External seminars 2013 -2024

2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013
 

2024

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Thomas Jacobs VIB Ugent, BE
Plant Genome Editing at Scale: Using CRISPR screens to hunt for genetic interactions
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 14, 2024
Host: S. Soyk
Stephaine Robert Umea Plant Centre, SE
Understanding differential growth during apical hook development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 24, 2024
Host: M. Majda
Siobhán Brady University of California, Davis, US
Environmental integration with root cell type development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 11, 2024
Host: N. Geldner
Marie Barberon University of Geneva, CH
Cell-to-cell transport in differentiated roots
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 10, 2024
Host: M. Majda
Akos Kovács Leiden University, NL
Bacilli from the rhizosphere: interaction and evolution within the biofilm
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 3, 2024
Host: N. Geldner
Charlotte Kirchhelle RDP Lyon, FR
Cell edges - from polarity to growth control
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 25, 2024
Host: N. Geldner
Alain Goossens VIB-Ugent, BE
Jasmonate: a crucial hormone in the plant fitness programs that steer the production of bioactive metabolites
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 11, 2024
Host: S. Soyk
Thorsten Schnurbusch Leibniz-Institut (IPK), DE
Insights into the Floral Architectures of Cereal Crops
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 27, 2024
Host: S. Soyk
Bénédicte Bakan INRAE, Nantes, FR
From the architecture of the cuticular biocomposite to the generation of cutin bioinspired materials
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 6, 2024
Host: C. Nawrath
Roberto Solano National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, ES
The finding of the “missing hormone” illuminates jasmonates evolution
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 16, 2024
Host: P. Reymond
Melinka Butenko Oslo University, NO
The IDA signaling pathway: cell separation and biotic stress responses
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 3, 2024
Host: J. Santiago
Sandy Hetherington The University of Edinburgh, UK
Uncovering the drivers of complexity in vascular plants, new insights from fossils and genes
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 2, 2024
Host: Post Docs
François Parcy Cell and Plant Physiology Laboratory (LPCV), Grenoble, FR
Solving an old question: how two proteins join forces to make flowers
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 18, 2024
Host: PhD Students
Lionel Navarro IBENS Paris, FR
Small RNA-directed reprogramming of gene expression in plant-bacteria interactions
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 11, 2024
Host: P. Reymond
Angelina Gross Gregor Mendel Institute Vienna, AT
Sensing mechanisms for stress adapted autophagy responses
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 28, 2024
Host: N. Geldner
Andreas Schaller Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, DE
Maturation of signaling peptides controlling plant development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 22, 2024
Host: N. Geldner

2023

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Satoshi Fujita Plant Science Research Laboratory of Toulouse LRSV, FR
MBAPs bridge brassinosteroid signaling and cortical microtubules
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 8, 2023
Host: N. Geldner
Miltos Tsiantis Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, DE
From genotype to phenotype in leaf development and evolution
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 23, 2023
Host: M. Majda
Nuria Sanchez Coll Centre for research in Agricultural Genomics Barcelona, ES
Understanding the role and dynamics of stress-driven biomolecular condensates in plants
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 16, 2023
Host: N. Geldner
Salome Prat Centre for research in agricultural Genomics Barcelona, ES
Tailoring DELLA repressors for increased crops tolerance to salinity
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 12, 2023
Host: S. Soyk
Zachary Nimchuk University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
The control of plant shoot architecture by peptide signaling and temperature
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 28, 2023
Host: C. Hardtke
Yuval Eshed Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
What flowering is?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 14, 2023
Host: S. Soyk
George Bassel University of Warwick, UK
Distributed information processing in plant organs
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 7, 2023
Host: C. Hardtke
Olivier Hamant ENS Lyon, FR
How to shape a plant? Fluctuations!
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
June 22, 2023
Host: M. Majda
Yvon Jaillais ENS Lyon, FR
Role of anionic lipids in the establishment, dynamics and function of membrane contact sites
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 8, 2023
Host: C. Nawrath
Michael Raissig University of Bern, CH
Making better pores - decoding the developmental blueprint of grass stomata
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 11, 2023
Host: P. Reymond
Clara Sanchez Rodriguez Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, UPM, Madrid, ES
ATHENA: A receptor-like kinase that participates in plant defence and responses to cellulose alteration
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
May 4, 2023
Host: C. Nawrath
Remko Offringa Leiden University, NL
AGC kinases modulate and direct polar auxin transport, but what regulates the regulators?
Room 4401, Biophore at 11.00
May 4, 2023
Host: C. Hardtke
Naomi Nakayama Imperial College London, UK
What determines biological shape? Lessons from the dandelion pappus
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
April 27, 2023
Host: M. Majda
Bjorn Pedersen Aarhus University, DK
Structures and mechanism of the plant PIN-FORMED auxin transporter
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
April 20, 2023
Host: J. Santiago
Peter Marhavy Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, SE
Mechanical constraints regulate cell expansion and division in plant roots
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
April 6, 2023
Host: N. Geldner
Julie Law Salk Institute, CA, US
A CLASSY way to regulate the epigenome
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 22, 2023
Host: N. Geldner
Lucia Strader Duke University, US
Mechanisms governing competence for embryonic cell reprogramming in Arabidopsis adventitious root formation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 16, 2023
Host: C. Hardtke
Kay Schneitz Technical University of Munich, DE
Molecular insight into cell wall integrity signaling in Arabidopsis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 19, 2023
Host: C. Hardtke

