Symposium Down Under:
Mechanisms controlling plant reproduction
Save the date! 3rd to 4th of February 2020
@ The University of Adelaide, Australia
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Check out the latest updates in the field of plant reproduction! This meeting is a result of a world-wide collaboration organized to uncover the molecular networks controlling plant reproduction, from ovule formation to seed development. At this symposium, recent advances in ovule development, germline determination, asexual reproduction, fertilization, sex determination, hormone signalling and epigenetic control during seed development will be shared.
The symposium will be an opportunity for scientists at all career stages to exchange ideas and establish new connections beyond borders. We invite PhD students, Early Career Researchers, Post-Docs and Principal investigators to join us. Especially dedicated to younger researchers, the program will include short talks where PhD students will have the opportunity to present a key result regarding their research project. Additionally we are putting together special networking opportunities aimed at breaking the ice between researchers and industry!
Held at the Waite Campus precinct, we are in the perfect environment to transfer fundamental research to agriculture and industry. In the Waite Campus 15 organisations associated with plant development, agriculture, food industry, wine and natural resources science compose a hub for the improvement of food security in a world where fighting climate change effects is more imperative than ever.
The organisers of this event are members of the European project SexSeed. A/Prof Matthew Tucker, PhD student Dayton Bird and Technical Officer Chao Ma from the University of Adelaide, Dr Sílvia Coimbra and PhD student Sara Pinto from the University of Porto, Dr Lucia Colombo and PhD Rosanna Petrella from the University of Milan.
We wish you a fruit-full experience Down Under!
Speakers
Apomixis
Anna Koltunow
(University of Queensland, Australia)
Gametophytic pollen tube guidance
Tetsuya Higashiyama
(ITbM, University of Nagoya, Japan)
Flower development
David Smyth
(Monash University, Australia)
Ovule development
Lucia Colombo
(University of Milan, Italy)
Epigenetics and seed formation
Emidio Albertini
(University of Perugia, Italy)
Male fertility
Dabing Zhang
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China/University of Adelaide, Australia)
Fertilization
Sílvia Coimbra
(University of Porto, Portugal)
Wheat Spike development
Scott Boden
(University of Adelaide, Australia)
Barley flower development
Gang Li
(University of Adelaide, Australia)
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The Waite campus,
University of Adelaide
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Adelaide CBD
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Staff Exchange programme under grant agreement No. 690946
Down under the mechanisms determining plant reproduction 
