8.00 – 9.00 a.m.
Registration
9.00 – 9.30 a.m.
OPENING
9.30 – 10.15 a.m.
KEYNOTE INVITED
Nina Gunde-Cimermann
Lichenoid partnerships at the limits of life: from extreme environments to engineered consortia
10.30 – 11.00 a.m. / coffee break
11.00 a.m – 1.15 p.m.
Oral – ID 198
11.00
Wonyong Kim
Chonnam National University
Insights into the biosynthetic pathways of lichen substances
Oral – ID 85
11.15
Maonian Xuxu
University of Iceland
Biochirality of (iso)usnic acid enantiomers in lichens
Oral – ID 126
11.30
Maelys Bollot
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Screening and genome mining for new antifungal compounds from endolichenic fungi
Oral – ID 163
11.45
Grant Nickles
University of Wisconsin -Madison
Reconstructing the evolution of a key fungal isocyanide megasynthase using lichen genomes
Oral – ID 159
12.00
Daniele Armaleo
Duke University
Depside and depsidone biosynthesis comes into focus (II): transcriptome profiling identifies gene networks affected during induction of the depsidone grayanic acid in Cladonia grayi.
Oral – ID 71
12.15
Paul D’Agostino
Helmholtz Institute of Pharmaceutical Research Saarland
Genome mining for prenyltransferases in Rhizonema cyanobionts of Cora and Dictyonema lichens
Flash talk – ID 226
12.30
Ioana Onut Brännström
Uppsla University
From sex to sterility: evolution of mating systems in the lichen-forming fungal family Icmadophilaceae
Flash talk – ID 134
12.35
Claudio Gennaro Ametrano
University of Graz
Comparative genomics of lichen-associated yeasts (Tremellales, Basidiomycota)
Flash talk – ID 197
12.40
Yoshihito Ohmura
National Museum of Nature and Science
Chemical plasticity and genome-wide phylogenetics clarify species limits in the Usnea hakonensis complex
Flash talk – ID 75
12.45
Yan-Yan Wang
Sun Yat-sen University
UmRgs1 of lichen-forming fungus Umbilicaria muhlenbergii mediates symbiotic morphology and secondary metabolite production
Flash talk – ID 135
12.50
Anna Pasinato
University of Padova, LMU Munich
The metabolic divide: fungal genomes reveal an unequal distribution of biosynthetic gene clusters
Flash talk – ID 191
12.55
Ciaran Kelly
University of Cologne
Comparative genomic analyses of antimicrobial proteins encoded by lichen-forming fungi
Flash talk – ID 271
13.00
Mazari Ait Kaci
University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences
Are the two chemotypes of Pseudevernia furfuracea simply a result of combined environmental and herbivory pressures?
Flash talk – ID 34
13.05
Solenn Ferron
CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), University of Rennes
Identification of lichexanthone derivatives in lichen extracts, with particular application to crustose lichens belonging to the genus Myriolecis Clem. (1909)
11.00 a.m – 12.30 a.m.
Oral – ID 28
Yvonne Cariño
11.00
The University of Texas at Arlington
Hidden diversity: the brown-spored script lichens (Graphidaceae) in the Southern Philippines
Flash talk – ID 31
Arun Christy Sebastian
11.15
Research Scholar, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam
Unveiling the lichens of Eravikulam National Park: First insights into the taxonomic inventory of a Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot
Flash talk – ID 36
Thanh Van Le Thi
11.20
University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
Exploring Trypetheliaceae in Vietnam’s lowland dry forests
Flash talk – ID 52
Ermalene Taer
11.25
Central Mindanao University
A global checklist of Porinaceae (Gyalectales)
Flash talk – ID 100
Muhammad Usman
11.30
The Natural History Museum, Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Cromwell Road SW7 5BD, London, United Kingdom
Lichen flora of Deosai Plains Pakistan, the second highest plateau in the world
Oral – ID 101
Matthias Schultz
11.35
Herbarium Hamburgense, Loki Schmidt Botanic Garden, University of Hamburg
Lichens of Dhofar (Oman): diversity, structure, problems
Oral – ID 158
Sandro Debaene
11.50
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Uncovering fungal and algal diversity in the foliicolous lichen family Porinaceae in the South-Western Indian Ocean Region
Oral – ID 305
Gothamie Weerakoon
12.05
The Natural History Museum
Graphidaceae from Sabah (NE Borneo), including six new species
1.00 – 2.00 p.m. / lunch break
2.00 – 3.30 p.m.
