Program Overview

Program Day 1

DAY 1 Afternoon Opening Remark & S1. Evolutionary Biology 15:00-17:50 CET, 10 February 2026
Session	CET (Central European Time)	Type	Speaker	Title
Opening Remark	15:00–15:10	Prof. Dr. Andres Moya		Opening Remark from Event Chair
S1. Evolutionary Biology	15:10–15:40	Invited Speaker	Assist. Prof. Daniel J. Nicholson	Population Thinking, Variation, and Uniqueness
	15:40–16:10	Invited Speaker	Prof. Valeria Souza	How life got complex? The building of the clock of life
	16:10–16:40	Invited Speaker	Dr. Cristian Cañestro	The scrambled genomes of Oikopleura dioica cryptospecies decouple genome architecture reorganization from macroevolutionary change
	16:40–16:55	Oral Speaker	Muhammad Shahbaz Gul	Polygenic adaptation of reproductive timing and heat resilience in indigenous sheep across aridity gradients
	16:55–17:10	Oral Speaker	Darya Tsibulskaya	The role of horizontal gene transfer in the spread of Snowflake Forming Collagen Binding Aggregation Factors in bacteria
	17:10–17:25	Oral Speaker	Rebeca de la Fuente	Trends in genome composition across the transition to complex multicellularity
	17:25–17:40	Oral Speaker	Shuyang Zhang	Experimental Reconstruction of Bacterial Fitness Landscapes
	17:40–17:50	Poster Presenters	Enrique Roig Tormo Exploring a deep-learning epigenetic clock based on an interpretable convolutional neural network to unravel the tick-tack of cellular aging Daniela Barbosa Evaluating the Effectiveness of Proxy-Based Environmental Variables in Detecting Genomic Responses to Pesticide Stress in Apis mellifera

Program Day 2

DAY 2 Morning S2. Ecology & S5. Zoology 9:00-12:15 CET, 11 February 2026
Session	CET (Central European Time)	Type	Speaker	Title
S2. Ecology	09:00–09:10	Prof. Dr. De Li Liu		Welcome Speech from Session Chair
	09:10–09:40	Invited Speaker	Dr. Yong Li	CNMM-DNDC: A Hydrological-Biogeochemical Model for Assessing Catchment Water Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	09:40–10:10	Invited Speaker	Dr. Qinsi He	Mapping the Future of Agriculture: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Crop Yield Sensitivity to Climate Variability
	10:10–10:25	Oral Speaker	Ewa Michalska	Poleward Shifts and Pollination Risks: Predicting the Future of Calochilus campestris under Climate Change
	10:25–10:40	Oral Speaker	Yengkhom Devajit	Reproductive fitness and population structure of the endangered timber-yielding tree species Phoebe bootanica (Lauraceae) in natural populations of Northeast India
	10:40–10:50	Poster Presenter	Diele Lima CONNECTIVITY AND NURSERY VALUE FOR Mugil curema (PERCIFORMES, MUGILIDAE) IN FOUR ESTUARINE SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ANTHROPIZATION IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL, BASED ON ELEMENTAL CHEMICAL SIGNATURES OF OTOLITHS Fabrício de Lima Freitas Insights into the population structure of Plagioscion squamosissimus from northeastern Brazil using morphological and otolith traits
	10:40–10:50	Poster Presenter
S5. Zoology	10:50–11:00	Welcome from Session Chair
	11:00–11:30	Invited Speaker	Assoc. Prof. Aiqing Lin	Beyond Echolocation: Olfactory Cues Mediating Bat-Insect Interactions
	11:30–11:45	Oral Speaker	Yugo Nakazato	Determinants of Butterfly Wing Eyespot Patterns: Possible Roles of Epithelial Cells and Cuticle Interactions
	11:45–12:00	Oral Speaker	Paula Denisa Saragea	The 5×FAD Mouse Model: A Translational Tool for Understanding Amyloid Pathology and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease
	12:00–12:15	Poster Presenter	Yingying Xiong Morphology of the skin scales and sense organs of Anolis carolinensis Md. Habib Ullah A Comparative Microscopic Study on the Ultrastructural Patterns of Shed Snake Skin for Distinguishing Venomous and Non-venomous Snake Species Rui Li Research on the Jumping Ability of the Nymphal Stages of the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
	12:00–12:15	Poster Presenter
DAY 2 Afternoon S3. Conservation Biology 14:00-16:25 CET, 11 February 2026
Session	CET (Central European Time)	Type	Speaker	Title
S3. Conservation Biology	14:00–14:10	Prof. Dr. Ettore Randi		Welcome Speech from Session Chair
	14:10–14:40	Invited Speaker	Prof. Yadvendradev V. Jhala	Science to Policy for Conserving Tigers in India
	14:40–14:55	Oral Speaker	Victoria Ioana Paun	The profile and characterization of a five millennia old cave-ice bacteria
	14:55–15:10	Oral Speaker	Steban Telles-Ospina	HUNTERS IN DANGER: EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES IN CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT
	15:10–15:25	Oral Speaker	Eman Elbealy	Baboons at the crossroads: Comparative perspectives on geography, governance, and adaptation in Africa and Saudi Arabia
	15:25–15:40	Oral Speaker	Kripa Chaudhari	Impacts of Habitat Fragmentation on Pollinator Diversity in Agricultural Landscapes
	15:40–15:55	Oral Speaker	Surajit De Mandal	Metabarcoding as a Novel Approach for Identifying the Floral Composition and conserving the honey bees
	15:55–16:10	Oral Speaker	Diana Lucía Buitrago Torres	Scattered Data, Inconsistent Methods: The Fragmented State of Terrestrial Microplastic Research in Wild Mammals
	16:10–16:25	Poster Presenter	Camila Rezende Ayroza Ecological feasibility of reintroducing small wild cats (Leopardus guttulus and L. wiedii) on Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil Valentina Padilla Álvarez Comparative analysis of the trophic ecology of the genus Lycalopex: patterns and state of knowledge Juan José Ramírez-Morales GLIDING INTO CONSERVATION: INTEGRATING PHYLOGENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL METRICS TO CAPTURE BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS IN PHYLLOMEDUSIDAE FROGS

