PRESENTATIONS POZNAN

iPlanta 2018 Poznań, Poland

DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14^TH, 2018

Chairman: Andrzej Pacak

AUTHORS	ORAL Presentation
Szymon Swieżewski	MAKING SENSE OF ANTISENSE	15 min
Robert Malinowski	CHEMICALLY INDUCIBLE GENE SILENCING FOR PRECISE UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT	15 min
Mateusz Bajczyk	A ROLE OF CROSSTALK BETWEEN THE NEXT COMPLEX AND SERRATE IN DEGRADATION OF MIRNA PRECURSOR FRAGMENTS	15 min
Susheel Sagar Bhat	m⁶A MARK AND ITS WRITER m⁶A MRNA ADENOSINE METHYLASE (MTA) AFFECT miRNA BIOGENESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA	15 min

11:00 Satellite meeting: RNAi Research in Poland

Chairman: Andrzej Pacak

AUTHORS	ORAL Presentation
Paweł Sega	GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF SMALL RNAS LEVEL CHANGES IN BARLEY ROOTS AND SHOOTS DURING PHOSPHATE STARVATION	15 min
Aleksandra Smoczyńska	IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL BARLEY miRNAS AND THEIR TARGETS RESPONSIVE TO DROUGTH	15 min
Aleksandra Grabowska	ARE BARLEY microRNA PRECURSORS FROM mIR444 FAMILY ASSOCIATED WITH RIBOSOMES?	15 min
Iwona Morkunas	THE EFFECT OF LEAD AND A. PISUM ON EXPRESSION LEVELS OF PHENYLALANINE AMMONIALYASE AND CHALCONE SYNTHASE GENES IN PEA SEEDLINGS	15 min

14:00 International Invited Lecture

Chairman: Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska

ANDRZEJ WIERZBICKI

MECHANISMS OF RNA-DIRECTED DNA METHYLATION

45 min

14:45 Open session 1 – RNAi Technology

Chairman: Michel Ravelonandro

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
Y.ZHAO, J.SUN, L.SWEVERS	VIRAL-LIKE PARTICLES BASED ON CYTOPLASMIC POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS FOR DELIVERY OF DSRNA IN INSECTS	15 min
U. MANSKE, A. DIETZ-PFEILSTETTER	COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RNA SILENCING IN PLANTS	15 min
W.ORCZYK, Y.YANUSHEVSKA, J. GROSZYK, W.M. KARŁOWSKI, A.ZIELEZIŃSKI, A. NADOLSKA-ORCZYK	THE RNAi APPROACH TO STUDY BRASSINOSTEROID REGULATOR ENCODING GENES IN BARLEY	15 min
A.STEPIEN, T.GULANICZ, M.BAJCZYK, D. SMOLINSKI, Z.SZWEYKOWSKA-KULINSKA, A.JARMOLOWSKI	THE ROLE OF THE U1 SNRNP PROTEIN, PRP40, IN PLANT MIRNA BIOGENESIS	15 min

16:15 Open session 2 – RNAi Technology

Chairman: Guy Smagghe

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
A. KOCH, L. HOEFLE, E. SECIC, S. ZANINI, K.H. KOGEL	SMALL RNA EFFECTORS IN HIGS AND SIGS APPROACHES	30 min
A. NADOLSKA-ORCZYK, S. GASPARIS, W. ORCZYK	EFFECTIVNESS OF THE ARTIFICIAL MICRORNA- AND SIRNA-BASED SPECIFIC GENE SILENCING OF AGRONOMICALLY IMPORTANT GENES, AND SI-RNA-MEDIATED IMPROVEMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY IN CEREALS	15 min
M.RAVELONANDRO, P. BRIARD, R. SCORZA	THE Mi AND Mi-SiRNA APPROACH TO CONTROL PLUM POX VIRUS GENOME IN PLUMS	15 min
M. PETEK, K. Gruden	TESTING THE ACTIVITY OF DOUBLE-STRANDED RNAS AGAINST COLORADO POTATO BEETLE	15 min
JR PARREIRA, P FEVEREIRO, SS ARAÚJO	MODULATING SEED DEVELOPMENT IN COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS): AN APPROACH TO ENHANCE SEED QUALITY?	15 min

DAY 2 – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15^TH, 2018

9:00 Open session 3 – RNAi Technology

Chairman: Wacław Orczyk

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
Y. Fei, T. Nyiko, A. Molnar	DECIPHERING THE MOLECULAR POSTCODES IN EPIGENETIC GENE SILENCING	30 min
A.SULKOWSKA, A.AUBER, D.SILHAVY, J.KUFEL, I.WAWER	NEW PROTEIN FACTORS INVOLVED IN PLANT NMD	15 min
INES WYRSCH, THOMAS BOLLER, MANFRED HEINLEIN, ANNETTE NIEHL	PLAYERS AND MECHANISMS IN ANTIVIRAL PATTERN‐TRIGGERED IMMUNITY IN PLANTS	15 min
F. NEGRINI, M. CHATTERJEE, T. ZHANG, M.F. MAD ATARI, K. O’GRADY, B. MEZZETTI, E.BARALDI AND K.FOLTA	ASSESSING SILENCING EFFECTIVENESS AND SPECIFICITY AMONG RAPID ALKALINIZATION FACTOR (RALF) FAMILY GENES FOR Fragaria vesca RNAi PLANTS	15 min
E. KAFKAS, M. ZARIFIKHOSROSHAHI, H. TOPCU, M.A.GUNDESLİ, N. ÇOBAN, M.GUNEY, H. PAIZILA, H.KARCI, S.KEFAYATI, S. KAFKAS	EXPRESSION OF CANDIDATE GENES RESPONSIBLE FOR BUD ABSCISSION IN PISTACHIO	15 min

