European Co-Operation in the
field of Scientific and Technical research
Phytotechnologies
to promote
sustainable land use and improve food safety
Programme
Saint-Etienne
08-31-2006 / 09-02-2006
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Thursday 08/31
8h30-9h30
Registration / Delivery
of access card to the workshop area in the Ecole des Mines
Installation of posters
9h30: opening
session Chairman : Jean-Claude Leclerc (FR) Reporter:
Kim Yrjälä (FI)
09h30 - 10h15 Welcome and goals
10h15 - 11h00 Keynote lecture 1 Mark G. M. Aarts (NL)
Omics of the removal of heavy
metals from the environment – mechanisms, tools and plant selection.
11h00 - 11h45 Keynote lecture 2 Steve P. Mc Grath (
Food quality and safety issues concerning elements
that are essential or contaminants in crops.
11h45 - 12h30 Define actions by the co-ordinators of the Working Groups
12h30-14h00 Lunch
14h00:
Second session
“Omics
uses to characterise the responses of
plants exposed to inorganic contaminants”
Chairman : Bal Ram Singh (NO) Reporter:
Marie-Theres Hauser (AT)
14h00 - 14h20 Ann Cuypers (BE)
Oxidative stress as a modulator in cadmium induced
alterations on transcriptome and proteome in Arabidopsis thaliana.
14h20 - 14h40 Barbara
Borcz (PL)
Identification of tobacco genes regulated by cadmium
using suppression subtractive hybridization method.
14h40 - 15h00 Isabelle Duquesnoy (FR)
Genetic variability of Agrostis tenuis proteome expression
after arsenate and arsenite treatments.
15h00 - 15h20 Andrea Pirondini
(IT)
Analysis of genetic
variation in the Monte Prinzera population of Thlaspi caerulescens.
15h20 - 15h35 Directives
15h35 - 16h05 Poster session and Coffee-break
16h05:
Third session
“Physiological mechanisms involved in
detoxification and tolerance in plants exposed to inorganic contaminants”
Chairman : Nathalie Verbruggen (BE) Reporter:
Jean-Paul Schwitzguébel (CH)
16h05 - 16h25 Peter Schröder (DE)
Influence of heavy metals on glutathione conjugation – implications
for phytoremediation under multiple pollution
16h25 - 16h45 PhilippeVernay
(FR)
Changes in free amino acids in hyperaccumulator and
tolerant plants during nickel stress
16h45 - 17h05 Cristina Ortega (ES)
Characterization of early oxidative stress defences to
Cd and Hg in alfalfa seedlings
17h05 - 17h25 Abdul Razaque Memon (TR)
Cu Tolerance and Accumulation in Brassica nigra and
Development of in vitro Regeneration System for Phytoremediation
17h25 - 17h40 Directives
17h40 - 18h30 Poster session
Gala Dinner : Le Bougainvillier, Saint-Galmier: bus transport 19h30
Friday 09/01
08h30-09h00 Welcome
09h00: Fourth
session
“Advances
in -omics to investigate the behavior of organic xenobiotic in plants”
Chairman : Peter Schroeder (DE) Reporter:
Alexander Lux (SK)
09h00 - 09h20 Melissa Brazier-Hicks (
Functional importance of the family 1
glucosyltransferase UGT72B1 in the metabolism of xenobiotics in Arabidopsis
thaliana
09h20 - 09h40 Cyrille Forestier (FR)
Transport of GS-X conjugates by Arabidopsis thaliana
as a strategy for phytoremédiation
09h40 - 10h00 Luísa
Davies (PT)
Changes
Identification of genes responsible for Phragmites phytoremediation: Possible
application in agricultural soils decontamination
10h00 - 10h20 JulianeNeustifter (DE)
Phytoremediation
and detoxification of organic compounds in Phragmites australis
10h20 - 10h30 Directives
10h30
- 11h00 Poster session and Coffee-break
11h00: Fifth
session
“Beneficial or detrimental effects of
organics in food”
Chairman : Patricia Harvey (
11h00 - 11h30 Jenny Gee (UK)
Genomics as a tool to assess the health benefits of
dietary phytochemicals
11h30 - 11h50 André Gerth (DE)
Genomics-assisted production of plant
biopharmaceuticals
11h50 - 12h10 Isabel Hilber (CH)
Organochlorine pesticide residues assessed in a
greenhouse survey in 2005 and a concept of bioavailability experiments
12h10 -
12h30 Muriel Raveton (FR)
Relations between pollen or seed quality and soil pest
control in sunflower cultures
12h30 - 12h40 Directives
12h40-14h10 Lunch
14h10:
Sixth session
“Food
safety and food chain contamination”
Chairman : Juan Navarro
(ES) Reporter:
Pascale Goupil (FR)
14h10 - 14h30 Artak Ghandilyan (NL)
Genetic
studies and QTL mapping for mineral homeostasis in a RIL population of
Arabidopsis thaliana
14h30 - 14h50 Bal Ram Singh (NO)
Effects
of chloride, sulphate and nitrate on cadmium in rhizosphere soil and its uptake
by ryegrass
14h50 - 15h10 Antonio de Haro-Bailon (ES)
Arsenic,
lead and cadmium uptake and distribution in broccoli, cauliflower and radish
plants grown on contaminated soil
15h10
- 15h30 Agnes Piquet-Pissaloux (FR)
Transfer
soil/grassland on Ni-Cr rich soils and derogation of French regulation of
sewage sludge spreading
15h30 - 15h40 Directives
15h40 - 16h10 Poster session and
Coffee-break
16h10: Seventh
session
“Omics and xenobiotics: practical
agronomic issues”
Chairman : Michel Mench (FR) Reporter:
Henrique Guedes-Pinto (PT)
16h10 - 16h30 Elena Strijakova (RU)
Influence
of activated carbon on soil fertility and quality of crops grown in
contaminated soil: a Russian experience
16h30 - 17h00 Frank Laturnus (SE)
Organic
contaminants from sewage sludge applied to agricultural soils – false
alarm regarding possible problems for food safety?
17h00 - 17h30 (LIMAGRAIN, FR) Title to
be announced
17h30 - 18h00 (AFSSA , French Agency for sanitary food
safety, FR) Title to be announced
18h00 - 18h30 Discussion and
directives
18h30 - 19h00 Outcomes from the
meeting and next steps
Saturday 09/02 (optional)
09h00:
field trip
10h00 - 11h00 Suc de Clava: "a high Cr-Ni-rich serpentine natural
environment"
11h30 - 12h30 Visit of a wine-cave (Côte du Rhône)
13h00-14h00 Lunch
15h30 Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport
16h15 Lyon Part-Dieu railway station
17h15 Saint-Etienne Ecole des Mines
