XXIXth Cologne Minisymposium on Plant Biology
Thursday – February 20, 2025
Program (pdf here)
Morning session
| 9.00 - 9.05 | Welcome |
| 9.05 – 9.45 | Imke Schmitt, Senckenberg Institute, Germany: The role of climate in structuring lichen holobionts |
| 9.45 – 10.25 | Fritz Kragler, MPI Golm, GermanyGraft-mobile mRNAs: How and why to deliver messages to roots and shoots |
10.25 – 10.40 Coffee Break
| 10.40 – 11.20 | Guillaume Brun, Münster University, Germany: Evolution and development of parasitism in the Broomrape family |
| 11.20 – 12.00 | Gabriel Krouk, CNRS Montpellier, France: From Next Gen GWAS to generative AI to design regulatory peptides |
| 12.00 – 12.40 | Yiheng Hu, ZMBP Tübingen, Germany: A vitamin cross-feeding mechanism drives microbial niche adaptation on leaves |
12.40 – 14.00 Lunch and Poster Session 1: Even Numbers
Afternoon session
| 14.00 – 14.40 | Andreas Niebel, INRA Toulouse, France: Genetic and epigenetic control of Root Nodule development during the Legume-Rhizobium symbiosis |
| 14.40 – 15.20 | Iris Finkemeier, Uni Münster, Germany: New players in the post-translational regulation of plant metabolism |
15.20 – 15.50 Coffee Break
| 15.50 – 16.30 | Marion Clavel, MPI Golm: At the crossroad between organelle perturbation and immunity – Selective autophagy senses viral replication to control plant cell death |
| 16.30 – 17.10 | Katharina Markmann, Würzburg University, Germany: Mobile miRNAs mediate shoot control of root responses and symbiotic competence |
| 17.10 | Closing Remarks |
17.15 – 18.30 Poster Session 2: Odd Numbers
19.00 Dinner in “Hellers Brauhaus”
Guests are welcome!
Venue: Lecture hall 0.024 Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47 B, 50674 Cologne