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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • 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)
    Poster
  • 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
  • 19:30 - 21:30  
    Congress Closing Celebration (ticket required)
    Ticket not included with registration. Must prepurchase during registration before 7 July. No onsite tickets will be sold. 

    Celebrate the culmination of an inspiring week at our Closing Celebration! This is your chance to reflect on new connections, key takeaways, and memorable moments while enjoying a relaxed, casual atmosphere. Join us as we close out the congress with energy, appreciation, and a sense of community!

    Networking