Program in brief
Tuesday
Wednesday
Registration Bristol
Bristol Conference
Halls
Thursday
Friday
9:00
9:15
Welcome
Session I:
Evolution of
Reproductive
Systems
Session VI:
Meiosis &
Apomeiosis
Session IX:
Embryogenesis
&
Parthenogenesis
10:00
10:30
Session II:
Polyploidy &
Aneuploidy
11:00
Tea & Coffee break
11:30
Flash Poster
Presentations
8:00
12:15
12:30
Tea & Coffee
break
Session VII:
Gametophyte
Development &
Function
Session X:
Seed & Fruit
Development
Lunch
COST member
meetings
Lunch
13:00
14:00
Session III:
Apomixis &
Emerging
Technologies
15:50
16:00
Tea & Coffee break
16:30
Session IV:
Endosperm &
Imprinting
Session VIII:
Fertilization
Mechanisms
18:00
Session V:
Plant Reproduction
& Environmental
Change
Poster Session odd
numbers
Poster Session
even numbers
19:00
20:00
20:30
Concluding
remarks
Lunch
Session VII:
Gametophyte
Development &
Function
Tea & Coffee
break
18:30
Tea & Coffee
break
Registration
Bristol lobby
Dinner
Conference Dinner
20 21 Program in detail
WEDNESDAY 2. OCTOBER
08:00
Registration
Registration
09:00
Paul Grini & Emidio Albertini
Welcome
Session I: Evolution of Reproductive Systems
Chair: Anna Koltunow
09:15
John Carman
Utah State University, Logan,
USA
Apomictic life cycles: Ancient fair-weather alternatives to sexual life
cycles
S01
09:45
Elvira Hörandl
Georg-August-University of
Göttingen, Germany
The evolution of apomixis in angiosperms: a reappraisal
S02
Session II: Polyploidy & Aneuploidy
Chair: Anna Koltunow
10:00
Claudia Köhler
SLU, Uppsala, Sweeden
Epigenetic mechanisms establishing interploidy and interspecies
hybridization barriers in the endosperm
S03
10:30
Konstantinos Kritsas
University of Zürich,
Switzerland
ULEs, highly conserved non-coding sequences: Novel functional
elements hidden in the genome?
S04
10:45
Nico De Storme
University of Ghent, Belgium
Mild defects in cytokinesis form a basis for whole genome doubling in
plants
S05
Tea and Coffee Break
11:00-11:30
11:30
Flash Poster Presentations
Chairs; Paul Grini & Thomas Dresselhaus
(2-3 min presentations of selected posters without discussion)
Clément Lafon-Placette
SLU, Uppsala, Sweeden
Hua Jiang
SLU, Uppsala, Sweeden
Dorota Paczesniak
Eawag / ETH Zurich,
Switzerland
Philip Wolff
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Barbara Glöckle
University of Oslo, Norway
Dieu Vo
University of Bremen,
Germany
Maura Cardarelli
IBPM-CNR Sapienza
University of Rome, Italy
Thomas Hackenberg
University of Regensburg,
Germany
Maria-Pilar Vallés
EEAD-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
Ewa Dubas
Institute of Plant Physiology
PAS, Kraków, Poland
Ida Myhrer Stø
University of Oslo, Norway
Tatyana Radoeva
Wageningen University,
Netherlands
12:30-14:00
The postzygotic hybridization barrier between diploid A. arenosa and
A. lyrata
Genetic analysis of postzygotic hybridization barriers
P01
Making bigger seeds to increase agricultural yield: the effects of
paternal contribution and sexual conflict on variable endosperm
development in naturally-occurring asexual (apomictic) plants
Genomic Imprinting in Arabidopsis thaliana
P05
Dissecting cell-cycle and -differentiation in flowering plant gamete
formation
The Role of core-spliceosomal components during cell specification in
the female gametophyte
P20
Auxin and jasmonic acid interaction in the control of anther dehiscence
process in Arabidopsis
P27
Cell surface proteins mediating gamete interaction in Arabidopsis
P28
n-Butanol - induces bread wheat microspore embryogenesis by
microtubules depolymerization
Endogenous auxin and ABA in microspore embryogenesis of oilseed
rape (Brassica napus L.)
