{"id":77,"date":"2025-07-30T19:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:15:29","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<h1>Conference Program<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\" id=\"myTab\" role=\"tablist\">\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n    <button class=\"nav-link active\" id=\"sun-tab\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" data-bs-target=\"#sun\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"sun\" aria-selected=\"true\">Sun, Dec. 13<\/button>\n  <\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n    <button class=\"nav-link\" id=\"mon-tab\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" data-bs-target=\"#mon\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"mon\" aria-selected=\"false\">Mon, Dec. 14<\/button>\n  <\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n    <button class=\"nav-link\" id=\"tues-tab\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" data-bs-target=\"#tues\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tues\" aria-selected=\"false\">Tues, Dec. 15<\/button>\n  <\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n    <button class=\"nav-link\" id=\"wed-tab\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" data-bs-target=\"#wed\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"wed\" aria-selected=\"false\">Wed, Dec. 16<\/button>\n  <\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n    <button class=\"nav-link\" id=\"thurs-tab\" data-bs-toggle=\"tab\" data-bs-target=\"#thurs\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"thurs\" aria-selected=\"false\">Thurs, Dec. 17<\/button>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tab-content\" id=\"myTabContent\">\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade show active\" id=\"sun\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"sun-tab\">\n<div class=\"container mt-5 mb-5 pb-5 shadow rounded\" style=\"background-color: #fff;\">\n<div class=\"row mb-2 pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center pt-3 rounded\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<h2 class=\"text-right\">Sunday, Dec. 13, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>6:00 PM &#8211; 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/08\/Cook_ICLGG.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Featured Conference Talk<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Legume crop wild relatives &#8211; reservoirs of useful genes and potential commercialization targets<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Douglas R. Cook, University of California Davis<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caes.ucdavis.edu\/people\/douglas-cook\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=wBh7lL0AAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading3\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse1\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse3\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading3\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Douglas R. Cook is a Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis, and former Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate Resilient Chickpea. He obtained his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison and completed postdoctoral research at the Carnegie Institution of Washington at Johns Hopkins Univeristy. His research focuses on legume and microbial genomics, emphasizing diversity and evolution in natural systems, and the relevance of wild traits to agriculture. He was instrumental in developing Medicago truncatula as a model system, eventually turning his lab&#8217;s attention to legume crops including chickpea and chickpea&#8217;s pathogens and symbionts. His current work emphasizes improving stress resilience, nitrogen fixation, and protein content in legume crops. He led international genomic initiatives involving chickpea and its crop wild relative initiatives and co founded NuCicer, translating academic outcomes into high protein commercial chickpea varieties. He was named a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in 2018, recognizing papers among the top 1% most cited worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>7:00 PM &#8211; 9:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Welcome Reception<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End of the day-->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"mon\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"mon-tab\">\n<div class=\"container mt-5 mb-5 pb-5 shadow rounded\" style=\"background-color: #fff;\">\n<div class=\"row mb-2 pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center pt-3 rounded\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<h2 class=\"text-right\">Monday, Dec. 14, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>8:30 AM &#8211; 10:00 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Plenary Session 1<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Legume Microbe Interaction<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/MyriamCharpentier_ICLGG_PlenarySpeaker.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>Rewiring nuclear calcium signalling to enhance root legume endosymbioses<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Myriam Charpentier, John Innes Centre, England<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jic.ac.uk\/people\/myriam-charpentier\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/scholar?hl=en&#038;as_sdt=0%2C5&#038;q=myriam+charpentier&#038;oq=\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading6\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse6\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse6\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse6\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading6\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Myriam Charpentier is Professor in the Cell and Developmental Biology Department at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK. She completed her MSc in Plant Genetics and Biotechnology at the University of Paris VII, France, and her PhD in Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. Her research investigates how plant cell nuclei generate and interpret calcium signals in response to biotic, abiotic, nutritional, and developmental cues, with key discoveries on the molecular basis and evolution of nuclear calcium signaling, its role in root development, and the mechanisms controlling endosymbiosis-mediated nuclear calcium signaling. She received the Adam Kondorosi Academia Europaea Award for Early-Career Investigators in 2025 in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to plant calcium signaling and root endosymbiosis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Andrew-Bent_Headshot_ICLGG.