2022

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Lei Wang University of Bern, CH
Maize has an aging nose for stress volatiles
Room 4401, Biophore at 15.00
December 6, 2022
Host: P. Reymond
Idan Efroni HUJI, Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Rehovot, IL
Short and long range signals in root regeneration
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
November 10, 2022
Host: C. Hardtke
Hugues Renault University of Strasbourg, FR
A glimpse of plant adaptation to land through the biopolymer lens
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
October 27, 2022
Host: N. Geldner
Ari Pekka Mähönen University of Helsinki, FI
Hormonal regulation in Arabidopsis root cambia
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
September 8, 2022
Host: N. Geldner
Frederic J. Hoerndli Colorado State University, US
Do neurons solve the traveling salesman’s problem to deliver glutamate receptors?
Room 4401, Biophore at 10.30
July 15, 2022
Host: E. Farmer
Thomas Greb Heidelberg University, DE
The intricate role of SMXL proteins in phloem development and beyond
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
July 1, 2022
Host: C. Hardtke
Jorge Casal Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, AR
Signalling networks controlling plant growth in the context of climate change
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
June 21, 2022
Host: C. Fankhauser
Thorsten Hamann NTNU, Trondheim, NO
The role of plant cell wall integrity maintenance in modulating cell wall stiffness and ABA production
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.30
May 20, 2022
Host: N. Geldner
Tonni Grube Andersen MPIPZ, Cologne, DE
The endodermal passage cell, just another brick in the wall?
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
April 28, 2022
Host: N. Geldner
Rosa Lozano-Duran University of Tuebingen, DE
The best of both worlds: manipulation of plant defence and development by a multifuctional viral protein
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
March 31, 2022
Host: P. Reymond

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2021

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Sarah Guiziou University of Washington, Seattle, US
Decoding and recoding plant development using integrase switches
AMPHI Biophore at 12.15
September 23, 2021
Host: N. Geldner
Michal Jasinski Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, PL
Old solutions for new scenarios - ABCG-mediated transport of active cytokinins in legume–rhizobia symbiosis
ONLINE at 12.15
June 24, 2021
Host: C. Nawrath
Debora Gasperini Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, DE
Fences in turmoil: interplay between plant cell walls and jasmonate production
ONLINE at 12.15
June 10, 2021
Host: E. Farmer
Staffan Persson PLEN University of Copenhagen, DK
Pack and go! Cellulose synthase assembly and secretion
ONLINE at 12.15
May 27, 2021
Host: J. Santiago
Avraham A. Levy The Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
The fates of DNA breaks in plants
ONLINE at 12.15
April 29, 2021
Host: P. Goloubinoff

2020

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Michelle Dunstone Monash University, Melbourne, AUS
Using cryo-EM to discover how pore forming proteins evolve different targeting mechanisms
Room 4401, Biophore at 11.45
January 23, 2020
Host: N. Geldner
Keiko Torii University of Texas at Austin & University of Washington, US
Cellular Decision-Making during Plant Epidermal Development
Room 4401, Biophore at 15.30
January 20, 2020
Host: J. Santiago

