Parallel Session 03

Tuesday,15 April, 09:00 – 10:00

Plant-Microbe Interactions , Lamoraalzaal

Chair: Arsheed Sheikh, Utrecht University

09:00 – 09:15     Jieyu Liu, Wageningen University and Research, “Evolution of a NIN-LIKE PROTEIN into a Master Regulator of Nitrogen-Fixing Nodulation “

09:15 – 09:30     Luigi Fiorentino, Wageningen University and Research, “Exploring the effector repertoire of Verticillium dahliae during infection of potato”

09:30 – 09:45     Mireadil Kuerban, Leiden University, “Steering root-associated microbiome via the neighbor effect and via legacies of soil ”

09:45 – 10:00     Jiayi Jing, Wageningen University and Research, “Identifying disease-suppressive microbial consortia and mechanisms of soil suppressiveness to Fusarium culmorum”

Comparative Biology & Evolution, Room 558

Chair: Cloe Villard (Wageningen University and Research)

09:00 – 09:15     Sjoerd Woudenberg, Wageningen University and Research, “Evolution of plant embryos – insights from ferns”

09:15 – 09:30    Dian Zheng, Wageningen University and Research, “Engineering the sexual reproduction of Botrytis cinerea”

09:30 – 09:45     Asif Ahmed Sami, Wageningen University and Research, “The angiosperm seed life cycle follows a developmental reverse hourglass.”

09:45 – 10:00     Dirk-Jan van Workum, Wageningen University and Research, “Zooming in on the Lactuca pangenome”   

Modeling and Novel Methods , Room 559

Chair: Thijs van Loo (Utrecht University)

09:00 – 09:15     Marco Saltini , Wageningen University and Research, “Mechanisms of style bending in mirror image flowers”

09:15 – 09:30     Victor Sanchez-Camargo, University of Amsterdam, “Exploring the RNA-binding proteome response during viral infections”

09:30 – 09:45     Monica L Garcia Gomez, Utrecht University, “Multi-scale mechanisms driving root regeneration: from regeneration competence to tissue repatterning”

09:45 – 10:00     Tristan Wijsman, Wageningen University and Research, “Dissection of regeneration response by cell-type-specific induction”

Cell Biology Room 522

Chair: Merijn Kerstens (Wageningen University and Research)

09:00 – 09:15     Jordi Floriach-Clark, Wageningen University and Research, “Microfluidic Local Delivery of (Bio)Chemicals to Single Plant Cells”

09:15 – 09:30     Nora Gigli Bisceglia, Utrecht University, “Decoding the Cell Wall’s Role in Salinity Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana”

09:30 – 09:45     Feras Hadid, Wageningen University and Research, “Genetic analysis of cell polarity in Arabidopsis”

09:45 – 10:00     Tessa Visscher, Utrecht University, “Beyond transcription: how the fate of mRNA determines plant immunity”