Programme

Opening lecture

Marnix Medema (Wageningen, The Netherlands) - Deciphering the Chemical Language of Plant-Microbiome Interactions using Computational Omics

Keynote lectures in each session

S1- Chemical Signals Involved in Plant Response to their Environment

•  John Charles D'Auria (Gatersleben, Germany) - Chemical Warfare in the Field: Unraveling the Biosynthetic Logic of Gramine and Hordenine
• Aline Voxeur, François Perreau, Stéphanie Boutet, Jean Chrisologue Totozafy (IJPB, Versailles) - The use of molecular profiling approaches to improve our understanding of interactions between plants and their environment

S2 - Perception and Transduction of Chemical Signals

• Clara Sanchez Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain) - Decoding the Cell Wall: How Plants Translate Extracellular Information into Growth and Defense Responses
• Sandrine Bonhomme (IJPB, versailles) - Bioynthesis and perception of strigolactones in a bryophyte, the moss Physcomitrium patens

S3 - Integration of Chemical Interactions in Ecological Communities and Agroecosystems

• Ruairidh Sawers (Pennsylvania State University, USA) - Host factors promoting benefit from arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
• Alia Dellagi (IJPB, Versailles) - Metabolic Reprogramming Drives Microbe-Mediated Nitrogen Acquisition

S4 - Agroecological Innovations Derived from Studies of Plant-Environment Interactions

• Sofie Goormachtig (Gent, Belgium) - Decoding beneficial Plant–Microbe interactions: Citizen science and Omics‑Driven Pathways to Sustainable Legume Production
•  Massimiliano Corso (IJPB, Versailles) - How seeds reshape their specialized metabolome for stress response and adaptation