Romanian Biotechnology Association PROGRAM Monday, 30 th September 16.00 Registration 17.00 17.15 Opening ceremony Plenary session 17.15 17.45 Ervin Balázs (Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary): Planting for future, the EASAC document on the new technologies 17.45-18.15 Val Vâlcu (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Journalism, Bucharest, Romania): Communicating science to the public 19.30 Welcome reception
Tuesday, 1 st October Oral presentations (chairman: Ervin Balázs) 9.00 9.30 András Cseri, László Sass, Ottó Törjék, János Pauk, Imre Vass, Dénes Dudits (Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the HAS; Szeged, Hungary): Allele discovery supported by phenotyping of drought response of cereal plants 9.30 10.00 Elena Rakosy-Tican, Imola Molnár, Raluca Mustață, Abdelmoumen Taoutaou, Ramona Thieme (Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania): Combining different biotechnological tools for better introgression of resistance traits in potato 10.00 10.30 Ioan Zagrai, Michel Ravelonandro, Ralph Scorza, Nicolae Minoiu, Luminiţa Zagrai (Fruit Research & Development Station, Bistrita, Romania): Field trials of transgenic plum Honey Sweet in Romania 10.30 11.00 Coffee break Oral presentations (chairman: Elena Rakosy-Tican) 11.00 11.30 Miklós G. Fári, Gabriella Antal, Éva Domokos- Szabolcsy (University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary): Biotechnology of Biomass Supply Chain- Central European Perspective 11.30 12.00 Iulia Simeoni, Ciprian Chis, Cosmin Sicora ( Vasile Fati Botanical Garden, Biological Research Center, Jibou, Romania): Comparative
analysis of the sequences of gene family psba in Cyanobacteria 12.00 12.30 Mária Szécsényi, Zoltán Zombori, M. Gombos, Gy. Sándor, János Györgyey (Biological Research Centre of the HAS, Szeged, Hungary): Root architecture of Brachypodium- morphological, molecular and genetic approaches 12.30 13.00 Gabriela Țenea, Joerg Spantzel, Lan-Ying Lee, Heiko Oltmanns, Stanton B. Gelvin (Centre of Microbial Biotechnology, Bucharest, Romania): The involvement of chromatin proteins in Agrobacterium-mediated plant genetic transformation 13.15 14.00 Lunch Oral presentations (chairman: Dénes Dudits) 14.30 15.00 Milán Ivanics, András Kiss, Gábor Tóth, Krisztina Takács, Andrea Balogh, József Fodor, Klára Manninger, László Tamás, Barnabás Jenes (Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, Hungary): Application of tissue specific gene expression to improve fungus resistance in wheat 15.00 15.30 Emese Szabó, Gábor Tóth, Vitantonio Pantaleo, Shou Wei Ding, József Burgyán (Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, Hungary): Small RNA based viral metagenomics in cultivated grapevine
15.30 16.00 Fira Alexandru, Doina Clapa, Elena Rakosy-Tican (Babes- Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania): In vitro micropropagation of Lycium barbarum 16.00 16.30 Tibor Csorba (Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, Hungary): Roles of non-coding RNAs in gene regulation 16.30 17.00 Coffee break Oral presentations (chairman: Cosmin Sicora) 17.00 17.30 Gábor Rigó, Olaf Tietz, Ferhan Ayaydin, Laura Zsigmond, Hajnalka Kovács, Klaus Palme, László Szabados, Csaba Koncz, Gyöngyi Székely, Dorina Podar, Ágnes Cséplő (Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the HAS, Szeged, Hungary,): CRK5, an Arabidopsis thaliana protein kinase, is involved in regulation of abiotic stress responses 17.30 18.00 László Tamás, Csaba Éva, Eszter Kiss, Flóra Téglás, Klára Mészáros, László Láng (Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary): Application of recombinase technology to produce marker free transgenic crops 18.00 18.30 Lia Mladin, Nora Prodan, Oana Sicora, Cosmin Sicora ( Vasile Fati Botanical Garden, Biological Research Center, Jibou, Romania): The effect of UVB stress on photosynthesis in Eruca sativa Miller
18.30 19.00 Levente Kontra (Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, Hungary): The effect of the P19 silencing suppressor on antiviral sirna biogenesis 19.30 Dinner Wednesday, 2 nd October 9.00 10.30 Poster session 1. Tarek Alshaal, Nevien Elhawat, Éva Domokos Szabolcsy, László Márton, Miklós G. Fári: Growth dynamics and biomass production of giant reed under different watering regimes 2. Nevien Elhawat, Tarek Alshaal, Éva Domokos Szabolcsy, László Márton, Miklós G. Fári: Comparative performance of copper uptake by two ecotypes of giant reed grown on hydroponic culture 3. Erika Kurucz, Pál Szarvas, Miklós G. Fári: Breeding strategies of the endangered Sida hermaphrodita Rushby in Central Europe for bioenergy 4. Gabriella Antal, Miklós G. Fári: Observation of spontaneous viviparia and nodal shoot formation after winter season under different climatic conditions in giant reed (Arundo donax L.) 5. Éva Domokos Szabolcsy, B. Blizmann, A. Sztrik, J. Prokisch, Miklós G. Fári: Foliar application of plant protein hydrolyzates on vegetables crops 6. Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy, R. Pintér, P. Eszenyi, A. Sztrik, J. Prokisch, Miklós G. Fári: In vitro rooting and growth of ananas using different inorganic selenium forms 7. Sára Pólya, Edina Poczkodi, Anna Pozsonyi, Gábor Tóth, László Tamás: Establishing a multifunctional system for functional epitope search and edible vaccine expression in plant 8. Enikő Selek, Lia Mladin, Oana Sicora: In vitro multiplication and ex situ conservation of Fritillaria meleagris L. at the "Vasile Fati" Botanical Garden, Jibou 9. Lia Mladin, Oana Sicora, Cosmin Sicora: Photosynthetic analysis of mountain flora with MONI PAM fluorimeter
10. Andreea Nistor, Mihaela Cioloca, Nicoleta Chiru, Monica Popa, Carmen Bădărău: Effects of salinity stress on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) micropropagation 11. Abdelmoumen Taoutaou, Tünde-Éva Dénes, Elena Rákosy: Preliminary results regarding NBS profiling of potato + Solanum bulbocastanum somatic hybrids 12. Tünde-Éva Dénes, Imola Molnár, Elena Rákosy: Cytogenetic analysis of somatic hybrids and backcross progenies between potato and Solanum bulbocastanum 13. Monica Niste, Roxana Vidican, Ioan Rotar, Rodica Pop: An investigation into the growth potential of different strains of Rhizobium on different culture media 14. Oana Ciuzan, Doru Pamfil: Effects of salinity on the germination capacity of some Arabidopsis thaliana mutant lines 15. Orsolya Kinga Göndör, Tibor Janda, Gabriella Szalai: Modification of the phenylpropanoid pathway after different salicylic acid treatments in wheat 16. Viktória Kovács, Orsolya Kinga Göndör, Imre Majláth, Szalai Gabriella, Janda Tibor, Magda Pál: Effects of UV-B radiation under different abiotic stress conditions in wheat 17. Dávid Polgári, Katalin Jäger, Beáta Barnabás, László Sági: Globalization in the sexual reproduction of cereals : wider choice, better hybrids 10.30 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 12.00 Panel discussion Introduced and moderated by János Györgyei 12.15 13.00 Lunch 13.15 Departure and/or sightseeing Thursday, 3 rd October 9.00 Optional excursion: to Vasile Fati Botanical Garden, Jibou