I am delighted to welcome you to the amazing city of Antwerp for our SEB annual meeting 2025. The theme and foundation of our annual meeting this year is “The Impact of Experimental Biology to Tackle Global Challenges." This year the annual meeting will be held at the amazing A Room with a Zoo, which is the only convention centre in the world with its own zoo. As registered participants to the SEB annual conferences you will have the opportunity to visit the zoo during the Welcome Reception. Please visit the website for more information.
PROFESSOR TRACY LAWSON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2023-25
EVERYTHING WE ACHIEVE
WE DO AS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT,
AND I WANT TO
EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE ENTIRE SEB TEAM AND THE TRUSTEE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND HARD WORK. I WILL GREATLY MISS WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP.
We have an exciting scientific programme for the next 4 days of the meeting, with numerous sessions across our three scientific sections (Animal, Cell and Plant) along with a full week of OED (Outreach, education and diversity) sessions. These include sessions relating to Multiscale Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Modelling, understanding environmental and parental effects on offspring, connecting photosynthesis from controlled environments to the field, tip growth in Plant Biology and OED sessions covering Doctoral Education, and Creativity in Higher Education. We will also have the greatly anticipated SEB traditional distinguished Plenary Award and lectures with internationally renowned winners of research awards. Professor Lucia Strader from Duke University will give the Cell Plenary lecture on “Active transport enables protein condensation in cells”. The Bidder lecture will be presented by Dr Anne Todgham, University of California Davis, entitled “The importance of curiosity and context in understanding the responses of aquatic organisms to dynamic, multivariate environments”, and Professor Andrew Leakey from the University of Illinois, will
deliver the Woolhouse lecture covering “AI enabled phenomics of stomata and water use efficiency in C4 crops”. This year it is also exciting to see the first OED plenary lecture, that will be given by Dr Shane Austin from UWI Cave Hill – The University of the West Indies, which will focus on “Breaking Barriers: Rethinking Excellence in Scientific Prizes”.
I am also greatly looking forward to the President’s Medals talks, which are awarded to young scientists of outstanding merit. This year the Animal section award will go to Dr Sandra Binning from the University of Montreal. Dr Raphael Souza Pavani from NIH will be awarded the cell section medal, whilst Dr Bipin Pandey from the University of Nottingham will be awarded the plant cell medal. Dr Emma Yhnell will be awarded the first ever OED medal as we initiate these medals this year. As is customary at our annual meeting we also have a number of social events that I hope you will take advantage off to meet new researchers as well as reconnect with old friends. We start these with the traditional ERC networking evening on Monday 7th July, at the Bier Central, from 6-8pm. The Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday the 10th of July 2025 from 19:00, at Art Nouveau Hall, The Grande Horta Café, Hopland. The final social event will be the Diversity Lunch on Friday from 13.00 – 14.30, which takes place at the conference centre in celebration of equality, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in bioscience. There are also lots to see in the beautiful city of Antwerp so please take a moment to check out “things to do” on the SEB website or using the following link https://www.sebiology.org/events/ seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025/ antwerp-information/things-to-do.html
This annual event and programme would not be possible without the hard work, dedication and support from the SEB staff who do all the work behind the scenes to make these events so memorable, and I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to the entire team on
behalf of the trustees. I would also like to once again emphasize and acknowledge the invaluable financial support provided for this meeting by our society and affiliated journals, without whom these events would not be possible. So, a big thank you to Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Journal, Plant Direct, Plant Biotechnology, and Conservation Biology and all the individuals who work with these. As I have mentioned in previous letters and events, the annual meeting operates at a financial deficit, which is bridged by the royalties and profits from our journals. This also highlights the importance of us as members supporting these journals as we look to see where we can publish our experimental biology research.
This is also a perfect opportunity to draw your attention to the JXB 75th Anniversary Symposium that will be held in Edinburgh this year between 17-19th September. Registration is open now with discounts for SEB members. There is an exciting line-up of speakers and a great opportunity to celebrate 75 years of experimental botany.
Another key event this year is the biannual Plant Environmental Physiology Group (PEPG)’s Field Techniques Workshop that will be taking place from Sunday 7th September to Friday 12th September 2025 in Naturasolta - Quinta de São Pedro, Portugal, just 15 minutes from Lisbon. The workshop will provide scientific lectures and hands-on training sessions for early career scientists directly from global leaders in plant physiology and company representatives providing cutting-edge plant physiology equipment. The unique workshop provides an unparallelled opportunity for ECR to meet with academic and industrial leaders in the field in an informal setting, as well as to develop a network of peers for future interactions and collaboration. This event has successfully taken place in its current form in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023 attracting early career scientists from all over the world and
been oversubscribed every time. Register early as there are only limited places. Please see the SEB website for more details. As always, we also have a number of other events taking place this year, including the SEB career building event to support skills required for productive interdisciplinary work that will take place on November 12th. Please keep an eye on the website for all the SEB and other events.
The annual meeting will see the end of my term as SEB president, and I want to take this opportunity to express what an incredible honour and privilege it has been to serve in this role. At this meeting, I hand over the reins to my successor, Professor Gudren De Boeck from the University of Antwerp (so a perfect place to handover).
I know she will be an excellent President, and I wish her all the best in leading the Society into new and exciting avenues in the future! She has been a real pleasure to work with as vice-president, and she has a long history of serving with the SEB.
I would like to end with extending a massive thank you to all the SEB staff and trustees. None of the events and activities would be possible without their dedication and commitment. Everything we achieve we do as a collective effort, and I want to extend my deepest gratitude to the entire SEB team and the trustee for their support and hard work. I will greatly miss working alongside them and their friendship.
I hope you enjoy this entire week and the meeting. It offers an incredible opportunity to reconnect with old friends and colleagues while fostering new connections and expanding our networks. These gatherings create a scientific family that accompanies us throughout our careers. I eagerly anticipate our conversations this week.
Professor Tracy Lawson
Former President, Society for Experimental Biology
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
It is my honour and pleasure to welcome you in my hometown Antwerp for the 2025 SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp on ‘The Impact of Experimental Biology to Tackle Global Challenges’. Indeed, in these uncertain times where not only biodiversity and the environment are under attack, but also scientists themselves, it is even more important to join forces and tackle the challenges ahead. It is a time to be creative and innovative, not only trying to understand the mechanisms of change around us, but also to find solutions to turn the tide. As Christiana Figueres says, we can and should be outraged and optimistic at the same time.
PROFESSOR GUDRUN DE BOECK, PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY.
DON’T BE AFRAID TO APPROACH SOMEONE AND ASK A QUESTION. AFTER ALL, WE ARE ALL HERE TO TALK SCIENCE. SEB MAKES SPECIAL EFFORTS TO ACCOMMODATE ECRS AS YOU ALL ARE THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE.
This year’s annual conference takes place in ‘A Room with a Zoo’, a conference centre located next to and linked to the Antwerp zoo in the centre of town. You will not only be able to join sessions in the central Queen Elisabeth Hall (named after the Belgian queen in the early 20th century), but also in rooms named Gorilla, Okapi, Nightingale, Toucan or Pelican. As the zoo was opened in 1843, it is one of the oldest animal parks in the world, and you will find a mix of historical and modern buildings squeezed between the fabulous Antwerp central railway station (please walk in, even if you don’t need to take the train) and the concert hall in the conference centre. The zoo is also home to the Antwerp ZOO Centre for Research and Conservation (CRC) focussing on animal welfare, conservation science and basic zoology and contributing to nature conservation in a range of countries. This is of course a perfect match with our own Conservation Physiology journal, and both the CRC scientists and the journal will team up in scientific zoo tours and a dedicated Science Across Boundaries session ‘Shared Challenges And Diverse Approaches
To Physiology In Conservation Across Taxonomic Boundaries’. I’m glad to see that even more cross boundary collaboration is taking place with ‘Physiological genomics’ and ‘Cellular metabolism and individual performance: navigating from animals to plants in a changing world.’
With a further 4 cell sessions, 10 plant sessions, 17 animal sessions, several workshops and 8 Outreach, Education and Diversity sessions, it will again be hard to choose. I’m very proud to welcome all these scientists, not only the distinguished and achieved researchers in our plenary sessions (Lucia Strader, Andrew Leakey, Anne Todgham and Shane Austin), the young and promising presidents medallists (Sandra Binning, Raphael Souza Pavani, Pipin Pandey and Emma Yhnell), but each and every one of you. Whether you are presenting a poster or a talk, I remember how nerve wrecking these first presentations can be. And who knows, perhaps you will be one of our young scientist awards winners. I hope you will enjoy our vibrant and invigorating conference, learn loads from your colleagues and above all also learn to know each other. Conferences, and especially SEB conferences, offer excellent network opportunities: during coffee and lunch breaks, poster sessions and social events. Don’t be afraid to approach someone and ask a question. After all, we are all here to talk science. SEB makes special efforts to accommodate ECRs as you all are the future of science. Perhaps one of these informal chats can lead to a new collaboration, joint publication, or a new position. And don’t forget there is a whole city out there to discover together. Enjoy a ‘bolleke’ De Koninck, the Antwerp beer, take a stroll over the ‘Meir’, visit the cathedral and the main square surrounded by many restaurants and pubs, discover the river Scheldt guarded by ‘Het Steen’, and enjoy the harbour city of diamonds and fashion.
For myself, I can now say that my first SEB conference was in the previous century, yes, even the previous millennium. The Society for Experimental Biology has played a huge role in my career, as it sparked so many new opportunities and collaborations. It has always held a special place in my heart. I hope it will do the same for you, and I will do everything in my power to make this happen. I have always found that SEB members are open-minded, genuinely interested and approachable scientists. This is also what I want to continue being as your president. Any questions or suggestions are welcomed. It is an honour to become the new president. My special thanks goes to Tracey Lawson, who did an excellent job
as president in the past 2 years and whom I wish lots of luck in her new adventures. All of this would not be possible without our splendid SEB team who organised not only this meeting, but also many career building workshops, symposia, and so much more during the year. So make sure you always keep an eye on our newsletter and website! And last but not least, a big thanks to our journals, sponsors and exhibitors without whom our conference would not be possible.
Professor Gudrun De Boeck President, Society for Experimental Biology
DELEGATE INFORMATION
VENUE
A Room with a ZOO Koningin Astridplein 20-26 2018 Antwerp Belgium
INTERNET ACCESS
Free Wi-Fi is available at the venue. Here are the login details:
Network: SEBCONFAntwerp2025!
Password: SEBAntwerp2025!
BADGES
Name badges for the Annual Conference will contain a barcode which will be scanned on entry each day to record attendance at the conference and each session. This will be used for SEB administrative purposes only. Each badge contains the following information which has been supplied during the registration process: name, institution and email address. Badges must be worn for the duration of the conference, both for security purposes and for entry into the scientific sessions and networking events.
CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE
Certificates of attendance will be sent out to all presenters in the weeks following the conference. If you do not receive one, they can be requested by email from events@sebiology.org
EXHIBITION
The exhibition area is the place to meet with our many scientific exhibitors – whether you are looking for a publisher for your next paper or an essential piece of scientific equipment. As well as housing the exhibitors, we will be using the exhibition area for refreshment breaks.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
If you are giving a talk at the Annual Conference, you will need to upload your presentation in the speaker preview room (Stanley room). The room will be clearly signposted during the conference.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
At this year's Annual Conference, posters presenters are able to hang their posters for the duration of the conference. Presenters will be able to hang their posters from 08:00 on Tuesday 8th July. Posters must be removed by 14:00 on Friday 11th July. Posters entered into the Irene Manton Poster Prize will be judged during the poster session.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographs will be taken throughout the conference for SEB promotional purposes including use on our website and marketing materials and in the press. If you have any concerns or queries regarding this, please visit the SEB registration desk.
LIABILITY
Neither the Society for Experimental Biology nor A Room with a ZOO will accept responsibility for damage or injury to persons or property during the conference. Participants are advised to arrange their own personal health and travel insurance.
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PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
DAY 1: TUESDAY 8 JULY
08:00 - 08:55
08:55 - 09:00 Presidents Welcome - pre-recorded from SEB President Tracy Lawson streamed across all sessions and screens 09:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
Break/exhibition 11:00 - 11:30
- 12:00
12:00 - 12:30
- 13:00
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch / Exhibition / Mentoring scheme get together Q&A / JEB Meet the Editors 14:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
17:30 - 18:30
DAY 2: WEDNESDAY 9 JULY
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:00
Registration & opening of exhibition
Presidents Welcome - pre-recorded from SEB President Tracy Lawson streamed across all sessions and screens
Refreshment Break/exhibition
Animal President Medalist talk - QEH
Cell President Medallist Talk - QEH
Plant President Medallist Talk - QEH
OED President Medallist Talk - QEH
Lunch / Exhibition / Mentoring scheme get together Q&A / JEB Meet the Editors
Animal President Medalist talk - QEH
Welcome evening reception - Marble Hall & Zoo Tours
Registration & opening of exhibition
Introduction of session by session organiser
Refreshment Break/exhibition
Lunch / Exhibition / Mentoring scheme get together Q&A
Cell Plenary Lecture - QEH
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
YSAS Talks - 20 mins each - Okapi 1,2,3
Poster session - 1hr each odd/even numbers
OKAPI
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
DAY 3: THURSDAY 10 JULY
08:30 - 08:55
08:55 - 09:00 Introduction of session by session organiser 09:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment Break/exhibition
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:30 Woolhouse Lecture - QEH
14:30 - 16:00 WORKSHOPS
16:00 - 16:30 Refreshment Break / Exhibition
16:30 - 17:30 OED Lecture - QEH
19:00 Awards Dinner - Horta
DAY 4: FRIDAY 11 JULY
08:30 - 09:25
09:25 - 09:30
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 13:00
- 14:30
14:45 End of Conference
Registration & opening of exhibition
Introduction of session by session organiser
Refreshment Break/exhibition
Lunch/Exhibition / Meet the Special Interest Groups
Woolhouse Lecture - QEH WORKSHOPS
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
OED Lecture - QEH
Awards Dinner - Horta
Registration & opening of exhibition
Introduction of session by session organiser
Refreshment Break / Exhibition
P7 A2
Diversity Lunch / Exhibition - Okapi 2 & 3
End of Conference
OKAPI 1 OKAPI 2 OKAPI 3
OKAPI 1 OKAPI 2 OKAPI 3 NIGHTINGALE
PELICAN
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
A1 MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
A2 EXPERIMENTAL PALAEOBIOLOGY - BRINGING FOSSILS “BACK TO LIFE”
A3 FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF LOCOMOTION AND FEEDING: A TRIBUTE TO PETER AERTS
A4 KINEMATICS AND ROBOTICS - STATE OF THE ARTS KINEMATICS AND THEIR TRANSFER TO ROBOTICS
A4 INNOVATIVE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN BIOMECHANICS
A5 OPEN BIOMECHANICS
A6 COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
A7 STRESS AS A DRIVER OF NEURAL PLASTICITY: FROM BRAINS TO BEHAVIOUR
A8 ANIMAL RESPONSES TO A CHANGING WORLD: WHAT ABOUT COGNITION?
A9 GOING BEYOND DEATH: UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGICALLY AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS
A9 INNOVATING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: MITIGATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF HIGH-TECH SOLUTIONS
A9 POLLUTION OSMOREGULATION AND ENERGY USE
A10 RIDING THE WAVE: INSIGHTS INTO PLASTIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ANIMAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE CHALLENGES
A11 OPEN WATER: THE BIOLOGY OF PELAGIC FISHES
A12 BIOTIC INTERACTIONS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS UNDER ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
A13 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR OFFSPRING OF PARENTAL EFFECTS
A14 VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF EARLY LIFE STAGES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
A16 INSIGHTS AND TOOLS FROM BIOLOGGING FOR CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY
A17 OPEN ANIMAL
C1 CROSS KINGDOM PROTEOSTASIS: UNDERSTANDING THE RULES OF PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS
C2 BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
C3 TIP GROWTH IN PLANT BIOLOGY
C4 OPEN CELL
P1 ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN PLANT SCIENCE VIA AI APPROACHES
P2 POISONOUS PLANTS
P3 PEPG - BRIDGING THE GAP: CONNECTING PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH FROM CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS TO THE FIELD
P4 CYTOPLASMIC GENETICS: FROM SHAPING PLANT TRAITS TO DRIVING SPECIATION
P5 FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO: FINE TUNING STOMATA TO MAXIMISE GLOBAL CROP RESILIENCE
P7 PLANT PHENOMICS: BEYOND THE PLATFORMS
P8 GRAVITROPISM AND PLANT ARCHITECTURE
P9 PLANT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: FROM MODELS TO LAB TO FIELD
P11 OPEN PLANT
OED1 INCLUSIVE DOCTORAL EDUCATION
OED2 CREATIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
OED3 REWARD AND RECOGNITION FOR OUTREACH EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY (OED)
OED4 COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY PRACTICAL CLASSES
OED5 BIOLOGY AS AN EXPERIMENTALLY TAUGHT SCIENCE
OED6 QUICK WINS: CELEBRATING IMPLEMENTABLE INNOVATIONS IN HE TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP
OED7 ENABLING LEARNING IN A DIGITAL WORLD
OED8 GETTING YOUR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PUBLISHED
SAB1 PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS
SAB2 SHARED CHALLENGES AND DIVERSE APPROACHES TO PHYSIOLOGY IN CONSERVATION ACROSS TAXONOMIC BOUNDARIES
SAB3 CELLULAR METABOLISM AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE: NAVIGATING FROM ANIMALS TO PLANTS IN A CHANGING WORLD
W1 PLANT ARCHITECTURE IN MODEL AND CROP PLANTS
W2 ACADEMIC PEER REVIEW, FIRST STEPS BEST PRACTICES, AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
W3 INTERSECTIONALITY: IMPACTS ON ACADEMIC STAFF AND THEIR STUDENTS
W4 EMBEDDING SDGS IN THE CURRICULUM
W5 GENERATIVE AI AND SCIENTIFIC WRITING
W6 INSIGHTS AND TOOLS FROM BIOLOGGING FOR CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY
W7 THE ESSENTIAL 10 FOR RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL RESEARCH
W8
EFFECTIVE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMES
W9 GAS EXCHANGE ACROSS SCALES – FROM LEAF TO FIELD (AND BEYOND)
W10
UNDERSTANDING JOURNAL PUBLISHING
SEB Journals Publishing for the Community Peer review workshop
SEB Journals stand
The ‘seb Journals’ stand will be staffed by the society’s editorial team. If you have any questions about the journals, please come and see us.
The seb’s editorial office is running a workshop on peer review after lunch on Thursday 10th July. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to write high-quality peer reviews in line with best scientific practice and ethical norms. We will also discuss different peer review models and future challenges that the peer review system has to master.
Meet the editors
Come and talk to the journal editors at an informal session at lunchtime on Wednesday 9th July. The society’s editorial staff will also be there to answer your questions.
• Impactful applied plant science
• Open access, online publishing
• High Altmetric scores
• Expert editorial board
• Owned by the SEB & the AAB
• Considers short research papers
•Diverse and supportive editorial board
•Fast time to first decision
•OA Research Highlights every issue
•Annual special issue
•TPJ Fellowships to support new group leaders
•Annual Outstanding Paper Prizes
• Serving the plant science community since 1950
• Editorial Internship programme
• Diverse & experienced editorial board
• Society-run editorial office
• 100% of profits reinvested in the community
• Accessible eXtra Botany section
• Ten special issues every year, helping to fund scientific meetings
•Progressive on open data
•Discounted publishing fees for SEB members
•Constructive peer review
•Format-free submission
•Supportive of ECRs
•Committed to a high standard of ethics
•Open access, online publishing
•Considers White Papers
•Rapid and transparent publication
•Owned by the SEB and the ASPB
•Considers Registered Reports
•Transfer relationship with many plant journals
•Discounts for pre-printed manuscripts
•Field-defining editorial board
•Open access, online publishing
•Dedicated editorial staff
•Community-led special issues
•Considers replication studies
The SEB is:
•a signatory of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
•committed to open access and open data
•dedicated to achieving the highest standards of ethics in publishing
All of the SEB’s income from its journals is used to support the society’s work and charitable activities, including:
•training, outreach and engagement work in the community
•the provision of grants for small meetings
John Lunn, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Experimental Botany
Jonathan Napier, Editor-in-Chief, Plant Biotechnology Journal
Andrea Fuller, Editor-in-Chief, Conservation Physiology
Mike Page
Bridget O’Boyle
Mareike Jezek
The Plant Journal and Plant Direct also represented.
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
MONDAY 7TH JULY
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Location: Atrium, A Room With A ZOO, Koningin Astridplein 20, 2018 Antwerp
Price: FREE
ECR NETWORKING EVENING
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Location: Beer Central Antwerp, De Keyserlei 25, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium
Price: £15 per person as a ticket add-on at registration (subject to availability)
TUESDAY 8TH JULY
ANIMAL PRESIDENT MEDALLIST TALK
Time: 11:00 – 11:30
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Speaker: Sandra Binning
Price: Free with your conference registration
CELL PRESIDENT MEDALLIST TALK
Time: 11:30 – 12:00
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Speaker: Raphael Souza Pavani
Price: Free with your conference registration
PLANT PRESIDENT MEDALLIST TALK
Time: 12:00 – 12:30
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Speaker: Bipin Pandey
Price: Free with your conference registration
OED PRESIDENT MEDALLIST TALK
Time: 12:30 – 13:00
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hall
Speaker: Emma Yhnell
Price: Free with your conference registration
JEB MEET THE EDITORS
Time: 13:00-14:00
Location: Marble Hall
Price: Free with your conference registration
MENTORING SCHEME GET TOGETHER Q&A
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BIDDER LECTURE
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WELCOME EVENING RECEPTION AND ZOO TOUR
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WEDNESDAY
9TH JULY
MEET THE EDITORS LUNCH
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CELL PLENARY LECTURE
Time:
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Price: Free with your conference registration
YSAS ANIMAL TALKS
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Okapi 1
Price: Free with your conference registration
YSAS PLANT TALKS
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Okapi 2
Price: Free with your conference registration
YSAS CELL TALKS
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Okapi 3
Price: Free with your conference registration
SOCIAL EVENTS
ECR NETWORKING EVENING
Monday 7th July 18:00 – 20:00
Beer Central Antwerp, De Keyserlei 25, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium
£15 per person as a ticket add-on at registration (subject to availability) The ticket price includes two drinks per person and nibbles.
We are delighted to invite ECRs to join us for an informal evening event where we will bring together early career researchers from across the animal, plant, and cell biology sections.
Arranged the evening before the official start of the Annual Conference, the event presents an opportunity to meet with people at a similar career stage, offering a platform to network and form new connections, whether you are attending with your lab group or are coming alone.
