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The congress registration fee includes participation in scientific sessions, breakfasts, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, social dinner and events, accommodation (3 nights), and scheduled round-trip transfers from Bari Airport to the congress venue. Transfers from Bari Airport to the congress venue are scheduled at 12:30, 13:30, and 15:00. Return transfers will be arranged during the meeting.
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Availability is limited.
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE
JAN 31
FINAL DEADLINE
MAR 31
Young Researcher
(PhD and postdoc)
€732 (double)
€781 (single)
€981 (double)
€1054 (single)
Full Academic
€903 (double)
€976 (single)
€1103 (double)
€1176 (single)
Company
€1171 (double)
€1244 (single)
€1371 (double)
€1444 (single)
VAT included
The congress registration fee includes participation in scientific sessions, breakfasts, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, social dinner and events, accommodation (3 nights), and scheduled round-trip transfers from Bari Airport to the congress venue. Transfers from Bari Airport to the congress venue are scheduled at 12:30, 13:30, and 15:00. Return transfers will be arranged during the meeting.
Payment options
11th International Symposium on Root Development
Rooting 2026 is the upcoming edition of a well-established symposium that brings together scientists from diverse fields, including plant developmental biology, agriculture, plant-pathogen interactions, and biotechnology—all united by a common interest in plant roots.
The symposium will focus on root biology, including primary, lateral and adventitious roots, exploring roots as products of genetic regulation and plant-environment interactions.
As the 11th edition of this prestigious series, the event aims to foster the exchange of recent discoveries and innovative ideas, spanning both fundamental research and applied aspects of root induction and development.
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Confirmed speakers
Ben Scheres
The Netherland
Miyo Terao Morita
Japan
Jenny Russinova
Belgium
Niko Geldner
Switzerland
Bipin Pandey
UK
Siobhan Brady
USA
Preliminary Program
Day 1 - Monday, 04 May, 2026
16:00
19:00
Registration
18:00 - 18:15
Welcome and introduction keynote speaker
18:15 - 19.00
Keynote lecture
Ben Scheres Wageningen University THE NETHERLANDS
Rooting Basic and Applied Plant Biology
19:00 - 22:00
Dinner and live music
(included in registration fee)
Day 2 - Tuesday, 05 May, 2026
09:00
12:30
Session 1 - Cell polarity and Development
Chair: Miguel Moreno-Risueno Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)
09:00 - 09:45
Miyo Terao Morita, NIBB JAPAN
General function of RLD, a signaling component in root gravitropism
09:45 - 10:05
Gustavo Rodríguez-Alonso, UAEM MEXICO
The PLETHORA-mediated gene regulatory network links ribosome biogenesis
to root growth and ecological adaptations
10:05 - 10:20
Steffen Vanneste, Universiteit Gent BELGIUM
Shoot-selective, ILR1/ILL-independent proauxin hydrolysis drives
adventitious root induction
10:20 - 10:35
Hiteshwari Sinha, UPSC Umeå University SWEDEN
Regulation of adventitious root initiation by WOX transcription factors in
Arabidopsis hypocotyl (P#1)
10:35 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:20
Ari Pekka Mähönen, University of Helsinki FINLAND
Molecular and cellular basis of stem cell positioning in the vascular cambium
11:20 - 11:40
Renze Heidstra, Wageningen University THE NETHERLANDS
A SCZ-LBD module stabilizes root tissue specification
11:40 -12:00
Joop EM Vermeer, University of Neuchâtel SWISS
Regulation of 3-dimensional differential growth within a tissue by a set of
