Program
Monday 24 August 2026
| 9.00-10.00 | Arrival and registration (Lobby of Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw) |
| 10.00-10.15 | Welcome and opening of the Summer School (Atlas) Rashmi Sasidharan |
| Session 1: Topic (Atlas) | |
| 10.15-11.15 | Matthew Paul, Rothamsted Research Translating discoveries in sugar signalling to crop yield improvement Chair: |
| 11.15-12.15 | Mariana Silva Artur, Wageningen University & Research Surviving dryness: seed maturation as a system to study development-stress signaling crosstalk Chair: |
| 12.15-13.45 | Lunch (Minnaert Mezzanine) |
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Session 2: Topic (Atlas) |
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| 13.45-14.45 | Beatrice Giuntoli, University of Pisa Title Chair: |
| 14.45-15.45 | Bruno Guillotin, IPS2 Paris-Saclay To be or not to be? The plasticity of cell identity in plant development Chair: |
| 15.45-16.15 | Coffee/Tea break (Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw video wall, near Atlas) |
| 16.15-17.15 | Laura Ragni, University of Freiburg Title Chair: |
Tuesday 25 August 2026
| Session 3: Topic (Atlas) | |
| 9.00-10.00 | Laura Bacete, Umeå University From Cell Wall State to Cellular Decisions: Early decoding of mechanochemical cues Chair: |
| 10.00-10.30 | Coffee/Tea break (Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw video wall, near Atlas) |
| 10.30-11.30 | Ari Sadanandom, University of Durham Title Chair: |
| 11.30-12.30 | Priya Ramakrishna, EPFL Title Chair: |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch (Minnaert Mezzanine) |
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Parallel Sessions: program |
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| 14.00-15.00 | Session 1.1: Session 1.2: Session 1.3: |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee/Tea break (Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw video wall, near Atlas) |
| 15.30-16.30 | Session 2.1: Session 2.2: Session 2.3: |
| 16.35-18:30 | Poster Session (Lobby of Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw) |
| 18:30 – late | Dinner Party in Botanical Gardens |
Wednesday 26 August 2026
| Session 4: Topic(Atlas) | |
| 9.00-10.00 | Niko Geldner, University of Lausanne Title Chair: |
| 10.00-10.30 | Coffee/Tea break (Lobby of Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw) |
| 10.30-11.30 | Roeland Berendsen, Utrecht University From soil-borne legacies to predictive microbiomes: digital phenotyping of plant–microbe interactions Chair: |
| 11:30-12:30 | Caroline Gutjahr, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Form and Function of a Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Chair: |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch (Minnaert Mezzanine) |
| 14.00-15.30 | Keynote lecture (Atlas)
Marcel Beukeboom, director of Naturalis, civil servant, diplomat, politician. |
| 15:30-17:00 | Closing, drinks and farewell (Lobby of Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw) |