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4th International Brassinosteroid Conference

16-18 August 2023, Ghent, Belgium
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4th International Brassinosteroid Conference

4th International Brassinosteroid Conference
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Brassinosteroids (BRs) are important phytohormones that regulate plant growth, development and responses to various environmental stresses. Molecular genetic studies have determined and characterized both BR biosynthesis and signalling pathways.

In the past several years new BR signalling components have been discovered and the mechanisms of BR perception and signal transduction have been depicted at the molecular and in a few cases at the atomic levels. BR functional mechanisms in many growth and developmental processes have been studied.

At the same time, genomics, proteomics and systems biology approaches have begun to reveal complex regulatory networks through which BRs regulate thousands of genes and crosstalk with other signalling pathways in the regulation of plant growth and responses to both abiotic (such as drought, cold, heat) and biotic (bacterial, fungal and viral) stresses. While much of the knowledge has been obtained with model plant Arabidopsis, BR function and signalling components have also been identified in important crops such as maize, rice and tomato.

These studies have promised great potential of BRs in improving crop yield and plant performance under stress conditions.

This conference will highlight the latest studies and bring together key researchers in the Brassinosteroid field.

Besides an inspiring scientific program, conference participants will have ample networking opportunities during poster sessions and the conference dinner.

Travel grants
We offered 3 travel grants to international PhD students, which will reimburse travel costs up to 400 Euros. The deadline to participate was 29 May 2023. The winners:

- Panagiota Konstantinia Plitsi (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece) - PostDoc
- Loitongbam Lorinda Devi (National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India) - PhD student
- Francisca Parada (Universidad de Chile, Chile) - PostDoc

Poster information
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation. All accepted poster submissions will have a chance to win one of the 3 JXB Poster Prizes offered by Journal of Experimental Botany!

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Confirmed speakers

Tae-Wuk Kim
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Tae-Wuk Kim

Tae-Wuk Kim

Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, KR
Justin Walley
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Justin Walley

Justin Walley

Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, US

Program

Day 1 - Wednesday, 16 August, 2023

15:00
18:00
Registration & poster displaying
18:00
18:05
Welcome, opening of the meeting
18:05
18:45
Keynote Lecture

Chair: Jenny Russinova

18:45
21:00
Reception

Day 2 - Thursday, 17 August, 2023

08:30
09:00
Registration & coffee
09:00
10:10
Plenary session 1: Brassinosteroid biosynthesis and distribution

Chair: Jenny Russinova

09:00
09:30
Regulation of brassinosteroid homeostasis in the Arabidopsis root
09:30
09:50
Brassinosteroids: their analyses, occurrence and some Biological activities

Miroslav Strnad

Palacky University in Olomouc, CZ; Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences , CZ
Selected from abstracts
09:50
10:10
Occurrence and conversation of progestogens and androgens are conserved in land plants

Jan Klein

Department of Plant Physiology, Matthias-Schleiden-Institute for Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schil, DE
Selected from abstracts
10:10
10:40
Coffee break
10:40
12:10
Plenary session 2: Brassinosteroid signalling – mechanisms of regulation

Chair: Brigitte Poppenberger

10:40
11:10
HSP90 molecular chaperone as a key regulator of brassinosteroid mediated signalling processes
11:10
11:30
A signalling circuit maintains cell integrity during BR-induced cell expansion

Ajeet Chaudhary

Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, US
Selected from abstracts
11:30
11:50
Defining the brassinosteroid binding and receptor activation mechanisms of BRI1, BRL1, BRL2 and BRL3 from Arabidopsis

Michael Hothorn

Structural Plant Biology Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, CH
Selected from abstracts
11:50
12:10
Computational modeling and quantitative molecular biology reveal central parameters for early cell physiological processes linked to elongation growth

Klaus Harter

University of Tuebingen, DE
Selected from abstracts
12:10
13:00
Lunch
13:00
16:00
Plenary session 3: Brassinosteroid hormones and signalling networks