2019

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Sebastian Soyk University of Lausanne, CH
Uncovering cryptic variation that affected crop domestication and breeding
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 24, 2019
Host: C. Nawrath
Thomas Greb University of Heidelberg, DE
Radial Plant Growth - Cellular Coordination in Two Dimensions
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 03, 2019
Host: C. Hardtke
Aleksandra Skirycz Max Planck Institute, Potsdam, DE
Terra incognita of the protein-metabolite interactome
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 28, 2019
Host: N. Geldner
Matthew Gilliham Adelaide University, AU
γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a plant signalling molecule
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 12, 2019
Host: E. Farmer
Matthias Erb Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, CH
Functions and multitrophic effects of plant specialized metabolites
Auditorium Biophore at 12.15
May 16, 2019
Host: P. Reymond
Neelima Sinha College of Biological Sciences, Davis, CA, USA
The arms race between tomato and Cuscuta
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 13, 2019
Host: C. Hardtke
Etienne Bucher Agroscope, Changin, CH
Mobilized transposable elements as a tool for crop improvement
Auditorium Biophore at 12.15
May 09, 2019
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Thorsten Hamann Novregian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO
Plant cell wall integrity maintenance - how to adapt to stress and survive
Auditorium Biophore at 12.15
May 02, 2019
Host: N. Geldner
Lars Ostergaard John Innes Center, Norwich, UK
TPL-ETT-Auxin – TEA-time in reproductive development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 16, 2019
Host: C. Hardtke
Thierry Desnos CEA, BIAM, FR
STOP1-ALMT1, a New Signalling Pathway Inhibiting Root Growth in Low-Phosphate
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 14, 2019
Host: Y. Poirier
David Salt The University of Nottingham, UK
Surveillance of cell wall diffusion barrier integrity modulates water and solute transport in plants
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 14, 2019
Host: N. Geldner
Stefanie Ranf Technical University of Munich, DE
Immune sensing of bacterial lipid metabolites in plant-microbe interactions
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 07, 2019
Host: P. Reymond
Jan Petrášek The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, CZ
Plant plasma membrane nanodomain organization of auxin transporters – where are PINs and why?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 24, 2019
Host: C. Hardtke

2018

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Patrick Laufs INRA, Paris, France
The ins and outs of leaf margin morphogenesis in Arabidopsis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 13, 2018
Host: Post Docs – Anne Pauline
Siobhan Brady University of California, Davis, US
Transcriptional regulation of nitrogen metabolism
Room 4401, Biophore at 13.15
December 07, 2018
Host: N. Geldner
Luis Lopez-Molina University of Geneva, Switzerland
The role of the endosperm in Arabidopsis early post-embryonic development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 29, 2018
Host: C. Nawrath
Yvon Jaillais ENS Lyon, France
In vivo phosphatidylserine variations steer Rho GTPase signaling in a cell-context dependent manner
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 22, 2018
Host: J. Santiago
Ekkehard Neuhaus Kaiserslautern University, Germany
Intracellular Sugar Compartmentation in Plants - Impacts on Yield and Stress Tolerance
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 08, 2018
Host: Y. Poirier
Laura Ragni University of Tuebingen, Germany
Lateral root and periderm formation: two sides of the same coin?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 01, 2018
Host: N. Geldner
Anat Ben-Zvi Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
The landscape of molecular chaperones across tissues
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 17, 2018
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Ryohei Thomas Nakano Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Koln, Germany
Modular traits of root microbiota and their interplay dictate host growth and immune status
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 21, 2018
Host: N. Geldner
Jürgen Zeier Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Metabolism of L-lysine to N-hydroxypipecolic acid: a key control unit for plant systemic acquired resistance to pathogen infection
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 20, 2018
Host: P. Reymond
Carlos Ballaré University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phytochrome and plant defenses
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
August 30, 2018
Host: E. Farmer
Bruce Kohorn Bowdoin College, Maine, USA
Wall Associated Kinases, Cell Expansion, and the Stress Response
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 28, 2018
Host: J. Santiago
Satoshi Naramoto University of Tokyo, Japan
Coordination of lateral organ development and stem cell activity in Marchantia polymorpha is mediated by an ALOG family protein
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 25, 2018
Host: N. Geldner
Jörg Kudla Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology of Plants, Münster University, DE
Calcium signaling is required for ABA mediated transcriptional adaptation to abiotic stresses
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 22, 2018
Host: N. Geldner
Alex Costa University of Milan, Italy
In vivo calcium dynamics in plant cells: a holistic view
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 21, 2018
Host: Post Docs – Lenzoni Gioia
Roberto Solano Spanish National Center for Biotechnology, Madrid
Jasmonate signaling in plants lacking jasmonates - Looking for the missing hormone
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 07, 2018
Host: P. Reymond
Urs Niggli Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
Different Strategies for Feeding the World Sustainably
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 24, 2018
Host: P. Reymond
Kristen ten Tusscher Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Auxin transport and patterning in root development and adaptation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 26, 2018
Host: C. Hardtke
Sebastian Wolf COS, Heidelberg University, Germany
Receptor-mediated signalling from the plant cell wall
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 12, 2018
Host: J. Santiago
Paolo Cascio University of Turin, Italy
PA28αβ: the enigmatic magic ring of the proteasome?
Room 4401, Biophore at 17.00
March 29, 2018
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Philippe Reymond DBMV – University of Lausanne, Switzerland
NAPOLEOME PROJECT - Low number of fixed somatic mutations in a long-lived oak tree
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 29, 2018
Host: C. Nawrath
Claire Rosnoblet David Wendehenn Lab, NRA/Université de Bourgogne/AgroSup Dijon, France
Functional characterization of the chaperon-like protein Cdc48 in cryptogein-induced immune response in tobacco
Room 4401, Biophore at 14.00
March 22, 2018
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Silvia Ramundo University of California, San Francisco
Exploring MARS: an investigation of Mutants Affecting Retrograde Signaling during activation of the chloroplast Unfolded Protein Response
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.30
February 12, 2018
Host: N. Geldner
Kaisa Kajala Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Drought and flooding responses of tomato root cell types
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 01, 2018
Host: N. Geldner
Herman Hofte INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, France
Cell wall sensing in plants
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 25, 2018
Host: J. Santiago

