Program Winter School

 

 

 

Winter School at IBG-2: 2nd-6th of November 2015 (>> pdf-Version of the program)

 

Monday          2. November 2015 Introduction

11:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION – IBG-2 Seminar room

Rm. 406

12:00 a.m.

Lunch

 

1:30 p.m.

Opening:

Fabio Fiorani: Research targets for improving root efficiency

Rm. 406

 

2:00 p.m.

Key Lecture

Hendrik Poorter: The growth rate and C-budget of plants and the specific role of roots therein.

 

Rm. 406

3:00 p.m.

Coffee break

 

3:30 p.m.

Introduction of the lecturers

Rm. 406

4:00 p.m.

Introduction of the participants

- short presentations of all participants (max. 2 slides)

Rm. 406

5:00 p.m.

Forming of working groups Definition of different tasks

Rm. 406

5:30 p.m.

Practical

Visit of IBG-2 facilities

 

7:00 p.m.

Dinner

 

 

 

Tuesday 3. November 2015 2D and 3D root imaging  

9:00 a.m.

Lectures

Dagmar van Duschoten: MRI

Daniel Pflugfelder: MRI data processing

Ralf Metzner: PET

Jonas Bühler: PET data processing

 Rm 406

 

Group 1 

Group 2 

 

10:30 a.m.

 

MRI Lab tour 

PET Lab tour 

 

11:15 a.m.

PET Lab tour

MRI Lab tour 

 

12:00 a.m.

Lunch

 

01:00 p.m.

Lecture

Kerstin Nagel Root phenotyping - analysing hidden traits using 2D approaches 

 Rm 406

01:45 p.m.

 

Hands on 2D Root imaging 

Hands on MRI/PET Data processing 

 

03:15 p.m.

Coffee break

 

03:30 p.m.

Hands on MRI/PET Data processing

Hands on 2D Root imaging

 

05:00 p.m.

Key Lecture

Richard Richards: Opportunities to improve cereal root systems for greater productivity.

 

 Rm 406

07:00 p.m.

Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday  4. November 2015 Root phenotyping in the field

10:00 a.m.

Introduction to Campus Klein Altendorf Thorsten Kraska

Forum

10:30 a.m.

Practical tour through the Campus Klein Altendorf

 

12:00 a.m.

Lunch

 

1:15 p.m.

Lecture

Frank Hochholdinger: Molecular mechanisms of maize root development

Forum

2:00 p.m.

Lecture

Tobias Wojciechowski: Root phenotyping methods for field experiment

Forum

2:45 p.m.

Group picture

 

3:00 p.m.

Coffee break

Forum

3:30 p.m.

Practical

Tobias Wojciechowski: Shovelomics

 

5:30 p.m.

Dinner

 

 

 

 

Thursday 5. November 2015 Root modelling

 

09:00 a.m.

Lecture

Johannes Postma: Introduction Simulation models: why bother?

Rm. 406

09:45

a.m.

Lecture

Guillem Lobet: From phenotyping to a structural root model

Rm. 406

10:45

Break

 

11:00

a.m.

Practical

Andrea Schnepf: Hands on experience with RootBox

 

12:00

a.m.

Lunch

 

1:00

p.m.

Lecture

Andrea Schnepf: Functional root modeling: nutrient uptake

Rm. 406

2:00

p.m.

Practical

Johannes Postma: Hands on with the Barber-Cushman model

 

2:45

p.m.

Coffee break

 

3:00

p.m.

Finale: Putting it all together, a conceptional model of your research Guillem Lobet: Putting it all together, a conceptional model of your research

 

4:00

p.m.

Key Lecture

Björn Usadel: Bioinformatics

Rm. 406

5:00

p.m.

Transfer Aachen

 

6:00

p.m.

City Tour

 

7:30

p.m.

Dinner

 

 

 

Friday 6. November 2015 Conclusion

9:00 a.m.

Group work: Preparation of presentations

Rm. 406

10:30 a.m.

Presentation of the results defined on day 1 (15-20 minutes per group) Discussion with PIs

 

12:30 a.m.

Conclusion

Rm. 406

1:00 p.m.

Evaluation of the course

Rm. 406

1:30 p.m.

Lunch / Departure

 

 

 

 

 

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