Symposium on March 22^nd, 2023 at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

 

Plant diseases are a serious threat to food security. Worldwide pathogens and pests reduce a significant amount of yield and quality of agricultural products. In the future it is expected that global climate change will intensify the damage to plant health thereby increasing food insecurity. In order to safeguard food security, we need to understand underlying processes of plant microbe interaction and the role of the microbes that life in close association to plants.

This event aims at reinforcing the importance of fundamental plant-microbe research for sustainable food security.

We are happy about your participation and looking forward to the symposium.

 

Registration:

To register to the symposium, send an email to food-securityuni-koeln.de with the subject “Registration to PMI for sustainable food Security”, including your name and affiliation.

Registration deadline is March 17th, 2023.

The symposium is free of charge.

 

Call for short talks

We accept scientific abstracts for your presentations. Abstracts should be submitted and presented in English. It should include a title, the author(s) and affiliations and the abstract text (approximately 200 – 300 words), submitted in a pdf file. Please do not forget to emphasize the importance of your research project for sustainable food security.

Please choose the session in which you would like to present your topic

• Session 1: Resilient Crops support Food Security
• Session 2: Beneficial Roles of Microbes for Sustainable Food Security

Abstract submission deadline is March 1^st, 2023.

Successful applicants will be notified by March 8th, 2023.

Please submit your abstract together with your registration via email to food-securityuni-koeln.de

 

Programme

8:30	Registration
9:00	Welcome Words Prof Stanislav Kopriva, Speaker of the Competence Area Food Security, University of Cologne Dr Dorit Grunewald, Coordinator of the Competence Area Food Security, University of Cologne
9:10 – 12:00	Session 1: Resilient Crops support Food Security Chair: Dr Johana Misas, University of Cologne
09:10	Prof Wenbo Ma, The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich “Defense and counter-defense in plant-pathogen interactions”
09:55	Dr Alexander Förderer, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne “A wheat resistosome defines common principles of immune receptor channels”
10:25	Dr Georgios Saridis, University of Cologne “Temporal regulation of the effectome in smut fungi”
10:40	Qiaochu Shen, University of Cologne “How the activation of plant mixed lineage kinase domain-like proteins (MLKLs) is translated into effective plant protection?”
10:55	Coffee Break
11:15	Inside Story Prof Wolf B. Frommer, "Healthy Crops", Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf “From the field to the lab and back to the field - some science, but also a lot else before the farmers get the seeds”
12:00	End Session 1
12:00	Lunch
13:00 – 15:00	Session 2: Beneficial Roles of Microbes for Sustainable Food Security Chair: Hanna Rövenich, University of Cologne
13:00	Dr Ronnie de Jonge, Utrecht University, Netherlands “Identification of the conserved iol gene cluster involved in rhizosphere competence in Pseudomonas”
13:45	Lisa Mahdi, University of Cologne “Characterization of the mechanisms underlying plant-microbe multipartite interactions”
14:00	Zara Sorger, University of Cologne “Mechanisms of basidiomycete yeast function in complex leaf microbial communities”
14:15	Dr Fantin Mesny, University of Cologne “Fungi with high pathogenic potential dominate in healthy plant mycobiomes”
14:30	Dr Isabelle Schiffer, Gateway Exzellenz Start-up Center, University of Cologne Isabelle Metzen, University of Cologne "From Science to Solutions - The importance of fundamental plant-microbe research to open new ways towards sustainable food security"
14:45	Closing Remarks Prof Stanislav Kopriva, University of Cologne
15:00	End Session 2
15:00 - 16:00	Coffee, Cake and Networking

 

 

Symposium Venue

The Symposium will take place at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Adress:

CMMC Research Center, Robert-Koch-Str. 21, 50931 Cologne,Germany

Arriving by train and using public transportation

From Cologne Messe/Deutz take tram (underground) no. 9 (direction "Sülz") and get off at the stop "Weyertal”. Walk in the direction of travel, turn right onto “Robert-Koch-Str.” and walk straight ahead. The CMMC Research Center, Robert-Koch-Str. 21, 50931 Cologne, is located on the left side (approx. 18 minutes).

From Cologne Central Station take either subway no. 16 (direction "Sürth", "Bonn / Bad Godesberg") or subway no. 18 (direction "Klettenbergpark", "Brühl") to "Neumarkt" station. You will arrive below street level and need to take the steps/escalator up to street level to change to tram no. 9 (direction "Sülz"). Get off at the stop "Weyertal”. Walk in the direction of travel, turn right onto “Robert-Koch-Str.” and walk straight ahead. The CMMC Research Center, Robert-Koch-Str. 21, 50931 Cologne, is located on the left side (approx. 18 minutes).

 

Organising Committee

• Stanislav Kopriva

Speaker Competence Area Food Security, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne

Deputy Speaker Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)

• Johana Misas

Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne

• Hanna Rövenich

Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne

• Dorit Grunewald

Coordinator Competence Area Food Security, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne

 

Administrative Support

Elke Henn

Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne