H ost: Wan-Qi Liang

08:45-09:00

Opening Ceremony

2025 Shanghai Lecture Series on Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation

09:00-09:25

Florigen activation complex and its roles in floral transition and inflorescence development of Arabidopsis

George Coupland (Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)

09:25-09:50

The Arabidopsis blue-light photoreceptor CRY2 is turned off and on by blue light to balance competing growth processes

Hong-Tao Liu (College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University)

09:50-10:15

Photoperiod sensitivity and flowering in soybean

Fan-Jiang Kong (Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University)

10:15-10:40

Coffee Break

Host: George Coupland

10:40-11:05

A cell cycle-dependent epigenetic Sisyphus mechanism maintains stem cell fate for shoot branching

Yu-Ling Jiao (College of Life Sciences, Peking University)

11:05-11:30

Characterisation of ALOG genes controlling rice inflorescence development

Martin Kater (Department of Biosciences, University of Milan)

11:30-11:55

Hormonal crosstalk modulates rice inflorescence architecture

Zheng Yuan (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

11:55-13:30

Lunch

Host: Yu-Ling Jiao

13:30-13:55

Decoding cellular transcriptional regulatory networks governing wheat inflorescence development

Jun Xiao (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

13:55-14:20

The molecular mechanism of spikelet development in rice

Yun-Feng Li (Rice Research Institute, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University)

14:20-14:45

Deciphering the genetic regulation of spikelet architecture in bread wheat

Scott Boden (Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide)

14:45-15:10

Evolution and domestication of tomato floral organ architecture

Shuang Wu (Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

15:10-15:35

The making of complex flowers and elaborate petals

Hong-Zhi Kong (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:35-15:55

Coffee Break

Host: Zoe Wilson

15:55-16:20

Phosphorylation-mediated phase separation of HEI10 ensures meiotic crossover formation in plants

Ying-Xiang Wang (College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University)

16:20-16:45

The synaptonemal complex protein ZEP1 recruits anti-recombinases to ensure fidelity of DNA repair during male meiosis in rice

Wan-Qi Liang (School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

16:45-17:10

Meiosis under heat – how to sort chromosomes in times of climate change

Arp Schnittger (University of Hamburg)

17:10-17:35

Synaptonemal complex initiation protein 1 implements crossover interference in Arabidopsis

James Higgins (Departments of Genetics, University of Leicester)

17:35-18:00

TBC

Iain Searle (Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide)

18:00

Dinner

Host: Xue-Hui Huang

09:00-09:25

Targeting growth-metabolic coordination enhances sustainable green revolution yields

Xiang-Dong Fu (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

09:25-09:50

Current advances and future perspectives of cereal seed development and grain quality enhancement for improving human health

Qiao-Quan Liu (Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University)

09:50-10:15

A fantasy journey to the secrets of Gγ  tails

Yi-Dan Ouyang (College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University)

10:15-10:40

Coffee break

Host: Xiang-Dong Fu

10:40-11:05

Genetic dissection of rice traits

Xue-Hui Huang (College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University)

11:05-11:30

QT12 confers field thermotolerance for grain quality and yield in rice

Yi-Bo Li (College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University)

11:30-11:55

Favorable gene mining and utilization for direct-seeded rice under global warming: advancing simplified cultivation practices

Peng Qin (State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University)

11:55-13:30

Lunch

Host: Xiang-Yuan Wan

13:30-13:55

The cell wall transition during pollen formation determines male fertility/sterility under different environmental conditions

Zhong-Nan Yang (School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

13:55-14:20

Transcriptional networks in tapetum development for viable pollen development and the impact of environmental stress on fertility

Zoe Wilson (School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham)

14:20-14:45

Non-secreted plant defensins regulate pollen development

Li-Yu Chen (Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

14:45-15:10

Role of RALF-CrRLK1L signaling in rice reproduction

Yu-Jin Kim (Department of Life Science and Environmental Biochemistry, Pusan National University)

