The BSS Project ? Developing and applying affordable tools for phenotyping stress tolerance in soybean.

AGUIRREZÁBAL L.A.N

Balcarce

Workshop; cientific workshop on the effects of biotic and abiotic stresses in legumes: The ABSTRESS and BIOTECSOJASUR projects; 2016

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AGENDAScientific workshop on the effects of biotic and abiotic stresses in legumes: The ABSTRESS and BIOTECSOJASUR projectsUnidad Integrada BalcarceDay 1: Thursday 10th March 2016 Before 8:15Registration08:45 ? 09:15Welcome-Heads of Unidad Integrada Balcarce,Welcome ? Adrian Charlton / Atilio Castagnaro Practical Aspects of the meeting ? Luis Aguirrezabal09:15 ? 10:00Dr Christophe Salon ? The ABSTRESS project ? WP1 Define and establish the experimental conditions for investigating plant responses to drought and Fusarium stress10:00 ? 10:45Dr Martin Crespi ? The ABSTRESS project ? WP2 Modelling stress signaling networks in the model legume Medicago truncatula exposed to combined drought and Fusarium stress10:45 ? 11:15Coffee Break11:15 ? 12:00Prof Phil Mullineaux ? The ABSTRESS project ? WP3 Integrated understanding of stress signalling networks in pea exposed to combined drought and Fusarium stress12:00 ? 12:45Prof. Diego Rubiales Olmedo ? The ABSTRESS project ? Legume breeding for disease resistance12:45 ? 13:45Lunch13:45 ? 14:30Adrian Charlton ? The ABSTRESS project ? WP5 The Pathway to new varieties ? ensuring direct application to plant breeding & WP6 Management14:30 ? 15:00Overview of the BIOTECSOJASUR (BSS) Project structure and goals. The novelty of a Mercosur project in the context of Bioeconomy ? Atilio Castagnaro15:00 ? 15:30Luis Aguirrezabal ? The BSS Project ? Developing and applying affordable tools for phenotyping stress tolerance in soybean. 15:30 ? 16:00Mariano Pardo ? The BSS Project ? Transcriptomics of drought stress in soybean. Identifying key signalling networks.16:00 ? 16:30Coffee Break16:30 ? 17:00Sabina Vidal / Omar Borsani ?BSS Projects ? Discovery of genes conferring biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in soybean and model species17:00 ? 17:30Maria Helena ? BSS Projects ? Soybean transformation for improving tolerance to biotic and biotic stresses in soybean 17:30 ? 18:00Ruth Heinz ? BSS Projects ? Genomics/Metabolomics of tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses in soybean 18:00 ? 18:30Atilio Castagnaro ? BSS Projects ? Overview and perspectives18:30 ? 19:00Global Discussion19:00 ? 19:45Guest Speaker ? Douglas Cook19:45 ? 22:30Poster / Exchange Session with dinner between partnersDay 2: Friday 11th March 2016Other ongoing EEC Projects in Legumes09:00 ? 09:20Michael Dickinson - Plant metabolomics in 201609:20 ? 09:40Richard Thompson ? The LEGATO Project09:40 ? 10:00 Christophe Salon ? The PHENOME Project10:00 ? 11:00New Tools for legume researchRichard Thompson ? TILLINGPhil Mullineaux ? ModellingBjörn Rotter ? EpigenomicsChristophe Salon ? Phenotyping Platforms11:00 ? 11:30Coffee Break11:30 ? 11:45Luis Aguirrezabal ? Phenotyping platforms and tools ? National Phenomic Network11:45 ? 12:15Mariano Pardo / Ruth Heinz ? Developed Tools and Future Projects for improving soybean tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses12:15 ? 12:30Björn Welin ? Q-ARAX, 12:30 ? 14:00Lunch14:00 ? 15:00Discussions with BSS and ABSTRESS partners15:00 ? 16:00Continues Discussions with BSS partners16:00 ? 16:15Session finish and Depart for hotelsDay 3: Saturday 12th March 2016Departure to Rosario by BUS; visit to an Argentine ?Estancia?Day 4: Sunday 13th March 2016Visit to the export Ports in RosarioDay 5: Monday 14th March 2016Bolsa de Cereales de Rosario (The grain stock market)Meeting with Stakeholders: Dissemination event (translation available)09:00 ? 10:00Adrian Charlton / Prof Phil Mullineaux / Dr Martin Crespi - Results from the ABSTRESS project10:00 ? 11:00Atilio Castagnaro/ Luis Aguirrezabal - Results from the BIOTECSOJASUR projects11:00 ? 13:00Exchange with the audience11:00 ? 13:00Session finish, lunch and Depart