Program

tentative program - watch for updates !


Tuesday, September 03

12:00Registration opens
15:00Welcome address
15:10 - 16:00

Opening keynote by Steven Spoel (University of Edinburgh): Dynamic ubiquitin signalling orchestrates plant immunity

Session I - Proteases in cell Death and Aging (Chair: TBA)
16:00 - 16:40Ralf Reski (University of Freiburg): A unified concept of ageing? A deeply conserved protease acts in plant ageing
16:40 - 17:00talk selected from abstracts
17:00 - 17:20talk selected from abstracts
17:20 - 17:40talk selected from abstracts
17:40 - 18:00 short break
18:00 - 21:00Welcome Get-Together

Wednesday, September 04

Session II - Proteases in Abiotic Stress (Chair: TBA)
09:00 - 09:40Núria Sánchez Coll (Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Barcelona): The role of metacaspases in the formation of stress-inducible biomolecular condensates
09:40- 10:00talk selected from abstracts
10:00 - 10:20talk selected from abstracts
10:20 - 10:40talk selected from abstracts

10:40 - 11:20

Coffee Break
Session III - Proteases in Biotic Stress I (Chair: TBA)
11:20 - 12:00Simon Stael (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences): Damage-activated proteolysis is a potential key player in the plant wound response
12:00 - 12:20talk selected from abstracts
12:20 - 12:40talk selected from abstracts
12:40 - 13:00talk selected from abstracts
13:00 - 14:00Lunch Break
Session III - Proteases in Biotic Stress II (Chair: TBA)
14:00 - 14:40Saskia Hogenhout (John Innes Centre, Norwich)
14:40 - 15:00talk selected from abstracts
15:00 - 15:20talk selected from abstracts
15:20 - 15:40 talk selected from abstracts
15:40 - 16:20 Coffee Break
Session IV - Organellar Proteases (Chair: TBA)
16:20 - 17:00Zach Adam (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): FtsH and Deg proteases in chlorolast development and maintenance
17:00 - 17:20talk selected from abstracts
17:20 - 17:40talk selected from abstracts
17:40 - 18:00talk selected from abstracts
Poster Session I
18:00 - 21:00Odd-numbered Posters with Finger Food

Thursday, September 05

Session VI - Protease Function and Regulation / Development (chair: TBA)
09:00 - 09:40TBA: late breaking topic !
09:40 - 10:00talk chosen from abstracts
10:00 - 10:40talk chosen from abstracts

10:40 - 11:00

talk chosen from abstracts
Poster Session II
11:00 - 13:00Even-numbered posters with Coffee
13:00 - 14:00Lunch Break
Session VII: Technical Advances and Biotechnology (Chair: TBA)
14:00 - 14:40Marina Klemençiç (Novartis, Slovenia): Double Duty Enzymes: The Proteolytic and Transpeptidase Roles of PLCPs
14:40 - 15:00talk chosen from abstracts
15:00 - 15:20talk chosen from abstracts
15:20 - 15:30Award Ceremony
15:30 - 16:10Closing keynote - Renier van der Hoorn
16:10 - 16:30Closing Remarks & Announcement of PP2025
19:00Conference Dinner

There is one slot for an invited talk on a late-braking topic still open! Do you want to apply? If you have a really exciting and mostly unpublished story to present, please let us know until March 31st.