CAM and C4
This session will take place on Tuesday 24th July (am).
The draft programme for the session is as follows:
10:45 Introduction
Chair: Rowan Sage
10:50 Dr Anne Borland (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne)
Dissecting the metabolic drivers and consequences of Crassulacean acid metabolism [PS10.2]
11:20 Prof. Jim Berry
11:50 Dr Christoph Peterhaensel (RWTH Aachen University)
The control of C4-specific gene expression in maize: Chromatin modifications regulate light inducibility and
tissue specificity [PS10.3]
12:10 Prof. Susanne von Caemmerer (Australian National University)
Phosphorylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase is not essential for high photosynthetic rates in the C4
species Flaveria bidentis. [PS10.4]
Chair: Julian Hibberd
12:30 Discussion
