Programme

1 - 2 October 2015
Venue: Poppelsdorf Campus (Hörsaal 4, Meckenheimer Allee 176), Bonn

Organizers: Prof. František Baluška, Prof. Heiner Goldbach, Prof. Dieter Volkmann, Prof. Ulrich Kutschera (University of Kassel)

Sachs 2015 - Programme.pdf (Click to download)

Thurday (October 1)

13:00-13:45
Wolfgang Alt (University of Bonn)
"Julius Sachs and the Campus Poppelsdorf"

13:45 – 14:30
Dieter Volkmann (University of Bonn)
"Julius Sachs Botany School: Centre of Excellence in Plant Biology (1850 – 1900) in Central Europe"

14:30-15:15
Rainer Hedrich (University of Würzburg)
"Roots of Carnivory - Hunting Cycle of Plant on Animal Diet"

15:15 – 16:00 – Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:45
Ulrich Kutschera (University of Kassel, Stanford University)
"Basic versus Applied Research: Julius Sachs (1832-1897) and the Experimental Physiology of Plants"

16:45 – 17:30
Heiner Goldbach (University of Bonn)
"From the Sachs' Auxanometer to Modern Plant Phenotyping: Examples from the CROP.SENSe.net Project"

Friday (October 2)

9:00 – 9:30
Stefano Mancuso (University of Florence)
"From Plant to Robot - the Sach's Legacy in Plant Biomimetic"

9:30 – 10:00
František Baluška (University of Bonn)
"Plant Root Navigation – Transition Zone Energides in Driver Seats"

10:00 – 11:30
Viktor Žárský (Charles University)
"Plant Secretory Pathways Regulation by Light and Biotic Interactions"

11:30 – 12:00
Ken Yokawa (University of Bonn)
"Revisiting the Tanada Effect: Rapid Light Responses of Roots"

12:00 – 12:30
Stanislav Kopriva (University of Cologne)
"Plant Sulfur Nutrition: From Sachs to Big Data"

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:30
Hans Georg Edelmann (University of Cologne)
"Symptoms of the Volatile Nature of Auxin-Regulated Root Growth Models"

14:30 – 15:00
Peter Barlow (University of Bristol)
"Secondary Vascular Tissue of Trees: Where Do All the Cells Come From?"

15:00 – 15:30
Joachim Fisahn (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology)
"From Sachs to Einstein: When Plant Physiology Meets General Relativity.
Lunisolar Tidal Force a Unique Timer in Plant Physiology"

15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:00
Jozef Šamaj (University of Olomouc)
"MAPK Signalling in Plant Development"

17:00 – 17:30
Vaidurya Pratap Sahi (Charles University)
"Expression of MKRN Gene during Plant Embryogenesis"