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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Next-Gen Tools for Crops of the Future

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

(PL4) Next-Gen Tools for Crops of the Future

Plenary Chair: Gurleen Kaur

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

(PL4-1) Smart Genetics for Climate-Resilient Small Grain Cereals

Plenary: Jaswinder Singh, Jaswinder Singh – McGill University

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

(PL4-2) Redesigning plants with synthetic biology

Plenary: Patrick Shih

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

(PL4-3) INARI SEEDesign™: AI‑Enabled Predictive Design Meets Multiplex Editing to Engineer Complex Traits

Plenary: Catherine Feuillet, PhD – INARI Agriculture

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM EDT

(PL4) Coffee Break

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM EDT

(PL4-4) Development and Application of Prime Editing for Engineering Resistance to Crop Diseases

Plenary: Bing Yang – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM EDT

(PL4-5) Decoding temporal gene regulation for crop resilience

Plenary: Kathleen M. Greenham, n/a – University of Minnesota

11:20 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

(PL4-6) Remarks and transition

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
Defining Your Leadership Style: Authentic Leadership in Scientific Spaces

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

(W) Defining Your Leadership Style: Authentic Leadership in Scientific Spaces

Facilitator: Laura Wayne – Company

Co-Facilitator: Rebecca Leuschen-Kohl, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas

Facilitator: Rebecca L. Roston, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
Post-Plenary Lunch at the Mall

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

Post-Plenary Lunch at the Mall

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Hidden Veggies: Strategies for integrating plant biology into courses and outreach programs

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

(W) Hidden Veggies: Strategies for integrating plant biology into courses and outreach programs

Facilitator: Erin J. Friedman, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Lynchburg

Facilitator: Miranda J. Meents – Simon Fraser University

Co-Facilitator: Daisy Noe – Pennsylvania State University

Co-Facilitator: Mindy Findlater, PhD (she/her/hers) – UC Merced

Co-Facilitator: Jennifer Robison, PhD – Manchester University

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
International Collaborations in the Era of America First

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

(W) International Collaborations in the Era of America First

Facilitator: Elizabeth Stulberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – Lewis-Burke Associates

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS21: From Lab to Farm: using research and scientific principles to navigate hurdles to bringing crop biotechnology products to market

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS21) From Lab to Farm: using research and scientific principles to navigate hurdles to bringing crop biotechnology products to market: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Miguel Vega-Sanchez, PhD (he/him/his) – Bayer

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS21-1) From Concept to Crop: The Multi Year Journey of GM Product Development

Symposium Speaker: Mitscheli Sanches da Rocha

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS21-2) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Nigel James Taylor, PhD – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM EDT

(CS21-3) Health Canada’s pre-market safety assessment framework for novel foods developed using biotechnology

Symposium Speaker: Jordan Bean, MSc (he/him/his) – Health Canada

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS21-4) Regulatory policy advocacy in GM crop product development: the importance of science in commercialization of GM crops

Symposium Speaker: Lieselot Bertho (she/her/hers) – Bayer

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS21-5) Building the Drawbridge: How Regulatory Strategy Enables the Path from Lab to Field

Symposium Speaker: Shade Sabitu, MS, MBA – Terrana Biosciences

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS22: Chloroplast retrograde signals in environmental sensing and adaptation

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS22) Chloroplast retrograde signals in environmental sensing and adaptation: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Elena Monte, PhD – CRAG - Center for Research in Agrigenomics

Symposium Chair: Katayoon Dehesh, PhD – UC

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS22-1) Progress through organelle developmental stages underlies plastid biogenic signalling

Symposium Speaker: Naresh Loudya, PhD – Indian Institute of Science

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS22-2) Learning the languages of chloroplasts: implications for crop yield, photosynthesis and resilience

Symposium Speaker: Barry J. Pogson, PhD – Australian National University. Australia

2:15 PM - 2:35 AM EDT

(CS22-3) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Elena Monte, PhD – CRAG - Center for Research in Agrigenomics

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS22-4) Synchronizing Genomes: How do plant photoreceptors tune photosynthetic gene expression in a changing environment?

