PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
^{Latest updated: 2024-08-15}

Monday August 26^th Clarion Hotel, Umeå
15:00-20:00	Registration & sign-in Buffet dinner

Tuesday August 27^th Umeå University campus, The Kempe auditorium (stora hörsalen) - Umeå Plant Science Centre
08:30	Registration & sign-in
09:00	Welcome
Session 1: TOR/SnRK1 complex composition and signalling
09:10	Plant kinases inhibitors: looking beyond TOR Benoit Menand ^{CEA, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université · Biosciences and Biotechnologies Institute of Aix- Marseille, France}
09:35	TBA Yan Xiong ^{Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Centre, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China}
10:00	S-acylation and tonoplast localization of the GRIK proteins differentially regulate salt and energy stress responses in Arabidopsis Nathalie Crepin ^{VIB PSB Ugent, Belgium}
10:15	Caught in the act: Phase separation-based real-time visualization of SnRK1 kinase activity during plant growth and development Wouter Smagghe ^{VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium}
10:30	Coffee break outside the lecture hall
11:10	Default activity and subcellular dynamics of the plant energy sensing kinase SnRK1 Filip Rolland ^{KU Leuven, Belgium}
11:35	TBA Elena Baena-Gonzalez ^{University of Oxford, England UK}
12:00	Unveiling the Role of TOR in Growth Regulation through the tor-15 mutant Manal Boulaiz ^{Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biosciences et biotechnologies d'Aix-Marseille, LGBP team, Marseille, France.}
12:15	Mechanism of carbon and nitrogen-TOR signaling in modulating plant cell growth and adaptation Yanlin Liu ^{Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University}
12:30	Lunch at the universum restaurant, Umeå Campus
Session 2: Upstream and downstream regulation of energy signaling
14:00	Regulators of master regulators: The FLZ story Ashverya Laxmi ^{National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India}
14:25	Metabolic regulation of TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN in plants Jacob Brunkard ^{University of Wisconsin Madison, USA}
14:50	Exploring TOR-mediated regulatory mechanisms of chloroplast signaling in plants Delyan Zafirov ^{Aix-Marseille University, CNRS UMR7265, CEA, Bioscience and Biotechnology Institute of Aix Marseille, Marseille, France}
15:05	The TOR signaling network coordinates nutrients with development in Zea mays Michael Busche ^{University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA}
15:20	Coffee outside lecture hall
16:00	Transcription Factor Dynamics: Control of Starvation Induced Transcription in Plants Wolfgang Dröge-Laser ^{Universität Würzburg, Germany}
16:25	Targeted interactomics connects the plant SnRK1 kinase with nutrient sensing Jelle van Leene ^{VIB – UGENT, Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium}
16:50	Sugar facilitates stomata opening through TOR and SnRK1 complex Chao Han ^{Shandong University, China}
17:05	Sweet shaping of root system architecture under dehydration stress Dhriti Singh ^{Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University}
17:20	Poster session 1 Outside the lecture hall Even-number posters present
19:00	Barbeque dinner at UPSC garden

Wednesday August 28^th Umeå University campus, The Kempe auditorium (stora hörsalen) - Umeå Plant Science Centre
09:00-12:00	City walk: Meet outside hotel at 10:00 for a city walk AgriSera visit: Meet outside the lecture hall at XXX for a walk to the lab UPSC visit: Meet outside the lecture hall at 10:00 Aboretum visit: Unfortunately canceled
12:30	Lunch at the universum restaurant, Umeå campus
Session 3: Energy management and metabolism
14:00	The plant Target of Rapamycin signaling pathway: new acTORs and a bit of hisTORy. Christian Meyer ^{Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), INRAEAgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France}
14:25	Autophagy regulates cell metabolism under stress Maria Esther Pérez-Pérez ^{Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis, Spain}
14:50	Gln-TOR signalling in developing pea seeds Brendan O'Leary ^{Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada}
15:05	(Un)coupling development and resource status for whole plant energy management Hans van Veen ^{University of Groningen, The Netherlands}
15:20	Coffee
16:00	Phosphorus and TOR: Plant Nutrition's New Dynamic Duo Hatem Rouached ^{The Plant Resilience Institute, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.}
16:25	Dissecting the metabolic regulation of TOR signaling in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii José Crespo ^{Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis Institute (IBVFCSIC), Spain}
16:50	A TOR-PHR1 signaling network orchestrates adaptive strategies during phosphate limitation in Arabidopsis Prakhar Prakhar ^{NIPGR, Amity University, University of Lausanne}
17:05	Can we improve the efficiency of biostimulants for nitrogen fertilization by studying their biological effects? Justine Broutin ^{INRAe – IJPB Versailles, France}
17:20	Poster session 2 Outside the lecture hall Odd-number posters present
19:00	Dinner at the universum restaurant

