The Global Plant Council

Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology Conference 2023
2023-09-18 - 2023-09-20 | Kuching, Kuching, Malaysia
Scope : Globally, ecosystems and their constituent flora face the localized and broad-scale influence of human activities. Conservation practitioners and environmental managers struggle to identify and mitigate threats, reverse species declines, restore degraded ecosystems, and manage natural resources sustainably. Scientific research and evidence are increasingly regarded as the foundation for new regulations, conservation actions, and management interventions. Conservation biologists and managers have traditionally focused on the characteristics (e.g. abundance, structure, trends) of populations, species, communities, and ecosystems, and simple indicators of the responses to environmental perturbations and other human activities. However, an understanding of the specific mechanisms underlying conservation problems is becoming increasingly important for decision-making, in part because physiological tools and knowledge are especially useful for developing cause-and-effect relationships, and for identifying the optimal range of habitats and stressor thresholds for different organisms.

Who should attend? Researchers, academicians, students, plantation and forest managers, natural resources stakeholders, extension officers, national advisory agency officers, sociologists, economists, funding agency officers, managers involved in agro-industry, environment, science and engineering sectors, and policy makers.

Objectives :

To disseminate research findings on plant biodiversity through conservation, physiology, and sustainable production.
To promote organised plant physiology research by encouraging inter-disciplinary and inter-agency collaboration.

To register: https://mspp.org.my/event.php?id=020

Plant Biology 2023
2023-08-05 - 2023-08-09 | Savanah, Savanah, United States
For full meeting details, please go to the main Plant Biology 2023 website

Don’t forget to submit your abstract! The deadline for oral presentation consideration is March 8, 2023. The deadline for poster presentation is July 5, 2023.

2023 IS-MPMI Cong​ress
2023-07-16 - 2023-07-20 | Providence, Providence, United States
Protecting Our Planet Through Plant-Microbe Research
The 19th Congress of IS-MPMI will feature major advances in our understanding of plant-microbe interactions that will help us develop more resilient crops. The twin threats of climate change and political conflict have brought​ into sharp focus the need to improve the resilience of local crop production systems.
The 2023 Congress will start off with a special session focused on emerging threats to crop production in Bangladesh, East Africa, and Brazil and show ways MPMI research is addressing these challenges. The plenary program will then cover major advances made over the last four years in our understanding of molecular plant-microbe interactions, spanning from the structural biology of plant immune receptors to how healthy plant microbiomes are established and maintained, and everything in between.​
Website: https://www.ismpmi.org/Events/2023Congress/Pages/default.aspx

Iberian Plant Biology 2023
2023-07-09 - 2023-07-12 | Braga, Braga, Portugal
Dear colleagues and students,
On behalf of the Portuguese and Spanish Societies of Plant Biology, we are glad to invite you to join the Plant Biology 2023 (PB2023) congress that will take place in Braga on 9-12 July. The congress will be guided by the motto – The future starts now!
PB2023 will focus on the preservation of a sustainable word for the future. Topics will cover diverse fields from the adaptation of plants to biotic and abiotic stresses, molecular mechanisms that control plant development and function, to plant biotechnology and sustainable crop production.
In a satellite meeting (3rd PhD Meeting in Plant Science), PhD students will have the opportunity to interact, present and discuss their work. Furthermore, a special session – Teaching for Innovation – will be held to accommodate advances in teaching and learning methodologies in Plant Biology.
We look forward to seeing you in the beautiful city of Braga that combines history and cultural heritage, with youth and vitality! We are sure that this in person congress will promote fruitful discussions about the latest scientific updates in Plant Science.
Warmest regards,
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Teresa Lino Neto
President of the Local Organizing Committee

3rd PhD Meeting in Plant Science
2023-07-09 | Braga, Braga, Portugal
The 3rd PhD Meeting in Plant Science (3PMPS) is an international meeting for PhD students and young postdocs that will be held in Braga (Portugal) on the 9th of July as a satellite activity of the XXV Meeting of the Spanish Society of Plant Biology / XVIII Spanish Portuguese Congress of Plant Biology (PB2023).
The 3PMPS is a biennial meeting organized by Portuguese and Spanish PhD students, with the main purpose of giving young researchers the opportunity to present their work and to create networks with other researchers in the same field of study.
This meeting is ideal for young plant researchers to present and discuss their scientific results in a relaxed environment. We believe this will lead to greater interaction and exchange of ideas between young investigators from different countries.‍
Selected PhD students and young postdocs are invited to give oral presentations, flash talks, or poster presentations during the meeting. All abstracts will be reviewed by a Scientific Committee (made up of early-career researchers), which will select oral presentations with the help of a senior Advisory Committee.

