Monday 22nd: Morning Session
Section A: Analytical procedures for the determination of inositol phosphates
Chair: Ian McKelvie
8:30 – 9:10: Pushpa Murthy, Michigan Tech., USA
Identification of inositol phosphates by NMR spectroscopy: unravelling structural diversity
9:10 – 9:50: William Cooper, Florida State University, USA
Analysis of inositol phosphates by mass spectrometry
9:50 – 10:10: Tetsuro Mimura, Kobe University, Japan
Inositol hexakisphosphate synthesis in plant suspension-cultured cells and measurement of inositol phosphate isomers with anion chromatography
10:10 – 10:40: Break
Section B: Inositol phosphates and phytase in animal nutrition
Chair: Cecil Forsberg
10:40 – 11:20: Victor Raboy, USDA–ARS Aberdeen, USA
Inositol phosphates in plants and development of low phytate germplasm
11:20 – 12:00: Ed Mullaney, USDA–ARS New Orleans, USA
Phytases: attributes, catalytic mechanisms, and applications
12:00 – 12:20: Elizabeth Grabau, Virginia Tech., USA
Characterizing steps in phytic acid biosynthesis as targets for manipulating inositol phosphate metabolism in soybean
12:20 – 14:00: Lunch