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  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant-virus Interactions (incl. Viromes, Evolution & Vectors)
    Location: Room M+N
    Co-Chair: Laura Medina-Puche – Department of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard Karls University
    Co-Chair: Francisco Murilo Zerbini – Universidade Federal de Vicosa
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Population Biology, Ecology & Genomics
    Location: Room P+Q
    Co-Chair: Honour McCann – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Co-Chair: Stig U. Andersen – Aarhus University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Symbiosis and Mutualism (mycorrhiza and N-fixing Rhizobia)
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Co-Chair: Caroline Gutjahr – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Co-Chair: Georgina Hernandez, PhD (she/her/hers) – Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    Balancing selection shapes root microbiome regulation in Lotus japonicus
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Johan Bastien Quilbe – Aarhus University
    Author: Troels W. Mouritzen – Aarhus University
    Author: Turgut Akyol – Aarhus University
    Author: Yusdar Mustamin – Tohoku University
    Author: Masaru Bamba – Tohoku University
    Author: Shusei Sato – Tohoku University
    Author: Stig U. Andersen – Aarhus University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) –Rhizobium etli N-fixing symbiosis: unraveling novel plant regulators through genetic/genomic approach.
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Georgina Hernandez, PhD (she/her/hers) – Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
    Author: Sara Fuentes
    Author: Tim Porch
    Author: Pablo Pelaez
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 - 10:55  
    IRE1-dependent signaling arm of the unfolded protein response balances bifurcating influences on potexvirus replication/gene expression and virus cell-to-cell movement.
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Jeanmarie Verchot, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Author: Binita Adhikari – Texas A&M University
    Author: Haden Charles Ball – Texas A&M University
    Author: Karolina Pajerowska-Mukhtar – Clemson University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:50 - 11:10  
    Regulation of arbuscular mycorrhiza development
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Caroline Gutjahr – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:50 - 11:10  
    ToxB or not to ToxB: The Conflicting Roles of Transposons in Fungal Effector Evolution
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Megan McDonald, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Birmingham
    Author: Ryan Gourlie
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:55 - 11:20  
    Role of spatio-temporal variation in host susceptibility to infection in the evolution of potyvirus’ virulence
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Santiago F. Elena, PhD (he/him/his) – CSIC
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:10 - 11:30  
    Experimental evolution of root-associated microbial communities
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Ruben Garrido-Oter – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:10 - 11:30  
    The inner workings of the CCaMK/Cyclops complex
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Martin Parniske – University of Munich
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:20 - 11:30  
    Molecular mechanisms underlying Rx-NRC-mediated immunity
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Chunpeng An – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Shoucai Ma – Xianghu Laboratory
    Author: Aaron Lawson – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Yu Cao – School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine
    Author: Yue Sun – School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine
    Author: Eddie Yong Jun Tan – Nanyang Technological University Singapore
    Author: Jinheng Pan – School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine
    Author: Jan Jirschitzka – Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
    Author: Paul Schulze-Lefert – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Jijie Chai – Westlake University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:30 - 11:40  
    An evolutionary and functional analysis of virulence gene promoters in Pseudomonas syringae.
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Racquel A. Singh (she/her/hers) – Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
    Author: Tamar V. Av-Shalom (she/her/hers) – Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
    Author: Bradley Laflamme – Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
    Author: Marcus M. Dillon – Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
    Author: Renan N. D. Almeida – Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
    Author: Darrell Desveaux – Department of cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
    Author: David S. Guttman – Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:30 - 11:40  
    Immune modulation by the host's peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase in root nodule symbiosis
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Takashi Goto – Aarhus University
    Author: Yasuyuki Kawaharada – Iwate University
    Author: Kasper Andersen – Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
    Author: Masayoshi Kawaguchi – National Institute for Basic Biology
    Author: Jens Stougaard – Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:30 - 11:40  
    Repurposing geminiviruses for engineering gene circuits in plants: a copper-inducible BeYDV-derived expression system for biomanufacturing
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Elena Garcia Perez (she/her/hers) – Earlham Institute
    Author: Marta Vazquez-Vilar – IBMCP
    Author: Rosa Lozano-Durán – University of Tü​bingen
    Author: Diego Orzaez – IBMCP
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:40 - 11:50  
    Repeat, evolve, repeat: The high evolvability of the Xanthomonas oryzae genome facilitates epidemic outbreaks in rice.
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Alvaro L. PEREZ QUINTERO (he/him/his) – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Ian Lorenzo Quibod – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Pablo Bertogna – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Laurent Brottier – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Camille Blasco – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Ravo Rabekijana – Université d’Antananarivo, École Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques (ESSA)
    Author: Harinjaka Raveloson – Centre Régional de Recherche du FOFIFA
    Author: Alexis Dereeper – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Florence Auguy – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Claire Neema – Institut Agro Montpellier
    Author: Ibrahim Hashim – Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI)
    Author: Jane Wamaitha – Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
    Author: Geoffrey Onaga – Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice)
    Author: Mathilde Hutin – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Author: Boris Szurek – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:40 - 11:50  
    Stimulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis by a fungal tripeptide
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Author: Nathan Pavot – LRSV - Toulouse University
    Author: Léa Pedinotti – LRSV - Toulouse University
    Author: Eve Coutant – LRSV - Toulouse University
    Author: Morgane Le Marquer – LRSV - Toulouse University
    Author: Guillaume Bécard – LRSV - Toulouse University
    Author: Virginie Puech Pagès – LRSV - Toulouse University
    Presenting Author: Nicolas Frei Dit Frey (he/him/his) – LRSV - Toulouse University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:40 - 11:50  
    Structural basis for the activation of plant bunyavirus replication machinery and its dual-targeted inhibition by ribavirin
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Jia Li – Nanjing Agricultural University
    Author: Lei Cao – Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Author: Xiaorong Tao – Nanjing Agricultural University
    Author: Xiangxi Wang – Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:50 - 12:00  
    The soil-borne fungus Verticillium dahliae differentially employs molecular tools to establish interactions with phylogenetically distant terrestrial microalgae
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Hanna Rovenich – University of Cologne
    Author: Anton Kraege (he/him/his) – University of Cologne
    Author: Eva Schnell – University of Cologne
    Author: Ana Lopez-Moral – University of Cologne
    Author: Heidrun Haeweker – University of Cologne
    Author: Ole Nielsen – University of Cologne
    Author: Bart Thomma (he/him/his) – CEPLAS/University of Cologne
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:50 - 12:00  
