June 21, 2019
13:00 - 21:00 Registration
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner (Heyuan Restaurant)
June 22, 2019
8:30-8:45, Opening remarks (Host, Jian-Min Zhou)
Lizhe An, The president of Beijing Forestry University
Session I, Signals and Receptors
Session chairperson: Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi
8:45-9:10, Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi
Receptor kinase signaling in plants: from peptide ligand identification to non-peptide antagonist development.
9:10-9:35, Jijie Chai
GPI-anchored proteins functions as primary receptors of RALFs.
9:35-10:05, Photo Session and Coffee Break
10:05-10:30, Cyril Zipfel
FERONIA and the regulation of receptor kinase-mediated signaling.
10:30-10:55, Eugenia Russinova
Endocytosis of brassinosteroid receptor, what can we learn more?
10:55-11:20, Jinxing Lin
Single-molecule analysis in living Arabidopsis cells reveals Flotillin-associated membrane
microdomains are crucial for FLS2-mediated signaling
11:20-11:35, Alberto P. Macho
An immune receptor complex evolved to perceive the polymorphic flagellin from
Ralstonia solanacearum.
11:35-11:50, Satohiro Okuda
Mechanistic insight into CIF peptides binding on SGN3 receptor and signaling activation in Casparian strip formation.
11:50-13:30, Lunch (Heyuan Restaurant)
Session II, Growth and development
Session chairperson: Libo Shan
13:30-13:55, Herman Höfte
The role of cell wall integrity signaling in growth regulation.
13:55-14:20, Zhenbiao Yang
Regulation of mechanical responses in plants by pectin-associated receptor kinases.
14:20-14:45, Libo Shan
The regulation and signaling mechanisms of the cell surface receptor-like kinase
complexes in plant immunity and growth.
14:45-15:10, Chun-Ming Liu (Abstract attached)
A CLE25 peptide and CLERK/CLV2 receptor signaling network regulating the initiation of phloem formation in Arabidopsis
15:10-15:25, Cao Xu (Page40)
Evolution of buffering in a genetic circuit controlling plant stem cell proliferation.
15:25-15:45, Coffee Break
Session III, Reproduction
Session chairperson: Ueli Grossniklaus
15:45-16:10, Ueli Grossniklaus (Page 16)
CrRLK1L-Mediated Signaling during Plant Reproduction
16:10-16:35, Testsuya Higashiyama
Receptor-like kinases in plant reproduction
16:35-17:00, Weihua Tang
Kinase partner protein KPP along with LePRKs control pollen tube growth.
17:00-17:15, Xiaoping Gou
SERK family receptor kinases regulate cuticle development during embryogenesis in
Arabidopsis.
17:15-17:40, Li-Jia Qu
AtLURE1/PRK6-mediated signaling controls conspecific pollen precedence in Arabidopsis thaliana.
18:00, Dinner (Heyuan Restaurant)
June 23, 2019
Session IV, Plant-microbe interactions
Session chairperson: Jia Li
8:30-8:55, Gary Stacey
Phosphorylation of RIN4 links symbiotic signaling and innate immunity during legume
nodulation.
8:55-9:20, Yuanchao Wang
Dissecting the molecular interactions between Phytophthora-plant in the apoplastic
battlefield.
9:20-9:45, Feng Feng
Nutrient regulation of plant perception and engagement with microorganisms.
9:45-10:00, Fang Xie
Actin-mediated direction of infection threads tip growth by GEF-ROP module in Lotus japonicus.
10:00-10:20, Coffee Break
10:20-10:45, Dingzhong Tang
The role of Arabidopsis RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE 902 in plant immunit.
10:45-11:10, Jia Li
Receptor-like protein kinase BAK1 coordinates pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity and effector-triggered immunity in plants.
11:10-11:25, Yusuke Saijo
Pattern recognition receptors confer direct apoplastic resistance against bacterial water acquisition in plants.
11:25-11:40, Tao Zhong
ZmWAK-RLK, a receptor like kinase confers quantitative resistance to gray leaf spot in maize.
11:40-11:55, Yan Wang
Plant recognition of Phytophthora PAMP XEG1.
11:55-13:30, Lunch (Heyuan Restaurant)
Session V, Abiotic stresses
Session chairperson: Shuhua Yang
13:30-13:55, Kang Chong
OsCIPK7 point-mutation leads to conformation and kinase-activity change for sensing cold response
13:55-14:20, Richard Dixon
Lignin modification activates signaling pathways for defense gene expression.
14:20-14:55, Shuhua Yang
Molecular regulation of freezing tolerance by phosphorylation in Arabidopsis.
14:55-15:10, Masako Fuji
Damage-associated immunomodulatory OsPep peptides influence root system architecture and root-associated microbiome in rice.
15:10-15:25 Dongdong Li (Page17)
The ethylene precursor, ACC, itself may function as a plant hormone in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.
15:25-15:45, Coffee Break
Session VI, Signaling mechanisms
Session chairperson: José Feijó
15:45-16:10, Weicai Yang
Control of zygotic development by LRR-RLK signaling in Arabidopsis.
16:10-16:35, Xuelu Wang (Page35)
The negative regulation and activation of RLKs by BKI1 and BKLs in plants.
16:35-17:00, Jian-Min Zhou
BIK1-mediated immune regulation.
17:00-17:15, Tongda Xu
TMK1-mediated novel auxin signaling in plants.
17:15-17:40, José Feijó
Ion homeostasis and the control of apical growth: molecular basis and integrative
mechanisms.
17:40-17:50, Closing remarks
18:00 Dinner (Heyuan Restaurant)