*This event is sponsored by JXB*
MENTORING SCHEME GET TOGETHER Q&A
Tuesday 8th July 13:00 - 14:00
Corner of Atrium (near where lunch is served)
Free with your conference registration
This is an informal social event to get to know one another for anyone who is participating in the SEB Mentoring Scheme. A table will be set aside in the lunch hall for participants to catch up on how their partnerships are going.
JEB MEET THE EDITORS
Tuesday 8th July 13:00 - 14:00
Marble Hall
Free with your conference registration
We invite you to come and meet the Editors of Journal of Experimental Biology – the leading journal in animal comparative physiology and biomechanics – to talk about your research, find out more about the journal and learn how we support researchers, including our travelling fellowship scheme and our grants for junior faculty. There will also be lots of free
JEB goodies to take away including your first chance to pick up our limited-edition JEB 2025 T-shirt.
Attending Editors:
Craig Franklin (Editor-in-Chief)
Katie Gilmour (Monitoring Editor)
Sanjay Sane (Monitoring Editor)
Jarren Kay (Features & Reviews Editor)
WELCOME EVENING RECEPTION AND ZOO TOUR
Tuesday 8th July 18:30 - 20:30
Marble Hall & Zoo
Free with your conference registration
This is an opportunity to network, mingle and get to know our exhibitors with a glass of wine. You will also have the opportunity to attend a private SEB only evening entry to the Zoo, with guide points to provide information on their current projects.
Two glasses of wine will be served per person.
MEET THE EDITORS LUNCH
Wednesday 9th July 12:30 – 14:00
Corner of Atrium (near where lunch is served)
Free with your conference registration
The SEB is hosting an informal Meet the Editors session at lunchtime on Wednesday. If you have any questions about publishing in the SEB’s journals, or more generally, then please come along with your lunch and meet the society’s Editors-in-Chief and editorial staff.
MEET THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (CONVENERS LUNCH)
Thursday 10th July 12:30 – 13:30
Corner of Atrium (near where lunch is served)
Free with conference registration
This networking lunch offers attendees the chance to meet the conveners of the SEB Special Interest Groups. These groups cover various areas of animal, plant, and cell biology and help to organise sessions at the Annual Conference and Symposia. The conveners make up the Scientific Section Committees, and this lunch provides a great opportunity to learn about their work and find a group to join. There will be designated tables for each present special interest group. The Outreach, Education and Diversity (OED) Working Group will also be present for anyone who wants to get involved with public engagement, HE education, or promoting an inclusive culture within the biosciences.
AWARDS DINNER
Thursday 10th July 19:00
Art Nouveau Hall, The Grande Horta Café, Hopland 2, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
£60-£105 per person as a ticket add-on at registration (subject to availability)
Join us at The Grande Horta Café’s beautiful Art Nouveau Hall. The iron rafters of the former Maison du Peuple in Brussels were updated and given a new life in this monumental hall located in Antwerp's fashion district.
The winners of the President Medallist Award, Young Scientist Award, Irene Manton Prize, Woolhouse Lecture, Plenary Lecture, and Bidder Lecture will receive their awards from the new SEB President, Gudrun De Boeck, during the Awards Dinner. The dinner includes a drinks reception upon arrival, a three-course meal with wine accompaniment, followed by music and dancing.
DIVERSITY LUNCH AND SURVIVORS RAFFLE
Friday 11th July 13:00 - 14:30
Free as a ticket add-on at registration (subject to availability)
Join us as we formally conclude the SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp with our annual Diversity Lunch, a celebration of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the biosciences. This free sit-down lunch is included with your standard conference ticket, but spaces are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so we encourage you to arrive promptly.
In addition to our guest speaker, the lunch will show-off some of this year’s conference highlight photos, and the raffle prize draw from the SEB membership stand competition. One lucky attendee will win two free VIP tickets to attend next year’s SEB Annual Conference, including access to all social events. To enter, remember to visit the SEB membership stand during the conference to learn about the competition and collect your ticket… and don’t forget, you must attend the lunch to win!
Speaker
We’re delighted to welcome Ljuba Ponomarev as this year’s Diversity Lunch speaker. Ljuba serves as Treasurer and Mentoring Programme Coordinator at BeWiSe (Belgian Women in Science), a non-profit organisation that connects and supports women working in science across universities, research institutes, and industry in Belgium.
Ljuba holds a PhD in cardiovascular diseases and now works at Regional Hospital Tienen, beyond her research, Ljuba is also a passionate science communicator involved in multiple outreach initiatives. She first connected with BeWISE through volunteering, and has since become a strong advocate for its mission to support and empower women in science. Her talk will offer insight into BeWiSe’s work and share her personal experiences of the positive impact that mentoring and inclusive networks can have in shaping scientific careers.
BeWiSe
BeWiSe’s (Belgian Women in Science) mission is to achieve genderequal participation at all levels of science and engineering in both the public and private sectors. BeWiSe runs a range of activities, including a mentoring programme, networking and career development events, and outreach to schools – such as their annual competition that awards first-year tuition fees at a Belgian higher education institution to secondary school students.
Okapi 2 & 3 rooms
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YSAS ANIMAL - HEAT WAVE INDUCES ACCLIMATION OF PERFORMANCE BUT REDUCES REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS
Wednesday 9th July 17:40-18:00
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Chandler Tsz To Tsang, Frank Seebacher, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
chandlertsang@gmail.com
exacerbated in KO fish. Our data demonstrate that despite thermal acclimation of physiological performance, heatwaves negatively impacted reproductive fitness. These reproductive impacts were linked to DNMT3A activity, suggesting DNA methylation as a critical mechanism underlying responses to thermal stress and reproductive success under warming. Overall, our study highlights that warming and anthropogenic disruptions of DNA methylation (e.g., chemical pollutants) could have lasting fitness effects, potentially threatening population size and species persistence in the face of climate change.
Heatwaves are predicted to become more frequent and intense over the coming decades, posing significant challenges for wildlife. The ability of organisms to physiologically adjust to increased temperatures, known as thermal acclimation, is critical for maintaining individual performance and reproductive success, ultimately influencing species persistence. In this study, we investigated whether heatwave elicits thermal acclimation and compensatory responses such that performance remains constant despite elevated temperature in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). We also examined whether thermal acclimation of performance is reversible once temperatures return to baseline conditions. Furthermore, since thermal acclimation of performance may not necessarily protect reproductive fitness, we tested whether heatwave exposure negatively impacts reproductive output and offspring survival. Finally, we examined the role of DNA methylation mediated by DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) in regulating thermal acclimation and reproductive fitness.
We employed a two-by-two factorial experimental design using wild-type (WT) and DNMT3A knock-out (KO) zebrafish exposed either to a control temperature (25°C) or a simulated heatwave (+5°C increase) for 28 days. We found that the heatwave exposure elicited a “hotter is better” response in WT fish, with increased swimming performance observed across all tested temperatures following acclimation. In contrast, KO fish showed improved performance at higher temperatures, but performance at lower temperatures was reduced. After re-acclimation at 25°C for an additional 28 days, swimming performance of heatwave-treated fish returned to prewarming levels, indicating that thermal acclimation in adults is reversible, with no lasting "memory effect" of heatwave exposure on swimming performance.
Pair-breeding within treatment groups revealed a significant interaction between heatwave exposure and DNMT3A genotype, resulting in fewer fertilised eggs. Both WT and KO fish exposed to heatwave conditions produced significantly fewer fertilised eggs compared to WT fish maintained at 25°C. Furthermore, offspring survival was significantly reduced in WT fish following heatwave exposure, and this effect was
Major findings of the study: (A) Thermal performance curves (TPCs) illustrating changes in swimming performance following thermal acclimation. (B) Fertility (number of fertilised eggs) and (C) offspring early survivorship were both significantly reduced by an interaction between DNMT3A genotype and heatwave exposure.
YSAS ANIMAL - WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I AM GONE? GASTRIC PROTON
PUMP KNOCKOUT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GASTRIC ACID IN DIGESTION, METABOLISM AND GROWTH IN FISH
Wednesday 9th July 17:00-17:20
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Patrícia G. Ferreira1,2, Jonathan M. Wilson2 1Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
patricia.ferreira@uottawa.ca
The hallmark feature of the vertebrate stomach is acid-peptic digestion. The gastric proton pump (H+/K+-ATPase; HKA) is responsible for acidification and is composed of α and β subunits, encoded by the genes, ATP4A and ATP4B, respectively. The acidification of the stomach has been linked to increased digestibility of protein and minerals and in the protection against pathogen entry into the intestine. Importantly, an acidic luminal pH is required for the activation of aspartic peptidase pepsinogens to pepsins
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and the first step of protein digestion. Moreover, studies in diverse vertebrate groups, using a broad range of techniques, have put forward evidence linking gastric acid to increased phosphorus, magnesium and calcium absorption. The role of HKA, and, consequently, gastric acid in growth and postprandial energy expenditure (specific dynamic action, SDA) has been predicted in fish and other vertebrates through rather indirect procedures of diet modulation or through the use of pharmacological knockdown methods that may introduce off target effects. Overall, there is a lack of an integrative, direct and exhaustive examination of the specific role of the gastric HKA in animal digestion, energetics and growth. This study set out to fill these current knowledge gaps in teleosts using an emerging animal model in biological and biomedical studies, the Mexican tetra Astyanax mexicanus. To this end, a HKA knockout (KO) line was generated through direct targeting of the atp4a gene in A. mexicanus using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and utilized transcriptomic (qPCR, RNAseq), physiological (acid and ammonia fluxes, and respirometry) and biochemical (proximal body composition) approaches to assess the impact of gastric acidification loss in animal homeostasis. Our results show that KO A. mexicanus are unable to produce gastric acid and present a blunted expression of pepsinogen a and c (pga, pgc). Through RNAseq analysis we identified 2064 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the stomach, and 160 DEGs in the anterior intestine of KO A. mexicanus. This analysis led to the description of differentially regulated pathways in the stomach and intestine of mutant animals that shed light on the impact of stomach acid in oxidative stress, and lipid and iron metabolism. In particular, we observed a downregulation of pathways associated to oxidative stress, and an upregulation of lipid metabolism transcripts in the stomachs of KOs. Furthermore, we described a significant reduction in the magnitude of SDA and in postprandial ammonia excretion, the latter a direct reflection of decreased protein catabolism for energy mobilization in KO fish. However, these changes were not accompanied by a decrease in growth or appetite, although carcass protein content was significantly lower. Together with higher postprandial faecal protein levels our results indicate poor protein digestion and consequently decreased protein uptake levels by the gut of KO fish. This further highlights the importance of the proton pump to protein digestion and assimilation. Interestingly, this reduction in protein content was accompanied by a significant increase in total body lipid levels of KO A. mexicanus. Together with the RNAseq data showing an upregulation of gastric lipid gene we have the remarkable situation where the KOs appear to have developed a unique capacity to absorb lipid through the gastric mucosa as indicated by the accumulation of lipid droplets in the gastric columnar epithelium (Fig.1). This contrasts with the usual restriction of fat absorption to the intestine. Lastly, knocking out gastric acidification also negatively impacted carcass calcium, magnesium and phosphorus levels that may have adverse consequence on skeletal development. In summary, this work shows an integrative and unparalleled analysis of the effects
of the gastric acid loss in an organism, that may offer insights into the evolutionary secondary loss of acid-peptic digestion in several vertebrate lineages. This work also highlights new functions arising from this ablation in an often-overlooked organ – the stomach. Moreover, this new transgenic line will be valuable tool for future studies of gastrointestinal physiology, answering questions that transcend our own.
YSAS ANIMAL - (FINALLY) TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS: DOES OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AFFECT LUMPFISH CEREBROSPINAL FLUID?
Wednesday 9th Jul 17:20-17:40
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Garfield T. Kwan1,2,3*, Jennifer Finlay3, Andrea J. Johnson4, Aidan Donnelly3, Jack Jarvis3, Trystan Sanders3, Oleg Savin4, Trevor J. Hamilton4, Martin Tresguerres1‡, Rod W. Wilson3‡
1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
2 Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, U.S.A.
3 Biosciences Department, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, U.K.
4 Department of Psychology, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
gkwan09@gmail.com
Over the past few years, research on CO2 driven ocean acidification (OA) and its alteration of fish behavior has provoked controversy. Early OA studies reported dramatic changes in fish behavior including impaired olfaction and learning, whereas later studies often reported null or nuanced results1 that has led to considerable debate across the field2–7. Intriguingly, the hypothesis proposed by Nilsson et al. (2012) to explain the OA-induced alteration of fish behavior remains untested. Nilsson et al. (2012) posits the reversal of the electrochemical potential across the neuronal membrane of GABAA receptor as the mechanism. Under normal conditions, the GABAA receptor relies on an inflow of Cl- and/or HCO3to generate an inhibitory response8,9. However, high CO2 exposure is thought to alter [HCO3-] and [Cl-] within the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) – theoretically causing an outflow of Cl- and/or HCO3- thereby generating an excitatory response8,9. High CO2 is known to induce HCO3- accumulation intracellularly and within blood, endolymph, and CSF. In extreme cases (very high CO2 levels, e.g. ˜10,000 μatm),
Figure.1. Transmission electron micrograph of the stomach columnar epithelium in KO fish.
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blood [Cl-] has been observed to decrease at nearly a 1:1 ratio as HCO3- accumulates10. Even so, no study to date has directly measured CSF acid-base and ionic responses to OA and extreme CO2 conditions.
Here we demonstrate a method to reliably extract CSF with minimal disturbance to its acid-base parameters in 3 fishes, the lumpfish (C. lumpus), splitnose rockfish (S. diploproa) and rainbow trout (O. mykiss). Of these, the lumpfish reliably provided the most CSF to facilitate sampling. We measured acid-base and ionic parameters (including pH, HCO3-, Cl-) within lumpfish blood and CSF after 1-hour, 5-day, and 5-week of elevated levels of CO2 exposure (3,000 – 6,000 μatm), as well as time points between 15 min – 4 hours of extreme CO2 exposure (10,000 μatm). As anticipated, blood and CSF parameters were disturbed by high CO2, but their pH recovered and [HCO3-] accumulated within hours of exposure. Interestingly, lumpfish CSF [HCO3-] at 5 weeks of CO2 exposure was significantly lower than at 5 days of exposure – a response that deviates from documented blood response. CSF [Cl-] was not affected by the 3,000 – 6,000 μatm CO2 exposure. Instead, CSF [Cl-] significantly increased over the 4-hour exposure to 10,000 μatm of CO2. Lumpfish behavior was analyzed after 5 weeks of exposure, and we found CO2 significantly decreased distance moved but did not affect thigmotaxis (time spent near walls). Brain pHi and TCO2 measurements are ongoing, and together with our CSF data will confirm whether chronic CO2 exposure is likely to cause stimulation of GABAA receptors to result in excitatory rather than inhibitory outcomes.
In summary, our methodology will advance understanding of CSF regulation and neurobiology in non-model fishes. Furthermore, this study is the first to test the GABAA hypothesis, and (at the time of writing) our CSF data do not support the GABAA receptor switching from inhibitory to excitatory during acute or chronic CO2 exposure. Moreover, the lumpfish’s ability to regulate CSF HCO3- differently to blood HCO3- during chronic CO2 exposure provides evidence of physiological resilience to future OA conditions. Finally, our data highlights the need to directly measure (and not assume blood responses are similar across) physiologically-regulated fluids (c.f. rockfish blood and endolymph OA responses).
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YSAS CELL - BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL: QUERCETIN POTENTIATES THE EFFICACY OF LISINOPRIL THROUGH THE MEDIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR INDICES AND MAINTENANCE OF LIPID HOMEOSTASIS IN EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSIVE RATS
Wednesday 9th Jul 17:00-17:20
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A. M. Adeosuna,b*, D. A. Akinloyea, A. E. Jokotolaa, E. B. Oshoa, A. S. Okona, O. A. Akinloyea
a Department of Biochemistry, College of Biosciences, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
b Department of Biochemistry, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
adeosun.amuhammad@lcu.edu.ng
Combining quercetin with a prototype angiotensin-converting enzyme may produce a better outcome in blood pressure control. The current study evaluated the efficacy of combining quercetin with lisinopril blood pressure control in hypertensive rat models. Twenty-five male rats were randomized into five groups (n = 5) of normotensive control, hypertensive untreated and hypertensive treated with quercetin only, lisinopril only and the combination of quercetin and lisinopril, respectively. High BP (BP ≥ 140/90) was induced by a single subcutaneous dose of 2 mg/kg dexamethasone and the water was replaced with 4% NaCl for two weeks. After 7 days of treatment, the average reduction in systolic BP of the treated rats was in the order quercetin with lisinopril (75 mm Hg) > quercetin only (59 mm Hg) > lisinopril only (45 mm Hg) while reduction in diastolic BP were in the order quercetin (57) > quercetin with lisinopril (46 mm Hg) > lisinopril only (13 mm Hg).
Rats treated with combined quercetin and lisinopril and those treated with individual drugs have marked decreases in ACE, CK, CK isozyme and LDH1 activities, decreased endothelin expression while increasing circulatory nitric oxide compared to untreated hypertensive rats. Rats treated with quercetin, lisinopril and the combination have decreased serum cholesterol with increased HDL-cholesterol concentration, however, triglyceride levels decreased in quercetin-lisinopril-treated hypertensive rats. Conclusively, quercetin potentiates lisinopril's effect on blood pressure control through its ability to mediate energy demand, enhance nitric oxide production, maintain lipid homeostasis and diminish the production of free radicals in hypertensive rats.
YSAS PLANT - TIME TO FLOWERING AND FLOWERING DURATION IN MUNGBEAN ARE UNRELATED PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS WITH INDEPENDENT
1 Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia.
2 School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia.
c.dudley@uqconnect.edu.au
integrated field and controlled-environment approach represents a significant advance in mungbean research. By elucidating the genetic and physiological basis of flowering traits, we provide actionable pathways for breeding varieties with synchronised and optimised flowering patterns. Our findings lay the groundwork for developing mungbean varieties that meet the demands of mechanised agriculture and challenging growing conditions, contributing to the global effort to adapt crops to a changing climate.
Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) is a sub-tropical grain legume of increasing importance for sustainable agriculture due to its short growth cycle and ability to fix nitrogen. However, its extended, asynchronous flowering window presents significant challenges for mechanised harvest and increases susceptibility to abiotic stress. This study aimed to dissect the genetic and environmental factors influencing flowering behaviour in mungbean, focusing on two key traits: days to flowering (DTF) and flowering duration (FD). These traits were hypothesised to be genetically independent and influenced by genotype-by-environment interactions. We conducted multi-environment trials across four field experiments in Queensland, Australia (2022–2023) to evaluate DTF and FD in a diverse set of mungbean genotypes. DTF ranged from 35–70 days after sowing, while FD varied from 20–60 days. Analysis revealed significant phenotypic variation for both traits, with strong genotype-by-environment interactions influencing FD (Figure 1A and B). Importantly, no significant correlation was observed between DTF and FD across environments, suggesting these traits are physiologically and genetically independent. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified eight quantitative trait loci (QTL) for DTF and one QTL for FD, with no overlap between them (Figure 1C). Allelic variation at DTF QTL was found to drive early or late flowering time, offering direct insights for targeting specific flowering windows. To further understand the mechanisms underlying flowering behaviour, controlled-environment experiments were conducted under short, neutral, and long photoperiods using a panel of diverse accessions. These studies assessed the impact of photoperiod on flowering initiation, duration, and overall developmental transitions. Shoot tip dissections highlighted shifts in flowering node determination and vegetative-reproductive transitions, revealing plasticity in flowering responses that underpin resilience and adaptability. This
Figure 1: (A and B) Genotype by environment interactions for days to flowering (DTF; measured in degree days, °Cd) (A) and flowering duration (FD; measured in degree days, °Cd) (B) for the mungbean nested association mapping population evaluated across four environments; Trial 1, 2, 3 and 4 .Displayed values are the best linear unbiased predictions (BLUPs) for each genotype calculated across all environments. The NAM progeny is depicted in grey, NAM parents in black. The FA2 and FA3 model accounted for both fixed and random effects and explains 98% and 88% of the total genetic variance for DTF and FD, respectively. (C) Marker trait associations for days to flowering (DTF) in grey and flowering duration (FD) in black. Significant quantitative trait loci are represented by larger dots above the significance threshold which corresponds to an FDRadjusted p-value of 0.05.
YSAS PLANT - LOCATION OF FAR-RED LIGHT PERCEPTION AND SIGNALLING MECHANISMS DRIVING FRUIT GROWTH RESPONSES IN TOMATO
Wednesday 9th Jul 17:20-17:40
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Elena Vincenzia, Mohan Lua, Lisa Oskamb, Ronald Pierikb, Esther de Beerc, Frank Millenaard, Leo F.M. Marcelisa, Ep Heuvelinka
a Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
b Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
c Signify, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
d BASF – Nunhems, Nunhem, Netherlands.
ep.heuvelink@wur.nl
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The integration of far-red light in controlledenvironment agriculture has shown great potential for enhancing tomato fruit yield, primarily by increasing individual fruit fresh weight1. Fruit sink strength1,2 and sugar content at harvest2 are improved by supplementary far-red, possibly due to enhanced sucrose transport to the fruits and changes in starch and sugar metabolism2. Plant responses to far-red light are mediated by phytochromes. While fruit-localised phytochromes have been linked to starch and sugar metabolism3, their role in regulating fruit growth responses remains unknown. We investigated whether far-red perception in tomato plants occurs locally in the fruits or is driven by inter-organ signalling from the vegetative organs. We separated the light environment of the generative and vegetative organs of tomato plants using a lighttight curtain (Figure 1A) and grew the fruiting trusses, from anthesis to ripening, through the curtain (Figure 1B). Trusses were pruned to 2 fruits for the first truss and 4 fruits for subsequent trusses. We applied far-red light either to the fruiting trusses (Fruit_FR) or to the vegetative organs (Leaf_FR), and compared these treatments to whole-plant far-red exposure (Full_FR) and a control treatment without far-red (No_FR). Each treatment had 3 (Fruit_FR and Leaf_FR) or 4 (No_FR and Full_FR) independent repetitions, each consisting of 4 plants. A total of 296 fruits were individually harvested when ripe, and all data were analysed using a one-way analysis of variance. Far-red application to vegetative organs significantly increased individual fruit fresh weight (Figure 1C), dry weight, and soluble sugar content, regardless of the light environment experienced by the flowers and fruits. The molecular pathway of far-red signalling to the fruits was further investigated with RNA sequencing and hormone measurements, currently under analysis. Our research concludes that tomato fruit growth response to far-red depends on inter-organ signalling of a far-red light stimulus perceived by the vegetative organs, and provides insights into the signalling mechanism.
