Tuesday 14th October

Session I:  Computational approaches

14h00 Mao, Jian-Feng, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden -
Advancing plant lncRNA research: From identification to regulatory network inference

14h20 Jae-Seong Yang, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Development of Chlamydomonas as a bioengineering platform

14h40 Laura R. Botigué, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Genomic insights into wheat early history

15h00 Bruno Guillotin, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Université Evry, IPS2, Gif sur Yvette, France
A temporal map of division, chromatin modification, and identity specification in the regenerating root

15h20 Teitur Ahlgren Kalman, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
A highly organized 3D genome: chromatin compatments, tads, and loops organized the regulatory landscape of giant conifers

15h35 PAUSE           

Session II: Development and signaling

16h20 Catherine Bellini, INRAE, Universite Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, IJPB, Versailles, France       
Synergistic and antagonistic hormonal interactions control adventitious root development

16h40 Stéphanie Robert, UPSC, Swedish University of Agricultural sciences, Umeå, Sweden
Understanding differential growth during apical hook development

17h00 Nicolas Arnaud, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, IJPB, Versailles, France
A molecular framework for plant boundary domains

17h20 Enric Bertran Garcia de Olalla, , University Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, RDP, Lyon, France
Plastochron regulation at the shoot apex by auxin temporal dynamics

17h35 Dhruv Agrawal, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
Structure-Function characterization of the plant COP9 signalosome multiprotein complex

Wednesday 15th October

Session III: Genome expression

9h00 Peter Kindgren, UPSC, Department of Forest genetics and plant physiology, Umeå, Sweden
The chromatin environment in response to cold temperature

9h20 Sandra Cortijo, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
Establishment, maintenance and consequences of inter-individual transcriptional variability for a gene involved in nitrate nutrition in plants

9h40 Antoni Garcia-Molina, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Systems Biology analysis of tomato immunity under high CO2 environments   

10h00 Etienne Delannoy, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Université Evry, IPS2, Gif sur Yvette, France
In-depth study of Arabidopsis organelle responses to temperature and CO2 shifts through multi-omic analysis.

10h20 Mohamad Al Bolbol, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, AGAP, Montpellier, FranceINRAE - AGAP Institute, France
Molecular insights into the DELLA-SPL-MIR156 regulatory network controlling floral transition in apple (Malus domestica)

10h35 Charlotte Lecuyer, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
The role of chromatin in the regulation of transcriptional variability in plants

10h50 PAUSE

Session IV: Plant biotic interactions

11h30 Benedicte Albrectsen, UPSC, Umeå, Sweden
Forest fertilization promotes faster growth in high-tannin aspen genotypes, and may simultaneously heighten their vulnerability to moose damage

11h50 Juan José López-Moya, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Understanding Host-Pathogen-Vector Interactions to Advance Plant Virus Control

12h10 Sebastien Duplessis, INRAE, Université de Lorraine, IAM, Nancy, Champenoux, France
Insights from a pathogenomics project set in a non-model tree-fungus pathosystem

12h30 Clara Ontañón Rojas, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Exploring the natural variability and RNA silencing suppression activity in two isolates of the sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV)

12h45 Arti Mishra, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
Early onset of potato tuber formation by rhizobacterial inoculation under long day conditions

13h LUNCH

Session V: Plant Nutrition

14h30 Teresa Altabella, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Conjugated sterols in plants development and stress responses

14h50 Matthieu Platre, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
Deciphering the Root System Transport Network

15h10 Clémence Bonnot, INRAE, Université de Lorraine, IAM, Nancy, Champenoux, France
Small but powerful : Exploring the role of trees’ SSPs in ectomycorhizal symbiosis

15h30 Christian Dubos, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
The Arabidopsis CIT1 mediates coumarin uptake for root iron acquisition

15h50 Timothy Mozzanino, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
MIC, a golgi-localized iron transporter, regulates the negative effect of elevated CO2 on iron content

16h05 PAUSE

Session VI: Plant response to the environment

16h40 Rishikesh Bhalerao, UPSC, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
Leveraging noise to make robust decisions in regulation of bud dormancy

17h00 Maria Eriksson, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
The little helper – the circadian clock guides Populus trees through the day and seasons

17h20 Philippe Nacry, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
Temporal transcriptional response of maize roots to heterogeneous water availability reveals a crucial role of Jasmonic Acid in local and systemic signaling

17h40 Aswin Nair, UPSC, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
Photoperiodic control of bud break-a role for CIB transcription factor

17h55 Natalia Achkar, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Uncovering novel RNA regulators of Nicotiana  ctober e’s resilience to extreme daily temperature shifts

Thurday 16th october

Session VII : Plants genetics

9h00 Nathaniel Street, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
New insights into conifer genomes using chromosome-scale assemblies of Norway spruce and Scots pine

9h20 Jordi Garcia-Mas, CRAG, Barcelona, Spain
Modulation of climacteric fruit ripening in melon

9h40 Helène Fréville, INRAE, University  Montpellier, CIRAD, Institut Agro, AGAP, Montpellier, France
Plant-plant interactions through the lens of genetics and ecology

10h00 Aude Coupel-Ledru, INRAE, Univ Montpellier, Institut Agro, LEPSE, Montpellier, France
Genetic and physiological determinants of responses to extreme heat

10h20 Kathryn Robinson, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
NordAsp: a new resource for population genetic studies and gene discovery in Populus tremula

10h35 Kevin Bellande, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
Cell wall remodelling dynamics impact LR emergence patterns in B. distachyon accessions

10h50 PAUSE           

Session VIII: Primary and specialized metabolism

11h30 Olivier Keech, UPSC, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
How can mitochondrial metabolic fluxes modulate the stress response?

11h50 Totte Niittylä, UPSC, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
The role of starch metabolism for tree growth

12h10 Yves Gibon, INRAE, FBP, Bordeaux, France
Metabolism, from model species to agroecosystems

12h30 Léo Larraz, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, University Montpellier, IPSiM, Montpellier, France
Measuring ion concentrations in subcellular compartments of plant cells with new genetically encoded biosensors

12h45 LUNCH