Concurrent Session: Population Biology, Ecology & Genomics

Monday, July 14, 2025

10:30 - 12:00

Location: Room P+Q

Co-Chair(s)

HM

Honour McCann

Max Planck Institute for Biology
Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
SA

Stig Andersen

Aarhus University
Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark

Presentations:

10:30 - 10:50

Balancing selection shapes root microbiome regulation in Lotus japonicus
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
10:50 - 11:10

ToxB or not to ToxB: The Conflicting Roles of Transposons in Fungal Effector Evolution
Presenting Author: Megan McDonald, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Birmingham
Author: Ryan Gourlie
Author: Mohamed Hafez
Author: Reem Aboukhaddour
11:10 - 11:30

Experimental evolution of root-associated microbial communities
Presenting Author: Ruben Garrido-Oter – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
11:30 - 11:40

An evolutionary and functional analysis of virulence gene promoters in Pseudomonas syringae.
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
11:40 - 11:50

Repeat, evolve, repeat: The high evolvability of the Xanthomonas oryzae genome facilitates epidemic outbreaks in rice.
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
11:50 - 12:00

Understanding the breakdown of resistance with population genomics: how European populations of powdery mildew overcame Pm17 resistance in wheat
Presenting Author: Fabrizio Menardo – University of Zurich