microtubule associated proteins
12:00 - 12:15
Chiharu Ito, Nara Institute of Science and Technology JAPAN
Host Invasion by Parasitic Plants is Supported by Dynamic Modulation of
Cell Wall Polarity
12:15 - 12:30
Yinghui Luo, KAUST SAUDI ARABIA
Dual Function of RSA1 in growth–defense trade-off (P#2)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00
18:00
Session 2 - Signaling and Communication
Chair: Ikram Blilou KAUST (Saudi Arabia)
14:00 - 14:45
Jenny Russinova, VIB BELGIUM
Regulation of Brassinosteroid Homeostasis in the Arabidopsis Root Meristem
14:45 - 15:05
Vinay Shukla, University of Nottingham UK
From diffusion to differentiation: oxygen signalling in root development
15:05 - 15:20
Antoine Beckers, IRD FRANCE
PUCHI controls MYB94 and MYB96 to form the root cap cuticle of developing
lateral roots
15:20 - 15:35
Simon Josef Unterholzner, Università Libera di Bolzano ITALY
Brassinosteroids control cell proliferation in the lateral root cap
15:35 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:20
Moritz K. Nowack, VIB BELGIUM
Terminal Differentiation and Senescence of Root Tissues: A Balance of
Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death
16:40 - 16:40
Yvonne Stahl, Goethe University GERMANY
From Affinities to Fate: Subnuclear Localization of Transcription Factor
Complexes for Cell-Fate Decisions
16:40 - 17:00
Wenkun Zhou, China Agricultural University CHINA
A signaling cascade that orchestrates wound-induced root tip regeneration
17:00 - 17:20
Javier Palatnik, IBR ARGENTINA
Function of microRNAs in root growth and regeneration
17:20 - 17:40
Laura Ragni, University of Freiburg GERMANY
How Roots Build Their Protective Shield: A Story of Peptide Signaling
17:40 - 18:00
Laurent Gutierrez, University Picardie Jules Verne FRANCE
Adventitious rooting requires GSK3-mediated patterning of brassinosteroid
signaling in Arabidopsis
18:00 - 20:30
Poster session & Drinks
20:30
Day 3 - Wednesday, 06 May, 2026
08:30
12:00
Session 3 - Stress response and environmental control
Chair: Catherine Bellini Umea University (Sweden)
08:30 - 09:15
Bipin Pandey, University of Nottingham UK
How plant roots sense hard soils
09:15 - 09:35
Claus Schwechheimer, TUM GERMANY
The Power of Movement of Roots in Soil
09:35 - 09:55
Juan Carlos Del Pozo, CBGP SPAIN
Integrating Plant Responses to Heat and Phosphate Deficiency Under
Combined Stress Conditions
09:55 - 10:10
Enrico Tampelloni, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID SPAIN
Effect Of Abiotic Stress On Root Stem Cell Formation And Telomere Dynamics
10:00 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:00
Tonni Andersen, Max Planck Institute for plant breeding research GERMANY
The mature root endodermis integrates suberization and nitrogen signaling
11:00 - 11:20
Poonam Mehra, University of Nottingham UK
Mechanisms of root branching under fluctuating water availability
11:20 - 11:35
Eva van Zelm, Utrecht University THE NETHERLANDS
Build to understand, measure to know, combining models and experiments to
decipher root foraging decisions
11:35 - 11:50
Eeshita Ghosh, University of Maryland USA
CorNIchon Homologue proteins are involved in root development through
calcium signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana (P#3)
11:50 - 12:05
Barbora Slovjaková, Institute of Experimental Botany of the CAS CZECH REPUBLIC
Sugar Flow Engineering: CARMA–ARR7 Tunes Sugar Responsiveness of CANAR
12:05 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30
16:00
Session 4 - Rhizosphere interactions
Chair: Hannah Schneider Leibniz Institute IPK (Germany)
13:30 - 14:15
Niko Geldner, Université de Lausanne SWISS
How microbes navigate the expanding universe of plant root surfaces
14:15 - 14:35
