EPS Summer School

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: Signals in developmental transitions
10.15-11.15	Sebastian Soyk, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland *Adapting flowering responses in tomato by genome editing* Chair: Esther van den Bergh
11.15-12.15	Margot Smit, Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Tübingen, Germany *Arrested Development: How do plants control cell fate transition timing in the stomatal lineage?* Chair: Manuel Aguirre Bolaños
12.15-13.45	Lunch
	Session 2: Plant-microbiome signaling
13.45-14.45	Kathrin Wippel, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Plant microbiomes: host-specific toolboxes for functional plasticity Chair: Gijs Selten
14.45-15.45	Klaus Schläppi, University of Basel, Switzerland *From exudate-microbiome interactions on Maize roots to smart farming* Chair: David Kakembo
15.45-16.15	Coffee/Tea break
16.15-17.15	Ainhoa Martinez, Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, Spain *Root mutualistic fungi shape plant-insect multitrophic interactions: a systems biology approach to explore the main regulatory mechanisms* Chair: Robin Cowper

morning	Session 3: Spatial signal specificity
9.00-10.00	Tatsuya Nobori, The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), Norwich, UK *Single-cell and spatial dissection of plant-microbe interactions* Chair: Iñigo Bañales Belaunde
10.00-10.30	Coffee/Tea break
10.30-11.30	Hilde Nelissen, VIB, Gent, Belgium *Plant organ growth under drought: from cellular mechanisms to molecular networks* Chair: Tessa Visscher
11.30-12.30	Julia Bailey-Serres, University of California, Riverside *Plasticity in development and mycorrhizal interactions as soils dry* Chair: Julia Mars
12.30-14.00	Lunch
afternoon	Parallel Sessions: program
14.00-15.00	Session 1.1: *Spatial signal specificity* (BBG 201) Session 1.2: *Signals in developmental transitions (1)* (BBG 209) Session 1.3: *Plant-microbiome signaling (1)* (BBG 214)
15.00-15.30	Coffee/Tea break
15.30-16.30	Session 2.1: *Plant stress signals* (BBG 201) Session 2.2: *Signals in developmental transitions (2)* (BBG 209) Session 2.3: *Plant-microbiome signaling (2)* (BBG 214)
16.35-18:30	Poster Session
18:30 – late	Dinner Party in Botanical Gardens

morning	Session 4: Plant stress signals
9.00-10.00	Kirsten ten Tusscher, Utrecht University, the Netherlands *Plant responses to salt and nutrients; A combined experimental and computational approach* Chair: Joy Debnath
10.00-10.15	Coffee/Tea break
10.15-11.15	Francesco Licausi, University of Oxford, UK *Low oxygen sensing and adaptations in plants* Chair: Dani Amat
11.15-11.30	Coffee/Tea break
11.30-12.30	Salma Balazadeh, University of Leiden, the Netherlands *Enhancing plant stress tolerance by unleashing intrinsic regulatory networks and the beneficiary action of microbes* Chair: Rahmi Masita
12.30-14.00	Lunch
afternoon
14.00-15.00	John Christie, University of Glasgow, UK *Optogenetic manipulation of plant physiology* Chair: Viktoria Naoumi
15.00-15.30	*Coffee/Tea break*
15.30-16.30	Keynote lecture Hidde Boersma, Science journalist, essayist and documentary maker *A new narrative for sustainable food production* Chair: Jelle Spooren
16.30-17.00	Closing, drinks and farewell

Program