Plant Biology CS 2025 (PDF)

Program – Aula B1-301

Tuesday Aug 26

 09:00 – 09:15 Opening

09:15 – 10:00 Invited Plenary lecture 1

Viktor Žárský: Functional diversification of exocyst complex subunits, plant terrestrialization and polysporangiate origin of land plants

 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

 10:30 – 11:45 Session 1 – Cell biology, cell cycle and cell development

Chair: Iva Mozgová

10:30 – 10:45 Viktor Demko: Genetic analyses of plant calpain DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens uncover multiple layers of its essential role during growth and development

10:45 – 11:00 David Honys: Keeping cool under pressure: How eIF3 safeguards pollen fertility and thermotolerance

11:00 – 11:15 Ivan Kulich: ARO-dependent channelosomes are essential for variety of rapid cellular responses, from auxin to abscisic acid, across all land plants

11:15 – 11:30 Thanakon Chaichana: Suspension establishment and heat shock response of golden gardenia (Gardenia sootepensis Hutch.)

11:30 – 11:45 Rajdeep Ghosh: The role of class I formins at plasmodesmata

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

 13:30 – 14:30 Session 2: Carnivorous and aquatic plants, bryophytes and lichens

Chair: Andrej Pavlovič

13:30 – 14:00 INVITED LECTURE

Marko S. Sabovljević: Bryophyte conservation physiology

14:00 – 14:15 Andrej Pavlovič: The diversity of digestive systems in carnivorous plants

14:15 – 14:30 Monika Danchenko: Molecular cloning and expression profile of a unique protease from carnivorous sundew

14:30 – 16:00 Session 3: Plant microbiome, plant-organisms interactions

Chair: Martin Janda

14:30 – 15:00 INVITED LECTURE

Piotr Rozpądek: The importance of microorganisms in plant adaptation to the environment

15:00 – 15:15 Barbora Jindřichová: Does fungal infection increase the palatability of oilseed rape to insects?

15:15 – 15:30 Weronika Kosowicz: The role of glucosinolates in mutualistic interaction between plants and their endophytic microorganisms

15:30 – 15:45 Viktor Nagy: The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in regenerative agriculture under the conditions of the Czech Republic

15:45 – 16:00 Rafał Ważny: The role of seed endophytes in plant adaptation to toxic metals

16:00 – 17:30 Coffee & posters

 16:15 – 18:15 Plenary meeting of ČSEBR – Aula B1-301

16:30 – 16:45 Veronika Berková: The fungus Acremonium alternatum enhances salt stress tolerance by regulating host redox homeostasis and phytohormone signalling

16:45 – 17:00 Roman Skokan: Pre-hormonal nature of auxin unravelled in streptophyte algae

 18:00 – 20:00 Botanical garden excursion (welcome drink & snacks)

Wednesday Aug 27

 08:30 – 09:15 Invited Plenary Lecture 2

Jozef Mravec: How novel cell wall-directed probes helped discover some unexpected biological phenomena

 09:15 – 11:15 Session 4: Plant genetics, genomics and epigenetics

Chair: Viktor Demko

09:15 – 09:45 INVITED LECTURE

Iva Mozgová: Unravelling the contribution of polycomb repression to metabolic and developmental transitions in plants

09:45 – 10:00 Jana Balarynová: Seed coat-specific polyphenol oxidase expression results in hilum pigmentation

10:00 – 10:15 Jan Bartoš: The maize B chromosome exerts an influence on the transcriptome throughout plant development

10:15 – 10:30 Fatima Cvrčková: Why so many? Interpreting natural variability and gene expression to unravel function in large gene families

10:30 – 10:45 Ján Jásik: Plant synaptotagmins

10:45 – 11:00 Tereza Přerovská: Unveiling plant telomere diversity: Lessons from Allium cepa TRB proteins

11:00 – 11:15 Petr Smýkal: Domestication as convergent and parallel evolution – comparative analysis of chickpea, lentil, pea and common beans for two key domestication traits – pod dehiscence and seed dormancy

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break

 11:45 – 13:00 Session 5: Plant proteomics & metabolomics and plant biotechnology

Chair: Tomáš Takáč

11:45 – 12:15 INVITED LECTURE

Maksym Danchenko: Aquatic plants in Chornobyl are susceptible to pathogens

12:15 – 12:30 Tomáš Takáč: Unveiling novel proteins governing oxidative stress response in Arabidopsis