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>QTLs to Mechanisms: Dissecting genetically exotic resistance to soybean cyst nematodes<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Andrew F. Bent, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison, USA<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plantpath.wisc.edu\/faculty\/andrew-bent\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=s5xU-JcAAAAJ&#038;hl=en&#038;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading3\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse1\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse3\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading3\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Andrew F. Bent is Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, USA. He received his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1983 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1989. His research focuses on the molecular basis of plant immunity and disease resistance, including soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode, the novel genetic structures and resistance mechanisms underlying Rhg1, the discovery that R genes encode NLR proteins, key findings on PTI immune receptors and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in plant defense, and contributions to the establishment of Arabidopsis and P. syringae as a model pathosystem. He was elected an AAAS Fellow in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/MichaelUdvardi_ICLGG_PlenarySpeaker.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>Increasing symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Australian pulses via predictive breeding<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland, Australia<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/about.uq.edu.au\/experts\/32509\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Yz19c0oAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading5\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse5\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse5\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading5\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Michael Udvardi is Professor of Legume Genomics with the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland, Australia. He earned his Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from the Australian National University in 1989. His research focuses on how plants acquire nitrogen for growth. He has contributed to the understanding of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes, especially of nitrogen transport and metabolism in root nodules, using biochemical, molecular, genetic, and genomic approaches. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012 for his contributions to legume biology, especially symbiotic nitrogen fixation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker-->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:00 AM &#8211; 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Coffee\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:30 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row d-flex\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 1<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Advances of Biotechnology Tools<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saas.pku.edu.cn\/old\/english\/faculty\/all_faculty_members_list\/el\/365821.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Qikun Liu<\/a>, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/patil-lab-ttu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gunvant Patil<\/a>, Texas Tech University<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>CRISPR\/Cas9-enabled trait improvement in alfalfa<\/h5>\n<h6>Jiangqi Wen<\/h6>\n<p>Oklahoma State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Developing Transposable Elements as a Platform for Targeted DNA Integration in Soybean<\/h5>\n<h6>C. Nathan Hancock<\/h6>\n<p>University of South Carolina Aiken<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h6>Kiran Mysore<\/h6>\n<p>Oklahoma State University<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>The development and application of ER-Tag, an inducible CRISPR activation tool<\/h5>\n<h6>Qikun Liu<\/h6>\n<p>Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Single-Cell Atlas of Soybean-AMF Symbiosis Reveals a Novel Metabolic Switch<\/h5>\n<h6>Gunvant Patil<\/h6>\n<p>Texas Tech University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 2<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Forage, Specialty, and Cover Legumes<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu\/people\/christine-diepenbrock\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Diepenbrook<\/a>, \u00a0University of California<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu\/people\/esteban-rios\/\" target=\"_blank\">Esteban Rios<\/a>, University of Florida<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Building a genomics-enabled breeding pipeline for crimson clover<\/h5>\n<h6>Marnin Wolfe<\/h6>\n<p>Auburn University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Genetic Improvement of Alfalfa for Resilient Farming Systems<\/h5>\n<h6>Ariel Odorizzi<\/h6>\n<p>INTA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Identification of novel genes for legume improvement through CRISPR-based genome engineering<\/h5>\n<h6>Gabriela Cynthia Soto<\/h6>\n<p>INTA