Plant Molecular Biology Conference: 18-23 July 2010, USA

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 27, 2010.

The Plant Molecular Biology Conference [2] has traditionally covered a breadth of exciting topics and the 2010 conference will continue in that tradition.

Emerging concerns about food security have inspired a program with three main themes:

(1) genomics, natural variation and breeding to understand adaptation and crop improvement

(2) hormonal cross talk

(3) plant/microbe interactions

There are also sessions on epigenetics and proteomics/metabolomics. Thus this conference will bring together a range of disciplines, will foster the exchange of ideas and enable participants to learn of the latest developments and ideas in diverse areas of plant biology.

The conference provides an excellent opportunity for individuals to discuss their research because additional speakers in each session will be selected from submitted abstracts.

There will also be a poster session each day for a two-hour period prior to dinner. In particular, this conference plays a key role in enabling students and postdocs (the next generation of research leaders) to mingle with pioneers in multiple areas of plant science.