Plant Cell & Tissue Culture In Vitro IV
(July 4-5, 2022)
Welcome to the 4th International Conference on “Plant Cell & Tissue Culture In Vitro”!
Plant cell, cultured in vitro, are able to regenerate into the complete fertile plants under the appropriate culture and environment conditions, e.g. plant cells are totipotent. Currently, the technology is not only the great tool in basic research, such as cell biology, genetics, biochemistry and biotechnology, but has also the direct commercial importance in the Mass Plant Micro-propagation, Genetic Transformation, Genome Editing, Speeding up Breeding Process via production of Doubled Haploids, Production of Secondary Metabolites, etc.
The 4th International Conference on “Plant Cell & Tissue Culture In Vitro” to be held in Vienna, Austria on July 4-5, 2022 will discuss wide range of modern in vitro plant cell and tissue culture technologies, fundamental aspects of plant cell totipotency, differentiation, regeneration, embryogenesis, and practical applications of plant cell in vitro technologies for crop improvement.
This two-day event will provide leading academy and industry scientists a platform to communicate recent advances in “Plant Cell & Tissue Culture In Vitro”, and an opportunity to establish multilateral collaboration.
The 4th International Conference on “Plant Cell & Tissue Culture In Vitro” will cover the following research topics:
- Plant Cell Totipotency & Differentiation
- Plant Cell Organogenesis & Regeneration
- Somatic Embryogenesis
- Anther/Microspore Cultures (Androgenesis)
- Ovary/Ovule Cultures (Gynogenesis)
- Plant Cell Suspensions
- Plant Cell Bioreactors
- Protoplasts
- Micropropagation
- In Vitro Fertilization
- Plant Transformation
Among the invited speakers are internationally known names such as:
Attila Fehér (Hungary), Christophe Gaillochet (Belgium), Pedro Pablo Gallego (Spain), Fredy Altpeter (USA), Pilar S Testillano (Spain), María Pilar Vallés (Spain), Ewa Grzebelus (Poland), Andreas Schiermeyer (Germany), Iwona Zur (Poland), Nieves Vidal (Spain), Klaus Palme (Germany), Agnieszka Szopa (Poland), Ralf Welsch (Germany), …
Approximately 250 participants are expected to attend this exciting scientific forum including almost 40 lectures delivered by worldwide known invited speakers and young, talented speakers selected from submitted abstracts. The program combines plenary lectures, poster sessions, exhibitions and interesting breakout sessions.
Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 10, 2022
Early bird registration: June 20, 2022
Please note: The next VISCEA Conference “Transgenic Plants & Transformation Technologies” will take place immediately after “Plant Cell & Tissue Culture In vitro“ Conference on July 6-7, 2022 at the same location! We are pleased to offer you the chance to participate and register online for both at once for a very attractive registration fee!
We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna on July 4-5, 2022!
Prof. Pedro Pablo Gallego (Spain, Conference Co-Organizer)
Prof. Alisher Touraev (VISCEA, Austria, Local Organizer)
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Attila Fehér |
| Position | Full professor; scientific advisor |
| Work Place | Department of Plant Biology of the University of Szeged; Biological Research Centre of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network |
| Research Interest | plant morphogenesis and signal transduction |
| feher.attila@brc.hu; feher.attila.sandor@szte.hu | |
| Website | feheragroup.com |
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Pedro Pablo Gallego |
| Position | Professor |
| Work Place | Faculty of Biology | Vigo University | Campus Universitario | 36310 Vigo | Spain |
| Research Interest | – |
| pgallego@uvigo.es | |
| Website | – |
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Nieves del Pilar Vidal González |
| Position | Researcher |
| Work Place | Department of Plant Production, Misión Biológica de Galicia, Sede de Santiago de Compostela (CSIC), Spain |
| Research Interest | Biotechnology of woody plants |
| nieves@mbg.csic.es | |
| Website | https://www.mastergenomicaygenetica.com/nieves-del-pilar-vidal-gonzalez
http://www.iiag.csic.es/biotecnologia-de-especies-lenosas |
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Pilar S. Testillano |
| Position | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER, HEAD OF GROUP |
| Work Place | Margarita Salas Center of Biological Research, CIB-CSIC |
| Research Interest | Plant cell reprogramming, microspore embryogenesis |
| testillano@cib.csic.es | |
| Website | https://www.cib.csic.es/research/microbial-plant-biotechnology/pollen-biotechnology-crop-plants |
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María-Pilar Vallés |
| Position | Research scientist |
| Work Place | Genetics and Plant Production Department. Aula Dei Experimental Station (EEAD-CSIC) |
| Research Interest | Gametic embryogenesis |
| vallés@eead.csic.es | |
| Website | https://www.eead.csic.es/ |
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Fredy Altpeter |
| Position | Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology |
| Work Place | University of Florida -IFAS |
| Research Interest | Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology |
| altpeter@ufl.edu | |
| Website | https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/641914
http://ufrfprofessors.feed.research.ufl.edu/ufrf_professors/altpeter-fredy-2/ |
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Iwona Zur |
| Position | Prof., the Head of Department of Cell Biology |
| Work Place | Institute of Plant Physiology Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Research Interest | doubled haploid technology; redox regulation; abiotic stress tolerance |
| i.zur@ifr-pan.edu.pl | |
| Website | http://ifr-pan.edu.pl/o-instytucie/kadra/24-iwona-zur |
| (July 4-5, 2022) | ||
| July 4 (Monday) | ||
| 08.00 – 17.00 | Registration | |
| 09.00 – 09.20 | Opening Welcome address by Alisher Touraev (Local Chair, Austria)Welcome address by Pedro Pablo Gallego (Chair of the Conference, Spain) |
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| 09.10 – 09.45 (+5)
09.50 – 10.25 (+5) |
Keynote Lecture 1: Attila Fehér (Hungary): Callus, Dedifferentiation, Totipotency, Somatic Embryogenesis: What These Terms Mean in the Era of Molecular Plant Biology?