P31
IDA and IDL peptides in plant reproduction
P36
Auxin dependent patterning is mediated by distinct ARF/bHLH
modules
P40
Lunch
22 P03
P07
P25
P33
Session III: Apomixis & Emerging Technologies
Chair: Tim Sharbel
14:00
Anna Koltunow,
CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia
Control of apomixis in Hieracium (Asteraceae)
S06
14:30
Timothy Sharbel
IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
Evolutionary approaches to deciphering the functional switch from
sexual to asexual (apomictic) reproduction in natural plant populations
S07
15:00
Shai Lawit
DuPont Pioneer, Johnston,
USA
The agricultural frontier of plant female reproductive biology
S08
15:20
Sivina Pessino
Universidad Nacional de
Rosario, Zavalla, Argentina
Expression and functional analysis of candidate genes related to
aposporous apomixis in grass species
S09
15:35
Giulio Galla,
University of Padova, Italy
Exploring the coding and non-coding components of the H. Perforatum
flower transcriptome. Two sides of the same coin
S10
Tea and Coffee Break
15:50-16:30
Session IV: Endosperm & Imprinting
Chair: Paul Grini
16:30
Mary Gehring
Whitehead Institute MIT,
Cambridge, USA
Natural variation in DNA methylation leads to intraspecific variation in
gene imprinting
S11
17:00
Rod Scott
University of Bath, UK
Post-zygotic hybridisation barriers: paternal killer genes and maternal
modifiers
S12
17:30
Michael Raissig
University of Zürich,
Switzerland
Genomic imprinting in the Arabidopsis embryo is partly regulated by
PRC2
S13
Session V: Plant Reproduction & Environmental
Change
Chair: Paul Grini
18:00
Jose Gutierrez-Marcos
School of Life Sciences,
Warwick University, UK
Myths and facts about transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in
plants
18:30
Poster Session, odd numbers
(Tea, coffee and refreshments will be served during the session)
20:00
Dinner
S14
THURSDAY 3. OCTOBER
Session VI: Meiosis & Apomeiosis
Chair: Danny Geelen
9:00
Ravishankar Palanivelu
University of Arizona, Tucson,
USA
Molecular genetic analysis of expression of meiosis-related genes in
Arabidopsis
S15
09:30
Arp Schnittger
IBMP-CNRS, Strasbourg,
France
Control of germline entry in Arabidopsis
S16
10:00
Danny Geelen
Ghent University, Belgium
Multiple factors controlling maintenance of chromosome cohesion in
Arabidopsis thaliana meiosis
S17
S18
23 10:30
Martin Mau
IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
Genetic control of unreduced pollen formation in apomictic Boechera
(Brassicaceae)
10:45
Anja Schmidt
University of Zürich,
Switzerland
Transcriptome analysis of the Boechera gunnisoniana apomictic initial
cell and the female gametes reveals important differences in gene
regulatory pathways as compared to the sexual germline
S19
Tea and Coffee Break
11:00-11:30
Session VII: Gametophyte Development & Function
Chairs: Thomas Dresselhaus & Lucia Colombo
11:30
David Twell
University of Leicester, UK
Germline specification in male gametophyte development
S20
12:00
David Honys
ASCR, Prague, Czech
Republic
NTP303 - the story of translation regulation in pollen
S21
12:30
Diego Hojsgaard
Georg-August University of
Göttingen, Germany
Consequences of parallel development of meiotic and apomictic
pathways in aposporous plants
S22
12:45
Michael Borg
University of Leicester, UK
Gene expression profiling of regulatory mutants controlling sperm cell
formation
S23
Lunch
13:00-14:00
2+
14:00
José Feijó
University of Maryland,
College Park, USA
Coordination of pollen tube growth by Ca
regulated anion fluxes
S24
14:30
Lucia Colombo
University of Milan, Italy
