Concurrent Sessions and Co-Chairs

1. Molecular Reco​gnition in Plant Immunity: I
   1. Bostjan Kobe – University of Queensland, Australia
   2. Frank Takken – University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2. Molecular Recognition in Plant Immunity: II
   1. Thomas Kroj – UMR, BGP, Montpellier, France
   2. Cyril Zipfel – University of Zurich, Switzerland
3. Microbial Manipulation of the Host: I
   1. Gitta Coaker – University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
   2. Suomeng Dong – Nanjing Agricultural University, China
4. Microbial Manipulation of the Host: II
   1. Peter Dodds – CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
   2. Renier van der Hoorn – University of Oxford, U.K.
5. Emerging and Re-Emerging Systems
   1. Diane Saunders – John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K.
   2. Nik Grunwald – Oregon State University, Corvallis, U.S.A.
6. Population Biology (Ecology, Genomics)
   1. Eva Stukenbrock – University of Kiel, Germany
   2. Daniel Croll – University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
7. Apoplastic Interactions 
   1. Satoko Yoshida – NAIST, Ikomo, Japan
   2. Guido van den Ackerveken – University of Utrecht, Netherlands
8. The Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in Intercellular and Interkingdom Communication
   1. Hailing Jin – University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.
   2. Roger Innes – Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A.
9. Cell Biology of Host–Microbe Interactions
   1. Silke Robatzek – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
   2. Christine Faulkner – John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K.
10. Symbiosis and Mutualism 
    1. Myriam Charpentier – John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K.
    2. Katharina Markmann – University of Tübingen, Germany
11. Comparative Mutualist and Pathogen Studies
    1. Sebastian Schornack –Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
    2. Simona Radutoiu – Aarhus University, Denmark
12. How the Environment Impacts Microbial Infection
    1. Sheng Yang He – Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A.
    2. Zuhua He – Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China
13. Microbiome and Phytobiome: I
    1. Alga Zuccaro – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne, Germany
    2. Joy Bergelson – University of Chicago, U.S.A.
14. Microbiome and Phytobiome: II
    1. Jan Leach – Colorado State University, Fort Collins, U.S.A.
    2. Soledad Sacristán – INIA, Madrid, Spain
15. Post-Translational Modifications and Their Control of Immunity
    1. Steven Spoel – University of Edinburgh, U.K.
    2. Piers Hemsley – University of Dundee, U.K.
16. Invertebrate (Nematode/Insect)–Plant Interactions
    1. Jorunn Bos – University of Dundee, U.K.
    2. Sebastian Eves-van den Akker – University of Cambridge, U.K.
17. Systems Biology and Modelling 
    1. Kenichi Tsuda – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
    2. Youssef Belkhadir – Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna, Austria
18. The Role of Organelles and Interorganellular Communication in Plant Immunity
    1. Murray Grant – University of Warwick, U.K.
    2. S. Dinesh-Kumar – University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
19. Host–Microbe Co-Evolution
    1. Beat Keller – University of Zurich, Switzerland
    2. Detlef Weigel – International Max Planck Research School, Tübingen, Germany
20. Long-Distance/Systemic Signalling
    1. Corina Vlot – German Research Center for Environmental Health, München, Germany
    2. Jean Greenberg – University of Chicago, U.S.A.
21. Emerging Topics in Plant–Microbe Interactions
    1. Jeanne Harris (Editor in Chief of MPMI) – University of Vermont, Burlington, U.S.A.
    2. Tolga Bozkurt – Imperial College London, U.K.

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