2017

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Irina Kolotueva Electron Microscopy Facility, University of Lausanne
Fun with EM
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 21, 2017
Host: E. Farmer
Manuel Rodriguez-Conception Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Barcelona, Spain
Molecular pathways driving chloroplast proteins to either removal or recycling
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 14, 2017
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Bernhard Schmid Zurich University, Switzerland
Why study plants ?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 02, 2017
Host: C. Hardtke
Sébastien Mongrand CNRS, Bordeaux, France
Role of microdomains in plant plasma membrane, lipids, proteins and biophysical features
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 28, 2017
Host: P. Reymond
José Sanchez Serrano Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Madrid, Spain
Stem cell renewal or differentiation : a plant’s perspective for a crucial decision
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 07, 2017
Host: C. Nawrath & E. Farmer
Kevin Davies The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd
Flavonoid and betalain plant pigments: Key metabolites for the interaction of plants with their abiotic and biotic environment
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
August 31, 2017
Host: Fabian Schweizer
Guido Grossmann Heidelberg University, Germany
Root hairs: balancing external inputs and cell-autonomous mechanisms of polar growth regulation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
August 24, 2017
Host: C. Hardtke
Elisabeth Truernit Plant Biochemistry, ETH Zurich
Novel players in plant vascular development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 01, 2017
Host: C. Hardtke
Steven Moussu ENS Lyon, France
Communicating within the seed: ZHOUPI and KERBEROS mediate embryo/endosperm separation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 30, 2017
Host: J. Santiago
Bart Thomma Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, NL
Evolution of aggressiveness in a fungal plant pathogen
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 11, 2017
Host: E. Farmer
Ove Nilsson Umea Plant Science Centre, Sweden
Because the seasons they are a-changin’ - FT-like genes control the length of the growing season and winter dormancy in trees
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 04, 2017
Host: C. Fankhauser
Jane Parker Max Planck Institute, Köln, DE
Reprogramming the stress response network in plant innate immunity
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 06, 2017
Host: P. Reymond
Ulrich Hammes Regensburg University, DE
PINning down auxin transport- its regulation and biochemical properties
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 14, 2017
Host: C. Hardtke
Lars Ostergaard Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Organ patterning emerges from genetic and hormonal harmony
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 14, 2017
Host: C. Hardtke
Siobhan Brady College of Biological Sciences, UC Davis California, US
Transcriptional Regulation of Plant Metabolism
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 06, 2017
Host: N. Geldner
Robert Malinowski Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
The SWEET Loop of Death: How does Plasmodiophora brassicae acquire sugar from the infected host?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 02, 2017
Host: C. Hardtke
Inês Barbosa Technical University of Munich, Germany
Polarity control of the auxin transport regulator D6PK
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 12, 2017
Host: C. Fankhauser & N. Geldner
Sylvain Bischof Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, US
siRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 09, 2017
Host: C. Hardtke

