Patterns in Nature and Plant Sciences
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Symposium of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center
The symposium will highlight advances in plant science research from micro- to macro-scale by touching the art of data science.
It aims 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 this event was held exclusively online.
The recorded talks are now available at the PSC-Video portal here.
Scientific Posters
Program (all presentations will be online)
| Session | Speaker | Presentation title |
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| 09:15 | Bruno Studer ETH Zurich, PSC chair |
Welcome |
| Cyril Zipfel, University of Zurich | Session chair | |
| 09:30 |
Markus G Stetter |
Molecular patterns of repeated grain amaranth domestication |
| 10:00 |
Nico von Wirén |
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 |
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11:00 |
Break |
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| Anne Roulin, University of Zurich | Session chair | |
| 11:30 |
Siobhan A Braybrook |
Underlying expectations: exploring cell-to-organ growth patterns |
| 12:00 |
Edwige Moyroud |
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 |
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13:00 |
Lunch and poster session Poster session from 13:30 -14:30 in 5 different break-out rooms
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| 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: |
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| 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 |
Scientific Program Committee
Manuela Dahinden, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center
Rie Inatsugi-Shimizu, University of Zurich
Anne Roulin, University of Zurich
Klaus Schläppi, University of Basel
Benjamin Stocker, ETH Zurich
Cyril Zipfel, University of Zurich