Past events
WPHI Special Sessions during
11th International Conference on Reactive Oxygen
and Nitrogen Species in Plants
July 17-19, 2013, Warsaw, Poland
The theme of conference will highlight the recent advances in all aspects of oxygen metabolism, free radical action and oxidative signalling. In order to arrange the discussion on specific subjects, certain topics have been identified:
1. ROS Production, Signalling and Homeostasis – Special FP7 session – frontiers of plant health
2. Abiotic and Biotic Stresses
3. Photosynthesis and Photorespiration
4. Plant Metabolism and Respiration
5. ROS in Plant Development
6. Reactive Nitrogen Species
for more information visit Conference website http://www.pogwarsaw2013.org/
Workshop
Mechanism of plant pest interaction
– discovery and characterization
26th October 2012, Warsaw, Poland
click to see the book of abstracts
The workshop “Mechanism of plant pest interaction – discovery and characterization” was held on 26.10.2012 at Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. The event was financed from the founds of the “Warsaw Plant Health Initiative” 7th EU Framework Programme (FP7-REGPOT-2012-1-286093). This was first event planned by Work Package 6 of this project. The organizing committee included Marek Koter, Anita Wiśniewska, Mirosław Sobczak, Magdalena Święcicka, Mateusz Matuszkiewicz, Waldemar Skowron, Dominika Szymura and Urszula Krasieńko working under supervision of Marcin Filipecki, WP6 leader.
The lecturers were from the leading European universities and institutes: Barbara Karpińska (University of Leeds, UK), Magdalena Krzymowska (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Poland), Abdelnaser Elashry (University of Bonn, Germany), Vivian Blok (James Hutton Institute, UK), Tina Kyndt (Ghent University, Belgium), Krzysztof Wieczorek (BOKU, Austria), and Małgorzata Kiełkiewicz-Szaniawska (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland).
Workshop was opened with welcome addresses by Professor Kazimierz Lenart (Chairman of Rectors Board for Cooperation with Industry), Professor Zbigniew Dąbrowski (Project coordinator) and Marcin Filipecki (WP6 leader). The lectures were focused on the interaction of plants with insects, nematodes and microbes, with particular emphasis on identifying effectors and signaling pathways triggered
in the host plant. The detailed Workshop programme can be found below.
The workshop attracted attention of 71 participants (mainly young people) from several Polish research institutions working on plant disease resistance and pest biology. The discussions and personal contacts were extended on coffee brakes. Workshop was highly successful and gained a substantial visibility.
PROGRAM
9.00 – 9.10 Welcome and introduction: Andrzej Lenart (Chairman of Rectors Board for Cooperation with Industry), Zbigniew Dąbrowski (Project coordinator) and Marcin Filipecki (WP6 leader)
9.10 – 9.40 Małgorzata Kiełkiewicz-Szaniawska (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland) Natural & Induced Plant Defence in a Complex and Variable Environment
9.40 – 10.10 Barbara Karpińska (University of Leeds, UK) Local and systemic responses to aphid infestation
10.10 – 10.40 Magdalena Krzymowska (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Poland) Analysis of HopQ1, a Type III Effector from Pseudomonas syringae
10.40 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.40 Abdelnaser Elashry (University of Bonn, Germany) Deep sequencing of the Heterodera schachtii transcriptome and secretome
11.40 – 12.20 Vivian Blok (James Hutton Institute, UK) Identification and functional characterisation of effectors from the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida
12.20 – 13.20 Lunch
13.20 – 14.00 Tina Kyndt (Ghent University, Belgium) Transcriptional reprogramming by root knot and migratory nematode infection in rice
14.00 – 14.40 Krzysztof Wieczorek (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,, Austria) Heterodera schachtii changes early signalling events in Arabidopsis
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14.40 – 14.50 Coffee
14.50 – 16.30 Discussions and visiting Warsaw University of Life Sciences facilities
16.30 – 19.00 Sightseeing Warsaw
19.00 – 21.00 Dinner