Confirmed speakers:
RNDr. Jiří Macas, Ph.D.
Molecular cytogenetics, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS
Dr. Tony Heitkam
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Technische Universität Dresden
Prof. Dr. Holger Puchta
Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften (JKIP)
Prof. Ing. Jaroslav Doležel, DrSc.
Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS
Prof. Dr. Andreas Houben
Chromosome Structure and Function, The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Programme
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11 September 2023:
08:00 - 8:30:
Registration
08:30 - 9:00:
Opening ceremony
09:00 – 9:45:
Holger Puchta: Applying CRISPR/Cas to plants: From gene editing to chromosome engineering (Abstract 1)
09:45 – 10:05:
Takayoshi Ishii: Chromosome elimination during hybrid embryogenesis of Poaceae: wheat/oat × Pennisetum (Abstract 2)
10:05 – 10:25:
Jiří Fajkus: Telomerase RNA gene paralogs: the usual pathway to unusual plant telomeres (Abstract 3)
10:25 - 10:50:
Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:10:
Yi-Tzu Kuo: Mitotic and meiotic centromere dynamics differ in a holocentric species with megabase-sized centromere units (Abstract 4)
11:10 – 11:30:
Paula Franke: Key aspects of the spatial nucleus organization in the Brachypodium genus (Abstract 5)
11:30 – 11:50:
István Molnár: U chromosomes of Aegilops biuncialis are more frequently eliminated than M chromosomes during their introgression into wheat (Abstract 6)
11:50 – 12:10:
Mehrdad Shahbazi: Cytonuclear Interactions in Auto- and Allopolyploids of Festuca-Lolium Complex (Abstract 7)
12:10 – 12:12:
Eszter Gaál: Crested wheatgrass and the gametocidal genes system to widen the gene pool of wheat (Abstract 8)
12:12 – 12:14:
Anna Nowicka: Towards an understanding of nuclear morphology and chromosome organization in endoreduplicated nuclei of barley seed tissues (Abstract 9)
12:14 – 12:16:
Ondřej Helia: Effects of extensive chromosomal rearrangements in terms of genetics and epigenetics in Arabidopsis thaliana model plant (Abstract 10)
12:16 – 12:18:
Alžběta Doležalová: Variability in mutual chromosome positioning in 3D space of rice nuclei (Abstract 11)
12:18 – 12:20:
Solmaz Khosravi: Chromosomal rearrangments and epigenetic consequences (Abstract 12)
12:20 – 12:22:
Marcel Hubinský: Extensive chromosomal changes and seed geometric morphometrics in Silene (Abstract 13)
12:22 – 12:24:
Eva Sykorová: Chromosomes at their ends – evolutionary perspectives (Abstract 14)
12:24 – 12:26:
Serhii Mykhailyk: Nucleolar dominance in the allotetraploid model grass Brachypodium hybridum – exploring molecular mechanisms behind the cytogenetic phenomenon. (Abstract 15)
12:30 - 13:20:
Lunch
13:20 - 13:40:
Partners presentations
13:40 – 14:05:
Tony Heitkam: The Crocus Chronicles: Decoding the Triploid Puzzle of Clonal Saffron Crocus (Abstract 16)
14:05 – 14:25:
Sreetama Bhadra: The impact of genome size on trait flexibility, evolutionary radiation and the distribution of angiosperms (Abstract 17)
14:25 – 14:45:
Bozena Kolano: Evolutionary Dynamics of tandem repetitive sequences in Crepis sensu lato (Abstract 18)
14:45 - 15:10:
Coffee break
15:10 – 15:30:
Terezie Mandáková: Origin and evolution of diploid and allopolyploid Camelina genomes (Abstract 19)
15:30 – 15:50:
Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss: Prospero’s magic: when karyotypic and genomic changes drive diversification (and the phenotype does not keep up) (Abstract 20)
15:50 – 16:10:
Trude Schwarzacher: Insights into chromosome and repetitive sequence evolution in Musaceae from long-molecule, t2t genome assemblies and molecular cytogenetics (Abstract 21)
16:10 – 16:12:
Nomar Waminal: Dysploidy in spring crocuses (Crocus series Verni) (Abstract 22)
16:12 – 16:14:
Yile Huang: The pathways of whole-genome duplications, diploidization, and descending dysploidy in the Biscutelleae (Brassicaceae) (Abstract 23)
