Programme_BRACHYPODIUM (click here)
Tuesday 25 June 2019
Session: Opening keynote address
17:30 Opening address
18:00 Elizabeth Kellogg Diverse development of grass abscission zones
19:30 Opening reception
Wednesday 26 June 2019
Session: Natural diversity and evolution
8:30 Robert Hasterok Inferring on karyotype structure and evolution in Brachypodium using cross-species chromosome barcoding
9:00 John Doonan Flower and grain trait variation in Brachypodium
9:15 Sinead Dread Brachypodium distachyon grains in a comparative and evolutionary context
9:30 Benoit Lefebvre Brachypodium distachyon genetic variability for beneficial interaction with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
9:45 Errol Vela Typification of names and their taxonomic assignment within the Brachypodium distachyon complex (Poaceae)
10:00 Pilar Catalan How diverse is Brachypodium? an updated view of annual and perennial compilospecies complexes
10:15 Coffee break
Session: Comparative genomics and transcriptomics
10:45 Robin Buell Life with 1000 genomes: Defining the pan-genome in maize
11:15 Keiichi Mochida Transcriptome analysis of gene regulatory network reveals differential organization of rhythmic transcriptome between sub-genomes in the allopolyploid grass Brachypodium hybridum
11:30 Alexander Betekhtin CRISPR/Cas9-based targeted mutagenesis in Brachypodium distachyon and B. hybridum and its application to study the model grass genome organisation
11:45 János Györgyey LOB-domain transcription factor gene family of Brachypodium distachyon
12:00 Isabel Marques Genome-wide analysis of floral genes in perennial temperate grasses: is there a common genomic toolbox to cope with extreme environmental conditions?
12:15 Charles Solomon Programmed cell death in developing Brachypodium distachyon caryopsis
12:30 Lunch
Session: Development and growth
13:30 David des Marais Natural diversity in patterns of biomass allocation in annual and perennial Brachypodium
14:00 Daniel Woods Mutations in a predicted DNA polymerase subunit Cdc-27 (ZAO1) result in more rapid flowering of Brachypodium distachyon
14:15 Liang Wu Divergent roles of FTs in flowering control in Brachypodium distachyon
14:30 Michael Raissig Developmental innovations of stomatal form and function in Brachypodium
14:45 Richard Sibout A Leucine Rich Repeat Receptor Kinase regulates vasculature patterning, phloem-xylem polarity and cell wall composition in Brachypodium
15:00 Thiel Lehman Molecular and cell biological characterization of the BUZZ cell division kinase involved in root hair development
15:15 Coffee break
Session: Tolerance and adaptation to abiotic stresses
15:45 Pubudu Handakumbura Genotypic and phenotypic diversity for drought tolerance in Brachypodium distachyon
16:00 Mhemmed Gandour Screening of Brachypodium hybridum genotypes for drought tolerance
16:15 Shira Penner Adaptation to stress in Brachypodium along the aridity gradient in Israel
16:30 Johannes Metz Ecology of annual Brachypodium in Israel: Unexpected ways of adaptation to drier climates at two spatial scales
16:45 Bruno Contreras A pan-genome perspective on the co-expression response of genes to drought in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon
17:00 Poster session: even posters present
Session: Keynote conference
17:30 Eviatar Nevo Evolution Canyon: sympatric evolution through niche adaptation
18:30 Social events
Thursday 27 June 2019
Session: Regulatory elements, networks and epigenomics
8:30 Anne Roulin Transposable element evolution in Brachypodium distachyon: what can we learn from population genomics?