Transcriptional control of the double fertilization process: the role of
REM family
S25
15:00
Rita Gross-Hardt
University of Tübingen,
Germany
Ethylene regulates seed composition and development
S26
15:30
Simona Masiero
University of Milan, Italy
Transcriptional regulation of egg cell specific genes in Arabidopsis
thaliana
S27
15:45
Mathieu Ingouff
University Montpellier II-IRD,
France
Real-time dynamics of DNA methylation during plant reproduction
S28
Tea and Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
Session VIII: Fertilization Mechanisms
Chair: Mary Gehring
16:30
Frederic Berger
Temasek Life Science
Laboratory, Singapore
Nuclear dynamics during fertilization in flowering plants
S29
17:00
Thomas Dresselhaus
University of Regensburg,
Germany
Peptide signaling during pollen tube perception
S30
17:30
Ana Marta Pereira
Universidade do Porto,
Portugal
Unravelling the function and expression pattern of Arabinogalactan
proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana reproductive tissues
S31
17:45
Cecile Bousquet-Antonelli
University of Perpignan
CNRS, France
The Arabidopsis LARP6c protein is an RNA binding factor specific to
mature pollen and required for proper male transmission
S32
18:00
Marta Adelina Mendes
University of Milan, Italy
The role of STK-ABS complex in the double fertilization process
S33
18:15
Satohiro Okuda
Nagoya University, Japan
Acquisition of LURE-reception ability at the pollen tube tip of Torenia
fournieri
S34
24 18:30
Poster Session even numbers
(Tea, coffee and refreshments will be served during the session)
20:30
Conference Dinner
FRIDAY 4. OCTOBER
Session IX: Embryogenesis & Parthenogenesis
Chair: Emidio Albertini
09:00
Emidio Albertini
University of Perugia, Italy
APOSTART: a candidate gene involved in embryo progression and
parthenogenesis
S35
09:30
Kim Boutilier
Plant Research International,
Wageningen, Netherlands
Epigenetic regulation of haploid embryo development
S36
09:45
Tatyana Radoeva
Wageningen University,
Netherlands
Auxin dependent patterning is mediated by distinct ARF/bHLH
modules
S37
10:00
Iwona Żur
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Kraków, Poland
Hormonal balance in triticale (×Triticosecale Wittm.) anthers and its
effect on androgenesis effectiveness
S38
10:15
Mercedes Soriano Kastan
Plant Research International,
Wageningen, Netherlands
A molecular framework for somatic embryogenesis induction in
Arabidopsis
S39
Tea and Coffee Break
10:30-11:00
Session X: Seed & Fruit Development
Chair: Claudia Köhler
11:00
Loïc Lepiniec
INRA-AgroParisTech,
Versailles, France
Dissecting gene regulatory networks that control seed development in
Arabidopsis
S40
11:30
Odd-Arne Olsen
Norwegian University of Life
Sciences, Ås, Norway
Alurone cell developmental programing is surface dependant and
relies on Dek1, a member of the ancient TML-calpain gene family
S41
11:45
Mara Cucinotta
University of Milan, Italy
The interaction between CUC genes and the hormonal network
controlling ovule numbers
S42
12:00
Adam Vivian-Smith
Bioforsk / Norw. Forest and
Landscape Inst., Ås, Norway
Rapid post-fertilization auxin responses, which activate fruit initiation,
are potentiated by a PINOID/AGC kinase to BDL/IAA12
phosphorylation pathway
S43
12:15
Albertini, Dresselhaus.
Geelen, Sharbel, Grini
Concluding remarks
12:30
Official program ends
12:30
Lunch
Session for cost MCs only:
For cost MCs only:
13:00
COST Management Committee (MC) final meeting.
13:30
COST evaluation meeting
15:00
COST session ends
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