16:14 – 16:16:
Hina Shimomai: Urban environments, chromosome formula and polyploidization in two Commelina species (Abstract 24)
16:16 – 16:18:
Sara Ishiguro: Major genotype-panels for Hydrangea genomics by comparative repeat analysis (Abstract 25)
16:18 – 16:20:
Xinyi Guo: The amplification of interstitial telomeric repeats accompanied genome evolution in the East Asian genus Yinshania (Brassicaceae) (Abstract 26)
16:20 – 16:22:
Dana Trunova: Does the time matter? Revealing the pathways of rRNA gene evolutionin Brachypodium hybridum of different evolutionary age. (Abstract 27)
16:22 – 16:24:
Jana Čížková: Evolution of the family Musaceae through large chromosomal rearrangements (Abstract 29)
16:24 – 16:26:
Anton Stepanenko: Nucleotide level structure of 5S rDNA loci in the great duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza (Abstract 30)
16:26 – 16:28:
Sophie Maiwald: Evolving together: Cassandra retrotransposons gradually mirror promoter mutations of the 5S rRNA genes (Abstract 31)
16:28 – 16:30:
Milan Pouch: Polyploidy-driven genome evolution of the South African genus Heliophila (Brassicaceae) (Abstract 32)
16:30 – 16:32:
Thiago Nascimento: Independent and recurrent dysploidy events in Phaseolus beans (Abstract 33)
16:32 – 16:34:
Nicola Schmidt: Repeat turnover meets stable chromosomes: Repetitive DNAs mark speciation and gene pool boundaries in sugar beet and wild beets (Abstract 34)
16:40 - 16:55:
Break
16:55 – 17:20:
Jaroslav Doležel: Let them move: flow cytometric chromosome analysis and sorting (Abstract 35)
17:20 – 17:40:
Hana Šimková: A 3C view of 3D genome dynamics in barley (Abstract 36)
17:40 – 18:00:
Petr Novák: RepeatExplorer tools for genome annotations (Abstract 37)
18:00 – 18:20:
Nobuko Ohmido: Unveiling the Nano-World of Plant Chromosomes: Chromatin Fiber Compaction and Scaffold Protein Localization using Advanced Microscopy Techniques (Abstract 38)
18:20 – 18:40:
Takashi Okamoto: Wheat-rice hybrid mitochondria in Oryzawheat and their transmission to the next generation (Abstract 39)
18:40 – 18:42:
Tereza Šlajsová: The application laboratory for agricultural research at the Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics of Institute of Experimental Botany (Abstract 40)
18:42 – 18:44:
Petr Fajkus: Computational identification of evolutionary conserved non-coding RNAs (Abstract 41)
18:44 – 18:46:
Martina Nešpor Dadejová: Detection of protein recruitment and protein-protein interactions at DNA lesions in plant protoplasts (Abstract 42)
18:46 – 18:48:
Ludwig Mann: High-fidelity repeat consensus sequences from short reads (Abstract 43)
18:48 – 18:50:
Bhanu Prakash Potlapalli: Development of novel CRISPR/Cas9-based tools for visualizing genomic sequences (Abstract 44)
18:50 – 18:52:
Petr Janás: Reversing ancient chromosomal rearrangements in Cardamine hirsuta (Brassicaceae) using CRISPR/Cas (Abstract 45)
19:00:
Posters Dinner (Session 1, 2, 3)
12 September 2023:
08:30 – 08:55:
Jiří Macas: Comparative genomics of plant centromeres (Abstract 46)
08:55 – 09:15:
Begoña Quirós-de-la-Peña: Cytogenetic and molecular evidence for polyclonality and sexual events in allopolyploid apomictic species Hieracium halleri (Asteraceae) (Abstract 47)
09:15 – 09:35:
Aleš Pečinka: Spatial in vivo dynamics of mitotic divisions in barley (Hordeum vulgare) (Abstract 48)
09:35 – 09:55:
Jana Lunerová, Veit Herklotz: Unraveling the Rosa canina Genome: Cytogenetic, Genomic, and Phylogenetic Insights into Pentaploid Genome Harbouring Asymmetrical Meiosis. (Abstract 49)
09:55 - 10:15:
Coffee break
10:15 – 10:35:
Inna Lermontova: The protein-protein interaction network of KNL2 in Arabidopsis thaliana (Abstract 50)
10:35 – 10:55:
Suriya Tamilselvan Nattar Amutha: Single pollen nucleus genotyping and virus tools for meiotic gene studies in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (Abstract 51)
10:55 – 11:15:
