EPS Theme 2 Symposium & Willie Commelin Scholten Day
‘Interactions between Plants and Biotic Agents’

Date: 4 February, 09:30 – 16:05 (drinks afterwards)
Venue: Boothzaal, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht Science Park (De Uithof), Utrecht
Target group: only for EPS and WCS members
Registration: closed
Organizers: Saskia van Wees (UU) & Erik Poelman (WUR)

On Tuesday 4 February 2019 EPS Theme 2 and the Willie Commelin Scholten Day will organize the yearly joint symposium entitled: ‘Interactions between Plants and Biotic Agents’.

Programme  (also available as download)

9:30     ARRIVAL AND COFFEE 

10:00   Willie Commelin Scholten lecture by Prof. Yuling Bai (Plant Breeding, Wageningen Research): Breeding for resistance by targeting plant susceptibility (S) genes

10:45   Wen Huang (Phytopathology, WU): The role of SOBIR1 phosphorylation in RLP-triggered immunity

11:10    COFFEE

11:40   Niels Aerts (Plant-Microbe Interactions, UU): Architecture and dynamics of hormone-driven gene regulatory networks in plant immunity

12:05   Matthijs Oosterbeek (Nematology, WU): On the biosynthesis of auxin in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida

12:30   Els van de Zande (Entomology, WU): Biological control in a circular economy

12:55   LUNCH

14:00   Francisco de Lamo (Molecular Plant Pathology, UvA): Endophyte-mediated resistance by Fusarium oxysporum

14:25   Ben Oyserman (NIOO): MicroQTL – Linking rhizosphere microbiome features to host genetics using QTL analysis

14:50   Pim Goossens (Plant-Microbe Interactions, UU): Plant-beneficial microbes are selectively favored in downy mildew-infected Arabidopsis leaves

15:15    Jiming Li (Molecular Plant Pathology, UvA): Pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium oxysporum

15:40   Maikel Steentjes (Phytopathology, WU): Discovering effector proteins in the necrotrophic fungal onion pathogen Botrytis squamosa

16:05   CLOSING and DRINKS

Registration
Attendance, coffee/tea, lunch and drinks are free, but registration is required. The registration is now closed. Please note that if you did not receive an e-mail with confirmation of your registration, that your registration was not successful.

 

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
09:30 - 16:05
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht
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