WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
The Complexity of Lichen Symbiosis: Novel Interdisciplinary approaches from Genomic to Functional perspectives
3‐4 December 2018
Venues: Lectures in the Degree Seminar room in the Mathematics Faculty. Informatics room 4B at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universitat de València. 46100‐ Burjassot, C/ Dr. Moliner 50
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9:15 – 9:30 H: REGISTRATION |
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| 10:00 ‐ 10:30 h: Pavel Škaloud, Zuzana Vaiglová, Jana Steinová, lvana Ernajová, Patricia Moya, Helena Bestová & Ondrej Peksa | “The Primus project ‐ towards understanding the nature of lichen symbiosis” | Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic |
| 10:30 ‐ 11:00 h: Francesco Dal Grande, Anjuli Calchera & Imke Schmitt | “High‐throughput sequencing of lichen photobionts: from species to communities” | Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima ‐ Forschungszentrum | BiK‐F, Goethe-Universität, Germany |
| 11:00 ‐ 11:30 h: Tomislav Cernava, Martin Grube & Gabriele Berg | “Recent insights into the functioning of lichen‐associated bacterial communities” | Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Austria |
| COFFEE‐BREAK 11:30 ‐ 12:00 H | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 h: Sergio Pérez-Ortega, Alejandro Berlinches & Asunción de los Ríos | “Invariant network properties shape the relationships between lichen‐forming fungi and their photobionts” | Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, CSIC, Spain |
| 12:30 ‐ 13:00 h: Patricia Moya, Arantzazu Molins, Lucia Muggia & Eva Barreno | “Illumina assay reveals habitat/ location as the main factor influencing microalgal diversity in Ramalina farinacea” | Universitat de Valencia, ICBIBE, Spain. Universitá di Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, ltaly |
| 13:00 ‐13:30 h: Lucia Muggia | “Culture approaches in the study of lichen symbiosis” | Universitá di Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, Italia |
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| 15:00 ‐ 15:30 h: Florian Mundt, Dieter Hanelt, Lars Harms & Sandra Heinrich | “Shedding light on the dark – Linking physiology and gene expression in Cosmarium crenatum under the influence of polar night” | University of Hamburg, Scientific Computing, Bremerhaven, Germany |
| 15:30 ‐ 16:00 h: Ernesto Hinojosa‐Vidal, Francisco Marco, Fernando Martínez‐Alberola, Francisco J.Escaray, Francisco J. García‐Breijo, José Reig‐Armiñana, Pedro Carrasco & Eva Barreno | “Characterization of the responses to saline stress in symbiotic green microalga Trebouxia sp. TR9” | Universitat de València, BIOTECMED & Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain. I IIB‐INTECH/CONICET‐UNSAM, Argentina |
| 16:00 ‐ 16:30 h: Myriam Catalá, Joana Remedios Expósito, María Rosa de las Heras González, Alba Casillas, Lina Ben Oukhiye, Paula Herrero & Eva Barreno | “Advances in the study of the role of NO in lichen phycobiont adaptation to anhydrobiosis and other interesting topics” | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Biodiversidad y Conservación & Universitat de Valencia, ICBIBE, Spain |
| COFFEE-BREAK 16:30 – 17:00 H | ||
| 16:30 ‐ 17:00 h: Salvador Chiva, Patricia Moya, Arantzazu Molins & Eva Barreno | “Biological Soil Crusts: myco/phycobiont relationships in terricolous lichen communities” | Universitat de València, ICBIBE, Spain |
| 17:00 ‐ 17:30 h: Tomislav Cernava, Martin Grube & Gabriele Berg | “Persistence of the lichen microbiome under unfavorable environmental conditions” | Graz University of Technology. Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Austria |
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18:00 – 19:00 H RESEARCH PROJECTS DISCUSSION |
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| 4‐12‐2018 | ||
| AUTHORS | TITLE | INSTITUTION |
| 9:30 ‐ 10:00 h: Ernesto Hinojosa‐Vidal, Francisco Marco, Fernando Martínez‑Alberola, Pedro Carrasco & Eva Barreno | “The genome of Trebouxia sp. TR9. How we have improved its assembly and which new insights have emerged from its annotation” | Universitat de Valencia, ICBIBE & BIOTECMED, Spain |
| 10:00 ‐ 10:30 h: Pradeep Divakar | “Larger genome size of mitochondria in mutualistic fungi and its role to maintain obligate mutualistic relations” | Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Biología Vegetal II, Spain |
| 10:45 ‐ 11:15 h: Jana Steinová | “Do reproductive and dispersal strategies shape the diversity of mycobiont-photobiont association in lichens?” | Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic |
| DISCUSSION AND COFFEE-BREAK 11:00 – 12:00 H | ||
| 12:00 ‐ 12:30 h: Francisco J. García‐Breijo, Alfonso Garmendia, José Reig‐Armiñana, Patricia Moya, Arantzazu Molins, Salvador Chiva & Eva Barreno | “Towards a new proposal on the ultrastructural taxonomy of Trebouxia microalgae” | Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Ecosistemas agroforestales & Universitat de Valencia, ICBIBE, Spain |
| 12:30 ‐ 13:00 h: Pavel Škaloud, Veronica Malavasi, Fabio Rindi, Sabrina Tempesta, Michela Paoletti & Marcella Pasqualetti | “DNA‐based taxonomy in ecologically versatile microalgae: a re‐evaluation of the species concept within the coccoid green algal genus Coccomyxa” | Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic |
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| PRACTICAL ANALYSIS TOOLS 15:00‐19:00 H | ||
| Francesco Dal Grande | “Introduction to the assembly, taxonomic binning of mycobiont‐photobiont‐bacteria components and functional characterisation of metagenomic reads from whole lichen thalli” | Senckenberg Biodiversität und Klima ‐ Forschungszentrum | BiK‐F, Germany |
| Pavel Škaloud | “Species delimitation and speciation analyses in R” | Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic |
| Isaac Garrido‐Benavent | “An integrative analytical approach for phylogeographic studies” | Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, CSIC, Spain |
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