PROGRAM – 35th Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists

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Monday, 15th April 2024
16:00 - 18:00	ESN Governing Board
17:00 - 19:00	Registration
19:00 - 22:00	Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 16th April 2024
08:00 - 10:30	Registration
09:00 - 09:30	Official Opening Ceremony
09:30 - 11:00	Plenary sessions. Chairs: Sara Sánchez Moreno and Juan Emilio Palomares-Rius
	09:30-10:00 Plenary session 1
	Vegetable production in solar plastic-houses infested with root-knot nematodes. Speaker: Soledad Verdejo Lucas
	10:00-10:30 Plenary session 2
	Custom low-cost robotics and AI: Plant-parasitic nematode phenotyping, at scale Speaker: Sebastian Eves Van den Akker
	10:30-11:00 Plenary session 3
	Vertical and Horizontal Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance of Learned Pathogen Avoidance in C. elegans Speaker: Coleen Murphy
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00	Oral parallel sessions
	11:30 -13:00 Oral parallel session 1: Plan Nematode interactions and host response (I). Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Janice De Almeida Engler and Stephanie Jaubert. Defence oral communication: from 4 to 9.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 1-2: Biodiversity, Distribution and Ecology of PPN, EPN, and free-living (I). Room 2
	Chairs: Sergio Álvarez Ortega and Sofia Costa. Defence oral communication: from 10 to 15.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 1-3:Entomopathogenic nematodes (I).Room 3
	Chairs: Ana Morton and Ralph Udo -Ehlers. Defence oral communication: from 16 to 21.
13:00 - 13:45	Poster Session I
	Defence poster communication: from 186 to 239.
13:00 - 13:45	Lunch
15:15 - 16:00	Poster Session I
	Defence poster communication: from 186 to 239.
16:00 - 17:00	Oral parallel sessions
	16:00-17:00 Oral parallel session 2-1: Integrated management of PPN (I) Room: Plenary Room
	Chair: Sebastian Kiewnick and Lendert Molendijk. Defence oral communication: from 23 to 25.
	16:00 -17:00 Oral parallel session 2-2: Nematode interactions with other organisms: Complex diseases and Biocontrol (I). Room 2.
	Chair: Alejandro Expósito Creo and Federico López Moya. Defence oral communication: from 26 to 29.
	16:00-17:00 Oral parallel session 2-3: Animal parasites and new methods in Nematology. Room 3.
	Chair: Alfonso Navas Sánchez. Defence oral communication: from 31 to 33.
17:00 - 17:30	Coffee Break
17:30 - 19:00	Oral parallel sessions
	17:30-19:00 Oral parallel session 3-1: Plan nematode interactions and host response (II). Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Carolina Escobar and Jose Domingo Domínguez. Defence oral communication: from 34 to 39.
	17:30-19:00 Oral parallel session 3-2: New nematicidal products: Botanicals and Agrochemicals (I). Room 2.
	Chairs: MariFe Andrés and Pier Luigi Caboni. Defence oral communication: from 40 to 45.
	17:30-19:00 Oral parallel session 3-3: Biodiversity, Distribution and Ecology of PPN, EPN, and free-living (II). Room 3.
	Chairs: Sergio Alvarez Ortega and Sergei Subbotin. Defence oral communication: from 46 to 50.
Wednesday, 17th April 2024
08:30 - 09:30	Plenary sessions. Chairs: Raquel Campos Herrera and Miguel Talavera
	08:30-09:00 Plenary session 4
	Advancing Research on Entomopathogenic Nematodes: A Career Retrospect and Prospects for the Future Speaker: Patricia Stock
	09:00-09:30 Plenary session 5
	Going Bananas? a paper trail to a nematode’s nightmare! Speaker: Danny Coyne
09:30 - 11:00	Oral parallel sessions
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 4-1: Workshop: Advanced technologies and potential impact on nematode management: State-of-the-Art and future potential. Room: Plenary Room
	Chair: Richard Sikora
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 4-2: Nematode resitance genes and virulence I. Room 2
	Chairs: Aska Goverse and Lida Derevnina. Defence oral communication: from 55 to 60.
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 4-3: Quarantine Nematodes: Diagnostics and management / Legal and regulatory aspects. Room 3
	Chairs: Lee Robertson and Maria Grossi de Sa. Defence oral communication: from 61 to 66.
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00	Oral parallel sessions
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 5-1: Plant nematode interactions and host response (III). Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Carolina Escobar and John Jones. Defence oral communication: from 67 to 72.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 5-2: Cultural management of PPN: Cover crops, organic amendments, ASD (I). Room 2
	Chairs: Jose Antonio López Pérez and Caridad Ros Ibañez. Defence oral communication: from 73 to 78.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 5-3: Biodiversity, Distribution and Ecology of PPN, EPN, and free-living (III). Room 3.
	Chairs: Antonio Archidona Yuste and Inmaculada Criado Navarro. Defence oral communication: from 79 to 84.
