The Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (IBMCP) opens its 2025/2026 seminar series with guest speakers from leading international centers. Here is the confirmed schedule (September–June).
The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Israel "The Evolution of ABA Signaling" The evolution of desiccation tolerance enabled the colonization of land by an…
Prof. George Coupland Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany "Florigen activation complex and its roles in floral transition and inflorescence development of Arabidopsis" Abstract During the induction…
Prof. George Coupland Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany "Florigen activation complex and its roles in floral transition and inflorescence development of Arabidopsis"
Prof. Shih-Shun Lin Institute of Biotechnology (National Taiwan University) "The unique biological properties of AGO1 reveal the autonomy of gene regulation in RNA silencing"
Dr. Alva Saa, Hospital de Sagunto y PRISMA Coordinator of the Women's Legacy project "Ciencia Sin Armarios: Mentes Brillantes que Hicieron Historia." Bio: Alva Saa es Médica especialista en Medicina Preventiva y Salud…
Dr. Jane Langdale. Department of Biology, University of Oxford, UK. "Regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves: understanding maize with a view to engineering rice" All grasses exhibit a characteristic strap shaped leaf blade but this…
Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Germany "The cell snatchers - Understanding plant manipulation by viruses" Abstract As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses fully rely…
Prof. Pilar Cubas. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB, Madrid). “Bud dormancy: a plant strategy for resilience and survival” Abstract Living organisms have evolved diverse strategies to survive under stressful and resource-limited…