Department of Plant Biology & Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Radiobiology

                                     Mendel University in Brno

                                                 &

                            Czech Society of Experimental Plant Biology



                                             Seminary


                        Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development


                           Held on the occasion of the 70^th birthday of


                          Prof. Ing. Stanislav Procházka, DrSc., Dr.h.c.


                                       November  8^th, 2010


                 Aula of the Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno


                        Scientific Program


08.00 – 08.30                      Registration

08.30 – 08.40                      Opening


08.40 – 09.20    Ottoline H.M. Leyser, UK      Signal integration in the control of shoot branching

09.20 – 10.00    Colin Turnbull, UK                The spatial dimension of interacting hormones in
regulation of plant architecture


10.00 – 10.20                      Coffee break sponsored by Shimadzu


10.20 – 11.00    Hitoshi Mori, Japan              Apical dominance is controlled by interaction
between cytokinin biosynthesis/degradation and auxin in stem

11.00 – 11.20    Vilém Reinöhl, CZ                Competitive canalization of PIN-dependent auxin
flow from axillary buds controls pea bud outgrowth

11.20 – 11.50    Miroslav Strnad, CZ              New tools for plant hormone research

11.50 – 12.10    Roman Oros, SK                 ChIP- new approach to nanoscale protein analysis


12.10 – 13.10                      Lunch


13.10 – 13.50    Klaus Palme, FRG               The magic role of auxin and beyond

13.50 – 14.20    Eva Zažímalová, CZ              Cellular auxin homeostasis – what kind of
mechanisms are involved?

14.20 – 14.50    Břetislav Brzobohatý, CZ      Novel roles for an old hormone cytokinin

14.50 – 15.30    Johannes van Staden, SAR   Growth “regulators” produced by fire

15.30 – 15.40    Jan Krekule, CZ                   Closing remarks


16.00                                  Round table on hot topics in plant sciences

Birthday party with refreshment

Botanical Garden and Arboretum of MENDELU