Concurrent Session: Plant Interactions with nematodes & parasitic plants

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

10:30 - 12:00

Location: Room P+Q

Co-Chair(s)

XG

Xiaoli Guo, PhD

Huazhong Agricultural University
Wuhan, CHINA
KS

Ken Shirasu, PhD (he/him/his)

Deputy Director
RIKEN CSRS
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Presentations:

10:30 - 10:50

Root-knot nematode-derived RGF peptide mimics hijack host signaling to orchestrate feeding site formation
Presenting Author: Xiaoli Guo, PhD – Huazhong Agricultural University
Author: Wenhao Li
Author: Jiamin Mo
10:50 - 11:10

A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
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
11:10 - 11:30

Cuscuta: A Parasitic Plant for Decoding Plant-to-Plant Communication
Presenting Author: Soyon Park, Assistant Professor – University of Missouri-Columbia
Author: Supral Adhikari, n/a – University of Missouri-Columbia
11:30 - 11:40

From host signals to parasitism: a transcription factor duet regulates sequential effector deployment
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
11:40 - 11:50

How Parasitic Plants weaken Host Immunity and facilitate Infections by Microbial Pathogens
Author: Durga Prasad Naik Bhukya – University of Goettingen
Presenting Author: Thomas Spallek – University of Goettingen
11:50 - 12:00

Unravelling nematode feeding site formation in plant roots
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