Parallel Sessions
Tuesday 25 August 2025
Parallel session 1
Parallel Session 1.1: Biotic signals I
Room: Minnaert 0.15
Chair: Niko Geldner
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Connor Forsyth: 15N and 13C as Performance Markers in Soybean-Rhizobia Symbiosis |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Julia Ruiz Capella: Reprogramming of defense plant hormone networks upon temperature stress |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Julia Mars: How do microbes shape suberin patterns in sorghum roots? |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | David Kakembo: From microbiome prediction to causation: Functional validation of potato seed tuber-associated bacteria |
Parallel Session 1.2: Abiotic signals I
Room: Minnaert 2.07
Chair: Ari Sadanandom
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Linfei Guo: Proteomic analysis of growth-stress interaction |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Alysha Somer: Osmotic stress treatment in agar plates: unexpected effects of sorbitol treatment on root architecture |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Marco Fraccalvieri: EPFL9-2 gene editing as a tool to improve water stress resilience in the genus Vitis |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Gyöngyi Macias Honti: Sneaky link: auxin fluctuations in ethylene led meristematic protection |
Parallel Session 1.3: Structural resilience
Room: Minnaert 2.08
Chair: Laura Bacete
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Manju Maharjan: Watchers on the Wall: Decoding the Early Stages of Plant Cell Wall Integrity |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Maria João Ferreira: Seed drying through a mechanosignaling lens |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Joy Debnath: Functional Characterization of Apoplast Localized Proteins in Controlling Response to Salinity in Arabidopsis |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Angga Lestari: Cell Wall Integrity Signaling Contributes to Plant Flooding Survival |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
Parallel session 2
Parallel Session 2.1: Biotic signals II
Room: Minnaert 0.15
Chair: Caroline Gutjahr
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Anke Van Den Berghe: Unravelling the molecular basis of plant immunity priming by bacterial cyclic lipopeptides |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Susanna Ambu: Exploring the Role of Cell Wall Integrity Sensing in Pathogen Susceptibility |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Alberto Arré: Decoding plant-microbiota host specificity using synthetic microbial communities |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Sophie Vijverberg: Identifying Arabidopsis candidate genes in response to beneficial microbe using image-based phenotyping |
Parallel Session 2.2: Abiotic signals II
Room: Minnaert 2.07
Chair: Matthew Paul
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Ruby Alderson: A cabbage from the cold: an Arctic model system for extreme environmental adaptation |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Yu Him Tang: Signal strength and redundancy: ethylene receptors ETR1 and EIN4 regulate salt signaling and development in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Robert Winter: Trade-offs between shoot growth and abiotic stress in Arabidopsis |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Lucila Salvatore: Balancing the Budget: Carbon-dependent nitrogen foraging strategies |
Parallel Session 2.3: Developmental signals
Room: Minnaert 2.08
Chair: Laura Ragni
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Janne Hageman: Hypoxia in the radicle as a developmental cue for root meristem activation? |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Virevol Thakro: Barrier breakthrough: Molecular determinants of exodermis divergence for root resilience |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Dani Amat: Where in the cell do plants sense oxygen? |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Niels Peeters: Hypocotyl Decapitation and Regeneration with Agrobacterium (HyDRA): A Tissue Culture-Free Strategy for In Planta Transformation via Wound-Induced Regeneration |