New Phytologist next generation scientists 2023
2023-07-02 - 2023-07-05 | Singapore, Singapore
New Phytologist next generation scientists 2023 will take place on 2–5 July 2023 at the National University of Singapore.
New Phytologist next generation scientists meetings are fully funded events with the unique aim to provide the next generation of plant scientists a chance to share their work with their peers and outstanding international scientists in a stimulating, supportive and exciting environment.
The organising committee, led by New Phytologist Advisor On Sun Lau, will consist of early career researchers from the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.
This event is exclusively for early career researchers, including students and any researcher with up to five years’ experience since gaining/defending their PhD, excluding career breaks.
Applicants to attend will need to provide:

a poster abstract – following the poster abstract guidelines.
a personal statement of 200 words addressing why you want to attend the next generation scientists symposium.
a curriculum vitae, which should include your education details, including the date that you obtained your PhD, if applicable, publication history, presentations given, and awards. Please detail any career breaks if relevant.
a letter of recommendation/reference (up to 500 words) from a scientist who has agreed to support your application, usually your group leader or someone who knows your work well.

Successful applicants will receive free registration. Delegates attending from outside of Singapore will receive three nights of accommodation in student halls of residence at the National University of Singapore, as well as a travel grant to support their travel to the event.
More info here: https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2023

Trees for Climate Change, Biodiversity and People
2023-06-28 - 2023-06-29 | Canterbury, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Registration is now open for this symposium organised by the British Ecological Society in collaboration with the Woodland Trust and the Positive Environmental Futures Signature Research Theme, University of Kent.
This symposium will bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners to explore the restoration and expansion of wooded habitats from a transdisciplinary standpoint.
The two-day focused event, taking place at the University of Kent from 28-29 June, will draw on research and evidence, as well as practice and experience both from the UK and the wider global context to explore and discuss some of the key challenges and consider solutions using multiple disciplinary angles. The event will comprise a number of keynote speakers, showcasing the latest research, inspiring through thought-leadership and offering practical examples of current projects.

TO register: https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/event/trees-symposium-2023/

33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2023)
2023-06-05 - 2023-06-09 | Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Registration and Abstract Submission is OPEN for ICAR2023 taking place in Chiba, Japan and online.
The 33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2023), which will be held on June 5-9, 2023 in Chiba, Japan. ICAR is an annual conference rotating among North America, Asia-Oceania and Europe. The conference covers all aspects of plant biology research on Arabidopsis as well as other plant species, generally attracting more than 800 scientists worldwide to present and discuss their new discoveries.
In the ICAR2023, we will highlight the following topics:

Latest advances in the Arabidopsis research for identifying key factors and regulatory networks underlying various environmental responses and developmental processes.
Cutting-edge translational research that will contribute to SDGs.

Early Registration: January 31 (Tue) 2023, 23:59 (JST). $283 -> $566
Middle Registration: April 1 (Sat) 2023, 23:59 (JST) $300-> $566
Late Registration: June 9 (Fri) 2023, 23:59 (JST) $325 -> £606

