The Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
Bringing together early-career scientists (e.g. PhD students, postdocs, similar career experience), this seminar provides an opportunity to share, discuss and develop key research and ideas related to plant vascular biology.
The existence of plants on earth has, and continues to depend on their resilience to stress. In this meeting, presenters will discuss research highlighting the diverse strategies and mechanisms which allow plants to cope with, avoid and adapt to stress, both today and through evolutionary time. With a focus on the plant vascular system (xylem and phloem), presenters will also showcase new ways to quantify plant resilience (and vulnerability) in the face of the key stressors which shape them.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 3, 2024. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
