XXVIIIth Cologne Minisymposium on Plant Biology
Thursday – February 29, 2024
Program
Morning session
| 9.00 - 9.05 | Welcome |
| 9.05 – 9.45 | Sabine Zachgo, Osnabrück University, Germany How stressful was plant terrestrialization? Contribution of transcription factors and redox processes to land plant adaptation |
| 9.45 – 10.25 | Nicholas Irwin, Oxford University, UK Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of cellular complexity |
10.25 – 10.40 Coffee Break
| 10.40 – 11.20 | Maud Tenaillon, INRAE, France The study of wild and domestic forms provides a dual perspective on the evolution of divergence with gene flow |
| 11.20 – 12.00 | Suayb Üstün, Bochum University, Germany ER-anchored protein sorting controls the fate of two proteasome activators for intracellular organelle communication during proteotoxic stress |
| 12.00 – 12.40 | Karina van der Linden, Regensburg University, Germany A hot mess!? Climate change, Ustilago maydis, and maize development |
12.40 – 14.00 Poster Session 1: Even Numbers
Afternoon session
| 14.00 – 14.40 | Ivo Feussner, Göttingen University, Germany What the genome does not tell - Searching for steps in sphingolipid biosynthesis across over 500 million years of plant evolution |
| 14.40 – 15.20 | Christine Faulkner, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK Communication in times of stress: how plant cells signal to their neighbours in an emergency |
15.20 – 15.50 Coffee Break
| 15.50 – 16.30 | Nico Dissmeyer, Osnabrück University, Germany Conditional protein function via N-degron pathway mediated proteostasis |
| 16.30 – 17.10 | Christiane Werner, Uni Freiburg, Germany Tracing spatio-temporal dynamics of ecosystem processes from sub-molecular to ecosystem scales by stable isotopes and smart autonomous sensor networks |
| 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 Strße 47 B, 50674 Cologne