Plant Biology, Crop Biotechnology
Conference TypeScientific Conference, Symposium
Conference ThemeFrom Plant Biology to Crop Biotechnology
Conference NameCold Spring Harbor Asia Conference: From Plant Biology to Crop Biotechnology
Basic Information
- Date: October 25 - 29, 2010
- Location: Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center, Suzhou, China
- Organizer: Nam-Hai Chua, The Rockefeller University, USA; David Jackson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA; Jiayang Li, Chinese Academy of Science, China; Kazuo Shinozaki, RIKEN, Japan
- Website: www.csh-asia.org
Abstract Submission
The conference will include eight oral sessions and two poster sessions. Most talks will be given by invited speakers, but some will be selected from openly submitted abstracts. Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.
Stipends
Efforts are being made to support graduate students and postdocs. Funding has been applied for from government and industry. For more details, please visit http://www.csh-asia.org/stipends.html.
Topics
- Stem cells, development and morphogenesis
- Hormone signaling pathways
- Abiotic stress responses
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Growth and Metabolism
- Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics
- Genes, networks and Systems Biology
- Evolution and Phylogeny
- Trait Engineering
- Marker assisted breeding/Crop biotechnology
Keynote Speakers
- Cathie Martin, John Innes Institute, UK
- Marjori Matzke, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
Invited Speakers
- Xiaoya Chen, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China
- Xiangdong Fu, Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, China
- Hiroo Fukuda, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Ikuko Hara-Nishimura, Kyoto University, Japan
- Guangcun He, Wuhan University, China
- Zuhua He, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China
- Tetsuya Higashiyama, Nagoya University, Japan
- Inhwan Hwang, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea
- Toshiro Ito, Temasek Life Sciences Lab, Singapore
- Takeshi Izawa, Nara Institute of Science & Technology, Japan
- Tetsuji Kakutani, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
- Young Sook Lee, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea
- Ilha Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
- HongGil Nam, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea
- Chung-Mo Park, Seoul National University, Korea
- Kazuki Saito, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan
- Yongbiao Xue, Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, China
Contact Information
- Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
- No.299 Qiyue Road
- SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
- Phone: +86 512 6272 9029
- Fax: +86 512 6272 9028
- E-mail: meetings@csh-asia.org