***Meeting program subject to change.
Available Formats: = Livestream
= In Person
= On Demand
4:00–8:00 PM
British/Columbia Foyer
6:00–8:00 PM
British/Columbia Foyer
7:30–8:30 AM
British/Columbia Ballroom
8:30–8:40 AM
British Ballroom
8:40–9:30 AM
British Ballroom
Pamela C Ronald, University of California, Davis
Sulfated Peptide/RK Mediated Resistance to Infection and Promotion of Growth
Receptor Kinase Signaling for Growth and Development
9:30–11:45 AM
British Ballroom
Eugenia Russinova, University of Ghent
Receptor Kinase Endocytosis and Transport in Cell Growth
Lijia Qu, Peking University
Receptor Kinase in Reproduction and Fertilization
Alice Y. Cheung, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Orchestrating Receptor Kinase Signaling of Intertwining Pathways at the Cell Wall-Plasma Membrane Interface
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
10:00–10:20 AM
British/Columbia Foyer
Panel Discussion 1: Fellowships, Funding, and Publishing Strategies
11:55–12:55 PM
British Ballroom
12:30–1:00 PM
Vancouver Island Room
1:00–10:00 PM
Vancouver Island Room
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
British Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
4:30–5:00 PM
British/Columbia Foyer
Signaling for Stress Acclimation and Resilience from Model to Crop Plants
5:00–7:00 PM
British Ballroom
Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi, Nagoya University
Peptide Hormone-Receptor Kinase Signaling
Van Schepler-Luu, International Rice Research Institute
Plant and Microbe Engineering for Sustainability
Jian-Min Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Translate Receptor Kinase Signaling into Crop Resilience
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
7:00–8:00 PM
British/Columbia Ballroom
7:30–10:00 PM
Vancouver Island Room
7:30–8:30 AM
British/Columbia Ballroom
8:00–8:30 AM
Vancouver Island Room
8:15–5:00 PM
Vancouver Island Room
Receptor Kinase Signaling in Immunity, Cell Death, and Symbiosis
8:30–11:30 AM
British Ballroom
Cyril Zipfel, University of Zurich
Receptor Kinases in Pathogen Pattern Perception and Signaling
Ellen Y Rim, Stanford University
Directed Evolution of Plant Receptors for Enhanced Immunity
Elizabeth P.B. Fontes, Universidade Federal de Viçosa
NIK1 Receptor Kinase: A Signaling Hub in Immunity and Growth Regulation Under Stress
Simona Radutoiu, Aarhus University
LysM Receptors Controlling Symbiotic and Immune Signaling in Plants
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
9:30–9:50 AM
British/Columbia Foyer
11:30–12:30 PM
British/Columbia Ballroom
12:00–2:30 PM
Vancouver Island Room
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:00–4:30 PM
British Ballroom
4:30–5:00 PM
British/Columbia Foyer
Receptor Kinase Evolution and Divergence
5:00–7:00 PM
British Ballroom
Thorsten Nürnberger, University of Tübingen
Receptor Kinase Evolution
Adam D. Steinbrenner, University of Washington
Receptor Kinase Divergence and Evolution
Libo Shan, University of Michigan
DAMP-Receptor Kinase Co-Evolution
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
7:30–8:30 AM
British/Columbia Ballroom
Receptor Kinase Signaling Specificity and Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs)
8:30–11:30 AM
British Ballroom
Keiko U. Torii, University of Texas at Austin
Receptor Kinase Signaling Specificity in Cell Patterning and Immunity
Niko Geldner, University of Lausanne
Cell-Type Specificity of RK Signaling
Gitta L. Coaker, University of California, Davis
Tuning Receptor Kinase Specificity to Counter Pathogen Diversity
Maria Florencia Ercoli, University of California, Riverside
PSY-Mediated Peptide Signaling in Rice Development
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
9:30–9:50 AM
British/Columbia Foyer
Panel Discussion 2: Structural & AI/ML-Driven Research in Signaling Networks
11:40–12:40 PM
British Ballroom
Julia Santiago, University of Lausanne
Ellen Y Rim, Stanford University
Symposia Spotlight 2: New Frontiers in Receptor Kinase Function, Tool Mining and Engineering
2:30–4:30 PM
British Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
4:30–5:00 PM
British/Columbia Foyer
Emerging Topics and Technical Advances
5:00–6:45 PM
British Ballroom
Julia Santiago, University of Lausanne
Studies at the Structural Frontier of Receptor Kinases
Tatsuya Nobori, The Sainsbury Laboratory
Single-Cell and Spatial Dissection of Plant-Microbe Interactions
Cara Haney, University of Pittsburgh
Plant Receptor-like Kinases in Shaping the Rhizosphere Microbiome
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up (organizers): Outcomes and Future Directions
6:45–7:00 PM
British Ballroom
7:00–8:00 PM
British/Columbia Ballroom
