Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete
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Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
ContactInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
ContactINRA, Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures, Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France WG1 leader
ContactOceanographic and Limnological Research, The National Center for Mariculture, Eilat, Israel WG2 leader
ContactDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; WG3 leader
Contact13:00-14:00 | REGISTRATION |
14:00-14:15 | OPENING CEREMONY– Welcome by the Chair of EPI-CATCH, Prof. Federico Martinelli |
14:20-18:10 | Plant epigenetic responses to environmental stresses Chairpersons: Stephane Maury & Gloria Pinto |
14:20-14:50 | Verhoeven Koen, Netherlands Institute of Ecology Environmental & transgenerational dynamics of DNA methylation in asexually reproducing plants |
14:50-15:10 | Iva Mozgova, Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic PRC2 function in the seed-to-seedling transition: green or not-green. |
15:10-15:30 | Etienne Bucher, Agroscope Switzterland Molecular mechanisms of induced heritable genetic and epigenetic changes in Arabidopsis and crop plants |
15:30-15:50 | Jurriaan Ton, University of Sheffield, UK The epigenetic drivers of plant immune memory |
15:50-16:20 | Coffee break & Poster Viewing |
16:20-16:50 | Monica Meijon, University of Oviedo, Spain Epigenetics dynamics as central driver of heat stress response and memory acquisition processes in Pinus radiata |
16:50-17:10 | Jerome Verdier, The Research Institute of Horticulture and Seeds, INRAE, France Epigenetic regulation of heat stress response during seed maturation |
17:10-17:30 | To be selected from abstracts |
17:30-17:50 | Stéphane Maury, University of Orleans, INRAE, France Trees facing climate change: DNA methylation involved in plasticity and adaptation? |
17:50-18:10 | General discussion |
19:00-20:30 | WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION |
09:00-12:50 | Biotechnological approaches to study plant adaptation to climate change Chairpersons: Na’ama Segal & Michal Lieberman Lazarovich | |||
09:00-09:30 | Abhaya Dandekar, UC Davis, USA Engineering epigenetic resistance to plant disease | |||
09:30-10:00 | Serena Varotto, University of Padova, Italy Chromatin-mediated adaptive strategies to unfavourable environmental condition in crops | |||
10:00-10:20 | Eirini Kaiserli, University of Glasgow, UK Light and warm temperature induce changes in the nuclear organization of Arabidopsis | |||
10:20-10:40 | Michael Puruggunan, NYU, USA Integrating epigenetic and population genomic data: The fitness consequence map of rice | |||
10:40-11:10 | Coffee break & Poster Viewing | |||
11:10-11:30 | Alejandro Solla, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain Maternal stress in forest trees affect susceptibility to stress in offspring | |||
11:30-11:50 | Erna Karalija, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Combat for the future: Seed priming and stress tolerance | |||
11:50-12:10 | To be selected from abstracts | |||
12:10-12:30 | To be selected from abstracts | |||
12:30-14:00 | LUNCH | |||
14:00-15:50 | PlantEd Cost Action Session Chairpersons: Federico Martinelli & Eirini Kaiserli | |||
14:00-14:20 | Kaushal Kumar, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Lipid metabolic engineering through stress primed transcriptional reprogramming in seeds | |||
14:20-14:40 | Marcel Kuntz, CNRS Grenoble, France Worldwide plant biotechnology innovation landscape from patenting to marketing: what are the European weaknesses? | |||
14:40-15:00 | Stephan Wenkel, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Genome-engineering of microProteins in model and crop plants | |||
15:00-15:20 | Angelo Santino, CNR Rome, Italy Impact of Cadmium on ER stress response and epigenetic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana | |||
15:20-15:50 | General discussion | |||
15:50-17:30 | EPI-CATCH WORKING GROUP MEETINGS (WG1-WG4) | |||
19:30-23:00 | DINNER |
09:00-12:50 | Methodological approaches for the study of epigenetic diversity & stress responses Chairpersons: Valya Vassileva & Pilar Testillano | |
09:00-09:30 | Daniel Zilberman, John Innes Centre, UK Epigenetic inheritance mediates phenotypic diversity in natural populations | |
09:30-10:00 | Ueli Grossniklaus, University of Zurich, Switzerland A role of epigenetic variation in plant adaptation | |
10:00-10:20 | Philippe Gallusci, INRA, University of Bordeaux, France Epigenetic memories in plants | |
10:20-10:40 | Georgi Bonchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Epigenetic marks beyond genes - methylation pattern of transposable elements as a marker for assessing genetic diversity | |
10:40-11:00 | To be selected from abstracts | |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee break & Poster Viewing | |
11:30-11:50 | Katerina Kaduchova, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Live analysis of barley nuclei and chromosomes using fluorescent marker lines | |
11:50-12:10 | Hidetoshi Saze, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Epigenetic regulation of intragenic transposons and gene transcription in plant genomes | |
12:10-12:30 | Veronika Lancikova, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovakia Identification of DNA N6-methyladenine in amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) under the heavy metal stress using the modified metA-MSAP approach | |
12:30-12:50 | To be selected from abstracts | |
12:50-13:00 | CLOSING CEREMONY | |
13:00-14:30 | LUNCH | |
14:30-16:30 | EPI-CATCH 3rd Management Committee Meeting |