    Understanding the breakdown of resistance with population genomics: how European populations of powdery mildew overcame Pm17 resistance in wheat
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Fabrizio Menardo – University of Zurich
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Microbial infection strategies (pathogens & non-pathogens)
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Co-Chair: Armin Djamei – INRES- Plant Pathology, University of Bonn
    Co-Chair: Amey Redkar, PhD (he/him/his) – National Centre for Biological Sciences
    Concurrent Session
    With Sponsorship Support From 
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Extracellular & Intracellular non-self recognition & signaling (1)
    Location: Room M+N
    Co-Chair: Jane Parker – Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Co-Chair: Kee Hoon Sohn, PhD (he/him/his) – Seoul National University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Management of diseases and emerging diseases
    Location: Room P+Q
    Co-Chair: Kamil Witek – 2Blades, The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:15 - 15:30  
    Processes underpinning the colonisation of plants by pathogenic and symbiotic filamentous microbes
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Sebastian Schornack – Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU), University of Cambridge
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:15 - 15:35  
    Modern Breeding Tools for BXW Resistance: Advancing Banana Improvement through Transgenics and Genome Editing
    Location: Room P+Q
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:15 - 15:35  
    Recognition of the bacterial type III effector RipAZ1, a suppressor of effector-triggered immunity, is conferred by paired NLRs carrying atypical integrated decoy domains in Solanum americanum
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Kee Hoon Sohn, PhD (he/him/his) – Seoul National University
    Author: Ye Jin Ahn – Seoul National University
    Author: Wan Muhamad Asrul Nizam Wan Abdullah – Seoul National University
    Author: Junhyeong Kim – Seoul National University
    Author: Boyoung Kim – Seoul National University
    Author: Young Jin Kim – Seoul National University
    Author: Cécile Segonzac – Seoul National University
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:30 - 15:45  
    Molecular mechanisms underlying gall formation in the corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Mamoona Khan – University of Bonn
    Author: Nithya Nagarjan – INRES-Plant Pathology, University of Bonn
    Author: Kathrin Schneewolf – INRES-Plant Pathology, University of Bonn
    Author: Peng Yu – 1Universität Bonn INRES - Root Functional Biology 3 TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany
    Author: Danning Wang – INRES-Root Functional Biology, University of Bonn
    Author: Armin Djamei – INRES- Plant Pathology, University of Bonn
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:35 - 15:55  
    Advancing Durable Soybean Rust Resistance for African Smallholders and Global Commercial Agriculture
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Everton Geraldo Capote Ferreira (he/him/his) – 2Blades - Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:35 - 15:55  
    Enzymatic and Ion Channel Activities of Plant Intracellular Immune Receptors
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Li Wan – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Author: Hua Yu
    Author: Yinyan Xiao
    Author: Zaiqing Wang
    Author: Xiaoxian Wu
    Author: Weiying Xu – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Author: Sisi Chen
    Author: Xiaoxiao Liu
    Author: Yu Zhang – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Author: Cheng Gao
    Author: Fangjie Zhao
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:45 - 16:00  
    Visualising mutualism in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis of rice
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Uta Paszkowski (she/her/hers) – University of Cambridge
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:55 - 16:15  
    Engineering Plant Immunity by Leveraging Kinase-Mediated Defense Responses
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Gitta Coaker, PhD (she/her/hers) – UC Davis
    Author: Tianrun Li, Graduate Student (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis
    Author: Danielle M. Stevens, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Bardo Castro, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis
    Author: Nathalie Aoun, PhD – University of California, Davis
    Author: Esteban Jarquin Bolaños, Junior Specialist – University of California, Davis
    Author: Shahid Siddique, PhD – UC Davis
    Author: Alison Blundell – UC Davis
    Author: Tzion Fahima – University of Haifa
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    15:55 - 16:15  
    Engineering Resilience: Gene Editing Strategies for Combating Plant Diseases
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Shai J. Lawit, PhD (he/him/his) – Pairwise
    Author: Marisa Miller – Pairwise
    Author: Aaron Hummel – Pairwise
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:00 - 16:15  
    Identification of the key virulence factor of the atypical rhizobia that trigger pathogenicity and nodulation on the same host
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Author: Tifaine Folletti – Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS
    Author: Sophie Massot – Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
    Author: Laurent Sauviac – Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS
    Author: Fabienne Vailleau – Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS
    Author: Jörn Piel – Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich
    Author: Pascal Ratet – Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay
    Presenting Author: Benjamin Gourion – Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:15 - 16:25  
    Diversity-informed R gene deployment strategies enabled by rapid avirulence gene identification
    Location: Room P+Q
    Author: Lukas Kunz – University of Zurich
    Author: Beat Keller – Univ of Zurich
    Author: Ralph Hückelhoven – TU Munich
    Presenting Author: Marion C. Müller – Technical University Munich, Chair of Phytopathology
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:15 - 16:25  
    “How not to die”: workings of an Arabidopsis TIR-NBS protein in amplifying systemic resistance
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Federica Locci – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Steven Cheng – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Denis Janocha – ZMBP, University of Tübingen
    Author: Judith Fliegmann – ZMBP, University of Tübingen
    Author: Sara Stolze – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Proteomics Group
    Author: Hirofumi Nakagami – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Haitao Cui – Shandong Agricultural University
    Author: Dmitry Lapin (he/him/his) – Utrecht University
    Author: Thorsten Nuernberger – University of Tü​bingen
    Author: Jane Parker – Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:15 - 16:30  
    Transcriptional plasticity of fast-core chromosomes governs establishment of a fungal pathogen on evolutionarily distant plant lineages
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Amey Redkar, PhD (he/him/his) – National Centre for Biological Sciences
    Author: Vidha Srivastava, MSc – National Centre for Biological Sciences
    Author: Siddharth Kaushik, MTech – National Centre for Biological Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:25 - 16:35  
    Dual ligand receptor that mediates immunity and hormonal response in potato is targeted by parasitic nematode effector
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Chloe Ramirez (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho
    Author: Li Huang – University of Idaho
    Author: Yulin Yuan – University of Idaho
    Author: Joseph Kuhl, Ph.D. – University of Idaho
    Author: Allan Caplan – University of Idaho
    Author: Louise-Marie Dandurand, Ph.D. – University of Idaho
    Author: Fangming Xiao – University of Idaho
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:25 - 16:35  
    Effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on soybean responses to diverse pathogens
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Steven A. Whitham – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University
    Author: Melissa Bredow – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University
    Author: Ekkachai Khwanbua – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University
    Author: Aline Chicowski – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University
    Author: Yunhui Qi – Department of Data Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Author: Matthew Breitzman – Iowa State University
    Author: Katerina Holan – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit
    Author: Peng Liu – Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
    Author: Michelle Graham – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit and Department of Agronomy
