Salicylic acid accumulation in transgenic tobacco plants inoculated with harpin".
• J. Floryszak-Wieczorek, Z. Górski, G. Milczarek, M. Arasimowicz, H. Jackowiak, A. Ciszewski: "Pathogen elicits nitric oxide and other free radical forms in pelargonium leaves".
• B. Leszczyński, A. Wójcicka, H. Matok, A. Urbańska, R. Krzyżanowski: "Mechanisms of cereal resistance towards aphids".
• I. Morkunas: "Relationship between carbohydrate level and infectivity, development of Fusarium wilts under the yellow lupine germination".
• M. Sobczak, S. Fudali, S. Janakowski, A. Karczmarek, W. Golinowski: "Expression of cellulases and expansins during induction and maintainance of syncytia induced by potato cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) in roots of susceptible tomato".
• Z. Miszalski, I. Ślesak, A. Haag-Kerwer, E. Surówka, M. Libik, K. Gawrońska, E. Niewiadomska: "CAM induction and oxidative stress in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum".
• W. Pokora, A. Aksmann, Z. Tukaj: "Activity of superoxide dismutases in Scenedesmus (Chlorophyta) species and strains depends on growth phase, growth rate and medium composition".
• A. Rzepka, J. Krupa, I. Ślesak: "Hypoxia and photosynthetic activity in relation to identification of chosen elements of the antioxidative system in leaves of Mnium undulatum".
• B. Szal, A.M. Rychter: "Oxidative metabolism after anaerobiosis in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings".
• K. Oracz, R. Bogatek: "Oxidative stress in germinating mustard seeds (Sinapis alba L.) induced by sunflower allelopathic compounds".
• W. Borucki: "Localization of enzymatic activity in pea root nodules under abiotic stresse conditions".
• Z. Krupa, M. Krupa, W.I. Gruszecki: "Do heavy metals induce significant changes in spectral characteristics of chlorophylls in terrestrial higher plants? The effects of Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn on rye seedlings".
• A. Małecka, A. Piechalak, K. Wasinkiewicz, B. Tomaszewska, L. Ciszewska: "Gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (EC.6.3.2.2) - functions in Pisum sativum and Brassica napus plants under leadion ion stress".
• M. Rurek, A. Wojtkowiak, H. Augustyniak: "Influence of thermal stress on protein pattern of lupine mitochondrial complexes".
• D. Solecka, J. Żebrowski, A. Kacperska: "Low temperature modifies cell wall mechanical properties and expansion growth of leaves".

WORKSHOP ARABIDOPSIS

Chairmen: A. Jerzmanowski, A. Jarmołowski

• Round Table Discussion: Research on Arabidopsis in Poland.
• J. Brzeski: "Biochemical characteristics of the chromatin-remodeling enzyme DDM1".
• M. Derba, A. Jarmołowski, P. Wojtaszek: "Silencing of gene expression for secondary cell wall protein from Arabidopsis thaliana - functional analysis".
• H. Gawrońska, M. Ciurzyńska, M. Wiench, S.W. Gawroński: "Gene expression profiling in Arabidopsis as influenced by lead - microarray analysis".
• A. Kasprzewska, A. Kacperska: "Role of chitinases in plant growth and development - effect of Arabidopsis thaliana chitinase gene function disturbances".
• E.U. Kurczyńska, M.D. Gaj, I. Tomala, P. Stachoń: "Histological analysis of somatic embryos induction of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. in in vitro culture".
• J. Maceluch, A. Jarmołowski: "RNA interference-mediated silencing of the expression of plant pseudouridine synthase NAP57".
• D. Nabiałkowska, I. Szalejko: "Comparison of the frequency of somaclonal changes among Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. plants regenerated from root and shoot explants".
• J. Sadowski, D. Babula, M. Kaczmarek, P. Ziółkowski, A. Stańko: "The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana: implications from analysis of gene redundancy to genome functional plasticity".
• T.J. Sarnowski, S. Świeżewski, G. Rios, A. Jerzmanowski: "Genes of the family AtSWI3 from Arabidopsis - homologues of yeast chromatin regulator - characteristics and analysis of physiological functions in plants".
• A. Stańko, A. Ludwików, D. Babula, J. Sadowski: "Superoxide dismutase - a first line of defense against ROS".
• T.Z. Szczęsny: "Cell divisions and expansion in CLAVATA3 expression domain of Arabidopsis thaliana shoot apex".
• P. Ziółkowski, J. Sadowski: "Bioinformatic and physical analysis of Arabidopsis and Brassica genomes".
• A. Wierzbicki: "Histone H1 is indispensable for maintaining the DNA methylation standard in Arabidopsis".

Summary of the poster session

Chairman: S. Lewak

Final discussion, closing ceremony

Chairmen: R.J. Górecki, P. Wojtaszek

Students' Session

Moderator: D.J. Michalczyk

September 6, 2003

Tours of Warmia and Mazury

• From Olsztyn to Mikołajki, cruise to Ruciane Nida, and return to Olsztyn.
• From Olsztyn to Mikołajki, visit to Gierłoża, concert at the Holy Lipka Sanctuary, dinner in Łężany. Back to Olsztyn.