8th Conference of the Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology

8th Conference of the Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology
Communication in plants: from cell to environment
12-15 September 2017, Bialystok, Poland
Modification: 16-02-2017
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2017
12:00-18:00 Registration and poster set up
16:00-18:00 Welcome Reception
WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2017
09:00-18:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Opening Ceremony, Welcome speeches
10:15-11:45 Keynote Lectures:
 František Baluška (Germany): Neurobiology view of higher plants
 Thorsten Nürnberger (Germany): Positive and negative regulation in plant immune signalling
11:45-12:15 Coffee break
Session 1: Signalling in plant development and metabolism
Chair: Iwona Ciereszko and Halina Gabryś
12:15-13:45 Invited Speakers:
 Sjef Smeekens (Netherlands): Sucrose mediated control of plant metabolism and growth
 John Lunn (Germany): A tale of two sugars – the role of trehalose 6-phosphate in sucrose signalling
and homeostasis
 Jose J. Sanchez Serrano (Spain): Protein phosphatase 2A in plant developmental signalling
13:45-14:15 Coffee break
Session 1: Signalling in plant development and metabolism
Chair: Iwona Ciereszko and Halina Gabryś
14:15-15:15 Selected talks
15:15-16:15 Lunch provided
Session 2: Symplasmic communication and plant development
Chair: Ewa U. Kurczyńska and Paweł Sowiński
16:15-17:45 Invited Speakers:
 Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (United Kingdom): Callose and its role in controlling intercellular
communication and root developmental responses
 Manfred Heinlein (France): Plasmodesmata and virus movement
17:45-18:00 Coffee break
Session 2: Symplasmic communication and plant development
Chair: Ewa U. Kurczyńska and Paweł Sowiński
18:00-19:00 Selected talks
19:00-20:00 Poster sessions 1-2
20:15-22:00 General Assembly for PSEPB Members
THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2017
Session 3: Plants and abiotic stresses
Chair: Agnieszka Sirko and Danuta M. Antosiewicz
9:00-12:00 Invited Speakers:
 Céline Masclaux-Daubresse (France): Autophagy, leaf senescence and nutrient remobilization
 John Hammond (United Kingdom): Plant responses to low phosphate availability
 Ewa Mellerowicz (Sweden): Plant responses to altered cell wall structure
 Ann Cuypers (Belgium): Heavy metals stress in plants
12:00-12:15 Coffee break
Session 3: Plants and abiotic stresses
Chair: Agnieszka Sirko and Danuta M. Antosiewicz
12:15-13:30 Selected talks
13:30-14:30 Lunch provided
Session 4: Signalling in biotic interactions
Chair: Jacek Hennig and Iwona Morkunas
14:30-16:30 Invited Speakers:
 Sophien Kamoun (United Kingdom): The long reach of the effectors of plant associated organisms
 Saskia Hogenhout (United Kingdom): How insect-vectored plant pathogens modulate plant
development and attract insect vectors
 Christina Kühn (Germany): Plant factors affecting the symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi and the host plant root system
 Michał Jasiński (Poland): ABC transporter modulates isoflavonoids content during defence
response of Medicago associated with de novo phytoalexins synthesis
16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-17:20 Selected talks
17:20-18:30 Poster sessions 3-4
20:00-23:00 Conference Party
FRIDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2017
Session 5: Epigenetics and chromatin regulation in plant development
Chair: Piotr Ziółkowski and Marta Koblowska
9:00-11:00 Invited Speakers:
 Ian Henderson (United Kingdom): Recombination and chromatin landscapes in plant genomes
 Dao-Xiu Zhou (France): Regulation of plant primary metabolism by histone deacetylases
 Artur Jarmołowski (Poland): Coupling of RNA Polymerase II transcription elongation with pre-mRNA
splicing
 Andrzej Jerzmanowski (Poland): Linker histones in plants– powerful regulators of chromatin state
in development and adaptation to environmental conditions
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:15 Selected talks
Session 6: NO life without RNS/ROS
Chair: Agnieszka Gniazdowska and Jolanta Floryszak-Wieczorek
12:30-14:15 Invited Speakers:
 Francisco J. Corpas (Spain): Nitric oxide in plant peroxisomes under stress conditions
 Marek Petřivalský (Czech Republic): The role of NO in plant development and interactions with
biotrophic pathogens
 Kim H. Hebelstrup (Denmark): Phytoglobins and their role in RNS and ROS modulation
 Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek (Poland): New insight into the fate of peroxynitrite in plants
14:15-15:15 Lunch provided
Session 6: NO life without RNS/ROS
Chair: Agnieszka Gniazdowska and Jolanta Floryszak-Wieczorek
15:15-16:15 Selected talks
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:30 Poster sessions 5-6
17:45-18:15 Closing Ceremony
16 SEPTEMBER 2017
One day trip, to choose from:
 Białowieża Tour
 The Tatar Trail
USEFUL INFORMATION
Conference venue:
University of Bialystok,
Faculty of Biology and Chemistry
Institute of Biology
Ciolkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Bialystok
POLAND
Photo: Wojciech Wojtkielewicz
Photo: University of Bialystok
Contact to Conference Organisers:
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
(only finance)
Ewa Oleńska
Alicja Piotrowska-Niczyporuk