Program

 

 

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

 

 

Wednesday May 8th

 

 

MORNING SESSION

 

  • 09:00 – 09:45

    Julia Bailey-Serres(Chair) – UC Riverside, USA.Mixed message: Making, holding, decoding and destroying mRNAs for stress resilience

  • 09:45 – 10:30

    Doris WagnerUniversity of Pennsylvania, USA(Re)programming cell identity and function in response to developmental and environmental cues

  • 10:30 – 11:00

    Coffee

  • 11:00 – 11:45

    Kenneth BirnbaumNew York University (NYU), USASystemic approaches to dissect cell-cell signalling

  • 11:45 – 12:30

    Veronica GrieneisenJohn Innes Centre (JIC), UKDevelopmental Homeostasis: unearthing the multiscale mechanisms underlying optimal nutrient uptake in roots

  • 12:30 – 13:15

    Uta PaszkowskyUniversity of Cambridge, UKMolecular genetics of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in cereals

  • 13:15 – 13:25

    Closing remarks & Farewell