Program Day 3

DAY 3 Morning S7. Plant Biology 9:00-11:10 CET, 12 February 2026
Session	CET (Central European Time)	Type	Speaker	Title
S7. Plant Biology	09:00-09:10	Prof. Dr. Zed Rengel		Welcome Speech from Session Chair
	09:10–09:40	Invited Speaker	Prof. Dr. Iduna Arduini	Can artificial plantings resemble natural vegetation?
	09:40–09:55	Oral Speaker	Amine EZZIANI	ADVANCES IN GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES FOR β-GLUCAN CONTENT IN BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.): REVIEW
	09:55–10:10	Oral Speaker	Le Zhao	A Telomere-to-Telomere Genome Assembly Provides Insight into Glucosinolate Biosynthesis in Descurainia sophia
	10:10–10:25	Oral Speaker	IMTIAZ AHMAD	Heat Stress and Transcriptome Stability: Transcriptional Defense Mechanisms in Plants
	10:25–10:40	Oral Speaker	Julia Grochowska	Evolutionary Conservation and Regulatory Architecture of Core Glucosinolate Biosynthesis Enzymes in Brassicaceae
	10:40–10:55	Oral Speaker	Riad Saidu Koroma	Microbial Interactions on Potato Cultivars 'La Strada' and 'Red Scarlet': Identifying Synergistic and Antagonistic Effects for Biological Control of Soft Rot and Blackleg
	10:55–11:10	Oral Speaker	Rishan Singh	Adaptive Mechanisms of Cereal Crops Facing Combined Abiotic Stresses
	11:10–11:20	Poster Presenter	Asmaa Ali Mohamed Identification of DArT-genomic regions associated with morpho-physiological traits in spring wheat seedlings under drought conditions Yeşim Aktürk Dizman Comprehensive Codon Usage Bias Analysis of BAHD Acyltransferase Genes in Camellia sinensis


DAY 3 Afternoon S4. Infection Biology & S6. Marine Biology 14:00-17:15 CET, 12 February 2026
Session	CET (Central European Time)	Type	Speaker	Title
S4. Infection Biology	14:00–14:10	Dr. Oswaldo Palenzuela		Welcome Speech from Session Chair
	14:10–14:40	Invited Speaker	Prof. Dr. Astrid Holzer	Rapid adaptations to parasitic life: Insights from basal metazoans belonging to the Myxozoa (Cnidaria)
	14:40–14:55	Oral Speaker	Itziar Estensoro	Morpho-functional insights into Sparicotyle chrysophrii: the Mediterranean aquaculture scourge
	14:55–15:10	Oral Speaker	Shumaila Shumaila	Molecular Characteristics of Biofilm Forming Gene (algL) in Nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their inhibition by Tomato Carbon Dots and Manuka Honey
	15:10–15:25	Oral Speaker	Eva Maria Dias	Development of a Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Strategy Targeting Flaviviruses
	15:25–15:40	Poster Presenter	Ayse Torres Agama Entomopathogenic Fungi as Biological Regulators of Crop Pests: Integrating Molecular Mechanisms and Ecological Applications Tenhinene Izerghouf Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence in Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli: A Dual Threat to Animal and Human Health Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Sarcocystis parasites in Brains of Small Mammals from Lithuania Muhammad Ridwan Adyatama Newcastle Disease across Different Taxa of Parrots (Psittaciformes): Current Knowledge, Pathogenesis, and Preventative Strategies


S6. Marine Biology	15:40–15:50	Prof. Dr. John R. Turner		Welcome from Session Chair
	15:50–16:20	Invited Speaker	Prof. Dr. Alberto Teodorico Correia	Unlocking Fish Life Cycles: Using Otoliths to Reveal Population Structure, Habitat Use, and Movement Patterns
	16:20–16:35	Oral Speaker	Rafael Schroeder	Population structure of the Brazilian sardine Sardinella brasiliensis inferred from age-based otolith growth rates
	16:35–16:50	Oral Speaker	Desirée Vacas Aponte	Impacts of Morbillivirus Epizootics on the Abundance and Population Structure of the Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the Western Mediterranean
	16:50–17:05	Oral Speaker	Rafael Kulzer	Population structure of the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula waters inferred from otolith elemental signatures
	17:05–17:15	Poster Presenter	Caroline Stefani da Silva Lima Pessanha Otolith microchemistry to assess the habitat use of Atherinella brasiliensis in two estuaries with distinct salinity ranges in Northeastern Brazil Ana Filipa Rocha Population structure of the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Atlantic Iberian coastal waters inferred from body morphometrics and otolith shape analysis