Programme
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Monday, 22 July 2019 |
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| Session 1. Chair: Grace Cott | |
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12:00–13:30 |
Registration and lunch |
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13:30–13:40 |
Welcome |
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13:40–14:30 |
Plenary Lecture, supported by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland – Amy Austin, FEVA-CONICET, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Diminishing the climate footprint with exotic pine afforestation in Patagona, Argentina? |
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14:30–14:50 |
Selected Talk: Andrew Felton, Utah State University, USA Spatiotemporal dynamics of net primary productivity sensitivity to precipitation |
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14:50–15:10 |
Selected Talk: Francielli Bao, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil Do neighbours matter: Density-dependent effects of intra and interspecific competition on seed germination in experimental microcosms |
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15:10–15:40 |
Tea/coffee break + Posters |
| Session 2. Chair: Rainer Melzer | |
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15:40–16:30 |
Plenary Lecture 2 – Edwige Moyroud, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK Bullseye! Understanding the mechanisms of petal patterning |
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16:30–16:50 |
Selected Talk: Chrysoula Pantazopoulou, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Every time we touch, I feel the static – molecular basis of touch induced leaf movement |
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16:50–17:10 |
Selected Talk: Alvaro Montiel Jorda, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Castanet-Tolosan, France Characterisation of BML1, a novel protein linking brassinoteroid signalling with microtubules |
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17:10–17:30 |
Selected Talk: Silvia Artuso, University of Salzburg, Austria Tempo and mode of flower shape evolution in a small-sized radiation of Madagascan Bulbophyllum orhcids (clade 'C') using 3D geometric morphometrics |
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17:30–18:00 |
Break + Posters |
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18:00–19:00 |
Flash talks (12 speakers) |
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19:00 |
Meet the Mentors over pizza and posters |
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019 |
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| Session 3. Chair: Carl Ng | |
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08:15–09:00 |
Coffee and pastries |
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08:55–09:00 |
Announcements |
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09:00–09:50 |
Plenary Lecture 3 – Alistair Hetherington, University of Bristol, UK How stomata respond to environmental signals |
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09:50–10:10 |
Selected Talk: Sarah Carroll, University of Sheffield, UK Guard cell wall structure and function |
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10:10–10:30 |
Selected Talk: Cecilia Cheval, John Innes Centre, Norwich A plasmodesmata-specific signalling cascade mediates chitin-triggered PD closure |
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10:30–11:00 |
Tea / coffee break + Posters |
| Session 4. Chair: Angela Feechan | |
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11:00–12:00 |
Workshop – How to get published |
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12:00–12:50 |
Plenary Lecture 4 – Tansley Medal winner, Stella Cesari, INRA, Montpellier, France Mode of action and engineering of a rice NLR immune receptor for broader recognition specificity of Magnaporthe oryzae effectors |
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12:50–14:00 |
Lunch |
| Session 5. Chair: Alexandre Perochon | |
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14:00–14:50 |
Plenary Lecture 5 – Catherine Feuillet, Inari Agriculture, USA A next generation wheat genome sequence for next generation breeding by next generation scientists |
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14:50–15:10 |
Selected Talk: Susanne Schilling, University College Dublin, Ireland MADS about wheat: genome-wide analysis of MIKC-type MADS-doman transcription factors in Triticum aestivum |
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15:10–15:30 |
Selected Talk: Harriet Benbow, University College Dublin, Ireland The Serpin gene family contribute to disease resistance, yield, and grain quality in bread wheat |
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15:30– |
Visit to Powerscourt Distillery and drinks reception |
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Wednesday, 24 July 2019 |
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| Session 6. Chair: Sónia Negrão | |
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08:15–09:00 |
Coffee and pastries |
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08:55–09:00 |
Announcements |
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09:00–09:50 |
Plenary Lecture 6 – Jennifer McElwain, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Plant fossils, global change and evolution |
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09:50–10:10 |
Selected Talk: Jonathan Henn, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Winter climate, fire, and species characteristics affect prairie plant response to climate change |
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10:10–10:30 |
Selected Talk: Juan Baca Cabrera, Technical University of Munich, Germany Diurnal oscillation of leaf elongation rate is sensitive to atmospheric CO2 and VPD |
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10:30–11:00 |
Tea / Coffee break + Posters |
| Session 7. Chair: Paul McCabe | |
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11:00–11:50 |
Plenary Lecture 7 – Keith Lindsey, Durham University, UK Cellular pattern and growth in the Arabidopsis root |
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11:50–12:50 |
Workshop: Publishing ethics |
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12:50–14:00 |
Lunch |
| Session 8. Chair: Aisling Reilly | |
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14:00–14:50 |
Plenary Lecture 8 – Anna-Liisa Laine, University of Zürich, Switzerland What keeps pathogens in check in the wild? |
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14:50–15:10 |
Selected Talk: Xi Zhang, University of Bern, Switzerland Evolution of plant defense resistance in natural enemies of an arthropod herbivore |
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15:10–15:30 |
Selected Talk: Homero Garate Escamilla, INRA-Université de Bordeaux, France Range-wide variation in local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity of fitness-related traits in Fagus sylvatica and their implications under climate change |
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15:30–16:00 |
Tea / coffee break + Posters |
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16:00–16:20 |
Selected Talk: Lisa Fürtauer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Quantitation of subcellular plant metabolism |
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16:20–16:40 |
Selected Talk: Alvaro Fernandez-Fernandez, VIB-Ghent University, Belgium Getting to know plant metacapases: cues above, substrate identification and downstream signalling |
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16:40–17:10 |
Tea / coffee break + Posters |
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17:10–18:30 |
Workshop: Careers |
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19:00 |
BBQ @ UCD Rosemount |
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Thursday, 25 July 2019 |
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| Session 9. Chair: Joanna Kacprzyk | |
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08:15–09:00 |
Coffee and pastries |
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08:55–09:00 |
Announcements |
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09:00–09:50 |
Plenary Lecture 9 – Sandy Hetherington, University of Oxford, UK Getting to the root of roots: From fossils to transcription factors |
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09:50–10:10 |
Selected Talk: Marian Schubert, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway and Stockholm University, Sweden Evolution of tolerance to temperate climates in the grass subfamily Pooideae |
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10:10–10:30 |
Selected Talk: Victoria DeLeo, Pennsylvania State University, USA 200 years of Arabidopsis thaliana phenotypic variation |
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10:30–11:00 |
Tea / Coffee break + Posters |
| Session 10. Chair: David Hunt | |
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11:00–11:50 |
Plenary Lecture 10 – Maarja Öpik, University of Tartu, Estonia Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: from local to global and back |
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11:50–12:10 |
Selected Talk: Tom Thirkell, University of Leeds, UK Changes in atmospheric CO2 induce cultivar-specific carbon-for-nutrient exchange responses in wheat-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses |
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12:10–12:30 |
Selected Talk: Aidee Guzman, University of California, Berkeley, USA The relationship between aboveground diversity and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on agroecosystems |
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12:30–13:00 |
Final comments |