| Tuesday, January 20 |
| 8:30AM |
Welcome – Anna Palmisano, Chair, Interagency Working
Group on Environmental Biotechnology |
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| 8:40 AM |
National Science Foundation Programs- Tom Waite and Bill Winner |
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| 9:00 AM |
Department of Energy Programs – Paul Bayer |
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| 9:10 AM |
Environmental Protection Agency – Mitch Lasat |
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| 9:20 AM |
Office of Naval Research Programs – Linda Chrisey |
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| 9:30 AM |
SERDP Programs – Andrea Leeson |
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| 9:40 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM |
Pedro Alvarez: Effect of Root-Derived Substrates on the Expression
of
nah-lux Genes in Pseudomonas fluorescens HK44:
Implications for PAH Biodegradation in the Rhizosphere |
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| 10:30 AM |
David Salt: Genome-Wide Hunt for Metal Hyperaccumulation
Genes |
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| 11:00 AM |
Don Cheney: Metabolic Engineering of Seaweeds for the detoxification
of TNT-Contaminated Marine Waters – Part 1 |
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| 11:30 AM |
Greg Rorrer: Metabolic Engineering of Marine Seaweeds for
the Detoxification of TNT-Contaminated Marine Waters - Part II |
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| 12:00 PM |
Lunch on your own |
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| 1:00 PM |
David Crowley: Phytoremediation of PCB And PAH Contaminated
Soils |
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| 1:30 PM |
Nicole Pence (Kochian): Investigating the Molecular Basis
for Heavy Metal Hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi caerulescens |
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| 2:00 PM |
Raymond Lee: Oxygen Transport in Estuarine Marsh Grasses. |
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| 2:30 PM |
Lena Ma: Arsenic Hyperaccumulation By Chinese Brake Fern
(Pteris vittata) |
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| 3:00 PM |
Break, and Poster set up |
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| 3:30 PM |
POSTER SESSION |
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Anne Anderson: Are plant root-mycobacterium interactions beneficial
in remediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons? |
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Jo Ann Banks: Genetic And Molecular Dissection Of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation
In The Fern Pteris vittata. |
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Adan Colon-Carmona: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Stress Responses
In Arabidopsis thaliana |
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Stephen Ebbs: Intraspecific Variation in the Cellular Partitioning
of Metals in Leaves of the Zn/Cd Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens |
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Jean-Francois Gaillard: Synchrotron based Methods to study As speciation
in Chinese Brake Fern |
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Michael Huesemann: Phytoremediation of Marine Sediments Contaminated
With Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Using Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) |
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Zhi-qing Lin: Enhancement of Selenium Volatilization by Salicornia
begilovii: Plant and Microbial Interactions |
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Richard Meagher: Phytoremediation of Hg and As Pollution |
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Elizabeth Guthrie-Nichols: PAH Bioavailability In Sediments: Applications
Of 13C-Labeling Techniques To Understand Plant Carbon Inputs On PAH
Fate. |
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Michael Reynolds: Fate of Plant-Tissue-Associated RDX In Surface Soil. |
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| 5:00 PM |
End of first day’s sessions |
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| 6:30 PM |
Dinner at local restaurant |
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| Wednesday, January 21 |
| 8:30 AM |
Jerry Schnoor: Mineralization of HMX and RDX by Hybrid Poplar
Tissue Cultures and the Potential for Endo-Phytoremediation
of Organic Contaminants |
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| 9:00 AM |
Jacqueline Shanks: Genetic And Biochemical Basis For Plant
Transformation Of Energetic Materials |
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| 9:30 AM |
Neal Bruce (Strand): Engineering Transgenic Plants for the
Sustained Containment and In Situ Treatment of Energetic Materials |
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| 10:00 AM |
Jason White: Mechanistic Role of Plant Root Exudates in the
Phytoremediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in soil |
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| 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:45 AM |
Breakout Group Assignments |
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Breakout Group Leaders:
Group #1: Schnoor, Chair; Shanks, Rapporteur
Group #2: Crowley, Chair; Alvarez, Rapporteur
Group #3: Banks, Chair; Cheney, Rapporteur
Breakout Discussion Points:
- What are the knowledge gaps and research opportunities
in phytoremediation?
- How can we move the field of phytoremediation forward
to have more impact? In other words, what phytoremediation
research is needed to provide the best return on investment
to the U.S. taxpayer?
- What would a broad road map of this research look like?
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| 11:15 AM |
Breakout Groups Meet |
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| 12:00 PM |
Lunch on your own |
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| 1:00 PM |
Breakout Groups continue to meet |
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| 2:00 PM |
Breakouts report out |
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| 3:00 PM |
Closing comments—meeting adjourns |
