XXXth Cologne Minisymposium on Plant Biology
Thursday – February 19, 2026
Program (pdf here)
Morning session
| 09.00 - 09.05 | Welcome |
| 09.05 – 09.45 | Martin Balcerowicz, University of Dundee, UK Not lost in translation: translational control in the plant's response to elevated temperature |
| 09.45 – 10.25 | Jan de Vries, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany Plant terrestrialization, systems biology, and the evolutionary origin of plant stress response networks |
10.25 – 11.25 Coffee Break/Poster session
| 11.25 – 12.05 | Yvonne Willi, University of Basel, Switzerland Causes of range limits: genetic versus selectional constraints |
| 12.05 – 12.45 | Phil Carella, John Innes Centre, UK Macroevolutionary dissection of infection and immunity in the green lineage |
12.45 – 13.45 Lunch and Poster Session 1: Even Numbers
Afternoon session
| 13.45 – 14.25 | Megan McDonald, University of Birmingham, UK Jumping Genes and Pathogenic Schemes: The diverse role that transposons play in plant pathogen evolution |
| 14.25 – 15.05 | Carolina Grandellis, Earlham Institute, UK Engineering Synthetic Chromosomes in Plants: Design Principles and Biofoundry Workflows |
15.05 – 16.05 Coffee Break/Poster session
| 16.05 – 16.45 | Fernando Geu-Flores, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Biosynthesis and transport of anti-nutrients in lupins and faba bean |
| 16.45 – 17.25 | Gabriella Mosca, ZMBP Tübingen, Germany The role of mechanics in plant development |
| 17.25 | Closing Remarks |
18.30 Dinner in “Hellers Brauhaus”
Guests are welcome!
Venue: Lecture hall 0.024 Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47 B, 50674 Cologne