http://www.epsoweb.com/meetings/conferences.php en-uk An overview of plant science conferences and meetings, gathered by the European Plant Science Organisation rss, feeds, in, php, plant science, meetings EPSO webmaster@epsoweb.org http://www.epsoweb.com/meetings/conferences.php http://www.epsoweb.com/epso.gif 86 54 Keep up to date with epso RSS feeds Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:44:51 +0200 http://www.abic.ca/abic2008/index.html Sun 24 Aug 2008 - Wed 27 Aug 2008
The theme of ABIC 2008 Cork is Agricultural Biotechnology for a competitive and sustainable future. At a time when global agricultural faces significant challenges, an in depth discussion of how ag biotech can influence the sustainability of global agriculture while maintaining competitiveness is both timely and necessary. The goal of ABIC Cork 2008 is to provide a stimulating forum for delegates to network and discuss the ag-biotech topics most pertinent to their day to day experiences. As such the program committee has devised a conference format that will facilitate authoritative speakers to address a wide variety of issues across 12 parallel and 2 plenary sessions. ]]> Conference-link http://nfix2008.psb.ugent.be/ Sat 30 Aug 2008 - Wed 3 Sep 2008
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Interdisciplinary research between the fields of ecological and molecular plant physiology is rapidly revealing a spectacular flexibility and sophistication in the adaptations of plants to their biotic and abiotic environment. We have invited various top scientists that have contributed to this research and asked them to present their work in a manner that provides non-expert scientists with insight into the latest developments. The choice of speakers reflects the interdisciplinarity of the field. Three topics receive particular attention: 1) Induced resistance to abiotic and biotic stressors 2) Mutualistic and symbiotic interactions between plants, insects and micro-organisms 3) Interactions between plants and light Besides presentations there will be round table discussions supported by key publications on specific topics. Students will also be offered an opportunity to present their own work and will be given ample of opportunity to consult and discuss with the experts. By bringing together students from different research groups and disciplines we envision to stimulate exchange of information and novel collaborations.]]> Conference-link http://www.sebiology.org/meetings/Notts08/Plant.html Mon 8 Sep 2008 - Wed 10 Sep 2008
GARNet and the SEB have organised an extensive programme covering the following themes: - Light and Environment - Nutrients - Floral Initiation/Evolution - Reproductive Biology - Hormones and Signalling - Cell Biology and Imaging - Systems Biology ]]> Conference-link http://www.bioeconomyconference.org Mon 8 Sep 2008 - Tue 9 Sep 2008
The 2008 Growing the Bioeconomy Conference will focus on strategies to achieve the new federal cellulosic biofuels mandate and advance the Midwestern Governors Association energy and climate change platform. The conference will feature: - Cutting edge research on cellulosic feedstocks production and processing technologies; biomass harvest, storage, and transportation systems; biofuels and climate change; and human, social, economic, and policy dimensions of the bioeconomy; biofuels. - Tours to learn about new biomass crops and cropping systems research at the Iowa State University New Century Farm - Demonstrations of biomass harvest equipment prototypes at the Iowa State University New Century Farm ]]> Conference-link http://www.comav.upv.es/congreso/ Tue 9 Sep 2008 - Fri 12 Sep 2008
The congress aims to review state-of-the-art methodologies and techniques for breeding new varieties with a focus on the present and foreseeable needs.]]> Conference-link http://www.nki.hu/ragweed/index.html Wed 10 Sep 2008 - Fri 12 Sep 2008
The main cause of allergy and pollen asthma in North America and Central Europe is pollen from ragweed (Ambrosia). The conference will focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of ragweed infestation.]]> Conference-link http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=56&basket=wwsshowconfdets Wed 10 Sep 2008 - Fri 12 Sep 2008
This conference will consider current and future methods of improving resource capture and utilisation by food and non-food crops. The main theme of the conference will be how resource capture and conversion may be improved by crop management and plant breeding including the application of advances in biotechnology. The impact of environmental goals on achieving optimal resource capture and modelling of resource capture will also be considered. The conference will additionally address the development of remote-sensing approaches such as infra-red thermometry, fluorescence or spectral reflectance to provide tools for rapid screening of ‘integrative’ physiological traits and for the diagnosis of environmental constraints. Within this theme, the scaling-up of leaf- and plant-scale observations to the canopy level will be considered.]]> Conference-link http://www.tnam2008.ethz.ch/ Wed 10 Sep 2008 - Sat 13 Sep 2008