Registration Information

EPI-CATCH Conference 2023 ECIMA: Epigenetics in Crop Improvement, from Mechanisms to Applications
2023-05-30 - 2023-06-01 | Hybrid
The third conference on “Epigenetic Mechanisms of Crop Adaptation to Climate Change” (EPI-CATCH) will be held in a hybrid format, physically at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria, and on-line, from May 30th to June 1th 2023.
EPI-CATCH (CA19125) is a COST action that aims to define, develop, generate and share new breaking knowledge and methodologies for the investigation of epigenetic mechanisms modulating plant adaptation to environmental stresses driven by climate change.
The EPI-CATCH conference will include three topics, according to the three working groups (WG) of the EPI-CATCH consortium:
WG1: Plant epigenetic responses to environmental stresses
WG2: Biotechnological approaches to study plant adaptation to climate change
WG3: Advances and approaches in plant epigenetics for crop improvement
The conference will promote interactions among speakers, poster presenters and participants that are experts and newcomers in the field of plant epigenetics as well as early career researchers from diverse geographical, cultural and scientific backgrounds.
The registration to this meeting is free, registration deadline is May 23rd, 2023.
Abstract submission deadline is March 30th 2023.
To register: https://61e6e24bcea16.site123.me/
For more information on the COST action please visit their website:
https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19125/#tabs|Name:overview

Genomics-assisted breeding for boosting crop and livestock improvement
2023-05-10 - 2023-05-11 | Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The current global challenges of the climate crisis require to quickly adapt our agricultural and livestock production systems to become environmentally and economically sustainable. Technological advances in sequencing and phenotyping and the development of new computational and statistical tools provide an opportunity to address the socio-economic and environmental challenges that agriculture is currently facing. However, the implementation of the most promising and advanced technologies in current breeding programs is still insufficient, and there is still large room for improvement. The aim of this conference is to present and discuss the current advances in genome assisted breeding and to shed light on the challenges that need to be addressed to ensure food security for the next decades.
We warmly invite you to be part of this exciting conference, which will be held in the lively city of Barcelona, Spain, this coming Spring (May 10-11, 2023). Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for poster presentations. The number of participants will be limited, therefore early registration is recommended.
The workshop will be held at CosmoCaixa, a beautiful modernist building that is nowadays an interactive Science Museum.

At the forefront of plant research 2023
2023-05-08 - 2023-05-10 | Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Plants are the basis of human society -food, feed, fiber, fuel, medicine-; our life depends on plants in a myriad of ways and addressing pressing current and future societal challenges (the ever increasing demand on agricultural products and natural resources at a global scale, or food security and quality in a changing environment) will crucially depend on plant research at multiple levels. The past twenty-five years have witnessed a revolution in our understanding of plant biology. The aim of this conference is to present and discuss the current forefront of plant research and to reflect on the prospects and challenges for today’s fundamental science and tomorrow’s agriculture.
We warmly invite you to be part of this exciting conference, which will be held in the lively city of Barcelona, Spain, this coming Spring (May 8-10, 2023). Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for poster presentations. The number of participants will be limited, therefore early registration is recommended.
The workshop will be held at CosmoCaixa, a beautiful modernist building that is nowadays an interactive Science Museum.

Regenerative Agriculture – Understanding the opportunities and challenges
2023-04-25 - 2023-04-26 | Hybrid
Hybrid event hosted at Hilton York in York City Centre

The concept of Regenerative Agriculture is successfully engaging the agricultural community, food industry and policy makers to consider how to utilise agricultural land to maximise the delivery of ecosystem services.
There is no single definition of “regenerative agriculture”, with interpretations varying between practitioners; but it can broadly be defined as “an approach to farming that uses soil conservation as the entry point to regenerate and contribute to the delivery of food production and other ecosystem services”.
In practice, regenerative agriculture can be broken down into 5 key principles: 1) reduced soil disturbance; 2) retention of green cover; 3) retention of living roots in the soil; 4) crop diversification and 5) integration of livestock into rotations.
It is recognised that there is a need to bring together the scientific evidence supporting the implementation of regenerative agriculture, to help evaluate the potential benefits and challenges for food production, the environment and farm profitability, across different agroclimatic zones and farming systems. This conference will bring together researchers, consultants, farmers, agronomists and students to share research findings.
We invite abstracts that address the impact of regenerative farming on: soil, water & air quality, crop performance, pest management, farm economics and greenhouse gas balances & biodiversity and social barriers to uptake. Submitted abstracts can address either regenerative practices (e.g. crop residue retention, cover crops or companion cropping, reduced tillage, use of organic manures, diverse rotations), or whole system approaches (e.g. integrating livestock into rotations, integrated pest management, mob grazing or farm case studies).
The conference will include sessions on the above listed topics and subject area, and will conclude with a panel discussion which we hope will include farming representatives. The objective of the panel discussion will be to challenge scientists to work with farmers, in order to help develop the evidence base to support and justify the transition into regenerative agriculture. We hope that a position paper/statement can be generated from this discussion.

