Program

and Sessions

We are pleased to present the final program for the conference

This is the final program featuring complete details, including keynote speakers, talk titles, and the comprehensive hourly schedule. All contributing talk speakers have been finalized and are included below following the completion of the abstract submission process.

The complete program presents all sessions and events with full details to help you plan your participation. This information is now complete.

Program Overview

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

13:30 – 17:30 Registration

15:30 – 15:45 Opening

15:45 – 16:30 Opening Lecture

• Speaker: Paweł Łuków (University of Warsaw)

• Title: "The Moral Value of Basic Research or the Significance of the Unspectaculars"

16:30 – 17:30 PSEPB Award Ceremony

17:30 – 20:00 Welcome Reception

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Session 1: DNA and RNA metabolism, epigenetics and genomics

Session Organizers: Rafał Archacki, Jakub Dolata

08:30 – 09:05 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Rémy Merret (IBMP - CNRS - Université de Strasbourg)

• Title: Interplay between mRNA decay and translation in plants

09:05 – 09:40 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Piotr Ziółkowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)

• Title: How to make sixty crossovers out of eight: Boosting meiotic recombination in plants

09:40 – 10:30 Selected Oral Presentations (5 × 10 minutes) 

09:40 — 09:50, Tomasz Bieluszewski, Mechanisms for overcoming Polycomb silencing in plants

09:50 — 10:00, Agata Daszkowska-Golec, Seeing is believing: tissue-resolved insights from spatial transcriptomics into ABA signaling during barley seed germination

10:00 — 10:10, Katarzyna Kapela , Catalytic activity of the BRM ATPase, and BDH1/2 subunits are necessary for the functions

10:10 — 10:20, Tomasz Sarnowski, Unlocking cancer mechanisms: The role of Arabidopsis thaliana in understanding regulatory impairments in cancer

10:20 — 10:30, Wojciech Strzałka, Biological activity of Arabidopsis flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) is modulated by nuclear factors that inhibit its aggregation

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

Session 2: Proteomics, metabolomics and phenomics

Session Organizers: Paweł Sowiński, Tomasz Pawłowski

11:00 – 11:35 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: James Schnable (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

• Title: "What We Can See, We Can Change: Linking Plant Form to Gene Function"

11:35 – 12:10 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Robert Nawrot (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)

• Title: "Pathogenesis-related proteins from Chelidonium majus L. latex as components of plant defense system"

12:10 – 13:00 Selected Oral Presentations (5 × 10 minutes)

12:10 — 12:20, Tomasz Pawłowski, Molecular Mechanisms of European Beech Adaptation to Environmental Conditions in the Context of Seed Germination

12:20 — 12:30, Brian Wakimwayi Koboyi, Analysis of proteomic changes in rye (Secale cereale L.) seedlings under phosphate deficiency using LC-MS/MS

12:30 — 12:40, Andżelika Drozda, NO-mediated Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination in European Beech through Protein Post-Translational Modifications

12:40 — 12:50, Anna Ihnatowicz, Integrating Mutant Approaches, Natural Variation, and Multi-Omics to Uncover the Role of Coumarins in Arabidopsis Stress Responses

12:50 —13:00, Karolina Skorupinska-Tudek, Polyprenols, dolichols and their derivatives as biosynthetic intermediated, cofactors and modulators of biological membrane properties

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

Session 3: Application of Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture

Session Organizers: Ewa Łojkowska, Anna Ihnatowicz

14:30 – 15:05 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Seth J. Davis (University of York)

• Title: "Linking biological clock genes with developmental traits related to yield"

15:05 – 15:40 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Rafał Barański (University of Agriculture in Krakow)

• Title: "What we have learned from carrot genome editing: from basic research to challenges for future application"

15:40 – 16:30 Selected Oral Presentations (4 × 10 minutes)

15:40 — 15:50, Ajay Kumar Pandey, A systems biology approach to iron deficiency response in the context of the complex wheat genome

15:50 — 16:00, Agnieszka Zienkiewicz, Targeting lipid degradation to enhance TAG accumulation in Arabidopsis leaves

16:00 — 16:10, Sylwia Klińska, Effect of Temperature Stress on Phenotype of Arabidopsis thaliana PDAT1 Mutant Lines

16:10 — 16:20, Danuta Wójcik, Studies on the increased tolerance of apple polyploids to biotic stresses 

16:30 – 18:00 Poster Session 1 (odd-numbered posters) + Networking Event

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Session 4: Biology of chloroplasts and plant mitochondria

Session Organizers: Bożena Szal, Beata Myśliwa-Kurdziel

08:30 – 09:05 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Wojciech Nawrocki (French National Centre for Scientific Research - CNRS)

