Provisional scientific programmeCOST Action SUSTAIN, Birnam 2013

Day 1 Morning session:Pathogen effectors and virulence(WG1)

Wednesday, October 9, 8h30-12h00

30 min, keynotes

  1. John Jones (James Hutton Institute, UK)

Identification and functional characterisation of G. pallida effectors and their host targets.

  1. Gunther Doehlemann (Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, DE)

Formation of plant tumors in the Ustilago maydis – maize interaction requires organ-specific activity of secreted effector proteins

20 min

  1. Mathieu Gourges (INRA/University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, FR)

Two penetration specific effectors from Phytophthora parasitica modulate hormonal physiology of the host to facilitate infection

  1. Ali Ahmed (Copenhagen University , DK) (to be confirmed)

Functional analysis of barley powdery mildew effector candidates and identification of their barley targets

  1. Remco Stam(University of Dundee/ James Hutton Institute, UK) (to be confirmed)

A Phytophthora capsici CRN effector targets a tomato TCP transcription factor to affect its function

  1. Andrea Sanchez (Wageningen University, NL)

Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity, and Other Functions of Fungal LysM Effectors.

  1. Lieve Gheysen (Ghent University ) (to be confirmed)

Effector analysis of two different types of rice nematodes, the sedentary Meloidogyne graminicola and the migratory Hirschmanniella oryzae

  1. Hazel McLellan (University of Dundee/ James Hutton Institute, UK) (to be confirmed)

An RxLR effector from Phythophthora infestans prevents nuclear accumulation of two potato NAC transcription factors

Day 1 Afternoon session:Plant proteins and processes targeted by effectors WG2

Wednesday, October 9, 13h30-17h00

30 min, keynotes

  1. Eleanor Gilroy (James Hutton Institute,UK)

Pumped up on (brassino)steroids: the late blight pathogen manipulates the BR pathway in potato.

  1. Hans Thordal-Christensen(University of Copenhagen, DK)

Analysis of barley cell vesicle trafficking after powdery mildew invasion reveals the identity of the extrahaustorial membrane

20 min

  1. Angela Chaparro-Garcia (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)

Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR3a targets a GTPase involved in plant immunity.

  1. Francine Govers (University of Wageningen, NL)

A novel host target of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector.

  1. Magda Krzymowska (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PL)

Interactions of HopQ1, a type III secretion effector from Pseudomonas syringae, with host 14‐3‐3 proteins.

  1. Geert Smant (University of Wageningen, NL)

Secreted venom allergen-like proteins of plant-parasitic nematodes modulate defence responses in host plants.

  1. Jana Streubel (University of Halle, DE)

Rice SWEETs as virulence targets for Xanthomonas TALEs.

  1. Guido Sessa (Tel Aviv University, IL)

Xanthomonas campestris type III effector XopQ interacts with tomato and pepper 14-3-3 isoforms to suppress effector-triggered immunity.

Day 2Morning session:Effector evolution and diversification (WG3)

Thursday, October 10, 8h30-12h10

30 min, keynotes

  1. Thierry Rouxel (INRA-Grignon, FR)

Evolutionary dynamics of avirulence genes in Leptosphaeria maculans.

  1. Bart Thomma (Wageningen University, NL)

Extensive chromosomal reshuffling drives evolution of virulence in an asexual pathogen.

  1. David Cooke (James Hutton Institute, UK)

Tracking effector diversity in Phytophthora infestans populations.

20 min

  1. Elisabeth Fournier (INRA/CIRAD-Montpellier, FR)

Evolution of the pan-secretome among lineages of Magnaporthe oryzae attacking different host-plants.

  1. Johannes Helder (Wageningen Universit, NL)

Insights in the evolution of plant parasitism within the phylum Nematoda based on neutral and pathogenicity-related genes.

  1. Liliana M. Cano (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)

Genome sequencing and expression profiling of emerging strains of P.infestans.

  1. Stéphane Genin (CNRS/INRA-Toulouse, FR)

Inventory and evolution of Type III effector proteins in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex.

  1. Carsten Pedersen (Copenhagen University, DK)

The structure and evolution of barley powdery mildew effector candidates.

Day 2Afternoon

Thursday, October 10

WG meetings13h30–15h30

  • WG1 13.30
  • WG2 14.00
  • WG3 14.30
  • WG4 15.00

MC meeting15h30-17h30

Posters

Reception

Day 3 Morning session: R genes and host targets for resistance breeding and engineering (WG4)

Friday, October 11, 8h30-12h00

30 min, keynote

  1. Vivianne Vleeshouwers (Wageningen University, NL)

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20 min

  1. Laure Didierlaurent (Syngenta, FR)

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  1. Klaas Bouwmeester (Wageningen University, NL)

Lectin receptor kinases; novel leads for disease resistance in Solanaceous crops.

  1. Tolga Bozkurt (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)

An endocytotic pathway targeting the vacuole is re-routed towards pathogen penetration sites in Plants.

  1. Thomas Kroj (INRA-Montpellier, FR)

The Magnaporthe oryzae effectors AVR1-CO39 and AVR-Pia are recognized by the rice Nucleotide Binding-Leucine rich repeat (NB-LRR) protein RGA5 through direct interaction

  1. Morten Lillemo (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO)

Breeding for improved resistance to Stagonospora nodorum blotch in wheat by elimination of sensitivity to necrotrophic effectors

  1. Montserrat Sole-Castellvi (University of Halle, DE)

Using TALENs for plant genome engineering.

  1. Giampiero Valè (CRA-GPG Genomic Research Center, IT)

Integration of genetics and RNA-Seq approaches to dissect a durable blast resistance in rice.

  1. Maria RaffaellaErcolano(University of Naples Federico II, IT)

Overview of tomato candidate pathogen recognition genes

  1. Justine Sucher (University of Zürich)

Study of durable disease resistance Lr34 wheat gene into

heterologous grass species