Sessions will be built around topics that are linked to the principles of regenerative agriculture.

Reducing soil disturbance
Retaining green cover
Retaining living roots
Diversification of crops
Integrating livestock into crop rotations

Invited speakers and Panel members

Lizzie Sagoo, Soil Scientist, ADAS Sustainable Agriculture Systems.
Alastair Leake, Director of Policy · The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Ruth Wade, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Emily Padfield, Nuffield Scholar
David Blacker, Yorkshire Farmer

Call for Abstracts

We encourage submission of abstracts from all sectors interested in Regenerative Agriculture including those in academia, policy, farming or industry. We are very interested in promoting research on the impact of Regenerative Agriculture
Sessions will mostly be comprised of talks selected from submitted abstracts. Please submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation whether you will attend as an in-person or online delegate.
Abstract submission deadline is February 15th 2023

Phytohormones Congress - Metabolism and mode of action
2023-04-19 - 2023-04-21 | Segovia, Segovia, Spain
XVI Phytohormones Symposium: Metabolism and mode of action, of the Spanish Society of Plant Biology
After a break due to the Covid19 pandemic, the SEBP Phytohormones Group will hold its meeting this year, 2023, at the Convento de Mínimos de Segovia (Spain) from April 19 to 21.
Similar to other years, the format of the meeting will be 15-minute talks plus question time, trying to ensure that most of the laboratories that attend have representation. We would also like to give visibility to the youngest in these talks.
This year we want to launch a new poster presentation format, which will be in a digital version. The posters will be uploaded to a cloud where researchers will have the opportunity to visit them. To do this, you can use your own computers or tablets that we will make available to you. The poster will have a link email for further discussion if you want.
Both the summary of the talks and the posters will be collected in a book that will only be online, but will have an ISSBN number.

Anthromes, CO2 , and Terrestrial Carbon
2023-03-27 - 2023-03-30 | Washington DC, Washington DC, United States
The Anthromes, CO2, and Terrestrial Carbon meeting seeks to explore the inter-relationship of CO2-fertilization, people, and land ecosystems through the lens of terrestrial carbon source-sink dynamics during the deep past, through major cultural transitions, and in the net-zero motivated near-future. Speakers will span disciplines, bringing together a group of researchers to provide a global view of the multifaceted impacts of people on terrestrial carbon through time. Goals for the meeting are to: build community, synthesize how developing understanding of anthromes influences our understanding of the natural land sink under altered CO2, discuss the future impacts of human cultures and CO2-fertilization on terrestrial ecosystem carbon, and to consider net-zero culture as a driver of land carbon change, including the equity outcomes of the race to net-zero.
Website: https://www.anthromes-co2-and-terrestrial-carbon.com/2023/en/page/home

The 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
2023-03-10 - 2023-03-17 | Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
In 2023, the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Sendai Annual Meeting) will be held as an in-person meeting. The previous three meetings, in Osaka, Matsue, and Tsukuba, could not be held in person, so if it is held as planned, it will be the first in-person annual meeting for four years. The pandemic has restricted many activities, including research. On the other hand, there has been a by-product in the dramatic development of online communication tools. The success of the Matsue and Tsukuba Annual Meetings, which were held online, showed us a new direction for the Annual Meetings. The Sendai Annual Meeting will therefore be a hybrid meeting that can also be attended online, with the aim of ensuring that “no one is left behind”.
To the website: https://jspp.org/annualmeeting/64/e_greeting.php

Plantae Presents: How to Read a Scientific Paper
2023-01-17 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Plantae Presents: How to Read a Scientific Paper

Featuring Mary Williams and Michelle Facette
In this one-hour workshop, Dr. Mary Williams and Dr. Michelle Facette will discuss how to effectively and efficiently read a scientific paper. This workshop will cover the structure and components of scientific articles, interpretation of statistical analyses, and a case study using a selected article as an example.

