Friday, 28th June
International Plant Molecular Biology Conference 2024
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Plenary Session 9
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Friday, 28th June
Auditorium B & C
Chair: Crystal Sweetman
Precision Genome Editing Technologies: Revolutionizing Crop Breeding for Future Agriculture
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CAIXIA GAO
Morning Tea
9:45AM - 10:15AM
Friday, 28th June
Plenary 1 & 2 + Mezzanine Exhibition
5-minute Introductions by Session Chairs
10:15AM - 10:20AM
Friday, 28th June
Concurrent Session 1: Plant Viruses: Host Interactions and Immunity
10:20AM - 11:45AM
Friday, 28th June
Auditorium B & C
Chair: Elizabeth Fontes
Cross-communication between antiviral immunity and growth control
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Elizabeth P. B. Fontes
Antiviral Immunity and Suppression by RNA Viruses
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Manfred Heinlein
The cell snatchers - Unravelling plant manipulation by geminiviruses
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Rosa Lozano Duran
Structural models for the interaction of the TMV helicase with the N resistance protein through the TIR and LRR domains of N
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Peter Palukaitis
Concurrent Session 2: Grapevine and Wine
10:20AM - 11:45AM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 2
Chair: Michael Considine
LIGHT, OXYGEN AND ENERGY DIRECT THE TIMING AND COORDINATION OF BUD BURST IN GRAPEVINE
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Michael J Considine
Suffocation in grape berries, a tipping point response to a warming climate.
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Stephen D Tyerman
Activation of transposition in Grapevine
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Chris Winefield
RNA-interference based mechanisms of crop protection: uptake and translocation of double-stranded RNAs in grapevine
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Tory Clarke
Concurrent Session 3: Engineering Improved Photosynthesis
10:20AM - 11:45AM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 3
Chair: Oliver Mueller-Cajar
Getting red Rubiscos and their condensates ready to enhance photosynthesis
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Oliver Mueller-Cajar
Building a pyrenoid-based CO
2
-concentrating mechanism in a C3 plant: new components and species
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Alistair McCormick
Engineering novel CO
2
-fixing nanocages for enhanced photosynthesis
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Davin S Wijaya
“Green Hydrogen” production using Green Algae: A versatile system to transition towards a net-zero economy.
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Aymeric Pinon
Expanding the solar spectrum used by photosynthesis - a review
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Min Chen
Concurrent Session 4: Developmental Plasticity
10:20AM - 11:45AM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Chair: Sachihiro Matsunaga
Epigenetic priming in shoot regeneration
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Sachihiro Matsunaga
Cell cycle dynamics are coordinated by nuclear glutathione during regeneration
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Laura Lee
A molecular framework for shoot regeneration from protoplast-derived callus
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Yuling Jiao
Deciphering Cellular Reprogramming for Surface Barrier Restoration in Arabidopsis
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Yuree Lee
Concurrent Session 5: Plant Receptor Mechanisms and Signalling
10:20AM - 11:45AM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Rooms 7 & 8
Chair: Jijie Chai
Signaling mechanisms of plant NLR immune receptors -From resistosomes to second messengers
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Jijie Chai
Enzymatic activities of TIR domains: molecular basis and immune signalling in plants and beyond
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Bostjan Kobe
Regulation of Pollen–Stigma Interactions by Peptides-Receptor Kinases
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Chao Li
Plant Peptide-Receptor Modules: Exploring their Role as Signal Transducers in Responding Environmental Stresses
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Akie Shimotohno
Concurrent Session 6: Single Cell Transcriptomics
10:20AM - 11:45AM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 9
Chair: Mathew G. Lewsey
Cell transcriptional states are dynamic during germination
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Mathew G. Lewsey
Tabula Glycine: The Glycine max single-cell resolution transcriptome atlas
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Marc Libault
Integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics captures transitional states in soybean nodule maturation
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ZHE YAN
Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas and Regulatory Dynamics in Developing Cotton Anthers
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Huanhuan Ma
Lunch
11:45AM - 1:00PM
Friday, 28th June
Plenary 1 & 2 + Mezzanine Exhibition
5-minute Introductions by Session Chairs
1:00PM - 1:05PM
Friday, 28th June
Concurrent Session 1: Cell-Cell and Long-Distance Communication
1:05PM - 2:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Auditorium B & C
Chair: Tessa Burch-Smith
Intracellular signaling to regulate intercellular communication via plasmodesmata
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Tessa M Burch-Smith
Novel resources to investigate leaf intercellular communication and signalling in C
3
and C
4
crops
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Florence Danila
APP1/NTL9-CalS8 module ensures proper phloem differentiation by stabilizing callose accumulation and cell-cell communication
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DAWEI YAN
Investigating transcriptional regulators of phloem parenchyma transfer cell development in
Arabidopsis thaliana
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Yanyan Piao
Concurrent Session 2: Development Transitions in Bryophytes
1:05PM - 2:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 2
Chair: Laura Moody
Genetic regulation of the 2-dimensional to 3-dimensional growth transition in
Physcomitrium patens
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Laura Moody
Auxin response minima maintains the pluripotency of three-dimensional meristems in the liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha.
