Programme

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th

13:00 – 14:30Registration
14:30 - 15:00Opening ceremony
Chairpersons: Filippone E., Ricciardi L., Lotti C.

Welcome addresses by Institutional and Local Authorities
15:00 - 16:45Session 1 - Omics to study and use genetic resources in plant breeding
Chairpersons: Ambrosone A., Mazzucotelli E.
15:00 – 15:30Invited Lecture
Iorizzo M.
Omics approach to uncover the origin of high carotenoid orange carrots
15:30 – 16:45Oral Communications
16:45 – 17:15Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
17:15 – 18:45Session 1 - (cont.)
17:15 – 18:30Oral Communications
18:30 – 18:45General Discussion
19:00 - 20:30Welcome Cocktail

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th

09:00 – 10:45Session 2 – Breeding for resilience: addressing climate change in plant genetics
Organized by Next Generation SIGA
Chairpersons: Broccanello C., Di Marsico M.


09:00 – 09:30Invited Lecture
Dixon L.
Adapting cereal development to changing climates
09:30 –10:30Oral Communications
10:30 – 10:45General Discussion
10:45 – 11:15Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:15 – 13:00Session 3 - Innovative methods and tools in plant genetics and breeding
Chairpersons: Lotti C., Pavan S.
11:15 – 11:45Invited Lecture
Bai Y.
Impaired plant susceptibility genes in resistance breeding: from concept to cultivars
11:45 – 12:45Oral Communications
12:45 – 13:00General Discussion
13:00 – 13:15Communication from Eucarpia
13:15 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:30Session 4 - Underground genetics: roots and their interactions
Dedicated to Marina Tucci
Chairpersons: Salvi S., Beretta M.
14:30 – 15:00Invited Lecture
Laplaze L.
Targeting root traits to improve tolerance to early drought episodes in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.)
15:00 – 16:15Oral Communications
16:15 – 16:30General Discussion
16:30 – 17:00SIGA Young Research Award 2023
Dedicated to Francesco D’Amato and Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza
Chairpersons: Filippone E., Rosellini D.
Award ceremony
17:00 – 17:30Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
17:30 – 19:30SIGA General Assembly

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th

09:00 – 11:00Session 5 - Exploring the plant epigenomes
Chairpersons: Comino C., Varotto S.
09:00 – 09:30Invited Lecture
Zilberman D.
Long-term epigenetic inheritance and phenotypic diversity in natural populations
09:30 – 11:00Oral Communications
11:00 – 11:30Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:30 – 12:30Session 5 - (cont.)
11:30 – 12:15Oral Communications
12:15 – 12:30General Discussion
12:30 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:45Session 6 – Fruit and forest trees genomics, genetics and breeding
Chairpersons: Giannino D., Montemurro C.
14:30 – 15:00Invited Lecture
Gonzalez Martinez S.
Population vulnerability of a keystone Mediterranean tree under future climate – an ecological genomics approach
15:00 – 16:00Oral Communications
16:00 – 16:30Invited Lecture
Decroocq V.
Genetic diversity and use of stone fruit tree wild relatives for a more sustainable fruit production
16:30 – 16:45General Discussion
16:45 – 17:00Coffee Break
17:00 – 19:00Parallel Poster Sessions
20:30Social Event

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th

09:30 – 12:00Session 7 - Updates and upgrades in genome editing
Chairpersons: Lanubile A., Nigro D.
09:30 - 10:00Invited Lecture
Cereseto A.
Expanding the CRISPR-Cas toolbox for precise and efficient genome editing
10:00 - 11:15Oral Communications
11:15 – 11:45Invited Lecture
Granell A.
Genome editing for better, healthier tomatoes
11:45 – 12:00General Discussion
12:00 – 12:15Closing Ceremony
Chairpersons: Filippone E., Salvi S.