Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Session 3
Theme: Nanosensors and Nanodevices in Agriculture
Session Chairs: Prof. Vasileios Fotopoulos and Prof. Ajayan Vinu
9:15 - 10:00
Plenary Talk: Prof. Michael S. Strano
Title: Applications of Nanoparticles in Plant Biology: Nanocarriers and Nanosensors
10:00 - 10:30
Invited Talk: Prof. Sebastian Kruss
Title: Near infrared imaging and sensing for precision agriculture
10:30 - 11:00
Invited Talk: Prof. Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque
Title: What does the field need from Nanotechnology? Agronomic demands and the development of effective nanodevices
11:20 - 11:50
Invited Talk: Prof. Alfredo Ambrosone
Title: Plant-Targeted and plant-derived nanotools: Toward Sustainable Agriculture in a One Health Framework
11:50 - 12:20
Invited Talk: Prof. Małgorzata Jędryczka
Title: Can nanosensors detect fungicide resistance from the Phoma leaf spot/stem canker pathogens?
12:20- 12:35
Oral Talk: Prof. Tomasz Pniewski
Title: Virus-Like Particles formed by plant-produced HBcAg as a vaccine and a carrier of epitopes and nanoparticles.
12:35 - 13:35
Lunch Break
Session 4
Theme: Session 4: Plant Biology-nanotechnology Interface
Session Chairs: Prof. Sebastian Kruss and Prof. S. K. Nataraj
13:35 - 14:20
Plenary Talk: Prof. Markita Landry
Title: Advances plant bioengineering with cell penetrating peptides
14:20 - 14:50
Invited Talk: Prof. Dariusz Kulus
Title: Applications of nanoparticles in horticultural plant biotechnology: Enhancing propagation, breeding, and cryoconservation
14:50 - 15:20
Invited Talk: Prof. Zsuzsanna Kolbert (Online)
Title: Plant naNObiology: nitric oxide signal in plant-nanoparticle interactions
15:20 - 15:50
Invited Talk: Prof. Izabela Jośko (Online)
Title: The ENP-Plant Nexus: How Nanoparticle Transformations Shape Their Interactions
15:50 - 16:05
Oral Talk: Prof. Lidia Błaszczyk
Title: MicroRNA molecules involved in the dialogue between bread wheat and beneficial and harmful fungi.
16:20 - 16:35
Oral Talk: Dr. Lakshmipathy Muthukrishnan
Title: From Medicinal Plant to Multifunctional Material: Valorisation of Hypericum perforatum in Nanocomposite Engineering
16:35 - 16:50
Oral Talk: Dr. Alicja Tymoszuk
Title: CdS, Co3O4, and Fe3O4@Co NPs in chrysanthemum breeding: in vitro morphogenesis, physiological, genetic and phenotypic effects
16:50- 18:00
Poster Presentation
18:00 - 22:00
Programme and Networking Dinner