Invited speakers
Opening Plenary lectures
Amanda GRUSZ - Univ. Minesota Duluth, USA
Awaiting title
Pr. Venkatesan SUNDARESAN - UC Davis, USA
Awaiting title
SESSION 1: Evolution of apomixis
Elvira HÖRANDL - Univ. Göttingen, Germany
The origin of apomixis in natural plant populations
Petra ŠARHANOVÁ - Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Awaiting title
Koen JF VERHOEVEN - Neederlands Institute of Ecology, Neederlands
Urban adaptation in apomictic dandelion populations
SESSION 2: (Epi)Genomics of apomixis
Duarte Dionisio FIGUEIREDO - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Deciphering the mechanisms of endosperm initiation in angiosperms
Juan Manuel VEGA - IICAR, Univ. Nac Rosario-CONICET, Argentina
Deciphering the structure and gene content of the ACL of Paspalum notatum
SESSION 3: Reproductive developmental plasticity
Matthew TUCKER - Univ. Adeliade, Australia
Awaiting title
Luciana DELGADO - IICAR, Univ. Nac Rosario-CONICET, Argentina
Are apomictic and sexual development related to the plasticity of ovule morphogenesis? A 3D approach in Paspalum rufum
Stewart GILLMOR - CINVESTAV, Mexico
Epigenetic marks associated with parentally-biased gene expression in the Arabidopsis embryo
SESSION 4: Apomeiosis I
Üeli GROSSNIKLAUS - Univ. Zürich, Switzerland
Awaiting title
SESSION 5: Apomeiosis II
Tim SHARBEL - Univ. Saskatchewan, Canada
Evolution of the apomictic genome in Boechera
Lorena SIENA - IICAR, Univ. Nac Rosario-CONICET, Argentina
Awaiting title
Marta MENDES - Univ. Milan, Italy
Awaiting title
SESSION 6: Triggering embryogenesis
Charles J. UNDERWOOD - Radboud University, Netherlands
Awaiting title
Thomas WIDIEZ - RDP-ENS Lyon, France
Defective fertilization to trigger haploid embryo in maize
Kenny BOGAERT - Max Planck Institute of Biology, Germany
Apomixis in the Sea? Parthenogenesis and Maternal Cues in Seaweeds
FORUM 1
Missing tools for harnessing apomixis in plant breeding?
Silvina PESSINO - IICAR, Univ. Nac Rosario-CONICET, Argentina
Missing tools for harnessing apomixis in plant breeding?
Emmanuel GUIDERDONI - CIRAD, France
Kejian WANG - China National Rice Research Institute, China
Peggy OZIAS-AKINS - Univ. Tifton, USA
Emidio ALBERTINI - University of Perugia, Italy
FORUM 2
Apomixis, a plant breeding innovation?
Liana JANK - EMBRAPA, breeder, Brazil
Apomixis, a plant breeding innovation?
Stéphane LEMARIÉ - INRAe, France
Anna KOLTUNOW - Univ. Queensland, Australia
Awaiting confirmation
Awaiting confirmation
SESSION 7: Seed development
Benoit LANDREIN - RDP-ENS Lyon, France
Mechanical control of seed morphogenesis
Gerardo Del TORO-De LEÓN - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Maternal control of RNA decay safeguards embryo development
Anja SCHMIDT - Univ. Heidelberg, Germany
RNA helicases in shaping plasticity during sexual and apomictic reproduction through seeds
SESSION 8: Asexual reproduction in animals
Thomas LENORMAND - CEFE-Univ. Montpellier, France
Awaiting title
Micaela MÜLLER - CERZOS-Univ. Nac del Sur-CONICET, Argentina
Beyond plants: how reproductive strategies could shape invasiveness and disease spread in freshwater snails