Regular Activities

STOC Plant Drives the New Era of Plant Science

Address: Zhongguancun International Innovation CenterBeijing, China Time:November 27-30,2025

November 28,09:00-12:15 Topic 1: Mapping Plant Resilience
09:00-09:30

Rhizoid formation in Marchantia at criticality

Marta Ibañes University of Barcelona

09:30-10:00

Cell-type diversity and specialized functions of the phloem

Jiyun Kim Sungkyunkwan University

10:30-11:00

Fabalus resilience: Spatial Hormonal Networks in Legume Root Development

Wouter Kohlen Wageningen University

11:00-11:30

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics reveals a stereoscopic response of rice tissues to fungal pathogen infection

Jun Liu China Agricultural University

11:30-12:15

Panel discussion

November 28,14:00-17:15 Topic 2: Unlocking Plant Resilience
14:00-14:30

Harnessing microbiome in soil-plant continuum

Yong-Guan Zhu Research Center for Eco￾Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

14:30-15:00

Environmental DNA (eDNA) studies of terrestrial ecosystems in Western Australia: Past, present, and future

Paul Nevill Curtin University

15:30-16:00

Plant resilience and climate adaptation through a genomics lens

Margaret Byrne The University of Western Australia

16:00-16:30

Harnessing the power of genetics to restore resilient ecosystems

Peter Harrison EcoAdapt Consulting

16:30-17:15

Panel discussion

November 28,08:45-10:00 Workshop 1: Single-cell Multi-omics Toward Understanding Plant Functions and Phenotypes
08:45-09:00

The cytogenomic analysis reveals the dynamic topology of synaptonemal complex during maize meiosis

Yan He Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

09:00-09:15

In-depth guard cell proteomics and phosphoproteomics

Pengcheng Wang Southern University of Science and Technology

09:15-09:30

Melatonin: a priming phytohormone beyond the circadian rhythm in plant stomatal immunity

Yangyang Li Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

09:30-09:45

Leaf senescence: a perspective at single-cell level

Wei Yan Southern University of Science and Technology

09:45-10:00

Novel Methods for Multi-Omics Analysis of Single Cells via Selective Enrichment and LC-MS/MS

Huiming Yuan Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

November 28,10:30-12:15 Workshop 2: Spatial Omics for wheat and beyond
10:30-10:45

Current Progress and Future Perspective in Wheat Spatial Omics

Zhong-Hua Chen The University of Adelaide

10:45-11:00

Dissection of quantitative traits and candidate genes identification in wheat

Shubing Liu Shandong Agricultural University

11:00-11:15

Spatial transcriptomics reveals key regions controlling spikelet architecture in developing wheat spikes

Scott Boden The University of Adelaide

11:15-11:30

Metagenome-Derived Beneficial Microbes that Enhance Wheat Growth

in Rainfed Cropping Systems

Yi Zhou The University of Adelaide

11:30-11:45

Regional-Specific Responses of Wheat Adventitious Roots to

Waterlogging Stress

Lingzhen Ye Zhejiang University

11:45-12:00

Heat shock factor TaHSFA6e interacts with TaNAC019 to activate TaHSP70 expression and positively contributes to salt stress in wheat

Weiwei Guo Qingdao Agricultural University

12:00-12:15

Discovery of Powdery Mildew Resistance Genes and Germplasm Innovation in Wild Emmer Wheat

Keyu Zhu Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

November 28,14:00-16:30 Workshop 3: The Full Stack of Stereo-seq: From Technology to Discovery
14:00-14:20

Pushing Spatial Omics to New Frontiers: Stereo-seq at Nanoscale Resolution

Ao Chen State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI Research

14:20-14:40

DCS Cloud Empowers Single-cell & STOmics Scientific Research

Yong Zhang State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI

Research

14:40-15:00

Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics reveal the cell populations of intercalary meristems in bamboo

Hansheng Zhao International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan

15:30-15:50

Research on Spatiotemporal Single-Cell Omics Algorithms and Cell Foundation Models

Shuangsang Fang State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI Research

15:50-16:10

STOmicsDB : Standards for SpatioTemporal Omics Data

Xiaofeng Wei State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI Research

16:10-16:30

SpotGF: Denoising spatially resolved transcriptomics data using an

optimal transport-based gene filtering algorithm

Hai-Xi Sun State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies,BGI Research

November 29, 08:30-09:30 Remarks and Big Science Project Launch Ceremony
08:30-08:40

Remarks

08:40-09:10

STOC Plant Annual Report: Consortium Progress and STOmics Technology Updates

Xun Xu

09:10-09:15

Launch Ceremony of Wheat Spatialtemporal Atlas Project

09:15-09:30

Group Photo

November 29,09:30-10:30 Keynote
09:30-10:00

Decoding Genomes, Driving Impact: Translational Genomics for Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture