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:35 - 16:45  
    RNA biopesticides for next generation crop protection
    Location: Room P+Q
    Author: Rebecca Degnan – The University of Queensland
    Author: Leny Jane Pame – The University of Queensland
    Author: Sebastian Orellana-Quinteros – The University of Queensland
    Author: Ken Pegg – Queensland Department of Primary Industries
    Author: Donald Gardiner – QAAFI, University of Queensland
    Author: Alistair McTaggart – The University of Queensland
    Author: Louise Shuey – Queensland Department of Primary Industries
    Author: Bernard Carroll – The University of Queensland
    Author: Neena Mitter – Charles Sturt University
    Presenting Author: Anne Sawyer – QAAFI/SCMB University of Queensland
    Concurrent Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    16:35 - 16:45  
    Structural basis for broad-spectrum recognition and activation of an Arabidopsis TIR-NLR
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: He Zhao – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Selvaraj Muniyandi – The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich
    Author: Natalya Lukoyanova – Birkbeck College
    Author: Jonathan D. G. Jones – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:30 - 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: Effector Interference Mechanisms
    Location: Room M+N
    Co-Chair: Saskia A. Hogenhout – Crop Genetics Dept., John Innes Centre
    Co-Chair: Joo Hyun Lee (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University​
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:30 - 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: RNA on the move: Advances in Cross-Species Communication & Translational Research
    Location: Room P+Q
    Co-Chair: Mahmut Tör – University of Worcester
    Co-Chair: Roger W. Innes, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University Bloomington
    Concurrent Session
    With Sponsorship Support From 
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:30 - 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: Subcellular dynamics and signaling in host-microbe interactions
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Co-Chair: Myriam Charpentier – John Innes Centre
    Co-Chair: WEN SONG (he/him/his) – China Agricultural University
    Concurrent Session
    With Sponsorship Support From 
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:30 - 11:50  
    Multiple immune functions of plant TIR domain proteins
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: WEN SONG (he/him/his) – China Agricultural University
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:30 - 11:50  
    Phytophthora effector hijacks host calcium channels to suppress PTI
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Joo Hyun Lee (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University​
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:30 - 11:50  
    RNA-Based Control of Downy Mildew Pathogens in Plants
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Mahmut Tör – University of Worcester
    Author: Deniz Gol
    Author: Gizem Unal
    Author: Anne Webb – NIAB
    Author: Tom Wood
    Author: Yiguo Hong – University of Worcester
    Author: Sherif Sherif – Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Centers
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:50 - 12:10  
    Effector crosstalk in Xanthomonas citri: host ripening pathway links type III and type II effector virulence functions
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Thomas Lahaye – Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen
    Author: Nan Wang
    Author: Robert Morbitzer – ZMBP, University of Tuebingen
    Author: Edda von Roepenack-Lahaye – ZMBP, University of Tuebingen
    Author: Jan Grau
    Author: Paulo Teixeira (he/him/his) – University of Sao Paulo/
    Author: Chang Liu
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:50 - 12:10  
    Nuclear translocation of ADR1s is required for a complete plant immunity
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Meijuan Hu – Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Author: Jiayu Wang – Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Author: Jian-Min Zhou – Yazhouwan National Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    11:50 - 12:10  
    Sprayable RNAi-Based Crop Protection: From Discovery to Field Applications
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Francis Fang – GreenLight Biosciences
    Author: Joanna Polko
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:10 - 12:20  
    Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defence proteins to processing bodies
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Qun Liu – John Innes Centre
    Author: Anna C. M. Neefjes – University of Amsterdam
    Author: Archana Singh – Cambridge University
    Author: Roksolana Kobylinska – Institute of Science and Technology
    Author: Sam T. Mugford – John Innes Centre
    Author: Mar Marzo – John Innes Centre
    Author: James Canham – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Mariana Schuster, PhD (she/her/hers) – Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
    Author: Renier A. L. van der Hoorn – University of Oxford
    Author: Yazhou Chen – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Author: Saskia A. Hogenhout – Crop Genetics Dept., John Innes Centre
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:10 - 12:30  
    Extracellular proteins facilitate fungal EV entry into plant cells to induce cross-kingdom RNA interference
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Lorenz Oberkofler – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
    Author: Constance Tisserant – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
    Author: Chantal Krüger – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
    Author: Monica Berenice Rodriguez-Rendon – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
    Author: Andreas Klingl – LMU Munich
    Author: An-Po Cheng – University of Munich (LMU)
    Author: Arne Weiberg – University of Munich (LMU)
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:10 - 12:30  
    Molecular regulation of rhizobial infection
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Thomas Ott – Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:20 - 12:30  
    Effector-triggered processing body formation attenuates host translation to dampen plant immunity upon infection
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Manuel Gonzalez Fuente – Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University of Bochum
    Author: Nico Schulz – Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University of Bochum
    Author: Alibek Abdrakhmanov – Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences
    Author: Shanshuo Zhu – Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University of Bochum
    Author: Gautier Langin – Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University of Bochum
    Author: Mirita Franz-Wachtel – Proteome Center Tübingen, University of Tübingen
    Author: Boris Macek – Proteome Center Tübingen, University of Tübingen
    Author: Anders Hafren – Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    Author: Yasin Dagdas – The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
    Author: Suayib Üstün – Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University of Bochum
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:30 - 12:40  
    A novel secondary signal-Zn mediates control of nitrogen fixation via transcription factor filamentation
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Jieshun Lin – National University of Singapore
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:30 - 12:40  
    Cross-Kingdom RNAs in Insect-Plant Interactions: Discovery, Functions, Visualization, and Applications
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Yazhou Chen – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:30 - 12:40  
    The F. graminearum effector TPP1 hijacks the chloroplast iron-sulfur protein and dynamically regulates plant defense via phase separation
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Youhuang Xiang – Indiana University Bloomington
    Author: Roger W. Innes, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University Bloomington
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:40 - 12:50  
    Functional analysis of secreted long non-coding RNAs contributing to the virulence of the corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis
    Location: Room P+Q
    Author: You Tanaka – Setsunan University
    Author: Hinata Ohtani – Setsunan University
    Author: Fumiko Ishida – Setsunan University
    Author: Miyuki Yamaguchi – Setsunan University
    Author: Rei Yoshimoto, PhD – Setsunan University
    Presenting Author: Shigeyuki Tanaka – Setsunan University
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:40 - 12:50  
    Glutamate receptor-like ion channels are transcriptionally induced by the EDS1-SAG101-NRG1 node and contribute to effector-triggered immunity in Nicotiana benthamiana
