| Prof. Dr. Julien Gronnier | TU München | B01 | Regulation of plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics in plant immune signaling |
| Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr | MPI-MP Potsdam | A02 | Diversity in the impact of karrikin signalling on arbuscular mycorrhiza development |
| Dr. Stephen Hachinger | LRZ München | I01 | Virtual Environement for Research Data and Analysis (VERDA) |
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Dr. Dagmar Hann | LMU München | Ö01 | Outreach project: Beneficial and harmful plant-microbe interactions – and how genetic diversity matters |
| Prof. Dr. Ralph Hückelhoven | TU München | 2nd Deputy Speaker, A03 | The contribution of transposable elements of Blumeria graminis to cross kingdom compatibility with cereal hosts |
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Prof. Dr. Gudrun Kadereit | LMU München | Ö01 | Outreach project: Beneficial and harmful plant-microbe interactions – and how genetic diversity matters |
| Prof. Dr. Nadia Kamal | TUM | Z03 | Comparative genomics to study the diversity and conserved components inherent to the molecular interface of plant-microbe interactions |
| Prof. Dr. Eric Kemen | EKU Tübingen | A04 | Genetic diversity within the basidiomycete yeast Dioszegia modulates reproductive fitness of the obligate pathogen Albugo laibachii on Arabidopsis thaliana |
| PD Dr. Birgit Kemmerling | EKU Tübingen | B02 | Diversification of the BIR receptor kinase family and its impact on plant health and crop yield |
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Klingl | LMU München | Z02 | Comparative ultrastructure of plant-microbe interfaces |
| Dr. Jens Krüger | EKU Tübingen | I01 | Virtual Environement for Research Data and Analysis (VERDA) |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Lahaye | EKU Tübingen | B03 | Effector-induced manipulation of host polyamine levels |
| Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Duran | EKU Tübingen | 1st Deputy Speaker, B04 | Exploring the functional diversification of the C4 proteins encoded by geminiviruses |
| Dr. Marion Müller | TU München | A08 | Identification and characterisation of genes underlying host specificity/non-host resistance in the wheat powdery mildew pathosystem |
| Prof. Dr. Thorsten Nürnberger | EKU Tübingen | B05 | Functional diversification within the microbial NLP superfamily |
| Prof. Dr. Martin Parniske | LMU München | Speaker, B06, Z01 | Sequence adaptation of Symbiosis Receptor-like Kinase (SymRK) enabling nitrogen-fixing root nodule development |
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Dr. Kate Parys | LMU München | B07 | Genetic and functional diversity of Lotus SymRK homologous receptor kinases in root endosymbiosis |
| Dr. Martina Ried-Lasi | IPB Halle | B08 | Functional diversity of the Arabidopsis thaliana SHRK family |
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Dr. Niklas Schandry | LMU München | A05 | Allelic variants underlying fitness in different biotic environments |
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Prof. Dr. Korbinian Schneeberger | LMU München | A06 | Infection-induced germline and somatic mutation rates of resistance genes in plants |
| Prof. Dr. Martin Stegmann | U Ulm | B09 | Dissection of CrRLK1L signalling pathways regulating disease susceptibility and resistance to powdery mildew |
| Prof. Aurélien Tellier | TU München | A03 | The contribution of transposable elements of Blumeria graminis to cross kingdom compatibility with cereal hosts |
| Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel | MPI Tübingen | A07 | Genomic and geographic maps of NLRs and matching effectors in the A. thaliana - H. arabidopsidis pathosystem |