11:00 Open session – 4 RNAi Applications issues

Chairman: Hely Häggman

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
H.D. JONES, J. MARTINEZ-FORTUN, D.W. PHILLIPS	SPEAKING UP FOR SILENCED GENES: CAUGHT IN THE CROSS TALK BETWEEN RNAI AND EDITING	30 min
A. ALBURQUERQUE, C. PETRI, L. FAIZE, L. BURGOS	SILENCING OF AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS ONCOGENES WITH A SHORT-LENGTH SINGLE CHIMERICAL TRANSGENE INDUCES RESISTANCE TO CROWN GALL DISEASE IN PLUM BUT NOT IN APRICOT	15 min
P.P. SOSOI, M.C. ICHIM	USE OF RNAI TOOLS TO INCREASE BARLEY’S RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC STRESS	15 min
G. RAKLEOVA, L. PETROVA, A. ATANASSOV, I. PANTCHEV	RNA INTERFERENCE AND GENE EDITING – COMPLEMENTING OR MERGING IN ACTION	15 min

14:00 International Invited Lecture

Chairman: Huw Jones

Qiang Cai, Lulu Qiao, Ming Wang, Baoye He, Arne Weiberg, Hailing Jin (University California, Riverside)

CROSS KINGDOM RNAI AND SPRAY-INDUCED GENE SILENCING FOR CROP PROTECTION

45 min

14:45 Open session 5 – RNAi Applications

Chairman: Huw Jones

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
P. WIECZOREK, M. TAUBE, Z. SZWEYKOWSKA-KULIŃSKA, A. JARMOŁOWSKI, M. KOZAK	SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING STUDY OF THE OLIGOMERIC STATE AND DIMER STRUCTURE OF THE SERRATE194-579 PROTEIN IN SOLUTION – A KEY PLAYER IN THE PROCESS OF miRNA BIOGENESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS	15 min
Jana Schuck, Selma Gago-Zachert, Marie Knoblich, Torsten Gursinsky and Sven-Erik Behrens	IDENTIFICATION OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SMALL RNAs FOR ANTIVIRAL PLANT PROTECTION	15 min
Lidia Jiménez, Delphine M. Pott, Elsa Martínez-Ferri, Alisdair Fernie, Jose G. Vallarino, Sonia Osorio	THE BALANCE BETWEEN FUMARATE AND MALATE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT AND POSTHARVEST QUALITY IN TOMATO FRUIT.	15 min

16:00 Open session 6 – Biosafety issues

Chairman: Antje Dietz-Pfeilstetter

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
W.SCHENKEL	THE CURRENT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR RNAI PLANTS IN THE EU	30 min
A. Gathmann	CHALLENGES FOR THE AUTHORISATION OF SPRAYABLE RNAI BASED PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS	15 min
A. DIETZ-PFEILSTETTER, S. ARPAIA	BIOSAFETY ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT RNAi APPLICATIONS: CASE STUDY OF INSECT RESISTANT MON 87411 MAIZE	15 min
O. Christiaens, S. Arpaia, I. Urru, K. Kostov, T. Djambazova, M. Reddy Joga, G. Smagghe and J. Sweet	LITERATURE REVIEW OF BASELINE INFORMATION ON RNAi THAT COULD SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF RNAi-BASED GM PLANTS	15 min
HARRY A. KUIPER, GIJS A. KLETER AND ESTHER J. KOK	DESIGNING FOOD SAFETY ASSESSMENT APPROACHES FOR RNAI –MODIFIED PLANTS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS	15 min

17:45 Open session 7 STMS

Chairman: Jorge Paiva

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
TUMBAS ŠAPONJAC V., PETEK M., PAIVA J.A.P.	ONE YEAR OF SHORT TERM SCIENTIFIC MISSION IN THE FRAME OF THE COST ACTION 15223: DEVELOPING SYNERGIES, COMPETENCES AND SKILLS OM RNAI	15 min

DAY 3- FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16^TH, 2018

8:30 Open session 7 – SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACT AND COMMUNICATION

Chairman: Dario Frisio and Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteber

AUTHORS	ORAL PRESENTATION
MATINA TSALAVOUTA	STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND IMPACT: WHY AND HOW	30 min
K. GREENOP, E. FERRI	AN EVENT TO UNITE EUROPEAN POLICY MAKERS ON THE VALUE OF RNA SILENCING	15 min
JOOST DESSEIN	‘THE GM-DEBATE IS NOT A GM-DEBATE. REFLECTIONS ON THE GM-DEBATE IN EUROPE FROM A SOCIAL SCIENCES PERSPECTIVE.	15 min
D.G. FRISIO, V. VENTURA	EXPLORING THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF RNAi/NBTs APPLICATIONS IN PLANT THROUGH FIELD TRIALS DATA	15 min
L.CASELLA, P.CASTAGNO, E.A.MUSA, A.ATANASSI, C.MINOIA	DESPITE NUMEROUS EFFORTS DONE IN THE LAST DECADES TO CONTROL RICE BLAST, THIS FUNGUS REMAINS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR EUROPEAN RICE CULTIVATION. COULD RNAI TECHNOLOGY BE A HOPE?	15 min
A.PASCALE	FROM PINOCCHIO TO MASTERSCHEF. FROM HUNGER TO ABUNDANCE. THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN A FEW FAMILY PHOTOS	15 min