Figure 1: Experimental setup, a curtain divides the light environment between vegetative and generative organs (A). Tomato fruiting truss growing through the curtain (B). Effects of light treatments on ripe fruit fresh weight (C). Data represent averages per treatment ± SEM. Letters represent significant differences from Fischer’s Protected LSD test.
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YSAS PLANT - BACTERIA EXPLOIT PLANT PROCESSING BODIES TO ATTENUATE HOST TRANSLATION DURING INFECTION
Wednesday 9th Jul 17:00-17:20
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Manuel González-Fuente1,*, Nico Schulz1, Alibek Abdrakhmanov2, Gaiea Izzati3, Shanshuo Zhu1, Gautier Langin1, Paul Gouguet1, Mirita Franz-Wachtel4, Boris Macek4, Anders Hafrén5, Yasin Dagdas2, Suayib Üstün1,*
1 Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2 Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
3 Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
4 Proteome Center Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
5 Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
manuel.gonzalezfuente@rub.de suayb.uestuen@rub.de
Pathogens deploy sophisticated strategies to modulate most host cellular processes, but their impact on protein synthesis remains poorly understood. The compartmentalization of transcripts into cytosolic biomolecular condensates, such as processing bodies (P-bodies), enables a rapid regulation of translation in eukaryotes. Thus, we hypothesized that pathogens could hijack these condensates to modulate the host translation and promote the disease. We showed that the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae (Pst) induces the formation of fluorescently labelled P-bodies through two effectors with phase-separating properties (Fig. A). A P-body-defective mutant exhibited increased tolerance to bacterial infection, supporting a role of P-bodies as positive regulators of susceptibility (Fig. B). Monitoring puromycin incorporation among other approaches, we observed that Pst infection triggers the attenuation
1. Vincenzi, E. et al. Duration, not timing during the photoperiod, of far-red application determines the yield increase in tomato. Sci Hortic 338, (2024).
2. Ji, Y. et al. Far-red radiation stimulates dry mass partitioning to fruits by increasing fruit sink strength in tomato. New Phytologist 228, 1914–1925 (2020).
Bianchetti, R. E. et al. Fruit-localized phytochromes regulate plastid biogenesis, starch synthesis, and carotenoid metabolism in tomato. J Exp Bot 69, 3573–3586
PLENARY LECTURERS
Each year at the SEB Annual Conference, the work of George Parker Bidder (Animal) and Harold Woolhouse (Plant) is honoured with two plenary lectures. These lectures, along with the Cell Biology and Outreach, Education and Diversity Plenary Lectures, are given by scientists prominent in their field and are nominated by the committees of their respective sections.
These prestigious lectures will be taking place:
COUTREACH, EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY WINNER
DR. SHANE AUSTIN (UWI CAVE HILLTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES)
Thurs 10th July 16:30-17:30
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SHANE IS ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE SEB OUTREACH EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY GROUP.
Shane Austin is a lecturer in Biochemistry and Deputy Dean of Graduate Research and Outreach in the Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He completed his PhD studies at the Medical University of Vienna on a collaborative project with the Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Shane is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, where he serves on the Maximizing Access Committee (MAC). The MAC seeks to improve opportunities for biochemistry and molecular biology scientists from marginalised backgrounds. Shane chairs the awards task force on that committee, which is responsible for awarding scholarships, travel awards and society prizes. Shane is also actively involved with the SEB Outreach Education and Diversity group, where he chairs the Awards nomination taskforce, an initiative to improve diversity in the SEB awards scheme. Shane supervises five research students on topics from snail metabolism to circular bioeconomies using anaerobic digestion. He also explores research topics of biochemical education and uterine fibroids in Afro-Caribbean women.
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PBJ is an open access journal publishing important and high-impact original research and incisive reviews by leading researchers in applied plant science, with an emphasis on modern molecular biology and its application in plant biotechnology. PBJ provides a forum for the most significant advances in this field, with a strong emphasis on strategic research in plant biotechnology, but also including curiosity-driven studies with the potential for application, and scientific analysis of the performance of the products of plant biotechnology in practice.
Plant Direct (PD)
Plant Direct is an open access, sound science journal for the plant sciences that strives to be a leader in supporting evolving community needs. Plant Direct is a collaboration between the American Society of Plant Biologists, the Society for Experimental Biology, and Wiley. In addition to direct submissions, the journal accepts transfers from our society-journal partners The Plant Journal, The Plant Cell, Plant Physiology, and Journal of Experimental Botany. Topics include but are not limited to genetics, biochemistry, development, cell biology, biotic stress, abiotic stress, genomics, phenomics, bioinformatics, physiology, molecular biology, and evolution. Plant Direct publishes White Papers and Registered Reports, and provides discounts for society members and preprints.
The Company of Biologists
The Company of Biologists is a not-forprofit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. We are run by distinguished practicing scientists. We exist to profit science, not shareholders. We inspire new thinking and support the worldwide community of biologists.
We publish Journal of Experimental Biology, as well as four other specialist peer-reviewed journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
EXHIBITOR PROFILES
The Society for Experimental Biology would like to thank the following exhibitors for joining us at this year's conference in Prague.
ADC BioScientific
ADC BioScientific Ltd. have been designing, building and supplying infrared gas analysers for the measurement of CO2 gas exchange, since 1969.
Our renowned, single channel infrared gas analysis (IRGA) technology is incorporated into devices used to measure the carbon cycle through the study of plant, soil and atmospheric gas exchange.
Many ‘firsts’ for the global plant physiology market have come out of Research and Development at ADC. We developed the first battery portable photosynthesis system, enabling experiments to move from the greenhouse to the field, in the natural environment. We also developed the first photosynthesis system to have microclimate control, which enabled researchers to probe the photosynthetic process in greater depth.
We continue to lead the market with innovative, research-led analysers for plant, soil and atmospheric research. We are passionate about transforming carbon cycle research with portable, accurate and adaptable instruments.
We are committed to quality across our products and services and our worldwide representatives offer local, customer support.
We listen and respond, forming close partnerships with research institutes and universities worldwide.. adc.co.uk
Stand 1
Annals of Botany Company
The Annals of Botany Company is an educational charity that has been supporting plant science for well over 100 years. We publish Annals of Botany (started in 1887) and the open-access journal AoB PLANTS (started in 2009). These international journals cover all aspects of plant biology, publishing peer reviewed research articles, reviews and comment on the widest range of botanical subjects. We also publish in silico Plants, started in 2018 and containing only computational plant science, and the highly popular web log BotanyOne that carries lively views and analysis of current research findings from all of plant biology and ecology.
annalsofbotanycompany.co.uk
Stand 11
British Ecological Society
Bringing together members across the world to advance ecological science. We publish 7 world-renowned journals, organise diverse and innovative events, support our members in promoting ecological science and evidence-informed solutions to policymakers, and provide career support to ecologists at all stages of their lives with mentoring, training, online resources, and advice. In addition, we provide over £400,000 in grants, including four new grants to bolster innovative research in underfunded areas.
britishecologicalsociety.org
Oxford University Press
At Oxford University Press, we’re part of one of the greatest universities in the world, and everything we do furthers the University of Oxford’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. It’s why we invest back into education and research, and champion a love of learning. We are the world's largest university press with the widest global presence. Our products and services are used in over 200 countries and regions, in more than 85 languages, and we publish over 2,500 titles per year.
corp.oup.com
Stand 8
Labdeers
We in Labdeers develop state-of-the-art technology for seed-to-plant phenotypical analysis, while providing our experience and know-how in the form of expert scientific services. We found a way of non-invasive seed processing and analysis even of dimensions Arabidopsis thaliana.
We focus on plant research as a priority for life in the second millennium. Technolgydriven science is one of the cornerstones of science development in all areas of research. Where other technologies have failed, we find a way. Where the science had to change the direction of research only based on the lack of technologies, we said:”No it is not the right way to go.”
labdeers.com
LI-COR
LI-COR provides advanced instrumentation for biological and environmental research, offering precise measurement solutions for photosynthesis, gas analysis, climate, and aquatic environments. Now including HOBO Data Loggers, LI-COR offers a broader range of trusted environmental monitoring tools for temperature, humidity, and water quality. Researchers rely on instruments like the LI-6800 Portable Photosynthesis System, LI-600 Porometer/Fluorometer, HOBO RX series of soil moisture and temperature data loggers, and HOBO MX800 Water Quality Data Loggers to collect high-quality data in the lab and field. Get data that gives you confidence from LI-COR and HOBO, trusted by researchers worldwide. Together, they provide accurate, reliable solutions with enhanced integration, making your work easier and more efficient. Learn more at licor.com.
licor.com
Stand 5
LoggerMate
LoggerMate develops miniature, ultra-low power implantable and externally-mounted data loggers used in biological research.
loggermate.com
Stand 2
Photon Systems Instruments (PSI):
Advancing Plant Science with Cutting-Edge Technology
Photon Systems Instruments (PSI) is a pioneering company based in the Czech Republic, specializing in the development and manufacturing of high-end instrumentation for research in the biological sciences. With a rich history spanning almost three decades, PSI has established itself as a global leader in the field, providing innovative solutions for imaging and monitoring biological signals in plants and algae.
PSI's product portfolio encompasses a wide range of sophisticated instrumentation tailored for plant science research, including PlantScreen high throughput PhenotypingTM systems, devices for chlorophyll fluorescence measuring and advanced imaging, high-tech photobioreactors, intelligent growth chambers, and compact, hand-held instrumentation. PSI's products are designed by plant scientists for plant scientists, with environmentally friendly production techniques and unrivaled post-purchase support.
Backed by a team of plant scientists and engineers with extensive expertise in optics, electronics, software development, and automation, PSI continues to push the boundaries of innovation in plant science instrumentation. In conclusion, PSI stands as a beacon of innovation in the field of plant science instrumentation, driving scientific progress and empowering researchers worldwide. For more information about PSI and its products, visit www.psi.cz, and feel free to reach out with any inquiries. We look forward to welcoming you into the world of PSI.
psi.cz
Pyroscience Sensor Technology
PyroScience offers cutting-edge optochemical sensor solutions based on compact stand-alone (FireSting-GO2), PC-operated lab (FireSting-O2/-PRO) or underwater fiber-optic devices (AquapHOx loggers & transmitters). They work with a great variety of optical oxygen, pH and temperature sensors for application in gas, water and aqueous & semi-solid samples. The great variety of optical sensor heads include microsensors, miniprobes, and diverse smart contactless sensors for different oxygen and pH ranges. Pre-sterilised and pre-calibrated sensors are ideal for measurements in cultivation approaches, whereas fastresponding fiber-based probes, as well as flow cells and sensor spots with contactless read-out are well approved for respiration and photosynthesis rates determination. Now we also offer a 96-channel reader FirePlate-O2, e.g. for 96-well plates with integrated oxygen sensors, for application in small-scale cell cultivation and respiration rate measurements. Find the best sensor solution for your application in experimental biology.
pyroscience.com/en
Stand 12
Qubit Systems
Providing high quality gas exchange systems for respirometry, photosynthesis, N2 fixation and environmental monitoring. Instruments for aquatic biology, including the unique diver-deployed CISME system for monitoring coral metabolism in situ.
EXHIBITOR PROFILES
Instruments for human cardiovascular fitness and electrophysiology. Chlorophyll fluorescence and hyperspectral analyzers and imagers. Tower- and gantry-mounted instruments for Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) and Plant Reflective Indices. LED-based growth chambers. Algal bioreactors. We provide customised plant phenomics platforms for the growth chamber, greenhouse and field.
Contact us to discuss your requirementsour scientists will enjoy working with you.
Phone: (+1)-613-384-1977
Info@qubitsystems.com quibitsystems.com
Stand 18
Royal Society Company
The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK. It is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists, and activities include giving grants, policy work, holding scientific meetings, and publishing. Our journals Proceedings B, Biology Letters, Interface, Open Biology, Royal Society Open Science and Philosophical Transactions B welcome submissions of research, reviews and theme issue proposals in all areas of experimental biology. We offer authors high quality peer review by active scientists, exceptional author service, open access options and wide dissemination to an international audience. Find out more about our journals by visiting us in the exhibition, attending our workshop. royalsociety.org
Stand 10
Star Oddi Logging Life Science
We make small, high performing loggers for animals and aquatic environments, ranging from short and long term animal research, to oceanographic and quality control studies. Submersible and implantable temperature loggers measuring: temperature, depth (pressure), salinity (conductivity), tilt, activity, heart rate and magnetic field strength. Our customers rely on us to provide long lasting loggers in the smallest possible sizes, never compromising on reliability star-oddi.com
Stand 6
We are committed to Open Access. Two of our journals are fully OA and our three hybrid journals offer OA options. Through our Read & Publish agreements, researchers have access to new and archive content in our journals, and corresponding authors at participating institutions can publish their research articles OA without having to pay the article processing fee. Through our biopositive publishing initiative The Forest of Biologists, we plant a tree for each Research or Review article published in our journals and protect ancient woodland for each completed peer review. Visit our stand for more information about publishing with us, our charitable activities or the Forest and check to see if you are eligible for fee-free publication of your next research paper.
www.biologists.com
Stand 3 &4
The Company of Biologists
The Company of Biologists is a not-forprofit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community. We are run by distinguished practicing scientists. We exist to profit science, not shareholders. We inspire new thinking and support the worldwide community of biologists.
We publish Journal of Experimental Biology, as well as four other specialist peerreviewed journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
Furthermore, we facilitate scientific meetings, provide travel grants for researchers and support research societies. We ensure the profits from the hard work of scientists inspire future scientific discovery and develop the next generation.
Our three community sites, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane, offer important networking opportunities and resources.
The Society for Experimental Biology has a portfolio of five journals. By publishing in an SEB journal, you can be assured of a supportive and ethical publishing experience. The SEB’s income from these journals is reinvested into the research community through the Society’s diverse activities. The Society is a signatory of DORA, supports open access and open data, and provides benefits when its members publish in SEB journals. The SEB journals also run a range of initiatives to support early career researchers including fellowships, editorial internships, and paper prizes. SEB journal staff will be available throughout the Conference to answer any questions you may have about publishing in the Society’s journals. They will also be running a workshop titled ‘Peer Review: first steps, best practices & future challenges’ so please come along and get involved.
Stand 16 & 17
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PROGRAMME - DAY 1 : TUESDAY 8TH JULY
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3 GORILLA 4 GORILLA 5
SESSION A10: RIDING THE WAVE: INSIGHTS INTO PLASTIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ANIMAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE CHALLENGES
A1: MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
CHAIR Neal Dawson, Francisco Ruiz-Raya, Matthew Brachmann
09:0009:30
Dr Florencia Camus University College London
Temperature adaptation shapes the evolutionary dynamics of mitonuclear interactions
A10.1
09:3009:45
Miss Zineb Agourram Faculty of Science Ben M’Sick.
Mitochondrial COI Evolution and Thermal Plasticity in Venom Production: Adaptive Responses to Climate Stress in Moroccan Scorpions
A10.2
09:4510:00
Sarah Jorissen KU Leuven
Energized and efficient: digestive efficiency and mitochondrial phenotype underlie the rapid evolution of a faster pace-of-life in a range-expanding species
A10.3
10:0010:15
Maria Correia University of Jyväskylä
The impact of short-term temperature fluctuations on whole-body metabolism and mitochondrial function
A10.4
Janneke Schwaner, Nicolai Konow
Prof Nicolai Konow
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Special Session
Introduction: Multiscale Measurements and Mathematical Modeling of Musculoskeletal Mechanics
A1.1
Dr Taylor Dick
University of Queensland
Modelling energetics across scales: from motor units to moving animals
A1.2
Dr Natalie Holt
UC Riverside
The effects of muscle mass on maximum shortening velocity and the implications for scaling of locomotor performance
A1.3
Dr Robert Rockenfeller
University of Koblenz Filaments repel while muscles propel: A biophysical explanation of lattice spacing
A1.4
Dr David Labonte Imperial College Consequences of the force-velocity relationship for the allometry of musculoskeletal performance
A1.5
10:1510:30
Dr Grant McClelland McMaster University
Digestive physiology of highland deer mice acclimated to cold hypoxia
A10.5
A13: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR OFFSPRING OF PARENTAL EFFECTS
A5: OPEN BIOMECHANICS OED1: INCLUSIVE DOCTORAL EDUCATION
José Noguera, Tim Burton Pauline Provini, Ariel Camp CLAIRE GARDEN
Dr Lisa Shama
Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Wadden Sea Station
Do you remember?
Transgenerational plasticity to ocean climate change in marine stickleback
A13.1
Dr Victor Colognesi Lund University
Aerodynamic effects of the transition between strokes in bird flight, wind tunnel study with a robotic wing
A5.1
Estelle Klein Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Burrowing performance in moles: a bio-inspired study from biological to mechanical joint
A5.2
Mr Mark Pitt
University of Glasgow
The consequences of latelife reproduction: offspring from old-aged parents may shift to a fast pace-of-life
A13.2
Prof Anne Peters Monash University Cryptic intergenerational inbreeding effects on nestling telomere length in purple- crowned fairywrens
A13.3
Dr Tanzil Malik International Degree Program in Climate Change Sustainable Development National Taiwan University
Heat stress shapes parental care and reproductive success in burying beetles across critical life stages
A13.4
Prof Tobias Siebert University of Stuttgart Motion and Exercise Science
The relationship between muscle structure, force generation, and muscle function
A1.6
Mr Chandler Tsz To Tsang The University of Sydney A heat wave induces compensatory acclimation of performance but reduces reproductive fitness
A13.5
Dr Pim Boute University of Groningen On the filter-feeding behaviour of the bamboo fan shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis)
A5.3
Mr Declan Perry Royal Holloway University of London
From falling to thriving within a chaotic system: a neurodivergent perspective of a life in education with Dyslexia and Autism.
OED1.1
Christoph Bruns Hochschule BremenCity University of Applied Sciences
Fatigue induced microcracks in locust exoskeletons
A5.4
Dr Charlie Woodrow Uppsala University
What determines the pitch of a bee’s buzz?
A5.5
Prof Claire Garden Edinburgh Napier University
Mind the Gap: Reasonable Adjustment Policy and Practice for Research Postgraduate Assessments. What action should you take to support disabled student success?
OED1.2
Peter Kappel Botanical Garden TU Darmstadt
Investigating the morphological structure of the highly adaptable Mediterranean medicinal leech (Hirudo verbana) suckers
A5.6
Prof Claire Garden
Edinburgh Napier University
Mind the Gap: Reasonable Adjustment Policy and Practice for Research Postgraduate Assessments. What action should you take to support disabled student success?
OED1.2
P2: POISONOUS PLANTS
P1: ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN PLANT SCIENCE VIA AI APPROACHES
Elizabeth Neilson, Ros Gleadow Zoran Nikoloski
Prof Cathie Martin John Innes Centre
Rehabilitating Grass Pea, From Poisonous Plant to a Model for Sustainable Agriculture
P2.1
Prof Marek Mutwil University of Copenhagen PlantConnectome: knowledge graph encompassing >70,000 plant articles
P1.1
P3: PEPG - BRIDGING THE GAP: CONNECTING PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH FROM CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS TO THE FIELD
Silvere VialetChabrand, Liana Acevedo Siaca
Dr Oula Ghannoum Western Sydney University Deep Learning-Based Data Driven Yield
Estimation for Capsicum Grown in Glasshouses
P3.18
C1: PROTEOSTASIS IN C. ELEGANSPROTEOSTASIS IN MAMMALIAN SYSTEMSPROTEOSTASIS AND AGING PROTEOSTASIS IN PLANTS
A9 (1): GOING BEYOND DEATH* A9 (2): INNOVATING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE* A9 (3): POLLUTION OSMOREGULATION AND ENERGY USE
SAB3: CELLULAR METABOLISM AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE: NAVIGATING FROM ANIMALS TO PLANTS IN A CHANGING WORLD
Towards healthy ageing: Investigating the regulation of protein aggregation
C1.1
Dr Deyang Xu University of Copenhagen
The ins and outs of glucosinolate seed loading
P2.2
Prof David Rousseau
Université d'Angers
Pl@ntNet as a foundation model
P1.2
Pablo Cárdenas University of Copenhagen
Harnessing local diversity in the wild plant
Chenopodium album to develop resilient food crops
P2.3
Prof Ros Gleadow Monash University
The poisonous plate of climate change
P2.4
Mrs Rudan Xu University of Potsdam KineticGP, a computational framework for genomic prediction of leaf photosynthesis traits
P1.3
Ms Samikshya Shrestha Wageningen University and Research Concurrent temperature and irradiance fluctuations promote stomatal opening, enhance net CO2 assimilation and interact with respiratory processes.
P3.1
Dr Robert Caine University of Sheffield Saving FACE: Utilising growth chambers to study rising CO2 concentration and VPD impacts on wheat photosynthesis and water usage P3.2
Dr Mauricio Tejera Nieves
Jan IngenHousz Institute
Sink limitations to photosynthesis; how (and when) the end justify the means
P3.19
Prof Ive De Smet VIB-UGent
High temperatureinduced protein structural changes and protein abundance in plants C1.2
Dr Chris Wood University of British Columbia
High CO2 and high O2 as pollutants in intensive aquaculture: acid-base physiology illuminates nephrocalcinosis, a fish welfare challenge of immense economic cost
A9.19
Prof Nicolas Pichaud Université de Moncton Active in the cold: how insect mitochondria power winter survival SAB3.1
Prof Todd Gillis
University of Guelph
Temperature matters: acute and latent toxicity of diluted bitumen to developing salmon is potentiated by a modest increase in water temperature A9.2
Sophie Bererd
Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes
Naturels et Anthropisés Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Physiological consequences of mito-nuclear conflict in cytoplasmic male sterility in the freshwater snail Physa acuta SAB3.2
Afternoon sessions continue overleaf >
Colin Adrain Queen’s University
The role of the ER proteostasis machinery in lipid homeostasis
C1.3
Dr Claire Duchet University of South Bohemia
Sublethal Yet Significant: How Pollutants and Warming Impact Freshwater Invertebrates and Ecosystem Functioning
A9.4
Colin Adrain Queen’s University
The role of the ER proteostasis machinery in lipid homeostasis
C1.3
Dr Nelly Tremblay
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Ecophysiological responses of plankton to seasonal variations coupled with short and long-term exposure to climate change scenarios
SAB3.4
Prof Piero CALOSI University of Quebec in Rimouski
Integrating metabolomics and lipidomics approaches to investigate the sensitivity of marine ectotherms from different climatic regimes to marine heatwaves
SAB3.5
10:3011:00
11:0011:30
11:3012:00
12:0012:30
12:3013:00
14:00
SESSION A10: RIDING THE WAVE: INSIGHTS INTO PLASTIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ANIMAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE CHALLENGES
14:0014:30
Prof Patrícia Beldade University of Lisbon Context-dependence of thermal plasticity in insects
A10.6
A1: MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
Dr Motoshi Kaya University of Tokyo
Implications and evaluation of the cooperative functions of myosin in muscle and heart contraction.