Machine learning in plant–pathogen interactions: empowering biological predictions from field scale to genome scale
2022-12-07 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
Machine learning (ML) encompasses statistical methods that learn to identify patterns in complex datasets. Here, Jana reviews application areas in plant–pathogen interactions that have recently benefited from ML. She provides an under-the-hood glance into her developed suite of ML-based tools for pathogen effector prediction such as EffectorP. Jana will discuss common pitfalls and challenges she encountered during the development of ML approaches. Finally, she will highlight future opportunities for ML as a tool for dissecting plant–pathogen interactions, for example through integration of AlphaFold predictions or ML-driven effector gene annotation.
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Jana is a bioinformatician interested in the interactions between plants and their pathogens. Her work involves using computational techniques to gain new insights into plant–pathogen relationships, and her contribution includes widely used software tools for fungal effector prediction using machine learning. She completed a M.Sc. in Computer Science with a focus on Bioinformatics at the University of Freiburg, Germany. In 2008, she commenced a Ph.D. at the University of Western Australia in which she developed novel methods for the computational prediction of non-coding RNA structure. In 2012, she joined CSIRO as a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on plant-pathogen interactions. In 2018, she joined the Australian National University as a Research Fellow at the Biological Data Science Institute and was awarded a 2019 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) to uncover how rust fungi cause devastating plant diseases. In 2021 she joined CSIRO as a Senior Research Scientist where she leads the Data Intensive Approaches team. Jana’s Tansley insight ‘Machine learning in plant–pathogen interactions: empowering biological predictions from field scale to genome scale’, focuses on machine learning (ML) applications in areas in plant–pathogen interactions and highlights benefits and challenges in using ML approaches.

XV REUNIÓN DE BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL CHILENA
2022-12-05 - 2022-12-07
More info here: https://biologiavegetal.cl/

Deciphering the fingerprint of disturbance on the three-dimensional structure of the world’s forests
2022-11-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Canopy gaps and the processes that generate them play an integral role in shaping the structure and dynamics of forests. However, it is only with recent advances in remote sensing technologies such as airborne laser scanning that studying canopy gaps at scale has become a reality. Consequently, we still lack an understanding of how the size distribution and spatial organization of canopy gaps varies among forests ecosystems, nor have we determined whether these emergent properties can be reconciled with existing theories of forest dynamics. Here, I outline a roadmap for integrating remote sensing with field data and individual-based models to build a comprehensive picture of how environmental constraints and disturbance regimes shape the three-dimensional structure of the world’s forests.
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Tommaso’s research focuses on the processes behind the structure and function of the world’s forests, and how these might respond to rapid environmental change. Tommaso, a NERC Independent Research Fellow and Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol, UK, brings his ideas together in his Tansley insight, ‘Deciphering the fingerprint of disturbance on the three-dimensional structure of the world’s forests’.

2022 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting
2022-11-06 - 2022-11-09
2022 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting
Communication and Public Engagement for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
November 6-9 | Baltimore, Maryland and Limited Virtual
Attend and help create solutions to advance science.
The American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America host a premier international scientific meeting that brings together leading and emerging scientific leaders from industry, government agencies, and academic institutions who are all working to advance agronomic, crop and soil sciences.
The in person option of this premier scientific meeting provides unlimited networking opportunities, innovative scientific abstracts, oral and poster sessions, a robust exhibit hall, technical workshops, and professional tours. Plus, there’s a career center, graduate and undergraduate programs, distinguished lecturers, awards, continuing education units (CEUs), prizes, and more!
The virtual option is a limited version of our in person Meeting and includes access to recordings of the Opening Keynote, the ASF Lectureship Series and internationally contributed oral and poster presentations.
On behalf of our three Boards of Directors, want to affirm our commitment to supplying a safe and productive environment for everyone present at our meeting. We regard harassment of any kind as a serious issue and want to let all of you know that harassment is NOT acceptable, and, if something does happen, we ask that each of us takes responsibility to say something – if you see something, SAY something.
Come join us to help turn the strategies into actions and the actions into impacts.

