September 16
9:00–18:00 – Registration (building of Faculty of Law and Administration, Kopcińskiego 8/12)
Lectures, coffee breaks, and poster sessions in the building of Faculty of Law and Administration (Kopcińskiego 8/12):
- 10:00–13:00 – Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (Springer) Editorial Board meeting
- 14:00–16:00 – PSEPB Executive Committee meeting
- 17:00–17:30 – Opening ceremony – Speech by Andrzej K. Kononowicz – President of Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology, Chair of Organizing Committee and member of Honorary Committee
- 17:30–18:30 – Opening lecture: Jiri Friml (Belgium) “Polarity and patterning in plant development”
- 18:30–22:00 – Welcome cocktail (University of Lodz Conference Center, Kopcińskiego 18).
September 17
Lectures, coffee breaks, and poster sessions in the building of Faculty of Law and Administration (Kopcińskiego 8/12).
Session 1: Gene expression regulation in plants
Chair: Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska.
- 9:00–9:40 – Invited speaker: Sascha Laubinger (Germany) – The microRNA pathway in plants
- 9:40–10:20 – Invited speaker: Paula Duque (Portugal) – On the biological relevance of alternative splicing in plants: Dual function of an Arabidopsis membrane transporter
- 10:20–10:50 – Coffee break
- 10:50–12:35 – Oral presentations:
- 10:50–11:10 – Aleksandra Adamowicz, Kwasniak M, Janska H – Consequences of mitochondrial translation perturbation for the whole cell transcriptome
- 11:10–11:30 – Marcin Pieczyński, Bielewicz D, Dolata J, Szcześniak M, Jarmołowski A, Szweykowska-Kulińska Z – U12 intron is evolutionary conserved in plant nuclear cap binding protein (CBP20) genes and is required for correct pre-miRNA splicing and proper mRNA/protein level
- 11:30–11:50 – Pawel Brzezowski, Grimm B – The GUN4 protein plays a regulatory role in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway and is required for chloroplast-to-nucleus signalling in unicellular green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- 11:50–12:05 – Tomasz Ruszkowski, Różańska E, Kozieł E, Sobczak M – Arabidopsis thaliana wall associated kinase-like protein 22 (WAKL22) takes part in development and/or management of syncytium induced by Heterodera schachtii
- 12:05–12:20 – Aleksandra Szczygieł-Sommer, Gaj MM – MiR396 involvement in regulation of somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis
- 12:20–12:35 – Janusz Niedojadło, Kubicka E, Kalich B, Bednarska-Kozakiewicz E – Poly(A) RNA accumulation/storage in Cajal bodies in the plant cells
- 12:35–13:30 – Poster session
- 13:30–15:00 – Lunch (University of Lodz Conference Center, Kopcińskiego 18).
Session 2: Plant cell biology
Chair: Przemysław Wojtaszek.
- 15:00–15:40 – Invited speaker: Zach Adam (Israel) – New proteases of the chloroplast envelope – what do they do there
- 15:40–16:20 – Invited speaker: Thierry Gaude (France) – The retromer: a multiprotein complex mediating multiple function
- 16:20–16:50 – Coffee break
- 16:50–17:30 – Invited speaker: Stegmann M, Furlan G, Anderson RG, Ichimura K, McDowell JM, Shirasu K, Marco Trujillo (Germany) – Immune signaling and vesicular trafficking – intertwining networks regulated by E3 ubiquitin ligases
- 17:30–18:30 – Oral presentations:
- 17:30–17:50 – Chhavi Aggarval, Łabuz J, Gabryś H – Interplay between phosphoinositides and Ca2+ in phototropin1- and phototropin2-mediated chloroplast movements in Arabidopsis
- 17:50–18:10 – Sławomir Borek, Paluch E, Pukacka S – Asparagine slows down the decomposition of autophagic bodies in sugar starved embryo axes of lupin (Lupinus spp)
- 18:10–18:30 – Marcin Lipowczan, Borowska-Wykręt D – A simple bi-layer model of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) epidermis cell wall folding
- 18:30–19:20 – Poster session
- 19:30–20:30 – General Assembly of PSEPB.
September 18
Lectures, coffee breaks, and poster sessions in the building of Faculty of Law and Administration (Kopcińskiego 8/12).
Session 3: Mechanisms of plant growth and development
Chairs: Dorota Kwiatkowska, Jacek Kęsy.