12:30 – 12:45 Marcela van Loo: Drought sensitivity and metabolic adaptations to drought stress: A case study in seedlings of a non-model tree species

12:45 – 13:00 Mykola Borysyuk: Comparative transcriptome/proteome analyses reveal key pathways responsive to manganese stress in aquatic plant Spirodela polyrhiza

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 Session 6: Phytohormones and root & shoot development

Chair: Alexander Lux

14:30 – 15:00 INVITED LECTURE

Jan Hejátko: Cytokinin/ethylene crosstalk in the control of root growth

15:00 – 15:15 Samia Belaidi: Role of the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR5 and microRNA390 in embryogenic transition in Arabidopsis thaliana

15:15 – 15:30 Pavel Krupař: Unraveling the relationship between root elongation and cell wall pH

15:30 – 16:30 Coffee & posters

 17:30 – 22:30 Conference event (St Martin’s Cathedral – visit and organ concert) and conference dinner (Restaurant: Bratislavský Meštiansky pivovar, Drevená)

Thursday Aug 28

 9:00 – 09:45 Invited Plenary Lecture 3

Liam Dolan: Developing meristems de novo

 09:45 – 11:00 Session 7: Advances in microscopy and analytical techniques in plants

Chair: Miroslav Ovečka

09:45 – 10:15 INVITED LECTURE

Jozef Šamaj: Advanced microscopy for plants

10:15 – 10:30 Aleš Pěnčík: Comparative metabolite profiling approach reveals the complexity of auxin metabolism across plant species

10:30 – 10:45 Chao Zhang: In situ comparison of abiotic and biotic induced phytohormone changes using mass spectrometry imaging

10:45 – 11:00 Michal Karady: Advancing plant metabolic research – validated approach for simultaneous ethylene, phytohormone and polyamine detection

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

 11:30 – 13:30 Session 8: Plant adaptation to abiotic stress, phytoremediation and phytotechnologies

Chair: Marek Vaculík

11:30 – 12:00 INVITED LECTURE

Joanna Augustynowicz: Callitriche sp. – between a model study and application

12:00 – 12:15 Loriana Demecsová: Nitric oxide sustains root surface redox activity and growth during flooding stress in barley root tip

12:15 – 12:30 Alexander Lux: Structural aspects of plant reactions to stress

12:30 – 12:45 Emmanuel Opoku: Differences in the production of root exudates and physiological responses of C3 and C4 crops to drought stress and nitrogen fertilization

12:45 – 13:00 Peter Paľove-Balang: Nitrogen and other abiotic factors affecting isoflavonoid and flavonoid production in Lotus sp.

13:00 – 13:15 Helene Robert Boisivon: Impact of heat waves on seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus

13:15 – 13:30 Marek Vaculík: Effect of metals and metalloids on growth of various species and ecotypes from Salicaceae family

13:30 – 14:45 Lunch

 14:45 – 16:00 Session 9: Plant-pathogen interaction, plant immunity & plant protection

Chair: Michal Martinka

14:45 – 15:15 INVITED LECTURE

Stefanie Wienkoop: From pathogen resistance to seed resilience: The role of flavonoids and microbial partners in pea plants

15:15 – 15:30 Martin Janda: Pattern-triggered immunity in Papaver somniferum

15:30 – 15:45 Tetiana Kalachova: Battlefield – plant: exploring the dynamics of tripartite interactions between plants, bacteria and bacteriophages

15:45 – 16:00 Hana Leontovyčová: Hormonal crosstalk in fungal pathogenicity: auxin, cytokinin and salicylic acid of Leptosphaeria maculans

16:00 – 17:00 Session 10: Crop reproduction and nutrition, biology of trees

Chair: Loriana Demecsová

16:00 – 16:30 INVITED LECTURE

Michaela Havrlentová: Plants as nutritional pillars: understanding, optimizing, and reprogramming crop composition for human benefit

16:30 – 16:45 Zuzana Kovaliková: Biochemical responses of sweet cherry to repeated water deficit

16:45 – 17:00 Péter Májer: Effect of natural-based biostimulants on poppy yield parameters

17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break

17:30 – 18:00 Closing ceremony and prize awards