Biennial AAB Presidential Look-Forward: Nature-based and engineered biology solutions to climate mitigation
2022-11-01 - 2022-11-03 | Hybrid
International conference organised by AAB. Every two-years AAB will bring together applied biologists to explore how aspects of applied biology can be used to tackle major global challenges. The focus for this 2022 event will explore how scientific discoveries can be applied to mitigate the upcoming challenges of food insecurity and climate change.
Hybrid event hosted in-person at Rothamsted Research, November 1-3 2022
This event will also host the inaugural presentation of AAB Presidential Medals. Medallists will provide an oral presentation to introduce their research and career highlights.
Confirmed AAB Presidential medallists:

Dirk Inze (VIB-Ghent)
Tina Barsby (NIAB)
Vivienne Anthony (Syngenta Foundation)
Peter Shewry (Rothamsted)

Call for Abstracts
The majority of speakers at the Biannual Presidential Look-Forward will be selected from submitted abstracts, providing an excellent opportunity for researchers to promote their research and activities. This opportunity is especially important for early career scientists.
Abstracts can be submitted in one of the 6 categories. The organisers will select speakers for each plenary session from these abstracts.
Abstract Submission Categories

Improving Photosynthesis for yield enhancement
Future Crops
Applied Silviculture
Optimising seed and root health for improved crop resilience
Development and use of New Breeding Technologies
Applied biology for nutritional security
Abstract submission deadline to be considered for an oral presentation is September 1st 2022.
Abstract submission deadline to be considered for a poster presentation is October 1st 2022.

How will global change affect plant reproduction? A framework for mast seeding trends
2022-10-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Forest ecology traditionally focuses on plant growth and survival, leaving seed production as a major demographic process lacking a framework for how it will be affected by global change. Understanding plant reproductive responses to changing climate is complicated by masting, the annually variable seed production synchronized within populations. Predicting trends in masting is crucial, because masting impacts seed predation and pollination enough to override simple trends in mean seed production. Proximate mechanisms of seed production patterns in perennial plants are gathered to identify processes through which masting may be affected by a changing environment. Predicting trends in masting will require understanding the mechanisms that cause predictable seed failure after high-seed years, and the stochastic mechanisms that synchronize individuals in high-seed years.
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Michal Bogdziewicz is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Environmental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) in Poznan, Poland. Michal’s research program involves several forest ecology subfields, including interactions between plants and animals (both seed consumers and seed dispersers), and mechanisms driving variation in plant fecundity. A major focus of the work is to understand proximate and ultimate drivers of mast seeding, socioecological consequences of pulsed reproduction, and the climate change impacts on seed production and recruitment.
Michal obtained his BSc in Biology (2010) and his MSc in Ecology (2012) from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. His PhD thesis was jointly supervised by Rafal Zwolak (AMU) and Elizabeth Crone (Tufts University, MA, USA). After completing his PhD, Michal moved to Barcelona and undertook two postdoctoral positions at CREAF, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He is currently a Bekker Fellow at LESSEM, at INRAE in Grenoble (France) where he works in the Mast Inference and Prediction (MASTIF) project led by James Clark (Duke University, NC, USA). Starting in 2023, he will head the newly established, ERC-funded, Forest Biology Centre at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.

11th International Oat Conference – OAT2022
2022-10-10 - 2022-10-13 | Perth, Perth, Australia
The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (GIWA) and the International Oat Organising Committee organize the 11th international Oat Conference to be held in Perth, Western Australia from 10th to 13th October 2022.
OAT2022 will be a hybrid event; and registrations can be made for in person or virtual attendance. In the event travel is restricted and you are registered to attend in person, you may change to a virtual registration and be refunded the difference provided you notify GIWA in writing by Friday, 9th September 2022.
Submit an Abstract to present at OAT2022. Abstracts featuring oat research as well as topical oat industry information are welcomed. Presentations at the International Oat Conference can be made in person or virtually, however in-person presentations are preferred. Visit the conference website https://www.internationaloat.com/ to download the OAT2022 Science and Industry abstract templates. Once completed, please email to admin@giwa.org.au. Abstracts close on Thursday, 31 March 2022.
Submission deadline (extended): 15 May 2022

