Monday 20/04/2026

Mini symposium
Structure and regulation of transport systems in stomata

Amphithéâtre 206
Campus Montpellier SupAgro/INRA de La Gaillarde (2, place P. Viala Montpellier)

10h30 Introduction

10h45    Dr. De Angeli Alexis (IPSIM, Montpellier France)
« Intracellular anion transport in plants from biophysics to functions in vivo. »

11h30   Seoyeon JUNG (SKKU, Seoul, South Korea)
“Structural studies of a plant anion channel by cryo-EM.”

12h15 – 13h30 lunch break

14h00 Prof. Sangho Lee (SKKU, Seoul, South Korea)
« Structural basis for differential activation mechanisms of plant ion channels »

14h45 Heewoo JEONG (SKKU, Seoul, South Korea)
« De novo protein design for an ion channel »

15h05 Jesus Amo Perez Post Doc (IPSIM, Montpellier, France)
« The plasma membrane nanodomain-organized HIR proteins regulate PIP aquaporins and plant root hydraulics. »

15h25 Dr. N. Leonhardt (BIAM, Cadarache, France)
« Functional and genetic analysis of plasma membrane H+-ATPases in stomatal regulation. »

16h05 L. Larraz PhD student (IPSIM, Montpellier, France)
« Visualizing ion concentrations in guard-cell subcellular compartments with new biosensors. »

16h30 L. Verdoucq (IPSIM, Montpellier, France)
« Towards the structure of HIR and PIP aquaporin complexes. »

17h00 Final remarks

Contact: Alexis De Angeli