10th International Plant Biomechanics Conférence

›8:30 (15min)

Welcom

8:30 - 8:45 (15min)

Welcom

Welcome participants

›8:45 (2h)

Applied biomechanics and biomimetics

8:45 - 10:45 (2h)

Applied biomechanics and biomimetics

› A Search for New Water Harvesting Technologies in the Driest Desert on Earth - Jacques Dumais, UAI 08:45-09:25 (40min)

› Soft artillery: biomimetic cannon inspired by infectious spore dispersal - Sif Fink Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark 09:25-09:45 (20min)

› Plant structure and motion: Inspiration for novel biomimetic soft machines and architecture - Thomas Speck, University of Freiburg Plant Biomechanics Group @ Botanic Garden, Cluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT – Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) 09:45-10:05 (20min)

› Pressure dependent mechanical properties of pulvinus - Loïc Tadrist, Bio-inspired design team, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement 10:05-10:25 (20min)

› A multi-scale suite of cell wall architectural features powers plant organ actuation - Anja Geitmann, McGill University 10:25-10:45 (20min)

›10:45 (30min)

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 (30min)

Coffee break

›11:15 (1h20)

Applied biomechanics and biomimetics

11:15 - 12:35 (1h20)

Applied biomechanics and biomimetics

› Using Mechanistic, Multiscale Knowledge of Plant Biomechanics to Improve Genome to Phenome Modeling Efforts - Daniel Robertson, University of Idaho 11:15-11:35 (20min)

› A Parametric Process for Root System Architecture Analysis: Case Study Analyzing Topology and Morphological Traits Across Tree Species Imaged in the Field - Thibaut Houette, Department of Biology, The University of Akron, USA - Elena Stachew, Department of Biology, The University of Akron, USA 11:35-11:55 (20min)

› Coordinated Bacterial Migration During Root Colonisation - Lionel Dupuy, Ikerbasque, Neiker Institute 11:55-12:15 (20min)

› Fluttering leaves to determine water stress in plants - Sunghwan Jung, Cornell University 12:15-12:35 (20min)

›12:35 (1h25)

Lunch break

12:35 - 14:00 (1h25)

Lunch break

›14:00 (1h40)

Cell walls, cells, and tissues

14:00 - 15:40 (1h40)

Cell walls, cells, and tissues

› Dandelion ‘decisions': to fly or not to fly – that is the question - Naomi Nakayama, Imperial College London 14:00-14:40 (40min)

› An Automated, Parameterized Model of Maize Stalk Strength via Machine Learning - Douglas Cook, Brigham Young University 14:40-15:00 (20min)

› Mechanics of the 3D puzzle cells in nutshells - Jessica Huss, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna 15:00-15:20 (20min)

› The central role of the cell-cell interface during tissue morphogenesis: local integration of wall stress and microtubule-encoded cell wall anisotropy - Daniel Szymanski, Purdue University 15:20-15:40 (20min)

›15:40 (30min)

Coffee break

15:40 - 16:10 (30min)

Coffee break

›16:10 (1h20)

Cell walls, cells, and tissues

16:10 - 17:30 (1h20)

Cell walls, cells, and tissues

› Edge-based growth control in Arabidopsis involves two cell wall-associated Receptor-Like Proteins - Charlotte Kirchhelle, Reproduction et développement des plantes 16:10-16:30 (20min)

› Self-similar tip growth links exocytosis profile with cell wall shape - Min Wu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 16:30-16:50 (20min)

› Excess growth combined with reduced cell wall stiffness in Arabidopsis triggers flowering stem breakag - Mariko Asaoka, Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, Department of Biology, Tokyo Gakugei University, Faculty of ScienceKanagawa University 16:50-17:10 (20min)

› Mechanics and dynamics of cell-cell adhesion in plants - Stéphane Verger, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 17:10-17:30 (20min)

›19:00 (4h30)

Dinner cruise

19:00 - 23:30 (4h30)

Dinner cruise

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