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Sunday, July 19, 2026
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Plant Adaptation to Extreme Environment

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

(PL2) Plant Adaptation to Extreme Environment

Plenary Chair: Hugo Zheng – McGill University

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

(PL2-1) Decoding plant signals in the rhizosphere

Plenary: Shelley Lumba, PhD – University of Toronto

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

(PL2-2) Stress unfolded: When Proteins Misfold, Plants Adapt

Plenary: Federica Brandizzi, BSc, PhD – Michigan State University

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

(PL2-3) Ubiquitin System in Stress Response

Plenary: Sophia Stone, PhD (she/her/hers) – Dalhousie University

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM EDT

(PL2) Coffee Break

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM EDT

(PL2-4) Evolutionary Origins & Mechanisms of Cellular Quality Control

Plenary: Yasin Dagdas

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM EDT

(PL2-5) Prescriptive breeding: a next-generation paradigm for crop improvement

Plenary: Sateesh Kagale

11:20 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

(PL2-6) Remarks and transition

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
Plant Bioinformatics Resources for FAIR Agricultural Data Discovery and Reuse

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

(W) Plant Bioinformatics Resources for FAIR Agricultural Data Discovery and Reuse

Facilitator: Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz, PhD (she/her/hers) – Phoenix Bioinformatics

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
Telling Your Teaching Story: Building Evidence of Excellence at Every Career Stage

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

(W) Telling Your Teaching Story: Building Evidence of Excellence at Every Career Stage

Facilitator: Miranda J. Meents – Simon Fraser University

Co-Facilitator: Emily Marion, B. Sc. – University of Ottawa / Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Co-Facilitator: Jonathan Gilkerson – California State University, Sacramento

Co-Facilitator: Jennifer Robison, PhD – Manchester University

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Plant Biology and the Mitigation of Climate Change: integrating diverse perspectives for environmental stability and economic stimulus

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

(W) Plant Biology and the Mitigation of Climate Change: integrating diverse perspectives for environmental stability and economic stimulus

Facilitator: Geoffrey O. Wasteneys, PhD – The University of British Columbia

Co-Facilitator: Teagen Quilichini, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Saskatchewan

Co-Facilitator: Mark Belmonte, PhD – The University of Manitoba

Co-Facilitator: Harpinder Randhawa, PhD – Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Translating Your Science: Crafting Resume and Cover Letters for Industry and Startups

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

(W) Translating Your Science: Crafting Resume and Cover Letters for Industry and Startups

Facilitator: Mae Antonette G. Mercado, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS1: Artificial Intelligence Applications in Plant Biology Research and Education

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS1) Artificial Intelligence Applications in Plant Biology Research and Education: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Shao-shan Carol Huang – New York University

Symposium Chair: Nicholas Provart – University of Toronto

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS1-1) Uncovering mechanisms of cell-type-specific auxin response via the inferred ARF5 interactome

Symposium Speaker: Graeme O. Vissers, B.Sc., Biochemistry – New York University

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS1-2) Cross-species modeling of plant genomes at single nucleotide resolution using a pre-trained DNA language model

Symposium Speaker: Jingjing Zhai, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM EDT

(CS1-3) Hybrid AI for Plant Synthetic Biology: From Data Integration to Explainable Trait Design

Symposium Speaker: Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi, PhD – University of Guelph

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS1-4) Leveraging AI technologies for a single-cell atlas of bioenergy plants

Symposium Speaker: Sharon Greenblum – United States Department of Energy

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS1-5) Strategies for Incorporating Generative AI into the Biology Curriculum

Speaker: Dongfang Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Spelman College

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS13: Mechanisms of Intercellular and Long-Distance Communication in Plants

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS13) Mechanisms of Intercellular and Long-Distance Communication in Plants: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Byung-Kook Ham, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Saskatchewan

Symposium Chair: Cankui Zhang, n/a – Purdue University

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS13-1) Long distance RNA transport - a role for liquid-liquid phase separation?

Symposium Speaker: Richard J. Morris, MSc, PhD – John Innes Centre

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS13-2) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Marie Barberon – University of Geneva

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM EDT

(CS13-3) Remodeling and home improvement: how viruses change the structure and distribution of plasmodesmata.

Symposium Speaker: Samantha Nuzzi – University of Missouri - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS13-4) Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important plant-to-plant signal

Symposium Speaker: Ron Mittler – University of Missouri

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS13-5) From Phloem to Phenotype: Linking Long-distance Signals to Adaptive Plant Growth

Symposium Speaker: Byung-Kook Ham, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Saskatchewan

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS2: Parasitic Plants - An Increasing Threat to Global Food Security and Livelihoods

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS2) Parasitic Plants - An Increasing Threat to Global Food Security and Livelihoods: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Marco Burger, PhD – Salk Institute for Biological Studies

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS2-1) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Adam C. Schneider, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin–La Crosse

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS2-2) The Plant Spy: Parasitic Cuscuta’s Secrets to Stealing Signals

Symposium Speaker: So-Yon Park, PhD – University of Missouri

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM EDT

(CS2-3) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Jeanmaire Molina, PhD (she/her/hers) – PACE University

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS2-4) Castilleja tenuiflora as a Hemiparasitic Model: Connecting Specialized Metabolism to Livelihoods

Symposium Speaker: Gabriela Trejo-Tapia – Instituto Politécnico Nacional

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS2-5) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Damaris A. Odeny, PhD – ICRISAT

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS4: Genes/Genomes: Regulatory & Transcriptional Networks

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS4) Genes/Genomes: Regulatory & Transcriptional Networks: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Min-Yao Jhu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cambridge University

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS4-1) Transcription start site proximal DNA sequences primarily explain successful tissue of expression prediction model in developing Arabidopsis plants

Presenter: Molly Megraw, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University