View this page for the latest schedule for the 2024 International Plant Lipids Conference.
Sunday, July 14
| 15:00-18:00 | Registration |
| 18:00-20:00 | Mixer |
Monday, July 15
| 08:00-08:45 | Registration |
| 08:30-09:00 | Welcome |
| Session 1: Fatty acids and glycerolipids: biosynthesis, modification, biosynthetic evolution | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Michael Burkart: "Fatty acid synthase chemical biology" Moderator: Doug Allen |
| 09:30-09:50 | John Shanklin: "The mechanism of SnRK1 sensor kinase in the regulation of lipid synthesis" |
| 09:50-10:05 | Somnath Koley: "Does fatty acid turnover occur concurrently with plant lipid synthesis?" |
| 10:05-10:20 | Peter Eastmond: "Applying rare-variant association analysis to a wheat mutant population identifies a hypermorphic allele of ACETYL-CoA CARBOXYLASE 1 that increases leaf lipid content in grasses" |
| 10:20-10:35 | Basil Nikolau: "Acetyl-CoA: A crucial central metabolite that juxtaposes between anabolism and catabolism in multiple cellular and subcellular compartments" |
| 10:35-10:55 | Break |
| 10:55-11:15 | Yuki Nakamura: "A pair of PAP and LPAT playing a distinct role in glycerolipid metabolism in siliques" Moderator: Jay Thelen |
| 11:15-11:30 | Mónica Venegas-Calerón: "Sunflower ACYL-COA:LYSO-PHOSPHATIDIC ACID ACYLTRANSFERASE and its contribution to fatty acid distribution in triacylglycerols" |
| 11:30-11:45 | Ida Lager: "The interplay of diacylglycerol acyltransferases and phosphatidylcholine:diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferases facilitates high hydroxy fatty acyl content in triacylglycerols" |
| 11:45-12:00 | Hyojin Kim: "Polyketide synthase-like functionality acquired by plant fatty acid elongase" |
| 12:00-12:15 | Angel Baca-Porcel: "Algal homologs of the plant CER1 and CER3 proteins are functional hydrocarbon-forming enzymes" |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch |
| Session 2: Extra-plastidic membrane lipids: phospholipids, sterols, sphingolipids Moderator: Marina Gavilanes-Ruíz | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Nan Yao: "A Systemic Signal Enhances de novo Sphingolipid Biosynthesis and Triggers Cell Death" |
| 14:00-14:15 | Tristen Mier: "Functional divergence of ceramide synthases contributed to diversification of sphingolipids in green plants" |
| 14:15-14:30 | Tegan Haslam: "Investigating contributions of GIPCs to fundamental cell functions using mutants of the moss Physcomitrium patens" |
| 14:30-14:45 | Koichiro Awai: "A betaine lipid in Euglena can substitute phospholipids under phosphate deficiency" |
| 14:45-15:05 | Hubert Schaller: "Phytosterol metabolism and homeostasis" |
| 15:05-15:25 | Break |
| Session 3: Plastidic lipids: glycolipids, phospholipids, isoprenoids Moderator: Mie Shimojima | |
| 15:25-15:55 | Christoph Benning: "Chloroplast lipids as stress mitigators and sensors" |
| 15:55-16:25 | Koichi Kobayashi: "Thylakoid biogenesis and photosynthetic activation driven by plastid lipid biosynthesis" |
| 16:25-16:40 | Yang Xu: "Arabidopsis rhomboid-like protein 10 and acyl carrier protein 4 act independently in chloroplast phosphatidic acid assembly" |
| 16:40-17:10 | Short poster presentations (Even number; two minutes, 15 posters) Moderator: Ruth Welti |
| 17:10-18:30 | Poster Session 1 (Even number) |
Tuesday, July 16
| Session 4: Trafficking of lipids within and among cells and tissues | |
| 08:45-09:15 | Michael Henne: "Exploring the functional and biophysical diversity of lipid droplets" Moderator: Susanne Hoffmann-Benning |
| 09:15-09:30 | Pan Liao: "Cuticle thickness and non-specific lipid transfer protein-mediated release of volatile organic compounds" |
| 09:30-09:45 | Katrin Philippar: "Structure and function of FAX proteins – subcellular fatty acid distribution in the light of land plant evolution" |
