3rd Biannual Early Career Researchers’ Conference to be hosted by MPIPZ

From September 18th to 20th, 2024 the third „Early Career Researchers’ Conference“ will be held in Germany, at Kloster Steinfeld and at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding in Cologne.

This biannual conference provides a platform for early career researchers in the field of plant science from three of the leading European plant science institutes, the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), the John Innes Centre (JIC) and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ), to exchange their research findings, network and establish connections with their peers in a collaborative and friendly environment.

Over the course of the three-day conference we want to bring together late-stage PhD students, junior postdocs and junior group leaders to participate in discussions about their latest discoveries in various domains of plant science and related fields. Additionally, attendees will have the valuable opportunity to engage in networking, fostering connections and expanding professional relationships within the scientific community.

We are delighted to feature invited guests from the participating institutes:

Laura R. Botigué, CRAG

Lab Link: https://www.cragenomica.es/research-groups/genomics-ancient-crops-and-domestication

Kelsey Byers, JIC

Lab Link: https://www.jic.ac.uk/people/kelsey-byers/

Pau Formosa-Jordan, MPIPZ

Lab Link: https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/formosa

André Marques, MPIPZ

Keynote Lecture: Meiotic recombination dynamics in holocentric plants

Lab Link: https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/5028512/marques

Laila Moubayidin, JIC

Keynote Lecture: Cell division control during style development

Lab Link: https://www.jic.ac.uk/people/laila-moubayidin/

Robertas Ursache, CRAG

Keynote Lecture: The suberinteresting role of GELP proteins

Lab Link: https://www.cragenomica.es/research-groups/plant-cell-wall-remodeling-and-adaptation

Organization Committee

Cristina Alcaide (MPIPZ Postdoc)
Silvia Calderone (CRAG PhD candidate)
Pau Casanova-Ferrer (MPIPZ Postdoc)
Rajesh Chandra-Misra (JIC Postdoc)
Mehmet Delibas (MPIPZ PhD candidate)
Xiao Dong (MPIPZ PhD candidate)
Anna Martyn (MPIPZ Postdoc)
Josep Mercadal (MPIPZ Postdoc)
Yohanna Miotto (MPIPZ Postdoc)
Ayomide Olukorede (JIC PhD candidate)
Sara Pinto (JIC Postdoc)
Jesús Praena Tamayo (MPIPZ Postdoc)
Barkha Ravi (JIC Postdoc)
Maroof Shaikh (CRAG PhD candidate)
Yeshveer Singh (JIC Postdoc)
Gurpinder-Singh Sidhu (JIC PhD  candidate)
Stefan Steckenborn Diaz Coria (MPIPZ Postdoc)
Georgia Yiasoumi (JIC PhD candidate)

The scientific coordinators at MPIPZ, CRAG, and JIC provide support to the organizing committee.