EPS Summer School “Plant Development”

The EPS Summer school “Plant Development” is a three-days programme for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs with a strong interest in Plant Development. Attendance is restricted to 50 participants.

The summer school will cover multiple aspects of plant development:

  • Genetic control
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular and mechanical processes
  • Environmental control
  • Evolutionary processes

 

Date: 18 until 20 September 2023

Location: Fletcher Hotel Wageningsche Berg, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Participants: max 50, all PhDs/postdocs with an interest in Plant Sciences ( EPS-members and non-EPS members)

Fee*: 200 € for EPS PhD students with approved TSP and EPS postdocs, 400 € all other PhD/postdocs/staff, 800 € Industry * Fee includes lunch and dinner, no hotel

Hotel*: 1 night/double room with breakfast: 133€ for 2 persons, 104€ for one person
We reserved a large number double rooms for you direct at the location. After your registration you will receive a conformation email with more detailed instruction about the booking of your hotel.

Registration: open

Programme:

The programme is divided into different sessions. Each session has presentations of multiple keynote speakers and participants. There are plenty of breaks in between to network with each other.

Monday 18.09.2023:

09:30 Welcome & Registration

10:00 – 11:45   Session 01

11:45 – 12:15     Introduction to the Industry session

12:15 – 13:30     Lunch and hang up posters

13:30 – 18:00     “Developmental biology of plants – research question from industry”

18:00 – 19:30      Dinner (at location)

19:30 – 21:00     “Developmental biology of plants – research question from industry”

Tuesday 19.08.2023

09:00 – 12:30  Session 02

12:30 – 14:30   Lunch & poster

14:30 – 18:00    Session 03

18:00 -21:00     Dinner and social Activity

Wednesday 20.09.2023

09:00 – 12:30   Session 04

12:30 – 14:00   Lunch & poster

14:00 – 16:00   Session 05

16:00 – 16:15   Closing remarks

 

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

Marie-Cecile Caillaud, RDP, France

Lars Østergaard, John Innes Centre, UK

Joris Sparkel, WUR, NL

Teva Vernoux, ENS Lyon, France

Lucia Colombo, University of Milan, Italy

Annis Richardson, University of Edinburgh, UK

 

Organisation Team:

Viola Willemsen, WUR

Richard Immink,  WUR

Dolf Weijers, WUR

Juliane Teapal, EPS – Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences


Monday, September 18, 2023 through September 20
00:00 - 23:59
Fletcher hotel Wageningen
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