The conference consists of seminar talks given by international invited speakers and local speakers selected from our Centre of Excellence. Additional talks will be selected based on abstracts submitted by scientists of all career stages. To download the abstract book, please follow below link:
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
Meeting Room 302 - 303
15:45 Welcome Reception with Tea and Coffee
16:20 Welcome Address
CoE Chair Eva-Mari Aro (University of Turku) & CoE Co-chair Jaakko Kangasjärvi (University of Helsinki)
Session 1
Chaired by Kirk Overmyer & Natalia Battchikova
16:30 – 17:00 Keynote Speaker - Cheryl Kerfeld (Michigan State University, USA)
Building on new insights into carboxysome structure, function and dynamics
17:00 – 17:30 Marc Nowaczyk (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
Structural adaptations of photosynthetic complex I enable ferredoxin-dependent electron transfer
17:30 – 18:00 Hannes Kollist (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Stomatal CO2 signaling for designing water-saving plants
18:00 – 18:30 Frank Van Breusegem (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium)
Mining for protein S-sulfenylation in Arabidopsis uncovers redox-sensitive sites
18:30 – 19:00 Silke Robatzek (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany)
How PRR signaling regulates immunity
19:00 – 19:30 Simone Ferrari (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy)
Peroxidase-mediated reactive oxygen species at the intersection between plant cell wall integrity, growth and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses
19:30 - Poster setup (Sirkus Foyer)
Thu, 7 Nov 2019
Sirkus Room
8:00 – 9:00 Poster setup (Sirkus Foyer)
Session 2
Chaired by Mikael Brosché & Eevi Rintamäki
9:00 – 9:30 Donald Ort (University of Illinois, USA)
Improving photosynthetic efficiency for improved crop yield
9:30 – 10:00 Eva-Mari Aro (University of Turku, Finland)
Regulation of photosynthetic light reactions – an evolutionary view
10:00 – 10:30 Alan Schulman (University of Helsinki, Finland)
A path towards climate resilience for barley
10:30 – 10:45 Cezary Waszczak (University of Helsinki, Finland)
The role of GDP-L-fucose biosynthesis in stomatal closure
10:45 – 11:00 Lauri Nikkanen (University of Turku, Finland)
Flavodiiron proteins and NDH-1 cooperatively maintain the redox poise of the photosynthetic electron transfer chain during fluctuations in light intensity and carbon availability in Synechocystis
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break + Poster Session
11:30 – 12:00 Keynote Speaker - Phil Mullineaux (University of Essex, UK)
TBA
12:00 – 12:30 Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne (University of Turku, Finland)
Redirecting photosynthetic electrons into targeted chemicals
12:30 – 13:00 Claudia-Nicole Meisrimler (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Plant membrane-associated NAC transcription factors – key player in fast stress response mechanism?
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Session 3
Chaired by Pauli Kallio & Kaisa Nieminen
14:00 – 14:30 Lecture sponsored by the EMBO Young Investigator Programme:
Emmanuelle Bayer (National Centre for Scientific Research, Bordeaux, France)
Staying tight: membrane contact at plasmodesmata intercellular junctions
14:30 – 15:00 Ari-Pekka Mähönen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Stem cell regulation in the Arabidopsis root vascular cambium
15:00 – 15:30 Jaakko Kangasjärvi (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Coordination of chloroplastic and mitochondrial ROS signaling in stress aclimation
15:30 – 15:45 Melis Kucukoglu (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Cytokinin regulation of cambium activity and wood formation in hybrid aspen
15:45 – 16:00 Peter Gollan (University of Turku, Finland)
Photosynthetic redox homeostasis triggers chloroplast signalling and influences plant metabolism
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break + Poster Session
Session 4
Chaired by Paula Mulo & Alexey Shapiguzov
16:30 – 17:00 Barry Pogson (Australian National University, Australia)
Intracellular communication of abiotic stress: from model systems to crops
17:00 – 17:30 Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi (University of Turku, Finland)
Protein phosphatase 2A as a regulator of plant stress responses
17:30 – 18:00 Michael Wrzaczek (University of Helsinki, Finland)
CRK2 coordinates abiotic and biotic stress responses
18:00 – 18:15 Pawel Roszak (Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, UK)
Phloem development at the single-cell resolution
18:15 – 18:30 Martina Jokel-Toivanen (University of Turku, Finland)
Improving H2 photoproduction – lessons learned from photosynthesis research
18:30 -19:30 Poster Session
19:30 – Conference Dinner
Fri, 8 Nov 2019
Sirkus Room
Session 5
Chaired by Hiroaki Fujii & Triin Vahisalu
9:00 – 9:30 Keynote Speaker - Ove Nilsson (Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden)
FT paralogs control the annual growth cycle and latitudinal adaptation in Aspen trees
9:30 – 10:00 Pauli Kallio (University of Turku, Finland)
New optimization standards for cyanobacterial pathway engineering
10:00 – 10:30 Arun Sampathkumar (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
The mechanics of invaginations and outgrowths in plant cells
10:30 – 10:50 Roosa Laitinen (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
What causes altered shoot growth in Arabidopsis hybrids?
10:50 – 11:10 Paula Elomaa (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Developmental patterning of head-like inflorescences in Asteraceae
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break + Poster Session
11:30 – 12:00 Christine Raines (University of Essex, UK)
Future proofing plant productivity by engineering leaf photosynthetic carbon metabolism to future proof
12:00 – 12:30 Ykä Helariutta (University of Helsinki, Finland; Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, UK)
Integration of hormonal and transcriptional control during vascular development
12:30 – 13:00 Farewell
13:00 Lunch + Departure