5th European Maize Meeting – Bologna, 14-16 June

Name: 5th European Maize Meeting - Bologna, 14-16 June
Start: 2023-06-14
End: 2023-06-16

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5th European Maize Meeting

Bologna, 14-16 June 2023

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5th European Maize Meeting will be held from 14 to 16 June 2023 in Bologna, Italy. The meeting will be in presence.

The meeting is targeted to PhD students, Post-docs, Research Scientists and Principal Investigators from academia/research centers and companies interested in maize molecular genetics, developmental genetics, quantitative genetics, genomics, genetics of tolerance to stress (abiotic and biotic), epigenetics, gene regulation, genetic modification and editing.

Organizing committee:

Cristian Forestan, Elisabetta Frascaroli, Silvio Salvi, Roberto Tuberosa, University of Bologna
Gabriella Consonni, University of Milan
Serena Varotto, University of Padua
Hilde Nelissen, VIB, University of Ghent, Belgium

Conference Venue:

Complesso di San Giovanni in Monte (the venue is in the city center of Bologna)

Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 1/2 – 40100, Bologna, Italy

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How to reach “Complesso di San Giovanni in Monte” (in the city center)

From the airport to the train station of Bologna: Marconi Express (train to the airport from the train station, every 7 or 15 minutes)

for more information visit: https://www.marconiexpress.it/en/

From the train station: By bus- Go to the bus station (270 meters on the left from the station) and take the bus nr. 11 (every 6 minutes, get out on Piazza Minghetti just 160 meters from the venue). Tickets available on board.

By taxi/cab: Taxi rank just outside the raiilway station.

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Dr. Andrea Gallavotti

Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Dr. Clémentine Vitte

CNRS, GQE-Le Moulon, Paris Saclay

Dr. Hannah Schneider

Department of Plant Sciences – Wageningen University

Dr. Julia Engelhorn

Postdoctoral Researcher, Hartwig Group, Frommer AG
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf /Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Peng Yu

Emmy Noether Group Root Functional Biology, INRES, University of Bonn, Germany

Prof. Xiaohong Yang

China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Preliminary Program

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Download here the guidelines

Deadline for the abstract submission is 8^th May.

Abstract Submission & Guidelines

• Abstracts must be received by the announced deadline (8^th May 2023). Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered.
• Abstracts may be submitted for oral presentation or poster presentation.
• All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee.
• Notifications of acceptance status will be sent by the Scientific Committee.

Session Topics

• Cell biology
• Genome analysis
• Plant development
• Phenomics and mapping
• Transformation and editing
• Transposons and epigenetics
• Other

Posters

Poster layout: vertical sheet, 70 x 100 cm

Authors whose abstract has been selected as an oral presentation can still bring and present the corresponding poster if they wish.

Registration fees:

Professor, Research scientist, Post doc:

before 8th may €350

after 8th may €400

Graduate student:

before 8th may €200

after 8th may €250