Concurrent Session: Engineering plant-microbe traits

Thursday, July 17, 2025

10:30 - 12:00

Location: Confex Hall 1+2

Co-Chair(s)

LR

Luis Rubio

Senior Researcher
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Madrid, Spain
AB

Adam Bentham

Durham University
Durham, England, United Kingdom

Presentations:

10:30 - 10:50

The rise of resistance: from natural diversity to rational modifications of immune receptors
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
10:50 - 11:10

Engineering new-to-nature immune sensors for novel recognition of effectors in plant pathosystems
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
11:10 - 11:20

Regulation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum growth by the mycoviral replicase-associated protein
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
11:20 - 11:30

Bioengineering nitrogen fixation in plants
Presenting Author: Luis Rubio – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
11:30 - 11:40

Engineering of Lysin motif receptor-like kinases to enable Nod factor perception in barley and maize
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
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
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
11:50 - 12:00

Toward the engineering of plant pattern recognition receptors for durable disease resistance
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