EPS Summer School

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)
 

Session 2: Topic (Atlas)

13.45-14.45 Beatrice Giuntoli, University of Pisa
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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
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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
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11.30-12.30 Priya Ramakrishna, EPFL
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12.30-14.00 Lunch (Minnaert Mezzanine)
 

Parallel Sessions: program

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
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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
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12.30-14.00 Lunch (Minnaert Mezzanine)
14.00-15.30 Keynote lecture (Atlas)

Marcel Beukeboom, director of Naturalis, civil servant, diplomat, politician.
A new narrative for sustainable food production

15:30-17:00  Closing, drinks and farewell (Lobby of Victor J. Koningsbergergebouw)