The 5th Tri-National Arabidopsis Meeting will discuss advances in Arabidopsis research carried out primarily in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Presentations at this meeting have been divided into the following sections: 1. Development and Evolution 2. Molecular physiology and Cell biology 3. Metabolism 4. Epigenetics and gene regulation 5. System Biology and –Omics ? 6. Biotic and abiotic stress These areas cover a large number of Tri-National research projects, making this a conference of general interest for both graduate students and senior researchers. In addition to the invited speakers, several posters will be selected for short oral presentations and a prize for the best poster of each session will be attributed. ]]> Conference-link http://www.academie-sciences.fr/conferences/colloques.htm Mon 15 Sep 2008 - Tue 16 Sep 2008
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A meeting of the UK molecular plant pathology community with a focus on providing students and early stage postdocs with an opportunity to present talks in a friendly environment. ]]> Conference-link http://www.newphytologist.org/physiological/default.htm Wed 17 Sep 2008 - Sat 20 Sep 2008
In recent years there has been a great expansion of knowledge of genes that influence the regulatory pathways that control organismal properties of adaptive and economic importance, such as vegetative architecture; flowering and fruit characteristics; and tolerance of stresses. The genes identified have encoded a wide variety of functions, including transcription factors; hormones, metabolic enzymes, receptors, and signal transduction factors; regulatory and translocated RNAs; ion transport and homeostasis; and regulators of epigenesis. The goal of this meeting is to discuss this rapidly moving body of knowledge with an eye to future translation, i.e., how the knowledge might be used to create major advances in breeding, biotechnology, and genetic engineering. ]]> Conference-link http://www.thefutureofscience.org/ Wed 24 Sep 2008 - Sat 27 Sep 2008
The Fourth World Conference on The Future of Science will explore a theme that brings science to the centre of social debate: Food and Water for Life. The aim is to offer a global vision about issues as water scarcity, development of a sustainable agriculture, food safety, improvements related to scientific and technological development and the economic, political and ethical involvements.]]> Conference-link http://www.plant-gem.org/pages/home.php Wed 24 Sep 2008 - Sat 27 Sep 2008
The "Plant Genomics European Meeting" (Plant GEM) is an annual meeting on the subject of plant genomics in all its assets. It is designed to be the platform for researchers from Europe and all over the world to discuss latest developments and to exchange new ideas for future projects and to improve cooperation.]]> Conference-link http://www.bioforum.it/english/english.htm Wed 1 Oct 2008 - Thu 2 Oct 2008
Bioforum, born in 2004, is an Expo-Conference concerning biotechnologies. This event aims at promoting the meeting between science and business through a faster innovation and the launching of new products and services. Therefore, it is not only a scientific congress but also a moment of a more and more international technological transfer of knowledge.]]> Conference-link http://www.endure-network.eu/international_conference_2008/ Sun 12 Oct 2008 - Wed 15 Oct 2008
We invite all researchers, scientists and specialists involved or interested in sustainable agriculture and crop protection to participate in this meeting. The most recent advances in all aspects of the durable exploitation of crop protection strategies will be presented in lectures by scientists and guest speakers, and in posters. They will be shared under three axes: Implementation: applying existing tactics and strategies Innovation: building innovative strategies for tomorrow Impact and governance: assessing progress toward sustainable development]]> Conference-link http://www.sol2008.org/frontend/index.php?folder_id=26&ses_id=d5616fdd7a0b95770e5276f8237799b3 Sun 12 Oct 2008 - Thu 16 Oct 2008
The purpose of this meeting, as of the previous ones, is to stimulate the crossing of borders when listening to, looking at and talking about the research going on in tomato, potato, tobacco, pepper, petunia, coffee and all 2008 useful and beautiful Solanaceous plants. ]]> Conference-link http://008@mail.ru Mon 13 Oct 2008 - Wed 15 Oct 2008
Main topics of the conference: 1. Physiological, biochemical and structure-functional control of plant growth and development. 2. Flowering time transition control and environmental conditions. 3. Type and rates of plant development control. 4. Photoperiodism and verna1lization requirement. 5. Phytohormonal control of plant growth and development. 6. Growth and development under stress conditions. 7. Methods in vitro for the study of plant growth and development problems. 8. Applied aspects of plant growth, development and productivity.]]> Conference-link http://www.frankia2008.unq.edu.ar/ Sun 19 Oct 2008 - Thu 23 Oct 2008
This series of meetings is a real forum for scientists and students to discuss issues about advances in our knowledge on biology of actinorhizal symbiosis. At this edition we hope to be attending to multidisciplinary approaches displayed by different international researchers. Hopefully, the presentations will cover a wide spectrum, ranging from ecology, forestry, soil use, antibiotic and other metabolites production, to microbiology, plant physiology and molecular biology with its most modern disciplines: genomics, functional genomics, proteomics and metabolomics.]]> Conference-link