Monday May 6th

MORNING SESSION

• 08:30 – 09:30
  

  Registration

• 09:30 – 09:45
  

  Welcome from the organizers

• 09:45 – 10:30
  

  Xuemei Chen(Chair) – UC Riverside, USATREX-2 and a nuclear pore protein in microRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis

• 10:30 – 11:15
  

  Franziska TurckMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ). GermanyA composite cis-regulatory code underpins epigenetic gene repression in plants

• 11:15 – 11:45
  

  Coffee

• 11:45 – 12:30
  

  Asaph AharoniWeizmann Institute of Science, IsraelHijacking GAMEs: Evolution and Domestication of the Alkaloids Pathway in the Genus Solanum

• 12:30 – 13:15
  

  Paloma MasCentre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), SpainCellular and molecular mechanisms of circadian clock function in Arabidopsis thaliana

• 13.15 – 14:30
  

  Lunch / Posters

Monday May 6th

AFTERNOON SESSION

• 14:30 – 15.15
  

  Magnus Nordborg(Chair) – Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI), AustriaThe genetics of epigenetics

• 15:15 – 16:00
  

  Siobhan BradyUC Davis, USATomato Roots and their Cell Types – Turning Things Inside Out!

• 16:00 – 16:30
  

  Coffee

• 16:30 – 17:15
  

  Henrik Jönsson Sainsbury Laboratory at Cambridge University (SLCU), UKHow many stem cells can you fit in a plant shoot?

• 17:15 – 18:00
  

  Natalia DudarevaPurdue University, USAPhenylalanine Biosynthetic Network: Past, Present and Future

• 18:00 – 18:45
  

  Holger PuchtaKarlsruher Institut für Technologie, GermanyUsing CRISPR/Cas in plants: From gene editing to gene targeting and genome engineering

Tuesday May 7th

MORNING SESSION

• 09:00 – 09:45
  

  Zachary Lippman(Chair) – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USACryptic variation and epistasis in flower production and crop improvement

• 09:45 – 10:30
  

  Claudia KöhlerSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SwedenDomestication of transposable elements for plant reproduction

• 10:30 – 11:00
  

  Coffee

• 11:00 – 11:45
  

  Björn HambergerMichigan State University, USAPlant diterpene metabolism: newly evolved strategies for discovery in the mint family and engineering of production

• 11:45 – 12:30
  

  Salomé PratNational Centre for Biotechnolgy (CNB), SpainFLOWERING-LOCUS T: more than flowering inducing signals

• 12:30 – 13:15
  

  Jane ParkerMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ), GermanyAnalysis of NLR immunity signalling across plant species

• 13:15 – 14:30
  

  Lunch / Posters

Tuesday May 7th

 AFTERNOON SESSION

• 14:30 – 15:15
  

  Marja Timmermans(Chair) – Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), GermanyMaking a flat leaf: Pre-patterning, morphogenic small RNAs, and growth

• 15:15 – 16:00
  

  Yves Van de PeerVlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Belgium.(Plant) Life with more than one genome

• 16:00 – 16:30
  

  Coffee

• 16:30 – 17:15
  

  Li LiCornell University, USA.Mechanistic insights into carotenoid accumulation in plants

• 17:15 – 18:00
  

  Yrjö HelariuttaSainsbury Laboratory at Cambridge University (SLCU), UKIntegration of hormonal and transcriptional control during vascular development