First Annual Conference in Porto – Confirmed Speakers
Dear colleagues,
Only one month to go until the opening of the 1st Annual Conference of the COST Action MiCropBiomes. A great programme with renowned experts and talented young researchers presenting their work:
Session 1: Exploiting plant-microbiome molecular crosstalks: diversity, distribution and eco-evolutionary perspectives
- Philippe VANDENKOORNHUYSE (Université de Rennes, FR)
- Alberto SPADA (CREA, Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, IT)
- Denis GUNIA (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, DE)
- Esmeralda DUSHKU (Veterinary Research Institute of Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DIMITRA, GR)
- Fabienne VAILLEAU (Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement, FR)
- Mogens NICOLAISEN (Aarhus University, DK)
Session 2: Crop microbiomes and plant diseases: from dysbiosis to increased defenses
- Vittorio VENTURI (African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, MA)
- Claude BRAGARD (UCLouvain, BE)
- Wafa ACHOUAK (CNRS-CEA-Aix Marseille University, FR)
- Tetiana KALACHOVA (Institute of Experimental Botany, CZ)
- Lilach Iasur KRUH (Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel, IL)
- Joana Vicente (FERA, UK)
Session 3: From current microbial inoculants to synthetic communities
- Emilio MONTESINOS (Laboratory of Plant Pathology-CIDSAV, ES)
- Núria DARANAS (University of Girona, ES)
- Iakovos PANTELIDES (Cyprus University of Technology, CY)
Session 4: Crop-microbiome assembly dynamics under specific environments
- Dejana PANKOVIC (Julius Kühn Institut Quedlinburg, DE)
- Catarina LEAL (Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino – Logroño, ES)
- Lyuben ZAGORCHEV (Sofia University, BG)
- Marko PETEK (National Institute of Biology, SI)
- Francesco SPINELLI (University of Bologna, IT)
Session 5: Communication, and engagement with society
- Sónia GARCIA MENDEZ (Ghent University, BE)
- Céline DE PESSEMIER (Aphea.bio, BE)
See you in Porto!