4th Plant Protease and PCD Symposium
After three successful conferences on Plant Proteases and Programmed Cell Death organized in Hemavan, Sweden (2011); Barcelona, Spain (2013); and Oxford, UK (2016), it is our pleasure to host the fourth meeting in the beautiful medieval town of Ghent, Belgium.
The roles of proteases in cell death, immunity, and developmental processes in plants have received increasing attention over the past years. On the one hand, proteases exert a key regulatory level of posttranslational modification on their substrates. On the other hand, proteolytic cascades are involved in household functions, as well as responsible for point-of-no-return decisions during developmentally or environmentally controlled programmed cell death. Despite their importance, however, we still know little about the functions and mode-of-actions of individual plant proteases. Over the past years, several research groups have tackled the functional characterization of plant proteases from different angles. Some laboratories are advancing technology development, others focus on biological processes that depend on protease activities, while again others elucidate the biochemistry of specific protease families.
The aim of our meeting is to bring researchers of these different research directions together to discuss the latest developments and concepts in the field of plant proteases and programmed cell death.
Confirmed speakers
Program
Day 1 - Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
Moritz K. Nowack
Peter Vandenabeele
Day 2 - Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
Chairs: Simon Stael and Kris Gevaert
Ulrich Auf dem Keller
Salma Balazadeh
Patrick Willems
Catherine De Vitry
Dani Eshel
Nico Dissmeyer
Chairs: Frank Van Breusegem and Núria Sanchez Coll
Hans Brandstetter
Michael Ehrmann
Marina Klemencic
Zongcheng Lin
Michael Holdsworth
Gwyneth Ingram
Johana Misas Villamil
Judith K. Paulus
Day 3 - Thursday, 13 September, 2018
Chairs: Bruno Cammue and Christiane Funk
Lynn Megeney
Celine Masclaux-Daubresse
Marc Planas Marquès
Klaas van Wijk
Isaura Simões
Annick Stintzi
Guy van Daele
Tal Shamia
Chairs: Klaas van Wijk and Andreas Schaller
Suayib Üstün
Michael Wrzaczek
Andrey Vartapetian
Nikola Winter
Joel Haywood
Renier van der Hoorn
Organizing committee
Moritz K. Nowack
Frank Van Breusegem
Simon Stael
Kris Gevaert
Klaas van Wijk
Nuria S. Coll
Bruno Cammue
Christiane Funk
Andreas Schaller
Abstracts
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Attendees
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