Frontiers in Chemical Ecology
Symposium
- Start: Jun 28, 2022 08:45 AM (Local Time Germany)
- End: Jun 29, 2022 12:30 PM
- Location: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
- Room: Lecture Hall
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
08:45 Welcome (Martin Kaltenpoth, Director, MPICE)
Session 1
Chair: Martin Kaltenpoth
09:00 Joseph Parker, California Institute of Technology, United States, “The emergence and fate of ecological relationships”
09:50 André Kessler, Cornell University, United States, “Chemical information and keystone compounds”
10:40- 11:20 Coffee Break
Session 2
Chair: Sarah O’Connor
11:20 Marnix Medema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, “Deciphering the chemical language of the microbiome”
12:10 Clare Casteel, Cornell University, United States, “Microbe-mediated plant-insect interactions”
13:00-14:30 Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Sarah O’Connor
14:30 Alisa Huffaker, University of California, San Diego, United States, “Genetic and biochemical deconvolution of layered plant immune responses”
15:40 Susan Whitehead, Virginia Tech, United States, “Ecology and evolution of chemically-mediated plant interactions”
16:30- 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 Guided Tours
18:30 Barbecue on the roof top terrace of the MPI for Chemical Ecology
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Session 4
Chair: Jonathan Gershenzon
08:30 Christian Kost, University of Osnabrück, Germany, “Harnessing the power of microbial model systems to unravel fundamental principles in chemical ecology”
09:20 Sergio Rasmann, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, “Evolutionary ecology of phytochemical diversity across space and time”
10:10-10:50 Coffee Break
Session 5
Chair: Bill Hansson
10:50 Stéphane Hacquard, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany, “Synthetic ecology of the plant microbiota: linking genes to communities and ecosystems”
11:40 Lindy McBride, Princeton University, United States, “Evolution of host-seeking circuits and behavior across mosquitoes”