Day 1 (Thursday 21st of March)

9:00 Welcome by Johannes Hanson

9:05 Plant cell’s borderline in cell fate

Andriani Mentzelopoulou, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

9:35 The Role of the Plant Endomembrane System in Salt Stress Tolerance

Daniel McKay, University of Heidelberg, Germany

10:05 Unravelling the role of root cap in shaping the Arabidopsis response towards abiotic stress

Krishna Kodappully Das, IISER Tirupati, India

10:40 Fika (coffee break)

10:55 Physiological, molecular and genetic mechanisms of adaptation to alkaline in Arabidopsis thaliana populations

Laura Perez Martin, University of Geneva, Switzerland

11:25 The ups and downs of being an outdoor plant-The epigenetic and transcriptomic landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimated to fluctuating light

Robyn Emmerson, University of Birmingham, UK

11:55 Comparing genomic prediction methods for (relatively) oligogenic traits: a case study in maize grain carotenoids

Mary-Francis LaPorte, University of California, Davis, USA

The afternoon programme is tailored to the invited candidates and not open for everyone.

Please find more information about the symposium here

Contact: Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava, Stéphane Verger

Photo: Sonali Ranade

Day 2 (Thursday 22nd of March)

9:00 - 11:00: EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship writing course for principal investigators and incoming postdocs organsied by the Research Support and Collaboration Office from Umeå University

This workshop is open for everyone but registration is needed. More information and registration: https://www.umu.se/en/events/learn-how-to-apply-for-msca-postdoctoral-fellowships_11902275/

The rest of the programme is taylored to the invited candidates but in the evening everyone working at UPSC is invited for a UPSC Pizza & Ping-Pong evening starting at 18:00.

Please find more information about the symposium here

Contact: Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava, Stéphane Verger

Photo: Sonali Ranade