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Big congratulations to Thorsten Langner who recently moved to Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), where he now heads the Department of Phytopathology and Plant Protection #plantsi #ecr #tenure

So it comes to an end. Another fantastic #MBP2026 meeting! See you all next year!

And here are the winners for this year prestigious #MBP2026 Poster and Talk Awards! Winners in no particular order are:

Closing #MBP2026 is Christopher Grefen from the University Bochum on the Insertion Pathways for Membrane Proteins in the Plant ER #FarewellLecture

Closing the first session is Michelle Marofke from the MLU Halle on Where is the mRNA? - Localization and dynamics of plant mitochondrial gene expression #MBP2026

Chiara Giossi from the HHU Düsseldorf on the Regulation of zeaxanthin epoxidases and its importance for photoprotection in plants and algae #MBP2026

Lisa Fischer from the University Hannover on Make and Break: How Nucleotide Degradation Supports Chloroplast Biogenesis #MBP2026

Xenia Safronov from the Universität Bochum will teel us about her studies on a TOC-TIC-interacting DnaJ-like protein with crucial role in chloroplast biogenesis #MBP2026

Juan Carlos Dávila Frantzen of the HHU Düsseldorf on Eukaryote-specific assembly factor DIP1 supports early steps of Photosystem II assembly #MBP2026

Jan Multhoff from the University of Münster on Auto-fueling of single mitochondrial motility by a local ATP halo #MBP2026

Next up is Julia Legen from the University Berlin on Phase-Separation of Plastid RNA Binding Proteins is Required for Chloroplast Development in the Cold #MBP2026

We start the last day with Thilo Rühle from the LMU Munich telling us about PAF1 - an assembly factor guiding the formation of chloroplast ATP synthase in Arabidopsis and Chlamydomonas #MBP2026

Closing the day with the Reinhold-von-Sengbusch Lecture which will be given by Andrea Bräutigam from the Bielefeld Univesristy "On the Evolution of CAM Photosynthesis" #MBP2026

Hans-Henning Kunz introducing Reinhold-von-Sengbusch and the poster and talk awards. PLEASE VOTE!!! #MBP2026

Susanne Mühlbauer from the LMU Munich talking about the signaling crossroads: PLASTID ENVELOPE ION CHANNELS link Ca2+ and Jasmonic acid signaling in plant cells #MBP2026

Fernanda Daniela Giampaoli from the University of Cologne is now telling us about novel pigment with old regulators: Red plant pigments share regulators but not enzymes #MBP2026

Liese Schnurbusch from the University Tübingen talking on the role of ARGONAUTE10 in developmental plasticity #MBP2026

Laia Segura Broncano from the HHU Düsseldorf on a new-to-nature chloroplastic photorespiratory bypass increases CO2 assimilation and stimulates plant growth #MBP2026

Cäcilia Felicitas Kunz from the University Göttingen will report on Plant Terrestrialization: Phenolics in Stress Response in the Closest Algal Relatives of Land Plants #MBP2026