13:00 - 13:45	Short oral presentations I
	Chair: Miguel Talavera and Antonio Archidona Yuste. Defence short oral communication: from 85 to 92.
13:45 - 15:15	Lunch
16:00 - 20:00	Symposium Tour
Thursday, 18th April 2024
08:30 - 09:30	Plenary sessions. Chairs: Juan Emilio Palomares-Rius and Sara Sánchez Moreno
	08:30-09:00 Plenary session 6
	How do plants fight against parasitic nematode attack? And can we help them? Speaker: Tina Kyndt
	09:00-09:30 Plenary session 7
	Nematode ecology: insights and applications Speaker: Thomais Kakouli-Duarte
09:30 - 11:00	Oral parallel sessions
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 6-1: Nematodes as bioindicators and nematode community assemblies. Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Sara Sánchez Moreno and Thomae Kakouli. Defence oral communication: from 95 to 99.
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 6-2:Entomopathogenic nematodes(II). Room 2
	Chairs: Rubén Blanco Pérez and Antoinette Malan. Defence oral communication: from 100 to 106.
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 6-3: Nematode interactions with other organisms: Complex diseases and Biocontrol (II). Room 3
	Chairs: Luis Vicente López-Llorca and Laura Rosso. Defence oral communication: from 107 to 112.
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00	Oral parallel sessions
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 7-1: Integrated Management of PPN (II). Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Emmanuel Tzortzakakis and Tim Thoden. Defence oral communication: from 113 to 118.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 7-2: Entomopathogenic nematodes (III). Room 2
	Chairs: Raquel Campos and Bart Vandenbossche. Defence oral communication: from 119 to 124 and 139.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 7-3: Nematode interactions with other organisms: Complex diseases and Biocontrol (III). Room 3
	Chairs: Federico López Moya and Rosa Manzanilla. Defence oral communication: from 125 to 130.
13:00 - 13:45	Poster Session II
	Defence poster communication: from 240 to 300.
13:45 - 15:15	Lunch
15:15 - 16:00	Poster Session II
	Defence poster communication: from 240 to 300.
16:00 - 17:00	Oral parallel sessions
	16:00-17:00 Oral parallel session 8-1 Plant-nematode interactions and host response (IV). Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Shahid Siddique and Jap -Jaan Willig. Defence oral communication: from 135 to 138.
	16:00-17:00 Oral parallel session 8-2: Cultural management of PPN: Cover crops, organic amendments, ASD (II). Room 2
	Chairs: Matthew Back and Johan Desaeger. Defence oral communication: from 131 to 134.
	16:00-17:00 Oral parallel session 8-3: Nematode Taxonomy, Systematics and Diagnosis. Room 3
	Chairs: Joaquín Abolafia and Oleksander Holovachov. Defence oral communication: from 139 to 142.
17:00 - 17:30	Coffee Break
17:30 - 19:00	ESN General Meeting
20:30 - 24:00	Gala dinner
Friday, 19th April 2024
09:00 - 09:30	Plenary sessions. Chairs: Pablo Castillo and Joaquin Abolafia
	09:00-09:30 Plenary session 8
	Phylogenomics of Nematoda – thinking beyond the trees Speaker: Oleksandr Holovachov
09:30 - 11:00	Oral parallel sessions
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 9-1: Integrated Management of PPN (III). Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Juan Emilio Palomares-Rius and Wim Wesemael. Defence oral communication: 144 to 147, 149 and 175.
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 9-2: Nematode resistance genes and virulence (II). Room 2
	Chairs: Xavier Sorribas and Soledad Verdejo -Lucas. Defence oral communication: from 172 to 174, 176 and 177.
	09:30-11:00 Oral parallel session 9-3: New nematicidal products: Botanicals and Agrochemicals (II). Room 3
	Chairs: Yuki Oka and Ioannis Giannakou.Defence oral communication: 148,156,157,159 and 160.
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00	Oral parallel sessions
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 10-1: Plant nematode interactions and host response (IV). Room: Plenary Room
	Chairs: Catherine Lilley and Sophie Mantelin. Defence oral communication: from 161 to 166.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 10-2: Nematodode Phylogeny, Philogeography and Phylogenomic. Room 2
	Chairs: Pablo Castillo and Wim Bert. Defence oral communication: from 167 to 171.
	11:30-13:00 Oral parallel session 10-3: Role of soil microbiome in nematode suppression. Room 3
	Chairs: Ariadna Giné and Olivera Topalovic. Defence oral communication: from 150 to 155.
13:00 - 13:45	Short oral presentations II
	Chair: Miguel Talavera and Antonio Archidona Yuste. Defence short oral communication: from 178 to 180 and from 182 to 185.
13:45 - 15:15	Lunch

8 plenary sessions [25-minute talk + 5 minutes for questions]
162 oral presentations [13-minute talk + 2 minutes for questions]
14 short oral presentations [5-minute talks]
2 poster sessions [80 posters each]»

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