15:10-15:35

Pollen tube growth and plant adaption to climate changes

Hong-Ju Li (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:35-15:55

Coffee break

Host: Zhong-Nan Yang

15:55-16:20

TBC

Xiang-Yuan Wan (School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

16:20-16:45

Plant hormones related positional cue in female-germline cell specification

Yuan Qin (Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

16:45-17:10

Molecular mechanisms regulating development of embryo sac and endosperm by ARR transcription factors in Arabidopsis

Xiao-Ping Gou (School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University)

17:10-17:35

Molecular and genetic regulatory mechanisms control female germ line initiation in plants

Lucia Colombo (Departiment of Biosciences, University of Milan)

17:35-17:55

TBC

Matthew Tucker (Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide)

17:55-18:20

Differential cellulose distribution drives polarized growth of cotton fibers

Zhao-Sheng Kong (Institute of Industrial Crops, Shanxi Agricultural University)

18:20-20:00

Dinner

Host: Blake Meyers

09:00-09:25

RNA modifications during plant reproductive development

Hao Yu (Department of Biological Sciences and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore)

09:25-09:50

Epigenetic reprogramming in plant germlines

Xiao-Qi Feng (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

09:50-10:15

Heterochromatin reprogramming during pollen mitosis in Arabidopsis

Bing-Lian Zheng (School of Life Sciences, Fudan University)

10:15-10:40

Coffee break

Host: Hao Yu

10:40-11:05

Phased, secondary siRNAs in plant reproduction

Blake Meyers (The Genome Center, Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California)

11:05-11:30

Ribosome binding of phasiRNA precursors accelerates the 24-nt phasiRNA burst in meiotic maize anthers

Mei Zhang (Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences)

11:30-11:55

S-RNase-based self-incompatibility in angiosperms: degradation, condensation, and evolution

Yong-Biao Xue (Laboratory of Advanced Breeding Technology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

11:55-13:30

Lunch

Host: Yong-Biao Xue

13:30-13:55

Synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice

Ke-Jian Wang (State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

13:55-14:20

Studies for hybrid rice seed production using partial male sterility

Ki-Hong Jung (Department of Plant Molecular Systems Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University)

14:20-14:45

Innovation and application of intelligent sterility technology in rice

Li Li (State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center)

14:45-15:10

Distant breeding in Chinese cabbage

Qiao-Hong Duan (College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University)

15:10-15:35

Peptide-Receptor kinase-mediated regulation on pollen-stigma interactions

Chao Li (School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University)

15:35-15:55

Coffee break

Host: Ke-Jian Wang

15:55-16:20

RootCellAtlas: mapping and exploring cell identity, dynamics, and function

Jian Xu (Department of Plant Systems Physiology, Radboud University)

16:20-16:45

Regulation of photorespiration: metabolic flexibility and organelle dynamics

Jian-Ping Hu (MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab, Michigan State University)

16:45-17:10

Orientation of the cell division plane by cytoskeletal motors during plant cytokinesis

Bo Liu (Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California)

Host: Xiao-Qi Feng

17:10-17:20

Two SnRK2 kinases converge on the bZIP transcription factor bZIP13 to regulate stem diameter and vascular bundle patterning

Vítor da Silveira Falavigna (Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)

17:20-17:30

Two distal enhancers guarantee FLOWERING LOCUS T a robust response to long-day floral signal in Arabidopsis thaliana

Hao-Ran Zhou (Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)

17:30-17:40

A protein interaction landscape of DOF transcription factor CDF2 in Arabidopsis

He Gao (Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)

17:40-17:50

Mechanical control of germ cell specification in Arabidopsis anthers

Feng Zhao (School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University)

17:50-18:00

Somatic constrain release and rapid chromosome movements for meiotic pairing and recombination

Chao Yang (National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University)

18:00

Closing