Plant Growth Biology and Modeling Workshop

14-16 October 2009, Elche, Spain

This workshop covered the latest advances in the biology, modeling and automated phenotyping of leaf and root development, and it was sponsored by the AGRON-OMICS consortium and the Center for Plant Integrative Biology.

An exciting program brought together lectures of prominent scientists and short communications of young researchers chosen among the attendees. In addition, space was provided for poster exhibition.

The workshop took place in Elche, a beautiful town on the Costa Blanca in Spain, included twice in the UNESCO World Heritage list thanks to its art and tradition.

Speakers

Tobias Baskin, University of Massachusetts (USA)
Malcolm Bennett, CPIB (UK)
Mary Byrne, John Innes Center (UK)
Yuval Eshed, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)
Mark Estelle, University of California, San Diego (USA)
Christine Granier, INRA Montpellier (France)
Robert Last, Michigan State University (USA)
Timothy Nelson, Yale University (USA)
Uli Schurr, Research Centre Jülich (Germany)
Miltos Tsiantis, University of Oxford (UK)
Hirokazu Tsukaya, Tokyo University (Japan)

Scientific Committee

José Luis Micol (UMH, Elche, Spain)
Malcolm Bennett and Charlie Hodgman (CPIB, Nottingham, UK)
Pierre Hilson and Chiara Consonni (VIB, Ghent, Belgium)
Christine Granier (INRA, Montpellier, France)

Local organizing Committee (UMH, Elche, Spain)

José Luis Micol
María Rosa Ponce
José Manuel Pérez-Pérez
Héctor Candela
Silvia Rubio-Díaz
Rafael Muñoz-Viana

Sponsors

Agron-Omics consortium supported by a five-year grant (LSHG-CT-2006-037704) in the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission.

Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (CPIB) at the University of Nottingham jointly funded by the BBSRC and EPSRC as part of their Systems Biology Initiative to establish a number of Centres for Integrative Systems Biology.

Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH) de Elche, Spain

Contact

Email chiara.consonni@psb.ugent.be for all enquires