CONICET<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Collaborative Genomic Resources for Lima Bean Breeding<\/h5>\n<h6>Jenna Hershberger<\/h6>\n<p>Clemson University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>12:00 PM &#8211; 1:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Lunch\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>1:30 PM &#8211; 3:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 3<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Leveraging New Genomes and Pan-Genomes: Biological Insights and Applications<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/research-repository.uwa.edu.au\/en\/persons\/dave-edwards\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Edwards<\/a>, University of Western Australia, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=4ZtXD44AAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Ryoichi Yano<\/a>, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>From Gene-Level Structural Variants to Complex Structural Haplotypes in Soybean Pangenomes<\/h5>\n<h6>Ryoichi Yano<\/h6>\n<p>Institute of Crop Science, NARO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>PanG2P: A pangenome-informed genome-to-phenome framework for trait mapping and prediction<\/h5>\n<h6>Sivasubramani Selvanayagam<\/h6>\n<p>Texas A&#038;M AgriLife<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Genomic Insights into Salt-Alkali Tolerance of Forage Sesbania<\/h5>\n<h6>Gai\tHuang<\/h6>\n<p>Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 4<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Phenomics for Legume Improvement<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=Valerio+Hoyos+Villegas&#038;cvid=df4c1cc69797437dae4cf83e97b552ff&#038;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg7MggIAhDpBxj8VdIBBzE4NmowajSoAgiwAgE&#038;FORM=ANAB01&#038;PC=U531\" target=\"_blank\">Valerio Hoyos Villegas<\/a>, Michigan State University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: Anne Brown, Bayer<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Portable Mueller matrix polarimetric measurements of starch content in soybean leaves<\/h5>\n<h6>Michael Kudenov<\/h6>\n<p>NC State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Application of Electrical Capacitance to Estimation of Root Size under Biotic and Abiotic Stress Conditions<\/h5>\n<h6>Miranda Haus<\/h6>\n<p>MSU<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h6>Juan Osorno<\/h6>\n<p>North Dakota State University<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h6>Sindhuja Sankaran<\/h6>\n<p>Washington State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>3:00 PM &#8211; 3:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Coffee\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>3:00 PM &#8211; 4:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h3>Poster Presentation (Odd Numbers)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>4:30 PM &#8211; 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h3>The Breakthroughs of Genome Technologies Workshop<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hudsonalpha.org\/faculty\/josh-clevenger\/\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Clevenger<\/a>, HudsonAlpha Institute For Biotechnology <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End of the day-->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"tues\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tues-tab\">\n<div class=\"container mt-5 mb-5 pb-5 shadow rounded\" style=\"background-color: #fff;\">\n<div class=\"row mb-2 pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center pt-3 rounded\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<h2 class=\"text-right\">Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>8:30 AM &#8211; 10:00 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Plenary Session 2<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Frontiers in Legume Genetics and Genomics<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Xuelu-Wang_Headshot_ICLGG.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>Integrated Regulation of Carbon Metabolism and Nitrogen Fixation in Soybean<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Xuelu Wang, Henan University, China<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legumelab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=S0L2tD0AAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"headingTwo\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseTwo\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapseTwo\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapseTwo\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingTwo\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Xuelu Wang is a Chang Jiang Scholar at Henan University, Zhengzhou, China. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2000 and completed postdoctoral research at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. His research spans soybean biology, plant hormone signaling networks, growth and development, energy sensing, biological nitrogen fixation, and soybean-microbe interactions. He has led major research projects supported by national funding agencies in China and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Murukarthick-Jayakodi_Headshot_ICLGG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>Faba Bean in the Pangenome Era: Transforming Genetic Diversity into Genetic Gain<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Murukarthick Jayakodi, Texas A&#038;M AgriLife Research, USA<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.tamu.edu\/plant-genomics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ScholarMJ\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading2\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse2\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse2\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading2\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Murukarthick Jayakodi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&#038;M University and a researcher with Texas A&#038;M AgriLife Research in Dallas, Texas, USA. He earned his B.Tech. from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in 2010, his M.S. from Seoul National University in 2014, and his Ph.D. from Seoul National University in 2018. His research examines the genetic basis of phenotypic variation and disease resistance in legumes and perennial grasses, with the goal of enabling predictive, genome-informed crop improvement. He has contributed to major genomics resources and breeding tools in legumes and was awarded the 2022 Leibniz Best Minds: Leibniz Junior Research Groups prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/09\/Scott-Jackson_ICLGG.