The KBC Days 2009 will take place on 16-17 November 2009

All members of the KBC-Departments are welcome to two days of communication, celebration and inspiration. We cordially invite our research partners and friends who like to learn more about our centre.

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For more information about the event have a look here:

www.fascinerandevaxtersdag.se

Day 1 (Thursday 21st of March)

9:00 Welcome by Johannes Hanson

9:05 Plant cell’s borderline in cell fate

Andriani Mentzelopoulou, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

9:35 The Role of the Plant Endomembrane System in Salt Stress Tolerance

Daniel McKay, University of Heidelberg, Germany

10:05 Unravelling the role of root cap in shaping the Arabidopsis response towards abiotic stress

Krishna Kodappully Das, IISER Tirupati, India

10:40 Fika (coffee break)

10:55 Physiological, molecular and genetic mechanisms of adaptation to alkaline in Arabidopsis thaliana populations

Laura Perez Martin, University of Geneva, Switzerland

11:25 The ups and downs of being an outdoor plant-The epigenetic and transcriptomic landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimated to fluctuating light

Robyn Emmerson, University of Birmingham, UK

11:55 Comparing genomic prediction methods for (relatively) oligogenic traits: a case study in maize grain carotenoids

Mary-Francis LaPorte, University of California, Davis, USA

The afternoon programme is tailored to the invited candidates and not open for everyone.

Please find more information about the symposium here

Contact: Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava, Stéphane Verger

Photo: Sonali Ranade