The congress will feature key note lectures and thematic sessions in which students will have the opportunity to stand side by side with well-known plant physiologists, sharing the same space and enjoying a refreshing and inspiring atmosphere of ideas.

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The Summer School in Gatersleben September 25-27 is organized in collaboration with the German Crop BioGreenformatics Network of the German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (GCBN/de.NBI). The course provides hands-on introduction to useful bioinformatics tools for biologists with little or no previous knowledge. The training will enable biologists to process their own small and large datasets using R and Linux based methods and is entirely computer-based with interspersed lectures.

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Current and future applications of phenotyping for plant breeding

Plants develop by a complex interaction of genotypes with the environments which determines their structure and function and thus essential performance parameters such as yield, productivity or efficient use of resources. To understand these fundamental processes we need to quantitatively assess the phenotype and generate a link to the genotype in order to understand the genetic basis.

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The workshop is powered by PHENOSPEX and will take place October 12th & 13th 2017 at the Vienna Biocenter. Registration DEADLINE for scanning your samples: 1st Sept 2017.

The 4th Conference of Cereal Biotechnology and Breeding jointly organized with the EUCARPIA Cereals Section will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 6 to 9 November 2017.

The workshop is supported by EMPHASIS, EPPN2020, and ECOLCHANGE

Plants develop by a complex interaction of genotypes with the environments. The need to characterize the phenotype is essential to understand fundamental processes which determine the structure and function of plants in particular in times of climate change. While significant progress has been made in molecular methods in recent years and the genomes of several plants have been sequenced this knowledge is not sufficient to simulate the phenotype of a plant without knowing the history and the dynamic interaction of the plant with its environment. Thus, plant phenotyping - quantitative analysis of structure and function of plants - has become the major bottleneck and, quantitative information on genotype-environment relations is the key to address future challenges.

 The 3^rd Annual Nordic Plant Phenotyping Workshop,  taking place from 22 to 23 November 2017, will feature international speakers and technical presentations, and cover a range of topics within plant breeding and phenotyping. The annual workshop is also a great opportunity to network and have informal discussions about development opportunities. The detailed programme will be published on the NPPN website. The NPPN general assembly will take place in conjunction with the workshop. The registration deadline is October 20^th. 

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Are you struggling with understanding and analyzing large and complex biological data sets? The Toulouse GenoToul Biostat platform and the Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle UMR 8576 CNRS/Université Lille 1 are organizing an Autumn School within the EU COST Action “The quest for tolerant varieties: phenotyping at plant and cellular level (FA1306). The course will provide both theory and hands-on training focusing on multivariate data analysis and dimension data reduction for biological studies.

https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/home_of_mixOmics_school2017

https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/home_costfa1306

The Council of the African Crop Science Society (ACSS) invites all researchers, students, farmers and partners in agricultural development in Africa and in other continents to join them in Cape Town in 2018. As in previous ACSS Conferences, the 12^th Conference will provide an enriching and engaging environment to foster and promote crop science research towards new and improved livelihood opportunities and sustainable food and nutrition security for farmers in Africa.

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The 2nd annual Phenome 2018 conference will bring together a multidisciplinary community comprising plant biologists, ecologists, engineers, agronomists, computer scientists, and representatives from U.S. federal agencies in a rich and diverse networking environment to foster collaboration, innovation, and the initiation of multi-investigator and multi-institution projects. Phenome 2018 will also serve as a platform to generate greater understanding about plants and climate change. The conference will bring together preeminent speakers from Asia, Europe, and North America.

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To promote the most advanced research progresses in plant phenotyping, the 2nd Asia-Pacific Plant Phenotyping Conference will be held on 23-25 March 2018 in Nanjing, a beautiful capital city of six dynasties. We warmly welcome all scientists or representatives who are interested in plant phenotyping to participate!

Plant Biology Europe is the biggest of its kind in Europe. With a multidisciplinary approach to plant science in a global context, the conference aims to collect speakers and presentations that cover wide ranging scientific and policy related themes within plant science, thereby showcasing state-of-the-art scientific developments and contributions to policy shaping towards plants science at the European and national levels.

PBE is a biennial event, taking place next time in June of 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark. PBE is jointly organized by FESBP and EPSO, as a result of a merger between the previous individual EPSO and FESPB conferences.

Learn more about the scientific programme, social events, and the venue in Copenhagen.

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The International Conference on Arabidopsis Research is a yearly conference rotating between North America, Australasia and Europe.  The ICAR2016 was held in South Korea and is followed by ICAR2017 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The conference is centered on all aspects of modern plant biology using thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) as a model system. The conference regularly brings together over 800 scientists from all corners of the world for five days to discuss all aspects of molecular plant science from research on plant growth and development to improving plant tolerance to adverse environmental conditions.

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The annual plant biology meeting has been held for over eight decades and has been dedicated to the fostering of plant scientists in their research and careers. Today the meeting attracts more than 1,300 scientists from 40 countries.

Every year the program features the latest research in plant science with five major symposia, thirty concurrent symposia bringing together young scientists to give talks as well as the top in their fields from around the globe.

The annual plant biology meeting has been held for over eight decades and has been dedicated to the fostering of plant scientists in their research and careers. Today the meeting attracts more than 1,300 scientists from 40 countries.

Every year the program features the latest research in plant science with five major symposia, thirty concurrent symposia bringing together young scientists to give talks as well as the top in their fields from around the globe.

Founded in 1963, the International Association for Plant Biotechnology (www.iapbhome.com) is the largest international professional organisation representing the interests of the world-wide plant biotechnology community and has been hosting successful symposia around the world since the early 60’s. It has been almost 25 years since this symposium was last held in Europe and we are excited to be bringing this meeting to a world class venue in the city of Dublin for the 14th IAPB quadrennial symposium from 19-24 August 2018.

The ICAB 2018: 20th International Conference on Agriculture and Biotechnology aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Agriculture and Biotechnology. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Agriculture and Biotechnology.