Plant science webinar series
With focus on transversal and high-level topics of interest for plant scientists.
Scicomm
and soft-skill
series
Transversal webinars to help plant scientist with their scicomm and soft-skills
Effective Scientific
Collaborations and
International Projects Series
Project inception, how partners came together, and the general process from start to current state.
The Academic
Odyssey
Series
First hand talks by researchers on their own experiences.
Webinars 2025
Upcoming webinar
16th December 2025. Cyanogenic glucosides in cassava from the breeding perspective. Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UpwYTKHdRj2KVBWj0ROcdA
- 5th, September 2024. Konzo: forgotten but not gone – Introducing the International Working Group for safe cassava. Watch the recording here.
- 25th November 2024. Cassava consumption and early child neurodevelopment. Watch the recording here.
- 5th March 2025. Nutritional quality of cassava in a warming world. Watch the recording here.
- 28th August 2025. Oxidative Stress and the Gut Microbiota: Emerging contributors in Cassava Associated Neuropathies. Watch the recording here.
- 27th and 28th October 2025. International Safe Cassava Network 2025 Symposium. Recordings for Day 1 and Day 2.
- 16th December 2025. Cyanogenic glucosides in cassava from the breeding perspective. Register here.
The Plant Journal
- 29th, September 2025. Plant Engineering – Advances, Bottlenecks, and Promise. Watch the recording here.
- 28th, January 2026. Plant Synthetic Biology: circuits, access and acceptance. Register here.
Plant Biotechnology Journal
- 24th, November 2025. Translating Research from Lab-to-Field-to-Application. Watch the recording here.
Scicomm and soft-skill Series
In English
- 29th, June 2021. Science Communication workshop. By Michele Catanzaro at PBE2021. Watch the recording here. Slides and checklist available.
- 9th, July 2021. The FAIR Data Principles. By 4TU.ResearchData. Watch the recording here.
- 9th, July 2021. Science communication on social media. Open discussion with Mary Williams and Geraint Parry. Watch the recording here.
- 8th, September 2021. Where should I send my paper? How to choose where to publish your results. By Oula Ghannoum (Western Sydney University). Watch the recording here.
- 9th, March 2022. Ethics in Plant Science by Prof John Bryant (University of Exeter). Watch the recording here.
- 14th, July 2022. Changing Landscape of Peer Review in Plant Science by Prof Wataru Sakamoto (Okayama University). Watch the recording here.
- 2nd, November 2022. A comparative analysis of policy options for DSI under the CBD: how do they measure up? Watch the recording here.
- 18th, July 2023. Building your online presence. Watch the recording here.
En Español
Effective Scientific Collaborations and International Projects Series
In English
- 9th, June 2021. “Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium (HeDWIC)” by Matthew Reynolds (HeDWIC leader). Watch the recording here.
- 6th, July 2021. “Rice breeding for Africa by using useful agricultural genes” by Prof Motoyuki Ashikari (University of Nagoya). Watch the recording here.
- 6th, October 2021. International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN) by Philipp von Gillhaussen (IPPN). Watch the recording here.
- 5th, May 2022. Webinar presenting the WAVE Regional Center of Excellenceby Prof Justin Pita. Watch the recording here.
- 8th, June 2022. CONNECTED: Community Network for African Vector-Borne Plant Viruses. Watch the recording here.
- 23rd, August 2022. The SHui project: an example of EU-China cooperation. Watch the recording here.
- 7th, December 2022. Farmers-Scientists panel on Climate-Smart Agriculture. Watch the recording here.
- 8th, May 2023. Farmers-Scientists panel on Gene-Edited crops. Watch the recording here.
- 17th, October 2024. Safeguarding the World’s Food Supply – An Introduction to the Crop Trust. Watch the recording here.
- 14th November 2024. The importance and role of (Bio)diversity in agriculture. Watch the recording here.
- 11th April 2025. Winners and losers: Climate change effects on forests and crops. Watch the recording here.
In Spanish
- 15th May 2025. La Matemática y las Plantas: hacia una perspectiva interdisciplinaria. Watch the recording here.
International Year of Plants and Vegetable Series
En Español
- 10th, November 2021. Un dulce final: aplicación de la biotecnología en la mejora del almendro by Raquel Sánchez Pérez (CEBAS-CSIC). Watch the recording here.
In English
- 22nd, September 2022. Memories of Pathogen Encounters: Defense Priming and Epigenetic Regulation. Watch the recording here.
Plant Science-Based Solutions for Climate Change Series
- 17th November 2023. Webinar 1: Unveiling the Power of Plant Science. Speakers: Claudia Stange and Rodrigo Gutierrez. Watch the recording here.
- 20th November 2023. Webinar 2: Enhancing Agriculture in a Changing Climate. Speakers: Lisa Ainsworth (University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign) and Amanda Cavanagh (University of Essex). Watch the recording here.
- 22nd November 2023. Webinar 3: Pioneering Plant Science for a Sustainable Future. Speakers: Mark Tester (KAUST) and Rob Allen (CSIRO). Watch the recording here.
Webinars recordings
Take a look to some of our past webinars right now below theses lines or by visiting our Youtube channel
Peer Review in Plant Science 1:12:19
In this webinar, we introduce current systems of peer-review in plant science community journals, and discuss best practice tips for peer review, particularly for early-career researchers.
Ethics in Plant Science 1:01:13
This webinar discussed the relevance of bioethics to plant science and dealt with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships between plant science, plant biotechnology, politics, law, and philosophy.
How to choose where to publish your results 1:05:49
In this webinar, our invited speaker used her extensive experience in writing, reviewing, and editing journal manuscripts to guide us in the dos and dont’s on how to choose the appropriate journal for publishing our results.