2016

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Michael Raissig Stanford University, California, US
Developmental innovations of stomatal form and function in grasses
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 15, 2016
Host: C. Hardtke
Rochus Franke Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, Bonn University, Germany
Minor but crucial - the role of aromatics in apoplastic barriers
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 08, 2016
Host: C. Nawrath
Martin Heil Cinvestav, Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Mexico
Wound recognition and immunity across the tree of life: recognition of the non-self or the damaged self?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 01, 2016
Host: DBMV PhD Students
Bruno Müller Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich
Differential cytokinin distribution to support plant morphogenesis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 24, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Marco Trujillo Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany
The Exocyst Complex - at the Crossroad Between Vesicle Trafficking and Autophagy
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 10, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Florian Grundler & Shahid Siddique Bonn University, Germany
How plant pathogenic nematodes affect their hosts & Recognition and response in plant-nematode interaction
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 13, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Ralph Bock Max Planck Institute, Germany
Genes gone wild: Experimental evolution meets synthetic biology
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 29, 2016
Host: Y. Poirier
Youssef Belkhadir Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna, Austria
SERKcentricity and Softwired Signaling in an Extracellular Leucine Rich Repeat Interactome
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 22, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Ari Pekka Mähönen University of Helsinki
Origin and growth dynamics of the Arabidopsis root cambium
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 15, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Clara Sánchez Rodríguez Department of Biology, ETH Zurich

Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
August 25, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Karin Schumacher Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University
Vacuoles - making large cells on a tight budget
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
August 18, 2016
Host: E. Farmer
Teun Munnik University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Phosphoinositides - lipid signals in plant stress and development
Room 4401, Biophore at 14.00
July 14, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Jason W. Reed Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Coordination of cell expansion in growing plant tissues
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
July 11, 2016
Host: C. Fankhauser
Gwyneth Ingram ENS Lyon, France
Inter-compartmental communication in the seed: Set a thief to catch a thief?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 24, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Melinka Butenko Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
The signalling peptide IDA controls floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
June 09, 2016
Host: C. Nawrath
José Dinneny Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford, CA
Stressed! How plants cope through dynamic behaviors
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 27, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Seth Davis University of York, UK
The Plant circadian clock: mechanisms and purposes
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 26, 2016
Host: C. Fankhauser
Sabrina Sabatini Department of Biology and Biotechnology, La Sapienza University, Rome
Molecular mechanisms in developmental boundary formation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 19, 2016
Host: PhD Students
Corné Pieterse Institute of Environmental biology, Utrech University, Netherlands
Hormonal modulation of the plant’s social network
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 28, 2016
Host: P. Reymond
Edouard Pesquet Department of Ecology, University of Stockholm, SWE
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Secondary Cell Wall Organization in Wood Sap Conduits
Room 4401, Biophore at 14.15
April 13, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
David Salt University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Landscape ionomics: The functional genomics of ecologically adaptive ionomic variation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 7, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Stan Maree John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Extracting tissue growth from microscopy data: what is in an image?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 16, 2016
Host: C. Hardtke
Veronica Grieneisen John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Traffic Control Underlying Developmental Homoeostasis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 12, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Moritz Nowack Plant Systems Biology department, VIB/Ghent University
Always look on the bright side of death - Unraveling the regulation of developmental programmed cell death processes in plants
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 04, 2016
Host: C. Nawrath
Cyril Zipfel The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, UK
Perception and modulation of danger by plant receptor kinases
Room 4401, Biophore at 16.00
February 02, 2016
Host: C. Hardtke
Bert de Rybel Plant Systems Biology department, VIB/Ghent University, Belgium
Controlling the orientation of cell divisions during vascular development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 14, 2016
Host: N. Geldner
Dolf Weijers Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Genetic control of growth and patterning in the plant embryo
Room 4401, Biophore at 15.00
January 07, 2016
Host: C. Hardtke