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>A design approach to improving legumes<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Scott A. Jackson, University of Georgia, USA<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cropsoil.uga.edu\/people\/faculty\/scott-jackson.html\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ZWROIxAAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading10\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse9\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse10\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading10\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Scott A. Jackson is the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Synthetic Biology in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia. He received his master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in plant breeding and plant genetics from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison in 1996 and 1999, respectively, followed by postdoctoral training at the University of Minnesota. His research centers on crop genome sequencing, comparative genomics, polyploid evolution, domestication, and genomics-enabled breeding, particularly in legumes. He led projects for soybean, common bean, and peanut and contributed to chickpea and pigeonpea genome studies. His current program incorporates synthetic biology and computational modeling for crop improvement. Jackson received the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 2002 and was elected as an AAAS Fellow in 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker-->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:00 AM &#8211; 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Coffee\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:30 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 5<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Plant Defense<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/plannet.wsu.edu\/feng-feng\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feng Feng<\/a>, Oklahoma State University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=Mamta+Sharma+PLANT&#038;qs=n&#038;form=QBRE&#038;sp=-1&#038;ghc=1&#038;lq=0&#038;pq=mamta+sharma+plant&#038;sc=10-18&#038;sk=&#038;cvid=46093FF20712492EAFDDF732C869C549\" target=\"_blank\">Mamta Sharma<\/a>, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Purinergic signaling: More important than generally recognized.<\/h5>\n<h6>Gary\tStacey<\/h6>\n<p>University of Missouri<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics for engineering nitrogen fixation in cowpea<\/h5>\n<h6>Jawahar\tSingh<\/h6>\n<p>University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU), Cambridge, UK<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Transposon silencing of an avirulence effector in Ascochyta rabiei contributes to widespread virulence of chickpea Ascochyta blight<\/h5>\n<h6>Robert\tLee<\/h6>\n<p>Curtin University<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Characterization of Chickpea Germplasm for Major Diseases to Accelerate Genomics-Assisted Improvement and Plant Defense<\/h5>\n<h6>Mamta\tSharma<\/h6>\n<p>International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>\u03b2-Glucan Perception Integrates Plant Immunity and Symbiosis Signaling<\/h5>\n<h6>Feng\tFeng<\/h6>\n<p>Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 6<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Legume Products, Seed Composition and Biology<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/ibba.cnr.it\/en\/staff\/eleonora-cominelli\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eleonora Cominelli<\/a>, Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/lifesci.sdu.edu.cn\/english\/info\/1110\/1247.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Chuanen Zhou<\/a>, Shandong University<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Key Agronomic Traits in Alfalfa<\/h5>\n<h6>Chuanen\tZhou<\/h6>\n<p>Shandong University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>The cooking time of dry beans: the role of postharvest handling<\/h5>\n<h6>Karen\tCichy<\/h6>\n<p>USDA-ARS<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Functional analysis of Pectin Acetylesterase 8 in Common Bean, Pea and Chickpea<\/h5>\n<h6>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric\tMarsolais<\/h6>\n<p>Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>12:00 PM &#8211; 1:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Lunch\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>1:30 PM &#8211; 3:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 7<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Abiotic Stress Biology<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/ibt.unam.mx\/perfil\/1555\/dra-alejandra-alicia-covarrubias-robles\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandra Covarrubias<\/a>, National Autonomous University of Mexico<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/ucr.edu\/koeniglab\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Konig<\/a>, University of California<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Perspectives on the plant phenotype in crop stands: thermodynamics, GEM, trait integration, phenotypic plasticity<\/h5>\n<h6>Victor\tSadras<\/h6>\n<p>Shandong University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6>Sunita\tChoudhary<\/h6>\n<p>International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>A chromosome-scale reference genome and single-nucleus root atlas reveal constitutive coastal adaptation in a wild