SESSIONS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

We are delighted to have eight confirmed Keynote speakers from around the world who will share their exciting current research at the ESPL 2025.

In addition, the Scientific Advisory Committee have selected two group leading early career researchers from Europe and an EMBO Global Investigator to present their research activities in a plenary talk. A preview to the different sessions can be found here.

Why glycolipids in the thylakoid membranes?

Koichiro Awai
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Koichiro Awai

Shizuoka University

Japan

The rise and fall of wax accumulation in the black cottonwood Populus trichocarpa

Eliana Gonzales-Vigil
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Eliana Gonzales-Vigil

University of Toronto 

Canada

Investigation of an important gene affecting development, seed production and lipid accumulation in Brassica napus

Pan Liao
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Pan Liao

Hongkong Baptist University

China

Tracing tobacco stigma estolide oil biosynthesis through functional genomics and isotope labeling

Isabel Molina
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Isabel Molina

Algoma University

Canada

Cuticular wax biosynthesis is enhanced by light-triggered photoreceptor degradation

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Mi Chung Suh

Sogang University

Republic of Korea

Bridging the Gap: Uncovering Membrane Contact Sites among Organelles in Plant Cells

Federica Brandizzi
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Federica Brandizzi

Michigan State University

USA

Leveraging phenotypic plasticity in seed oil content for climate-adapted breeding and production of rapeseed

Liang Guo
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Liang Guo 

Yazhouwan National Laboratory / Huazhong Agricultural University

China

Structure-Guided Interrogation of Sphingolipid Homeostatic Regulation 

Edgar Cahoon
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Edgar Cahoon

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

USA