2015

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Rob Roelfsema Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Molecular mechanisms through which pathogenic microorganisms close stomatal pores
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
November 26, 2015
Host: E. Farmer
Rishi K. Vishwakarma CPBS, CNRS Montpellier, France
Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA Polymerase binding protein A (RbpA) is a new type of transcriptional activator implicated in antibiotic resistance
Room 4401, Biophore at 11.00
November 12, 2015
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Christine Coustau INRA, Sophia Antipolis, France
Aphids reroute one of their immune regulators to interact with their host plant
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 29, 2015
Host: P. Reymond
Anthony Guihur University of Tours, France
Catharanthus roseus : a medicinal plant with an unique spatial organization of monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis pathway
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 1, 2015
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Christopher Grefen Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen
SNAREs at the Crossroads of Membrane Traffic and Ion Transport
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 17, 2015
Host: N. Geldner
Erik Nielsen Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Department
The Role of CSLD Proteins in Polarized Cell Wall Deposition in Arabidopsis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
July 2, 2015
Host: N. Geldner
Thomas Kieselbach Department of Chemistry, Umea University, Sweden
From redox to folding? Putative functions of the disulfide bonds of lumenal chloroplast proteins
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
July 1, 2015
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Jörg Kudla Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology of Plants, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster
Integration of Ca2+ and ROs signaling in Arabidopsis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 28, 2015
Host: E. Farmer
Steffen Abel Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany
Phosphate sensing in root development
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 7, 2015
Host: Y. Poirier
Marc Knight Durham Centre for Crop Improvement Technology, Durham University, UK
Elucidating stress signalling response pathways in Arabidopsis and crops
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 30, 2015
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Michael Hothorn Structural Plant Biology Laboratory, University of Geneva
Structure guided identification of polyphosphate metabolism and phosphate sensing components in plants
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 23, 2015
Host: E. Farmer
François Tardieu INRA Centres, Montpellier
Expansive growth, a primary trait for the response of plants to environmental conditions
Room 4401, Biophore at 11.15
April 22, 2015
Host: C. Fankhauser
Zach Adam Institute of Plant Sciences, The Hebrew University, Israel
Chloroplast proteases and their role in dealing with environmental stresses
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 25, 2015
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Benjamin Péret Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CEA Cadarache, France
Dissecting root architecture adaptation to phosphate starvation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 19, 2015
Host: N. Geldner
Richard Strasser University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Dissecting the glycan-dependent steps in ERAD of misfolded glycoproteins
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 12, 2015
Host: Y. Poirier
Thorsten Nürnberger Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen
Patterns and receptors in Arabidopsis immunity to microbial infection
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 5, 2015
Host: C. Hardtke
Thorsten Hamann Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Plant cell wall integrity maintenance - What does it mean and why is it interesting?
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 19, 2015
Host: N. Geldner
Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein Technion, Israel
Growth coordination through spatial distribution of brassinosteroid activity
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 4, 2015
Host: N. Geldner
Julia Santiago Structural Plant Biology Lab, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tuebingen
Ligand sensing and activation of plant membrane receptors: from the atom to phenotype
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 22, 2015
Host: C. Hardtke

