Tuesday 15 April 2025

Tuesday

07:00 – 08:00  Walk on the beach, Morning run

07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 – 10:00  Parallel Session 3 (A-D)

10:00 – 10:15  Flash Talks 2 (A-D)

10:15 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:45 Parallel Session 4 (A-D)

11:45 – 13:15  Lunch

13:15 – 13:30  EPS Awards

Chair: Eric Schranz, Wageningen University and Research

13:30 – 14:15 Keynote Speaker: Alexis Maizel, University of Heidelberg, : Lateral root formation in Arabidopsis thaliana: Metabolism, growth and coordination.

Chair: Francesca Bellinazzo, Wageningen University and Research

14:15 – 14:40  Invited Speaker: Ivo Rieu, Radboud University Nijmegen, “Flower bud cooling protects plant reproduction against heatwaves”

14:40 – 15:10  Break

15:10 – 15:35  Invited Speaker: Roberta Croce, VU Amsterdam, “Photosynthesis in far-red: from cyanobacteria to plants”

Chair: Saskia van Wees, Utrecht University

15:35 – 16:20 Keynote Speaker: Holger Puchta, JKIP, Germany, “Applying CRISPR/Cas to plants: From gene editing to genome restructuring”

16:20 – 16:35 Poster Awards and final remarks by Eric Schranz, Wageningen University and Research

16:50 – 17:30  Busses are leaving.