Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms IV (February 2020)
Welcome to the 4th International Conference on “Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms”!
Despite that the modern crops are mainly intensive, high yield with good resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, in some regions up to 30% yield are lost every year because of diseases or other stresses. Biotic Stress occurs as a result of damage done to plants by other living organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, beneficial and harmful insects, weeds, and cultivated or native plants. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms of resistance to plant biotic stress and plant diseases is one of the hottest areas of modern plant science.
The 4th International Conference “Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms” to be held on February 19-20, 2020, in Vienna, Austria will discuss the most recent advances in understanding and combating plant biotic stress and resistance mechanisms and to define new frontiers in this field.
This two-days event will provide leading academy and industry scientists a platform to communicate recent advances in “Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms”, and an opportunity to establish multilateral collaboration.
The 4th International Conference on “Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms” will cover the following research topics:
- NLR Structure & Signaling Mechanisms
- Immune Signaling
- Endophyte Induced Plant Immunity
- Immune Signaling and Plant Hormones
- Role of Effectors in Host Manipulation
- Translation Research in Plant Immunity
- Omics in Plant Immunity
Approximately 150 participants are expected to attend this exciting scientific forum including almost 30 lectures delivered by worldwide known invited speakers and young, talented speakers selected from submitted abstracts. The program combines plenary lectures, poster sessions, a unique Conference Dinner Party and sightseeing tours of Vienna.
Prof. Alisher Touraev (VISCEA, Austria, Local Organizer)
Frank Takken (The Netherlands, Co – Organizer)
Niko Geldner (Switzerland)
Sebastian Schornack (United Kingdom)
Takaki Maekawa (Germany)
Bostjan Kobe (Australia)
Thomas Kroj (France)
Alga Zuccaro (Germany)
Steven Spoel (United Kingdom)
Corina Vlot (Germany)
Gitta Coaker (USA)
Renier van der Hoorn (United Kingdom)
Guido van den Ackerveken (The Netherlands)
Harrold van den Burg (The Netherlands)
Brande Wulff (United Kingdom)
Vivianne Vleeshouwers (The Netherlands)
Niko Geldner (Switzerland)
Sebastian Schornack (United Kingdom)
Takaki Maekawa (Germany)
Bostjan Kobe (Australia)
Thomas Kroj (France)
Alga Zuccaro (Germany)
Steven Spoel (United Kingdom)
Corina Vlot (Germany)
Gitta Coaker (USA)
Renier van der Hoorn (United Kingdom)
Guido van den Ackerveken (The Netherlands)
Harrold van den Burg (The Netherlands)
Brande Wulff (United Kingdom)
Vivianne Vleeshouwers (The Netherlands)
Frank Takken (The Netherlands)
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4th International Conference on “Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms”
(February 19 – 20) |
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| February 19 (Wednesday) | |
| 08.00 – 17.00 | Registration |
| 09.00 – 09.10 |
Opening Welcome address by Alisher Touraev (Local Organizer, Austria)Welcome address by Frank Takken (Conference Co-Chair, The Netherlands) |
| 09.10 – 09.50 (+5) |
Keynote Lecture:
Niko Geldner (Switzerland): Root Damage and Immune Responses at Cellular Resolution |
| 09.55 – 10.35 (+5) |
Keynote Lecture:
Sebastian Schornack (United Kingdom): Non-Vascular Plants as Models for Plant-Microbe Interactions |
| 10.40 – 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 – 12.30: | Session I: NLR Structure & Signaling Mechanisms |
| Chairs | Bostjan Kobe (Australia) & Takaki Maekawa (Germany) |
| 11.00 – 11.25 (+5) | Bostjan Kobe (Australia): Plant NLR TIR Domains Possess NAD+-Cleavage Activity |
| 11.30 – 11.55 (+5) | Takaki Maekawa (Germany): Plant Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-like Proteins Limit Biotrophic Pathogen Growth |
| 12.00 – 12.25 (+5) | Kee Hoon Sohn (Republic of Korea): RIN4 Natural Variants Carry Distinct Properties for Defense Activation |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch + Poster Session (all numbers), Conference Photo |
| 14.00 – 15.20 | Session II: Immune Signaling |
| Chairs | Thomas Kroj (France) & Guido Sessa (Israel) |
| 14.00 – 14.25 (+5) | Thomas Kroj (France): Pathogen Effector Recognition by Plant NLR Immune Receptors and Decoy Domains |