| 09:45-10:00 | Noemí Ruiz-López: "A novel lipid transport protein at ER-chloroplast contact sites, NTMC2T5, is required for chloroplast development during germination" |
| 10:00-10:30 | Special topic: Gerhard Liebisch: "The lipidomics checklist -- current status" Moderator: Ruth Welti |
| 10:30-10:50 | Break |
| Session 5: Emerging methods for lipid research and crop design Moderator: Gavin Chen | |
| 10:55-11:20 | Sandra Correa Córdoba: "A modular concept for the modeling of plant lipids metabolism" |
| 11:20-11:35 | Rajib Saha: "Advancing plant systems biology: Dynamic metabolic modeling for understanding genetic and biochemical redundancy, pathway regulation, and cuticle protection" |
| 11:35-11:50 | Susanne Hoffmann-Benning: "A Tale of Three Worlds: Integrating molecular biology, optogenetics and molecular dynamics to understand protein-lipid interactions in signaling" |
| 11:50-12:05 | Michael Smanski: "Towards engineering two-directional barriers to gene flow in plants" |
| 12:05-12:25 | Kim Ekroos: Orthogonal high resolution mass spectrometry for characterizing content and localization of complex ganglioside phenotypes in Parkinson’s disease |
| 12:25-13:40 | Lunch |
| Session 6: Surface lipids: biosynthesis and regulation of plant protection Moderator: Mi Chung Suh | |
| 13:40-14:10 | Ivo Feussner: "Divergent evolution of wax biosynthesis among bryophytes" |
| 14:10-14:25 | Joaqun Salas: "Synthesis of wax esters in sunflower (Hellianthus annuus) seeds" |
| 14:25-14:40 | Shrikaar Kambhampati: "Suberin - a recalcitrant biopolymer for increased CO2 drawdown and storage: Lessons learned from Typha spp. adapted to wetland ecosystems" |
| 14:40-14:55 | Athanas Guzha: "A lipid transfer protein isoform modulates both neutral lipid abundance in embryos and deposition of cuticular waxes on aerial organs" |
| 14:55-15:15 | Break |
| Session 7: Lipid signaling: molecules, metabolism, mechanisms | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Amélie Bernard: Lipid/protein interplay in membrane formation and remodelling during plant autophagy Moderator: Eric Maréchal |
| 15:45-16:05 | Teun Munnik: "Polyamines trigger new form of endocytosis, involving distinct lipid signaling pathways" |
| 16:05-16:25 | Sebastien Mongrand: "New insights on Arabidopsis thaliana plant plasma membrane asymmetry" |
| 16:25-16:40 | Kenji Matsui: "Mechanism of plant perception of lipid-derived green leaf volatiles" |
| 16:40-17:10 | Short poster presentations (Odd number; two minutes, 15 posters) Moderator: Kent Chapman |
| 17:00-18:30 | Poster session 2 (odd number) |
Wednesday, July 17
| 09:00-09:30 | Lichtenthaler Lecture: James Letts: "Structural perspectives on plant mitochondrial respiratory complexes" Moderator: Patrick Horn |
| 09:30-09:45 | John Harwood: "The ISPL and its Awards" |
| 9:45-10:25 | Stumpf Award Lecture, Lucas Busta, University of Minnesota Duluth: "Citizen science-assisted exploration of lineage-specific epicuticular wax blooms" Moderator: John Harwood |
| 10:25-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:40 | Galliard Medal Lecture, Xuemin Wang: "Phospholipases and cellular mediator phosphatidic acid in plants coping with changing environments" Moderator: John Harwood |
| 11:40-12:00 | Conference photo |
| 12:00 | Excursions |
Thursday, July 18
| Session 8: Triacylglycerol: metabolism, biosynthetic regulation, and storage | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Till Ischebeck: The role of lipid droplets in central and specialized metabolism Moderator: Aruna Kilaru |
| 09:30-09:50 | Yonghua Li-Beisson: "The α/β hydrolase domain-containing protein 1 (ABHD1) acts as a lysolipid lipase and is involved in lipid droplet formation" |
| 09:50-10:05 | Yingqi Cai: "Dynamin-Related Protein 1A Interacts with SEIPIN1 and LDIP to Modulate Storage Lipid Compartmentation in Plant Cells" |
