Thursday, 12th of May, 2022
8.00-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.30 Welcome Remarks
1st Session- Cell and Developmental Biology / From cells to organisms
Chair: Liam Dolan
09.30-09.55 Tonni Grube Andersen, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
The endodermal passage cell -Just another brick in the wall?
09.55-10.15 Margot Smit, Stanford University, USA
Stomatal pre-patterning in the embryo occurs gradually and is required for post-embryonic stomatal development
10.15-10.40 Claire McWhite, Princeton University, USA
The language of proteins, and how we can use it to learn about plant protein function, structure, and evolution
10.40-11.00 Yan Ma, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Mind the gaps: Secrets of signalling specificity
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13:00 Poster Session 1
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
2nd Session- Gene Regulation
Chair: Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid
14.00-14.25 Michelle Stitzer, Cornell University, USA
The evolutionary impact of the genomic ecosystem of transposable elements in maize.
14.25-14.45 Anna Vargova, CEITEC Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Diploid to haploid transition in Arabidopsis is driven by P-body mediated inhibition of translation
14.45-15.10 Sara Lopez-Gomollon, University of Cambridge, UK
sRNAs and genomic shock in tomato hybrids
15.10-15.30 Thanvi Srikant, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Profound variation in epigenetic plasticity in natural Arabidopsis accessions
15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.00 Keynote lecture I
introduction by Yoav Voichek
Maarten Koornneef, Wageningen University Research, Netherlands
Mendel and the study of Arabidopsis natural variation
17.00-18.30 Reception
18.30 Early Career Researcher Discussion Forum
Friday, 13th of May, 2022
3rd Session- Stress Responses
Chair: Arturo Marí-Ordóñez
09.30-09.55 Marco Incarbone, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austria
A hormone-activated mobile RNAi mechanism defends plant stem cells from virus invasion
09.55-10.15 Maximilian Schwihla, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
TOL proteins fine-tune the ABA signaling pathway during abiotic stress
10.15-10.40 Mauricio Contreras, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
Biochemical basis of activation of an NLR immune receptor network
10.40-11.00 Sebastian Samwald, John Innes Centre, UK
Nanodomain proteins enable sorting of plasma membrane receptors to facilitate plasmodesmal responses to pathogens
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13:00 Poster session 2
13:00-14:00 Lunch
4th Session- Evolutionary Biology
Chair: Silvia Ramundo
14.00-14.25 Jan de Vries, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany
Streptophyte algae and genomic insights into the plant terrestrialization toolkit
14.25-14.45 Vicky Spencer, University of Bristol, UK
Redeployment of ancestral branching mechanisms in the evolution of lycophyte architecture
14.45-15.10 Hajk-Georg Drost, Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany
How transcriptome switches constrain multicellular organization across the tree of life?
15.10-15.30 Samed Delic, Duke University, USA
Green algal septin associates with evolutionarily related components of the chloroplast translocon
15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.00 Keynote lecture II
introduction by Marion Clavel
Beronda Montgomery, Michigan State University, USA
Lessons from Plants: Insights for Human Thriving
17.00-17.15 Closing remarks
17.45 Sightseeing (optional)
19.30 Conference dinner (optional)
'Gigerl, der Stadtheurige'
Rauhensteingasse 3/Blumenstockgasse
1010 Vienna