Program

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Please, note that Kyiv time is indicated .  Current time zone for Kyiv, Ukraine is EEST, whose offset is GMT+3

 

00:00–00:00 - Keynote Speakers 

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Tuesday,  June 2, 2026 (offline and on-line)

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PLENARY SESSION.

Moderator - Mykola Kuchuk

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08:50–09:00  — Mykola Kuchuk (Ukraine), Welcome speech

09:00–09:01 - Nationwide Minute of Silence

09:01–09:25  — Julian Ma (United Kingdom), Plant Molecular Farming – developing a roadmap for a brighter future

09:25–10:10 — Yuri Gleba (Ukraine/Germany), Plant Biotechnology for manufacturing novel foods and a new platform for agriculture

 

SESSION MF.  MOLECULAR FARMING

Moderator -  Kateryna Lystvan

 

10:10–10:50 – Mykola Borysyuk (Nikolai Borisjuk) (Ukraine), Duckweed: applications in academic research
and biotechnology

10:50–11:25 – Felix Krujatz (Germany), Microalgae as production host of biomolecules

 

11:25 – 11:40 — Coffee break

 

11:40–12:00 – Yinuo Liu (United Kingdom), Context-dependent Pattern-triggered Immunity Control of Agrobacterium-mediated Transient Expression Efficiency

11:50–12:15 – Olga Ovcharenko (Ukraine), Towards molecular farming of antimicrobial peptides in plants. Production in models and edible plants.

12:15–12:35 – Yana Sindarovska (Ukraine), Transient gene expression: a method for the production of plant-made recombinant proteins in semi-open and closed environmental systems

12:35–12:55 – Olena Kishchenko (Ukraine/Germany), Immunization of common carp by duckweed biomass expressing recombinant koi herpesvirus antigens induces the production of the neutralizing antibodies

12:55–13:20 – Yulia Fridman (Israel), Milking the Meadow: Engineering a Cow-Free Dairy Aisle in the Field

13:20–13:30 – Presentation of Awards

 

13:30 – 14:00 — Coffee break & Graffiti Wall Whiteboarding

 

SESSION PSM.  BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR PLANT STRESS MECHANISMS AND ADAPTATION

 

14:00–14:10 – Sotirios (Akis) Fragkostefanakis (Germany) ,RECROP COST Action: building climate resilient agriculture

14:10–14:50 – Vasileios Fotopoulos (Cyprus), Next-generation chemical priming as a green strategy for the development of climate-smart crops

14:50–15:30 – Ülo Niinemets (Estonia), Plant stress in the future: stress responses, acclimation and implications for selection of improved and novel crops

15:30–16:10 – KC Bansal (India), Gene Discovery and Crop Engineering to Enhance Climate Resilience and Nutritional Quality

 

16:10 – 16:30 — Coffee break

 

16:30–16:50 – Harzli Ines (Turkey), Fungal symbionts of coexisting orchids facilitate seed germination in co-occurring orchids in Türkiye

16:50–17:10 – Olena Bublyk (Ukraine), In silico analysis of post-transcriptional regulation of stress-associated DaDREB2B gene expression in Deschampsia antarctica

17:10–17:30 – Daria Kozikova (Spain), Organoleptic properties of grapes of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon as affected by mycorrhizal symbiosis and abiotic stressors linked with climate change

17:30–17:50 – Csaba Eva (Hungary), Endodermis suberization influences root based inorganic carbon uptake, that increases growth and osmotic stress tolerance

17:50–18:10 – Olexandra Kravets (Ukraine), Biotechnological usіng of remote effects of pre-sowing irradiation of plant seeds  

 

18:10 – 18:30 — Coffee break

 

18:30–18:50 – Iryna Zhuk (Ukraine), Hydrogen Peroxide in Wheat Immunity: System-Level Redox Responses in Plant–Fungal Interactions

18:50–19:10 – Benjamin Jeremías (Argentina) , Nanoclay Based Agroinputs

19:10–19:30 – Yulia Rymar (Ukraine), Stomatal Morphology and Gas Exchange Dynamics in Triticum Species under Water Deficit

19:30–19:50 – Serhii Litvinov (Ukraine), morphometric and biochemical transgenerational effects of irradiation of pea seeds

 

Wednesday,  June 3, 2026 ( on-line)

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Plenary Session.

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09:00–09:01 - Nationwide Minute of Silence

09:01–09:45  — Mohsen Hesami (Canada), Application of Artificial Intelligence in Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Biotechnology

 

 

Session GE.  Genetic Engineering.

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09:45–10:30  —  Goetz Hensel (Germany),  CRISPRing barley for a sustainable beer production

10:35–11:15  — Etienne Bucher (Switzerlad),  Epigenetics and mobile elements: Hidden treasures for crop breeding?

11:15–12:00 — Kathleen Hefferon (USA), Biofortification of crops

12:00–12:20 – Daniel Jánoška (Slovakia), Variability of nutritional and functional properties of cereals in relation to year and tillage system

12:20–12:40 – Hamza Sohail (China), Cucurbit Root Transformation System: A Tool for Studying Functional Genes

12:40–13:00 – Bogdan Morgun (Ukraine), Genetic engineering of wheat for drought tolerance

 

13:00-13:20 – Virtual Coffee Break & Graffiti Wall Whiteboarding  

 

Session GE.  Secondary Metabolism and Biodiversity

 

13:20–14:00 – Paul Fraser (United Kingdom), Engineering industrial and nutritional isoprenoids in Solanaceae platforms

14:00–14:25 – Anna Szakiel (Poland), The effect of selected elicitors on triterpenoid production in Calendula officinalis plants and hairy root culture.

14:25–14:45 – Anton Stepanenko (Ukraine/Germany), Small but diverse: hidden genetic complexity in duckweed (Wolffia)

14:45–15:05 – Iva Doycheva (Bulgaria), Influence of cryopreservation and melatonin priming on the seed germination and dynamics of the bulgarian endemic papaver degenii

15:05–15:25 – Valeria Belokurova (Ukraine), In vitro banks as a constituent of the system of plant biodiversity conservation and use in biotechnological research.

15:25–15:45 – Kateryna Lystvan (Ukraine), In vitro bank of ICBGE: how we (could) use it

15:45–16:05 – Yevhenii Stohnii (Ukraine), Plants as sources of proteases with fibrinogenolytic activity

16:05–16:45 – Diego Orzaez (Spain), Targeted engineering of plant-made volatiles for sustainable crop protection

16:45–17:05 – Rostislav Blume (Ukraine), Identification of aae15/16 genes in the pangenome of Camelina for metabolic engineering

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