Peter Marhavy, KAUST SAUDI ARABIA
Sound as a hidden modality shaping plant–animal interactions
14:35 - 14:55
Le Luo, Nanjing Agricultural University CHINA
Hormone regulation of root tolerance to acidic stress in rice
14:55 - 15:15
Jose Lozano Torres, Wageningen University THE NETHERLANDS
Spatiotemporal Mapping of Root-Nematode Interactions for Durable
Resistance
15:15 - 15:30
Roberta Faccilongo, University of Turin ITALY
MicroRNA-mediated regulatory network in the arbuscular mycorrhizal
symbiosis
15:30 - 15:45
Zoe Nemec Venza, CNRS SCD FRANCE
Cells at the root surface use mechanical cues to activate edge-based growth
control in Arabidopsis
15:45 - 16:00
Sophie Zoe Farkas, University of Freiburg GERMANY
SHOOT GRAVITROPISM 9 links sensory timing to the initial lateral root growth
angle (P#4)
17:00 - 20:30
Visit to Alberobello UNESCO heritage site
(Included in registration fee)
20:30
Gala Dinner
(Included in registration fee)
Day 4 - Thursday, 07 May, 2026
09:00
12:30
Session 5 - Integrative root biology
Chair: Elena Salvi University of Pisa (Italy)
09:00 - 09:45
Siobhan Brady, University of California USA
Natural Variation Reveals Diverse Modes of Root Adaptation to Water Deficit
09:45 - 10:05
Kaisa Kajala, Utrecht University THE NETHERLANDS
Spatiotemporally regulated transcriptional networks control the plasticity of
chickpea root exodermis
10:05 - 10:20
Adrijana Smoljan, ISTA AUSTRIA
Functional cooption of MIZ1 from cytokinin-related growth regulation to root
hydrotropism (P#5)
10:20 - 10:35
Hector Hugo Torres Martinez, Stanford University USA
Dissecting the crown root developmental program in the C4 grass Setaria
viridis
10:35 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:20
Bert De Rybel, VIB BELGIUM Neofunctionalization of phosphate starvation
response factors underpinned vascular evolution
11:20 - 11:40
Viola Willemsen, Wageningen University THE NETHERLANDS
Towards linking PLETHORA transcriptional networks to oriented cell division in
land plants
11:40 - 12:00
Florian Frugier, CNRS FRANCE
Local and systemic regulation of root system development in legume plants
depending on nutrient availability
12:00 - 12:15
Xilan Yang, VIB BELGIUM
Evidence for the independent origin of the endodermis in lycophyte roots
12:15 - 12:30
Zhongyang Wang, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop
Plant Research GERMANY
Genomic Regions Influencing Monocot Embryonic Root Traits
12:30
Organizing committee
Sabrina Sabatini Department of Biology and Biothecnology, University of Rome, La Sapienza sabrina.sabatini@uniroma1.it
Raffaele Dello Ioio Department of Biology and Biothecnology, University of Rome, La Sapienza raffaele.delloioio@uniroma1.it
Riccardo Di Mambro Department of Biology, University of Pisa
riccardo.dimambro@unipi.it
Sabrina Sabatini
Department of Biology and Biothecnology, University of Rome, La Sapienza
sabrina.sabatini@uniroma1.it
Raffaele Dello Ioio
Department of Biology and Biothecnology, University of Rome, La Sapienza
raffaele.delloioio@uniroma1.it
Riccardo Di Mambro
Department of Biology, University of Pisa
riccardo.dimambro@unipi.it
Abstracts
All authors who have submitted an abstract must complete their congress registration.
Abstracts from unregistered authors will be considered with reserve and may be excluded from poster or oral presentation.
The deadline for abstract submission is March 31.
Sponsors
#Rooting2026
Practical
Venue
Riva Marina Resort – CDSHotels
Via della Pineta
72012 Specchiolla (BR)
Italy
Travel by plane
The main airport of Puglia is located in Bari.
More info: Bari airport
An alternative is Brindisi airport, located 40 minutes to the south of Bari.
More info: Brindisi airport
Contact information
Clab Meeting: info@clabmeeting.it