Chair: Despina Samakovli

13:00
13:30
Brassinosteroid gene regulatory networks at cellular resolution in the Arabidopsis root
13:30
14:00
Unraveling Brassinosteroid and Target of Rapamycin Complex Signaling Pathways in Plants through Integrative Network Analysis of Multi-omic Data

Justin Walley

Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, US
14:00
14:30
Salicylic acid-mediated immune responses are coordinated by brassinosteroid in Arabidopsis

Tae-Wuk Kim

Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, KR
14:30
15:00
A potential role of AMP deaminase in bri1-301 degradation
15:00
15:30
Coffee break
15:30
16:00
Translation initiation factor subunit eIF3b1 negatively regulates brassinosteroid signaling in Arabidopsis
16:00
18:10
Plenary session 4: Brassinosteroid hormones and plant development

Chair: Ana Caño-Delgado

16:00
16:30
The BSK-BIN2-BZR1 module plays essential roles in regulating brassinosteroid signaling and anther development in Arabidopsis thaliana
16:30
17:00
BR attenuates the inhibition of nitrate response by carbon starvation through regulating SnRK1 activity
17:00
17:30
Novel molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of plant growth, development, and stress resistance by brassinosteroids.
17:30
17:50
ROPGAP-dependent interaction between brassinosteroid and ROP2-GTPase signalling controls pavement cell shape in Arabidopsis

Cheng Zhang

Ghent University, BE; VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, BE
Selected from abstracts
17:50
18:10
Seed coat-derived brassinosteroids non-cell autonomously regulate endosperm development

Rita Lima

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, DE
Selected from abstracts
18:10
18:30
Conference Photo
18:30
21:00
Poster session

With Beer tasting & Finger food

Day 3 - Friday, 18 August, 2023

08:30
09:00
Coffee
09:00
10:30
Plenary session 4: Brassinosteroid hormones and plant development (Part 2)

Chair: Ana Caño-Delgado

09:30
10:00
Differential activity of brassinosteroid receptors in Arabidopsis root development
10:00
10:30
Brassinoeteroids at the root stem cell niche: when modeling meets data
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
14:50
Plenary session 5: Brassinosteroid crosstalk with stress signalling pathways

Chair: Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein

11:00
11:30
Network and Mechanisms of Brassinosteroid Hormone Regulation of Plant Growth and Stress Responses
11:30
12:00
Regulation of autophagy by environmental and hormonal cues

Diane Bassham

Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, US
12:00
12:30
Modes of activity of the CESTA/BEE subfamily of bHLH transcription factors in stress responses
12:30
13:20
Lunch
13:20
13:40
Mechanism of brassinosteroid promoted high temperature tolerance

Jianjun Jiang

Henan University, CN
Selected from abstracts
13:40
14:10
Exploring how MAP4Ks impinge on brassinosteroid signalling
14:10
14:30
The negative regulation of BIN2 on FERONIA during stress responses

Ping Wang

Iowa State University, US
Selected from abstracts
14:30
14:50
Interdependent activity of auxin and brassinosteroids underlies adaptive root growth under low and differential availability of nitrogen forms

Loitongbam Lorinda Devi

National Institute of Plant Genome Research, NIPGR, New Delhi, IN
Selected from abstracts
14:50
15:20
Coffee break
15:20
16:50
Plenary session 6: Brassinosteroid hormones and crop improvement

Chair: Marta Ibañes

15:20
15:40
Enhancing drought resistance in tomatoes through CRISPR/dCas9-mediated transcriptional activation of SlDWF4 and SlBRL3

Francisca Parada Ramirez

Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, CL
Selected from abstracts
15:40
16:00
A spatial-specific steroid hormonal pathway controls panicle branching and grain number in rice

Hongning Tong

Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CN
Selected from abstracts
16:00
16:30
Unlocking the roles of brl3 receptors open a novel perspective on brassinosteroid signaling in plants
16:30
17:00
Concluding remarks & poster prizes
17:00
19:00
Guided tour
19:30
22:00
Conference dinner

Organizing committee

Abstracts

The full list of abstracts will be available on 01-08-2023 until 18-11-2023
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.

Attendees

The full list of attendees will be available on 01-08-2023 until 18-11-2023
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.