（8月19日更新）
August 19, 2023
10:30 - 21:00 Arrival and Registration
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Scientific Programs
August 20, 2023
08:30 - 09:00 Opening Ceremony
Chair: Prof. Weicai Yang, Executive Chair of PGC Committee
Remarks from Prof. Qifa Zhang, Chair of PGC Committee
Remarks from Prof. Xiaohong Xu, President, Shanxi Normal University
09:00 - 10:00 Session I: Emerging Frontiers
Chair: Xiaoya Chen
09:00 - 09:30 Plenary 1 Ling-Ling Chen (Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Sciences, CAS) Linking RNA processing and function, and beyond
09:30 - 10:00 Plenary 2 Xianfeng Lin (Zhejiang University) A plant-derived natural photosynthetic system for Osteoarthritis Remedy by improving cell anabolism
10:00 - 10:20 Tea Break
10:20 - 12:05 Session II: Multi- Omics (I)
Chair: Hongya Gu
10:20 - 10:50 Plenary 3 Sanwen Huang (Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences) The reinvention of potato
10:50 - 11:50 Major Talk
10:50 - 11:10 Xingwang Li (Huazhong Agricultural University) Circadian 3D genome dynamics facilitate rhythmic gene expression in rice
Chair: Bin Han
11:10 - 11:30 Wenfeng Qian (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS) Utilizing a CRISPR-based toxin-antidote system to distort Mendelian inheritance in Arabidopsis
11:30 - 11:50 Wenbin Zhou (Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS) Multi-omic studies reveal the dynamic physiological and molecular responses to high light stress in maize and rice
11:50 - 12:05 Student Talk
11:50 - 12:05 Lingjuan Xie (Zhejiang University) A syntelog-based pan-genome provides insights into rice domestication and de-domestication
12:05 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Session III: Functional Genomics (I)
Chair: Kang Chong
14:00 - 16:00 Major Talk
14:00 - 14:20 Jianping Guo (Wuhan University) A tripartite rheostat controls self-regulated host-plant resistance to insect
14:20 - 14:40 Jeremy Murray (Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS) Mildew Locus O (MLO) proteins are required for rhizobial infection in Medicago truncatula
Chair: Xiansheng Zhang
14:40 - 15:00 Jing Fan (Sichuan Agricultural University) Exploration of false smut resistance genes in rice
15:00 - 15:20 Gang Li (Nanjing Agricultural University) Protein phase separation modulates resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat
Chair: Yan Pei
15:20 - 15:40 Liang Guo (Huazhong Agricultural University) Multi-omics analysis identifies the genes and networks involved in seed oil accumulation in rapeseed
15:40 - 16:00 Jisen Zhang (Guangxi University) Genomic insights into the recent chromosome reduction of autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum
16:00 - 16:20 Tea Break
16:20 - 18:05 Session IV: Epigenetics and Epigenomics
Chair: Jianxiang Liu
16:20 - 16:50 Plenary 4 Yuehui He (Peking University) Control of histone demethylation and gene expression by nuclear-localized α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
16:50 - 17:50 Major Talk
16:50 - 17:10 Jiamu Du (Southern University of Science and Technology) Molecular basis of the establishment, maintenance, and removal of plant DNA methylation
Chair: Yijun Qi
17:10 - 17:30 Qingxin Song (Nanjing Agricultural University) Population epigenomics reveals reversal of DNA methylation changes during domestication and de-domestication of rice
17:30 - 17:50 Xingchun Wang (Shanxi Agricultural University) Determination of foxtail millet as a short-day plant and creation of broadly adaptive varieties
17:50 - 18:05 Student Talk
17:50 - 18:05 Yuxiang Yuan (Tsinghua University) Pol V transcripts regulate neighboring gene transcription and plant defense
18:05 Dinner
20:00 - 21:00 PGC Committee Meeting
August 21, 2023
08:30 - 12:00 Session V: Multi- Omics (II)
Chair: Guangcun He
08:30 - 09:00 Plenary 5 Harro J. Bouwmeester (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Hormone and rhizosphere signal molecule: Strigolactones, the newest branch on the plant hormone tree
09:00 - 10:00 Major Talk
09:00 - 09:20 Ping Xu (National Center for Protein Science) The phosphoproteome is a first responder in tiered cellular adaptation to chemical stress followed by proteomics and transcriptomics alteration
Chair: Xuewei Chen
09:20 - 09:40 Yong Wang (Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS) Genome-enabled synthetic biology research of plant bioactive products