Integrating plant physiology and community ecology across scales through trait-based models to predict drought mortality
2022-10-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Forests are a critical carbon sink and widespread tree mortality resulting from climate-induced drought stress has the potential to alter forests from a carbon sink to a source, causing a positive feedback on climate change. Process-based vegetation models aim to represent the current understanding of the underlying mechanisms governing plant physiological and ecological responses to climate. Yet model accuracy varies across scales, and regional-scale model predictive skill is frequently poor when compared with observations of drought-driven mortality. Anna proposes a framework that leverages differences in model predictive skill across spatial scales, mismatches between model predictions and observations, and differences in the mechanisms included and absent across models to advance the understanding of the physiological and ecological processes driving observed patterns drought-driven mortality.
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Anna T. Trugman is an ecologist with a multidisciplinary background in the Earth sciences. Her research interests are centred around understanding the Earth system consequences of plant physiological processes and ecological interactions, particularly in water limited systems and novel climate conditions expected with anthropogenic climate change. Her research spans spatial scales from plant organs to the globe, and utilizes techniques including ecological modelling, field measurements, and environmental data science. Anna received her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA) in Geological and Environmental Sciences, her PhD from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ, USA) in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and spent two years at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT, USA) in the Biology Department where she was awarded an independent United States Department of Agriculture Postdoctoral Fellowship for studying forest drought vulnerability with climate change. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara (CA, USA) since 2019.

4th International Conference on Plant Biology (23rd SPPS Meeting) by the Serbian Society of Plant Physiology
2022-10-06 - 2022-10-08 | Hybrid
Save the date for the upcoming 4th International Conference on Plant Biology (23rd SPPS Meeting) organized by the Serbian Society of Plant Physiology!
The conference will be held in Belgrade, from 6th to 8th October 2022. During the upcoming meeting, an important jubilee will be marked – 50th anniversary of the founding of the Serbian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS). We hope that all of you will be able to travel and join us on this exciting celebration.
This year’s conference will be organized as a hybrid event, providing you the option of participating in person or virtually. Come to Belgrade to enjoy a full and rich conference experience and program, or enjoy live streamed sessions, directly from the conference venue. All conference presentations, either an oral or a poster, will be available both in place and through conference platform.
For those who are able to join us in Belgrade, the hybrid format will allow you to:

Attend the full range of scientific sessions and accompanying events
Interact face-to-face with speakers and experts on the field
Network with colleagues
Experience well known Serbian hospitality
Access all online contents for three months after the congress (until the end of December, 2022)

For those who cannot travel or prefer to enjoy the congress online, the online format will allow you to:

Follow scientific sessions by livestream anywhere in the world
Participate in online interactive features and Q&A
Connect to colleagues through the Conference internet platform
Access all online contents for three months after the congress (until the end of December, 2022)

International Advances in Plant Virology (IAPV22)
2022-10-05 - 2022-10-07 | Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The AAB-organised ‘International Advances in Plant Virology (IAPV)‘ conference occurs every 18 months as an important gathering for the plant virology community.
IAPV2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 5th-7th October 2022 hosted in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Visit event website: https://cvent.me/N9PX1v
This event is organised in collaboration with the ‘Innovative Network for Next Generation Training and Sequencing of Virome‘ (INEXTVIR): https://inextvir.eu/
We are delighted to announce the Call for Abstracts for IAPV22. The majority of the IAPV22 schedule will be made up of talks selected from submitted abstracts so we encourage researchers at all career stages to submit an abstract. The majority of speakers will travel to Ljubljana but those unable to travel can provide an online presentation. We will build the meeting schedule based on submitted articles.
Submit via the AAB website -> https://www.aab.org.uk/conferences/submit-an-abstract/
We are delighted to continue the Roger and Raymond Hull Prize for best student poster, which is the latest edition of Plant Virology(https://www.elsevier.com/books/plant-virology/hull/978-0-12-384871-0).
The primary organisers from within the AAB virology group are Trisna Tungadi and Charlotte Nellist. https://www.aab.org.uk/specialist-groups/virology/
As per society policy all AAB early career professional members (students and anyone within 10 years of finsihing full time education) can join the meeting for free as an Online delegate. All ECP non-members can join for a nominal fee of £5, which will include free AAB membership.
Confirmed speakers:
Thierry Candresse- INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, France
Israel Pagan – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Marco Incarbone – GMI, Vienna, Austria
Carolyn Malmstrom – Michigan State University, USA
If you have any questions about this event please contact the AAB Office and we look forward to welcoming you to IAPV22 either in-person or online!