Stefan Steckenborn: Dynamics and adaptation of the meiotic recombination landscape among natural and artificial chromosomes in holocentric Rhynchospora plant species (Abstract 52)
11:15 – 11:30:
Veronika Kolačková: STED nanoscopy of intra-nuclear chromatin structures in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (Abstract 53)
11:30 – 11:32:
Jana Szecówka: Both male and female meiosis contribute to non-Mendelian inheritance of parental chromosomes in interspecific plant hybrids (Lolium × Festuca) (Abstract 54)
11:32 – 11:34:
Azahara C. Martin: ZIP4 is required for normal progression of synapsis and for over 95% of crossovers in wheat (Abstract 55)
11:34 – 11:36:
Astrid Johanna Irena Severyns: Uncovering the mechanism of cold-induced meiotic restitution in Musa spp. (Abstract 56)
11:36 – 11:38:
Ramakrishna Yadala: Recurrent plant-specific duplications of KNL2 and its conserved function as a kinetochore assembly factor (Abstract 57)
11:38 – 11:40:
Baicui Wang: Identification of novel meiotic players based on screening of Axis TurboID candidates (ATC) and SUMO candidates (Abstract 58)
11:40 – 11:42:
Maria Cuacos: Anti- and pro-CO factors in barley (Abstract 59)
11:42 – 11:44:
Zhenling lyu: Tetraploid B. rapa are highly tolerant of tetravalent formation and aneuploidy (Abstract 60)
11:44 – 11:46:
Ludmila Oliveira: Antibodies against kinetochore proteins NDC80 and KNL1 provide highly versatile markers of centromeres in flowering plants (angiosperms) (Abstract 61)
11:46 – 11:48:
Chao Feng: Proteomic profiling of meiotic chromosome axis in Arabidopsis thaliana based on TurboID (Abstract 62)
11:40 - 12:40:
Coffee + Posters (Session 4)
12:40 - 13:30:
Lunch
13:40:
Departure to the Mendel Museum
13:50 - 14:20:
Eva Chocholová: Peas of Mendel´s life revealed by dental calculus
14:20 - 14:50:
Ingo Schubert: The fate of Mendel's discoveries
15:00 - 18:00:
Tours of the Mendel Museum / free time
18:00:
Conference Dinner
13 September 2023:
08:30 – 08:50:
Roman Hobza: Key drivers of plant sex chromosomes knowledge explosion (Abstract 63)
08:50 – 09:10:
Václav Bačovský: A complex affair – sex chromosome evolution in plants (Abstract 64)
09:10 – 09:25:
Lucie Horáková: Considerable genetic diversity within the hop varieties explains non-Mendelian segregation patterns (Abstract 65)
09:25 – 09:45:
Miroslava Karafiátová: Does B chromosome alternate the pollen development in wild sorghum? (Abstract 66)
09:45 – 10:05:
Sònia Garcia: Unveiling Reproductive Diversity: Tree of Sex 2.0 Progress Report (Abstract 67)
10:05 – 10:07:
Jana Kružlicová: Weird and wonderful – an origin of sex chromosomes in two races of Rumex hastatulus (Abstract 69)
10:07 – 10:09:
Jianyong Chen: Identification of the trans-acting factors that control the non-Mendelian drive of the rye B chromosome (Abstract 70)
10:09 – 10:11:
Gihwan Kim: Identification and functional characterization of genes controlling the process of root-specific B chromosome elimination in Aegilops speltoides (Abstract 71)
10:11 – 10:13:
Pavla Novotná: Dosage compensation mechanism in plants with evolutionary young sex chromosomes (Abstract 72)
10:13 – 10:15:
Lucie Hloušková: Characterization of a maize landraces collection concerning the B chromosome (Abstract 73)
10:15 – 10:17:
Joan Pere Pascual-Díaz: Sex-chrome version 2.0: a database of green plant species with sex chromosomes (Abstract 74)
10:15 – 10:17:
Marcel Hubinsky: Non canonical bases as possible regulators of sex chromosomes in the dioecious plant Silene latifolia (Abstract 75)
10:17 – 10:19:
Pavel Jedlička: Extended reconstruction of transposable elements in plants using TE-greedy-nester (Abstract 76)
10:19 – 10:21:
Kashif Nawaz: Assembly of saltgrass genomes reveals unique genomic features of a dioecious, perennial, halophytic grass (Abstract 78)
10:20 - 10:40:
Andreas Houben: Plant chromosome biology - Quo vadis?
10:40 - 11:40:
Coffee + Posters (Session 5)
11:40 - 12:10:
Awards and closing ceremony
12:10:
Lunch