Oral (invited) – ID 128
2.00
Todd Widhelm
University of Nebraska State Museum
High-throughput population genomics reveals cryptic species in the Parmotrema perforatum group (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota)
Oral – ID 274
2.15
Jana Steinová
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Czechia
Exploring phantom phenotypes in macrolichens: a RAD-seq perspective on the Cladonia bellidiflora complex
Oral (invited) – ID 341
2.30
Elizabeth Perry
Brigham Young University
Describing biodiversity for lichen genus Circinaria (Megasporaceae, Ascomycota) in western North America
Oral (invited) – ID 242
2.45
David Pizarro
Complutense University of Madrid
Which genes matter? Prioritizing phylogenetic signal in lichenized fungi
Oral (invited) – ID 374
3.00
Zachary Muscavitch
University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 75 N. Eagleville Rd., Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Balancing the partners: dual target capture for integrated lichen phylogenomics
Flash talk – ID 197
3.15
Yoshihito Ohmura
National Museum of Nature and Science
Chemical plasticity and genome-wide phylogenetics clarify species limits in the Usnea hakonensis complex
Flash talk – ID 64
3.20
Lijuan Li
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
From barcodes to multilocus perspectives: species delimitation and lineage structure in Lecanora s. str.
Flash talk – ID 29
3.25
Emilie Porter
University of Alberta
Curated barcode database increases taxonomic resolution and accuracy when metabarcoding biological soil crust mock communities
2.00 – 3.30 p.m.
Oral – ID 179
2.00
Richard Beckett
University of KwaZulu Natal, School of Life Sciences, South Africa
Non-light abiotic stressors can trigger photoprotective quenching in lichens
Oral – ID 116
2.15
Upasana Sharma
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Photosynthetic acclimation of the lichen Parmelia sulcata to a forest light gradient through structural, chemical, and physiological alterations
Oral – ID 170
2.30
Andrea Goss
LMU Munich
Frontloading heat stress transcripts shape lichen resilience to acute thermal excursions.
Oral – ID 174
2.45
Zach Smith
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Determining individuality in three lichen genera using physiological and chemical analyses
Oral – ID 8
3.00
Rosa Celia Poquita Du Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center
Proteomic and physiological observations suggest mixotrophy in Trebouxia
Flash talk – ID 147
3.15
Andreas Beck
Botanische Staatssammlung München, SNSB-BSM
Elemental composition, structure and amount of contact between Xanthoria parietina symbionts
Flash talk – ID 12
3.20
Peter Crittenden
University of Nottingham
Downward translocation of photosynthate in the mat-forming lichen Cladonia portentosa
Flash talk – ID 194
3.25
Cristian Cordero
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Atacama Desert lichens as sources of bioactive molecules: metabolomic profiling and enzyme-inhibition screening of Roccellina cerebriformis and Usnea rubicunda
3.30 – 4.00 p.m.
POSTER SESSION (group 1)
4.00 – 4.30 p.m. / coffee break
4.30 – 5.30 p.m.
Oral (invited) – ID 234
4.30
Einar Timdal
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Species hypotheses in Lecidea and Porpidia, with emphasis on the Fennoscandian species
Oral (invited) – ID 308
4.45
Troy McMullin
Canadian Museum of Nature
Towards a New Phylogeny of Lecideaceae, with an emphasis on the genus Porpidia.
Oral (invited) – ID 68
5.00
Julia Jaskólska
University of Gdańsk
Genetic diversity of Rhizocarpon geographicum group (Ascomycota, Rhizocarpaceae) in Poland
Flash talk – ID 58
5.15
Seth Raynor
University of Colorado Boulder
Lecideoid lichens of the southern Rocky Mountains: corroborating historic non informally described taxa with an integrative taxonomic approach
Flash talk – ID 143
5.20
Ancheng Yin
Goethe University Frankfurt
Advances in research on Psoraceae
4.30 – 5.30 p.m.
Oral – ID 357
4.30
Asuncion De los Rios
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC
Primary succession processes during the colonization of polar lava fields
Oral – ID 173
4.45
Claudia Coleine
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla
Evolutionary legacy and metabolic innovation in lichen-associated bacterial microbiomes from Antarctic endolithic ecosystems
Oral – ID 13
5.00
Arseniy Belosokhov
University of Alberta
Testing vitamin auxotrophies in lichen mycobionts: evaluating genomic predictions with physiological assays
Oral – ID 131
5.15
Henrique Valim
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Lichens in and out of sync: diurnal and circadian rhythms of lichen myco- and photobionts
Oral – 152
5.30
Maria Prieto Alvaro
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
How plasticity and genetic variation shape the adaptive potential of Platismatia glauca