International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP)
Monday 3rd June - Thurdays 6th June
2013
We are pleased to announce that the next International Symposium on Plant Photobiology will take place from Monday 3 - Thursday 6 June 2013. This will be hosted by The University of Edinburgh and chaired by Dr Karen Halliday and the organising committee. This will be held within the University of Edinburgh at the John McIntyre Conference Centre within the Pollock Halls Campus. The official launch will take place in early 2012 when registration will open with a special launch price for conference and accomodation. Please put this date in your diaries and visit this site again for more information.
This conference will provide a platform for plant photobiologists and those interested to show advances of their researches, to exchange and debate different ideas, hypotheses, and to share newly developed approaches for the advancement of this field. A must attend for all plant scientists.
Confirmed Speakers include:
Phytochrome signalling: Peter Quail (Keynote), Christian Fleck, Ute Hoecker, Akira Nagatani. Chair: Karen Halliday.
Light signal integration: Kerry Franklin (Keynote), Ronald Pierik, Carlos Ballare, Jennifer Nemhauser, Karen Halliday. Chair: Kerry Franklin.
Phototropin signalling: Mannie Liscum (Keynote), Masamitsu Wada, Kenichiro Shimazaki, Jennifer Loro. Chair: John Christie:
Cryptochrome signalling: Chentao Lin (Keynote) and Margaret Ahmad. Chair: Gareth Jenkins
UV- B Gareth Jenkins (Keynote) and Roman Ulm. Chair: Gareth Jenkins
Circadian regulation: Chair: Paul Devlin: Steve Kay (Keynote), David Somers, Paloma Mas, Stacey Harmer.
Advances in Photobiology: Chair: Matthew Terry: Xing Wang Deng (Keynote), Tom Brutnel, Clark Lagarias, Christian Fankhauser.
Organising committee:
Dr Karen Halliday (Univeristy of Edinburgh) Chair, Dr Ruth Bastow (University of Warwick), Mrs Valerie Clark (University of Edinburgh), Dr John Christie (University of Glasgow), Dr Paul Devlin (University of London), Dr Keara Franklin (University of Bristol), Dr Gareth Jenkins (University of Glasgow), Dr Matthew Terry (University of Southampton).