Concurrent Session: Discrimination of friend from foe (2)

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

10:30 - 12:00

Location: Room M+N

Co-Chair(s)

CS

Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez (she/her/hers)

Principal investigator
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
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
AS

Ari Sadanandom

Durham University
Durham, England, United Kingdom

Presentations:

10:30 - 10:50

Rapid local and systemic jasmonate signalling drives initiation and establishment of plant systemic immunity
Author: Trupti Gaikwad – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
Author: Susan Breen – Divison of Plant Science
Author: Emily Breeze – University of Warwick
Author: Erin Stroud – University of Warwick
Author: Rana Fraz Hussain – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
Author: Satish Kulasekaran – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
Author: Marta de Torres-Zabala – Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Author: David Horsell – Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Author: Fay Bennett – University of Warwick
Author: Lorenzo Frigerio – School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
Author: Huazhen Liu – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky
Author: Pradeep Kachroo – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky
Presenting Author: Murray Grant – University of Warwick
10:50 - 11:05

Regulatory architecture of disease resistance in maize revealed by multi-omic systems genetics
Presenting Author: Justin Walley – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Author: Natalie Clark – Iowa State University
Author: Gaoyuan Song – Iowa State University
Author: Mercy Kabahuma – Iowa State University
Author: Judith Kolkman – Cornell University
Author: Shawn Christensen – USDA
Author: Christian Montes-Serey – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Author: Shikha Malik – Iowa State University
Author: Rebecca Nelson – Cornell University
11:05 - 11:20

Light induces Phytochrome B SUMOylation to recruit the immune regulator NPR1 in nuclear condensates to activate systemic acquired resistance
Presenting Author: Srayan Ghosh – Durham University
Author: Shraboni Ghosh – Durham University
Author: Mansi Mansi – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Author: Xian Long – Durham University
Author: Lisa Clark – Durham University
Author: Anjil Srivastava – Dundee University
Author: Sumesh Kakkunath – Durham University
Author: Beatriz Orosa – Edinburgh University
Author: Mark Bailey – Durham University
Author: Prakash Kumar Bhagat – Durham University
Author: Catherine Gough – Durham University
Author: Cunjin Zhang – Durham University
Author: Miguel de Lucas – Durham University
Author: Ari Sadanandom – Durham University
11:20 - 11:35

Beyond the barrier: how Fusarium eludes host physical barriers to reach the root vasculature
Presenting Author: Lucrezia Pinto (she/her/hers) – 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
Author: Paula Alonso-Ramos (she/her/hers) – 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
Author: Laura Carrillo (she/her/hers) – 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
Author: Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez (she/her/hers) – 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
11:35 - 11:50

CELLOX1 orchestrates DAMP-triggered immunity in root responses to symbiotic and pathogenic fungi
Presenting Author: Giulia Peruzzi – University of Rome La Sapienza
Author: Sarah van Boerdonk – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Author: Natalie Finke – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne
Author: Sena Parlak – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
Author: Sarah Giulietti (she/her/hers) – University of Rome La Sapienza
Author: Giulia De lorenzo – University of Rome La Sapienza
Author: Daniela Pontiggia – University of Rome La Sapienza
Author: Alga Zuccaro (she/her/hers) – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
11:50 - 12:00

Discussion/Q&A