• Title: "Light harvesting regulation and photodamage interplay in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"

09:05 – 09:40 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Małgorzata Kwaśniak-Owczarek (University of Wrocław)

• Title: "The secrets of ribosomes and post-transcriptional events in plant mitochondria"

09:40 – 10:30 Selected Oral Presentations (5 × 10 minutes)

09:40 — 09:50, Alicja Bukat, Ultrastructural analysis of prolamellar body formation in oat leaves

09:50 — 10:00, Justyna Łabuz, A large-scale study of chloroplast movements in wild plant species

10:00 — 10:10, Małgorzata Adamiec, Chloroplast intramembrane proteases: important factors for photosynthetic efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana

10:10 — 10:20, Zuzanna Jakubowska, Photoprotective role of PsbS and zeaxanthin in seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana npq1 and npq4 mutants

10:20 — 10:30, Katsiaryna Kryzheuskaya, The mitochondrial NDA2 dehydrogenase as a key regulator of Arabidopsis responses to abiotic stresses

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

Session 5: Advances in plant structure and development

Session Organizers: Edyta Gola, Alicja Dołzbłasz

11:00 – 11:35 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Thomas Laux (Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany)

• Title: "Making a pattern: lessons from plant embryogenesis"

11:35 – 12:10 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Maciej Adamowski (Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk)

• Title: "The endomembrane system in plant developmental patterning"

12:10 – 13:00 Selected Oral Presentations (5 × 10 minutes)

12:10 — 12:20, Barbara Wójcikowska, Uncovering genes under MONOPTEROS regulation during the embryogenic transition in Arabidopsis thaliana

12:20 — 12:30, Małgorzata Lichocka, Annexin 5 is a novel regulator of ribosomal RNA reserves accumulation during pollen development in Arabidopsis thaliana

12:30 — 12:40, Wiktoria Wodniok, In search of relationships between hypocotyl growth, mechanics and hemicelluloses of primary cell walls

12:40 — 12:50, Jędrzej Dobrogojski , Charge of the Plant Extracellular Matrix and Its Role in Calcium Homeostasis

12:50 — 13:00, Aleksandra Liszka, Molecular Insights into VND-Mediated Cell Wall Formation in Conifers

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

Session 6: Plants and abiotic stresses

Session Organizers: Arkadiusz Kosmala, Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek

14:30 – 15:05 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Tibor Janda (Department of Plant Physiology and Metabolomics, Agricultural Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungary)

• Title: "Light signal transduction from shoot to root at low temperatures in cereals"

15:05 – 15:40 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Grażyna Dobrowolska (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences)

• Title: Abiotic Stress Signaling— Follow the SnRK2 Pathways

15:40 – 16:30 Selected Oral Presentations (4 × 10 minutes)

15:40 — 15:50, Magdalena Korek, The cost of survival: Barley HvD53A mutation boosts drought tolerance at the expense of Photosynthesis

15:50 — 16:00, Dorota Sołtys-Kalina, DNA methylation signatures of drought stress priming in potato cultivars

16:00 — 16:10, Katarzyna Leja,  TATOOINE: A novel chloroplast-localized protein involved in plant drought response

16:10 — 16:20, Alicja Dobek, Novel O-demethylation activity leads to esculetin biosynthesis and impacts stress response

16:30 – 18:00 Poster Session 2 (even-numbered posters) + Networking Event

Friday, September 12, 2025

Session 7: Plant biotic interactions

Session Organizers: Aleksandra Obrępalska-Stęplowska, Magdalena Krzymowska

08:00 – 08:35 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Alberto Carbonell (Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Valencia, Spain)

• Title: Small RNAs and Argonautes in Plant-Virus Interactions: Mechanistic Insights and Biotechnological Applications for Precision Crop Protection

08:35 – 09:10 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Michał Jasiński (Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences)

• Title: Cytokinins in and out - how ABC driven transport shapes Medicago root morphology upon nitrogen deficiency and interactions with Rhizobia

09:10 – 10:00 Selected Oral Presentations (5 × 10 minutes)

09:10 — 09:20, Juan Ochoa, Type three effector HopBF1 of Pseudomonas syringae induces systemic micronecroses in Nicotiana benthamiana

09:20 — 09:30, Ton Timmers, Nod factor perception and signal transduction during endosymbiotic interactions of Medicago

09:30 — 09:40, Sanjana Sarode, Aphid-Mediated Virus Infection Alters Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in the Pepper

09:40 — 09:50, Justyna Lalak-Kańczugowska, C-terminal part of phytochelatin synthase supports its function in pathogen-triggered indole glucosinolate metabolism in Brassicaceae

09:50 — 10:00, Thibault Barrit,  Using GWAS and the Arabidopsis–Dickeya pathosystem to elucidate links between iron nutrition, coumarins, and plant defense

