Tuesday 09 April 2024

Social activities

07:30     08:15     Morning Run, Meeting point: @ O’Donnells Pub 

07:30     08:00     Morning Swim in the North Sea,  Meeting point: @ O’Donnells Pub

Breakfast

Location: Restaurant

07:30     08:45     Breakfast

Parallel Session 3

09:00     10:00    

Session:

  • Development – Room 522
  • Comparative Biology and Evolution – Room 558
  • Abiotic Stress – Room 559
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions – Room: Zuiderduinzaal

Flash Talks Session 2

10:00     10:15    

  • Development – Room 522
  • Comparative Biology and Evolution – Room 558
  • Abiotic Stress – Room 559
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions – Room: Zuiderduinzaal

Break

Location: Lounge 2 and Abdijzaal

10:15     10:45     Coffee/Tea- Break

Parallel Session 4

10:45     11:45    

  • Development – Room 522
  • Plant-Insect Interaction – Room 558
  • Abiotic Stress – Room 559
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions – Room: Zuiderduinzaal

Lunch and Poster Session 1 (odd numbers)

Location: Lounge 2 and Abdijzaal

 11:45    13:15     Lunch and Poster Session                                                                         

Plenary Session

Location: Zuiderduinzaal

13:15     13:45     EPS Award *      

13:45     14:10     Charlie Underwood, Radboud University Nijmegen

                              “Harnessing clonal gametes in hybrid crops to engineer polyploid genomes”

14:10     14:35     Karen Kloth, Wageningen University and Research

                              “ Aphids, phloem and the belowground microbiome”

Break

Location: Lounge 2 and Abdijzaal

14:35     15:05     Coffee/Tea- Break

Plenary Session

Location: Zuiderduinzaal                              

15:05     15:30     Antony van der Ent, Wageningen University and Research 
“Living on the edge: unravelling the secrets of selenium hyperaccumulator plants”           

15:30     16:15     Keynote Wenbo Ma, Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge, UK

                              “Modularity-driven diversification of pathogen effectors”

16:15     16:30     Poster Awards and closing remarks