Conference Description
The Salt and Water Stress in Plants GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
Climate change-related abiotic stresses are increasingly affecting global food security. A range of novel plant science insights and approaches exist that can be used to improve tolerance to salt and water stress and have impact on food security. This meeting will emphasize linking promising fundamental work (molecular and cellular biology, and genetic approaches) with crop and agro-ecosystem sciences in order to bridge the gap between upstream science and breeding. Sessions will include stress signaling, physiological processes related to stress response, evolutionary ecology, and climate change and agriculture.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by April 27, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Linking Promising Fundamental Work with Agro-Ecosystem Sciences
Discussion Leaders
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Jose Dinneny (Stanford University, United States)
Speakers
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Joe Ecker ( Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Howard Hughes Medical Institute , United States)
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Renee Lafitte (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United States)
Stress Signaling and Genomics
Discussion Leaders
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Sarah M. (Sally) Assmann (Penn State University, United States)
Speakers
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Yasunari Fujita (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Japan)
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Lucia Strader (Duke University, United States)
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Honghong Hu (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
Single Cell Omics and Stress Responses
Discussion Leaders
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Seung Rhee (Michigan State University, United States)
Speakers
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Maheshi Dassanayake (Louisiana State University, United States)
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Sunil Kenchanmane Raju (New York University, United States)
Physiological Processes Related to Stress Response
Discussion Leaders
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Sonia Negrao (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Speakers
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Marjorie Lundgren (Lancaster University, United Kingdom)
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Walid Sadok (University of Minnesota, United States)
A Critical Evaluation of Adaptive Traits, Abiotic Stress Experiments, and Crop Improvement
Discussion Leaders
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Mark Tester (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
Speakers
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Vincent Vadez (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), France)
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Monica Menz (Innolea SAS, France)
Climate Change and Agriculture
Discussion Leaders
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Felix Fritschi (University of Missouri, United States)
Speakers
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Karine Chenu (The University of Queensland, Australia)
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Gopala Krishnan S (ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi - 110 012, India)
Anatomy, Development, and Stress Responses
Discussion Leaders
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Niko Geldner (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Christine Scoffoni (California State University, Los Angeles, United States)
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Gabriel Castrillo (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Adaptation to Extreme Environments
Discussion Leaders
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Ikram Blilou (KAUST/King Abdulah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
Speakers
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Luis Herrera-Estrella (Texas Tech University, United States)
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Mariana Artur (Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands)
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Rodrigo Gutierrez (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
Natural Variation, Climate Adaptation, the Evolution of Stress Tolerance
Discussion Leaders
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Angela Hancock (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany)
Speakers
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Michael Purugganan (New York University, United States)
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Moises Exposito-Alonso (University of California Berkeley, United States)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers
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Moises Exposito-Alonso (University of California Berkeley, United States)