A1.7
A13: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR OFFSPRING OF PARENTAL EFFECTS A5: OPEN BIOMECHANICS OED2: CREATIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Dr Bin-Yan Hsu Department of Life Science Tunghai University
Maternal thyroid hormones and transgenerational plasticity in response to temperature variability
A13.6
14:3014:45
Miss Jennifer Nascimento Schulze
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Exploring the genomic and physiological basis of adaptation to seasonal variation in the copepod Eurytemora affinis
A10.7
14:4515:00
Miss Ella De Nicola Carleton University Is thermal plasticity in Aedes aegypti sensitive to photoperiod?
A10.8
Dr Marie Schwaner
KU Leuven
A guinea fowl musculoskeletal model to analyze muscle forces
A1.8
Miss Maria Costa CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies University of Aveiro
Lights out: Transgenerational effects of artificial light at night on zebrafish
A13.7
Daniel Bartlett Umass Lowell Feathered Balance: the roles of muscle antagonist action during locomotor perturbations.
A1.9
Wendt Müller University of Antwerp Growing up in a crowd - the early life of lesser blackbacked gull chicks
A13.8
Prof Evie Vereecke KU Leuven From Bones to Behaviour: Investigating the Functional Morphology of Hominoid Primates
A5.7
Mr Lukas Hageneder University of Antwerp X-ray analysis of the filterfeeding mechanism of wild ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)
A5.8
Dr Kelsey Stilson Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Swallow Those Words: Sound Production in the Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria) using Biplanar Cineradiography
A5.9
Dr Myriam Uhrhan Imperial College London The Biomechanics of Campaniform Sensilla: A Functional Interpretation of Strain Sensing on Insect Wings
A5.10
Dr Melissa Grant University of Birmingham From Birmingham to Blue Skies OED2.1
Dr David Smith David Graham Smith Transactional scaffolding improves learning engagement within blended learning environments in Scottish Higher Education OED2.2
Dr Luke McCrone
Imperial College London Beyond the classroom: rethinking the ecology of learning spaces in STEM education
OED2.3
P2: POISONOUS PLANTS
P1: ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN PLANT SCIENCE VIA AI APPROACHES
Elizabeth Neilson
The University of Copenhagen Chemical warfare in degraded ecosystems: the chemical space of allelopathic Empetrum nigrum
P2.8
Prof Søren Bak University of Copenhagen
The poisonous benefits: plant toxins as sustainable biopesticides
P2.9
Dr Pierre PETRIACQ
University of Bordeaux AI-based metabolome predictions to study complex plant traits
P1.6
Miss Fafa Hocini
INRAE - Chanel Parfums
Beauté
Metabolomic Analysis of Camellia: Unlocking Phenotypic Insights and Industrial Applications P1.7
P3: PEPG - BRIDGING THE GAP: CONNECTING PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH FROM CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS TO THE FIELD
Mr Maarten Wassenaar Wageningen University WUR Bridging with Care: Does Far-Red Light Influence Photosynthesis in Field Conditions?
P3.5
PECHA KUCHA:
Jiata Ekele
Liverpool John Moores University
Is Climate Change Affecting The Nutritional Quality Of Our Food? P3.6
Mr Killian Dupont Wageningen University Research
Beyond the boundary: a new road to improve photosynthesis by wind P3.7
Ms Bingjie Shao Wageningen University Research
Acclimation to higher PPFD increases photosynthetic capacity and NPQ kinetics without impacting photosynthetic lightuse efficiency and photosynthetic induction rate P3.8
Mr Keshav Jayasankar
Wageningen University and Research
Impact of Fluctuating Light on Photosynthetic Capacity and Performance in Tomato: A Natural Variation Approach P3.9
Mr Nolan Regnier UCLouvain
Impact of cadmium and zinc on the physiology of industrial hemp and evaluation of the protective effect of silicon in hydroponic solution P3.10
Emilio Villar Alegria
Albrecht Thaer
Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Exploring chlorophyll dynamics in stay-green winter wheat using a protein-turnover model to assess breeding progress and strategies. P3.11
C1: PROTEOSTASIS IN C. ELEGANSPROTEOSTASIS IN MAMMALIAN SYSTEMSPROTEOSTASIS AND AGING PROTEOSTASIS IN PLANTS
Dipan Roy Durham University Redox regulated Aux/ IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses
C1.6
C3: TIP GROWTH IN PLANT BIOLOGY
SAB3: CELLULAR METABOLISM AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE:
NAVIGATING FROM ANIMALS TO PLANTS IN A CHANGING WORLD
Prof Sébastjen Schoenaers
University of Antwerp A pectin-binding RALF peptide with both a structural and signaling role in the periodic assembly of the plant cell wall
C3.4
Dr Ghinter Léopold LEMAR-DECODIfremer-UBO Too hot to function?
Mitochondrial thermal performance of wild juvenile seabass in a changing environment
SAB3.9
Dr Damien Roussel Université Claude Bernard Lyon1 NADH and NADPH: the two faces of a mitochondrial Janus SAB3.10 REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITION
HALL
SESSION A10: RIDING THE WAVE: INSIGHTS INTO PLASTIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ANIMAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE CHALLENGES
16:0016:30
Dr Matthew Brachmann University of Glasgow
Metabolic adaptation in Icelandic threespine stickleback
A10.11
A1: MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
Prof Ritu Raman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tissue engineering skeletal muscle for regenerative medicine and robotics
A1.13
Dr Praneeth Namburi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Efficient elastic tissue motions indicate general motor skill
A1.12
16:3016:45
Dr Robine Leeuwis
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Artificial selection and the adaptive potential of thermal performance in zebrafish A10.12
16:4517:00 Erin Stewart
Trent University
Metabolic response to thermal change in fourteen populations of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
A10.13
17:0017:15 Sarah Kempf Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research
Seascape transcriptomics in Polar cod: profiling along an environmental cline
A10.14
17:1517:30
Dr Lucy Cotgrove Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)
Is thermal performance during heatwaves predicted by life history genotypes in salmon?
A10.15
A14 - VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF EARLY LIFE STAGES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
Dr Sinead English
University of Bristol Pregnancy as a critical window for understanding vulnerability and adaptation to stress: from models to maggots
A14.1
Laksh Kumar Punith
University of Michigan
Trading off stability, agility and efficiency of movement across a broad range of muscle tendon morphologies A1.14
Dr Ameur Latreche
Simon Fraser University
Muscle Mass affects the scaling of Force Predictions from 1D Hill-Type Models During Human Movement A1.15
Miss Clara Garcia-Co University of Antwerp
Born to aggressive mothers – are certain chicks more susceptible to early life exposure to aggression A14.2
Miss Claudie-Anne Langlois Université de Sherbrooke Determinants of early-life telomeres length in Tree swallows
A14.3
Dr Torstein Dæhlin
Simon Fraser University Muscle fibre type distribution influences walking biomechanics: A predictive simulation study
A1.16
Dr Anthony Hessel
University of Muenster
Titin underpins residual force enhancement, depression, and the stretchshortening cycle effect
A1.17
Prof Suvi Ruuskanen
University of Jyväskylä Does the gut microbiome mediate long-lasting effects of early-life environmental conditions on adult thermal physiology?
A14.4
Dr Tiana Kohlsdorf
University of São Paulo
Evolution of snakelike phenotypes in the herpetofauna: ecological associations and developmental mechanisms
A14.5
17:3018:30 BIDDER LECTURE - QEH
18:3020:30
Dr Roi Gurka Coastal Carolina University
The effect of wing flexibility on insects’ aerodynamic performance
A5.74
Laila Kestem Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
The Art of Filter Feeding: Insights into the Feeding Morphology and Ecology of Dabbling Ducks
A5.14
Miss Olivia Walthaus
Imperial College London
The allometry of cutting efficiency in Atta cephalotes leaf-cutter ants. A5.15
Mr Martin Becker
Christian-AlbrechtsUniversity Kiel Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
Time-dependent attachment properties of pollen grains in anemophilous plants tested by the mass centrifugation method A5.16
Dr Wencke Krings University of Leipzig Convergent evolution of mechanisms for failureand wear-prevention in chondrinid radulae
A5.17
Mr Freddie Turner
University of Bristol Structured Airflows Facilitate Complex Soaring Behaviours for Energy Efficient Urban Flight
A5.18
P1: ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN PLANT SCIENCE VIA AI APPROACHES
Dr Philipp Wendering University of Cambridge
Efficient parameter estimation for a largescale C4 photosynthesis model using neural networks P1.8
P3: PEPG - BRIDGING THE GAP: CONNECTING PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH FROM CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS TO THE FIELD
Prof Francois Tardieu LEPSE INRAE France
Stomatal conductance and light interception translate from controlled conditions to field and can be predicted from genomic information P3.12
NIGHTINGALE 1 & 2
C1: PROTEOSTASIS IN C. ELEGANSPROTEOSTASIS IN MAMMALIAN SYSTEMSPROTEOSTASIS AND AGING PROTEOSTASIS IN PLANTS
Dr Ritwick Sawarkar University of Cambridge Harnessing stress resilience pathways for therapeutics C1.7
1 & 2 PELICAN 1 & 2
C3: TIP GROWTH IN PLANT BIOLOGY
Dr Kalina Haas INRAe
The Fast and the Tiny: Dynamics of Root Hair Expansion C3.5
A17: OPEN ANIMAL
Hathairut Jindamol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Advanced mathematical modelling of hyperspectral data to quantify the optically inactive secondary metabolites eugenol and methyl eugenol in the medicinal plant holy basil P1.9
Mariachiara Cangemi University of Naples Federico II AI-driven multi-omics analysis of plant-plant communication in tomato, using Feature Extraction and Statistical Machine Learning
P1.10
Mr Robin Von Allmen Department of Ecology and Genetics Uppsala University Battling obstacles towards fully automated pollen analysis using Machine Learning and paleoecological reference collections.
P1.11
Shukanta Saha University of Manchester
Photosynthesis to successive water stresses in wheat and barley: Growth room to Greenhouse P3.13
Elahe Javadi Asayesh Wageningen university and research
Testing proxies for highthroughput phenotyping of CO2 assimilation and stomatal conductance kinetics under fluctuating light
P3.14
Prof Tracy Lawson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Green Conversations: Harnessing Plant Communication to control growth light intensity
P3.15
Eva Coindre Univeristé de Montpellier Common and independent genetic bases of carbon- and water-related leaf traits on a large grapevine diversity panel.
P3.16
Dr Ulrike Bechtold Durham University Glycation: “Sugar Coating” Peptides in Plant Signalling C1.8
Miss Karolina Wleklik Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Study on the role of vacuolar processing enzymes (VPE) in autophagic body degradation during carbon starvationinduced autophagy C1.9
Sofía Somoza University of Padua Exploring the role of Phospholipase C2 (PLC2) and its allelic diversity in root development and phosphate homeostasis C3.6
Prof Hao WANG South China Agrcultural University Decoding the Conversation between the Plasma Membrane and Cell Wall in Controlling Pollen Tube Growth during Fertilization C3.7
Martin Potocký Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences One Complex, Two Worlds: Divergent Roles of Paralogous Subunits of the Exocyst Complex in Pollen and Sporophytic Cells
C3.8
Dr Garfield Kwan University of Exeter (Finally) testing the hypothesis: does ocean acidification affect cerebrospinal fluid chemistry? A17.1
Patrícia Ferreira University of Ottawa Will you miss me when I am gone? Gastric proton pump knock out and the importance of gastric acid in digestion, metabolism and growth in fish. A17.2
Mr Avik Banerjee Indian Institute of Science
Stress-induced elemental retention in an ectothermic vertebrate. A17.3
Dr Bryan Cassone Brandon University Plastic biodegradation by insects A17.4
Ms Moa Metz Norwegian University of Science and Technology The effect of temperature on the immune response in zebrafish by in vivo imaging A17.5
Ms Magdalena Spießberger BOKU University
Telomere dynamics of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis) in the context of urbanization and pollution A17.6
BIDDER LECTURE - QEH
PROGRAMME - DAY 2 : WEDNESDAY
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3 GORILLA 4 GORILLA 5
SESSION A10: RIDING THE WAVE: INSIGHTS INTO PLASTIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ANIMAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE CHALLENGES
CHAIR Francisco Ruiz-Raya, Matthew Brachmann
09:0009:30
09:3009:45
Ms Stefania D'Arpa Estación Biológica de Doñana
Measuring heat avoidance in birds: first experimental assay for Voluntary Thermal Maximum A10.16
Dr Lucas Hearn Tokyo Metropolitan University
Life-history strategy and local adaptation shape resilience to climate change in bees A10.17
Mr Théo Navarro
MARBEC Univ Montpellier
CNRS Ifremer IRD INRAE Palavas-les-flots Sète Montpellier France
Evidence that tolerance of acute warming declines with increasing body mass in fishes
A10.18
09:4510:00
Mrs Joana Filipa Da Cunha Fernandes
University of AveiroCESAM
The Battle of the Sexes: Male and Female Amphipods Differences in Thermal Tolerance and Metabolomic Profiles in a Warming Ocean
A10.19
10:0010:15
10:1510:30
Miss Rebecca Dean Department of Biology Institute of Biochemistry
Carleton University Life signs below zero: Overwintering Transcriptomic Responses of the Mountain Pine Beetle
Renal System
A10.20
Mr Jeremy De Bonville University of Montreal
Acclimation dynamics and upper thermal tolerance in three sunfish populations varying in parasite prevalence
A10.21
10:3011:00
A3: FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF LOCOMOTION AND FEEDING: A TRIBUTE TO PETER AERTS
Sam Van Wassenbergh, Pauline Provini
Dr Leandra Hamann University of Bonn Overcoming Challenges in Studying Filter-Feeders for Bio-Inspired Filtration A3.1
Dr Ariel Camp University of Liverpool How spinal curvature and morphology drives head motion during feeding strikes in frogfish A 3.2
Prof Nicolai Konow
University of Massachusetts Lowell Jiggling jaw joints, tendon springs or strings, and finned feeding on land: Scientific inspiration from the biomechanics adventures of Prof. Peter Aerts.
A3.3
Dr François Druelle ADES (UMR 7268) AMUCNRS-EFS
Vertical jumping performance in human and non-human primates: an example of relaxed selection?
A3.4
Dr Marie Schwaner
Marie Janneke Schwaner Muscle-Tendon Dynamics and Tail-Assisted Maneuvering in the Aerial Escape Jumps of Desert Kangaroo Rats
A3.5
Prof Johan Van Leeuwen
Experimental Zoology Group Wageningen
University
An inverse dynamics analysis of jumping in the crowned sifaka (Propithecus coronata)
A14: VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF EARLY LIFE STAGES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
Tiana Kohlsdorf, Valeria Marasco
Prof Weiguo Du School of Life Sciences Fudan University
Predicting the vulnerability of reptiles to climate warming: the importance of embryo physiology
A14.6
Dr Gerardo Antonio Cordero
University of Valencia Hot temperatures elevate the prevalence of negatively selected turtle shell phenotypes A14.7
A17: OPEN ANIMAL OED4: COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY PRACTICAL CLASSES
Pete Moult
Dr Martin Horstmann Ruhr University Bochum Insights into Daphnia mating behaviour through 3D long-term tracking A17.7
Ms Justine Simms Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Detection of perivitellinebound sperm donor identity using DNA microsatellites analysis: A tool for extrapair and cryptic mate choice evaluation
A17.8
Dr Liv Monica Trondrud INRAE National Research Institute for Agriculture Food and Environment Linking activity patterns and reproductive outcome in an income breeder A17.9
Dr Peter Moult University of Glasgow A scalable and sustainable model for co-creating laboratory classes and improving employability skills in the Life Sciences sector.
OED4.1
Miss Hanne Krogsaeter Independent Empowering Students in Curriculum Design: Fostering Ownership, Skill Development, and Career Readiness in the Life Sciences
OED4.2
Dr Zara-Louise Cowan
University of Gothenburg
Ontogenetic vulnerability of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, to climate warming
A14.8
Ekaterina Gorshkova Kiel University and Max Planck Institute Plön
The effect of relocation and dietary change on the founder generation of wild house mice
A17.10
Prof Jodie Rummer
James Cook University
Born into a changing ocean: Physiological vulnerability and resilience of neonatal reef sharks to climate stressors
A14.9
Dr Patrice Pottier
University of New South Wales
How sensitive are developing embryos to changing temperatures?
A14.10
A3.6
Mar Pineda
University of Glasgow
Fishing for answers: using lab and field studies to understand the impacts of selectively harvesting ornamental fish
A17.11
Sofia Sabbagh
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Behavioural traits of brook trout parr (Salvelinus fontinalis): Investigating ecotypes
A17.12
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITION
Dr Saruna Savickaite
University of Exeter
Lesson Planning for Immersive Education: Collaboration, Cognitive Load, and Contextual Fit
OED4.3
OKAPI 1
P4: CYTOPLASMIC GENETICS: FROM SHAPING PLANT TRAITS TO DRIVING SPECIATION
P9: PLANT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: FROM MODELS TO LAB TO FIELD
Tom Theeuwen Megan Matthews, Johnathan Napier
Dr Deserah Strand Jan Ingenhousz Institute
Regulation of photosynthesis by the protonmotive force: targets for engineering ‘improving’ photosynthesis
P4.1
Prof Christine Raines University of Essex Engineering photosynthetic carbon metabolism for improved crop productivity
P9.1
P5: FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO: FINE TUNING STOMATA TO MAXIMISE GLOBAL CROP RESILIENCE
Bobby Caine, Caspar Chater
Dr John Ferguson University of Essex
The importance of stomatal physiology for adaption: Lessons from wild plant species
P5.1
Dr Eyal Fridman
Institute of Plant Sciences Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) The Volcani Center
Phenomics of Clock and Growth Plasticity in Barley: A Tango of Two Genomes
P4.2
Dr Vanessa Loiacono
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
tRNA introns are novel intrinsic antiterminators in plant chloroplasts
P4.3
Dr Tom Theeuwen Jan IngenHousz Institute
What can we learn from genetic variation for cyto-nuclear interactions?
P4.4
09:30-09:50
Prof Enrique Lopez-Juez Dept. Biological Sci. Royal Holloway University of London
A search for genes to engineer the chloroplast compartment of cells
P9.2
09:50-10:10
Dr Amanda Cavanagh University of Essex
The heat is on: scaling improvements in photosynthetic thermal tolerance from the leaf to canopy to predict crop yields in a changing climate.
P9.3
10:10-10:30
Dr Samuel Taylor Lancaster University
A new twist on the usual suspects: strategies for photosynthetic improvement in rice
P9.4
Prof Ive De Smet VIB-UGent
The molecular mechanisms controlling stomatal dynamics under high temperatures
P5.2
Dr Ebe Merilo
University of Tartu
Barley double mutant in Arabidopsis OST1 homologs is impaired in stomatal regulation
P5.3
Dr Yuanyuan Wang
Western Sydney University
Molecular evidence for stomatal adaptive evolution of drought tolerance in wild cereals
P5.4
Dr Ashley Pridgeon University of Bristol Stomata and the integration of light quality signals in seedling establishment
P5.5
C1: PROTEOSTASIS IN C. ELEGANSPROTEOSTASIS IN MAMMALIAN SYSTEMSPROTEOSTASIS AND AGING PROTEOSTASIS IN PLANTS
C3: TIP GROWTH IN PLANT BIOLOGY A6: COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Daniel Gibbs Sébastjen Schoenaers Erin Faught
Simon Cook Babraham Institute
A novel class of small molecule activators of GCN2, an amino acidsensing protein kinase
C1.10
Dr Philipp Denninger TU Munich
Balancing tip-growth in pollen germination of Arabidopsis thaliana.
C3.9
Prof Suayb Üstün Ruhr-University of Bochum
ER-associated degradation and nuclear sorting control the fate of two proteasome transcriptional activators for intracellular organelle communication during proteotoxic stress C1.11
George Weston University of Durham Carbamylation impinging on ubiquitination in the NF-κB pathway
C1.12
Dr Daria Balcerowicz
University of Antwerp
The Arabidopsis receptor-like kinase DEB1 acts as a positive regulator of pollen germination C3.10
Prof Marcel Schaaf Radboud University
Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor heterodimers drive distinct cortisol-induced stress responses
A6.1
Dr Peter Hubbard Centro de Ciências do Mar
Behavioural responses to visual and chemical cues in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus): A putative pheromonal role for 17β-estradiol 3-glucuronate
A6.2
Marta Belloli University of Zurich
Signaling in pollen tube tip growth: how to trace and manipulate Ca++ dynamics
C3.11
Dr Tshepiso Majelantle University of the Witwatersrand
What steroid hormones can tell us about Ross seals (Ommatophoca rossii)
A6.3
Prof Jose Feijo University of MarylandCollege Park
Integration of ion dynamics into membrane potential in pollen tubes and its consequences for chemotropism plant fertilization.
C3.12
Miss Clémence Forin Centre Scientifique de Monaco
Enhanced coral calcification induced by in vivo injection of human hormones.
A6.4
Mihir Joshi Indian Institute of Science
Balancing risk and resources: antipredator responses in a desert lizard
A6.5
PROGRAMME - DAY 2 : WEDNESDAY
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3 GORILLA 4 GORILLA 5
SESSION A11: OPEN WATER: THE BIOLOGY OF PELAGIC FISH
A3: FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF LOCOMOTION AND FEEDING: A TRIBUTE TO PETER AERTS
Sam Van Wassenbergh, Pauline Provini
Dr Christofer Clemente
University of the Sunshine Coast
The evolution of bipedalism in Australian agamid lizards.
A3.7
Prof Anick Abourachid Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Contribution of the study of bird bipedalism to the understanding of the evolution of shape
A3.8
11:3011:45
Dr Viktoriia Kamska
City University of Hong Kong
Color dynamics: Novel structural color mechanisms may mediate camouflage strategies of blue sharks A11.2
Kristiaan D'Août
University of Liverpool
The ageing human heel pad: assessing mechanical behaviour in the lab and in the field.
A3.9
A14: VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF EARLY LIFE STAGES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
Jeremy De Bonville, Patrice Pottier
Dr Katharina Ruthsatz CSIC Doñana Biological Station
Every stage matters: exploring the impact of early life stress on development and performance in amphibians
A14.11
11:4512:00
Prof Timothy Clark
Deakin University
How awesome is the cardiorespiratory system of the rockstars of pelagic teleosts, the bluefin tunas?
A11.3
James Usherwood
The Royal Veterinary College
Legs as linkages to legs as machines… towards legs for robots?