09:40 - 10:00 Lin Li (Huazhong Agricultural University) Using biological big data to crack genetic mysteries and enhance future crop breeding
10:00 - 10:15 Student Talk
10:00 - 10:15 Yuebin Wang (Huazhong Agricultural University) A spatial transcriptome map of developing maize ear
10:15 - 10:30 Tea Break
Chair: Dongyun Hao
10:30 - 11:00 Plenary 6 Fengyi Hu (Yunnan University) Perennialization of grain for sustainable agriculture
11:00 - 12:00 Major Talk
11:00 - 11:20 Jinquan Huang (Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS) Selective radical/radical cross-coupling outside plant cells
Chair: Jianbing Yan
11:20 - 11:40 Dijun Chen (Nanjing University) The landscape of accessible chromatin illuminates the regulatory basis of agronomic trait development in rice
11:40 - 12:00 Lei Li (Nankai University) High light induces turnover of metabolic flux linked enzymes
12:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:35 Session VI: Genome Diversity
Chair: Shuhua Yang
14:00 - 15:20 Major Talk
14:00 - 14:20 Jianquan Liu (Sichuan University) Molecular mechanism of homoploid hybrid speciation
14:20 - 14:40 Haiyang Wang (South China Agricultural University) On the road to breed ideotype maize with yield enhancement: a progress report
Chair: Lingling Chen
14:40 - 15:00 Xianmin Diao (Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS) Ten years progresses, the initiation of Setaria model system
15:00 - 15:20 Dawadunzhu (Tibet Academy of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sciences) Genome diversity and highland-adaptative variation in Tibet barley landrace population of China
15:20 - 15:35 Student Talk
15:20 - 15:35 Xinmeng Zhu (Yunnan University) Symbiosis between Dendrobium catenatum protocorm and Serendipita indica reveals a role of plant hypoxia response pathway
15:35 Tea Break and Poster Session
18:00 Dinner
August 22, 2023
08:30 - 11:55 Session VII: Functional Genomics (II)
Chair: Liwen Jiangon years of evolutionary history to help solve the 10-billion people question
09:00 - 10:00 Major Talk
08:30 - 09:00 Plenary 7 Rod A. Wing (King Abdullah University of Science & Technology / University of Arizona) The international Oryza map alignment project: harvesting 15 milliar Plant Sciences, CAS) Molecular genetic analysis and breeding of whole-plant high protein maize
09:00 - 09:20 Chengcai Chu (South China Agricultural University) Toward improving pre-harvest sprouting trait in crops
Chair: Zhikang Li
09:20 - 09:40 Yongrui Wu (Center for Excellence in Molecul09:40 - 10:00 Jinlin Feng (Shanxi Normal University) The N-terminal acetyltransferase Naa50 regulates growth and development in Arabidopsis
10:00 - 10:15 Student Talk
10:00 - 10:15 Liang Ma (China Agricultural University) Rhizosphere microbiome promotes the SOS2 activity to confer salt tolerance in plants
10:15 - 10:35 Tea Break
Chair: Yaoguang Liu
10:35 - 11:55 Major Talk
10:35 - 10:55 Huairong Pan (Hunan University) How host cells control symbiosome differentiation during nitrogen fixing symbiosis
10:55 - 11:15 Zhixi Tian (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS) Gene functional innovations in legume root nodule symbiosis evolution
Chair: Xiaofeng Cui
11:15 - 11:35 Zhaosheng Kong (Shanxi Agricultural University / Institute of Microbiology, CAS) Specific duplication of a kinesin gene in legumes promotes rhizobia endosymbiosis
11:35 - 11:55 Silin Zhong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Dynamics of the genome cis-regulatory elements revealed by cross-species TF ChIP-seq
11:55 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:20 Session VIII: Genome Breeding
Chair: Zhizhong Gong
14:00 - 15:20 Major Talk
14:00 - 14:20 Yuefeng Guan (Guangzhou University) Gene discovery and precision breeding by genome editing in soybean
14:20 - 14:40 Peng Qin ((Sichuan Agricultural University) The natural variation of HT1 confers heat tolerance in rice
Chair: Yidan Ouyang
14:40 - 15:00 Maojun Wang (Huazhong Agricultural University) Cotton genome research unlocks the potential for fiber quality improvement
15:00 - 15:20 Qi Xie (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS) Better understanding of sorghum
15:20 Closing Ceremony
Chair: Prof Weizhong Liu, Shanxi Normal University
Presentation of the awards for the best posters and the best student talks
Closing Remarks: Prof. Weicai Yang, Executive Chair of PGC Committee
Messages from the local organizers of PGC XXIII
18:00 Dinner
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