Including workshops on metabolomics and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Human population growth and climate change present major challenges to sustainable food production. Plant biologists are developing and applying new integrative Big Data approaches to address these challenges. This symposium, “Plant Stress-Omics in a Changing Climate”, will bring together scientists who are working at various –omics levels to understand impacts of environmental stress on plants, including drought, temperature, salinity, rising CO2 concentrations, and biotic stressors. In addition to ~20 plenary talks, the symposium includes two special workshops, one on mass spectrometry and its application to plant metabolomics, and one on application of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology to plant systems.
Registration fees cover participation in all scientific events, most meals during the symposium, and a symposium t-shirt. Travel awards (March 30th deadline) are available to under-represented groups, beginning assistant professors, post-doctorates, graduate students, and undergraduates. Inexpensive lodging options are available on campus.
Detailed information on the symposium agenda and logistics are available at the symposium website: http://plantbiosymposium.psu.edu
Registration Deadline Rapidly Approaching!
Important Deadlines:
- March 30th, 2015: registration deadline to be considered for a travel award
- April 6th, 2015: deadline for early bird reduced registration rates
- May 6th, 2015: final registration deadline