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Junli Wang – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
    Author: Xinhua Sun – Southwest University
    Author: Fei Xiong – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
    Author: Dmitry Lapin (he/him/his) – Utrecht University
    Author: Tak Lee – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Anna Prakken – Cologne University
    Author: Qiaochu Shen – University of Michigan
    Author: Takaki Maekawa – Cologne University
    Author: Jane Parker – Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:40 - 12:50  
    The RXLR-EER motifs determine an unconventional secretion pathway associated with EV production
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Wei Wang – University of Dundee
    Author: Shumei Wang – University of Dundee
    Author: Lin Xu – University of Dundee
    Author: Stephen C. Whisson – James Hutton institute
    Author: Petra C. Boevink – James hutton institute
    Author: Paul R.J. Birch – University of Dundee
    Author: Lydia Welsh – James Hutton institute
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:50 - 12:55  
    Cross-kingdom RNAi in AM symbiosis
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Manisha V. Haag, MA (she/her/hers) – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Author: Annika Usländer – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and TUM School of Life Sciences
    Author: An-Po Cheng – University of Munich (LMU)
    Author: Bernhard Lederer – University of Munich (LMU)
    Author: Jin Yan Khoo – University of Munich (LMU)
    Author: Florian Dunker – University of Munich (LMU)
    Author: Ivan Acosta – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Author: Arne Weiberg – University of Munich (LMU)
    Author: Caroline Gutjahr – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:50 - 13:00  
    Plant pathogenic fungi hijack phosphate signaling with conserved Nudix-effectors
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Alex Wegner (he/him/his) – Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University
    Author: Carl L. McCombe – Research School of Biology, The Australian National University
    Author: Louisa Wirtz – Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University
    Author: Ely Oliveira-Garcia – Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
    Author: Simon J. Williams, PhD (he/him/his) – The Australian National University
    Author: Ulrich Schaffrath – Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:50 - 13:00  
    Verticillium TRADE – a fungal effector that induces plant cell identity switches and reprograms plants for enhanced drought resilience
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Corinna Thurow – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Konrad Subieta – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Leonie Weber – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Jan-Niclas Lübbers – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Karin Wiesotzki – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Leon Pierdzig – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Kerstin Schmitt – Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Oliver Valerius – Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Thomas Teichmann – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Author: Volker Lipka – Department of Plant Cell Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Concurrent Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    12:55 - 13:00  
    Hfq-mediated delivery of extracellular sRNAs supports bacterial transcriptional coordination and plant immune system targeting
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Alessa Ruf (she/her/hers) – LMU Munich
    Author: Patrick Blumenkamp – Justus Liebig University Giessen
    Author: Christina Ludwig – TU Munich
    Author: Anne Lippegaus – Friedrich- Schiller University
    Author: Andreas Brachmann – LMU Munich
    Author: Andreas Klingl – LMU Munich
    Author: Alexander Goesmann – Justus Liebig University Giessen
    Author: Karina Brinkrolf – Justus Liebig University Giessen
    Author: Kai Papenfort – Friedrich- Schiller University
    Author: Silke Robatzek – LMU Biocentre
    Author: Elif Olkun – LMU Munich
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Discrimination of friend from foe (2)
    Location: Room M+N
    Co-Chair: Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez (she/her/hers) – 1Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    Co-Chair: Ari Sadanandom – Durham University
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Local and inter-organ signaling in immunity and mutualistic interactions
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Co-Chair: Jean T. Greenberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Co-Chair: Charles Roussin-Leveillee, PhD – University of Lausanne
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant Interactions with nematodes & parasitic plants
    Location: Room P+Q
    Co-Chair: Xiaoli Guo, PhD – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Co-Chair: Ken Shirasu, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    Epidermal/sensory plastids and signaling in response to plant-associated bacteria
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Jean T. Greenberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Author: John Riley
    Author: Pawan Kumar
    Author: Shanshan Qi – Uchicago
    Author: Stephen Kron
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    Rapid local and systemic jasmonate signalling drives initiation and establishment of plant systemic immunity
    Location: Room M+N
    Author: Trupti Gaikwad – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
    Author: Susan Breen – Divison of Plant Science
    Author: Emily Breeze – University of Warwick
    Author: Erin Stroud – University of Warwick
    Author: Rana Fraz Hussain – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
    Author: Satish Kulasekaran – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
    Author: Marta de Torres-Zabala – Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
    Author: David Horsell – Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
    Author: Fay Bennett – University of Warwick
    Author: Lorenzo Frigerio – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
    Author: Huazhen Liu – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky
    Author: Pradeep Kachroo – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky
    Presenting Author: Murray Grant – University of Warwick
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    Root-knot nematode-derived RGF peptide mimics hijack host signaling to orchestrate feeding site formation
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Xiaoli Guo, PhD – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Author: Wenhao Li
    Author: Jiamin Mo
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:50 - 11:05  
    Regulatory architecture of disease resistance in maize revealed by multi-omic systems genetics
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Justin Walley – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
    Author: Natalie Clark – Iowa State University
    Author: Gaoyuan Song – Iowa State University
    Author: Mercy Kabahuma – Iowa State University
    Author: Judith Kolkman – Cornell University
    Author: Shawn Christensen – USDA
    Author: Christian Montes-Serey – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
    Author: Shikha Malik – Iowa State University
    Author: Rebecca Nelson – Cornell University
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:50 - 11:10  
    A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Yasuhiro Kadota, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Erika Iino, PhD (she/her/hers) – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Noriko Maki (she/her/hers) – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Erika Ono, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Kazuki Sato, PhD (she/her/hers) – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Nobuaki Ishihama, PhD – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Bruno Pok Man Ngou – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Marc Schmid – MWSchmid GmbH
    Author: Sebastian Eves-Van Den Akker, PhD – The Crop Science Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
    Author: Takamasa Suzuki, PhD (he/him/his) – College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai
    Author: Taketo Uehara, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Plant Protection, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Author: Ken Shirasu, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    10:50 - 11:10  
    Extracellular desiccation causes microbial growth arrest in effector-triggered immunity
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Charles Roussin-Leveillee, PhD – University of Lausanne
    Author: Peter Moffett – Universite de Sherbrooke
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:05 - 11:20  
    Light induces Phytochrome B SUMOylation to recruit the immune regulator NPR1 in nuclear condensates to activate systemic acquired resistance