A3.10
Dr Leon Green
University of Gothenburg
Global change and premature hatching of aquatic embryos
A14.12
A17: OPEN ANIMAL OED5: BIOLOGY AS AN EXPERIMENTALLY TAUGHT SCIENCE
Enrique Lopez, Pietro Spanu
Dr Min-Chen Wang Christian-AlbrechtsUniversity Kiel Unraveling the Energy Physiology of Sea Urchin Larvae in Response to Environmental Change A17.13
Dr Marian Hu Institute of Physiology Kiel University
A proton channel regulates vesicular pH relevant for calcification in the sea urchin larva A17.14
Dr Mads Andersen Aarhus University
The cold stress syndrome of insects across time, temperature, and thermal niche
A17.15
Prof Pietro Spanu
Imperial College London "Shark Tale" an all-practical module: no lectures, no exams. Or, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
OED5.1
Dr Laura McCaughey University of Glasgow
Enhancing student competency, confidence, understanding and attendance through embedding a practical skills tracking programme into already established life science laboratory sessions OED5.2
Dr Lumír Gvoždík
Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR
Combined effects of biotic and abiotic factors on larval life-history traits: Insights from mesocosm experiments
A14.13
Dr Trystan Sanders University of Exeter
High CO2 and alkalinity in aquaculture severely impact haemolymph ionic composition and protein homeostasis in king prawns (Penaeus vannamei)
A17.16
Dr Rose Murray University of Bristol
Using narrative inquiry to understand students’ sense of belonging following a residential field trip at the start of their university journey – a longitudinal study OED5.3
12:0012:15
Mr Francesco Garzon
University of Exeter
Survival and post-release behaviour of pelagic sharks caught in recreational catch-and-release fisheries – insights from electronic tagging A11.4
12:1512:30
Luis Kuchenmüller Deakin University
On-line arterial oxygen tensions provide insight into gill oxygen uptake dynamics in rainbow trout A11.5
Dr Anthony Herrel
CNRSMNHN
Swimming in snakes: what have we learned so far.
A3.11
Miss Lorena Silva Garay
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Interactive Effects of Temperature and Oxygen Availability on Zebrafish
Early Development and Upper Thermal Tolerance
A14.14
Prof Daniel Noble
Australian National University
From eggs to adulthood: sustained effects of early developmental temperature and corticosterone exposure on physiology and body size in an Australian lizard A14.15
Dr Alex Quijada-Rodriguez
Wilfrid Laurier University
Mechanisms of nitrogenous waste and acid-base regulation during parasitism by the juvenile sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus A17.17
Jonathan Wilson
Wilfrid Laurier University
The fish pseudobranch: Na+/H+ exchanger 5's role in blood acidification for eye oxygenation. Now you see it, now you don’t? A17.18
Dept. Biological Sci. Royal Holloway University of London
Practicals make undergraduate plant science interesting, even fun
OED5.5
P4: CYTOPLASMIC GENETICS: FROM SHAPING PLANT TRAITS TO DRIVING SPECIATION
P9: PLANT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: FROM MODELS TO LAB TO FIELD
Kin Pan Chung Megan Matthews
Prof Shin-ichi Arimura University of Tokyo Development of Plant Organellar Genome Editing Technologies
P4.5
Dr Wolfgang Busch Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Engineering Root Traits for Climate Change Mitigation
P9.5
Femke Van den Berg Wageningen University Research Inheritance Beyond the Nucleus: Uncovering the Secrets of Plastid DNA Inheritance
P4.6
Dr Helena Štorchová Institute of Experimental Botany Czech Academy of Sciences
The Relationship Between the Reproductive System and Mitochondrial Genome Structure in the Gynodioecious SpeciesSilene vulgarisand Its Relatives
P4.7
Dr Joachim Forner
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Knocking out a functional gene in tobacco mitochondria
P4.8
11:30-11:50
Mr Suraj Patil Savitribai Phule Pune University
Epigenomic regulations of rice responses to combined heat and salinity stress
P9.6
11:50-12:10
Miss Shrushti Joshi
Savitribai Phule Pune University Identification and functional characterization of saltresponsive microRNAs inGlycine maxL.
P9.7
12:10-12:30 Dr Tzahi Arazi ARO Volcani Institute MADS gatekeepers: Ovule protein complexes ensure fertilizationdependent fruit set in tomato P9.8
P5: FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO: FINE TUNING STOMATA TO MAXIMISE GLOBAL CROP RESILIENCE
Bobby Caine, Caspar Chater
Dr Lorna McAusland University of Nottingham
TBC
P5.23
Dr Diana Santelia ETH Zurich Phosphorylation of -Amylase 1 modulates guard cell starch dynamics across land plants
P5.6
Dr Yixiang Shan
University of Sheffield
Effects of red and blue light proportions on stomatal dynamics: distinguishing the roles of physiology and development
P5.7
Dr Tomas Van den Berg
Wageningen University
The ratio of Ciindependent and Cidependent contributions to the stomatal red light response acclimate to the light environment
P5.8
Ms Nitkamon Iamprasertkun University of Sheffield
Drought-Induced TradeOffs: Stomatal Closure, Growth, and Water Use in Arabidopsis Ecotypes
P5.9
C2: BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Monika Chodasiewicz
Dr Xiaofeng Fang School of Life Sciences Tsinghua University Biomolecular condensates support plant-environment interactions
C2.1
Dr Hari R. Singh Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden TRIM Proteins as Regulators of Nuclear Condensation and Human Condensatopathies
C2.2
Miss Malavika MuraleeDharan
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Deciphering Ubp1c Function: Phase Separation, RNA Binding, and Its Role in Plant Stress Responses
C2.3
Dr Monika Chodasiewicz
Monika Chodasiewicz
Importance of Stress Granules in Stress Tolerance
C2.4
C4: OPEN CELL A6: COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Ari Sadanandom Department of Biosciences Durham University
The Arabidopsis SUMO Cell Atlas reveals divergence in cell-type and subcellular location of its components to fine-tune stress responses
C4.1
Frank Menke
The Sainsbury Laboratory University of East Anglia
Cracking the code of infection: mapping the phosphorylation network behind infection-related development in rice blast fungusMagnaporthe oryzae C4.2
Christian Tudorache
Kathleen Gilmour University of Ottawa Stress, anxiety and behaviour in zebrafish (Danio rerio) lacking functional expression of one or both Sert paralogues
A6.6
Dr Nitya Mohanty Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Urbanization and acute stress do not influence sleep expression in lizards A6.7
Dr Carmen NacarinoMeneses Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP-CERCA) Annual cyclicity and correlation of ontogenetic bone growth with hormonal and physiological states in the red deer A6.8
Miss Ewa Sybilska Institute of Biology
Biotechnology and Environmental Protection University of Silesia in Katowice
Unraveling ABA’s
Molecular Signature: Insights into Its Function in Barley Seed Germination
C4.3
Kinga Benczúr HUN-REN ATK
Differential emission of biogenic VOCs and reactive aldehydes under heat and root anoxia in winter wheat
C4.4
Miss Diana Gonçalves Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve Olfactory Signalling in Lusitanian Toadfish: A Key to Reproductive Success?
A6.9
Nicole Vogt Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Effect of elevated temperature on gonadal maturation in female polar cod (Boreogadus saida) A6.10
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3 GORILLA 4 GORILLA 5
SESSION A11: OPEN WATER: THE BIOLOGY OF PELAGIC FISH
A1: MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
Otolith respirometry in pelagic fishes: Calibration and ecophysiological insights
A11.6
Janneke Schwaner, Nicolai Konow
A14: VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF EARLY LIFE STAGES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
Jeremy De Bonville, Zara-Louise Cowan
A5: OPEN BIOMECHANICS OED6: QUICK WINS: CELEBRATING IMPLEMENTABLE INNOVATIONS IN HE TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP
Sebastian Kruppert, Jim Usherwood
LUNCH/EXHIBITION /MEET THE EDITORS MIKE PAGE
Dr Stephanie Ross
University of Calgary
The mechanical behaviour of aponeurosis: Bridging the gap between static assumptions and real-world dynamic contractions
A1.18
15:3015:45
Ms Ghalia Abel
University of Exeter Lidocaine use in large pelagic fish research
A11.7
Sam Walcott Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mathematical modelling connects muscle function across scales of organisation
A1.19
Ms Sofia Vámos
University College Dublin Sensing stress: Chemical communication in thermally stressed zebrafish embryos
A14.16
Madison Schumm
University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute
Physiological drivers of scototaxis development in larval sheepshead minnows across two temperatures A14.17
Dr Stefano Bettinazzi
University College London Genetic compatibility and larval dietary regime shape mitochondrial function and ageing patterns in fruitfly populations
A14.18
Dr Yuri Simone
University of Antwerp Crushers and graspers: diversification of a musculoskeletal system toward two opposite functional optim
A5.20
Simon Züger Kiel University
Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
The influence of pollen aging on adhesive properties of pollen grains in insect pollinated plants
A5.19
Dr Robert Cieri
University of British Columbia
Variation in pulmonary airway morphology in cetaceans facilitates air storage during diving and rapid ventilation
A5.21
Ellen Bell, Colin McClure
Dr Kelly Edmunds
University of East Anglia Quick wins to enhance the student experience
OED6.1
Dr Rose Murray University of Bristol Empowering student agency in assessment and feedback in Biological Sciences
OED6.2
15:4516:00
Mr Ignatius Hargiyatno MARBEC (IRD Ifremer Université de Montpellier CNRS)
Physiological Condition of Yellowfin Tuna
Characterized Through a Fasting Experiment
A11.8
Dr Lauren Thornton
University of the Sunshine Coast
Developing and utilising musculoskeletal models to predict the locomotor and energetic performance of hopping macropods
A1.20
Miss Quinte Geessinck Radboud University
Does warming amplify or attenuate the impacts of pollutants and low pH on zebrafish skeletal development? Evidence from gene expression, bone formation and swimming performance.
A14.19
Prof Florian Muijres Wageningen University
The comparative biofluidmechanics of Diptera flight
A5.86
Dr Ellen Bell
University of East Anglia
Quick wins in improving authenticity, robustness and choice in assessments
OED6.3
OKAPI 1 OKAPI 2
P4: CYTOPLASMIC GENETICS: FROM SHAPING PLANT TRAITS TO DRIVING SPECIATION
P9: PLANT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: FROM MODELS TO LAB TO FIELD
Megan Matthews
P5: FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO: FINE TUNING STOMATA TO MAXIMISE GLOBAL CROP RESILIENCE
NIGHTINGALE 1 & 2
C2: BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Dr Karen BarnardKubow James Madison University
Disruption of cytonuclear coevolution in the plastid ribosome may lead to genetic incompatibility and reproductive isolation
P4.9
Dr Sanu Shameer
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Exploring metabolic engineering strategies for enhanced crop yield using Constraint-Based Modeling
P9.9
LUNCH/EXHIBITION /MEET THE EDITORS MIKE PAGE
CELL
PLENARY LECTURE - QEH
Prof Tracy Lawson University of Essex Stomatal coupling with mesophyll demands for CO2 – a road map to improved photosynthesis and water use efficiency
P5.10
Dr Yvonne Stahl Institute for Molecular Biosciences Plant
Developmental Genetics Goethe University
The molecular regulation of stem cell homeostasis in the Arabidopsis root meristem.
C2.5
Schewach Bodenheimer Plant Sciences Institute Volcani Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)
The Barley Cytonuclear Multi-Parent Population (CMPP) as a Novel Resource for Dissecting Cytonuclear Interactions
P4.10
Dr Enrique GonzalezDuran
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Endosymbiotic gene transfer as a mutagenic pressure during plant evolution
P4.11
15:30-15:50
Mr Tien-Cheng Wang Humboldt University of Berlin
Unravelling Yield Consistency in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): Insights from Multi-Environment Trials and Simulation Modeling
P9.10
15:50-16:10 Mr Samuel Mason Imperial College London
Mapping Mechanical Input to Structural Remodelling Output in Arabidopsis Stems
P9.11
Dr Fabien Miart MIAtecs
Cutting-Edge Solutions for Real-Time, HighThroughput Stomatal Imaging and Analysis
P5.11
Dr Emilio GutierrezBeltran Universidad de SevillaCSIC
Are Stress Granules emerging as novel signaling hubs in plant responses to stress?
C2.6
Dr Holly Croft University of Sheffield Scaling Up: Harnessing Thermal and Optical Drone Technologies for Field-Scale Assessment of Wheat Stomatal Water Fluxes and Photosynthetic Capacity
P5.12
1 & 2
C4: OPEN CELL A7: STRESS AS A DRIVER OF NEURAL PLASTICITY: FROM BRAINS TO BEHAVIOUR
Jaqueline Tabler
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Ossification across scales guides emergent multifractal biomineral pattern in the skull
C4.5
Helen Eachus Aston University
How early life stress shapes the zebrafish brain: the role of glucocorticoids
A7.1
Adam Benham Durham University Experimental approaches to understand oxidative protein folding and protein quality control in animal cell biology
C4.6
Miss Ellen Vandeputte University of Antwerp
The effect of endocrine disrupting compounds on neurodevelopment in zebrafish early life stages A7.2
Dr Sarah Alderman University of Guelph Effects of environmental complexity on neural development in zebrafish A7.3
Pascal Touzet
Bobby Caine, Caspar Chater
Monika Chodasiewicz
Kathleen Gilmour, Sarah Alderman
PROGRAMME - DAY 2 : WEDNESDAY
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3
SESSION A11: OPEN WATER: THE BIOLOGY OF PELAGIC FISH
Use of accelerometry to measure the dynamics of activity patterns of Atlantic bluefin tuna after tagging and release
A11.9
A1: MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
Janneke Schwaner, Nicolai Konow
Dr Jeffrey Moore University of Massachusetts Lowell Small molecules targeting the thin filament modulate calcium sensitivity and reverse cardiomyopathy motility phenotypes.
A1.21
Prof Anthony Gamperl Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Scaled Sardine’s Unique Metabolic Phenotype and Its Implications for the Susceptibility of Small Tropical Pelagic Fishes to Climate Change
Prof Michael Regnier University of Washington Multi-scale assessment of contractile properties for human stem cell derived cardiomyocytes containing MYH7 disease-associated mutations.
A1.22
A14: VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF EARLY LIFE STAGES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
Jeremy De Bonville, Zara-Louise Cowan
Prof Veerle Jaspers Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Developmental effects and endocrine disrupting potential of in ovo exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos)
A14.20
Dr Valeria Marasco University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
The influence of early life environmental conditions on seasonal energy turnovers in the Common quail A 14.21
A5: OPEN BIOMECHANICS OED6: QUICK WINS: CELEBRATING IMPLEMENTABLE INNOVATIONS IN HE TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP
Sebastian Kruppert, Jim Usherwood
Mr Idriss Pelletan Museum nationale d'Histoire naturelle - CNRS Robotics contribution to the understanding of passive bipedalism in birds, balance and stability explained by tensegrity
A5.23
Mr Ilambharathi Govindasamy Wageningen University and Research Comparative aerodynamics of Diptera flight
A5.24
Ellen Bell, Colin McClure
Academic Peer Review
First steps, best practices & future challenges
Why should I spend time on reviewing? Is anyone going to thank me for my review?
How do I find reviewing opportunities? What is triple anonymisation? What is open Peer Review?
I've agreed to review - what next? Is Peer Review fair? Is Peer Review functioning? Is Peer Review superfluous? If thoughts like this have crossed your mind, you're in good company!
Join our workshop on Thursday, 10th July, 14.30-16.00pm to
o make your first steps as a peer reviewer
o learn about best scientific practice and ethical norms of reviewing
o discuss pros and cons of different peer review models
o debate future challenges that the peer review system has to master
Mareike Jezek Bridget O'Boyle
OKAPI 1 OKAPI 2
P4: CYTOPLASMIC GENETICS: FROM SHAPING PLANT TRAITS TO DRIVING SPECIATION
Pascal Touzet
Dr Pascal Touzet
University of Lille
What is the role of the organelles in the speciation process of Silene nutans?
P4.12
P9: PLANT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: FROM MODELS TO LAB TO FIELD
Megan Matthews
16:10-16:30
Dr Arthur Beauchet VIB-PSB BREEDIT : a multiplex genome editing strategy to improve complex quantitative traits in maize
P9.12
P5: FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO: FINE TUNING STOMATA TO MAXIMISE GLOBAL CROP RESILIENCE
Bobby Caine, Caspar Chater
Mengjie Fan University of Essex NIAB
Large scale quantification of stomatal patterning reveals position specific spatial heterogeneity and function
P5.13
Dr Hanna Hõrak University of Tartu Institute of Technology
Stomatal distribution between leaf surfaces and its relationships with yield
P5.14
C2: BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
PROGRAMME - DAY 2 : WEDNESDAY 9TH
C4: OPEN CELL A7: STRESS AS A DRIVER OF NEURAL PLASTICITY: FROM BRAINS TO BEHAVIOUR
Monika Chodasiewicz
Manuel GonzalezFuente Ruhr-University of Bochum
Bacteria exploit plant processing bodies to attenuate host translation during infection C2.7
Dr Sujitha Sali King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Mechanism modulating HuR localization in stress granules and its impact on cells stress response C2.8
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITION
YSAS TALKS - 20 MINS EACH - OKAPI 1,2,3
POSTER SESSION - 1HR EACH ODD/EVEN NUMBERS END OF DAY 2
Prof Jehan-Hervé Lignot UMR Marbec
A new cell type in the gut of Vertebrates ? C4.7
Kathleen Gilmour, Sarah Alderman
Miss Martina Bellio Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Neurophysiological and behavioural insights into swimming choice of juvenile Atlantic salmon A7.4
Miss Maria das Graças Carvalho Universidade Estadual de Campinas TUDCA attenuates structural changes in the hearts of mice fed a lowprotein diet C4.8
If you’re a PhD student or postdoc and interested in:
Ms Helena Norman University of Glasgow
The effects of temperature and sleep disruption on sociability and metabolism in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata A7.5
PROGRAMME - DAY 3 : THURSDAY
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3 GORILLA 4 GORILLA 5
SESSION SAB1 -PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS
A8: ANIMAL RESPONSES TO A CHANGING WORLD: WHAT ABOUT COGNITION?
CHAIR
09:0009:30
Emily Beck
Dr Katya Mack University of Kansas
Unraveling the genetics of complex trait adaptations: Insights from the house mouse
SAB1.1
09:3009:45
Dr Julian Catchen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The comparative and population genomics of an icefish that escaped Antarctica SAB1.2
Lisandrina Mari, Alycia Valvandrin
Prof Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato University of Ferrara
Fish minds in troubled waters
A8.2
A4: KINEMATICS AND ROBOTICS - STATE OF THE ARTS KINEMATICS AND THEIR TRANSFER TO ROBOTICS AND INNOVATIVE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN BIOMECHANICS
Daniele Liprandi, Sebastian Kruppert
Dr Melody Young Duke University
Ultrafast fourier light-field microscopy reveals 3D recoil of tiny elastic structure
A4.14
Dr Séverine Toussaint CR2P UMR 7207
An innovative force sensor technology mimicking distal pads’ functional morphology to study the evolution of locomotion in arboreal mammals
A4.15
A5: OPEN BIOMECHANICS OED7: ENABLING LEARNING IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Janneke Schwaner, Nicolai Konow
Prof Christine Böhmer
Kiel University
Opportunists in the marine realm: Are dietary specializations reflected in the feeding apparatus of grey seals and harbor seals?
A5.62
Jana De Ridder Ghent University
Need for speed: are jaw muscle fascicle length and PCSA different in species varying in singing capacities?
A5.63
Alycia VALVANDRIN
University of Turku
Does timing matter? The impact of hypoxia at different developmental stages on fish cognition
A8.3
09:4510:00
Athina KarapliPetritsopoulou Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Rapid evolutionary change of hypoxia physiology and related gene expression patterns in an asexual Daphnia population SAB1.3
Lauren Zink
University of British Columbia
Immediate loss and subsequent recovery of olfaction in brown trout (Salmo trutta) exposed to natural dissolved organic carbon
A8.4
10:0010:15
Dr Lauric Feugere MEEP lab Department of Biology Chemistry and Geography University of Quebec at Rimouski
Beyond biomarkers: multiomics and multilayer networks as breakthroughs to predict the effects of global changes on aquatic ectotherms SAB1.4
10:1510:30
Miss Danielle Crowley Institute of biology Leiden University
The Dark Side of Light: Disrupted natural light dark cycles undermines personality dependant variation in activity patterns of migratory threespined stickleback
A8.5
Miss Maryane Gradito Deakin University
Double trouble: host behaviour influences and is influenced by co-infection with parasites
A8.6
10:3011:00
Jordon Millward, Amanda Rasmussen
Mr Toshihiro Shiratori Keio University
Simultaneous measurement of triaxial ground reaction forces on a walking ant’s legs.
A4.16
Joscha Teichmann
University of Freiburg exc livMatS Plant
Biomechanics Group
Freiburg
Making it turn: Applying bison kinematics to soft robots
A4.17
Maartje Wermelink
University of Freiburg exc livMatS Plant
Biomechanics Group
Freiburg
A biomimetics approach towards understanding the Venus flytrap’s trap mechanics
A4.18
Mr Robin Maag
University of the Sunshine Coast
Coordinating limbs and spine: (Pareto-) optimal locomotionin theory, in vivo, and in robots
A4.19
Mr Danial Forouhar Ghent University
Functional Morphology of Seahorse Tail Prehension: Scaffolded from Microscopical and µCT Analysis
A5.64
Dr Zoe Self Davies Harper Keele Veterinary School
Kinematics and kinetics of tripedal locomotion in canine amputees
A5.65
Dr Michael Günther
Universität Stuttgart
Hill's hyperbolic relation: there's more (mechanics) to it than meets the (phenomenological) eye
A5.47
Dr James Lamb
University of Edinburgh
The Choreography of Hybrid Teaching OED7.2
Prof Kostya Kornev Clemson University
Hemodynamic mechanism of dissipation of muscular energy in hovering hawkmoths
A5.67
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITION
Mr Jordon Millward Imperial College London
Enhancing AI Literacy and Technological Integration in Education: Challenges and Strategies OED7.3
P7: PLANT PHENOMICS: BEYOND THE PLATFORMS
P9: PLANT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: FROM MODELS TO LAB TO FIELD
Bertrand Muller Megan Matthews
Dr Scott Chapman School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
The University of Queensland Examples of using synthetic data from biophysical and structural models to train algorithms for plant and crop phenotyping
P7.19
Prof Francois Tardieu LEPSE INRAE France
Can phenomics allow novel breeding approaches for traits involved in tolerance to climate change ?
P7.5
Onno Muller Forschungszentrum
Juelich
Photosynthesis phenotyping under future field conditions: the role of CO2 and light competition.