2014

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Teva Vernoux Reproduction et développement des plantes, ENS Lyon
Plant hormone signaling and the emergence of periodic patterns of morphogenesis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
December 11, 2014
Host: C. Fankhauser
Michael Udvardi The Samuel Roberts NOBEL Foundation, Oklahoma
Functional genomics of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Medicago truncatula
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 24, 2014
Host: Y. Poirier
Prof Jane Parker Max Planck Institute for Plants Breeding Research
Reprogramming cells for defence in plant immunity
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
October 9, 2014
Host:P. Reymond
Prof Meike Burow University of Copenhagen
Feed-back regulation of jasmonic acid signaling by a glucosinolate biosynthetic gene in Arabidopsis
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
September 11, 2014
Host: P. Reymond
Ian Small University of Western Australia
Designing RNA binding proteins for applications in agriculture and biotechnology
Room 2213, Biophore at 11.30
May 22, 2014
Host: Y. Poirier
Gabriel Krouk CNRS,INRA,Montpelier
Systems approaches to decipher Nutrient signaling interactions
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 15, 2014
Host: N. Geldner
Liam Dolan University of Oxford
Evolution of land plant rooting systems: insight from multiple models
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
May 8, 2014
Host: C.Hardtke
George Haughn University of British Columbia
A Coat of Many Colours: Investigating Cell Wall Structure and Function Using Genetic Analysis of the Arabidopsis Seed Coat.
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
April 3, 2014
Host: Y. Poirier
Tina Romeis Freie Universität Berlin
Function of CDPKs in plant biotic stress signalling
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 20, 2014
Host: E. Farmer
Markus Teige University of Vienna
Protein phosphorylation and Ca signals in plant stress acclimation
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
March 6, 2014
Host: E. Farmer
Christophe Godin INRA, Montpellier
Anomalies in phyllotactic patterns: a challenging issue for the standard model
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 27, 2014
Host: C. Hardtke
Tou Cheu Xiong INRA, Montpellier
Plant leaf vascular tissue, a highway network for long distance calcium signalling
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
February 6, 2014
Host: E. Farmer
Thomas Laux Universität Freiburg
Pattern formation meets stem cell maintenance in the shoot meristem
Room 4401, Biophore at 12.15
January 23, 2014
Host: E. Farmer

2013

Speaker, Institution, Title Date, Host
Wilfried Weber Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Optical Control of Gene Expression and Signalling in Animal Cells
Room 2107, Biophore at 12.15
December 5, 2013
Host: C. Fankhauser
Markus Geisler University of Fribourg
Functional interactomics of auxin transport complexes
Room 2107, Biophore at 12.15
November 28, 2013
Host: C. Nawrath
Miguel Blazquez CSIC-UPV, Valencia
Plant DELLA proteins as hubs for genomic regulation
Room 2107, Biophore at 12.15
November 11, 2013
Host: C. Fankhauser
Herve Vaucheret INRA, Versailles
RNA silencing in plants: lessons from silent transgenes
Room 2107, Biophore at 12.15
November 7, 2013
Host: Y. Poirier
Olivier Hamant INRA, CNRS, UCBL1, ENS Lyon
How to fold a plant tissue?
Room 2107, Biophore at 12.15
October 31, 2013
Host: N. Geldner
Julian Ma St George's, University of London
Molecular Pharming for monoclonal antibodies - the journey from bench to clinic
Room 2107, Biophore at 12.15
Septembre 19, 2013
Host: Y Poirier
Moritz Nowack VIB, Ghent University
Programmed Cell Death during plant reproductive development
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
March 28, 2013
Host:N.Geldner
Patrick Achard Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Strasbourg
The GA-DELLA signaling as integrator of environmental signals
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
June 13, 2013
Host: P. Reymond
Wilbert Boelens Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Novel functions of small heat-shock proteins
Room 4401, Biophore at 9.00
June 11, 2013
Host: P. Goloubinoff
Nathalie PRAT-LEONHARDT CNRS-CEA-Univ Aix-Marseille II
Molecular events in stomatal responses to biotic and abiotic stresses
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
April 25, 2013
Host: Y. Poirier
Michael Neff Washington State University
Functional Analysis of the AT-hook Motif Containing Nuclear Localization (AHL) Gene Family in Arabidopsis thaliana
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
April 18, 2013
Host: C. Fankhauser
Alexis Maizel Heidelberg University
Shining sheets of light onto plant development
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
April 17, 2013
Host: N. Geldner
Martin Crespi Institut des Sciences Végétales, CNRS, Gif
Non-coding RNAs in root development
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
March 14, 2013
Host: Y. Poirier
Dominique Loqué Berkeley, USA
Use of synthetic biology to redesign plant secondary cell wall deposition
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
March 4, 2013
Host: N. Geldner
Ronald Pierik Utrecht University
Plant signaling and multi-tasking in crowded environments
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
February 28, 2013
Host: C. Fankhauser
Felix Hauser UC San Diego, USA
A genomic scale artificial micro RNA library as a tool to investigate the redundant gene space in Arabidopsis thaliana
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
January 17, 2013
Host: C. Fankhauser
Laurent Nussaume UMR 7265 CNRS/CEA/Univ Aix-Marseille
Unravelling Pi perception in Arabidopsis
Amphitheatre Biophore at 12.00
January 10, 2013
Host: N. Geldner