Patterns in Nature and Plant Sciences

Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Symposium of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center

The symposium highlighted advances in plant science research from micro- to macro-scale by touching the art of data science.

It aimed to answer key questions such as: How to find patterns in data? How to find patterns in nature? And what do they reveal?

Due to the pandemic situation, the event was held exclusively online.

The recorded talks are now available at the PSC-Video portal here.

Scientific Posters

All posters are displayed here.

Program

Session	Speaker	Presentation title
09:15	Bruno Studer ETH Zurich, PSC chair	Welcome
	Cyril Zipfel, University of Zurich	Session chair
09:30	Markus G Stetter Crop Evolution and Adaptation, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, DE	Molecular patterns of repeated grain amaranth domestication
10:00	Nico von Wirén Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, DE	Nitrogen nutrition as determinant of lateral root patterning
10:30	Claude Becker Genetics, Biocenter, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, DE	Emergence and propagation of epigenetic patterns during somaclonal reproduction
11:00	Break
	Anne Roulin, University of Zurich	Session chair
11:30	Siobhan A Braybrook Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, UCLA, USA	Underlying expectations: exploring cell-to-organ growth patterns
12:00	Edwige Moyroud Flower Development, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK	One-size-fits-all? Evo-Eco-Devo of petal patterning in Hibiscus flowers
12:30	Zoran Nikoloski University of Potsdam & Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Potsdam, DE	Network-based approaches identify and quantify patterns in plant leaf epidermis
13:00	Lunch and poster session Poster session from 13:30 -14:30 in 5 different break-out rooms
	Benjamin Stocker, ETH Zurich	Session chair
14:30	Max Rietkerk Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, NL	Patterns in Nature and Pathways of Resilience
15:00	Loïc Pellissier Landscape Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, PSC	Towards measuring and understanding global phytodiversity
15:30	Caroline E. Farrior Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA	The search for governing mechanisms of forest size structure across latitudes
16:00	Break
	Rie Inatsugi-Shimizu, University of Zurich	Session chair
16:30	Flash Talks by selected PhD students and postdocs:
16:30	Reiko Akiyamas, Dept Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich	Time-course image analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana and its wild relatives in fluctuating field conditions using machine learning
16:40	Arvid Heutinck, Dept Biology, ETH Zurich	Branched malto-oligosaccharides cause spontaneous starch granule initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts
16:50	Cheng Li, Dept Geography, University of Zurich	Association study of genetic variation with variation in leaf reflectance
17:00	Rebecca Stubbs, Dept Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich	Leveraging genome-scale data to infer patterns and phylogenies from discordant signals
17:15	Rachael Garrett Environmental Policy, Institute of Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich, PSC	Telecouplings in agri-food systems and their implications for sustainable development (Food for Thought Talk)
17:45	Klaus Schläppi, University of Basel	Poster awards and concluding remarks