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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