Methods in Plant Sciences 2023

Program

methods in plant sciences (24.-27. 9. 2023)

Sections / confirmed speakers / available running tittles(topics) of the talks
The list of speakers will be extended for selected best abstracts

Keynote lectures:
Jenny Russinova (VIB Gent, Belgium) – TBA
TBA – TBA

Microscopy, Cell Biology
Martin Potocký (IEB AS CR, CZ) – Protein-membrane interactions and visualization
Stefanie Mueller-Schuessele (TU Kaiseslautern, GE) – Visualizing subcellular redox dynamics using genetically encoded biosensors 
Karel Říha (CEITEC, CZ) – Lightsheet microscopy
Christine Faulkner (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK) – Particle bombardment – cell-to-cell communication
Daniel van Damme (VIB Gent, Belgium) – Protein-protein interactions
Yvon Jallais (ENS Lyon, FR) – Analysis of lipid localization, dynamics and function across scales
Marie Vancová (PARU BC AS CR, CZ) – 3D electron microscopy of the complex biological structures: current developments, available techniques, and future outlook
Matias Zurbriggen (HHU Düsseldorf, GE) – Optogenetics
Matyáš Fendrych (Charles University, CZ) – Noninvasive fluid microscopy
Marek Cebecauer (J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry AS CR, CZ) – 

Genomics and gene editing
Martin Mascher (IPK Gartesleben, GE) – From genebank genomics to pangenomics
Hana Šimková (Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, CZ) – Hi-C techniques: from genome assemblies to transcription regulation
Dominik Grimm (TU Munich, GE) – Permutation-based GWAS
Jan Skalák (MUNI, CZ) – Prime editing in Arabidopsis: using natural genetic variability of cytokinin receptors as a tool for drought-resilient varieties introduction
Helena Štorchová (IEB AS CR, CZ) The assembly of plant mitogenomes from Oxford Nanopore reads
Vojtěch Hudzieczek (Institute of Biophysics AS CR, CZ) – Functional genetics in non-model plants
Josef Patzák
(Hop Research Institute) – TBA

-omics
Ondřej Novák (Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, CZ) – Phytohormonomics
Małgorzata Kwaśniak-Owczarek (University Wroclaw, PL) – Analysis of translation in plant mitochondria
Hirofumi Nakagami (MPI Cologne, GE) – (phospho) proteomics – proximity labelling
Martin Černý (Mendel University, CZ) – Advances in plant lipidome profiling
Pavel Solanský (ZMBP Tuebingen, GE) – Single-cell transriptomics in the plant research

Structural biology
Karel Berka (Palacky University, CZ) – Ligand-protein docking
Petra Junková (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR) – Mass spectrometry in structural proteomics
Roman Pleskot (Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, CZ) – Molecular dynamics – membranes, proteins
Hector Martinet-Seara Monne (IOCB AS CR, CZ) – Molecular dynamics – membranes, proteins

„Others“
Tomáš Pluskal (IOCB AS CR, CZ) – Bioinformatic tools
Jiří Kubásek (FSci USB, CZ) – Stable isotopes in plant biology

„From the other worlds“ and Czech infrastructure
Matouš Glanc (Czexpats in Science, CZ) – 
Uniting Czech Scientists with International Experience
Jan Petrášek (IEB AS CR, CZ) – Czech bioimaging
Jiří Vondrášek (IOCB AS CR, CZ) – 
The Czech National Infrastructure for Biological Data – ELIXIR CZ
Lukáš Spíchal (CATRIN, CZ) – Phenotyping facility