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Eduardo Flores-Sandoval
GROM,
a direct target of GCAM1, regulates development of both vegetative and sexual reproductive organs in
Marchantia polymorpha
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Hirotaka Kato
Genes controlling the formation of a novel water conducting tissue in the liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha.
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Philippe Gadient
Genetic mechanisms regulating stem cell identity in the meristem of
Marchantia polymorpha
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Yuki Hirakawa
Concurrent Session 3: Biomass and Biofuels
1:05PM - 2:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 3
Chair: Thatiane Mota
Engineering wood quality in poplar: from the lab to the field
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Thatiane Mota
Engineering plants to replace fossil carbon
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Robert Henry
Transforming plant leaves into biofuel factories
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Xue-Rong Zhou
Silencing of β-1,3-glucanase 5 gene in rice crops enhances resistance to Brown Planthopper
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Uma Priya Kupusamy
Concurrent Session 4: Plant Responses to Climate Change
1:05PM - 2:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Chair: Hiroshi Kudoh
In natura
study of epigenetic regulation: long-term analyses of H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 in an
Arabidopsis halleri
population
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Hiroshi Kudoh
Environmental robustness of allopolyploid species
in natura
: field genomic and image analysis using machine learning-based phenotyping method PlantServation
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Kentaro Shimizu
Development of RNA-based bioprotectants against viruses for sustainable crop production
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Ana R Sede
Epigenetic modifications to improve resilience in grapevine
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Ellie L Bradley
Discovery of RNA and protein isoforms produced in response to changes of turgor in Arabidopsis leaves.
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Jazmine L Humphreys
Concurrent Session 5: RNA Biology
1:05PM - 2:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Rooms 7 & 8
Chair: Joanna Melonek
A new clade within the
mitochondrial transcription termination factor
family implicated in fertility restoration in plants
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Joanna Melonek
The RNA biology of long non-coding transcripts in plants.
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Peter Kindgren
Identification and functional characterization of salt-responsive microRNAs using contrasting soybean cultivars
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Shrushti Joshi
Capture of regulatory factors via CRISPR–dCas9 for mechanistic analysis of fine-tuned
SERRATE
expression in Arabidopsis
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BO SUN
Rice DEAD BOX RNA HELICASE 51, OsRH51, Involves in the Rice Plant Development and Ribosome RNA Biogenesis
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Desyanti Saulina Sinaga
Concurrent Session 6: Ecological Functions of Plant Secondary Metabolism
1:05PM - 2:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 9
Chair: Andre Kessler
Keystone Compounds: Polyacetylenes in goldenrod,
Solidago altissima
(Asteraceae) driving ecological community dynamics
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Andre Kessler
Specific function of particular myrosinases in pathogen-triggered indole glucosinolate metabolism
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Pawel Bednarek
The role of
JKD
in growth and defense in tomato (
Solanum lycopersicum
)
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Paula Oyarce
Insights into defence response pathways in hornworts
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Samarth :)
Unravelling the transcriptional regulation of terpene biosynthesis in plants
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Sofya Gvaramiya
Afternoon Tea
2:30PM - 3:00PM
Friday, 28th June
Plenary 1 & 2 + Mezzanine Exhibition
5-minute Introductions by Session Chairs
3:00PM - 3:05PM
Friday, 28th June
Concurrent Session 1: Cell Growth, Identity and Polarity
3:05PM - 4:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Auditorium B & C
Chair: Dolf Weijers
Cell polarity - the nexus of shape, mechanics and morphogenesis?
