Tuesday 15 April, 10:45 – 11:45
Abiotic Stress, Lamoraalzaal
Chair: Rianne Kluck (Utrecht University)
10:45 – 11:00 Anna Calabritto, VU of Amsterdam , “How plants cope with fluctuating light”
11:00 – 11:15 Mark Melchior, Maastricht University, “Exploring the interactive effects of environment and genetics on the content of glutathione, vitamin C, vitamin B2 and carotenoids in spinach.”
11:15 – 11:30 Alan Pauls, Wageningen University and Research “Unlocking hydathodes – A step towards understanding what causes tipburn in lettuce?”
11:30 – 11:45 Tobias Staacke, Leiden University “Heat Stress Memory: Exploring the hidden regulators behind resilience “
Translational Biology, Room 558
Chair: Kin Pan Chung, (WUR)
10:45 – 11:00 Roxane Snijders, University of Amsterdam, “Exploring natural variation in phloem-based metabolites for insect resistance”
11:00 – 11:15 Melanie Mendel, Utrecht University, “Transcriptional Dynamics of Peronospora effusa during Infection of Spinach Reveals Silencing of Effector Clusters with High Copy Number Variation“
11:15 – 11:30 Yuankun Yang, Leiden University, “Boosting plant broad-spectrum resistance by engineered pattern recognition receptors”
11:30 – 11:45 Louise Logie, Wageningen University and Research, “Genomic selection approaches to explore genetic diversity to improve photosynthetic traits”
Plant-Insect Interactions , Room 559
Chair: Silvia Coolen (Utrecht University)
10:45 – 11:00 Sarah Kalisvaart, Wageningen University and Research, “ Parasitoids and their symbionts: Top-down plant-mediated interactions and their ecological effects”
11:00 – 11:15 Nina Guarneri, University of Amsterdam, “Exploring the effects of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and microsporidium infections on the effectorome of thrips”
11:15 – 11:30 Kris de Kreek, Wageningen University and Research, “Caterpillar-induced plant-soil feedback in wild and cultivated cabbage”
11:30 – 11:45 Maxence Longuemare , Wageningen University and Research, “Early Insects Set the Stage for Later Plant-Insect Interactions”
Development , Room 522
Chair: Kai Thoris (Wageningen University and Research)
10:45 – 11:00 Annika Liefferink, Wageningen University and Research, “PUMILIO RNA binding proteins and their double role in seed germination”
11:00 – 11:15 Ruben De Francesco, Radboud University Nijmegen, “Exploring the role of CYCPs in the transition to and the continuation of the endocycle in the Arabidopsis thaliana root”
11:15 – 11:30 Sanne Matton , Wageningen University and Research, “Auxin transport and response regulate 3D leaf movement in response to light”
11:30 – 11:45 Gabriele Panicucci, Utrecht University, “Developmental Directions through Oxygen Gradients”
