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  • Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • 15:00 – 17:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • Sunday, July 13, 2025
  • 08:00 – 14:30  
    Satellite Meeting: 11th International Powdery Mildew Workshop

    Organizer: Ralph Panstruga – RWTH Aachen University

    Organizer: Marion C. Müller – Technical University Munich, Chair of Phytopathology

    Organizer: Isabel Saur

  • 08:00 – 18:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 12:00 – 16:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 12:30 – 14:45  
    Building careers in MPMI through effective mentoring
    Organizer: Ruby Tiwari – Donald Danforth Plant Science Ctr
    Satellite Meeting
  • 13:00 – 15:00  
    Poster Session 1 Set-Up
  • 14:15 – 14:45  
    First Timers Orientation
  • 15:15 – 15:45  
    Opening Ceremony
  • 15:15 – 19:00  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 15:45 – 17:35  
    Opening Keynote and Plenary Session 1
    Chair: Jane Parker – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Chair: Paul Schulze-Lefert – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Plenary Session
  • 17:30 – 19:00  
    Welcome Reception
    Networking
  • Monday, July 14, 2025
  • 07:30 – 16:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 07:30 – 18:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 08:15 – 09:55  
    Plenary Session 2
    Chair: Thomas Ott – Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 – 10:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 – 17:30  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant-virus Interactions (incl. Viromes, Evolution & Vectors)
    Co-Chair: Laura Medina-Puche – University of Tübingen
    Co-Chair: Francisco Murilo Zerbini – Universidade Federal de Vicosa
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Population Biology, Ecology & Genomics
    Co-Chair: Honour McCann – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Co-Chair: Stig U. Andersen – Aarhus University
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Symbiosis and Mutualism (mycorrhiza and N-fixing Rhizobia)
    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
  • 12:00 – 13:30  
    Lunch Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 – 15:15  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 – 15:15  
    Session 1 Presenting Authors at Posters (Odds)
    Posters
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Extracellular & Intracellular non-self recognition & signaling (1)
    Co-Chair: Jane Parker – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Co-Chair: Kee Hoon Sohn, PhD (he/him/his) – Seoul National University
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Management of diseases and emerging diseases
    Co-Chair: Leena Tripathi, PhD (she/her/hers) – IITA
    Co-Chair: Kamil Witek – 2Blades, The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Microbial infection strategies (pathogens & non-pathogens)
    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
  • 16:45 – 17:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 17:30 – 19:10  
    Plenary Session 3
    Chair: Peng Yu – 1Universität Bonn INRES - Root Functional Biology 3 TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany
    Plenary Session
  • Tuesday, July 15, 2025
  • 07:45 – 13:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 07:45 – 13:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 08:15 – 09:55  
    Plenary Session 4
    Chair: Caroline Gutjahr – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 – 11:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 – 11:30  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 09:55 – 11:30  
    Session 1 Presenting Authors at Posters (Evens)
    Posters
  • 11:30 – 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: Effector Interference Mechanisms
    Co-Chair: Saskia A. Hogenhout – Crop Genetics Dept., John Innes Centre
    Co-Chair: Joo Hyun Lee (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University​
    Concurrent Session
  • 11:30 – 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: RNA on the move: Advances in Cross-Species Communication & Translational Research
    Co-Chair: Mahmut Tor – University of Worcester
    Co-Chair: Roger W. Innes, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University Bloomington
    Concurrent Session
  • 11:30 – 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: Subcellular dynamics and signaling in host-microbe interactions
    Co-Chair: Myriam Charpentier – John Innes Centre
    Co-Chair: WEN SONG (he/him/his) – China Agricultural University
    Concurrent Session
  • 11:30 – 13:30  
    Poster Session 1 Take-Down
  • 13:00 – 19:00  
    Free Afternoon
    Networking
  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  • 07:30 – 09:30  
    Poster Session 2 Set-Up
  • 07:45 – 16:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 07:45 – 18:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 08:15 – 09:55  
    Plenary Session 5
    Chair: Honour McCann – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 – 10:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 – 17:30  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Discrimination of friend from foe (2)
    Co-Chair: Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez – 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
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Local and inter-organ signaling in immunity and mutualistic interactions
    Co-Chair: Jean T. Greenberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Co-Chair: Charles Roussin-Leveillee, PhD – University of Lausanne
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant Interactions with nematodes & parasitic plants
    Co-Chair: Xiaoli Guo, PhD – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Co-Chair: Ken Shirasu, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Concurrent Session
  • 12:00 – 13:30  
    Lunch Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 – 15:15  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 – 15:15  
    Session 2 Presenting Authors at Posters (Odds)
    Posters
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Crop resistance genetics and genomics
    Co-Chair: Peter Dodds – CSIRO
    Co-Chair: Brande Wulff – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Microbe-mediated impacts on plant-parasite interactions
    Co-Chair: Lingfei Hu – Zhejiang University
    Co-Chair: Nina Fatouros – Wageningen University & Research
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Plant microbiota functions and intermicrobial interactions
    Co-Chair: Yang Bai – Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Co-Chair: Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira – University of Sao Paulo/
    Concurrent Session
  • 16:45 – 17:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 17:30 – 18:45  
    Plenary Session 6
    Chair: Eva Stukenbrock – University of Kiel
    Plenary Session
  • 20:00 – 21:30  
    Early Career & Outstanding Achievement Awardee Presentations
    Networking
  • 20:45 – 21:30  
    Open Science Discussion: Publication and Research Integrity
  • Thursday, July 17, 2025
  • 07:45 – 13:30  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 07:45 – 17:30  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 08:15 – 09:55  
    Plenary Session 7
    Chair: Armin Djamei – INRES- Plant Pathology, University of Bonn
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 – 10:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 – 15:15  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Emerging and re-emerging pathosystems
    Co-Chair: Eva Stukenbrock – University of Kiel
    Co-Chair: Sylvain Raffaele – LIPME, INRAE - CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Castanet Tolosan, France
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Engineering plant-microbe traits
    Co-Chair: Luis Rubio – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
    Co-Chair: Adam R. Bentham – Durham University
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 – 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant Regulation of biotic and abiotic stress – trade-offs
    Co-Chair: Kenichi Tsuda – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Co-Chair: Sheng Yang He, PhD – Duke University, HHMI
    Concurrent Session
  • 12:00 – 13:30  
    Lunch Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 – 15:15  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 – 15:15  
    Session 2 Presenting Authors at Posters (Evens)
    Posters
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Nutrient exchange & role of metabolites in plant-microbe interactions
    Co-Chair: Mary Wildermuth – University of California, Berkeley
    Co-Chair: Ertao Wang – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Spatial & temporal resolution of the interaction interface
    Co-Chair: Unnati Sonawala – Crop Science Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
    Co-Chair: Tatsuya Nobori – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 – 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Structure Informed Synthetic Biology: From Design to Function
    Co-Chair: Jiorgos Kourelis – Imperial University
    Co-Chair: Mark J. Banfield – John Innes Centre
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 – 17:15  
    Poster Session 2 Take-Down
  • 16:45 – 17:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 17:30 – 19:20  
    Plenary Session 8 & Closing Remarks
    Chair: Silke Robatzek – LMU Biocentre
    Chair: Paul Schulze-Lefert – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Plenary Session
  • 19:20 – 21:30  
    Congress Closing & Celebration
    Networking