12:00 - 13:45 Registration

12:00 - 13:45 Put up posters (Room 2)

09:00 - 9:50 Session 4 (chair: Takayuki Kohchi)
Jiawei Wang (CEMPS/Chinese Academy of Sciences) 20
Overcoming annotation challenges: the second generation cell atlas of Marchantia polymorpha

Yoshihiro Yoshitake (Kyoto University) 12
Evolution of the photoperiod-dependent growth phase transition mechanisms in land plants

Takeru Kumagai (Kyoto University) 12
Elucidation of molecular mechanisms of germline differentiation of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha using snRNA-seq analysis

10:05 - 11:20 Session 5 (chair: John L. Bowman)
Keiji Nakajima (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) 15
Three-dimensional morphological analysis revealed the cell patterning bases for the sexual dimorphism development in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha

Yen-Ting Lu (University of Tokyo) 12
The U-chromosomal MpEMU gene is essential for egg cell differentiation in Marchantia polymorpha 

Bo Xu (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) 20
Rewiring of genetic network underlying male gametogenesis during land plant evolution

Tom Dierschke (University of Zurich) 12
Conservation of sporophyte secondary cell wall development and pectin biosynthesis in land plants by Class II KNOX

Jonathan Levins (Monash University) 12
Unraveling the Role of MpbHLH37 in Spore Development and Sporopollenin Biosynthesis in Marchantia polymorpha

11:20 - 13:15 Lunch / Photo

13:15 - 14:50 Session 6 (chair: Kimitsune Ishizaki)
Yuchen Long (National University of Singapore) 20
Spatiotemporal dynamics of Marchantia thallus morphogenesis

Eva-Sophie Wallner (Gregor Mendel Institute) 20
Reproducibly oriented cell divisions pattern the first flat body structures to set up dorsoventrality and de novo meristem formation in Marchantia polymorpha

Naoya Kamamoto (Hiroshima University) 12
Apical stem cell shape-mediated body symmetry diversity in 3D mechano-geometrical model

Masaki Shimamura (Hiroshima University) 12
Elucidation of reproductive isolation mechanisms between the two sympatric species of Marchantia through the artificial crossing experiments 

Minako Ueda (Tohoku University) 25
Live-cell imaging of Marchantia zygote

15:10 - 16:20 Session 7 (chair: Takashi Ueda)
Takehiko Kanazawa (National Institute for Basic Biology) 20
The oil body formation in Marchantia polymorpha requires secretory activity

Juan Carlos De la Concepción (Gregor Mendel Institute) 15
Electrostatic changes enabled the diversification of an exocyst subunit via protein complex escape

Kuan-Ju Lu (National Chung Hsing University) 15
Exploring the plasmodesmata permeability in the liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha

Facundo Romani (University of Cambridge) 15
Cyclin-dependent regulation of cell division in Marchantia polymorpha

16:40 - 17:40 Session 8 (chair: Chihiro Furumizu)
Weizhi Ouyang (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) 15
Extensive N4 Cytosine Methylation is Essential for Marchantia Sperm Function

Tetsuya Hisanaga (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) 15
Molecular interactions between male and female genomes during zygote development in Marchantia polymorpha

Yoko Ikeda (IPSR, Okayama University) 15
Regulation of DNA de-methylation in Marchantia polymorpha

Barbara da Costa (Gregor Mendel Institute) 12
Epigenetic reprogramming at meiosis

09:00 - 10:05 Session 9 (chair: Ryuichi Nishihama)
Kazuyuki Kuchitsu (Tokyo University of Science) 20
Interrelationship among Ca2+, ROS and electrical signals in the rapid long-distance propagation in Marchantia polymorpha

Nadra Tabassum (University of Dhaka) 12
Exploring S-nitrosoglutathione reductase function in the non-vascular plant, Marchantia polymorpha

Hyung-Woo Jeon (POSTECH) 15
Contrasting and conserved roles of NPR pathways in diverged land plant lineages 

Nora Gutsche (Osnabrück University) 15
Interplay of the TGA transcription factor MpTGA and its co-regulators in Marchantia polymorpha

10:20 - 11:25 Session 10 (chair: Masaki Shimamura)
Daisuke Takezawa (Saitama University) 20
Forward genetic studies of abscisic acid signaling in Marchantia polymorpha 

Masami Hirai (RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science) 15
Functions of the phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis in development of Marchantia polymorpha

Shota Yamauchi (Tokyo University of Science) 12
Analysis of subcellular dynamics of the B4 Raf-like kinase PRAF in Marchantia polymorpha 

Eftychios Frangedakis (Rikkyo University) 15
RR-MYB‐related transcription factors control chloroplast biogenesis

11:30 - 13:00 Lunch