| 14.30 – 14.50 (+5) | Guido Sessa (Israel): The Tomato Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase BSK830 Associates with Immune Receptors and Plays a Role in PTI |
| 14.55 – 15.10 (+5) | Kathrin Thor (United Kingdom): Identification of a Calcium-Permeable Channel which Mediates Stomatal Immunity |
| 15.15 – 15.30 (+5) | Jennifer Sales (Germany): LEGUME LECTIN-LIKE PROTEINS at the Interface of Systemic Immunity and Abiotic Stress |
| 15.35 – 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00 – 17.35 | Session III: Endophyte Induced Plant Immunity |
| Chairs | Alga Zuccaro (Germany) & Frank Takken (The Netherlands) |
| 16.00 – 16.25 (+5) | Alga Zuccaro (Germany): Beneficial Root Endophyte Interactions in Barley and Arabidopsis: Immunity, Metabolism and Cell Death |
| 16.30 – 16.55 (+5) | Frank Takken (The Netherlands): Molecular Aspects of Endophyte-Mediated Resistance induced by Fusarium oxysporum |
| 17.00 – 17.10 (+5) | Andrea Romero Perez (Belgium): Pseudomonas Syringae Infection in Arabidopsis thaliana: The Role of F-Box Nictaba |
| 17.15 – 17.25 (+5) | David Percival (Canada): Comparing the Response of Pr Genes in wild Blueberry Phenotypes challenged with Botrytis Cinerea |
| 17.30 – 19.00 | Welcome Reception + Poster Session (all numbers) |
| 19.00 – 22.00 |
Conference Dinner Party Traditional Austrian food and wine, located in one of Vienna’s famous ‘Heurigen’ Cost: 50,- EUR |
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February 20 (Thursday) |
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| 08.00 – 17.00 | Registration |
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Session IV: Immune Signaling and Plant Hormones |
| Chairs | Steven Spoel (UK) & Corina Vlot (Germany) |
| 09.00 – 09.25 (+5) | Steven Spoel (UK): Ubiquitin Signaling in Plant Immunity |
| 09.30 – 09.55 (+5) | Corina Vlot (Germany): Volatile Terpenes in SA-Associated Immunity |
| 10.00 – 10.10 (+5) | Anna Kulma (Poland): The non-mevalonate Pathway of Terpenoid Synthesis Activation in Flax upon Fusarium oxysporum Infection results in increased ABA synthesis |
| 10.15 – 10.25 (+5) | Alan Wanke (Germany): Recognition of beta-glucans and Consequent Immune Responses vary among Plant Species |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Session V: Role of Effectors in Host Manipulation |
| Chairs | Gitta Coaker (USA) & Renier van der Hoorn (UK) |
| 11.00 – 11.25 (+5) | Gitta Coaker (USA): Host Manipulation by Phloem-Limited Bacteria |
| 11.30 – 11.55 (+5) | Renier van der Hoorn (UK): The Hydrolytic Battlefield at the Plant-Pathogen Interface |
| 12.00 – 12.10 (+5) | Adam Bentham (UK): Adaptive Evolution at a Pathogen Effector-host Target Binding Interface is Associated with Host Specificity |
| 12.15 – 12.25 (+5) | Tatiana Marti Ferrando (The Netherlands): The Receptor of the Apoplastic Effector SCR74 of Phytophthora infestans is mapped to a Receptor-like Kinase Cluster in Solanum microdontum |
| 12.50 – 14.00 | Lunch + Poster Session (all numbers) |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Session VI: Translation Research in Plant Immunity |
| Chairs | Guido van den Ackerveken (The Netherlands) & Harrold van den Burg (The Netherlands) |
| 14.00 – 14.25 (+5) | Guido van den Ackerveken (The Netherlands): Susceptibility Genes as Targets for Disease Resistance Breeding |
| 14.30 – 14.50 (+5) | Harrold van den Burg (The Netherlands): Protein Modifier SUMO Recruits E2 Conjugating Enzyme (SCE1) to the Replication Initiator Protein to allow Replication of the Geminivirus TYLCV |
| 14.55 – 15.10 (+5) | Juan de-La-Concepcion (UK): Protein Engineering Expands the Effector Recognition Profile of a Plant NLR Immune Receptor |
| 15.15 – 15.30 (+5) | Katarina Šoln (Slovenia): Allelopathic Plant-Plant Interactions: The Additional Mechanism of the Dominance of Invasive Japanese and Bohemian Knotweed |
| 15.35 – 16.00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Session VII: Omics in Plant Immunity |
| Chairs | Brande Wulff (UK), Vivianne Vleeshouwers (The Netherlands) |
| 16.00 – 16.25 (+5) | Brande Wulff (UK): Understanding and Exploiting Immune Receptors in Wheat and their wild Relatives |
| 16.30 – 16.55 (+5) | Vivianne Vleeshouwers (The Netherlands): Effector-Driven Breeding for Disease Resistance in Potato |
| 17.00 – 17.10 (+5) | Agnieszka Żmieńko (Poland): Copy Number Variation of Genes involved in Biotic Stress Interactions in a Model plant Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 17.15 – 17.30 | Closing Ceremony |
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