Jalkumbhi Plant

Symposium "The Plant Microverse: bridging phyllosphere and rhizosphere research"

The symposium will kick off with the guest speakers sharing their pioneering research, offering invaluable insights into their areas of expertise. This will be followed by a stimulating roundtable discussion, giving both the speakers and the audience a platform to exchange ideas and perspectives on plant-microbial research.
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Published: | By: Sybille Huck

On April 25, 2023, VEO group members Jannick van Cauwenberghe and Wallapat Phongtang are organizing a Plant SymposiumExternal link together with Kerstin Unger, Shubhangi Sharma and Ali Raza from Matt Agler’s group of Plant Microbiosis which intends to bridge the Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere Research. 

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, then don’t hesitate and register before April 3.

The guest speakers are:

  • Joana Falcao Salles (University of Groningen)
  • Roeland Berendsen (University of Utrecht)
  • Mitja Remus-Emsermann (Freie Universität Berlin)
  • Eric Kemen (Universität Tübingen)
  • Philipp Franken (FSU Jena and Research Center for Horticultural Crops in Erfurt)
  • Anna Liisa Laine (Universität Zürich)

They will share their latest research on microbial interaction in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere, and will participate in moderated discussion in the afternoon. Interested students and postdocs can also present their research in the poster session for which abstract submission is now possible.