Schedule
Wednesday, 2nd December 2020
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| Opening
9:00- 9:30 |
Dr. Manuela Dahinden Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Managing Director Laura Herold University of Zurich, PhD student |
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| Session 1: Plant-plant interactions Chair: Yuanyuan Liang ETH Zürich PhD student Santiago Pérez-Bernal University of Basel PhD student 9:30 - 11:15 |
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9:30 - 10:00 Auxin canalization in self-organizing plant development Prof. Jiri Friml IST Austria |
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10:00 - 10:30 Getting to the roots of plant resilience to salinity stress Prof. Christa Testerink University of Wageningen |
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10:30 - 11:00 Plants as pathogens Prof. Susann Wicke Humboldt-University of Berlin |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 Flash talk Nadine Engbersen, M.Sc. ETH Zürich |
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| Coffee break 11:15 - 11:45 |
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| Session 2: Plant-microbe interactions Chair: Alicia Abarca University of Zurich PhD student Henning Mühlenbeck University of Zurich PhD student 11:45 - 13:30 |
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11:45 - 12:15 Microbiome-induced epigenetic mechanism of heat stress tolerance in plants Prof. Heribert Hirt KAUST |
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12:15 - 12:45 The leaf microbiota: responses and impacts on plants Prof. Julia Vorholt ETH Zurich |
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12:45 - 13:15 What determines the diversity of pathogenic microbial communities in nature? Prof. Anna-Liisa Laine University of Zurich |
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| 13:15 - 13:30 Flash talk Dr. Sebastian Pfeilmeyer ETH Zürich |
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| Lunch and Poster Session 13:30 - 15:00 |
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| Session 3: Plant-Animal Interactions Chair: Zhen-Zhu Xiao University of Zurich PhD student Giacomo Potente University of Zurich PhD student 15:00 - 16:45 |
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15:00 - 15:30 On Growth and Form in Petals Prof. Vivian Irish Yale University |
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15:30 - 16:00 The role of floral traits in pollination and plant defense Prof. Rebecca E Irwin NC State University |
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16:00 - 16:30 Plant-animal mutualistic networks Prof. Jordi Bascompte University of Zurich |
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| 16:30 - 16:45 Flash talk Dr. Dario Sanchez Castro University of Basel |
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| Poster awards and concluding remarks 16:45 - 17:00 |
Prof. Bruno Studer ETH Zurich, Chair of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center |
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| Online apéro 17:00 - 18.00 |
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