AUXIN 2022
2022-10-03 - 2022-10-08 | Hotel Croatia Cavtat, Frankopanska ul., Cavtat, Cavtat, 20210, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
Auxin2020 is the latest of quadrennial Auxin Workshop that brings together world-leaders in this cutting edge research area that encompasses all aspects of plant development. Over 200 delegates come together to discuss latest developments and to form new collaborations.
Auxin2020 will take place between October 4th-8th 2020 in Cavtat, Croatia. As per the unofficial requirement of the Auxin workshop, the meeting will take place in view of the sea, this time on the beautiful Dalmatian coast.
The exciting Scientific Program is outlined here.
The workshop features seven plenary sessions across a range of topics. These will provide over 30 opportunities for 15 minute presentations by speakers selected from submitted abstracts.

7th Symposium on Phosphorus in Soils and Plants
2022-10-03 - 2022-10-06 | Montevideo, Uruguay
7th Symposium on Phosphorus in Soils and Plants: Towards a sustainable phosphorus utilization in agroecosystems
The symposium will be held from 3 to 6 October 2022 in Montevideo, Uruguay hosted by School of Agronomy- University of the Republic and the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA).

We especially invite students and young researchers to attend the PSP7, as well as well-known scientists from the different disciplines. It will be a space where we will learn about the current state of the different research topics related to Phosphorus cycle, new techniques and procedures and last conceptual advances. Moreover, we will take advantage of the friendly and interactive environment by congregating all actors.

Website: https://psp7.org/

ComBio2022
2022-09-27 - 2022-09-30 | MCEC, Melbourne, Australia
ComBio2022 to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). ComBio2022 will be held in a spectacular arm of MCEC that is adjacent to the Yarra River and walking distance from numerous restaurants and cafes serving the widest imaginable variety of food. Melbourne is home to many sporting and cultural events and world class museums and galleries plus an aquarium are in the immediate vicinity. There is also an abundance of budget priced accommodation within walking distance of MCEC. ComBio in Melbourne in the Spring of 2022 should be a “must” for all.
ComBio2022 incorporates the annual meetings of:

Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Australian Society of Plant Scientists
Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Conference Streams

Proteins, Peptides and Structural Biology
Plant Biology
Development, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics
Mechanisms of Disease
Genomics, Genome Editing and Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Metabolism
Cell Biology and Signalling
Education

To register: https://combio.org.au/combio2022/registration.html

Regulatory Dynamics During Development and Evolution
2022-09-21 - 2022-09-23 | Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Symposium overview
The creation of novel organs, the formation of diverse shapes and patterns within tissues or the ability of cells to deploy different responses to environmental cues all rely on the assembly, rewiring and co-option of gene regulatory networks. We now know that complex behaviours can emerge from relatively simple networks. Reciprocally, sophisticated regulatory networks can often generate stable and predictable outputs despite being intrinsically noisy. Technological advances and new model systems are enabling us to address previously unexplorable questions, continuously modifying our understanding of the regulatory logic that underpins life. With SLS2022 we aim to bring together theoretical and experimental researchers from diverse disciplines using a broad range of species and approaches to investigate the regulatory dynamics contributing to the emergence of biodiversity.
Symposium format: Hybrid
The 4th biennial Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium (#SLS22) will take place at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge, UK over three days (21-23 September 2022) and will be delivered in a hybrid format. Delegates may choose to attend in-person or online.
The Symposium will foster a dialogue between researchers working on regulatory dynamics from different fields across the plant and animal kingdoms and consist of talks, poster sessions and daytime and evening social and networking events.
Our goal is to create a welcoming, safe, collaborative, inclusive and respectful symposium environment by promoting diversity of attendance and inclusivity of participation of underrepresented scientists.
Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sainsbury_laboratory_symposium
