Frontiers in plant biology: From discovery to applications
Conference - Ghent, Belgium
Recent years have seen an explosion of new high throughput technologies which in turn have enabled ground-breaking discoveries in plant sciences. Next generation sequencing and advances in genome assembly and analysis are helping to crack the code of even the most complex genomes. Transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics are leading the way in providing new insights into the inner workings of plant cells and plant cell-cell communications. Equally importantly, the cell biology toolbox – previously mainly restricted to animal and yeast cells – has finally been built up in plants allowing researchers to explore the fundamental questions in plant cell biology and compare plant solutions with those of other organisms. Importantly, the ‘omics’ and cell biology tools also shed light on plant-environment interactions, including responses to abiotic signals and plant-pathogen interactions.
This conference will focus on the recent breakthroughs in plant biology, enabled by the latest methodological developments.
The programme will be organised into the following themes:
Intracellular regulation
Short range communication
Long range communication
Communication with the environment
Signal integration
Future Direction
October 3-5, 2012
Aula Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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