Provisional Program
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8
12:30 - 13:45 | Welcome Lunch (Buffet) |
13:50 | Opening of the Meeting, Welcome and Information: Thomas Dresselhaus |
14:00 – 14:40 | Keynote Lecture: Julia Santiago (Lausanne): Building the Wall: Ligand Recognition and Cell Wall Remodeling by HAESA-Type Receptors |
14:40 – 16:00 | Session I: Peptide Signaling in Immunity (Chair: Martin Stegmann) Anne Greifenhagen (Hohenheim): CLE Peptides in the Interaction of Parasitic and Host Plants Lei Wang (Bern): CLE Peptide Signaling Regulates Volatile Emission in Maize Louis-Philippe Maier (Tübingen): Secreted Proteins Act as Decoys for Pathogen Proteases in Arabidopsis Maurice König (Cologne): From PROZIP1 to ZIP1 - Regulation of Maize Immunity by the Release of the Endogenous Signaling Peptide ZIP1 |
16:00 – 16:40 | Coffee Break |
16:40 – 17:20 | Keynote Lecture: Herman Höfte (Versailles): Are RALF Peptides Sensors for Pectin Charge? |
17:20 – 18:40 | Session II: RALF-CrRLK1L Signaling (Chair: Stefanie Sprunck) Martin A. Mecchia (Zurich): Conservation of the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway in Land Plants Christoph Ringli (Zurich): ROL16: an Apyrase Involved in the LRX1/FER/RALF1 Signaling Process Liang-Zi Zhou (Regensburg): Exocytosis and Recycling of RALF-ANX/BUPS-LLG-Receptor Complexes Isabel Monte (Zurich): Evolution of Pattern-Triggered Immunity in Land Plants |
19:00 – 20:00 | Dinner (Buffet and Bavarian Beer) |
20:00 – 22:00 | Poster Session (with Drinks) 20:00-21:00 Poster with Uneven Numbers 21:00-22:00 Poster with Even Numbers |
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9
08:30 – 09:10 | Keynote Lecture: Niko Geldner (Lausanne): Signaling Specificity in Plant LRR Receptor Kinase Pathways |
09:10 – 10:30 | Session III: Peptide Signaling in Development and Reproduction (Chair: Karina van der Linde) Salves Cornelis (Fribourg): Uncovering the Role of CLE Peptides in Xylem Differentiation Jack Rhodes (Norwich): A Conserved Family of Stress-Responsive Signaling Peptides is Perceived by an Orphan LRR-RK Raphael Malka (Regensburg): Function and Evolutionary Conservation of Egg Cell-Expressed Cysteine-Rich EC1 Proteins in Arabidopsis and Maize Valentina Dusi (Verona): Involvement of B-box MicroProteins in the Reproductive Development of Tomato |
10:30 – 11:10 | Coffee Break |
11:10 – 12:50 | Session IV: Receptor Signaling in Immunity (Chair: Stefanie Ranf) Antonio Molina (Madrid): Plant Immunity Regulated by Cell Wall-Derived Signals: Unveiling Novel Molecular Patterns Regulating Plant Disease Resistance Lin-Jie Shu (Freising): Functional Analysis of LORE-Dependent 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acid Immune Sensing in Brassicaceae Peter Slaby (Erlangen): Molecular Cues from Cuscuta: their Perception and Effects on Host Plants Sergio Martin Ramirez (Wageningen): Functional Characterization of a Cysteine-Rich Receptor Kinase in Pattern-Triggered Immunity Signaling |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch (Buffet) |
14:00 – 15:40 | Session V: Receptor Signaling in Development and Reproduction (Chair: Kay Schneitz) Ueli Grossniklaus (Zurich): Factors and N-Glycosylation Are Required for Interspecific Pollen Tube Recognition Surbhi Rana (Lausanne): Local and Systemic Effects of Brassinosteroid Perception in Developing Phloem Xia Chen (Freising): Dissecting the SUB-QKY Signaling Complex Lin Xi (Hohenheim): PEP7 is a Ligand for Receptor Kinase SIRK1 to Regulate Aquaporins and Root Growth Isaia Vardanega (Düsseldorf): Identification and Characterization of CLV Receptors and CLE Peptides Regulating Barley Shoot Meristem Maintenance and Development |
15:40 – 16:00 | Transfer to the Historic City Center |
16:30 – 18:00 | Guided City Tours |
19:00 – 22:00 | Conference Dinner in the City Center |
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10
09:40 – 10:40 | Session VI: Peptide-Receptor Complexes and Downstream Effectors (Chair: Thomas Dresselhaus) Michael Hothorn (Geneva): Structural and Quantitative Biochemical Characterization of Peptide – Receptor Interactions in Plant Development Philipp Denninger (Freising): Cell-cell Communication and Polar Signaling during Pollen Germination of Arabidopsis Elia Stahl (Lausanne): Phosphatidylcholines from Pieris brassicae Eggs Activate an Immune Response in Arabidopsis Lukas Wallrad (Münster): A Ca2+-Triggered CIF Peptide RLK-NOX Signaling Axis Mediates Adaptation Responses to K+ Deprivation Klaus Harter (Tübingen): Integration of Computational Modeling and Quantitative Cell Physiology Reveals Central Parameters for the Hormone-Regulated Elongation |
10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee Break |
11:10 – 12:30 | Session VII: Novel Approaches and Evolutionary Aspects (Chair: Ralph Hückelhoven) Jean-Philippe Combier (Auzeville-Tolosane): How Non-Conserved microRNA-Encoded Peptides Can Mediate the Same Regulatory Functions? Karina van der Linde (Regensburg): How to Identify Novel Small Secreted Proteins in Maize?! Reidunn B. Aalen (Oslo): Evolution of Peptide Signaling from the Ancestor of Bryophytes and Vascular Plants to the Angiosperms Livio Trainotti (Padua): The Italian PRIN Project “Small RNAs and Peptides for Controlling Diseases and Development in Horticultural Plants” |
12:30 – 12:40 | Final Remarks and Closing: Ralph Hückelhoven |
12:40 | Lunch and Departure |