Thursday August 29^th Umeå University campus, The Kempe auditorium (stora hörsalen) - Umeå Plant Science Centre
09:00	Introduction The organizing comity
Session 4: Regulation of growth and development
09:10	Dynamic Changes During Floral Transition: the T6P Pathway at the Shoot Apical Meristem Vanessa Wahl ^{The James Hutton Institute, Scottland, UK}
09:35	Potato tubers, much like storage roots that initially believed Salomé Prat ^{CRAG, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Spain}
10:00	Coordinated regulation of plant growth by TPS Proteins and the SnRK1 Kinase Diana Reis-Barata ^{University of Wisconsin Madison, USA}
10:15	Nitrogen responsive flowering regulation via SnRK1-FBH4 module in Arabidopsis Takeo Sato ^{Hokkaido University, Japan}
10:30	Coffee
11:10	Photoreceptors in the coordination of organellar genomes to tune energy production and yield Gabriela Toledo-Ortiz ^{Wageningen University and Research, Molecular Biology Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands.}
11:35	TORwards Engineering plant root system architecture for Climate Change Mitigation Wolfgang Busch ^{Salk Institute for Biological, Studies, USA}
12:00	Unveiling GIGANTEA's Impact in Climate Change Maroof Ahmed Shaikh ^{Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Spain}
12:15	Internal sugar allocation in response to a shade signal is regulated by concerted action of auxin and sucrose Johanna Krahmer ^{Department for Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark}
12:30	Lunch at the universum restaurant, Umeå campus
Session 5: Regulation of stress responses
14:00	TBA Anne Krapp ^{IJPB \| Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin, an INRAE research unit}
14:25	Organ growth regulation by TOR – a tug of war with the endoplasmic reticulum Federica Brandizzi ^{MSU DOE-Plant Research Lab, Michigan State University}
14:50	Ethylene and JA crosstalk upon single-cell damage in Arabidopsis root Xuemin Ma ^{Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish Agricultural University, Sweden}
15:05	Oxidative Puzzle and Reactive Aldehydes Toxicity in Halophytes Jaykumar Patel ^{The Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Dryland, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel}
15:20	Unraveling heat tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using physiology and proteomics approaches. Agyeya Pratap ^{The University of Western Australia}
15:35	Coffee
16:10	Activation of autophagy by SnRK1 and IRE1 during ER stress Diane C. Bassham ^{Iowa State University, USA}
16:35	TOR in translational control and ribosome protection under stress Mikhail Schepetilnikov ^{IBMP CNRS, Strasbourg France}
17:00	Flourish or perish: TOR controls the trade-off between plant growth and immunity in response to shade Sarah Courbier ^{Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Faculty of Biology II, Germany}
17:15	TOR signaling in the oil-producing green microalgae Botryococcus alkenealis and Botryococcus braunii Takehiro A. Ozawa-Uyeda ^{Department of Genetic Engineering, CINVESTAV-IPN Irapuato Unit, C.P. 36824, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico}
17:30	Summary and future
19:00	Final dinner at Restaurant “Sjöbris”, Umeå river

Friday August 30^th ^{Umeå University campus, Umeå Plant Science Centre}
09:00	Future of the field – What should we as a community focus on?
10:30	Coffee
11:00	Collaborative discussions Future international grant opportunities Reviews – Special issue in JExBot