Symposium Speaker: Gabriela Toledo-Ortiz, PhD – Wageningen University and Research

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS22-5) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Patricia Leon, PhD – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS23: Genes/Genomes: Genetic Architechture & Adaption Across Environments: From Heterosis to Resistance and Prediction

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS23) Genes/Genomes: Genetic Architechture & Adaption Across Environments: From Heterosis to Resistance and Prediction: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Christopher G. Oakley (he/him/his) – Purdue University

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS23-1) The genetic basis of heterosis is a mixture of both large positive and large negative effects, and the net result depends strongly on both genetic background and environmental conditions

Symposium Speaker: Christopher G. Oakley (he/him/his) – Purdue University

Genes & Genomes: Genetics

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS23-2) Mapping and cloning of the recessive stripe rust resistance gene rpsGz-4H in barley

Symposium Speaker: Sarabjit Kaur – North dakota state university

Genes & Genomes: Genetics

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM EDT

(CS23-3) Comparative genomic prediction of agronomic, sensing-based, and grain macronutrient traits in cowpea across diverse environments

Symposium Speaker: Sassoum Lo, n/a – University of California Davis

Genes & Genomes: Genetics

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS23-4) A new approach to building co-expression networks from multiple datasets implicates wheat BAM10 in starch granule initiation

Symposium Speaker: Georgia Yiasoumi, n/a – John Innes Centre

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS23-5) Genomic Pre-adaptation Underpins Wild Sugarcane Establishment

Symposium Speaker: Santosh Kumar Rana, PhD (he/him/his) – Youngstown State University

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS24: Development: Vegetative Development: Patterning Biomechanics, and Signaling

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS24) Development: Vegetative Development: Patterning Biomechanics, and Signaling: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: On Sun Lau, PhD – National University of Singapore

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS24-1) A cell-autonomous ABA pathway in stomatal stem cells translates long-distance dehydration cues into fate suppression

Symposium Speaker: On Sun Lau, PhD – National University of Singapore

Development: Vegetative

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS24-2) Exploring the dual role of RubisCo activase (RCA) in moss development and stress adaptation.

Symposium Speaker: Kanishka Rajoria, n/a – INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, PUNE

Development: Vegetative

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM EDT

(CS24-3) Structural and functional diversity of motor organs in Fabaceae

Symposium Speaker: Tamara M. Montoya – McGill University

Development: Vegetative

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS24-4) Morphomechanics of monocot stomata development

Symposium Speaker: Mandar Deshpande (he/him/his) – Université de Montréal

Development: Vegetative

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS24-5) Fascinating fasciation, whorls, and spirals: cellular and molecular basis for phyllotactic leaf transitions in Monkeyflower

Symposium Speaker: Angelique Acevedo (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Co-Author: Ya Min

Development: Vegetative

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
CS25: Biochemistry: Engineering Plant Meatbolism for Oil, Starch, and Specailized Biomaterials

1:30 PM - 1:35 PM EDT

(CS25) Biochemistry: Engineering Plant Meatbolism for Oil, Starch, and Specailized Biomaterials: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Brendan O'Leary, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

Biochemistry and Metabolism

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM EDT

(CS25-1) Starch Trek - Creating giant starch granules in wheat through simultaneous manipulation of granule initiation and amyloplast structure

Symposium Speaker: Rose E. McNelly (she/her/hers) – John Innes Centre

Biochemistry and Metabolism

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

(CS25-2) Arabidopsis AMY3 and BAM1 act synergistically to hydrolyze the amylose and amylopectin fractions of starch, respectively.

Symposium Speaker: Jonathan D. Monroe, n/a (he/him/his) – James Madison University

Biochemistry and Metabolism

2:15 PM - 2:35 PM EDT

(CS25-3) Glutamine dependent TOR Signalling in pea embryos controls developmental transitions and storage product biosynthesis

Symposium Speaker: Brendan O'Leary, PhD – Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

Biochemistry and Metabolism

2:35 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

(CS25-4) Complete replacement of Arabidopsis oil-producing enzymes with heterologous diacylglycerol acyltransferases

Symposium Speaker: Sean T. McGuire, B.S. – Washington State University

Biochemistry and Metabolism

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

(CS25-5) Cuticle modifications in tomato fruit skin alters its ultrastructure and physiological properties

Symposium Speaker: Gulab Chand Arya – KIIT University

Biochemistry and Metabolism

3:45 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
CS16: Fire Ecology and Smoke Signaling in a Changing Climate

3:45 PM - 3:50 PM EDT

(CS16) Fire Ecology and Smoke Signaling in a Changing Climate: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Lauren Erland – University of the Fraser Valley, Chilliwack Campus

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

(CS16-1) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Jennifer Baltzer

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM EDT

(CS16-2) Abrupt forest change dynamics following stand-replacing wildfire

Symposium Speaker: Nathan G. Kiel, PhD (he/him/his) – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

(CS16-3) Can soil metabolomics help us to better understand post-fire native and invasive species dynamics?

