Translational Research in Crops
Developing crops that are more resilient to rapidly changing and harsher environments will be crucial for tomorrow’s food production. Green biotechnology offers solutions to maintain high food productivity while preserving the earth’s valuable ecosystems.
This VIB conference ‘Translational Research in Crops’ aims at reviewing how crops cope with stress, how to improve crops through plant architecture, how to produce healthier crops, and the beneficial interactions of the soil microbiome.
Twenty leaders in plant biotechnology will present their latest insights in the following sessions:
- Healthier crops
- Improving crops through plant architecture
- How do crops cope with biotic stress?
- How do crops adapt to abiotic stress
- Beneficial interactions of soil microbiome
- Centuries of crop breeding
Besides an inspiring scientific program, conference participants will have ample networking opportunities during the poster sessions and networking moments.
Travel grants
We offer 4 travel grants to international PhD students, which will reimburse travel costs up to 400 Euros. The deadline to participate was 30 March 2023. The organizing committee notified the grant winners.
Poster information
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation. All accepted poster submissions will have a chance to win the JXB Poster Prize offered by Journal of Experimental Botany!
Register before the EB deadline to have your abstract recorded in the program book.
Host City: Ghent
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Confirmed speakers
Program
Day 1 - Thursday, 22 June, 2023
Chair: Dirk Inzé
Cathie Martin
Cristobal Uauy
Fritz Peleke
Krishna Niyogi
Raquel L. Chan
Ana Sede
Odd numbers
Chair: Hilde Nelissen
Annis Richardson
Idan Efroni
Nathalie Gonzalez
Ylenia Vittozzi
Chair: Julia Bailey-Serres
Barbara De Coninck
Sophien Kamoun
Additional fee
Day 2 - Friday, 23 June, 2023
Chair: Lieven De Veylder
Julia Bailey-Serres
Thelma Madzima
Kaisa Kajala
Ndjido Kane
Hilde Nelissen
Even numbers
Chair: Caixia Gao
Maria Harrison
Giles Oldroyd
Eric Ober
Chair: Cristobal Uauy
Martin Lysak
Ling Meng
Caixia Gao
Dan Voytas
Hilde Nelissen
Organizing committee
Dirk Inzé
Hilde Nelissen
Lieven De Veylder
Caixia Gao
Julia Bailey-Serres
Cristobal Uauy
Evy Vierstraete
Abstracts
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Attendees
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