2025 International Conference on Molecular Plant Sciences (ICMPS2025)

2025 International Conference on Molecular Plant Sciences (ICMPS2025)

August 8-12, 2025  Guiyang, China

August 8-12, 2025  Guiyang, China

Program

ICMPS2025 Program (pdf, 85M)

August 9, Saturday
8:30-8:50 Opening (4th Floor, Grand Ballroom)
Sheng Luan, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Bin Han, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS, China
Baoan Song, Guizhou University, China
Song Yang, Department of Science and Technology of Guizhou Province
Session I: Cell and Developmental Biology (Chairs: Zhiyong Wang and Claudia Köhler)
8:50-9:20 Claudia Köhler, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Epigenetic regulation of seed development
9:20-9:50 Chunayou Li, Shandong Agriculture University, China
Surviving from wounding damage: Two phytocytokines control immune homeostasis and organ regeneration
9:50-10:20 Lucia Strader, Duke University, USA
Activating transcription in plants
10:20-10:40 Break
10:40-11:10 Jan Hejatko, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Multistep phosphorelay, the art of signal integration and fidelity
11:10-11:40 Zhiyong Wang, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA
Regulation of mitotic entry in plants
11:40-12:10 Jiawei Wang, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS, China
Break the bottleneck of plant gene discovery
12:10-13:30 Lunch
Session II: Environmental signaling (Chairs: Friedrich Kragler and Hongwei Guo)
13:30-14:00 Xing-Wang Deng, Peking University, China
How plants sense and respond to their light environments
14:00-14:30 Thomas Dresselhaus, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Sterility in maize caused by heat stress-induced signaling defects
14:30-15:00 Hongwei Guo, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Sensing ER redox homeostasis by ethylene receptors
15:00-15:20 Break
15:20-15:50 Friedrich Kragler, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Messengers lost in translation: The long-distance travel of mRNAs
15:50-16:20 Shuhua Yang, China Agriculture University, China
Molecular and genetic basis of cold tolerance for high-latitudinal adaptation in maize
16:20-16:50 Daisuke Urano, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore
Environmental stress responses in plants: evolutionary insights from algae to land plants
16:50-16:55 Chengwei Meng, Shanghai Tanon Life Science Co., Ltd.
Details and Innovation
17:00-18:00 Poster session (4th Floor, Grand Ballroom No.3)
17:00-18:30 Molecular Plant & Plant Communications Joint Board Meeting
(6th Floor, Fupeng meeting room; Only board members will attend)
18:00-20:00 Dinner


August 10, Sunday
Session III: Biotic Interactions and Pest Control (Chairs: Jianming Zhou and Jijie Chai)
8:30-9:00 Jijie Chai, Westlake University, China
Signaling mechanism of plant NLR immune receptors
9:00-9:30 Frank Takken, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Snc1 guards topless family members that encode susceptibility genes for fusarium wilt in tomato and Arabidopsis
9:30-10:00 Zuhua He, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS, China
Rice immunity: from mechanisms to breeding application
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Jianmin Zhou, Yazhouwan National Laboratory, China
How plant chemical warfare engage bacterial pathogenicity machinery
11:00-11:30 Ksenia Krasileva, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Natural diversity as a blueprint for molecular advancements in plant immunity
11:30-12:00 Baoan Song, Guizhou University, China
Innovation research and applications of green pesticides
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Session IV: Youth Forum on Plant Sciences (Chairs: Gefei Hao and Weibing Yang )
13:30-13:55 Jiamu Du, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Molecular basis of the small interfering RNA biogenesis in plants
13:55-14:20 Xiaofeng Fang, Tsinghua University, China
Understanding plant-environment interaction via biomolecular condensates
14:20-14:45 Lisha Shen, Multifaceted Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins in Flowering Regulation
14:45-15:10 Shangwei Zhong, Peking University, China
Perception and response to mechanical stress during seedling soil emergence
15:10-15:35 Marie Barberon, University of Geneva, Switzerland (Online)
Cell-to-cell transport in differentiated roots
15:35-16:00 Break
Youth Forum on Plant Sciences (Chairs: Jian Wu, Zhengting Yang and Libo Zhang)
16:00-16:12 Furong Liu, Peking University, China 
Activation of the helper NRC4 immune receptor forms a hexameric resistosome 
16:12-16:24 Yi Song, Southern University of Science and Technology, China 
Dissecting the genetic mechanisms governing beneficial root-microbiome interactions under stresses 
16:24-16:36 Lisha Zhang, University of Tübingen, Germany 
Plant pattern recognition receptors – evolution and function 
16:36-16:48 Haifeng Wang, Yazhouwan National Laboratory, China 
Structural reconfiguration of centromeric chromatin activates a cryptic symbiotic coordinator in a soybean landrace 
16:48-17:00 Chao Han, Shandong University, China 
Brassinosteroid signaling modulated subcellular localization of SnRK1 is critical for stomatal development 
17:00-17:12 Weibing Yang, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS, China 
Hydraulic regulation of stem cell dynamics in plant shoot meristem 
17:12-17:24 Yangyang Gao, Guizhou University, China 
High-throughput screening of antidrought compounds and their molecular mechanism 
17:24-17:36 Kai Huang, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China 
Molecular dynamics simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins as stress sensors in plants 
17:36-17:48 Zhengting Yang, Guizhou Normal University, China 
Orienting growth through cell polarity 
17:48-18:00 Peng Wang, The University of Hong Kong, China 
Identification of auxiliary factors coupling chlorophyll biosynthesis with plastid translation in plants 
18:00-20:00 Dinner
19:30-20:30 Poster Session (4th Floor, Grand Ballroom No.3)


August 11, Monday
Session V: Nutrient and Yield (Chairs: Sheng Luan and Chengcai Chu)
8:30-9:00 Chengcai Chu, South China Agricultural University, China
Ethylene orchestrates rice adaptation to nitrogen availability under waterlogging conditions
9:00-9:30 Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Spatiotemporal nitrate regulatory networks for plant growth and development
9:30-10:00 Sheng Luan, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Calcium in local and systemic signaling processes
10:00-10:30 Break
Session VI: Evolution and Domestication (Chairs: Levi Yant and Frédéric Berger)
10:30-11:00 Frédéric Berger, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austria
Silencing transposon in plants: an evolutionary perspective
11:00-11:30 Zhixi Tian, Yazhouwan National Laboratory, China
Selection genes underlying soybean domestication, dissemination and 
improvement
11:30-12:00 Levi Yant, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
A polyploid paradox: Might polyploid diversity arise from maladapted DNA replication and repair
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Session VII: Omics and Breeding (Chairs: Chengdao Li and Xiaofeng Cui)
13:30-14:00 Lee Hickey, The University of Queensland, Australia
AI-guided breeding to develop future crops
14:00-14:30 Xun Xu, BGI Research, China
Stereo omics for plant research
14:30-15:00 Chengdao Li, Murdoch University, Australia
Genomic selection for environmental adaptation in barley
15:00-15:10 Concluding Remarks
Bin Han, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS, China
After 15:10 Departure
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