P7.6
Dr Kristian Johnson INRAE UMR759 LEPSE
How the reproductive transition organizes the diversity of canopy architecture in maize P7.7
Dr Rene Geurts Wageningen University & Research Engineering a NIN-LIKE PROTEIN into a Master Regulator of NitrogenFixing Nodulation
P9.24
Mr Marco D'Agostino
UCLouvain
Influence of secondary growth, apoplastic barriers and developmental anatomy on root hydraulic properties: In Silico analysis P7.8
P8: GRAVITROPISM AND PLANT ARCHITECTURE
A17: OPEN ANIMAL A16: INSIGHTS AND TOOLS FROM BIOLOGGING FOR CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY
Stefan Kepinski
Matyáš Fendrych Czech Academy of Sciences
The dynamics of root gravitropism and the enigmas of the underlying auxin signaling pathways
P8.6
09:30-09:50
Miss Tacha-Marie Joubert
Stellenbosch University
The Phyllosphere Microbiome: Uncovering the Secrets of Signal Peptides and Metabolites
P9.25
09:50-10:10 Tiago Lopes University of Aveiro Controlled Bacterial Release via Encapsulation: A Strategy to Improve Maize Growth Under Water Deficit P9.26
10:10-10:30 Dr Joshua Kaste University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Modeling of Zea mays quantifies the costs, benefits, and synergies of bioengineering symbioses with rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi P9.27
Dr Marta Del Bianco
Marta Del Bianco
Towards the formulation of a universal theory of root gravitropism
P8.7
Kinza Khan University of Clermont Auvergne Exploring the Dynamics of Actin Networks and Auxin signalling in proprioception process in Arabidopsis
P8.8
Ms Arooj Sajjad
Technische Universität Darmstadt Diversity and formstructure-function relationships in plant hinges P8.9
Dr Rengin Ozgur Uzilday Ege University
ROS regulates the root halotropismic response in Arabidopsis ecotypes and halophyte Schrenkiella parvula P8.10
Mrs Fiona Durnford Memorial University Constraints on Cardiac Pumping Capacity and Tissue Oxygen Extraction, Not Heart Rate, Limit Hypoxia Tolerance of Salmon at Warm Temperatures
A17.52
Prof Colin Brauner
The University of British Columbia The role of plasma accessible carbonic anhydrase in increasing hypoxia tolerance in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). A17.53
Miss Emma Porter Memorial University of Newfoundland Getting to the Heart of Things: Does Heart Rate Determine the Thermal Tolerance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)?
A17.54
Mr Alex Berry Deakin University Thermal tolerance of native and hybrid Australian mussels: implications under a warming climate
A17.55
Prof Todd Gillis University of Guelph Regulation of cardiac remodeling in fish during thermal acclimation A17.77
Andrea Fuller, Peter Panizza
Dr Jessica Kendall-Bar University of California San Diego From sleep to conservation: cyberinfrastructure, visualization, and biosensors to assess physiology and behavior of non-model organisms in a changing climate A16.9
Miguel De Lucas Department of Biosciences Durham Univeristy Designing plant systems for a more efficient and sustainable investigation of p53 activity C4.9
Dr Ensiyeh GhanizadehKazerouni
The University of British Columbia Gill arch specific tissue regeneration in relation to fish immune status in rainbow trout A17.57
Miss April Grace Opinion University of Antwerp Hearts under stress: Chronic stress alters cardiac workload, impairs swimming performance and depletes energy reserves in Atlantic salmon A16.10
Miss Jennifer Linden University of OxfordZoological Society of London Hot Dogs: Physiological Vulnerability of African Wild Dogs to Rising Temperatures A16.11
Takaaki Hasegawa Fisheries Resources Institute Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Inferring energy intake of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) based on the heat increment of feeding A16.12
Prof Maria Thaker Indian Institute of Science
Animal responses to ecological challenges: insights from elephants in the day and lizards at night A16.13
Poonam Mehra University of Nottingham Mechanisms of root branching under heterogenous water availability C4.10
Julien Agnessens
Department of Biosciences Durham University
The role of VAMP714 in PIN recycling and PIN polarity maintenance is essential for polar auxin transport C4.11
Mr Syed Zain Kashif
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Koc University
Identification of Arabidopsis Proteins Involved in Nucleotide Excision Repair C4.12
C4: OPEN CELL
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3 GORILLA 4 GORILLA 5
SESSION SAB1 -PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS
A8: ANIMAL RESPONSES TO A CHANGING WORLD: WHAT ABOUT COGNITION?
Omics tools applied to Antarctic fish physiology and evolution
SAB1.6
Dr Camille Troisi
Université de Rennes
High-fat high-sugar diets and their effects on the gut microbiota and cognition of feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica)
A8.7
11:3011:45
Dr Emily Beck
University of Kansas
Genomic compensation to mitochondrial variation in threespine stickleback fish
SAB1.7
11:4512:00
12:0012:15
Dr Bethany Williams University of Missouri St. Louis
Effects of Acute Hypoxia Exposure on Gene Expression in an Extremophile Fish
SAB1.8
Dr Dagmar Frisch
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Genomic and phenotypic change within one decade in an asexual Daphnia population
SAB1.9
12:1512:30
Dr Lisandrina Mari
University of Jyväskylä
Like father, like son? Effects of paternal exposure to heavy metals on offspring emotivity and cognitive performance in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
A8.8
Izzy Tiddy University of Glasgow Effects of artificial lightat-night on metabolic and behavioural response to simulated stimuli in reef fish
A8.9
Dr Luca Pettinau
Department of Animal Health and Welfare
Wageningen University Research
“Decoding lobster “brain”: Effects of anaesthesia and temperature on electrical activity of supraesophageal ganglion and consciousness status in Homarus americanus” A8.10
SAB2: SHARED CHALLENGES AND DIVERSE APPROACHES TO PHYSIOLOGY IN CONSERVATION ACROSS TAXONOMIC BOUNDARIES
Veronica Groves, Britney Firth
Dr Fiona Hay
Aarhus University
Understanding seed longevity for improved ex situ plant conservation
SAB2.1
A5: OPEN BIOMECHANICS OED6: QUICK WINS: CELEBRATING IMPLEMENTABLE INNOVATIONS IN HE TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP
Ariel Camp, Janneke Schwaner
Prof Yoshinobu Inada
Tokai University
Evaluation of Cavitation
Effect on Impact Mitigation during Underwater Plunge of Boobies
A5.68
Dr Ghislaine Cardenas
Posada
University of Kiel
The evolution of craniomandibular skeleton enables the appearance of extreme feeding and nesting behaviors
A5.69
Dr Sean Tomlinson
Curtin University
Metabolic rates of seeds: exploring an emerging functional trait in seed biology
SAB2.2
Dr Britney Firth
University of Windsor Impacts of sperm cryopreservation on early life history fitness of endangered Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar)
SAB2.3
Ms Veronica Groves
McGill University
The challenges related to using the minnow Blackchin Shiner (Miniellus heterodon) as a surrogate for the Threatened Pugnose Shiner (Miniellus anogenus)
SAB2.4
Dr Sjannie Lefevre
University of Oslo
Spatial transcriptomics reveals region-specific responses to anoxia in the crucian carp brain
SAB1.10
12:3013:30
Ellen Bell, Colin Mcclure
Dr Elizabeth Alvey
University of Sheffield AI-Powered Engagement: 5-Minute Hacks for Your Next Lecture OED6.4
Girish Kumar
National Centre for Biological Sciences
The control of targeted jumps in praying mantises
A5.70
Mr Jonas Unterholzner
Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences
Desiccation, tanning and deposition: First insights into wound healing in locusts (Locusta migratoria)
A5.71
Dr Erik Sathe
University of Oslo Forelimb Motion and Reciprocation Mediate Aerodynamic Control in a Gliding Lizard A5.72
Dr Colin McClure
Queen's University Belfast Science Fridays (SciFri): Supporting Research Expectations and Insights through Student-driven Discussions OED6.5
Miss Upama Das
Ethophilia Research Foundation
Decision-making perspectives of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) A8.11
Prof Trevor Pitcher
University of Windsor
Captive breeding and the effect of tank colour on the body colour, somatic growth, survival and behaviour of Chinook salmon
SAB2.5
LUNCH / EXHIBITION / MEET THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Mr Cas Jorissen
Universiteit Antwerpen No torque-frequency trade-off will slow me down: biomechanics of high-frequency finger movements
A5.73
P7: PLANT PHENOMICS: BEYOND THE PLATFORMS
P8: GRAVITROPISM AND PLANT ARCHITECTURE
Xavier Draye Suruchi Roychoudhry, Marta Del Bianco
Dr Boris Parent
INRAE-LEPSE
Enhancing Variety Evaluation: Integrating Phenotyping, Modeling, and Envirotyping for Adaptation tospecificAgroEnvironmental scenarios
P7.9
Dr Gwendolyn Kirschner
The James Hutton Institute Control of the root angle in barley P8.11
A17: OPEN ANIMAL A16: INSIGHTS AND TOOLS FROM BIOLOGGING FOR CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY
Emily Bennitt, Tshepiso Majelantle
Prof Göran Nilsson
University of Oslo Succinate – an anaerobic end-product allowing anoxic survival in crucian carp (Carassius carassius) A17.58
Dr M. Danielle McDonald Rosenstiel School of Marine Atmospheric and Earth Science University of Miami Exposure to environmentally realistic fluctuations in temperature and salinity reduces the hypoxia tolerance of toadfish A17.59
Dr Emily Choy
McMaster University
Heart rate as a proxy of metabolic rate in black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla)at Middleton Island, Alaska A16.14
C4: OPEN CELL
Aakash Basu
Department of Biosciences
Durham University
Deciphering the mechanical code of DNA and its impact on cellular processes C4.13
Mr Tom Kenda
Earth and Life Institute
UCLouvain
Within-field crop growth heterogeneity from a multiyear crop rotation perspective
P7.10
Dr Pierre Lejeune
University of Liège
Phenotyping plant responses to light quality with color gradients
P7.11
Miss Caitlin Dudley
Ueensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation The University of Queensland
Time to flowering and flowering duration in mungbean are unrelated physiological traits with independent genetic controls
P7.12
Junita Solin
Jan IngenHousz Institute
From light to biomass: using dynamic photosynthesis data to improve biomass predictions
P7.13
Muhammad Farooq
University of Bologna
Dissecting the Root Growth Angle QTLome in tetraploid Wheat (Triticum turgidumssps) as a Key Component of Drought Stress Resilience P8.12
Dr Vincent Truffault
Futura Gaïa Technologies
Cultivating plants in rotational systems: insights into the interaction between gravity perception, metabolism and agronomic performance in PFALs
P8.13
Mr Shane Fagan
Queens University Belfast
Linking Genome Diversity to Root Architecture and Growth Dynamics in Perennial Ryegrass
P8.14
Dr James Lloyd
University of Western Australia
Understanding and manipulating root system architecture for agriculture on earth and beyond P8.15
Tommy Norin
DTU Aqua - Technical University of Denmark
Individuals of the invasive round goby face physiological and behavioural trade-offs in their sensitivity to salinity A17.61
Mr Christian Bihun
Trent University
Can sex-differences in field metabolic rate help explain sexual size dimorphism in walleye?
A17.62
Dr Hugo Flávio
Dalhousie University
Implantation of a microacoustic tag severely alters feeding behaviour in the invasive sea lamprey A16.15
Miss Lauren Schreck Oregon State University Heat Dome Danger: Investigating differences in metabolic and thermoregulatory response to a extreme heat event A16.16
Dr Ashleigh Donaldson
University of the Witwatersrand
No strings attached: Wireless temperature biologgers to improve remote physiological data collection A16.17
Tom Bennett
School of Biology University of Leeds
Evolutionary approaches to understanding cell and developmental biology C4.14
Tim Davies Department of Biosciences University of Durham Regulation of cytokinesis by Wnt signalling in the C. elegans embryo
C4.15
Ms Elizabeth Hoots
Deakin University
Life History Attributes
Influencing Metabolic Variation in an Estuarine Fish
A17.63
Dr Kim Birnie-Gauvin
Technical University of Denmark
Quantifying aerobic and anaerobic swimming in sockeye salmon during their 1200km freshwater migration using accelerometer tags A16.18
LUNCH / EXHIBITION / MEET THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Miss Smilla Tetzlaff
CAU Kiel
Vesicular salt transport mechanisms are crucial for calcification in sea urchin larvae C4.16
14:30
14:3016:00
16:0016:30
16:3017:30
19:00
GENERATIVE AI AND SCIENTIFIC WRITING
This workshop aims to advance the responsible and effective use of generative AI tools in the research process. Topics will include the pros and cons of specific AI tools, tasks that are more or less suited for AI assistance, the inclusion of AI in the research and learning process, risks (data security, bias, plagiarism, deskilling, hallucinations, environmental impact, etc.) and solutions, specialized tools (e.g., Connected Papers, Research Rabbit, Consensus, Elicit, Scispace), and prompting techniques.
Session Organiser.
Dr. Diana Santelia Proudly sponsored by The Journal of Experimental Botany
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS FROM BIOLOGGING FOR CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY
This workshop will address current approaches in biologging technology, with a specific focus on the challenges and opportunities arising from the use of temperature and heart rate sensors. It will also include examples of approaches that integrate multiple biologging tools for studying both physiological and behavioural traits. The main aim of the session is to share knowledge, develop ideas for future research, and create opportunities for collaboration by featuring insights and tools from biologging approaches that can be applied to conservation physiology.
Session Organisers:
Prof. Andrea Fuller & Emily Bennitt
Workshop Trainers: Shane Maloney & Liv Monica Trondrud
RESPONSIBLE AQUATIC ANIMAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP
It is current best practice for all studies using animals or animal derived materials to be reported in accordance with the ARRIVE Guidelines 2.0. This workshop will discuss what authors need to do to report in accordance with the ARRIVE 2.0 Essential 10. These 10 points are considered the key indicators of the rigour and reproducibility of a study. As a result, any aspects not reported or poorly reported could indicate potential study flaws and limitations. Topics discussed will include: Study Design, Sample Size, Inclusion/ Exclusion Criteria, Randomisation, Masking, Outcome Measures, Statistical methods, Experimental Animal details, Experimental Procedure details and Results (the ARRIVE 2.0 Essential 10)
ACADEMIC PEER REVIEW, FIRST STEPS BEST PRACTICES, AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Peer review is at the heart of the academic publication process. In this interactive workshop we will educate (early career) researchers on how to assess scientific manuscripts and write highquality peer reviews that conform to best scientific practice and ethical norms. We will provide participants with information on how to find review opportunities and receive recognition for their work. Different peer review models will be explained, and we will debate future challenges that the peer review system is facing. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss how quality, equality, and fairness of the academic peer review process can be increased in the future. Session
Organisers: Dr. Mareike Jezek & Bridget O’Boyle. Sponsored by: Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Biotechnology Journal, The Plant Journal
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITION
OED LECTURE - QEH
AWARDS DINNER - HORTA
END OF DAY 3
PLANT ARCHITECTURE IN MODEL AND CROP PLANTS
Plant architecture has been of interest to plant breeders for centuries, as its manipulation has the potential to lead to the development of resilient crops that can withstand various environmental stresses. Understanding how the graviresponse shapes plant architecture enables the development of crop varieties, and so far, model plant species have provided fundamental knowledge on this. The session will focus on fundamental and applied research, on how the universal force of gravitropism shapes plant form, and overall plant architecture. Talks are welcome from a range of topics including biophysical and molecular genetics in model plants and commercially relevant crops.
GAS EXCHANGE ACROSS SCALES – FROM LEAF TO FIELD (AND BEYOND)
This workshop will provide discussion and hands-on examples of different measurement techniques for probing crop stomatal performance. We will begin by introducing leaf-level measurements via commercial gas exchange and porometry systems, exploring how measurements are collected and interrupted. An introduction to eddy covariance methodology will also be given, highlighting the potential for probing evapotranspiration at the field-scale. We will conclude by discussing the wider benefits of large-scale automated measurements over seasonal scales and across different climates.
NATIVE SCIENTISTS WORKSHOP
A companion workshop to session P5 – From the Micro to the Macro: Fine Tuning Stomata to Maximise Global Crop Resistance. This workshop will provide discussion and hands-on examples of different measurement techniques for probing crop stomatal performance. We will begin by introducing leaf-level measurements via commercial gas exchange and porometry systems, exploring how measurements are collected and interrupted. An introduction to eddy covariance methodology will also be given, highlighting the potential for probing evapotranspiration at the field-scale. We will conclude by discussing the wider benefits of large-scale automated measurements over seasonal scales and across different climates.
Session Organiser: Ian Smillie
WOOLHOUSE LECTURE - QEH
WORKSHOP
INTERSECTIONALITY IMPACTS ON ACADEMIC STAFF AND THEIR STUDENTS
The session would involve guided conversations revealing the barriers, arising from intersectional factors, to both academic staff and student progression in the UK HE environment. The workshop would use a "double diamond" interrogative approach to both problematise and offer solutions to contemporary dilemmas.
Session Organisers: Dr. Nicholas Freestone & Dr. Ann Morgan
JOURNAL
This interactive workshop is designed to introduce early-career researchers to the process of publishing in scientific journals. It will cover aspects such as how to select the right journal to submit to, preparing the paper for submission, what happens during the review process, and what policies they need to be aware of. There will be plenty of time to discuss your concerns about the process and ask questions about any aspect of publishing.
Session Organiser: Helen Eaton
This session will discuss the importance of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the need to incorporate them into our curriculum. The session will start with a 15 minute presentation of why we should incorporate SDGs in our curriculum and discuss how our School is embedding them. The audience will have 20 minutes to think about the modules they convene and how those link with SDGs, whether they currently explicitly/implicitly discuss SDGs in their module and whether there is potential to further embed. The session will end with a 10 minutes discussion on the audience practice.
Session Organiser: Christie Siettou
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL GORILLA 1 GORILLA 3
SESSION A12: BIOTIC INTERACTIONS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS UNDER ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
CHAIR Nedim Tüzün
09:3010:00
10:0010:15
Dr Lynn Govaert
IGB Berlin
Evolution, biotic interactions and the magnitude of environmental change: does it matter for community dynamics?
A12.6
10:1510:30
Prof David Boukal Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia
Indirect effects of warming-induced body size reductions versus direct kinetic effects of warming: implications for population and community responses to changing climate A12.7
Sarah Hasnain Institut de la Mer de Villefranche Variation in behaviour of native prey mediates the impact of an invasive species on plankton communities
A12.8
10:3010:45
10:4511:00
Dr Harriet Goodrich Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Who gets hooked?
Phenotypic divergence of Tasmania’s most popular recreational fish
A12.9
Mr Alex Hooft van Huysduynen University of Antwerpen
Disentangling evolutionary and plastic responses to over-fishing of Malawi Cichlid fish in a common garden experiment
A12.10
A9 (1): GOING BEYOND DEATH* A9 (2): INNOVATING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE* A9 (3): POLLUTION OSMOREGULATION AND ENERGY USE
Rosa Freitas and Laetitia Minguez
Margot Grimmelpont
University of Connecticut
The heat and the hazard: Combined effects of PFAS and temperature on Sheepshead Minnow performance
A9.1
Sabiha Akter
ECOSPHERE University of Antwerp
GETTING A BURN-OUT: HOW HEATWAVES IMPACT
EUTROPHIC FRESHWATER
ECOSYSTEMS
A17.65
Isabelle Ferron University of New Brunswick
The effects of polycyclic aromatic compound exposure on cardiac thermal tolerance of larval and juvenile lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)
A9.20
Miss Laurine Mathé
Laboratoire
Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC)Université de lorraine. Lithium bioaccumulation and toxicity: The influence of Li/Na ratio and lithium salts. A9.21
Amandine Herrada Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive
Evaluating the relative contribution of toxic metals to redox homeostasis in free-ranging roe deer
A9.22
Diana Hofman
Radboud University Behaviour to the bone: linking skeletal mineralization to behaviour in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)
A9.23
Christine Blurton Institute of Zoology
Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel
Double Trouble: The Combined Impact of Heatwaves and Ocean Acidification on Marine Larvae
A17.66
Prof Jehan-Hervé Lignot UMR MARBEC
1. Impacts of increasing temperatures on key physiological functions of the Mediterranean spider crab Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)
A17.67
Ms Martine Van den Berg
University of Cape Town
Assessing biophysical model performance for predicting thermoregulatory responses in Fynbos birds
A17.68
Dr Julie Nati
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Using metabolic traits to evaluate southern flounder habitat suitability in the Gulf of Mexico
Sam Van Wassenbergh, Gregory Sutton Susanne Voelkel
Prof Sanjay Sane National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Testing the gearbox hypothesis of insect flight A5.13
Alexander Koehnsen Wageningen University and Research Sticking on time –investigating the biomechanics of tentacle attachment in cuttlefish
A5.75
Mrs Eleesha Annear University of Antwerp Running Gracefully in Armour: a trade-off between osteoderm protection and mobility in a cordylid lizard.
A5.76
Dr Jordi Marcé-Nogué Universitat Rovira i Virgili
A new state-of-theart computational biomechanics workflow to elucidate the kinetic nature of lizards during biting
A5.77
Michelle Modert University of Freiburg
Unveiling the secrets of leaf unfolding: New insights from peltate species
Syngonium podophyllum and Pilea peperomioides
A5.78
Miss Ishika Pal Ethophilia Research Foundation
The locomotory profiling of freshwater prawns: A biophysical approach
A5.79
INTRODUCTION:
Prof Susanne Voelkel University of Liverpool
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
P7: PLANT PHENOMICS: BEYOND THE PLATFORMS
P10: OPEN PLANT
Roland Pieruschka George Littlejohn
Prof Ioannis Athanasiadis Chair of Artificial Intelligence Wageningen University and Research
Artificial intelligence in plant phenotyping – towards endto-end GxExM modelling
P7.14
Prof David Rousseau
Université d'Angers
Generic non-supervised vegetation foreground extraction based on monocular RGB imaging ; Application to Arbo and viticulture
P7.15
Prof Shouyang Liu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Increasing Wheat Phenotypic Prediction Through a Unified Framework Integrating HighThroughput Phenotyping, Genomics, and Crop Growth Model
P7.16
Dr Lamis Abdelhakim PSI (Photon Systems Instruments) Integrative phenotyping combined with modelling as a tool for predicting harvestrelated traits
P7.17
Dr Juan Enciso Texas AM AgriLife Research Unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based phenotyping for selection of spinach varieties
P7.18
Dr Robyn Emmerson University of Birmingham Why do hypomethylated plants display transgenerational infertility?
