"New Achievements in Plant Sciences"

Prof. E. Wurtele (Iowa State University, USA): “Metabolic and regulatory networks: Carbon allocation in plants”

Prof. C. Chapple (Purdue University, USA): “Disruption of the transcriptional coregulatory complex Mediator rescues the stunted growth of a lignin-deficient Arabidopsis mutant”

Prof. R.B.J. Nikolau (Iowa State University, USA): “Integrating biocatalysis and chemical catalysis as a platform for new chemicals”

Prof. N. Dudareva (Purdue University, USA): “Aromatic amino acid network: biosynthesis, regulation and transport”

Prof. E. Pichersky (University of Michigan, USA): "Biochemistry, molecular biology, and evolution of plant volatile compounds"

Dr. E. Lewinsohn (Institute of Plant Sciences, Israel): "Molecular and biochemical mechanisms for the formation of melon aroma volatiles as nutritional cue"