Rajeev Varshney Murdoch University

10:00-10:30

Gene selection during soybean global dissemination and improvement

Zhixi Tian Yazhouwan National Laboratory

November 29,10:50-12:10 Session 3: Plant Spatiotemporal Omics: Tools and Algorithms
10:50-11:10

Neuroinflammation and cancer-immune cells at single-cell resolution and within spatial morphological tissue context

Quan Nguyen The University of Queensland

11:10-11:30

Spatially resolved mapping of cells associated with human complex traits

Jian Yang Westlake University

11:30-11:50

Gene program-based annotation of high-density spatial transcriptomes

Shisong Ma University of Science and Technology of China

11:50-12:10

Single-nucleus Transcriptomics Reveal Cell-type specific Circadian Rhythms in Arabidopsis

Jixian Zhai Southern University of Science and Technology

November 29,14:00-15:55 Session 4: Spatiotemporal Omics & Plant Organ Development
14:00-14:20

The Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Cell Totipotency

Ying Hua Su Shandong Agricultural University

14:20-14:40

Circadian Regulation of Cotton Fiber Development

Kun Wang Wuhan University

14:40-15:00

Evolution and development of the simplest flower

Christian Siadjeu University of Mainz

15:00-15:20

Super-resolution single-cell spatial atlas of plant de novo regeneration

Bosheng Li Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences

15:20-15:35

Spatial domain-specific analysis of Photoperiod-1 regulatory networks identifies new candidate genes controlling wheat spike development

Yue Qu The University of Adelaide

15:35-15:55

Decoding the Cellular Spatiotemporal Dogma in Plant Development

Keke Xia State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI Research

November 29,16:20-18:00 Session 5: Spatiotemporal Omics & Plant-Environment Interactions
16:20-16:40

Single cell transcriptomics to understand plant-pathogen interactions

Wenbo Ma The Sainsbury Laboratory

16:40-17:00

Proximity labeling mass spectrometry (PL-MS) in plant biology

Zhiyong Wang Stanford University

17:00-17:20

Spatiotemporal Expression and Functional Dynamics of Phytosulfokine Receptor (PSKR) in ABA Signaling and Leaf Senescence

Ananda Mustafiz South Asian University

17:20-17:40

Spatiotemporal multi-omics map plant pathogen defense networks during early infection

Jian Ye Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

17:40-18:00

Sending the Right Signals: The Molecular Basis of Flavonoid Specificity in the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis

Jeremy Murray Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

November 30,08:30-09:30 Keynote
08:30-09:00

Spatial omics for food security

Robert Henry The University of Queensland

09:00-09:30

Pan-Multi-Omics in Wheat: what can we learn?

Manuel Spannagl Helmholtz Munich

November 30,09:50-11:10 Session 6: Plant Spatiotemporal Omics: AI and Big Data
09:50-10:10

Rational design and robotic breeding of climate-smart crops

Cao Xu Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

10:10-10:30

Hypernetwork inference of dynamic biosystems from big static data

Rongling Wu Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications

10:30-10:50

Human Genome Foundation Model: An Open Science Project in Zhejiang Lab

Kai Ding Zhejiang Lab

10:50-11:10

Towards cells in silico

Ge Gao Peking University

November 30,13:00-14:00 Keynote
13:00-13:30

Integrated Omics for Studying Plant Metabolism in the Age of AI

Jing-Ke Weng Northeastern University

13:30-14:00

pH-mediated cell-cell communication primes disease resistance in plants

Jianmin Zhou Yazhouwan National Laboratory

November 30,14:00-15:40 Session 7: Spatiotemporal Omics & Plant Metabolism
14:00-14:20

Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Regulatory Network of Metabolism in Rice

Jie Luo Yazhouwan National Laboratory

14:20-14:40

Deciphering the Plant Specialized Metabolism by Single-Cell

Evangelos Tatsis Hainan University

14:40-15:00

ShinyCardinal: A Comprehensive Platform for Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data Analysis

Yonghui Dong Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

15:00-15:20

Decoding the chemical universe of plants with machine learning

Tomáš Pluskal Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences

15:20-15:40

Spatial Metabolite Mapping for Pathway Discovery in Ethnobotanical Plants

Paula Berman Volcani Institute

November 30,16:00-17:00 Session 8: Journal Journey
16:00-16:20

The driving force of GigaScience in Plant Omics research

Dongni Ma GigaScience

16:20-16:40

Molecular Plant: Publishing and Flourish Plant Research

Xiaofeng Cui Molecular Plant

16:40-17:00

iMeta Series Journals and High-Impact Articles

Yongxin Liu iMeta

17:00-17:30

Closing Remarks Poster Award