legume<\/h5>\n<h6>Bao-Hua\tSong<\/h6>\n<p>University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 8<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Symbiosis<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legumegenetics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonali Roy<\/a>, Tennessee State University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=Georgina+Hernandez+PLANT&#038;FORM=AWRE\" target=\"_blank\">Georgina Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, National Autonomous University of Mexico<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Sending the Right Signals : The Molecular Basis of Flavonoid Specificity in the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis<\/h5>\n<h6>Jeremy Murray<\/h6>\n<p>Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Shanghai, China<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6>Dong Wang<\/h6>\n<p>University of Massachusetts at Amherst<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h6>Luis C\u00e1rdenas<\/h6>\n<p>National University of M\u00e9xico (UNAM)<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h6>Sonali Roy<\/h6>\n<p>Tennessee State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 mt-4 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>3:00 PM &#8211; 3:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Coffee\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>3:00 PM &#8211; 4:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h3>Poster Presentation (Even Numbers)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>4:30 PM &#8211; 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h3>Legume Value Chain Workshop<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu\/faculty-directory\/barry-tillman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barry Tillman<\/a>, University of Florida<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End of the day-->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"wed\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"wed-tab\">\n<div class=\"container mt-5 mb-5 pb-5 shadow rounded\" style=\"background-color: #fff;\">\n<div class=\"row mb-2 pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center pt-3 rounded\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<h2 class=\"text-right\">Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>8:30 AM &#8211; 10:00 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Plenary Session 3<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Biodiversity, Evolution, and Domestication<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/David-Bertioli_ICLGG_2026.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>How evolutionary history set in motion peanut&#8217;s genetic adventure<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. David Bertioli, University of Georgia, USA<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wildpeanutlab.uga.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=iZ-1G_kAAAAJ&#038;hl=pt-BR\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading8\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse8\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse8\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse8\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading8\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. David Bertioli is Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA, and a Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator. He received his B.Sc. in Botany from the University of Durham, UK, and his Ph.D. in Virology from the University of Oxford, UK. His research focuses on the genetics, genomics, and evolution of peanuts and their wild relatives, with major contributions to sequencing the diploid ancestor genomes and the complete cultivated peanut genome, and to identifying wild-species genes conferring resistance to diseases and root parasites. He has led major internationally funded projects on peanut improvement, including grants from the Gates Foundation and Mars Global.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Cheng-Ruei_ICLGG_PlenarySpeaker.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>The domestication and range expansion of adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Cheng-Ruei Lee, National Taiwan University, China<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/chengrueilee\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=XGhy0ZUAAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading4\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse4\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse4\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading4\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Cheng-Ruei Lee is Professor in the Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree from National Taiwan Normal University in 2005 and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 2013. His research focuses on the population genetics of crop evolution, including the spatiotemporal patterns of domestication and post-domestication expansion, the interplay among crop genetics, archaeology, and human culinary culture, and complex domestication processes involving human selection, ecological adaptation, and secondary wild-cultigen hybridization in Asian legumes such as adzuki (Vigna angularis) and mungbean (V. radiata). He was elected an EMBO Global Investigator in 2020 and has received multiple national research awards in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Roberto-Papa_ICLGG_2026.