Parallel Session 01

Monday 8 April, 14:00 – 15:00

Development, Room 522

14:00 – 14:15     Kelvin Adema, Wageningen University and Research, “Single-cell analysis of de novo meristem formation in Medicago truncatula”

14:15 – 14:30     Sergio Martin Ramirez, Wageningen University and Research, “Redox-dependent extracellular interaction networks of Leucine-Rich Repeat and Cysteine-rich Receptor Kinases”

14:30 – 14:45     Melissa Leeggangers, Utrecht University, “Guardians of the meristem: ethylene’s role in shielding plants during waterlogging for future flooding stress.”

14:45 – 15:00     Zihan Liu, Wageningen University and Research, “Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) development in time: how differential parenchyma tissue growth affects leafy head formation.”

Novel Methods/Approaches, Room 558

14:00 – 14:15     Maarten Jongsma, Wageningen University and Research, “TrackGene: Videotracking  to identify plant resistance and susceptibility towards pest insects”

14:15 – 14:30     Siva Selvanayagam, Wageningen University and Research, “IBS-GWAS: Accelerated GWAS using k-mer based Identical by state windows”

14:30 – 14:45     Valerian Meline, Utrecht University/Wageningen University and Research, “NPEC Empowering Your Research: Because Even Plants Need Selfies”

14:45 – 15:00     Maurice Henquet, Wageningen University and Research, “Receptomics to identify bioactive compounds and improve quality of plant products”

Social Impact of Plant Sciences, Room 559                         

14:00 – 14:15     Aisha So, Utrecht University, “The roles and responsibilities of plant scientists in the context of genome-edited crops”

14:15 – 14:30     Elena Del Pup, Good Scientist, “The Good Scientists: a platform to make science actionable for social impact “

14:30 – 14:45     Koen Beumer, Utrecht University, “How to talk to other disciplines: ranking societal implications of crop gene editing for the global South”

14:45 – 15:00    EPSR-Team, WUR/UU, “Bringing Europe’s early career plant scientists back together”

Plant-Microbe Interactions , Room Zuiderduinzaal

14:00 – 14:15     Davar Abedini, University of Amsterdam, “Soil micro-organisms affect the chemical communication between plants and cyst nematodes”

14:15 – 14:30     Robin Cowper, Utrecht University, “Friends with Benefits (and Boundaries): Phenylpropanoids determine Arabidopsis-Trichoderma interaction”

14:30 – 14:45     Kumar Saurabh Singh, Wageningen University and Research, “Deciphering metabolic pathways with MEANtools: A multi-omics approach”

14:45 – 15:00     Arno Schaveling, Wageningen University and Research, “Identification of putative resistance-breaking effectors of Globodera pallida by systematic screening of a genomic region associated with virulence”