Cell biology at the plant–microbe interface

Programme

 

Sunday 29th November

9:00–10:30

Registration

10:30–10:45

Welcome, Introductions and Information

Session 1: Invasion and spreading strategies

Chair: Maria Harrison

10:45–11:25

S1-1 Ton Bisseling, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

The evolutionary relation between AM fungal and rhizobium endosymbiosis

11:25–12:05

S1-2 Andrea Genre, University of Torino, Italy

This way in – recognition and accommodation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by their host plants

12:05–12:25

Selected poster abstract talk 1 – Tolga Bozkurt P6

An effector from Irish potato famine pathogen mediates selective autophagic cargo sorting

12:25–13:30

Lunch – Peter & Wolff Restaurant (Hotel Restaurant)

13:30–14:10

S1-3 Richard O’Connell, INRA Versailles-Grignon, France

Hemibiotrophic interfaces and invasion strategies of Colletotrichum fungi

14:10–14:50

S1-4 Nick Talbot, University of Exeter, UK

Investigating the cell biology of appressorium-mediated plant infection and tissue invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

14:50–15:10

Selected poster abstract talk 2 – Joëlle Fournier P17

Infection chamber remodelling allows rhizobial entry into Medicago truncatula root hairs

15:10–15:45

Break

15:45–16:45

Keynote lecture

Karin Schumacher, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany

Live and in colour: improved tools for multi-parameter imaging

16:45–17:15

Flash talks

17:15–19:30

Poster session with buffet and drinks – Europasaal

 

Monday 30th November

Session 2: Accommodation of specialized microbial structures

Chair: Silke Robatzek

9:00–9:40

S2-1 Maria Harrison, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Development of arbuscules and the periarbuscular membrane during AM symbiosis

9:40–10:20

S2-2 Sophien Kamoun, The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich UK

Membrane trafficking at the haustorial interface

10:20–10:40

Selected poster abstract talk 3 – Rik Huisman P27

Specialisation of exocytosis pathways to maintain a stable symbiotic host–microbe interface

10:40–11:10

Break

11:10–11:50

S2-3 Noriko Inada, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan

Pathogenic modulation of plant-specific RAB GTPase-mediated host membrane trafficking at the interface between plants and obligate biotrophic pathogens

11:50–12:30

S2-4 Martin Parniske, University of Munich (LMU), Germany

Symbiosis-related genes sustain the development of a downy mildew pathogen on Arabidopsis thaliana

12:30–12:50

Selected poster abstract talk 4 – Andreas Keymer P30

The development of hyphal symbionts and pathogens relies on fatty acid biosynthesis by the plant host

12:50–13:50

Lunch – Peter & Wolff Restaurant (Hotel Restaurant)

Session 3: Dynamic localization of receptors

Chair: Peter Dodds

13:50–14:30

S3-1 Jane Parker, MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

Connecting TNL receptors to the transcriptional defense network

14:30–15:10

S3-2 Christine Faulkner, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Specialisation of pathogen perception and immune signalling at plasmodesmata

15:10–15:30

Selected poster abstract talk 5 – Kyaw Aung P2

A bacterial effector targets host plasmodesmata to promote pathogen virulence in plants

15:30–16:00

Break

16:00–16:40

S3-3 Silke Robatzek, The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK

Transport-regulated immunity

16:40–17:20

S3-4 Shunyuan Xiao, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, MD, USA

Towards understanding extra-haustorial membrane-oriented protein targeting and host defense at this host-pathogen interface

17:20–17:40

Selected poster abstract talk 6 – Corinna Hofer P25

Identification of a novel receptor-like kinase this is associated with membrane micro-domains and regulates plant immunity

19:00

Symposium Dinner at Hofbräuhaus Munich

 

Tuesday 1st December

Session 4: Delivery and function of microbial molecules

Chair: Ton Bisseling

9:00–9:40

S4-1 Peter Dodds, CSIRO Agriculture, Canberra, Australia

Identifying rust effectors and their roles in disease and immunity.

9:40–10:20

S4-2 Regine Kahmann, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

The secreted effector repertoire of smut fungi and finding out where they function

10:20–10:40

Selected poster abstract talk 7 – Philip Albers P1

HopZ1a targets a remorin implicated in membrane-associated defence signalling

10:40–11:10

Break  

11:10–11:50

S4-3 Claire Veneault-Fourrey, INRA, Nancy, France

JAZ proteins in poplar roots: a checkpoint for establishment of mutualistic ectomycorrhizal interactions?

11:50–12:30

S4-4 Barbara Valent, Kansas State University, KS, USA

Effector delivery by the blast fungus during biotrophic invasion of rice

12:30–12:50

Selected poster abstract talk 8 – Libera Lo Presti P36

An assay for entry of pathogen effectors into host cells?

12:50–13:50

Lunch – Peter & Wolff Restaurant (Hotel Restaurant)

Session 5: Cell surface response

Chair: Sophien Kamoun

13:50–14:30

S5-1 Hans Thordal-Christensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Membrane trafficking in plant cells attacked by powdery mildew fungi

14:30–15:10

S5-2 William Underwood, USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND, USA

Forward genetic screening reveals new insights into cellular processes governing local recruitment of defences to the plant–microbe interface

15:10–15:30

Selected poster abstract talk 9 – R. Thomas Nakano P40

Transcriptional co-regulation between ER bodies and indole glucosinolate metabolism, a potential strategy to maximise the efficiency of defensive traits

15:30–16:00

Break

16:00–16:20

Selected poster abstract talk 10 – Hannah Kuhn P32

mlo-mediated powdery mildew resistance of Arabidopsis coincides with differentially altered MAMP-triggered responses

16:20–17:00

S5-3 Gunther Döhlemann, CEPLAS, University of Cologne, Germany

Virulence strategies of the fungal biotrophs: lessons from the Ustilago maydis-maise model system

17:00–17:40

S5-4 Thomas Ott, University of Munich (LMU), Germany

The formation of an infection-related membrane domain is controlled by the sequential recruitment of scaffold and receptor proteins

17:40–18:00

Closing remarks