Prepare to Be Inspired by the World’s Leading Experts in Plant-Microbe Science
The 2025 IS-MPMI Congress is proud to announce an unparalleled lineup of keynote and plenary speakers who will shape the scientific narrative of this year’s congress. These visionary scientists and thought leaders are at the forefront of plant-microbe interaction research, driving innovation, tackling global agricultural challenges, and exploring the hidden complexities of plant and microbial ecosystems.
Keynote Speakers
Maria Harrison
Cornell University |
Rotem Sorek
Weizmann Institute
The EMBO Keynote Lecutre |
Plenary Speakers
Plenary Session 1 - Sunday, 13 July
Thorsten Nürnberger
University of Tübingen |
Wenbo Ma
The Sainsbury Laboratory |
Ryohei Terauchi
Kyoto University |
Plenary Session 2 - Monday, 14 July
Macarena Marín
University of Lausanne |
Rosa Lozano-Durán
University of Tübingen |
Núria Sanchez-Coll
CRAG |
Yan Liang
Zhejiang University |
Plenary Session 3 - Monday, 14 July
Hailing Jin
University of California |
Stéphane Hacquard
MPIPZ |
Julia Vorholt
ETH Zürich |
Vivianne Vleeshouwers
Wageningen University & Research |
Plenary Session 4 - Tuesday, 15 July
Xin Li
The University of British Columbia |
Tolga Bozkurt
Imperial College |
Wolf B. Frommer
Heinrich Heine University Düsselforf |
Dapeng Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Plenary Session 5 - Wednesday, 16 July
Satoko Yoshida
Nara Institute |
Talia Karasov
University of Utah |
Daniel Croll
University of Neuchâtel |
Guangcun He
Wuhan University |
Plenary Session 6 - Wednesday, 16 July
Simon Krattinger
KAUST |
Stella Cesari
INRAE France |
Fang Xie
CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences |
Plenary Session 7 - Thursday, 17 July
Renier van der Hoorn
University of Oxford |
Libo Shan
University of Michigan |
Evans Lagudah
CSIRO Agriculture and Food |
Oswaldo Valdés-López
UNAM |
Plenary Session 8 - Thursday, 17 July
Alga Zuccaro
University of Cologne |
Corné Pieterse
Utrecht University |
Bart Thomma
University of Cologne |