9:00 Mexia Li RNA interactome capture in Brachypodium reveals a flowering plant core RBPome
9:15 Joshua Coomey SECONDARY WALL INTERACTING bZIP (SWIZ) regulates secondary cell wall biosynthesis in Brachypodium distachyon in response to mechanical stress
9:30 Michael Thieme Stress-induced mobilization of transposable elements in natural accessions of the model plant Brachypodium distachyon
9:45 Christoph Stritt High sequence turnover and GC bias in the grass Brachypodium distachyon indicate frequent ectopic recombination between retrotransposon copies
10:00 Kirankumar Mysore Insertional mutagenesis in Brachypodium distachyon using the Tnt1 retrotransposon and its potential use to identify novel sources of disease resistance
10:15 Coffee break
Session: Polyploidy and perenniality
10:45 Pamela Soltis Polyploidy as integrator across levels of biological organization: from cells to ecosystems
11:15 Ruben Sancho Reference-genome syntenic mapping and multigene-based phylogenomics reveal the ancestry of homeologous subgenomes in grass Brachypodium allopolyploids
11:30 Virginia Markham Transposon traps and kissing chromosomes: 3D chromatin interactions in a hybrid nucleus
11:45 Antonio Manzaneda Homoeologous gene expression and subgenome contributions in response to water stress in the allotetraploid Brachypodium hybridum (Poaceae)
12:00 Natalia Borowska-Zuchowska The fate of 35S rRNA genes in allotetraploid Brachypodium hybridum – an evolutionary point of view
12:15 Nir Sade The perennial model grass Brachypodium sylvaticum -stress tolerance of two accessions growing in contrasting climate
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Poster session: even posters present
14:00 Half day field trip to Somontano area
21:00 Banquet dinner
Friday 28 June 2019
Session: Ecology and Environment
8:30 David Lowry The genetic and physiological basis of local adaptation along environmental gradients
9:00 Megan Korte Facilitation as a driver of within population variation in Brachypodium
9:15 Pedro Rey Influence of leaf functional trait variation on the response to insect herbivory in the Brachypodium distachyon species complex
9:30 Xavier Picó The value of regional collections of natural populations to unravel the ecological and genetic basis of adaptive variation in Arabidopsis thaliana
9:45 Agnieszka Gladala-Kostarz The impact of wind stress and mechanical stimulation on the growth and composition of Brachypodium distachyon stems
10:00 Luis Mur Genetic, epigenetic and metabolomic differentiation of Turkish Brachypodium distachyon accessions into two geographically distinct populations
10:15 Coffee break
Session: Adaptation to abiotic and biotic constrains
10:45 Borjana Arsova Use of non-invasive phenotyping, molecular approaches and beneficial microbes in the understanding and improvement of Brachypodium nutrient uptake with focus on Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Zinc
11:15 Yusuke Kouzai Rapid activation of WRKY-dependent immunity facilitates native resistance against the sheath blight pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani, in Brachypodium distachyon
11:30 Macarena Mellado-SanchezThe SNF2 family of chromatin remodelers is conserved in Brachypodium distachyon and involved in the response to combinatorial abiotic stresses
11:45 Emma Aronson Brachypodium distachyon and B. hybridum root, rhizosphere and bulk soil bacterial communities differ between native and invaded ranges
12:00 Rajiv Kumar Tripathi Molecular characterization of SPL/miR156 regulatory component in Brachypodium spp.
12:15 Marlon De la Peña Cuao Brachypodium distachyon: a good model to study ammonium assimilation, nutrition and stress in cereals
12:30 Lunch
Session: Crop and biomass crop translation
13:30 Klaus Mayer From genome to genomes. Charting the genome landscape(s) of western civilisation
14:00 Manuel Becana Hemoglobins of vascular plants: from model plants to crops (and way back)
14:15 Miguel Alfonso-Lozano Functional analysis of fatty acid elongase TaFAE1 gene from biofuel feedstock Thlaspi arvense reveals differences in seed-oil biosynthesis among Brassicaceae
14:30 Ernesto Igartua Diversification of cultivated barley and selection footprints in the landraces of the Iberian Peninsula
14:45 Aurora Diaz Molecular passport of a new Zea weed emerged in European maize fields
15:00 Thomas Girin From models to crops: using Brachypodium toward an improvement of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in cereals
15:15 Coffee break
15:45 Poster session: odd posters present
Session: Closing keynote address
17:00 John Vogel More, more, more, the genus Brachypodium as a sequence-enabled functional genomics model
17:30 Closing address
18:00 Social events
Saturday 29 June 2019
Postconference field trips
7:00-20:00 Ordesa National Park
7:00-20:00 Rio Vero Canyon