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break

Session 8: Short- and long-distance communication in plants

Session Organizers: Ewa Kurczyńska, Agnieszka Zienkiewicz

10:15 – 10:50 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (Interdisciplinary Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, United Kingdom)

• Title: Plasmodesmata cell walls: the mechanical and structural properties that control communication

10:50 – 11:25 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Urszula Krasuska (Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences)

• Title: Small but powerful - plant gasotransmitters in (mode of) action

11:25 – 12:15 Selected Oral Presentations (5 × 10 minutes)

11:25 — 11:35, Wiktoria Parzych, Structural Pathways and Functional Implications of Cell‑to‑Cell Communication in Arabidopsis thaliana Male and Female Germ Units

11:35 — 11:45, Małgorzata Gutkowaska , Dolichol biosynthesis mutantion lew1 affects pollen development and plant fertility in Arabidopsis

11:45 — 11:55, Maciej Nowak, Role of MOTHER OF FT AND TFL1 in Seed Development and Germination in Medicago truncatula

11:55 — 12:05, Brygida Świeżawska-Boniecka, When hormones meet signal molecules - understanding strigolactone and cNMP crosstalk in  plants

12:05 — 12:15, Oskar Siemianowski, How do plants manage their microelements? Zinc Translocation from Zn-Sufficient to Zn Deficient Roots as an Adaptation to Heterogeneous Zn Availability

12:15 – 13:00 Lunch

Session 9: Early land plant biology

Session Organizers: Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska, Agnieszka Hanaka

13:00 – 13:35 International Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Liam Dolan (Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna, Austria)

• Title: "De novo Development of Plant Meristems"

13:35 – 14:10 National Keynote Speaker

• Speaker: Jakub Sawicki (Department of Botany and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn)

• Title: "Fast-evolving Liverworts: A Genomic Perspective from Apoppelia endiviifolia (Pelliales, Jungermaniopsida)"

14:10 – 15:00 Selected Oral Presentations (5 × 10 minutes)

14:10 — 14:20, Jan Żeruń, Changes of biochemical composition in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii treated with brassinolide

14:20 — 14:30, Izabela Sierocka, MpSPL3 gene is indispensable for generative organs development in Marchantia polymorpha

14:30 — 14:40, Bharti Aggarwal, Study on liverwort-specific miRNAs – MpmiR11796 and MpmiR11887 involved in the sexual organ development of Marchantia polymorpha

14:40 — 14:50, Halina Pietrykowska, MpmiR11889 controls sperm cell formation and boosts reproductive efficiency in Marchantia polymorpha

14:50 — 15:00, Jędrzej Szymański, Using AI to Predict Gene Regulation and Guide Experiments in Plants

15:00 – 15:30 Closing Ceremony and Poster Award Ceremony

Scientific Session Details

Chairs: Rafał Archacki, Jakub Dolata

Fundamental genetic processes in plants: transcription, replication, recombination, and repair, as well as chromatin and RNA biology.

Session 1: DNA and RNA metabolism, epigenetics and genomics

Chairs: Paweł Sowiński, Tomasz Pawłowski

Proteomics, metabolomics and phenomics: are they just descriptive studies?

Session 2: Proteomics, metabolomics and phenomics

Session 3: application of plant biotechnology for sustainable agriculture

Chairs: Ewa Łojkowska, Anna Ihnatowicz

Plant resistance for abiotic and biotic stresess.  New genomic techniques for plant breeding.

Chairs: Bożena Szal, Beata Myśliwa-Kurdziel
Functioning of energy-producing organelles. Biogenesis and dynamics of chloroplast and mitochondria; their involvement in cellular metabolism and signaling. Bioenergetics of plant cells. Artificial photosynthesis.

Session 4: Biology of chloroplasts and plant mitochondria

Chairs: Edyta Gola, Alicja Dołzbłasz

Insight into the structural framework underlying developmental complexity and integrity of the plant.

Session 5: Advances in plant structure and development

Session 6: Plants and abiotic stresses

Chairs: Arkadiusz Kosmala, Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek

Physiological and molecular responses of plants to abiotic stresses in the face of climate change

Chairs: Aleksandra Obrępalska-Stęplowska, Magdalena Krzymowska

Intracellular and systemic responses of plants to biotic stress

Session 7: Plant biotic interactions

Chairs: Ewa Kurczyńska, Agnieszka Zienkiewicz

Insights into cutting-edge scientific advances in intercellular information exchange in plant including symplasmic communication.

Session 8: Short- and long-distance communication in plants

Session 9: Early land plant biology

Chairs: Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska, Agnieszka Hanaka 

Development and metabolism of bryophytes