About the meeting
Meiosis is at the center of sexual reproduction. It ensures the creation of a new variation by mixing genetic material from the parents. In plants, this plays a key role not only in the context of natural selection and evolution, but also breeding for food security.
PMM will provide a platform for discussing topics related to the latest discoveries in plant meiosis, with a special focus on the control of meiosis and mechanisms of recombination. Population and evolutionary aspects of plant meiosis will also be covered. Furthermore, we will have the opportunity to see the latest discoveries and progress in plant breeding strategies.
An essential aspect of the meeting is to create a friendly atmosphere that will stimulate the exchange of knowledge and ideas between scientists and specialists. This is a unique opportunity to establish collaborations on future projects. The meeting will also serve as a platform for academic exchange between young, aspiring scientists and experienced, recognized researchers in the field of plant genetics.
Kirsten Bomblies
Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Recombination in polyploidy adaptation and stabilization, temperature impact on meiosis
Mathilde Grelon
INRAE, AgroParisTech, IJPB Versaille, France
Meiotic mechanisms, recombination, chromosome dynamics
Raphael Mercier
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
Molecular mechanism of meiosis and recombination, factors affecting crossover formation, clonal reproduction through seeds
Wojtek Pawlowski
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Recombination in maize, chromosome dynamics, regulation of meiosis, evolution of recombination landscape
Holger Puchta
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Plant genome engineering, DSB repair, genome stability
Arp Schnittger
University of Hamburg, Germany
Cell cycle control, entry in and progression through meiosis, homologous recombination in meiosis and during DNA damage repair in somatic cell
04.09.24 Wednesday
12:00 - 14:50
Registration
14:50 - 18:00
Session 1 – Regulation of meiotic entry and progression
14:50 – 15:00 – conference opening
15:00 – 15:30 – key note speaker: Arp Schnittger
15:30 – 16:30 – talks selected from abstracts
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break
14:50 - 18:00
Session 1 – Regulation of meiotic entry and progression
15:30 – 16:30 – talks selected from abstracts
18:00 – 19:00
Dinner
19:00 – 21:00
Poster session with beer and snacks
05.09.24 Thursday
9:30 - 11:00
Session 2 – Chromosome pairing, synapsis and segregation
9:30 – 10:00 – keynote speaker: Mathilde Grelon
10:00 – 11:00 – talks selected from abstracts
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
Session 3 – Understanding the mechanism of recombination
11:30 – 12:00 – keynote speaker: Raphaël Mercier
12:00 – 13:00 – talks selected from abstracts
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Session 4 – Crossover control in generation of genetic diversity
14:00 – 14:30 – keynote speaker: Wojtek Pawlowski
14:30 – 15:30 – talks selected from abstracts
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
Session 5 – Meiosis in genome evolution and polyploidy
16:00 – 16:30 – keynote speaker: Kirsten Bomblies
16:30 – 17:30 – talks selected from abstracts
19:00
Gala dinner
06.09.24 Friday
10:00 - 13:00
Session 6 – Emerging technologies in plant breeding
10:00 – 10:30 – keynote speaker: Holger Puchta
10:30 – 11:15 – talks selected from abstracts
11:15 - 11:45
Coffee break
10:00 - 13:00
Session 6 – Emerging technologies in plant breeding
11:45 – 12:45 – talks selected from abstracts
12:45 – 13:00 – poster prize and conference closing
Venue
The meeting will take place on the newly founded Morasko Campus located 15 mins by tram from the city centre. The meeting will be hosted in the AMU Faculty of Biology building (Collegium Biologicum), in the Paczoski Auditorium, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6 Street, 61-614 Poznan
Poznań is a vibrant Polish city, located in the heart of Europe, halfway between Berlin and Warsaw. Journeys are easy as the city is very well connected with the major European and Polish cities including Frankfurt, Munich, Copenhagen, Warsaw and London.
Moreover, Poznan is one of the biggest academic centres in Poland. The largest university in the city is Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU), where almost every third Poznan student is educated.
AMU is organized into 20 faculties, one of them being the Faculty of Biology, located in the north district of Poznań, at the Morasko Campus.
Organized by the Ziolkowski Lab
Organizing Committee
Piotr Ziółkowski
Maja Szymańska-Lejman
Julia Dłużewska
Wojciech Dzięgielewski
Scientific Committee
Kyuha Choi (South Korea)
Charles Underwood (Netherlands)