P10.11
Dr Hermann PRODJINOTO Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Exploring ABA-Mediated Flood Tolerance Mechanisms in Tomato: Insights from Introgression Lines
P10.26
Anna Agosti
University of Parma
Exploring the impact of biochar on growth and molecular responses in young blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.), cv. Sierra, plants
P10.12
Mr Callum Myers University college cork
Functional traits and strategies that determine ‘weediness’ of an agricultural weed, Avena fatua
P10.13
Alessandra Renella Department of Biosciences and Territory University of Molise In depth characterization of autochthonous bean (Phaseolus vulgarisL.) and lentil (Lens culinarisMedik) landraces from Apennine Italian regions
P10.14
Elena Vincenzi Horticulture and Product Physiology Wageningen University and Research Location of far-red light perception and signalling mechanisms driving fruit growth responses in Tomato
P10.15
A2: EXPERIMENTAL PALAEOBIOLOGYBRINGING FOSSILS BACK TO LIFE
A1: MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
Dr Narimane Chatar, Prof Peter Falkingham
Dr Imran Rahman Natural History Museum London
Ancient life in moving fluids: using computational fluid dynamics to test functionaland ecological hypotheses in fossil taxa
A2.17
Janneke Schwaner, Nicolai Konow
Walter Herzog University of Calgary Characterization of Muscle Properties Across Scales: from Single Cross-Bridges to In Vivo Human Skeletal Muscles
A1.24
Dr Josep Fortuny
Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont
Adductor muscles in giant and non-giant insular lizards (genus Gallotia): is muscle growth limitless?
A2.18
Miss Amber Wood-Bailey University of Liverpool
Comparative analysis of masticatory and locomotor biomechanics in extinct and extant lagomorphs
A2.19
Miss Shaymae Iken UDC
The Holocene brown bear (Ursus arctos L.) in Morocco: A study of its diet by ZooMS and Isotopic Analysis.
A2.20
Prof Johan Van Leeuwen
Experimental Zoology Group
Wageningen University
Predicting muscle-fibre strains in the swimming musculature of 4 dpf larval zebrafish
A1.25
Dr Noraly Van Meer
Experimental Zoology Group
Wageningen University Axial muscle-fibre orientations remain consistently helical during early development of zebrafish
A1.26
Dr Christopher Richards Royal Veterinary College Joint-level force-velocity properties for arbitrarily complex musculoskeletal models
A1.27
Dr Narimane Chatar University of California Berkeley
Biting through time: The evolution of carnassial function in carnivorous mammals
A2.21
C4: OPEN CELL
Marina Garcia Marcia Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG) University of SalamancaCSIC
Lipophagy: a process more relevant than just getting fuel
C4.17
Prof Neil Kad University of Kent Scaling single molecule behaviour in organised systems to converge on a common mechanism for how cMyBP-C modulates the cardiac reserve in ß-cardiac myofibrils
A1.28
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITION
Dr Daniel Vocelle Michigan State university What’s New in the World of Flow Cytometry
C4.19
Dr Alexander Venn Centre Scientifique de Monaco From Light to Limestone: physiological links between reef coral photosynthesis and calcification via pH regulation
C4.20
David An Harvard University KLF2 Expression Regulates Human Endothelial Cell Size and Morphology
C4.21
QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL
SESSION A12: BIOTIC INTERACTIONS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS UNDER ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
CHAIR Sarah Hasnain
11:3012:00
Dr Andras Abonyi
HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research
The bright side of chytrid fungal parasites on stabilising biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at the phytoplankton-zooplankton interface under human-induced pressure
A12.11
12:0012:15
Dr Nedim Tüzün
IGB Berlin
Light pollution shapes interaction between a parasitic flatworm and the water flea Daphnia magna A12.12
12:1512:30
Aditi Gurung KU Leuven
Eco-evolutionary dynamics in the community assembly of Daphnia gut microbiome A12.13
12:3012:45
12:4513:00
Charlottte Theys
KU Leuven
The gut microbiome shapes latitudinal differences in host immunity and pathogen load, and buffers against immunosuppression under future warming A12.14
Dr Rafaela Almeida
KU Leuven
Adaptation-mediated impacts of a pesticide switch on a non-target species, Daphnia magna A12.15
GORILLA 1
A9 (1): GOING BEYOND DEATH* A9 (2): INNOVATING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE* A9 (3): POLLUTION OSMOREGULATION AND ENERGY USE
Jehan-herve Lignot
Dr Lauric Feugere
MEEP lab Department of Biology Chemistry and Geography University of Quebec at Rimouski
In the Search of Sublethal Biomarkers: Metabolomic and Lipidomic Profiling of Arctic Copepods Facing Ocean Acidification and Pyrene Pollution
A9.24
GORILLA 3
A17: OPEN ANIMAL
Izabela Małgorzata Antepowicz
Dublin City University
Molecular approaches unravel the impact of food quality and light on the physiology of daphnids
A9.25
Mrs Marta Cunha
University of Aveiro
Revealing Hidden Risks: In Vitro Analysis of PFAS Hazards in Mytilus galloprovincialisGills and Digestive Gland
A9.26
Mrs Léa Dasque
ASNR
Impacts of ionizing radiation on reproductive processes in Fukushima tree frogs: transcriptomic and functional insights A9.27
Dr Jane Allison
Carleton University
Effects of microplastic fibre ingestion on food consumption, energy stores and reproduction in a cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus
A9.28
Prof Adewumi Idowu
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
Zonocerus variegatus and its survival strategies: Decades of studies on the structure, secretion, and function of the repellent gland
A17.70
Ana Rato
Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR)
The scent of danger: electrophysiological and behavioural responses of the clam (Ruditapes decussatus) to potential alarm cues A17.71
Bradley Howell
Trent University
Predicting the behaviour of wild fish using metabolism, growth, and diet A17.72
Dr Luca Pettinau
Department of Animal Health and Welfare
Wageningen University Research
Does antipredator performance decline with ageing in a short-living fish, the Turquoise killifish “Nothobranchius furzeri”?
A17.73
Dr Leo Uesaka
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute the Unversity of Tokyo
Prey–predator interactions in the deep sea between king penguin and its prey fish observed by animal-borne video camera A17.74
Tomer Urca
University of Rostock
Behavioural programs in mini-brains: optomotor response in the miniature flower thrips A17.75
13:0014:30
DIVERSITY LUNCH / EXHIBITION - OKAPI 2 & 3
END OF CONFERENCE
GORILLA 4
GORILLA 5
A5: OPEN BIOMECHANICS P10: OPEN PLANT
OKAPI 1
P7: PLANT PHENOMICS : BEYOND THE PLATFORMS
NIGHTINGALE 1 & 2
A2: EXPERIMENTAL PALAEOBIOLOGY - BRINGING FOSSILS BACK TO LIFE
Pauline Provini, David Labonte
Dr Daniele Certini
Lund University
Wake analysis of a robotic avian wing with moult gaps in flapping flight
A5.80
Miss Shannon Harrison
Shannon Harrison
Introducing the Monkey Grasshopper, a spring-powered jumper with the ability to control its linear velocity
A5.81
Merel Van Gorp
Universiteit Antwerpen
Variation in hydrodynamic performance among boxfish carapace shapes
A5.82
Mr Karthick Dhileep University of New South Wales Canberra Mechanics of backward swimming in mosquito larvae
A5.83
Mr Matheo López-Pachón
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Computational Hydrodynamic Analysis of Suction-Feeding in a Giant Salamander (Andrias, Cryptobranchidae)
A5.84
Julian Thomas Kiel University Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
Structural, Mechanical and Chemical Adaptations of Arolium und Euplantulae in the Stick Insect Medauroidea extradentata
A5.85
ROBYN EMMERSON
KOMAL GOEL
CSIR- Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
Heat Stress-Induced Phenotypic Plasticity in C3 and C4 Pseudocereals: A Comparative Molecular Perspective
P10.27
Miss Shae Jones
University of Wollongong
Interactions of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi with Native Grassland Species Under Combined Heat and Water Stress
P10.17
Miss Tebogo Masetlana Stellenbosch University
COMPARATIVE HOLOBIONT DYNAMICS IN DROUGHT RESILIENCE: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF FYNBOS MICROBIOTA IN Sutherlandia (L) frutescens AND Glycine max P10.18
Marco Maccaferri
University of Bologna
Genetics and genomics of the wheatZymoseptoriasystem: novel resistance gene loci in wheat and insights from pathogenicity factors.
P10.19
Miss Laurine Chir
INRAE Montpellier
Leaf burn in grapevine under high temperature: which physiological determinants drive genetic variability?
P10.20
Mr Théo Degand
Earth and Life Institute Université catholique de Louvain
How are the driving forces of root water uptake altered in crop plants under water deficit?
P10.21
François Tardieu
Dr Hendrik Poorter
Horticulture and Product Physiology Wageningen University and Research Exploring avenues to increase the relevance of high-throughput plant phenotyping
P7.4
Dr Jamie MacLaren, Dr Sophie Regnault
Prof Martin Bouda University of Hohenheim
Selection by drought in the early evolution of plant vascular networks
A2.22
Dr Chen Zhu Nanjing Agricultural University High-Throughput Phenotyping the Radiation Use Efficiency of Wheat Crops in the Field
P7.20
Dr Giorgia Del Cioppo University of Molise
From biochemistry to computer vision: advancing non-destructive tomato stress monitoring with AI P7.21
Mr Louis Lemaire Université de Liège Integrating 3D Sensing and Autonomous Robotics for Enhanced Grassland Monitoring
P7.22
François Stevens
Walloon Agricultural Research Centre
Predicting biotic stress of wheat using visible and near-infrared spectroscopy, spectral indices and multivariate approaches
P7.23
DIVERSITY LUNCH / EXHIBITION - OKAPI 2 & 3
END OF CONFERENCE
Prof Fernando Montealegre-Z University of Lincoln
The reconstruction of an extinct Jurassic soundscape A2.23
Miss Megan Jones University of Manchester
Using tail biomechanics to inform the evolution of slow gaits in giant extinct kangaroos
A2.24
Dr Benjamin Griffin
Liverpool John Moores University
Track morphology and sediment parameters: motion recovered from subsurface layers are robust to changes in substrate properties
A2.25
Dr Tahlia Pollock
The University of Bristol Sharp insights: exploring constraints on pointed tooth form in tetrapods
A2.7
POSTER SESSIONS DAY 2:
WEDNESDAY 3RD JULY
A1
MULTISCALE MUSCULOSKELETAL MECHANICS AND MODELING
Varun Dhorajia
University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States
Cross-scale conundrum: Slow masticatory myosin in jaw muscles that are both fast and strong
A1.23
A2
EXPERIMENTAL PALAEOBIOLOGYBRINGING FOSSILS BACK TO LIFE
Antonia R. M. Kaffler
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany
Morphological Convergence and Divergence in Long Bones of Carnivoramorpha (Mammalia) with a Reassessment of Locomotor Habits of Fossil Taxa
A2.1
Andrea Prino
Comparative Zoology Institute of Biology Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Preliminary Construction of a 3D dataset of fossils of temnospondyls
A2.2
Jamie A MacLaren
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Still using modern ungulate analogues to explore equid side-toe function through an iconic evolutionary transition...
A2.3
Anastasia Selini
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Investigating the biomechanical efficiency of horse limbs through their iconic distal limb evolution.
A2.4
Ilke Boutsen
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Wide is the gape that feeds – examining the physical constraints of biting in conical and sabre-toothed felids
A2.5
Aatreyee Saha
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Paleoneurological investigations of the Miocene dugongs (Mammalia, Sirenia) from Kutch, western India
A2.6
Luisa Semerakova
University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
Using the Allosaurus jimmadseni Skull Structure as a Puzzle Piece to Feeding Function
A2.8
Mythili Damal Kandadai
Ghent University, Belgium
From Function to Form : Computing Collateral Ligament Attachments
A2.9
Tash L Prescott
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Visualising foot-substrate interactions beneath the sediment surface using μCT scanning.
A2.10
Nicolas Wagner
State Museum of Natural History
Stuttgart, Germany
Testing Functional Differences in Proboscidean Limb Morphotypes Under Compression Using Finite Element Analysis
A2.11
Laia Garcia-Escolà
Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Spain
Cranial Lacertid Biomechanics Through the Application of Nanoindentation
A2.12
Max Herde
Museum für Naturkunde, Germany
From tail swinging to walking: Reconstructing the preferred walking speed of the sauropod dinosaur Giraffatitan brancai
A2.13
Eleanor Wilson
University of Southampton, UK
Exploring the Functional Morphology of Sand Dollars Through Deep Time to the Present-Day using 3D Modelling and Computational Fluid Dynamics
A2.14
Daniel Schwarz
Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Germany
The Feeding Dead: simulating early tetrapod feeding
A2.15
Francesco Della Giustina
Evolution Diversity Dynamics lab UR Geology Université de Liège, Belgium
Niche partitioning and feeding performance in Late Cretaceous marine reptiles from the Western Interior Seaway
A2.16
A3
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF LOCOMOTION AND FEEDING: A TRIBUTE TO PETER AERTS
Cristian L. Klunk
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Morphology drives functional performance variation: the case of trap-jaw ant mandibles
A3.12
Christine Böhmer
Kiel University, Germany
Island evolution in mice - Effects of diet quality on the musculoskeletal system of the masticatory apparatus
A3.13
Christine Böhmer
Kiel University, Germany
Herbivory in the marine realm: Morphophysiological adaptations of the salema porgy (Sarpa salpa) to seagrass feeding
A3.14
Océane E.N. Cluzeau
KU Leuven, Belgium
Arboreal adaptations constrain the morphological evolution of the radius bone in primates and carnivorans.
A3.15
James Usherwood
The Royal Veterinary College,UK
Legs as linkages, legs as machines, legs as toys… and for robots?
A3.16
Chloe K Goode
University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
Micro-CT imaging and 3D reconstruction of muscles in the buccal mass of the sea slug (Aplysia californica).
A3.17
Swapnanil Mondal
Ethophilia Research Foundation, India
Can geometric morphometric profiling corroborate with the behavioural efficacy?
A3.18
Jan Severin Te Lindert
Wageningen University, Netherlands
Hooked on fishing: How squid (Loligo forbesii) catch fish using sucker teeth
A3.19
KINEMATICS AND ROBOTICSSTATE OF THE ARTS KINEMATICS AND THEIR TRANSFER TO ROBOTICS AND INNOVATIVE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN BIOMECHANICS
Daniele Liprandi
Universität Greifswald, Germany
A Hierarchical Cluster-Separation Framework for Analysing Fibre-Based Biological Materials
A4.7
Dries Marzougui
Ghent University, Belgium
The unique muscle architecture of the seahorse tail demystified
A4.8
Yukitake Nakahara
Keio University, Japan
Ground reaction force measurement of Diapherodes gigantea using a transparent three-axial force plate
A4.9
Nele Binder
Westfälische Hochschule Westfälisches Institut für Bionik, Germany
Unlocking bistability: computational tool for the simulation of dermapteran hindwing folding
A4.10
Mario Martinez Groves-Raines
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Kestrel morphing reveals stability tailoring and aerodynamic benefits of wing-tail coupling in wind-hovering flight
A4.11
Benedikt Josten
Kiel University Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Germany
The forward kinematics and workspace generation of insect legs
A4.12
Matthew Penn
RMIT University, Australia
Reproduction of kestrel gust-mitigation kinematics with a robotic morphing wing
A4.13
Rachel Tran
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Pufferfish and their armoured skin during inflation: the interaction between a softhard interface for soft-robotic application
A4.1
Chenyao Wang
Experimental Zoology group
Wageningen University, Netherlands
How bumblebees land on rapidly-moving flowers: Sensory-motor flight control of landing on sideway moving flowers
A4.2
Amy Jealous
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
A feather-inspired, electro-adhesive mechanism to improve flight capabilities of morphing wing UAVs
A4.3
Fabian Bäumler
Kiel University Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Germany
A striking difference: Biomechanics of a specialized predatory strike – the impaling hunting strategy of the moss mantis Haania orlovi (Insecta: Mantodea)
A4.4
Max D Mylo
Cluster of Excellence livMatS @ University of Freiburg, Germany
Digital image correlation for biomechanical analysis of plants - application examples and recent advances
A4.6
A5
OPEN BIOMECHANICS
Taito Koeda
Chiba University, Japan
Three-dimensional and anisotropic escape strategies of mosquito revealed by swatting robot
A5.25
The Seiya Shimakawa
Chiba University, Japan effect of mosquito antennal morphology on odour molecule capture.
A5.26
Irene Montanez-Rivera
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Darwin’s finch jaw muscle architecture and kinematics in relation to biting specialization
A5.27
Yoshinobu Inada
Tokai University, Japan
Effects of Wing Coloration on Flight Performance of Long-Distance Flying Seabirds
A5.28
Simon Watkins University of cambridge, UK
Quantification of the dynamic response (pitch) of a replica barn owl (Tyto Alba) under atmospheric disturbance with an actively controlled tail.
A5.29
Jan Wölfer
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Bone microstructural patterns in the stylopodia of rodents
A5.30
Hannah G.J. Berndt
Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands
Reinforced lattices in nature –bioinspiration for large-scale woven structures in construction materials
A5.32
Tim De Ridder
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Comparative muscle architecture in (semiaquatic) mustelids and subsequent steps to identify musculoskeletal adaptations for aquatic locomotion
A5.34
Maja Mielke
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Contractile properties of jaw muscles contribute to force-velocity trade-off in beak movements of songbirds
A5.35
A4
Shreyas Kuchibhotla
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
The biomechanical and evolutionary allometry of maximum running speed in spiders (Araneae)
A5.36
Baowen Zhang
Wageningen University Research, Netherlands
Biomimetic Models Reveal the Scaling Principles and Morphological Adaptations of Cuttlefish Suckers
A5.37
Nina Dorsch
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
The influence of plant properties, ant body size, and temperature on cutting speed in leaf-cutter ants
A5.38
Melissa R.M. Tan
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Allometry of leg musculature in Atta vollenweideri leaf-cutter ants
A5.39
Nicholas W. Gladman
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Regional variation in the masticatory muscle of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
A5.40
Guillermo J Amador
Wageningen University, Netherlands
On the complex contact mechanics of cuttlefish suckers
A5.41
Letizia Zullo
IRCCS OSPEDALE POLICLINICO SAN MARTINO, Italy
Proprioception in motion: Octopus arm functional network of proprioception
A5.42
Griffin Emter
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Covert feather deflection patterns during perching of Harris’ Hawks
A5.43
Levi Dethlefs
Humboldt University Berlin - NyakaturaLab for Comparative Zoology, Germany
Behaviour and Morphology: Exploring the value of trabecular architecture in predicting hunting types in carnivorous mammals
A5.44
Adrian Scheidt
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Do hinge-like joints really aid in more efficient locomotion?Ground reaction forces and bone microstructure in cursorial mammals
A5.45
Oliver B Berg
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Evaluating inter- and intraspecific variability in the stress resistance of the carnivoran humerus using FEA modelling
A5.46
Jasmin CM Wong
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
The finch formula: decoding flap-bounding tactics during flight training
A5.48
Max D Mylo
Cluster of Excellence livMatS @ University of Freiburg, Germany
Clinging to Life: Developmental and Biomechanical Insights into Early European Mistletoe (Viscum album) Attachment
A5.49
Yuvan Kamalakanthan
UNSW Canberra, Australia
Assessing the role of barbs and substrate properties on insertion and extraction forces in worker honeybee stingers
A5.50
Charlotte Koeber
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Range of Motion of the elbow joint across a sample of extant xenarthrans
A5.51
Letizia Zullo
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy
Building stereotypical motion through synchronous activation of antagonistic muscles in the octopus arm
A5.52
Haruki Hiro
Tokai University, Japan
Optimal Wing Design for Autorotating Aerial Vehicle Inspired by Samara Fruit of Dipterocarpaceae Family
A5.53
Charles A C Brook
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Energy Landscapes and the Optimal Tuning of LaMSA Systems
A5.54
Ronja Eilhardt
University of Greifswald, Germany
Evoution and Allometric Scaling of Jumping Peformance in Orthopterans
A5.55
Michelle Modert
University of Freiburg, German
From structure to motion: Anatomical and morphological changes during leaf unfolding in Syngonium podophyllum
A5.56
Noraly MME Van Meer
Entomology and Nematology
Department University of Florida, United States
A high-quality diet early in adulthood is necessary for insects to increase exoskeleton puncture resistance
A5.57
John A Nyakatura
Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
Sexual Dimorphism and Combat Behavior in Artiodactyls: Insights from Morphological Differences at the CervicoThoracic Boundary
A5.58
Nyniane Steinkampf--Pellecuer
(Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, France
Morpho-functional study of birds' vocalizations: linking anatomy, acoustics, and phylogeny.
A5.59
Yosuke Yamamoto
Chiba University, Japan
Aerodynamic effects of slotted wing tips in avian flight – a numerical study
A5.60
Albert J Baars
City University of Applied Sciences
Bremen, Germany
Mathematical description of abstracted filter feeding fish mouth geometry for fluid mechanical investigations
A5.61
Hiva Hormozi
Hochschule Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Computational fluid dynamics analysis of flow topology and pressure drop of gill rakers in suspension-feeding fish
A5.66
ANIMAL RESPONSES TO A CHANGING WORLD: WHAT ABOUT COGNITION?
Izzy C Tiddy
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Effects of artificial light-at-night on the diurnal risk-taking behaviour of a gregarious reef fish
A8.1
A9
GOING BEYOND DEATH: UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGICALLY AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS AND INNOVATING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: MITIGATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF HIGH-TECH SOLUTIONS AND POLLUTION OSMOREGULATION AND ENERGY USE
Wouter Mes
Radboud University, Netherlands
How zebrafish handle their nitrogenous waste: Determining the skin-to-gill transition of rhesus glycoproteins
A9.6
Mouad Mkamel
University Hassan Ii Of Casablanca, Morocco
Dietary-Driven Venom Plasticity in Scorpions: Implications for Conservation Physiology and Ex Situ Management
A9.7
Diana Gonçalves
Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, Portugal
Olfactory sensitivity of fish and bivalves to wastewater treatment plant effluents
A9.8
Felix Mende
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Germany
Evolutionary ecology of pollutant tolerance in urban Daphnia
A9.9
Jolie Smeets
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Zebrafish (Danio rerio): a quick and versatile preclinical model to screen effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs).
A9.10
Jehan-Hervé Lignot
Umr Marbec, France
The effects of a PFAS (trifluoroacetic acid, TFA) on the physiology of Mediterranean green crabs, Carcinus aestuarii.
A9.11
Bruna S. Silva
CESAM Department of Biology
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Head Regeneration in Planarians as a Sensitive, Sub-lethal Ecotoxicological Endpoint
A9.12
Michael P Wilkie
Department of Biology Wilfrid Lauier University, Canada
The Muscle as An Organ of Extracellular Acid-Base Regulation in the Rainbow Trout Exposed to Alkaline Environments.
