Speakers
Confirmed topics and speakers at IOBC-WPRS PR-IR 2022: Priming the future for healthy plants. We plan to carry on with the programme we were building for 2020, and we would like to thank the speakers named on here for their commitment to the new date. We very much appreciate your support.
Introductory speakers
Perception and signalling
Dr. Martin Heil
Innate immunity, immunogenic self-DNA, mutualism, ant-plant interactions, induced resistance, plant-plant communication, volatiles, nectar, extrafloral nectar
Professor Jürgen Zeier
Systemic acquired resistance, defense priming, plant metabolism, N-hydroxypipecolic acid
Transcriptional control
Professor Fumiaki Katagiri
Plant immunity, signaling network, network biology, computational biology
Cell wall immunity
Epigenetic regulation
Dr. Melissa Magerøy
Plant defense, molecular biology, plant biochemistry, functional genomics
Dr. Lionel Navarro
Active DNA demethylation shapes immune responsiveness and ensures proper WRKY-DNA binding at TE boundaries
Role of soil microbiome in plant immunity
Professor Paola Bonfante
Mycorrhizal fungi, plant microbiota, arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, fungal genomes, endobacteria, omics approaches, chitin, plant responses, plant pathogens
Dr. Klaus Schlaeppi
Root microbiome, arabidopsis, maize, microbiota feedbacks, root exudates, mycorrhiza
Dr. Sjoerd van der Ent - Koppert Biological Systems
Translating biological knowledge into efficacious tools for agriculture
Phenotyping quantitative disease resistance and induced resistance
Tri-trophic interactions
Professor Monika Hilker
Molecular ecology, chemical ecology, plant-insect interactions, multitrophic interactions, plant anti-herbivore defence, insect eggs
Dr. Ainhoa Martínez-Medina
Endophyte, mycorrhiza, plant defence, plant immune system, plant-insect-microbe interactions, priming, trichoderma
Past, present and future of induced resistance research
Professor Uwe Conrath
Defense priming, induced disease resistance, open chromatin, histones, transcriptional regulation, priming compounds, bifunctional fusion peptides, microgels
Dr. Maria Pozo
Spanish National Research Council | CSIC · Experimental Station of Zaidín, Doctor in Biological Sciences