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Srayan Ghosh – Durham University
    Author: Shraboni Ghosh – Durham University
    Author: Mansi Mansi – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    Author: Xian Long – Durham University
    Author: Lisa Clark – Durham University
    Author: Anjil Srivastava – Dundee University
    Author: Sumesh Kakkunath – Durham University
    Author: Beatriz Orosa – Edinburgh University
    Author: Mark Bailey – Durham University
    Author: Prakash Kumar Bhagat – Durham University
    Author: Catherine Gough – Durham University
    Author: Cunjin Zhang – Durham University
    Author: Miguel de Lucas – Durham University
    Author: Ari Sadanandom – Durham University
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:10 - 11:30  
    Coordination of immunity and nitrogen status by diverse CEP signalling modules
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Martin Stegmann
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:10 - 11:30  
    Cuscuta: A Parasitic Plant for Decoding Plant-to-Plant Communication
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Soyon Park, Assistant Professor – University of Missouri-Columbia
    Author: Supral Adhikari, n/a – University of Missouri-Columbia
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:20 - 11:35  
    Beyond the barrier: how Fusarium eludes host physical barriers to reach the root vasculature
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Lucrezia Pinto (she/her/hers) – 1Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    Author: Paula Alonso-Ramos (she/her/hers) – 1Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    Author: Laura Carrillo (she/her/hers) – 1Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    Author: Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez (she/her/hers) – 1Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:30 - 11:40  
    From host signals to parasitism: a transcription factor duet regulates sequential effector deployment
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Anika Damm – University of Cambridge
    Author: Clement Pellegrin – University of Cambridge
    Author: Alexis L. Sperling – University of Cambridge
    Author: Beth Molloy – University of Cambridge
    Author: Dio S. Shin – University of Cambridge
    Author: Jonathan Long – University of Cambridge
    Author: Paul Brett – John Innes Centre
    Author: Priya Desikan – University of Cambridge
    Author: Tochukwu Chisom Iguh – University of Cambridge
    Author: Paulo Vieira – USDA
    Author: Joffrey Mejias – INRAE, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, ISA
    Author: Anil Kumar – Iowa State University
    Author: Tom R. Maier – Iowa State University
    Author: Thomas J. Baum – Iowa State University
    Author: Sebastian Eves-Van Den Akker, PhD – The Crop Science Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:30 - 11:40  
    Septoria gentianae prompts both systemic-induced susceptibility and systemic acquired resistance targeting specific pathognes
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: CHIKA TATEDA – Iwate University, JST PRESTO
    Author: Mari Iwai – Iwate Biological Research Center
    Author: Masahiro Nishihara – Iwate Biological Research Center
    Author: Katsunori Hatakeyama – Iwate University
    Author: Koki Fujisaki – Iwate Biological Research Center
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:35 - 11:50  
    CELLOX1 orchestrates DAMP-triggered immunity in root responses to symbiotic and pathogenic fungi
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Giulia Peruzzi – University of Rome La Sapienza
    Author: Sarah van Boerdonk – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Natalie Finke – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne
    Author: Sena Parlak – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
    Author: Sarah Giulietti (she/her/hers) – University of Rome La Sapienza
    Author: Giulia De lorenzo – University of Rome La Sapienza
    Author: Daniela Pontiggia – University of Rome La Sapienza
    Author: Alga Zuccaro (she/her/hers) – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:40 - 11:50  
    Commensal Bacillus thuringiensis triggers TERPENE SYNTHASE10-dependent plant-to-plant propagation of induced systemic resistance
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Author: Yuanyuan Chen – Helmholtz Munich/Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology
    Author: Anna Sommer – University of Bayreuth/Chair of Crop Plant Genetics
    Author: Marion Wenig – Helmholtz Munich/Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology
    Presenting Author: Corina Vlot-Schuster – University of Bayreuth/Chair of Crop Plant Genetics
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:40 - 11:50  
    How Parasitic Plants weaken Host Immunity and facilitate Infections by Microbial Pathogens
    Location: Room P+Q
    Author: Durga Prasad Naik Bhukya – University of Goettingen
    Presenting Author: Thomas Spallek – University of Goettingen
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:50 - 12:00  
    Exploring the role of lipid transfer in extrahaustorial membrane formation in barley attacked by the powdery mildew fungus, Blumeria hordei
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Sohini Deb – Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    Author: Jesper Johansen Sølvsten – Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    Author: Paraskevi Doukoudaki – Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    Author: Maj Kamille Møller Nielsen – Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    Author: Ole Reppien Christensen – Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    Author: Björn Sabelleck – Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    Author: Hans Thordal-Christensen – Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    11:50 - 12:00  
    Unravelling nematode feeding site formation in plant roots
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Tina Kyndt – Ghent University
    Author: Maite Saura Sanchez – Ghent University - Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
    Author: Melissa Deveux – Ghent University
    Author: Carolina Escobar – Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
    Author: Almudena Gómez Rojas – Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
    Author: Tom Beeckman – Ghent University - Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
    Author: Bert De Rybel – Ghent University - Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Crop resistance genetics and genomics
    Location: Room M+N
    Co-Chair: Peter Dodds, PhD – CSIRO Agriculture and Food
    Co-Chair: Brande Wulff – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Microbe-mediated impacts on plant-parasite interactions
    Location: Room P+Q
    Co-Chair: Lingfei Hu – Zhejiang University
    Co-Chair: Nina Fatouros – Wageningen University & Research
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Plant microbiota functions and intermicrobial interactions
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Co-Chair: Yang Bai – Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Co-Chair: Paulo Teixeira (he/him/his) – University of Sao Paulo/
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:15 - 15:35  
    An Avr gene atlas for wheat stem rust to support resistance gene deployment
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Peter Dodds, PhD – CSIRO Agriculture and Food
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:15 - 15:35  
    Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Microbiome Assembly: From Bacterial Genes to Host Specificity
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Dor Russ (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina
    Author: Chinmay Saha
    Author: Jeffery L. Dangl – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:15 - 15:35  
    Systemic Rhizobial Nodulation Suppression Induced by Plant-Parasitic Nematode Infection
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Yi-Lun Tsai, PhD – Kumamoto University
    Author: Mai Jinkawa
    Author: Ririka Inada
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:35 - 15:55  
    A Wheat Tandem Kinase Activates an NLR to Trigger Immunity
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Oliver Powell – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Author: Renjie Chen – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Author: Jian Chen – CSIRO
    Author: Megan Outram – CSIRO
    Author: Peter Dodds, PhD – CSIRO Agriculture and Food
    Author: Brande Wulff – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:35 - 15:55  
    Manipulative Hitchhiking: Fusarium Alters Plant and Insect Behavior to Facilitate Disease Spread
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Desalegn W. Etalo, PhD (he/him/his) – Wageningen University & Research
    Author: Diego Z Gallan – Wageningen University & Research
    Author: Jatan Snoeij – Wageningen University & Research
    Author: Francel Verstappen – Wageningen University & Research
    Author: Iris Kappers – Wageningen University & Research
    Author: William Tinzaara – Alliance Bioversity-CIAT
