Plant and Microbe Engineering for Sustainability

Jan 01–04, 2027 | 
Scientific Organizers: Daniel F Voytas and Ralph Bock

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Jan 01–04, 2027 | 

Scientific Organizers: Daniel F Voytas and Ralph Bock

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Friday, January 1, 2027
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Saturday, January 2, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 AM
Sarah O’Connor †, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Exploring and Exploiting Plant Specialized Metabolism
Programming Plants to Sense-and-Respond
9:00–11:15 AM
Jenn Brophy †, Stanford University
Synthetic Biology Tools for Engineering Plants for Stress Resilience
Francesco Licausi †, University of Oxford
Plant Oxygen Sensing and Sensor Development
Markus Schwarzländer †, University of Münster
Sensors and Controllers for and from Plants
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Engineering Microbial-Plant Interactions
5:00–7:00 PM
Maria J. Harrison †, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Mechanisms of Nutrient Exchange in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbioses
Patrick Shih †, University of California, Berkeley
Re-Engineering Agrobacterium
Uta Paszkowski †, University of Cambridge
Molecular Mechanisms of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbioses
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Sunday, January 3, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Advanced Insect Control and Biocontainment
8:00–11:00 AM
Omar S. Akbari †, University of California, San Diego
CRISPR-based Systems for Insect Control
Jiang Zhang †, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
RNAi Control of Pest Insects
Alexander E. Hromockyj †, Impetus Agriculture, Inc.
Insect Control with Cry Proteins
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Engineering the Rhizosphere for Agricultural Sustainability
5:00–7:00 PM
Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Soil Microbial Communities and Climate Change
Jill Banfield †, University of California, Berkeley
Engineering the Microbiome in Rice Paddies
Alvin Tamsir †, Pivot Bio
Nitrogen Fixing Root Associated Microbes in Corn and Rice
Gozde S Demirer †, Caltech
Nanobiotechnology Tools for Rhizosphere Bioengineering
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Monday, January 4, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Synthetic Microbial, Plant and Organellar Genomes
8:00–11:00 AM
Ralph Bock, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Plastid Genome Engineering
Alison Gail Smith †, University of Cambridge
Synthetic Chloroplast Genomes
Ian Ehrenreich †, University of Southern California
The SynMoss Project: Rewriting the Physcomitrium Patens Genome
Annie Saltarikos †, Plastomics
Beneficial Traits by Engineering Chloroplasts
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Plant Engineering for Enhanced Performance and Sustainability
5:00–6:45 PM
Daniel F Voytas, University of Minnesota
Enabling Plant Gene Editing at Scale
Caixia Gao †, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Precision Plant Gene Editing
Jane Langdale †, Oxford University
Engineering C4 Photosynthesis
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Tuesday, January 5, 2027
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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