IPMB2026
Plant Molecular Biology Conference 2026
Biograf Kotva, Lidická 2110, České Budějovice
Monday 02 March 2026 09:00-17:40
IPMB2026
Plant Molecular Biology Conference 2026 with participation of the IPMB International Advisory Board will be held
in Biograf Kotva, Lidická 2110, České Budějovice
on Monday 02 March 2026 09:00-17:40.
PROGRAM
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08:30-09:00 registration
09:00-09:05 Jiří Friml & Michael Wrzaczek: welcome
09:05-09:15 Michael Wrzaczek: IPMB vision
09:15-09:20 Jana Racková: IPMB Service Group
09:20-09:30 Jiří Macas: Molecular Cytogenetics
09:30-09:50 Pavel Neumann: Composition of plant kinetochores and its evolutionary plasticity in the context of centromere organization
09:50-10:10 Petr Novák: Navigating Plant Genomes: A Suite of Tools for Repeat Characterization
10:10-10:20 Iva Mozgová: Plant Epigenetics
10:20-10:40 Helena Hönig Mondeková: Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) is required for the maintenance of chloronema growth and development in Physcomitrium patens
10:40-11:00 Quentin Riviére: A dive into the diversity of PRC2 functions in the green lineage
11:00-12:00 lunch
12:00-12:10 Michael Wrzaczek: Plant Molecular Signaling
12:10-12:30 Sunita Jindal: CRK2 in plasma membrane organization
12:30-12:50 Julia Krasensky: CRK2 regulates apoplastic sugar transport in Arabidopsis
12:50-13:00 Lenka Caisová: Plant Terrestrialization
13:00-13:20 Alžběta Vondrášková: Transcriptomic profile across developmental stages of Draparnaldia
13:20-13:25 Jitka Richtová: OpenLab České Budějovice
13:30-14:00 coffee break
14:00-14:10 Ivan Kulich: Plant Cell Morphogenesis
14:10-14:30 Alexey Bondar: Fantastic CNGCs and how they are regulated by ARO
14:30-14:50 Samuel Boscq: Gatekeepers and Neigbours: Proximity labeling reveals new CNGC-dependant pathways
14:50-15:10 Martin Janda: Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions
15:10-15:30 Roman Sobotka: ALGATECH – The centre of algal biotechnology and structural biology of photosynthesis
15:30-16:00 coffee break
16:00-16:10 Hendrik Küpper: Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry
16:10-16:30 Filis Morina: The role of metals in plant response to biotic stress
16:30-16:50 David Bína: Trapping light with metalloproteins: from the environment to molecules
16:50-17:00 Ondřej Lenz: Plant Virology
17:00-17:20 Jana Fránová: Healthy berries in a changing climate: development of new biotechnological procedures for virus diagnostics, vector studies, elimination and safe preservation of strawberry and raspberry
17:20-17:40 Karel Petrzik: Research on bacteriophages at the Laboratory of Plant Virology
REGISTRATION
Please REGISTER ONLINE by Tuesday 17 February 2026 23:59. The conference is for free. All IPMB employees, students and research partners are very welcome to join the event. Looking forward to meeting you.
