PhD Summer school on Rhizosphere Signaling. (23-25 de agosto de 2010. Wageningen, Holanda).

A continuación os pongo la información de un curso que puede ser del interés de los lectores de este blog. Se realizará este verano en Wageningen, Holanda, dentro de la "PhD Summer School Rhizosphere Signaling" de la interuniversity Graduate School 'Experimental Plant Sciences' (EPS). El curso está organizado por Nicole van Dam  (Radboud University Nijmegen), Harro Bouwmeester (Wageningen  University) y Douwe Zuidema (Graduate School EPS).

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Summer School Rhizosphere Signaling
PhD Summer School Rhizosphere Signaling
Dates: 23 – 25 August 2010
Venue: RADIX building (building nr. 107), Lecture room C92, Wageningen Campus, Droevendaalse steeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Organizers: Nicole van Dam (Radboud University Nijmegen), Harro Bouwmeester (Wageningen University) & Douwe Zuidema (Graduate School EPS)
Target group: PhD students and post-docs
Language: English
Course credits: 0.9 ECTS
Detailed program: click here (last updated 07-04-2010)
Registration details: click here (registration is open)
Sponsors of the Summer School: click here
Program synopsis
Sunday 22 August 2010
Dinner for the early arrivals (sign-up basis)
Monday 23 August 2010
09:00 - 10:00 Registration with coffee/tea
10:00 - 10:50 Keynote 1: Paolina Garbeva (NIOO-KNAW, NL), 'Interspecific bacterial interactions in the rhizosphere and their impact on fungi'
10:50 - 11:40 Keynote 2: Anton Hartmann (Helmholtz Zentrum, München, Germany), 'Molecular signaling between rhizobacteria on the root surface and the response by plants'
11:40 - 12:20 Workshop PhD Presentations
Lunch
13:30 - 14:20 Keynote 3: Birgit Piechulla (Rostock, Germany), 'Bacterial volatiles and effects on plants'
14:20 - 15:10 Keynote 4: Hans de Kroon (RU Nijmegen, NL), 'Root-root interactions with self and others, root foraging'
Tea Break
15:30 - 16.50 Workshop PhD presentations
17:00 – 18: 00 2-minute poster presentations
18:00 – 20:30 Dinner buffet (with posters)
Tuesday 24 August 2010
09:00 - 09:50 Keynote 5: Maria Pozo (Granada, Spain), 'Mycorrhiza-plant interactions'
09:50 - 10:20 Keynote 4: René Geurts (WU Wageningen, NL), 'Rhizobium intercepts plant hormone balances to initiate symbiosis'
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:10 Workshop PhD presentations
Lunch
13:30 – 14:20 Keynote 7: Ted Turlings (Neuchatel, Switzerland), 'Herbivore-induced volatiles of maize roots and their importance for root pest control'
14:20 – 15:10 Keynote 8: Richard Hopkins (Uppsala, Sweden), 'Direct defense induction by root herbivores in Brassica species'
Tea Break
15:40 - 17:10 Workshop PhD presentations
Excursion to the Rhizotron facility Radboud University Nijmegen and BBQ in the botanical garden
Wednesday 25 August 2010
09:00 - 09:50 Keynote 9: Aska Goverse (WU Wageningen, NL), 'Nematode induced signaling in plant roots'
09:50 - 10:20 Keynote 10: Martijn Rep (UvA msterdam, NL), 'Root invasion by pathogenic fungi'
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:10 Workshop PhD presentations
Lunch
13:10 – 14:00 Keynote 11: John Yoder (UC Davis, USA), 'Chemical communications between plants: Is allelopathy real?
14:00 – 14:50 Keynote 12: Carolien Ruyter (WU Wageningen, NL), 'Parasitic plant – host signaling'
14:50 – 16:00 Workshop PhD presentations
16:00 h Closure of the PhD summerschool
More information about fees and registration (where and how to register) will follow soon.