Events

EPS workshop “Plant Hormones” – NEW DATE

Date: 13 & 14 March 2025

Location: Campus, Wageningen University & Research

Fee: 

• 215 € for PhDs registered with EPS and registered with all other WGS graduate schools
• 275 € Postdocs registered with EPS, or within other WGS Graduate Schools
• 375 € EPS Staff members
• 425 € University Staff members
• 700 € Non academic participants

Registration: open

Organizers: Wouter Kohlen and EPS

Content:

Plant hormones are signal molecules that control all aspects of plant growth and development. They occur in low concentrations, but different from animal hormones they are small chemical compounds, can pass through cell walls, and can in theory be produced and sensed by all plant cells and tissues. That is all fine, but how do they regulate your favorite phenotypes and how to find out?

In this workshop we will focus an a subset of different plant hormones. These will include, but not be limited to, Gibberellins, Ethylene, and Strigolactones. We will discuss how these plant hormones, individual or in concert, are involved in regulating plant growth and development. We will look into how to integrate plant hormone analysis into plant research and the different tools available to do this. We will combine theory with practice as the morning lectures will be followed by afternoon practical work.

Speakers:

Wouter Kohlen, Wageningen University and Research, (hormonal networks in plant development)

Niels Arts, Utrecht University ( jasmonic acid and salicylic acid gene regulatory network)

Dr. Jiashu Chu, Wageningen University and Research, (Rapid auxin signalling)

Alession Albanese, Wageningen University and Research, (multi-omic integration)

Bram van de Poel, KU Leuven, (Ethylene in plant development)

Jim Rowe, Scheffield University, (ABA sensor)