preliminary scientific program

scientific program_preliminary

Sunday, September 17, 2017

15.30	Registration
17.30	Welcome Chair: Monika Schreiner
17.30 – 17.45	Conference Opening Claudia Herok, Ministry of Sciences, Research and Cultural Affairs of Brandenburg
17.45 – 18.30	Keynote: Glucosinolate Breakdown Ute Wittstock, TU Braunschweig
18.30 – 20.00	Get Together

Monday, September 18, 2017

Session 1             Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Glucosinolates

Chair: Barbara Halkier & N.N.

9.00 – 9.40	Keynote: Transporter engineering reduces anti-nutritional glucosinolates in Brassica oilseeds. Hussam Hassan Nour-Eldin, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
9.40 – 10.00	Accumulation of defence compounds in phloem-cap cell requires NPF transporters Deyang Xu
10.00 – 10.20	The metabolic network of tryptophan-derived defence compounds in Arabidopsis Teresa Müller
10.20 – 10.40	Function and evolution of indole glucosinolate modification pathways Jürgen Kroymann
10.40 – 11.10	Coffee Break

11.10 – 11.30	Glutahione S-transferase class-tau member 13 is essential for the PENETRATION2 myrosinase-mediated immune pathway of indole glucosinolate metabolism in Arabidopsis Paweł Bednarek
11.30 – 11.50	ER bodies provide a defense system using glucosinolates in Brassicaceae plants Kenji Yamada
11.50 – 12.10	Glucosinolate hydrolysis products acting as DAMPs: physiological and molecular responses Ane Kjersti Vie
12.10 – 12.30	Tissue specific engineering of glucosinolate pathway in Brassica juncea for higher nutritional value and uncompromised defense response Naveen Chandra Bisht
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 13.50	Flowering Locus C (FLC) is a potential major regulator of glucosinolate content across developmental stages of Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae) Eric Schranz
13.50 – 14.10	Different myrosinases, different functions Ryohei Thomas Nakano
14.10 – 14.20	Water Break

 

Session 2          Glucosinolates and Ecology

Chair: Nicole van Dam & N.N.

14.20 – 15.00	Keynote: Glucosinolates and coevolution of plants and insects Franziska Beran, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena
15.00 – 15.20	How can a chewing insect sequester glucosinolates? Theresa Sporer
15.20 – 15:40	Detoxification of p-hydroxybenzyl glucosinolate by Spodoptera littoralis via mercapturic acid pathway Anton Shekhov
15.40 – 16.10	Coffee Break

16.10 – 16.30	Metabolism of glucosinolates and other activated plant chemical defenses by phloem feeders Daniel Vassão
16.30 – 16.50	Optimal defence perspective of systemic induced glucosinolates against root herbivory by generalist insects Tomonori Tsunoda
16.50 – 17.10	Effects of narrow-band and broad-band UV-B on glucosinolate accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes and resistance traits Inga Mewis
17.10 – 17.30	Biosynthesis, evolution and function of aromatic glucosinolates in Barbarea Niels Agerbirk
19.00	Conference Dinner

 

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Session 3                  Glucosinolates in Agro- and Food Systems

Chairs: Marian McKenzie & Ruud Verkerk

9.00 – 10.00	Poster flashes
10.00 – 10.40	Keynote: Food Design for healthier products – Brassica vegetables as food ingredients Teresa Oliviero, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
10.40 – 11.00	The fate of glucosinolates during processing of Brassica vegetables. Franziska Hanschen
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 – 11.50	Eruca sativa from an underutilized oilseed crop to innovative products for health and agrofood industry Eleonora Pagnotta
11.50 – 12.10	Plant and bacterial endophytes – Partners in plant ozone stress mitigation? Susanne Baldermann

12.10 – 12.30	Differential roles of glucosinolates and camalexin in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiencies Po-Yuan Shih
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 13.50	Broccoli cell cultures as biofactories to enhance the production of glucosinolates Maria Angeles Pedreño
13.50 – 14.10	Microbial production of glucosinolates – Which way to go? Christoph Crocoll
14.10 – 15.15	Poster Session and Coffee break
15.30	Culinary Excursion

 

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Session 4              Glucosinolates and Human Health

                                 Chairs: Anna Kipp & Kang Mo Ku

9.00 – 9.40	Keynote: Elicitation of glucosinolate biosynthesis and the impact on human health Melanie Wiesner-Reinhold, IGZ, Großbeeren
9.40 – 10.00	Selenium metabolism in brassicas: how does this affect the glucosinolates and human health? Marian McKenzie
10.00 – 10.20	Myrosinase-Glucosinolate tandem as a ligation tool Arnaud Tatibouet
10.20 – 11.00	Poster Session and Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.20	Isothiocyanates from the edible plant nasturtium and the induction of protective pathways in type 2 diabetes Valentina Guzmán-Pérez
11.20 – 11.40	Pharmacokinetics of glucosinolates – a bottomless pit? Carla Kühn

11.40 – 12.00	Are raw vegetables healthier than cooked ones? Cancer preventive potential of Brassica carinata – a randomized controlled human crossover intervention trial Evelyn Lamy
12.00 – 12.20	Comparing cooked and raw broccoli efficacy for colon health Elizabeth Jeffery
12.20 – 12.30	Closing Remarks
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch and Departure