Program Overview
Saturday June 27th
th
1500 – 1700:
Registration
1715 – 1730:
Martin Trtílek, Photon Systems Instruments (PSI), Brno, Czech Republic
Opening and Welcome Address
Session 1:
Functional Phenotyping - From Genes to Forms and Functions
1730 – 1800:
Jeremy Harbinson, University of Wageningen, Netherlands
Phenotyping and gene localisation. Can we make this work?
1800 – 1830:
Hong Gil Nam, DGIST, South Korea
Molecular, systems, and phenome analyses of plant life history and senescence.
1830 – 1850:
Pal Maliga, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA
Engineering Photosystem II Subunit D1 in Nicotiana tabacum to Improve Photochemical Efficiency
1850 – 2200:
Welcome Reception. Poster Session. Exhibits. Beer, Wine and Snacks.
Sunday June 28
th
Session 2:
Multi-Dimensional Approaches in Plant Phenotyping
0900 – 0930:
Xavier Sirault, High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre, CSIRO, Australia
New frontiers in plant phenomics for breeding higher yield potential in plants and crops.
0930 – 1000:
Erik Murchie, The University of Nottingham, UK
Measuring photosynthesis in the complex 3D environment of crop canopies.
1000 – 1020:
Federico Apelt, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
4D
Phytotyping : a light-field imaging system for non-invasive and accurate monitoring of spatiotemporal plant growth
1020 – 1040:
Grégoire Hummel, Phenospex, Heerlen, NL
FieldScan – a novel semi-field platform to phenotype traits controlling plant water budget
1040 – 1110:
Coffee Break
Session 3:
Principles, Concepts and Techniques in Field Phenotyping
1110 – 1140:
Uwe Rascher, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Quantitative Plant Phenotyping from the Gene to the Field: Scientific challenges beyond sensors
and higher throughput.
1140 – 1210:
Antoine Harfouche, University of Tuscia, Italy
Field-based Phenomics: Toward More Efficient Forest Tree Breeding.
1210 – 1240
Tracy Valentine, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee
Tools and techniques for phenotyping plant - soil interactions and root phenotyping.
1240 – 1300
Alexandra J. Burgess, University of Nottingham, Plant and Crop Sciences, Nottingham, UK
Exploring canopy architecture and the light environment using digital 3D reconstruction and ray
tracing
1300 – 1400:
Lunch
Session 4:
Phenomics Data – Sensors, Interpretations and Handling
1400 – 1430:
Alan Gay, Aberystwyth University, UK
A review of practicalities of hyperspectral imaging in plant science with some case studies
1430 – 1500:
Kristiina Himanen, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Finnish Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure –the road to high throughput and high precision.
1500 – 1530:
Stanislaw Karpinski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
What can we learn from regulation of the absorbed photon fate.
1530 – 1550:
Ivan Simko, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., USA
Application of chlorophyll fluorescence imaging and hyperspectral imaging in evaluation of decay
in fresh-cut lettuce.
1550 – 1630:
Coffee Break
Session 5:
Breeding for Stress Tolerance in Plants
1630 – 1700:
Karel Klém, Czech Globe, Department of impact experiments, Brno, Czech Republic
Optical methods for biotic and abiotic stress analysis in plants
1700 – 1730:
Lukáš Spíchal, Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for
Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University in Olomouc
Use of high-throughput phenotyping in development of plant growth regulators.
1730 – 1750:
Kannan Chinnathambi, The University of Nottingham, UK
Exploiting Wheat Alien Introgressions for Increased Photosynthetic Productivity in Contrasting
Environmental Conditions.
1750 – 1810:
Sooyeon Ko, Guangxi Wu, Pusan National University, South Korea
The consequences of lacking PsbS protein of Photosystem II in rice plants.
1810 – 1830:
Christiaan Biemond, Keygene, The Netherlands
Next generation digital phenotyping to support breeding.
1830 – 2200:
Poster Session. Exhibits. Barbecue, beer ,wine and music.
Monday June 29
th
Session 6:
Phenomics in Algal Biotechnology
0900 – 0930:
Himadri Pakrasi, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
High Throughput Phenotyping for Systems Level Analysis of Cyanobacterial Physiology and
Productivity.
0930 – 1000:
Richard Sayre, Los Alamos National Laboratories, USA
Engineering plants and algae for improved photosynthetic performance.
1000 – 1020:
Jan Červený, Czech Globe, Laboratory of Adaptation Biotechnologies, Brno, Czech Republic
TBA
1020 – 1040:
Ulrich M. Tillich, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
PhotoScreener: A high-throughput cultivation and screening platform for unicellular phototrophs
1040 – 1110:
Coffee Break
Session 7:
General Session and Introduction to Workshop Topics
1110 – 1130:
José Correa, INIA La Platina, Santiago, Chile
Phenotyping and Identification of QTLs and Genes Underlying Complex Traits in Table Grapes
(Vitis vinifera L.)
1130 – 1150:
Utama Ditdit Nugeraha, University of Göttingen, Germany.
A structural model of the rice plant for optimizing the light interception capability.
1150 – 1210:
Steve Hunt, Queens University, Department of Biology, Kingston Ontario, Canada.
Introduction to workshop topics.
1210 – 1310:
Lunch
1330 – 1630:
Departure. Delegates transported by bus from Prague to the hotel Vista in Brno.
1800 :
Departure from hotel Vista to Mendel´s Museum
1830 – 1930:
Guided visit of Mendel´s Museum in Brno
1930 – Late:
Conference dinner
Tuesday June 30
th
0830 – 0900:
Delegates transported by bus from hotel Vista in Brno to PSI Plant Phenotyping Centre in Drasov
0900 – 0930:
Welcome address and division of delegates into workshop groups.
0930 – 1100:
Rotating Workshops Session 1
1100 – 1230:
Rotating Workshops Session 2
1230 – 1300:
Lunch
1330 – 1500:
Rotating Workshops Session 3
1500 – 1630:
Rotating Workshops Session 4
1630 – 1645:
Final word – End of the IPAP2015 Symposium
1645 – 1900:
Delegates transported by bus from PSI Plant Phenotyping Centre to Prague.
Wednesday July 1
st
Optional extension of the practical workshop at PSI Plant Phenotyping Centre in Drasov. For more information
please contact us machatova@psi.cz