Keynote Lecture 2: Klaus Palme (Germany): Innovative technology platform for in vitro cell studies: advantages in research and industrial applications |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee break | |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Session I: Plant Cell Totipotency & Differentiation | |
| 11.00 – 11.25 (+5) | Christophe Gaillochet (Belgium): Control of plant cell fate transitions by transcriptional and hormonal signals | |
| 11.30 – 11.45 (+5) | Lucie Fischerová (Czech Republic): Regeneration of Cannabis sativa (L.) in-vitro | |
| 11.50 – 12.05 (+5) | Vera Martinez-Barradas (Chile): A Chilean common bean in vitro regeneration protocol to be implemented for CRISPR-Cas9 genetic edition | |
| 12.10 – 12.25 (+5) | Maneea Moubarak (Italy): Extracellular vesicles from cell suspension culture of different explants of Solanum lycopersicum L. | |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch + Poster Session (all numbers) | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Session II: Plant Cell Organogenesis & Regeneration | |
| 14.00 – 14.20 (+5) | Pedro Pablo Gallego (Spain): Machine Learning and Plant Tissue Culture Tools for Medicinal Plant Valorization | |
| 14.25 – 14.45 (+5) | Nieves Vidal (Spain): Use of bioreactor systems in the propagation of forest trees | |
| 14.50 – 15.05 (+5) | Elisabeth Kopper (Austria): Micropropagation and pathogen elimination i elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) | |
| 15.10 – 15.30 (+5) | Csaba Lantos (Hungary): Utilization and improvement of In Vitro Androgenesis in Cereal Breeding of CR LTD | |
| 15.35 – 16.00 | Coffee break | |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Session III: In Vitro Propagation | |
| 16.00 – 16.25 (+5) | Fredy Altpeter (USA): Overcoming Recalcitrance of Energycane to Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation | |
| 16.30 – 16.50 (+5) | Tobias Sieberer (Germany): Novel chemical strategies to boost shoot regeneration in recalcitrant crops | |
| 16.55 – 17.10 (+5) | Marta Leonor Marulanda Angel (Colombia): In vitro propagation and somatic embryogenesis in Guadua angustifolia Kunth | |
| 17.15 – 17.35 (+5) | Josef Baltazar ŠENKYŘÍK (Czech Republic): Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) – Artificial polyploidization: In vitro method for medical plants improvement. | |
| 17.35 – 19.00 | Poster Session (all numbers) + Welcome Reception | |
| 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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| July 5 (Tuesday) | ||
| 08.00 – 17.00 | Registration | |
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Session IV: Haploid Technologies | |
| 09.00 – 09.20 (+5) | Pilar S Testillano (Spain): Novel strategies with small molecules to improve microspore reprogramming to embryogenesis in crop and forest plants. | |
| 09.25 – 09.45 (+5) | María Pilar Vallés (Spain): How Trichostatin A affects developmental reprogramming of bread wheat microspores | |
| 09.50 – 10.10 (+5) | Iwona Zur (Poland): Reactive oxygen species and antioxidative defence as the determinants of microspore embryogenesis effectiveness | |
| 10.15 – 10.30 (+5) | Yolanda Pérez Pérez (Spain): Endogenous auxin and cytokinin play key roles in stress-induced microspore embryogenesis of Brassica napus | |
| 10.35 – 11.00 | Coffee break | |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Session V: Plant Protoplasts: Modern Applications | |
| 11.00 – 11.20 (+5) | Ewa Grzebelus (Poland): Composition of the Reconstituted Cell Wall in Protoplast-Derived Cells of Daucus Is Affected by Phytosulfokine (PSK). | |
| 11.25 – 11.45 (+5) | Ralf Welsch (Germany): Determination of Protoplast Growth Properties using Quantitative Single-Cell Tracking Analysis | |
| 11.50 – 12.10 (+5) | Andreas Schiermeyer (Germany): Targeted insertion of large DNA sequences by homology-directed repair or non-homologous end joining in engineered tobacco BY-2 cells using designed zinc finger nucleases | |
| 12.15 – 12.35 (+5) | Agnieszka Szopa (Poland): Production of Schisandra type lignans in in vitro cultures of S. chinensis, S. rubriflora and S. henryi | |
| 12.40 – 14.00 | Lunch + Closing Ceremony | |