- 9:00–9:40 – Invited speaker: Robert Sablowski (UK) – Cellular and regulatory basis of early floral organ growth
- 9:40–10:20 – Invited speaker: Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska, Weber A, Kierzkowski D, Nakayama N, Mosca G, Huflejt M, Barbier de Reuille P, Felekis, D, Nelson B, Kuhlemeier C, Smith RS (Germany) – Measuring the mechanics of morphogenesis
- 10:20–10:50 – Coffee break
- 10:50–12:20 – Oral presentations:
- 10:50–11:10 – Joanna Szymanowska-Pułka, Lipowczan M, Karczewski J – Analysis of geometrical features of a developing lateral root by means of biophysical tools
- 11:10–11:30 – Daniel Kierzkowski, Smith R, Lenhard M, Kuhlemeier C – Interaction between meristem tissue layers controls phyllotaxis
- 11:30–11:50 – Michał Gabruk, Kruk J, Mysliwa-Kurdziel B – Light-triggered protochlorophyllide to chlorophyllide reduction – new insights into enzyme-substrate interactions
- 11:50–12:05 – Staszak A, Guzicka M, Masłowska S, Tomasz Pawłowski – Functional analysis of ABI5 and RGL2 in dormancy breaking of Acer platanoides L seeds
- 12:05–12:20 – Izabela Sierocka, Alaba S, Karłowski W, Szweykowska-Kulinska Z – The beginnings of sexual land plant reproduction – regulation of gene expression involved in archegonia development in dioecious liverwort Pellia endiviifolia sp. B.
- 12:20–12:30 – SANLAB presentation
- 12:30–13:30 – Poster session
- 13:30–15:00 – Lunch (University of Lodz Conference Center, Kopcińskiego 18).
Session 4: Plant–microbe interaction
Chairs: Andrzej Kononowicz, Violetta Macioszek, Ewa Łojkowska.
- 15:00–15:40 – Invited speaker: Dierk Scheel (Germany) – Signaling in the plant immune response
- 15:40–16:20 – Invited speaker: Jason Rudd, Lee W-S, Hammond-Kosack K, Kanyuka K (UK) – Integrated plant and pathogenomics approaches to understanding fungal diseases of wheat
- 16:20–16:50 – Coffee break
- 16:50–18:10 – Oral presentations
- 16:50–17:10 – Robert Czajkowski, van der Wolf JM – Interaction of plant beneficial and plant pathogenic bacteria with plants. An example from Serratia plymuthica and Dickeya solani story in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
- 17:10–17:30 – Piślewska-Bednarek M, Hiruma K, Takano Y, Molina A, Paweł Bednarek – Function of glutathione in Arabidopsis immunity and glucosinolate metabolism
- 17:30–17:50 – Iwona Morkunas, Formela M, Marczak Ł, Samardakiewicz S, Kasprowicz A, Wojtaszek P – Effects of endogenous signals and F. oxysporum on the mechanism regulating genistein synthesis and accumulation in yellow lupine and their impact on plant cell cytoskeleton
- 17:50–18:10 – Anna Litwiniec, Gośka M – Identification of the sequences undergoing differential regulation during the interaction of BNYVV-beet in different rhizomania resistance sources
- 18:10–19:00 – Poster session
- 20:00–24:00 – Banquet (BierHalle, Manufactura). Conference bus to BierHalle at 19.45, Building of Faculty of Law and Administration.
September 19
Lectures, coffee breaks, and poster sessions in the building of Faculty of Law and Administration (Kopcińskiego 8/12).
Session 5: Mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in plants
Chairs: Zbigniew Miszalski, Elżbieta Kuźniak-Gębarowska.
- 9:00–9:40 – Invited speaker: Bernd Zechmann (Austria) – Subcellular antioxidative defense of plants during abiotic stress
- 9:40–10:20 – Invited speaker: Anja Krieger-Liszkay (France) – Generation of reactive oxygen species in plants during high light stress and their role in signaling
- 10:20–10:50 – Coffee break
- 10:50–11:30 – Invited speaker: Stanisław M Karpiński (Poland) – The role of PsbS and chloroplast retrograde signaling in regulation of various Darwinian fitness traits in Arabidopsis
- 11:30–12:50 – Oral presentations
- 11:30–11:50 – Katarzyna Kruszka, Świda-Barteczka A, Pacak A, Karłowski W, Jarmołowski A, Szweykowska-Kulińska Z – High temperature-regulated expression of microRNAs in barley
- 11:50–12:10 – Marta Gietler, Grudkowska M, Zagdańska B – Protein carbonylation and hydrolysis in wheat seedlings under drought
- 12:10–12:30 – Anna Ihnatowicz, Siwinska J, Effgen S, Koornneef M, Reymond M – Metal transporter AtNRAMP1 is essential for optimal photosynthesis and growth under manganese deficiency and low temperature
- 12:30–12:50 – Joanna Wójtowicz, Gieczewska K, Garstka M – Changes in content of polar and non-polar lipids in plants with different chilling sensitivity
- 12:50–13:30 – Poster session
- 13:30–14:00 – Closing ceremony – building of Faculty of Law and Administration (Kopcińskiego 8/12).