    Author: Marcio C Silva-Filho – Universidade de São Paulo
    Author: Gert Kema – Wageningen University&Research
    Author: Nina Fatouros – Wageningen University & Research
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:35 - 15:55  
    Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana root responses to microbiota-derived Pseudomonas strains
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Charles Copeland (he/him/his) – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Elke Logemann – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Paul Schulze-Lefert – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:55 - 16:15  
    Genes involved in manipulating the host growth-defense tradeoff by root-associated bacteria
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Author: Jana Hucklenbroich – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Zoe Prockl – Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
    Author: Fiqih Ramadhan – Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
    Author: Silvina Perin – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Presenting Author: Ryohei Thomas Nakano – Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
    Author: Tomohisa Shimasaki – Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:55 - 16:15  
    Herbivory-induced green leaf volatiles increase plant performance through jasmonate-dependent plant-soil feedbacks
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Lingfei Hu – Zhejiang University
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    15:55 - 16:15  
    Potato NLRome Empowers Discovery of Late Blight Disease Resistance Genes
    Location: Room M+N
    Author: Luyao Wang – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Author: Hongbo Li – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Author: Yuhang Ke – Nanjing Agricultural University
    Author: Ping Zhu – Nanjing Agricultural University
    Author: Yuying Li – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Author: Haohao Liu – Nanjing Agricultural University
    Author: Yajie Li – Nanjing Agricultural University
    Author: Shaoqun Zhou – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Author: Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar – College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
    Presenting Author: Suomeng Dong – Nanjing Agricultural University
    Author: Sanwen Huang – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:15 - 16:25  
    A canonical protein complex controls immune homeostasis and multipathogen resistance in rice
    Location: Room M+N
    Author: Yue Wu – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Author: Weiying Xu – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Author: Yiwen Deng – College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University
    Author: Mingjun Gao – School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
    Author: Jane Parker – Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Author: Yu Zhang – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Presenting Author: Zuhua He – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:15 - 16:25  
    Phage-Mediated Modulation of the Phyllosphere Microbiome and its Role in Pathogen Control in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Leonie Margarete Zott – University of Tuebingen - Tubingen
    Author: Eric Kemen – Centre of Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:15 - 16:25  
    The role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Silvia Coolen (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Author: Magda A. Rogowska-van der Molen – University of Camebridge
    Author: Robert S. Jansen – Radboud University
    Author: Cornelia U. Welte – Radboud University
    Author: Guido van den Ackerveken – Utrecht University
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:25 - 16:35  
    Investigating the mechanism of a wheat CNL/MLKL pair that provides resistance to blast disease
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Josh William Bennett – John Innes Centre
    Author: John F. Haidoulis – John Innes Centre
    Author: Yu Sugihara – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Rafal Zdrzalek – John Innes Centre
    Author: Indira Saado – John Innes Centre
    Author: Enzo Zanchet – John Innes Centre
    Author: Pirita Paajanen – John Innes Centre
    Author: Paul Nicholson – John Innes Centre
    Author: Soichiro Asuke – Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
    Author: Mark J. Banfield – John Innes Centre
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:25 - 16:35  
    Plants finetune immune signaling, metabolite and nutrient levels to configure a healthy leaf microbiota
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Shanice Webster – Duke University
    Author: Jin Xu – University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center
    Author: Tao Chen – Duke University
    Author: Yulin Sun – Northeastern University
    Author: Jing-ke Weng – Northeastern University
    Author: Sheng Yang He, PhD – Duke University, HHMI
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:25 - 16:35  
    Volatile production and predatory wasp recruitment are indirect anti-herbivore defenses mediated by the pattern recognition receptor INR
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Natalia Guayazan Palacios (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Author: Patrick Grof-Tisza – Converse University
    Author: Brian Behnken – University of Washington
    Author: Carla Marques Arce – University of Neuchâtel
    Author: Di Wu – University of Washington
    Author: Antonio Chaparro – University of California Berkeley
    Author: Betty Benrey – University of Neuchâtel
    Author: Theodoor Turlings – University of Neuchâtel
    Author: Adam D. Steinbrenner – University of Washington
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:35 - 16:45  
    Effectoromics screening identifies non-canonical TN genes in pepper contributing to Phytophthora capsici resistance
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Xin Yan (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University
    Author: Qing Liu – Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Author: Junhyeong Kong – Seoul National University
    Author: Doil Choi – Seoul National University
    Author: Xiao Lin – Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    16:35 - 16:45  
    Root-secreted coumarin promotes Fe nutrition of coumarin-tolerant rhizobacteria
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Max J.J Stassen – Utrecht University
    Author: Mike Bos – Utrecht University
    Author: Marciel Pereira-Mendes – Utrecht University
    Author: Sophie G.F Vijverberg (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Author: Valentine Trotter – UC Berkeley
    Author: Adam Deutschbauer – UC Berkeley
    Author: George Papaisidorou – Utrecht University
    Author: Shu-Hua Hsu – Utrecht University
    Author: Roeland Berendsen – Utrecht University
    Author: Ronnie De Jonge – Utrecht University
    Author: Ioannis A. Stringlis – Agricultural University of Athens
    Author: Corné M.J. Pieterse, PhD (he/him/his) – Utrecht University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Engineering plant-microbe traits
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Co-Chair: Luis Rubio – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
    Co-Chair: Adam R. Bentham – Durham University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Emerging and re-emerging pathosystems
    Location: Room M+N
    Co-Chair: Eva Stukenbrock – University of Kiel
    Co-Chair: Sylvain Raffaele – LIPME, INRAE - CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Castanet Tolosan, France
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant Regulation of biotic and abiotic stress – trade-offs
    Location: Room P+Q
    Co-Chair: Kenichi Tsuda – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Co-Chair: Sheng Yang He, PhD – Duke University, HHMI
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    Genomics-assisted exploration of global diversity and evolutionary mechanisms in the host generalist fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Mark Charles Derbyshire, PhD (he/him/his) – Centre for Crop and Disease Management
    Author: Toby Newman – Curtin University
    Author: Yuphin Khentry – Curtin University
    Author: Pippa J. Michael – Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Australia
    Author: Sarita J. Bennett – Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Australia
    Author: Ashmita Rijal Lamichhane – Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Australia
    Author: Carolyn Graham-Taylor – Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University, Australia
    Author: Subhash Chander – Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Oilseeds Section, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, India
    Author: Claudia Camplone – Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy
    Author: Simone Vicini – Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy
    Author: Laura Esquivel Garcia – Plant Science, Mcgill University, Canada
