Plant Cell & Tissue Culture in Vitro IV (July 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

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)

 

Local Organizing Committee International Organizing Committee
Alisher Touraev (Local Organizer, Austria)

Pedro Pablo Gallego (Conference Co-Chair, Spain)

 

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)

Ralf Welsch (Germany)

Agnieszka Szopa (Poland)

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)

Ralf Welsch (Germany)

Agnieszka Szopa (Poland)

Pedro Pablo Gallego (Conference Co-Chair, Spain)

4th International Conference on “Plant Cell & Tissue Culture in Vitro”

(July 4-5)

July 4 (Monday)
08.00 – 17.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.10 Opening
Welcome address by Alisher Touraev (Local Organizer, Austria)Welcome address by Pedro Pablo Gallego (Conference Co-Chair, Spain)
09.10 – 09.45 (+5) Keynote Lecture 1:

Attila Fehér (Hungary): Callus, Dedifferentiation, Totipotency, Somatic Embryogenesis: What These Terms Mean in the Era of Molecular Plant Biology?

09.50 – 10.25 (+5) Keynote Lecture 2:

Klaus Palme (Germany): Innovative technology platform for in vitro cell studies: advantages in research and industrial applications

10.40 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30: Session I: Plant Cell Totipotency & Differentiation
Chairs Klaus Palme (Germany) & Christophe Gaillochet (Belgium)
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)

 

12.10 – 12.25 (+5)

Vera Martinez-Barradas (Chile): A Chilean common bean in vitro regeneration protocol to be implemented for CRISPR-Cas9 genetic edition

 

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), Conference Photo
14.00 – 15.20 Session II: Plant Cell Organogenesis & Regeneration
Chairs Pedro Gallego (Spain) & Nieves Vidal (Spain)
14.00 – 14.20 (+5) Pedro 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 – 17.35 Session III: In Vitro Propagation
Chairs Fredy Altpeter (USA) & Attila Feher (Hungary)
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 – 17.30 (+5) Josef Baltazar ŠENKYŘÍK (Czech Republic): Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) – Artificial polyploidization: In vitro method for medical plants improvement.
17.35 – 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
 

July 5 (Tuesday)

08.00 – 17.00 Registration
09.00 – 10.30 Session IV: Haploid Technologies
Chairs Pilar Testillano (Spain) & Maria Pilar Valles (Spain)
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 – 10.25 (+5) Yolanda Pérez Pérez (Spain): Endogenous auxin and cytokinin play key roles in stress-induced microspore embryogenesis of Brassica napus
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Session V: Plant Protoplasts: Modern Application
Chairs Ralf Welsch (Germany) & Andreas Schiermeyer (Germany)
11.00 – 11.20 (+5) Ewa Grzebelus (Poland): Composition of the Reconstituted Cell Wall in Protoplast-Derived Cells of Daucus Is Affected by Phytosulfokine.
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 Closing Ceremony + Lunch