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h4>Dr. Roberto Papa <\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.univpm.it\/roberto.papa\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=JcpfaYgAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Profile<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading9\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse9\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse9\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse9\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading9\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Roberto Papa is Full Professor of Agricultural Genetics in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A) at Universit\u00e0 Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. He received his Laurea in Agricultural Sciences from the Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Perugia, Italy, in 1989 and his Ph.D. from the Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Sassari, Italy, in 1992. His research focuses on plant population genetics, crop evolution, and domestication, with particular emphasis on legumes and cereals, integrating genomics, molecular markers, and biodiversity approaches to study adaptation, gene flow, and genetic resource conservation. He coordinated the EU H2020 INCREASE project on food legume genetic resources, which received the Grand Prize of the European Union Prize for Citizen Science in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker-->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:00 AM &#8211; 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Coffee\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:30 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 9<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>GWAS, Genetic Mapping, and Gene Discovery<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=Peggy+Ozias-Akins&#038;cvid=d05a579ad19a434886461983d892269a&#038;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQABhAMgYIAhAAGEAyBggDEEUYOzIGCAQQRRg7MggIBRDpBxj8VdIBBzMxMWowajSoAgiwAgE&#038;FORM=ANAB01&#038;PC=U531\" target=\"_blank\">Peggy Ozias-Akins<\/a>, University of Georgia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/cafnr.missouri.edu\/directory\/kristin-bilyeu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kristin Bilyeu<\/a>, USDA-ARS<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Esteban Rios<\/h6>\n<p>University of Florida<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Applied Genomics for Legume Improvement<\/h5>\n<h6>KristinBilyeu<\/h6>\n<p>USDA\/University of Missouri<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 10<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Gene Expression Regulation<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/ips2.u-psud.fr\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Guillotin<\/a>, IPS2-Institute of Plant Sciences of Paris-Saclay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanglabuf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jianping Wang<\/a>, University of Florida<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Differential Response of Soybean Leaf Guard Cells in response to Stress Combination<\/h5>\n<h6>Marc Libault<\/h6>\n<p>University of Missouri<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>From duplication to divergence: decoding gene expression evolution in soybean using single-cell genomics and deep learning<\/h5>\n<h6>Xiang Li<\/h6>\n<p>University of Georgia<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Form, Flowering, and Fate: FT and SOC1 genes as novel regulators of Architecture and Reproductive Development in Field Pea<\/h5>\n<h6>Eduardo Burillo Richart<\/h6>\n<p>University of Tasmania, School of Biological Sciences, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.<br \/>ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, Australia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>12:00 PM &#8211; 1:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Lunch\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>1:30 PM &#8211; 3:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 11<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Germplasm, Diversity, Evolution, and Domestication<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=Baohua+Song+PLANT&#038;FORM=AWRE\" target=\"_blank\">Baohua Song<\/a>, University of North Carolina<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=Maria+Munoz+Amatrian&#038;cvid=08fd9ea819144e49b47d4ef67f5397a6&#038;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg7MggIAhDpBxj8VdIBCTI4MDEzajBqNKgCALACAA&#038;FORM=ANAB01&#038;PC=U531\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Munoz Amatrian<\/a>, University of Leon<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Rebuilding peanut diversity: from wild genomes to breeding-ready alleles<\/h5>\n<h6>Soraya\tLeal-Bertioli<\/h6>\n<p>University of Georgia Athens<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Genetics and genomics of germplasm collections of legumes of West Africa<\/h5>\n<h6>Michael\tAbberton<\/h6>\n<p>International Institute of Tropical Agriculture<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Mining cowpea germplasm collections for adaptation to abiotic stresses<\/h5>\n<h6>Maria\tMu\u00f1oz-Amatriain<\/h6>\n<p>Universidad de Leon<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>TBD<\/h5>\n<h6>Valerio\tHoyos-Villegas<\/h6>\n<p>Michigan State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 12<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Developmental Genomics, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.utas.edu.au\/jim.weller\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Weller<\/a>, University of Tasmania<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/bondlsc.missouri.edu\/person\/marc-libault\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Libault<\/a>, University of Missouri<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Root nodule tomography<\/h5>\n<h6>Jens\tStougaard<\/h6>\n<p>Aarhus University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>Integrating Sesbania rostrata Genome Assembly and Single-Cell Transcriptomics to Resolve the Functional and Developmental Landscape of Nitrogen-Fixing Stem Nodules.