September 21, 2017
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09:00 - 09:20
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Opening Prof. David Heckel, Prof. Rosenthal, president of the FSU, and Dr. Schröter, mayor of the city, welcome address of Prof. em. Meinwald, Cornell University (video)
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09:20 - 09:40
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Honorary talk of the chair of our scientific advisory board Prof. Julia Kubanek, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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09:40 - 10:20
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Historical Overview by Prof. Wilhelm Boland (in German with English slides)
Chemische Ökologie in Jena; ein Institut wird erwachsen
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| 10:20 - 10:30 | Max Planck Jena Choir
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 12:30
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Prof. Ian T. Baldwin, Department of Molecular Ecology
20 years of training genome-enabled field biologists
Prof. Wilhelm Boland, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry
Leaf beetles: from defensive chemistry to evolution
Prof. Jonathan Gershenzon, Department of Biochemistry
20 years of biochemical ecology: sharp memories, sweet stories and volatile moments
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| 12:30 - 13:15 | Snack Buffet |
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13:15 - 14:15
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Prof. Bill Hansson, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology
Smelling to survive - Insect smell-guided behavior
Prof. David Heckel, Department of Entomology
Coevolutionary arms race in the insect midgut
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14:15 - 17:00
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Guided tours through "Open Departments“
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18:00
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Speed Informing with alumni working in industry (Sven Adolph, Cristina Daolio, Jan-Willem de Kraker, Lynn Ullmann-Zeunert and Aaron Windsor) and our junior scientists
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September 22, 2017
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09:00-09:10
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Award Ceremony
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09:10 - 09:30
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Meike Burow, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Feedback regulation of metabolism and development by glucosinolate defense compounds
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09:30 - 09:50
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Martin Heil, Laboratorio de Ecología de Plantas, Cinvestav, Irapuato, Mexico
Extracellular DNA and other DAMPs as immunity inducers in plants and humans
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09:50 - 10:10
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Alfredo Ibañez, Institute for omic Sciences and Applied Biotechnology (ICOBA), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
Mass spectrometry: from whole plants to small fungi
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10:10 - 10:30
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André Kessler, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Plant-to-plant communication and its role in driving herbivore population dynamics
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Amy Lawton-Rauh, Genetics and Biochemistry Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Molecular evolution and population dynamics of adaptation to glyphosate in Amaranthus palmeri: rapid, massive proliferation of a highly conserved gene modulated by population structure
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11:20 - 11:40
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Shenghong Li, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Unusual specialized metabolites of two Himalayan Lamiaceae plants and their biological functions
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11:40 - 12:00 |
Annette Reineke, Arbeitsgruppe Entomologie, Institut für Phytomedizin, Hochschule Geisenheim, Germany
Effects of elevated CO2 on interactions between grapevine plants, a fungal pathogen and a herbivorous insect
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12:00 - 12:20
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Kathrin Steck, Centro Champalimaud - Neurociências, Lisboa, Portugal,
The gustatory basis of protein homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster
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| 13:00 - open end | Potluck buffet |
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14:00 -16:00
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Games
- Chemical experiments for children (seminar room)
- Painting with plant colors (seminar room)
- Quiz: "Are you ready for a Max Planck?" (cafeteria)
- Odor quiz: "How well can you smell and recognize odors?" (cafeteria)
- "Being a Manduca": Try to collect nectar from a flower (cafeteria)
- A world map of odors (cafeteria)
- Insect memory (communication area)
- Face painting (communication area)
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16:00
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Latin dance with Guillermo
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