    Author: Cathy Coutu – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
    Author: Dwayne Hegedus – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
    Author: John Clarkson – Warwick Crop Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK
    Author: Kurt Lindbeck – Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales, Australia
    Author: Lars Kamphuis – Curtin University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    Impact of abiotic conditions on leaf-microbe interactions
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Sheng Yang He, PhD – Duke University, HHMI
    Speaker: Hannah McMillan – Duke University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:30 - 10:50  
    The rise of resistance: from natural diversity to rational modifications of immune receptors
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Ksenia Krasileva, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Kyungyong Seong – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Wei Wei – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Brandon Vega – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Amanda Dee – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Griselda Ramirez-Bernardino – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Rakesh Kumar – University of California, Berkeley
    Author: Lorena Parra – University of California, Berkeley
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:50 - 11:00  
    R immune receptors as potential targets for engineering pathogen-resistant plants resilient to climate change
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Marta Grech-Baran – Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
    Author: Jaroslaw Poznanski – Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
    Author: Kamil Witek – 2Blades, The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Hee-Kyung Ahn – University of Edinburgh
    Author: Jonathan D. G. Jones – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Jacek Hennig – Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:50 - 11:10  
    Engineering new-to-nature immune sensors for novel recognition of effectors in plant pathosystems
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Angus H. Bucknell (he/him/his) – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Yuxuan Xi – John Innes Centre
    Author: Gregory Knight – Durham University
    Author: Amber Gentle – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Lauren S. Ryder – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Joseph L. Watson – Institute for Protein Design
    Author: Peter M. F. Emmrich – University of East Anglia
    Author: Nicholas J. Talbot – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Mark J. Banfield – John Innes Centre
    Author: Adam R. Bentham – Durham University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    10:50 - 11:10  
    Genome-wide association studies reveal adaptation mechanisms in a major wheat pathogen
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Cecile Lorrain, Dr (she/her/hers) – ETH Zurich
    Author: Alice Feurtey – ETH Zurich
    Author: Silvia Minana-Posada – ETH Zurich
    Author: Julien Alassimone – ETH Zurich
    Author: Bruce McDonald – ETH Zurich
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:00 - 11:10  
    HIVE: a novel unsupervised machine learning tool to find specific and common plant defence signatures against multi-factorial stresses
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Giulia Calia, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institut Sophia Agrobiotech
    Author: Sophia Marguerit – Université Côte d'Azur
    Author: Ana Paula Zotta Mota – INRAE-ISA
    Author: Manon Vidal – INRAE-ISA
    Author: Hannes Schuler – Free University of Bolzano
    Author: Ana Cristina Miranda Brasileiro – Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
    Author: Patricia Messenberg Guimaraes – Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
    Author: Silvia BOTTINI – Institut Sophia Agrobiotech
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:10 - 11:20  
    Regulation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum growth by the mycoviral replicase-associated protein
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Aurelie Rakotondrafara – University ofWisconsin-Madison
    Author: Peihan Shu – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Author: Alexander J. Lawrence – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Author: Olivia Knopke-Mooney – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Author: Yasi Kiani – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:10 - 11:20  
    Single-Cell Transcriptomic Insights into Guard Cell Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Shahid Mukhtar – Clemson University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:10 - 11:30  
    Manipulation of pea defense by an aphid salivary protein
    Location: Room M+N
    Author: Po-Yuan Shih – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Author: Rémi Ollivier – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Author: Maria Paulmann – Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
    Author: Stéphanie Robin – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Author: Stéphanie Morlière – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Author: Yannick Outreman – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Author: Grit Kunert – Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
    Author: Stéphanie Le Bras – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Author: Marie-Laure PILET-NAYEL (she/her/hers) – IGEPP - INRAE, Institut-Agro, Univ. Rennes
    Author: Jean-Christophe Simon – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Presenting Author: Akiko Sugio, PhD – IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:20 - 11:30  
    Too Hot to Handle? Unlocking novel plant-microbe interactions under heat stress
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Carlos González Sanz – CBGP(UPM-INIA/CSIC)
    Author: Sandra González-Sayer – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC)
    Author: Eoghan King – IJPB
    Author: Sandra Díaz-González – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC)/UPM
    Author: Lola Echevarría – CBGP(UPM-INIA/CSIC)
    Author: Soledad Sacristán – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC)/UPM
    Author: Juan Carlos del Pozo – CBGP(UPM-INIA/CSIC)
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:30 - 11:40  
    Emergence and host range expansion of an epidemic lineage of Ralstonia solanacearum
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Daria Evseeva – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Author: Yann Pecrix – CIRAD UMR-PVBMT
    Author: Marek Kucka – Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
    Author: Catrin Weiler – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Author: Carolin Franzl – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Author: Markéta Vlková – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Author: Elena Colombi – Macquarie University
    Author: Yingguang Frank Chan – Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
    Author: Stéphane Poussier – CIRAD UMR-PVBMT
    Author: Emmanuel Wicker – CIRAD UMR-PHIM
    Author: Honour McCann – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:30 - 11:40  
    Engineering of Lysin motif receptor-like kinases to enable Nod factor perception in barley and maize
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Thi Bich LUU, PhD (she/her/hers) – Univ of Aarhus
    Author: Kira Gysel – Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
    Author: Jesper L. Wulff – Aarhus University
    Author: Gülendam Sezer – Aarhus University
    Author: Sarah E.H. Johansen – Aarhus University
    Author: Kasper Andersen – Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
    Author: Simona Radutoiu – Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:40 - 11:50  
    Deciphering Mixed-Linkage Glucan (MLG) biosynthesis and the perception of MLG-derived oligosaccharides by the plant immune system to develop sustainable crop protection solutions
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Benjamin Menn – Institute for Plant Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany,
    Author: Alga Zuccaro (she/her/hers) – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
    Author: Antonio Molina – Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), Centro Severo Ochoa, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC)
    Author: Lucia Jorda, PhD (she/her/hers) – Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), Centro Severo Ochoa, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC)
    Author: Markus Pauly – Heinrich-Heine University
    Author: Vicente Ramírez – Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:40 - 11:50  
    Wheat Take-all genomics, giant transposable elements (Starships) and sampling the classical Long-Term Experiment Broadbalk
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Kim E. Hammond-Kosack – Rothamsted Research
    Author: Rowena Hill – Earlham Institute
    Author: Gail Canning – Rothamsted Research
    Author: Michelle Grey – Earlham Institute