Symposium Speaker: Lauren Erland – University of the Fraser Valley, Chilliwack Campus

5:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

(CS16-4) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Jenna Hountalas, n/a – University of Toronto

3:45 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
CS27: Crossroads of Communication: Plants and Their Microbial Allies and Enemies

3:45 PM - 3:50 PM EDT

(CS27) Crossroads of Communication: Plants and Their Microbial Allies and Enemies: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Virginia Miguel, PhD in Biological Sciences (she/her/hers) – Queen's University

Symposium Chair: Tia Harrison, PhD (she/her/hers) – Queen's University

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

(CS27-1) Caught in the act: proximity labelling to define the effector repertoires of intracellular plant pathogens

Symposium Speaker: Kris Kalinger, PhD (they/them/theirs) – University of Ottawa

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

(CS27-2) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Connor Fitzpatrick, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Calgary

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM EDT

(CS27-3) Uncovering the depths of forest resilience against Mountain Pine Beetle using quantitative proteomics

Symposium Speaker: Mohana Talasila – University of Alberta

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

(CS27-4) Experimental evolution of highly e4ective rhizobia in competitive environments

Symposium Speaker: Tia Harrison, PhD (she/her/hers) – Queen's University

5:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

(CS27-5) Harnessing CPK28 Signaling to Engineer Disease Resistant Canola Lines

Symposium Speaker: Virginia Miguel, PhD in Biological Sciences (she/her/hers) – Queen's University

3:45 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
CS28: Photosynthesis as a bridge across scales and disciplines

3:45 PM - 3:50 PM EDT

(CS28) Photosynthesis as a bridge across scales and disciplines: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Mauricio Tejera-Nieves, PhD – Jan IngenHousz Institute

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

(CS28-1) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Jie Yun, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

(CS28-2) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Theo Hartman

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM EDT

(CS28-3) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Wolfgang Zierer – University

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

(CS28-4) Information Coming Soon

Symposium Speaker: Amanda Cavanagh, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Essex

5:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

(CS28-5) Metabolic flux analysis in leaf metabolism quantifies the link between photorespiration and one carbon metabolism

Symposium Speaker: Kelem Gashu, PhD – Michigan State University

3:45 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
CS29: Abiotic: Water: Too Much or Too Little

3:45 PM - 3:50 PM EDT

(CS29) Abiotic Water: Too Much or Too Little: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Gunjan Sharma – University of Birmingham

Abiotic: Water

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

(CS29-1) Antagonistic histone modifiers coordinate flooding stress tolerance and memory in plants

Symposium Speaker: Gunjan Sharma – University of Birmingham

Abiotic: Water

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

(CS29-2) VrMYB104 Regulates Stress Signaling and Adaptive Responses to Waterlogging Stress in Mungbean

Symposium Speaker: Prashasti Pandey, n/a – Banaras Hindu University

Abiotic: Water

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM EDT

(CS29-3) Drought-induced anatomical changes in roots and hypocotyls of Westar summer rape B. napus (L) plants decrease susceptibility to V. longisporum

Symposium Speaker: Shruti Kashyap, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Manitoba

Abiotic: Water

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

(CS29-4) Integrative Phenomics, GWAS, and Genomic Selection Reveal Key Loci for Drought and Salinity Tolerance in Rice

Symposium Speaker: Sapna Dama, MSc. Biochemistry – BRIC- NAtional Agri-food and Biomanufacturing Institute (NABI)

Abiotic: Water

5:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

(CS29-5) An ABA-Responsive Phosphatase–Substrate Module Shapes Rice Root Architecture to Adapt Fluctuating Soil Moistures

Symposium Speaker: Su-May Yu, n/a – Academia Sinica

Abiotic: Water

3:45 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
CS30: Signal Transduction New Insights into Hormone Signaling

3:45 PM - 3:50 PM EDT

(CS30) Signal Transduction New Insights into Hormone Signaling: Chair Welcome

Symposium Chair: Li-Qing Chen, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM EDT

(CS30-1) SWEET1-Mediated Glucose Allocation Antagonizes Abscisic Acid Inhibition of Seed Germination

Symposium Speaker: Li-Qing Chen, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign