Morning session - Open for all
Venue: Hörsal NAT.D.320
Please find map to venue here
9:00 Welcome
9:05 Grid formation and tissue emergence in the embryos of Saccharina latissima
Ioannis Theodorou Sorbonne University, France / NMBU, Norway
9:35 Low substitution xyloglucan disrupts trafficking to the cell wall
Natalie Hoffmann University of Toronto, Canada
10:05 A gynoecium is born: what growth patterns underlie its development
Andrea Gomez Felipe Université de Montréal, Canada
10:40 Fika (coffee break)
10:55 A molecular mechanism for root thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings
Haiyue Ai Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
11:25 Calcium signaling mediates mitochondrial intra-cellular communication during oxidative stress: Role of CIPK9-VDAC3-CIPK3 module in regulating oxidative stress responses in Arabidopsis
Barkha Ravi University of Delhi, India
11:55 Multifaceted role of WRKYs and its cross talk under abiotic stress in Pearl Millet
Jeky Chanwala Institute of Life Sciences Bhubaneswar, India
12:25 Closing
Afternoon session - Per invitation only
Lunch
14:00-14:30 Sowing the postdoc seeds: a personal journey beyond the PhD - Laura Bacete
14:30-16:00 Project "speed-dating" with PIs (with fika)
19:00 Dinner
Contact: Stéphane Verger, Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava
UPSC Seminar
Charlotte Kirchhelle
Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes INRAe / ENS de Lyon, Lyon, France
Title: Shaping multi-layered organs through edge-based growth control
Read more about her research here
Host: Stéphane Verger
UPSC Seminar
Emilie Jacob (Cavel)
CRRBM (molecular biology platform - plant phenotyping facilities),
University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
Title: Analysis of drought stress in Arabidopsis mutants and waterlogging tolerance in barley by high-throughput phenotyping
Host: Ewa Mellerowicz
Two of UPSCs most recent group leaders are presenting an overivew about their groups research. After the lecture, UPSC invites everyone working at UPSC to a joint barbecue starting at around 16:00.
14:00-14:45: MicroProteins - from identification to finding novel solutions for plant breeding
Stephan Wenkel
14:45-15:30: High-fidelity genomics to high-efficiency investigation: accurate prediction of allele-specific gene expression in poplar
Jian-Feng Mao
16:00 Midsummer Barbecue
We cordially invite everyone working at UPSC to the first UPSC Midsummer Barbecue. The registration to the barbecue is closed now. If you have questions regarding your registration, please contact Anna Gustavsson
Hosts: Johannes Hanson, Totte Niittylä