    Author: Dan Smith – John Innes Centre
    Author: Mark McMullan – Earlham Institute
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    11:50 - 12:00  
    Toward the engineering of plant pattern recognition receptors for durable disease resistance
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Songyuan Zhang – Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich
    Author: Hung-Fei Lai – Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich
    Author: Songyuan Liu – Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich
    Author: Amedeo Caflisch – Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich
    Author: Cyril Zipfel – Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich / The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Nutrient exchange & role of metabolites in plant-microbe interactions
    Location: Room M+N
    Co-Chair: Mary Wildermuth – University of California, Berkeley
    Co-Chair: Ertao Wang – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Spatial & temporal resolution of the interaction interface
    Location: Room P+Q
    Co-Chair: Unnati Sonawala – Crop Science Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
    Co-Chair: Tatsuya Nobori – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Structure Informed Synthetic Biology: From Design to Function
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Co-Chair: Jiorgos Kourelis – Imperial University
    Co-Chair: Mark J. Banfield – John Innes Centre
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:15 - 15:35  
    Hidden dialogues unveiled: visualization of plant root-microbe interactions
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Feng Zhou (he/him/his) – Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Author: Huei-Hsuan TSAI – Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne
    Author: Yuanjie Tang – Key Laboratory of Plant Carbon Capture, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Author: Niko Geldner – Universite de Lausanne
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:15 - 15:35  
    Integrated domains in cereal tandem kinase protein immune receptors are novel targets for disease resistance engineering
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Daniel S. Yu – John Innes Centre
    Author: Rafal Zdrzalek – John Innes Centre
    Author: Emi Katayama – Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
    Author: Hitomi Akiyama – Kobe University
    Author: Lucy Daykin – John Innes Centre
    Author: Iwan Goodridge – John Innes Centre
    Author: Soichiro Asuke – Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
    Author: Mark J. Banfield – John Innes Centre
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:35 - 15:45  
    Sugar metabolism regulates soybean root rot
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Yongli Qiao – Shanghai Normal University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:35 - 15:55  
    A single-cell gene expression atlas of plant roots during fungal symbiosis
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Leonie Luginbuehl (she/her/hers) – University of Cambridge
    Author: John Palmer
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:35 - 15:55  
    CANCELLED - Enhancing plant broad-spectrum resistance through engineered pattern recognition receptors
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Andrea A. Gust (she/her/hers) – Dept. of Plant Biochemistry, ZMBP, University of Tuebingen
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:55 - 16:15  
    Harnessing Protein Design to Target NUDIX Effectors
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Simon J. Williams, PhD (he/him/his) – The Australian National University
    Author: Carl McCombe
    Author: Nuren Tasneem – Australian National University
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    15:55 - 16:15  
    Stochastic and deterministic processes shape the formation of phenotypically distinct Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations that cooperate to colonize the plant
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Carmen Beuzon – 1Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Depto. Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Campus de Teatinos
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    16:05 - 16:15  
    Tripartite plant–fungus–bacterium interactions facilitate plant growth under nutrient-deficient conditions
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Kei Hiruma (he/him/his) – The University of Tokyo
    Author: Yuniar Devi Utami – The University of Tokyo
    Author: Jun Murata – Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    16:15 - 16:25  
    A Microfluidic Platform reveals the Modulation of Bacillus subtilis Cell Type Differentiation during Root Colonization by Spatial Activation of Immunity
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Christian-Frederic Kaiser – Institute for Cell and Interaction Biology, Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf
    Author: Sabrina Egli – Institute for Cell and Interaction Biology, Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf
    Author: Mirco Keilhammer – Institute for Cell and Interaction Biology, Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich
    Author: Carolina Elizondo – Complex Adaptive Traits (CATs) in beneficial Bacilli, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg/Heidelberg
    Author: Milan Zupunski – Institute for Cell and Interaction Biology, Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf
    Author: Ilka Bischofs – Complex Adaptive Traits (CATs) in beneficial Bacilli, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg/Heidelberg
    Author: Guido Grossmann – Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf- ICIB
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    16:15 - 16:25  
    Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Bruno Pok Man Ngou – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Michele Wyler – MWSchmid GmbH
    Author: Marc Schmid – MWSchmid GmbH
    Author: Takehiro Suzuki – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Naoshi Dohmae – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Yasuhiro Kadota, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Ken Shirasu, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Author: Markus Albert – Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    16:25 - 16:35  
    Spatiotemporally resolved organelle dynamics in resistosome-mediated hypersensitive cell death
    Location: Room P+Q
    Presenting Author: Yi-Feng Chen – Academia Sinica
    Author: Kuan-Yu Lin – Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica
    Author: Ching-Yi Huang – Max Plank Institute for Biology Tübingen
    Author: Liang-Yu Hou, PhD (he/him/his) – Academia Sinica
    Author: Chin-Wen Chang – Academia Sinica
    Author: Hung-Yu Wang – Academia Sinica
    Author: Tolga Bozkurt, PhD (he/him/his) – Imperial College London
    Author: Chih-Hang Wu – Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    16:25 - 16:35  
    Structural studies of MAX effectors and their host targets to guide targeted engineering of plant proteins for disease resistance
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Josephine Maidment – Plant Health Institute of Montpellier / Centre de Biologie Structurale
    Author: Svenja C. Saile – Plant Health Institute of Montpellier
    Author: Aurélien Bocquet – Plant Health Institute of Montpellier / Centre de Biologie Structurale
    Author: Sébastien Ribeiro – Plant Health Institute of Montpellier
    Author: Léo Bourcet – Centre de Biologie Structurale
    Author: Céline Thivolle – Plant Health Institute of Montpellier
    Author: Lisa-Fatimatou Planel – Plant Health Institute of Montpellier
    Author: Mounia Lahfa – Centre de Biologie Structurale
    Author: Marie Le Naour--Vernet, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich
    Author: André Padilla – Centre de Biologie Structurale
    Author: Thomas Kroj – Plant Health Institute of Montpellier
    Author: Karine de Guillen – Centre de Biologie Structurale
    Author: Stella Cesari (she/her/hers) – PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    16:35 - 16:45  
    Pikobodies: NLR immune receptor-nanobody fusions can confer resistance to the potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans
    Location: Confex Hall 1+2
    Presenting Author: Andres Posbeyikian (he/him/his) – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Adeline Harant – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Mauricio P. Contreras – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Jose Salguero Linares – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Author: Jiorgos Kourelis – Imperial University
    Author: Clémence Marchal – The Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP)
    Author: Sophien Kamoun – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    16:35 - 16:45  
    Specific function of particular myrosinases in pathogen-triggered indole glucosinolate metabolism
    Location: Room M+N
    Presenting Author: Pawel Bednarek – Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
    Author: Gopal Singh
    Concurrent Session