<\/h5>\n<h6>Haofei\tLuo<\/h6>\n<p>Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>4D spatial transcriptomics reveals nodule identity emerges through stacked parallel developmental programs<\/h5>\n<h6>Min-Yao\tJhu<\/h6>\n<p>Donald Danforth Plant Science Center<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Discovery of novel peptides controlling root development and symbiosis in the model legume Medicago truncatula<\/h5>\n<h6>Bruno\tGuillotin<\/h6>\n<p>Institute of Plant Sciences &#8211; Paris-Saclay<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>A Cross-Species Single-Cell Atlas Links a Medicago Pericycle-Specific Program to Root Nodule Symbiosis across Legumes<\/h5>\n<h6>Wendell\tPereira<\/h6>\n<p>University of Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 mt-4 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>3:00 PM &#8211; 3:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Coffee\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>3:30 PM &#8211; 5:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 13<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Microbiome and Agricultural Applications<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finkel-lab.com\/people\" target=\"_blank\">Omri Finkel<\/a>, Hebrew University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/pacific-west-area\/pullman-wa\/grain-legume-genetics-physiology-research\/docs\/yurgel-svetlana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Svetlana Yurgel<\/a>, USDA-ARS<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Mechanisms underlying inefficient symbiosis in pea and lentil production agriculture<\/h5>\n<h6>Barney\tGeddes<\/h6>\n<p>North Dakota State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>A rhizobial trickster: a denitrifying symbiont attenuates nitrate suppression of nodulation<\/h5>\n<h6>Moshe\tAlon<\/h6>\n<p>Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>A Sinorhizobium meliloti with significantly reduced pSymA has contrasting effects on nitrogen fixation efficiency and compatibility across the Medicago genus.<\/h5>\n<h6>Amanda\tJason<\/h6>\n<p>Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 14<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Data Sciences and Community Resources<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair:<a href=\"https:\/\/cropsciences.illinois.edu\/directory\/mhudson\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Hudson<\/a>, University of Illinois<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcb.iastate.edu\/people\/steven-cannon\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Cannon<\/a>, United States Department of Agriculture Washington<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Integrative legume genomics: comparative, functional, and breeding\u2011ready data resources<\/h5>\n<h6>Jacqueline\tCampbell<\/h6>\n<p>USDA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>The Soybean Pangenome Project: Progress and the Case for Moving Beyond a Single Reference<\/h5>\n<h6>Samuel\tMintah<\/h6>\n<p>University of Illinois Urbana Champaign<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>The Pulse Crop Database: A knowledge for pulse crop research and improvement<\/h5>\n<h6>Jodi\tHumann<\/h6>\n<p>Washington State University<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>A pangenome at work: how harnessing local graphs can support applied peanut breeding programs<\/h5>\n<h6>Hallie\tWright<\/h6>\n<p>HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5>Community Resources Provided Through Genome-Wide Association Studies of a Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Diversity Panel for Selected Agronomic and Nutritional Quality Traits<\/h5>\n<h6>George\tVandemark<\/h6>\n<p>USDA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>7:00 PM &#8211; 9:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h3>Conference Dinner<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End of the day--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"thurs\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"thurs-tab\">\n<div class=\"container mt-5 mb-5 pb-5 shadow rounded\" style=\"background-color: #fff;\">\n<div class=\"row mb-2 pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center pt-3 rounded\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<h2 class=\"text-right\">Thursday, Dec. 17, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>8:30 AM &#8211; 10:00 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Plenary Session 4<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Translational Genomics for Crop Improvement<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Stig-Uggerhoj-Andersen_Headshot_ICLGG.jpg\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>Faba bean multi-omics for crop improvement<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Stig Uggerh\u00f8j Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mbg.au.dk\/forskning\/forskningsomraader\/plantemolekylaerbiologi\/stig-uggerhoej-andersen\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=wAgtbFwAAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"headingThree\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseThree\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapseThree\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapseThree\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingThree\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Stig Uggerh\u00f8j Andersen is Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University, Denmark. He received his MSc in Molecular Biology from Aarhus University in 2002 and his PhD in Molecular Biology from Aarhus University in 2004. His research investigates natural variation in legumes, especially <em>Lotus japonicus<\/em>, white clover, and faba bean, to identify signatures of selection and uncover the genetic basis of important traits, with particular emphasis on plant-microbe interactions. His group combines high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics, and experimental validation to study legume interactions with rhizobia and soil microbial communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Jianxin-Ma_Headshot_ICLGG.png\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>Soybean Translational Genomics &#8211; from Natural Variation to Targeted Mutation <\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Jianxin Ma, Purdue University, USA <\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/directory\/maj\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=hGFwT5sAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Google Scholar