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Dolf D Weijers
Spatiotemporal control of stomatal asymmetric cell division
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Juan Dong
Root meristem tissue patterning by antagonistic receptor kinase pathways
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Christian Hardtke
Getting into shape - a grass-specific factor guides morphogenesis and pore formation in the grass stomatal complex
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Roxane Patricia Spiegelhalder
Concurrent Session 2: Polyploidy
3:05PM - 4:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 2
Chairs: Pamela Soltis & Douglas Soltis
Polyploidy across the plant tree of life
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Douglas E Soltis
Dynamic Genome Evolution in the Model Fern Species
Ceratopteris richardii
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D. Blaine Marchant
Molecular Evidence for Adaptive Evolution of Drought Tolerance in Wild Cereals
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Zhong-Hua Chen
Does endoreduplication play a role in
Nicotiana tabacum
long glandular trichomes development?
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Manon Peeters
Concurrent Session 3: Metabolomics to Function
3:05PM - 4:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 3
Chair: Asaph Aharoni
Sponsored by:
Molecular Plant
Ultra-Resolution Plant Metabolomics: High Confidence Metabolite Identification and Spatial Analysis at the Cell Type and Organelle Level
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Asaph Aharoni
Identification and functional characterization of protein-metabolite interactions.
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Aleksandra Skirycz
Forward genetic screening in
Nicotiana benthamiana
to unravel genes responsible for successful anthocyanin production
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Zuba Ahmed
Integration of environmental information during volatile-mediate plant communication
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Andre Kessler
Cystathionine γ-synthase expression in seeds alters metabolic and DNA methylation profiles in Arabidopsis
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Rachel Amir
Concurrent Session 4: Plant Symbioses
3:05PM - 4:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Rooms 5 & 6
Chair: Adriana Hemerly
Modulation of plant genetic controls to improve symbiosis with endophytic and associative nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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ADRIANA HEMERLY
miR172c in soybean symbiotic nodulation and beyond
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Xia Li
Characterization of new molecular mechanisms controlling the soybean-rhizobia symbiosis using single-cell -omics approaches
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Marc Libault
Genetic Determinants Controling Aerial Root Development for Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation in Maize and Sorghum
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Rafael Venado
Concurrent Session 5: Gene Editing for Crops
3:05PM - 4:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Rooms 7 & 8
Chair: Inez Slamet-loedin
Accelerating Breeding of Staple Crops by Gene Editing for Sustainable Crop Production
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Inez H Slamet-Loedin
Genome edited crops for climate resilience and improved food security in the Global South
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Anindya Bandyopadhyay
Development of Multiplex Genome Editing Tools and Their Application for Cotton Molecular Breeding
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Shuangxia SJ Jin
Transgenerational Inheritance of Epigenetic Variation During Crop Domestication and Plant Breeding
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Z. Jeffrey Chen
Improving Heat-induced Grain Chalkiness in Rice Through Gene Editing
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VIBHA SRIVASTAVA
Concurrent Session 6: Hormone Biosynthesis, Transport and Signalling
3:05PM - 4:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Meeting Room 9
Chair: Mark Waters
A cytochrome P450 enzyme regulates seedling growth downstream of karrikin-KAI2 signalling in
Arabidopsis thaliana
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Mark T Waters
A novel cytokinin transporter contributes to panicle development and nitrogen use efficiency in rice
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Yonghong Wang
Root-to-shoot, shoot-to-root translocation and symplasmic unloading of gibberellin detected by the Matryoshka GAMA3
v
-40n integrator.
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Yuuma Ishikawa
The Influence of Strigolactones on Barley
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Philip B Brewer
Direct imaging of lowly abundant phytohormone distributions in plant tissues enabled by mass spectrometry imaging with MALDI-2 post-ionization
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Nanna Bjarnholt
Break
4:30PM - 4:45PM
Friday, 28th June
Plenary 1 & 2 + Mezzanine Exhibition
Plenary Session 10
4:45PM - 5:30PM
Friday, 28th June
Auditorium B & C
Chair: Neena Mitter
RNA silencing in genome defense and disease resistance
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David Baulcombe
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