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DESCRIPTION:Climate change is one of the most serious threats humanity has 
 ever faced.\n\nDeveloping crops that are more resilient to rapidly changin
 g and harsher environments will be crucial for tomorrow’s food productio
 n. Green biotechnology offers solutions to maintain high food productivity
  while preserving the earth’s valuable ecosystems. In addition\, plants 
 may also play an important role in mitigating the rising levels of greenho
 use gases.\n\nThis VIB conference ‘Plant Science for Climate Emergency
 ’ aims at reviewing current research on adapting plants to climate chang
 e as well as on using plants for mitigating the accumulation of greenhouse
  gasses.\n\nTwenty leaders in plant biotechnology will present the latest 
 developments in sessions focused on drought tolerance\, tolerance to high 
 temperatures\, salt and flooding tolerance\, the effects of climate change
  on defense systems against insects and pathogens\, carbon capturing plant
 s\, crop engineering and improvement\, nitrogen use efficiency\, and much 
 more.\n\nBesides an inspiring scientific program\, conference participants
  will have ample networking opportunities during the poster sessions\, the
  reception\, and the conference dinner.\n\nDeadlines:\n•	Grant submissio
 n deadline: 15/03/2021\n•	Abstract submission deadline: 29/03/2021\n•	
 Early Bird deadline: 26/04/2021\n•	Late registration deadline: 24/05/202
 1\n\nSpeakers:\n•	Tom Beeckman - VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biol
 ogy\, BE\n•	Wout Boerjan  - VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology\,
  BE\n•	Hidde Boersma - freelance science journalist\, essayist and docum
 entary film maker\, NL\n•	Wolfgang Busch  - Salk Institute for Biologica
 l Studies\, US\n•	Jorge Casal - Leloir Institute Foundation\, AR\n•	An
 a Caño Delgado  - Centre For Research In Agricultural Genomics\, ES\n•	
 Laura Dixon - University of Leeds\, UK\n•	Tobias Erb - Max Planck Instit
 ute for Terrestrial Microbiology\, DE\n•	Matthew Gilliham  - The Univers
 ity of Adelaide\, AU\n•	Cara Haney - The University of British Columbia\
 , CA\n•	Sheng-Yang He - Michigan State University\, USA\n•	Gabriel Kro
 uk - French National Centre for Scientific Research\, FR\n•	Mark Lynas -
  British author\, journalist &amp\; environmental activist with a focus on
  climate change\n•	Wenbo Ma  - University of California Riverside\, USA\
 n•	Donald Richard Ort - University of Illinois\, USA\n•	Pierdomenico P
 erata  - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa\, IT\n•	Rashmi Sasidh
 aran - Utrecht University\, NL\n•	Motokai Seki - RIKEN Center for Sustai
 nable Resource Science\, JP\n•	Mechthild Tegeder - Washington State Univ
 ersity\, USA\n•	Christa Testerink - Wageningen University\, NL\n\nInform
 ation for poster submissions:\nThe format for your poster should be: A0 (8
 41 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in)\, portrait orientation. The best three abst
 racts were given a short talk slot in the plenary program.\n\nTravel grant
 s:\nWe offer 5 travel grants to international attendees\, which will reimb
 urse travel costs up to 400 Euros. Are you interested in attending PlantRe
 search21 and want to have a chance on a travel grant? Submit your motivati
 on below by clicking on the 'Apply for a grant' button before 15 March 202
 1. The organizing committee will notify you of your travel grant acceptanc
 e by the end of March.\nNo registration is needed before submitting a trav
 el grant proposal. When you’re awarded with a travel grant you will rece
 ive a practical email containing the next steps. Note that being awarded a
  travel grant does not mean being registered for the conference. Scroll do
 wn to apply for your grant.\n
LOCATION:Music Center De Bijloke\, 2\, Jozef Kluyskensstraat
SUMMARY:Plant Science for Climate Emergency
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