Link<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading1\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse1\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse1\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading1\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Jianxin Ma is Professor and Indiana Soybean Alliance Chair in Soybean Improvement in the Department of Agronomy and Center for Plant Biology at Purdue University, USA. He received his B.S. from Laiyang Agricultural University in 1993, his M.S. from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1996, and his Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1999. His research focuses on soybean structural and functional genomics, including genome evolution, domestication, and the genes and regulatory networks underlying key agronomic traits. He was elected an AAAS Fellow in 2018, and his group has made important contributions to understanding small-RNA-mediated regulation of soybean nodulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pwd.aa.ufl.edu\/iclgg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/04\/Sukhjiwan-Kaur_ICLGG_PlenarySpeaker.png\" alt=\"speaker headshot\" class=\"img-fluid headshots shadow\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<h3>From Genomes to Genetic Gain<\/h3>\n<h4>Dr. Sukhjiwan Kaur, Agriculture Victoria, Australia <\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholars.latrobe.edu.au\/s5kaur\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Lab Website<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion\" class=\"myaccordion\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div id=\"heading7\" class=\"card-header\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\"><button style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"d-flex text-left align-items-center justify-content-between mybtn btn-link collapsed\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse7\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse7\">View Bio<span class=\"fa fa-stack\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle-thin fa-stack-2x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-angle-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse7\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading7\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p>Dr. Sukhjiwan Kaur is Research Leader in Plant Genetic Improvement at Agriculture Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, and Principal Research Fellow (joint appointment) at La Trobe University. She received her B.S. from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, in 1997, her M.S. from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, in 2000, and her Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2006. Her research integrates genomics, quantitative genetics, statistical modelling, and high-throughput phenotyping to improve yield stability, stress tolerance, and climate resilience. Dr. Kaur has led Australian contributions to multiple international genome sequencing consortia for lentil, pea, and faba bean. She currently serves as a Member of the Board of the Australasian Plant Breeding Association.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--end speaker-->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 mt-4 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:00 AM &#8211; 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 m-2 p-4 rounded\" style=\"background-color: #d6c3a34d;\">\n<h3>Coffee\/Sponsor Exhibition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 pt-3 pb-3 mt-3 mb-3 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>10:30 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 15<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>MAS, GS, and Breeding<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/icrisat.org\/about\/team\/dr-janila-pasupuleti\" target=\"_blank\">Janila Pasupuleti<\/a>, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu\/people\/diego-jarquin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diego Jarquin<\/a>, University of Florida<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: Katherine Nebel, Bayer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 rounded p-4 m-2\" style=\"background-color:#96d27e14;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-success\">Parallel Session 16<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Epigenetics and Epigenomes<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/sejong.elsevierpure.com\/en\/persons\/kyung-do-kim\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kyungdo Kim<\/a>, Sejong University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-light text-dark\">Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibt.unam.mx\/perfil\/3139\/dr-jos-luis-reyes-taboada\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Luis Reyes<\/a>, Instituto de Biotecnolog\u00eda,\u00a0UNAM<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-2 rounded\" style=\"background-color:#ffc1072b;\">\n<span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-warning text-dark\">Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Fine-tuning root architecture for drought resilience: a microRNA regulating cluster root development in white lupin<\/h5>\n<h6>Soledad\tTraubenik<\/h6>\n<p>Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>A cell-type-resolved cis-regulatory atlas for engineering soybean seed composition<\/h5>\n<h6>Xuan\tZhang<\/h6>\n<p>University of Georgia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pr-5 pl-5 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-clock icon-orange\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>12:00 PM &#8211; 1:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h3>Award Ceremony<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End of the day--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference Program Sun, Dec. 13 Mon, Dec. 14 Tues, Dec. 15 Wed, Dec. 16 Thurs, Dec. 17 Sunday, Dec. 13, 2026 6:00 PM &#8211; 7:00 PM Featured Conference Talk Legume crop wild relatives &#8211; reservoirs of useful genes and potential commercialization targets Dr. Douglas R. 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