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📢 Abstract Submission Deadline
Talks & Posters:       15th May 2026
Information on the submission process can be found in the confirmation email after registration.
Keynote & Workshop Speakers
Meet our invited speakers—leading experts sharing their latest research and tools. 
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Petra Bleeker

University of Amsterdam

Petra Bleeker's scientific career spans both industry and academia. Her research interests are in plant defensive metabolites, specifically phloem- and trichome-based resistance in tomato to whiteflies.

Plant Physiology - SILS - UvA

Prof. Alex Costa
University of Milan
Alex Costa is well known within the field of Calcium imaging and signaling, employing state-of-the-art fluorescence microscopy and imaging techniques to visualize Calcium dynamics.

Costa Alex | University of Milano Statale

RNDr. Jan Petrášek
Inst. of Experimental Plant Biology, Prague
Jan Petrášek has been working on many aspects of the phytohormone auxin. These include, but are not limited to auxin transport, auxin action and evolution of auxin responses.

Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations

Dr. Jan Götze
Free University of Berlin
The group of Jan Götze is focused on the physicochemical modeling of light harvesting complexes, using quantum chemistry to understand the photosynthetic apparatus.

Quantum Chemistry of Biological Systems

Workshops
Dr. Tom Schreiber
Gene editing

What you'll do:         Will be updated soon
Dr. Fabio Esteban Herrera Rocha
Using online bioinformatic tools
What you'll do:         Will be updated soon
Conference Schedule
Times and titles might change as the event approaches
Day 1 — June 10, 2026
Check-in • Welcome • Keynote • Talks • Workshop • Posters • BBQ
08:30–09:00
☀️Check-in at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
09:00–09:30
👋Welcome & Opening Remarks                           
Prof. Dr. Alain Tissier & PhD Representatives
09:30–10:30
🌿Keynote lecture: Metabolic Defenses of Tomato Against Whiteflies at, and below the surface                      
speaker:      Dr. Petra Bleeker 
10:30–11:00
☕ Coffee break
11:00–12:00
🌱PhD student presentations 
     3 sessions: 20 min each (15 min presentation + 5 min discussion)


12:00–13:00
🍽️ Networking Lunch
13:00–14:40 
🌱PhD student presentations 
     5 sessions: 20 min each (15 min presentation + 5 min discussion)
14:45–16:00
🧪Workshop "Gene editing"                        
Speaker:     Dr. Tom Schreiber
16:00–16:30
☕ Coffee break
16:30–18:00
🪧Poster session I
     Group A
17:00–18:00
✨Meet the speakers
     Dr. Petra Bleeker 
18:00–21:00     +
🫕BBQ & Networking
Day 2 — June 11, 2026
Keynote • Talks • Posters • Dinner
09:00–10:00
🌿Keynote lecture                       
speaker:      Prof. Alex Costa
10:00–10:20
☕ Coffee break
10:20–12:00
🌱PhD student presentations 
     5 sessions: 20 min each (15 min presentation + 5 min discussion)
12:00–13:00
🍽️ Networking Lunch
13:00–14:00
🌿Keynote lecture: Auxin transport                       
speaker:      RNDr. Jan Petrasek


14:00–14:20
☕ Coffee break
14:20–16:00 
🌱PhD student presentations
     5 sessions: 20 min each (15 min presentation + 5 min discussion)
16:00–17:30
🪧Poster session II
     Group B
16:00–17:00
✨Meet the speakers 
     Prof. Alex Costa & RNDr. Jan Petrasek
17:30–18:00
🌐Vineyard Campus Tour
18:00–21:00     +
 💃Conference Dinner
Day 3 — June 12, 2026
Keynote • Talks • Workshop • Closing remarks
09:00–10:15
🧪Workshop "Using online bioinformatic tools"                        
Speaker:     Dr. Fabio Herrera Rocha
10:15–10:30
☕ Coffee break
10:30–11:30
🌿Keynote lecture                       
speaker:  Dr. Jan Götze
11:30–12:30
🌱PhD student presentations 
     3 sessions: 20 min each (15 min presentation + 5 min discussion)
12:30–12:45


✨Meet the speakers 
 Dr Jan Götze
/ 📋  Voting Break





12:45–13:15
🏆Best Poster Awards & Closing Remarks
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