A9.13
Amanda A Wiesenthal
University of Rostock, Germany
The effect of salinity and shore height on the energy stores of the beadlet sea anemone Actinia equina
A9.14
Emma Rowan
Dublin City University, Ireland
A systems approach to understand and predict pollution
A9.15
Carolina Fernandes De Angelis
Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Atmospheric particulate matter affects the early development parameters of fish
A9.16
Pauline VUARIN
Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie
Evolutive UMR 5558 CNRS-UCBL, France
Implications of heavy metal exposure for male reproductive performance in wild roe deer populations
A9.18
RIDING THE WAVE: INSIGHTS INTO PLASTIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ANIMAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE CHALLENGES
Matthew J Noakes
School of Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Seasonal and sex differences in the thermoregulatory responses of European vespertilionid bats at high air temperatures
A10.23
Mafalda Tomás
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Can individual fish cells thermally acclimate without central control?
A10.24
Sophia M.S. Fraser
Department of Biology Carleton University, Canada
Keep an ion it! Prevention of coldinduced ionoregulatory collapse in the freeze-tolerant Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
A10.25
Rebecca A. Dean
Department of Biology Institute of Biochemistry Carleton University, Canada
Networking in the cold: connecting renal transcriptional plasticity to chill injury prevention through gene network analysis.
A10.26
Ella H.M. De Nicola
Carleton University, Canada
Thermal profiling of novel and known miRNAs during cold acclimation in Aedes aegypti.
A10.27
Rasmus Ern
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Variation in upper thermal limits of zebrafish across four warming rates and acclimation temperatures.
A10.28
Shahar Dubiner
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Plasticity in epidermal lipids of desert snakes reduces their evaporative water loss in summer
A10.29
Amanda Ben
(IISc Bangalore, India
Too Hot to Handle? Thermal Performance of Rock and Tree-Dwelling Agamid Lizards in a Warming World
A10.30
Marie Koch
Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
Marine Heat Waves in the Subarctic: How temperature affects grazing and metabolism of sea urchins
A10.31
Matthew Mitchell
Yas SeaWorld Research and Rescue Center, United Arab Emirates
Smaller fish sizes on the world’s hottest coral reefs: testing explanations for the Temperature Size Rule
A10.32
Syuan-Jyun Sun
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Urbanisation drives contrasting thermal and dispersal selection on body size in burying beetles
A10.33
Kevin T Roberts
University of Greifswald, Germany
Flexibility of metabolic rate to temperature coincides with diapause mode
A10.34
Emily R Lechner
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Exploring Fish Aerobic Scope in a Changing Climate
A10.35
Clémence Furic
Department of Biology University of Turku, Finland
Warm and cool temperatures decrease early-life telomere length in wild pied flycatchers
A10.36
Joana Filipa Da Cunha Fernandes
University of Aveiro - CESAM, Portugal
When the Heat Rises: Sex-Specific Effects of Marine Heatwaves on Reproductive Success and Energy Metabolism in the Amphipod Gammarus locusta
A10.38
Shu-Ping Huang
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Effects of high temperature and water stress on behavioral performance of a subtropical forest lizard: Implications for vulnerability to climate change
A10.39
Fouzia Haider
Carleton University, Canada
Energy dynamics in Mountain Pine Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer during overwintering
A10.40
Romain Richard
National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan
Effect of temperature on population dynamics: testing the role of asymmetry in consumer and resource energetics
A10.41
Michael P Wilkie
Department of Biology Wilfrid Lauier University, Canada
Staying Chill: The Robust Response of the Goldfish to Anoxia & Re-Oxygenation at Cold Temperatures.
A10.42
Chloé Souques
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – CNRS
ENTPE UMR 5023 LEHNA, France
Does predictability matter? Effect of stochastic and cyclic thermal variations on energetic budget in a freshwater fish
A10.43
Elena Tamarit
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Capacity for rapid thermal acclimation differs across eelgrass-associated fishes
A10.44
A11
OPEN WATER: THE BIOLOGY OF PELAGIC FISH
Daphne Cortese
Marbec, France
Atlantic bluefin tuna behavioural plasticity following marine heat wave
A11.11
Davide Thambithurai
IRD, France
Spontaneous swimming activity of Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT) in captivity across four size classes
A11.12
Katie Anna Dunmore
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Mapping Bluefin Tuna and Killer Whale
Spatial Overlap for Conservation Insights: An Ecological Niche Model Approach
A11.13
Takaaki K. Abe
Nihon University, Japan
Ocean Migration Behaviour of Chum Salmon in the Summer Bering Sea Using Pop-up Satellite Archival Tag A11.14
A12
BIOTIC INTERACTIONS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS UNDER ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Cleo A C Leite
UFSCar, Brazil
A significant functional analysis revealed the hazard caused by the apparently low level of SePM contamination
A12.1
Assya Lamaizi
Faculty of sciences Ben M'sik
Casablanca, Morocco
Thermal Stress and Spider Predation: Cascading Effects on Arthropod Communities
A12.2
Joana M. S. Carmo
CESAM Department of Biology University of Aveiro, Portugal
Higher predation pressure in aquatic insect larvae under Artificial Light at Night A12.3
Bruna S. Silva
CESAM Department of Biology University of Aveiro, Portugal
Does Light Pollution Change Daphnia magna Responses to Perceived Predation Risk?
A12.4
Farhan Jamil
Ethophilia Research Foundation, India
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) and Collective Grooming in Aquatic Arthropods: An Eco- physiological Perspective
A12.5
A14
THE EFFECT OF EARLY LIFE STRESS ON ADULT PHENOTYPES: MECHANISMS AND FITNESS CONSEQUENCES AND EMBRYOS IN A CHANGING WORLD AND GROWING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATING DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CHALLENGES IMPOSED BY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS OF THE HERPETOFAUNA
Nouhaila El Fenni
Faculty of sciences Ben M'sik
Casablanca, Morocco
Desert Vipers of the GenusCerastesas a Model for Temperature-Dependent Craniofacial Development: A MorphoMolecular Analysis
A14.22
Jakob Wiil
St Andrews University, United Kingdom
Exploring developmental effects of acute thermal stress on reproductive and parental care abilities in burying beetles
A14.23
Marko D Prokic
Department of Physiology Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Serbia
How exposure to artificial light at night affects the metabolic rate of crested newts during early life stages
A14.24
Tamara G Petrovic
Department of Physiology Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Serbia
Effects of two types of LED lights at night on the development, body growth, and behavior of larvae of two crested newts species and their hybrids
A14.25
Patrice Pottier
University of New South Wales, Australia
A call for distributed experiments on fish embryonic thermal tolerance
A14.26
Leon Green
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Reproductive dysfunction in seawater may limit the spread of the invasive round goby Neogobius melanostomus
A14.27
A16
INSIGHTS AND TOOLS FROM BIOLOGGING FOR CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY
Gabriella R Sparkes
The University of Queensland, Australia
Monitoring the 'Mundane': What Do Koalas Do When They're NOT Sleeping?
A16.1
Maëlle Oberlin
The Hubert Curien pluridisciplinary Institute – IPHC - CNRS (UMR7178), France
Exploring new depths: king penguins break dive records during the austral winter
A16.2
Hugo Flávio
Dalhousie University, Canada
Assessing Metabolic Rate and Post-tagging Recovery in Juvenile Fish
A16.3
Oakleigh Wilson
University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Practical Guidelines for Supervised Machine Learning Model Validation in Accelerometer-based Animal Behaviour Classification
A16.4
Peter M Panizza
The University of Western Australia, Australia
Identifying a thermal phenotype from field measurement of the core temperature of ewes
A16.6
Shamil Debaere
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Measuring stress in a heartbeat: linking heart rate to conventional stress biomarkers in teleost and elasmobranch fishes
A16.7
Tshepiso L Majelantle
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Responses of African buffalo to disease and environmental change in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
A16.8
A17
OPEN ANIMAL
Milad Shokri
University of Salento, Italy
Metabolic responses to climate change in invertebrates
A17.20
Katja Last
Aarhus University - zoophysiology, Denmark
Cost of growth is the major contributor to the SDA response in digesting snakes
A17.21
Ivan G Cadonic
University of Alberta, Canada
The great divide: investigation of how wild- and lab-reared populations of Daphnia respond to an emerging contaminant
A17.22
Ornina Merza
Physiological Institute Christian-Albrecht University Kiel, Germany
Role of ectoderm in the protection of the larval skeleton in sea urchins. An in vivo approach.
A17.23
Garett JP Allen
Biology Department Acadia University, Canada
The putative role of HCN channels in acidbase compensatory mechanisms of lobster
A17.24
Ludovic Toisoul
University of Turku, Finland
Resilience in a hypoxic world: Behavioral and metabolic responses of stickleback populations exposed to multigenerational fluctuating hypoxia
A17.25
Umair Masood awan
Royal college of surgeon of England, Pakistan
Correct location for FNAC-Breast Biopsy
A17.26
Abiola Adeosun
Lead City University, Nigeria
Blood Pressure Control: Quercetin
Potentiate The Efficacy Of Lisinopril Through Mediation Of Cardiovascular Indices And Maintenance Of Lipid Homeostasis In Experimental Hypertensive Rats
A17.28
Fiona P H Durnford
Memorial University, Canada
Increased Oxygen Extraction is Key to the Ability of Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus) to Swim Maximally at High Temperatures
A17.29
Chun-Yu Huang
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
Characteristics and drug susceptibility analysis of Burkholderia cepacia isolates
A17.30
Chih-Yuan Yang
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
AI-Driven Automation in Animal Biological Research: Enhancing Data Processing and Resource Efficiency
A17.31
Chun-Cheng Hsu
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Targeting Burkholderia cepacia Complex
A17.32
Marie De Wilde
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Netherlands
Carnivorous shorebirds adjusting to herbivory: a diet-change experiment in red knots
A17.33
Po-Jui Hsu
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Microbial community dynamics in aquaculture under climate change: impacts on water quality
A17.34
Jehan-Hervé Lignot
UMR Marbec, France
Impacts of endogenous factors and ontogenetic stages on the metabolic rate of the Mediterranean spider crab Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)
A17.35
Damien Roussel
Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, France
Severe environmental constraints can altered mitochondrial coupling efficiency: is it truly beneficial or just the last chance to survive?
A17.36
Iki Murase
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Control of otolith growth and biomineralization under experimental conditions
A17.37
Namrata Gundiah
Indian Institute of Science, India
Substrate Viscoelasticity Modulates Fibroblast Adhesion, Cytoskeletal Organization, and YAP Signaling
A17.38
Félix P. Leiva
Radboud University, Netherlands
ErythroCite: a systematic map and opensource database on red blood cell size of fishes
A17.39
Hendrik D Du Toit
Wageningen University Research, Netherlands
Beneath the Sand: Exploring Flatfish Burial Strategies
A17.41
Thiago B Kirsten
Environmental and Experimental
Pathology Paulista University, Brazil
Study of experimental models of lactose intolerance in rats: sexual dimorphism and relationship with psychiatric disorders
A17.42
Anne Sofie S Rasmussen
Aarhus University, Denmark
Development of retinal oxygen secretion in zebrafish
A17.43
Dirk Weihrauch
University of Manitoba, Canada
First characterization of 7 invertebrate Septate Junction proteins expressed in decapod crustaceans
A17.44
Julia Nowack
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Bank voles do not reduce their resting metabolic rate to compensate for low foraging activity in an unknown habitat
A17.45
Claudia J Baldry
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
The role of skin in the convergent evolution of gliding in mammals
A17.46
David J Coughlin
Widener University, United States
Metabolic and Contractile Shifts in Brook Trout Myotomal Muscle Acclimated to Warm Water
A17.47
Lucas Crovetto
Institute of Physiology University of Kiel, Germany
The calcification process in sea urchin larvae: insights into pH regulation mechanisms in intracellular vesicles of primary mesenchyme cells (PMCs)
A17.48
Caroline Fernanda S. Dal Pozzo
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Different vascular responses to catecholamines in fasting and digesting snakes
A17.49
Ceaser A Moses
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
Ellagic acid and -tocopherol exerts anticancer effects via anti-inflammation and farnesyltransferase inhibition in DMBA-induced breast cancer in female Wistar rats.
Investigating the phenotypic drivers of the invasion dynamic in round goby
A17.78
Ioannis Georgoulis
Laboratory of Animal Physiology
Department of Zoology School of Biology
Aristotle University of, Greece
Verification of the enhanced physiological performance of laboratory heat-hardened Mediterranean mussels when acclimatized in the complex field conditions
A17.79
C3
TIP GROWTH IN PLANT BIOLOGY
Přemysl Pejchar
Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
All roads lead to ROS: spatio-temporal regulation of pollen NADPH oxidases
C3.13
OED7
ENABLING LEARNING IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Jordon K Millward
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Traversing the Bridge: How Interactions and Facilitators Influence Career Trajectories and Professional Identities
OED7.1
ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN PLANT SCIENCE VIA AI APPROACHES
Alessio Tei
Institute of BioEconomy - National Research Council of Italy (IBE-CNR)
An eco-physiological investigation of indoor plants photosynthetic CO2 sequestration capacity for implementing artificial intelligence (AI) predictive models
P1.12
P2 POISONOUS PLANTS
Roslyn Gleadow
Monash University, Australia
Variation in toxicity between the layers of edible seeds of Cycas angulata in northern Australia
P2.10
FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO: FINE TUNING STOMATA TO MAXIMISE GLOBAL CROP RESILIENCE
Yazen Al-Salman
Wageningen University Research, Netherlands
Stomatal anatomical basis for crop water use efficiency
P5.15
Elena Ivandi
University of Tartu, Estonia
Influence of stomatal characteristics on winter wheat grain yield
P5.16
Yifan Dong
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
The effect of stomatal density on nocturnal and diurnal behaviour of rice plants at different canopy levels.
P5.17
Pirko Jalakas
Institute of Technology University of Tartu, Estonia
The hunt for new genes involved in adaxial stomatal development
P5.19
Guillaume FORGET
University of Bordeaux, France
Importance of stomatal patchiness in the biological response to water stress
P5.20
Maria Papanatsiou
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Stomatal kinetics: Linking genetics to physiology and environment scenario
P5.21
Ingmar Tulva
University of Tartu, Estonia
Growth air humidity, stomatal density, and leaf sides
P5.22
PLANT PHENOMICS: BEYOND THE PLATFORMS
Sajid Ullah
Photon Systems Instruments, Czech Republic
Automated X-ray-Based Spike Analysis for Grain Characterization
P7.1
Daniela Di Baccio
Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems National Research Council of Italy (IRET-CNR), Italy
Digital phenotyping for plant monitoring and selection under environmental constraints: applications for ecosystem services and nature-based solutions
P7.2
Ivan Kashkan
Photon Systems Instruments s.r.o., Czech Republic
Sunlit Insights: Transferring Hyperspectral Imaging from Lab to Field P7.3
GRAVITROPISM AND PLANT ARCHITECTURE
Priyanka Patra
ENS de Lyon, France
Determining the role of auxin in phyllotaxis patterning in the moss Physcomitrium patens
P8.1
Amartya Sarkar
Indian Institute of Science, India
Delineating the regulatory mechanisms of the transcription factors OsETTIN1 and OsETTIN2 in rice floral development and fertility
P8.2
Lotte Van de Vreken
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems
Biology, Belgium
Plastochron regulation in maize: spatial transcriptomics reveals transcriptional changes in the plastochron1 mutant.
P8.3
Ritabrata Basak
Indian Institute of Science, India
Floral organ shape and function: Studies on Rice Class B transcription factors OsMADS2 and OsMADS4 and their roles in lodicule, stamen and carpel development
P8.4
Suruchi Roychoudhry
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
LAZY but effective: The role ofLAZYgenes in regulating lateral root gravitropic setpoint angle (GSA)
P8.5 P9
PEPG: PLANT ENGINEERING STRATEGIES AND IMPACT: EXPERIMENTS MODELS AND THEIR SYNERGISM AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Subham Bhakta
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Affiliated To Homi Bhabha National Institute, India
MusaNAC46 transcription factor regulates stress induced leaf senescence of banana plant by modulating autophagy and chlorophyll catabolism
P9.13
Sahar Esgandari Gharabaghlou
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Enhancing Soybean Resilience to Drought And Heat Through Signal Peptides and Microbial Engineering
P9.14
Anele Ndlovu
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Mitigating Microbial Dysbiosis under Environmental Stress: Engineering PlantMicrobe Interactions for Sustainable Remediation.
P9.15
Büşra Çelik
VIB, Belgium
Deciphering the Role of PLASTOCHRON1 in Transit Amplifying Cells in Maize Yield through Spatial Transcriptomics and Enzymatic Characterization
P9.16
P5
P7
P8
Declan Perry
Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
Green to the fullest: Genes controlling the total chloroplast compartment of photosynthetic cells
P9.18
Diksha Kalia
Council of Scientific Industrial Research
- Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IH, India)
Bud to Bloom:Decoding Transcriptional Network Underlying Flowering Regulation in Saffron (Crocus sativusL.)
P9.19
Kranthi K Mandadi
Texas AM AgriLife Research, United States
Novel antimicrobial peptides from spinach confer tolerance to citrus greening and potato zebra chip diseases.
P9.20
Kyeong-Ryeol Lee
National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Korea (South)
Multiple knockout genes encoding proteases to increase the recombinant protein content in Nicotiana benthamiana
P9.21
Atyia NA Naeem
Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Physiological and Biochemical Profiling of Chickpea Genotypes for Fusarium Susceptibility and Tolerance
P9.22
Marta Del Bianco
Marta Del Bianco, Italy
Moon-Rice: cereal crop production for future planetary bases
P9.23
Elena Barcanu
Tudor Vegetable Research and Development Station Buzau, Romania
Phenotypic evaluation of garlic (Allium sativum L.) genotypes under open-field conditions
P10.2
Jake Hill
The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Aegilops umbellulata: A wheat wild relative giving heat tolerance to hexaploid wheat
P10.3
Miao Jiang
Antwerp University, Belgium
Cellular Impact of Bacteria-Mediated Maize Drought Resistance: Insights from Kinematic Analysis
P10.4
Dalila Trupiano
Department of Biosciences and Territory
- University of Molise, Italy
New insight in plant-microbe interaction under organochlorine pesticides soil contamination
P10.5
Jianhua Zhang
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
ABA inhibits rice seed germination under low temperature through its induced biosynthesis and enhanced trehalose accumulation
P10.6
Shih-Tong Jeng
Institute of Plant Biology National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Function of IbmiR168-3p and its targetIbKTN80 on the systemic leaves of sweet potato after wounding
P10.7
Chiara Meskens
Antwerp University, Belgium
Elucidating how a fungal endophyte promotes maize growth under drought stress
P10.9
Carlos A Avila
Texas AM AgriLife, United States
Genomic Prediction of Vitamin C Content in Spinach
P10.10
George R Littlejohn
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Disruption of the Magnaporthe oryzae circadian clock compromises rice blast disease progression in rice plants.
P10.16
Hiroshi Wada
Ehime University, Japan
Dynamics of inter-organelle carbon metabolism in Egeria densa leaf cells determined using picolitre pressure-probe electrospray-ionisation mass spectrometry
P10.22
Francesca Rapparini
Institute of BioEconomy (IBE) National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Resurrection plants: the unsolved mystery of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) emissions under extreme physiological desiccation
P10.23
Costanza Cicchi
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP) - National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs) For Plant Growth Promotion: A Preliminary Study On Rice Callus and Seedlings P10.24
Demi Rotthier
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Does PFAS pollution result in smaller vegetables? A case study on PFAS accumulation and growth hormone levels in different types of vegetables.
P10.25
SAB1
PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS
Lai Hsi-Mei
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Metagenomic analysis of microbiota in soy sauce during fermentation
SAB1.5
SAB3
CELLULAR METABOLISM AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE: NAVIGATING FROM ANIMALS TO PLANTS IN A CHANGING WORLD
Clément J. L. Chevret
Department of Medicine University of Alberta, Canada
Amino acid catabolism and mitochondrial shifts support increased longevity in the seed beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus
SAB3.11
Vincent Mélançon
Université de Montréal, Canada
Mitochondrial enzyme activity in fish livers is not impacted by parasite presence
SAB3.12
Georgina A. Rivera-Ingraham
Griffith University, Australia
Effects of environmental exposure to metal pollution on mitochondrial plasticity and metabolism in an invasive crab.
SAB3.13
Pauline Bertrand
Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
Deciphering Bivalve Mitochondrial Cardiolipin Signatures: A Dual Role in Longevity and Climate Change Response?
SAB3.14
P10
OPEN PLANT
ORGANISE A SESSION FOR THE 2026 SEB ANNUAL CONFERENCE!
Got an idea for your own session? Interested in having a go at organising it? Why not submit a proposal for our 2026 Annual Conference!
Proposal submissions open on Friday 11th July 2025 via the SEB website. Organising a session at our conference is a great way to try out planning your own scientific meeting on a small scale, within the supportive environment of the SEB. Our next Annual Conference will be taking place in Florence, Italy, over 3 days from 7th-9th July 2026.
Each conference day will have up to eleven parallel streams balancing Animal, Cell and Plant Biology, as well as Outreach, Education and Diversity (OED) topics and interdisciplinary science.
Things to expect when organising a session:
● The conference will be made up of two “full” days and one “half” day; a “full day” contains 4.5 hours of talks and a “half day” contains 3 hours of talks, all split into 1.5-hour slots.
● If your session is allocated a “full day”, you receive free registration* for two session organisers, as well as a 50% discount on registration* for two invited speakers
● If your session is allocated a “half day”, you receive free registration* for one session organiser, as well as a 50% discount on registration* for one invited speaker
● Each of the aforementioned invited speakers will also receive up to £250.00 in expense claims to support their attendance at the conference.
● We would also encourage you to seek additional sponsorship for your session to enable you to offer further support to your session; you will be able to allocate any additional funds amongst your speakers and organisers as you see best.
*Excluding social events.
As the Scientific Organiser of the session, you will be responsible for developing the scientific programme, including:
● Reviewing and judging submitted abstracts for your session
● Scheduling abstracts into your allocated timetable
● Liaising with speakers over their timeslots
● Chairing your session at the conference
The SEB will take care of the event and session logistics, including:
● Managing abstract submissions
● Handling registration
● Advertising and publicity
● Overseeing the budget
Perhaps you’ve met some fellow biologists at this year’s Annual Conference who you think you could collaborate on a session with? Whatever your idea may be, we look forward to reading all about it! For more information and to submit your proposal, visit the Propose a Session page of our website. If you have any questions or need support with completing your proposal, please contact events@sebiology.org
