Plenary Sessions​​​​

​Plenary Session 1 (Sunday, July 17, 5:00 - 6:40 p.m.)

 Presentation titles and presenters:

  • Understanding NLR Function and Biology: Jeff Dangl, University of North Carolina, U.S.A.

  • Molecular Genetics of arbuscular mycorrihizal symbiosis in cereals: Uta Paskowski, Univ Cambridge, UK

  • Translational Plant Pathology to Improve Food Security in an Increasingly Insecure World: Sally Miller, Ohio State University, U.S.A.

  • Dissecting and engineering symbiosis signalling​: Giles Oldroyd, John Innes Centre, UK

Plenary Session 2 (Monday, July 18, 8:10 - 9:45 a.m.)

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  • The EMBO Keynote Lecture - New plant targets of Xanthomonas effector proteins: Ulla Bonas, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany 

  • ​Dynamics, mechanisms, and evolution of a highly robust plant immune signaling network: Fumi Katagiri, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.

  • Dissecting wilt diseases using the Fusarium oxysporum–Arabidopsis pathosystem: Lijun Ma, University of Massachussetts, U.S.A.

Plenary Session 3 (Monday, July 18, 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.)

Presentation titles and presenters:

  • Fine tuning plant innate immunity: Barbara Baker, USDA-ARS Albany, U.S.A.

  • Biological control of Pierce’s disease of grape caused by Xylella fastidiosa achieved by various strategies leading to pathogen confusion: Steve Lindow, University of California Berkeley, U.S.A.

  • Reductionist approaches to explore plant microbiota functions​: Paul Schulze-Lefert, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany

Plenary Session 4 (Tuesday, July 19, 8:10 - 9:50 a.m.)

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  • Specialised protein secretion in plant-microbe symbioses: BASF Young Investigator awardee Dong Wang, University of Massachusettes, U.S.A. 

  • Inter-organellar communication during innate immunity: Dinesh Kumar, University of California Davis, U.S.A.

  • Plant Elicitor Peptides: conserved mediators of immunity to pathogens and insects in higher plants: Alisa Huffaker, University of California San Diego, U.S.A.

  • Supercharging the radars for pathogen surveillance: Diane Saunders, John Innes Centre, UK

Plenary Session 5 (Tuesday, July 19, 10:20 - 11:35 a.m.)

Presentation titles and presenters:

  • Nod factor recognition at root epidermis and its impact on microbiota assembly in Lotus japonicus.: Simona Radutoiu, Aarhus University, Denmark

  • Salicylic acid and jasmonic acid signal through a noncanonical pathway to promote effector-triggered immunity: Xinnian Dong, Duke University, U.S.A.

  • Effectors that alter plant development and attract insect vectors are conserved among diverse phytoplasmas:Saskia Hogenhout, John Innes Centre, UK

Plenary Session 6 (Wednesday, July 20, 8:30 - 10:10 a.m.)

Presentation titles and presenters:

  • Unraveling the molecular mechanism of rice immunity against the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae: Guoliang Wang, Ohio State University, U.S.A.

  • Diffuse symbioses:  pathogen suppression in the soil microbiome: Linda Kinkel, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.

  • Improving plant resistance to fungal pathogens through cell wall modification: the callose effect: Christian Voigt, University of Hamburg, Germany

  • Pathogen glycoside hydrolase: a new player in the apoplastic battlefield: Yuanchao Wang, Nanjing Ag University, China

Plenary Session 7 (Thursday, July 21, 5:00 - 6:40 p.m.)

Presentation titles and presenters:

  • Molecular elucidation of plant-plant Interactions: Ken Shirasu, Riken Inst, Japan

  • Kinase mediated regulation of plant innate immune responses: Gitta Coaker, University of California Davis, U.S.A.​

  • Thousands ways to kill: transcriptional variation and distinct infection programs among individuals of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici: Eva Stukenbrock, Max Planck Inst, Kiel, Germany

  • The RPS4 RRS1 NLR pair: sensing of pathogen interference and regulation of post-activation signaling​: Laurent Deslandes, University of Toulouse, France

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