| 10:05-10:20 | Abraham J. Koo: "Increasing oil production in leaves by engineering plastidial phospholipase A1" |
| 10:20-10:35 | Thiya Mukherjee: "Customizing carbon partitioning: A pathway to enhance soybean seed value and yield" |
| 10:35-10:55 | Break |
| 10:55-11:15 | Philip Bates: "Triacylglycerol remodeling: Discovery and bioengineering to increase hydroxy- and polyunsaturated fatty acids in Arabidopsis and Camelina seed oils" Moderator: Jay Shockey |
| 11:15-11:30 | Wei Ma: "ZINC FINGER PROTEIN condensates mediate seed loading by affecting funiculus" |
| 11:30-11:45 | Yang-Tsung Lin: "Engineering Oleaginous Green Algae for a Healthy and Sustainable Human Milk Fat Substitute in Infant Formulas" |
| 11:45-12:00 | Amira Rasoul: "Fueling the future: Evaluating carbon conversion efficiency and biosynthetic pathways in fae1-3 pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) embryos" |
| 12:00-12:15 | Que Kong: "Phase separation of a MYB transcription factor mediates seed oil biosynthesis in Arabidopsis" |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch |
| Session 9: Plant lipids in abiotic and biotic stress resilience | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Rebecca Roston: Cold resilience: oligogalactolipids, rhythms, and TAG Moderator: Noemí Ruiz-López |
| 14:00-14:15 | Haruhiko Jimbo: "Elucidation of phosphatidylglycerol turnover during PSII repair by using chemically synthesized ether-linked lipids" |
| 14:15-14:30 | Liang Guo: "Phospholipid metabolism-mediated phosphate recycling in plants" |
| 14:30-14:45 | Yasuyo Yamaoka: "Exploring stress responses and lipid homeostasis in microalgae" |
| 14:45-15:00 | Ruth Welti: "Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2 is associated with latitude and freezing tolerance" |
| 15:00-15:20 | Break |
| 15:20-15:35 | Mie Shimojima: "Modulation of membrane glycerolipids in response to low temperature and acidic stress in Marchantia polymorpha" Moderator: Ariadna González-Solís |
| 15:35-15:50 | Eric Marecha: "Role of membrane and storage lipids in the adaptation of the ubiquitous snow alga Sanguina nivaloides (Chlorophyta) to life in melting snowfields" |
| 15:50-16:05 | Sruthi Narayanan: "Lipid modulation contributes to heat stress adaptation in peanut" |
| 16:05-16:20 | Richard Haslam: "Feeling the heat: Investigating the dual assault of Zymoseptoria tritici and heat stress on wheat (Triticum aestivum)" |
| 16:20-17:20 | Poster viewing |
| 18:00-21:30 | Gala Dinner |
Friday, July 19
| Session 10: Lipid biotechnology: oilseeds, algae, vegetative organs, emerging platforms | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Laura Wayne: "Increasing oil in soybean" Moderator: Ana Alonso |
| 09:30-09:45 | Prasad Parchuri: "Deciphering diacylglycerol enantiomer specificities of DGAT isoforms: Insights into TAG remodeling in lipid metabolism of different species" |
| 09:45-10:00 | Timothy Durrett: "Complete remodeling of TAG composition to generate novel oils in transgenic oilseeds" |
| 10:00-10:15 | Payton Whitehead: "Lipid droplet packaging proteins from jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) improve the compartmentalization of wax esters" |
| 10:15-10:35 | Break |
| 10:35-10:55 | Peter Doermann: "Engineering Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: A genetic approach to modulate the triacylglycerol content for enhanced bio-production" |
| 10:55-11:10 | Jorg Schwender: "Elucidation of triacylglycerol overproduction in the C4 bioenergy crop Sorghum bicolor by constraint-based analysis" |
| 11:10-11:25 | John Sedbrook, Illinois State University, Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) seed size mutants affect seed oil and protein accumulation differently |
| 11:25-11:55 | Closing Ceremony Presentation of potential venues for ISPL 2026 |