Provisional scientific programme COST Action SUSTAIN,
Birnam 2013
Day 1 Morning session:
Pathogen effectors and virulence (WG1)
Wednesday, October 9, 8h30-12h00
30 min, keynotes
1. John Jones (James Hutton Institute, UK)
Identification and functional characterisation of G. pallida effectors and
their host targets.
2. Gunther Doehlemann (Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, DE)
Formation of plant tumors in the Ustilago maydis – maize interaction
requires organ-specific activity of secreted effector proteins
20 min
3. Mathieu Gourges (INRA/ University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, FR)
Two penetration specific effectors from Phytophthora parasitica
modulate hormonal physiology of the host to facilitate infection
4. Ali Ahmed (Copenhagen University , DK) (to be confirmed)
Functional analysis of barley powdery mildew effector candidates and
identification of their barley targets
5. Remco Stam (University of Dundee/ James Hutton Institute, UK) (to be
confirmed)
A Phytophthora capsici CRN effector targets a tomato TCP transcription
factor to affect its function
6. Andrea Sanchez (Wageningen University, NL)
Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity, and Other Functions of Fungal
LysM Effectors.
7. Lieve Gheysen (Ghent University ) (to be confirmed)
Effector analysis of two different types of rice nematodes, the sedentary
Meloidogyne graminicola and the migratory Hirschmanniella oryzae
8. Hazel McLellan (University of Dundee/ James Hutton Institute, UK) (to be
confirmed)
An RxLR effector from Phythophthora infestans prevents nuclear
accumulation of two potato NAC transcription factors
Day 1 Afternoon session:
Plant proteins and processes targeted by effectors
WG2
Wednesday, October 9, 13h30-17h00
30 min, keynotes
1. Eleanor Gilroy (James Hutton Institute, UK)
Pumped up on (brassino)steroids: the late blight pathogen manipulates the
BR pathway in potato.
2. Hans Thordal-Christensen
(University of Copenhagen, DK)
Analysis of barley cell vesicle trafficking after powdery mildew invasion
reveals the identity of the extrahaustorial membrane
20 min
3. Angela Chaparro-Garcia (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)
Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR3a targets a GTPase involved in
plant immunity.
4. Francine Govers (University of Wageningen, NL)
A novel host target of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector.
5. Magda Krzymowska (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PL)
Interactions of HopQ1, a type III secretion effector from Pseudomonas
syringae, with host 14‐3‐3 proteins.
6. Geert Smant (University of Wageningen, NL)
Secreted venom allergen-like proteins of plant-parasitic nematodes
modulate defence responses in host plants.
7. Jana Streubel (University of Halle, DE)
Rice SWEETs as virulence targets for Xanthomonas TALEs.
8. Guido Sessa (Tel Aviv University, IL)
Xanthomonas campestris type III effector XopQ interacts with tomato and
pepper 14-3-3 isoforms to suppress effector-triggered immunity.
Day 2 Morning session:
Effector evolution and diversification (WG3)
Thursday, October 10, 8h30-12h10
30 min, keynotes
1. Thierry Rouxel (INRA-Grignon, FR)
Evolutionary dynamics of avirulence genes in Leptosphaeria maculans.
2. Bart Thomma (Wageningen University, NL)
Extensive chromosomal reshuffling drives evolution of virulence in an
asexual pathogen.
3. David Cooke (James Hutton Institute, UK)
Tracking effector diversity in Phytophthora infestans populations.
20 min
4. Elisabeth Fournier (INRA/CIRAD-Montpellier, FR)
Evolution of the pan-secretome among lineages of Magnaporthe oryzae
attacking different host-plants.
5. Johannes Helder (Wageningen Universit, NL)
Insights in the evolution of plant parasitism within the phylum Nematoda
based on neutral and pathogenicity-related genes.
6. Liliana M. Cano (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)
Genome sequencing and expression profiling of emerging strains of P.
infestans.
7. Stéphane Genin (CNRS/INRA-Toulouse, FR)
Inventory and evolution of Type III effector proteins in the Ralstonia
solanacearum species complex.
8. Carsten Pedersen (Copenhagen University, DK)
The structure and evolution of barley powdery mildew effector candidates.
Day 2 Afternoon
Thursday, October 10
WG meetings
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13h30–15h30
WG1 13.30
WG2 14.00
WG3 14.30
WG4 15.00
MC meeting
Posters
Reception
15h30-17h30
Day 3 Morning session:
R genes and host targets for resistance breeding and
engineering (WG4)
Friday, October 11, 8h30-12h00
30 min, keynote
1. Vivianne Vleeshouwers (Wageningen University, NL)
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2. Laure Didierlaurent (Syngenta, FR)
-title3. Klaas Bouwmeester (Wageningen University, NL)
Lectin receptor kinases; novel leads for disease resistance in Solanaceous
crops.
4. Tolga Bozkurt (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)
An endocytotic pathway targeting the vacuole is re-routed towards
pathogen penetration sites in Plants.
5. Thomas Kroj (INRA-Montpellier, FR)
The Magnaporthe oryzae effectors AVR1-CO39 and AVR-Pia are recognized
by the rice Nucleotide Binding-Leucine rich repeat (NB-LRR) protein RGA5
through direct interaction
6. Morten Lillemo (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO)
Breeding for improved resistance to Stagonospora nodorum blotch in
wheat by elimination of sensitivity to necrotrophic effectors
7. Montserrat Sole-Castellvi (University of Halle, DE)
Using TALENs for plant genome engineering.
8. Giampiero Valè (CRA-GPG Genomic Research Center, IT)
Integration of genetics and RNA-Seq approaches to dissect a durable blast
resistance in rice.
9. Maria Raffaella Ercolano(University of Naples Federico II, IT)
Overview of tomato candidate pathogen recognition genes
10. Justine Sucher (University of Zürich)
Study of durable disease resistance Lr34 wheat gene into
heterologous grass species