Symposia & Retreats ITRG 1525
iGRAD-Plant Symposium, Düsseldorf
The iGRAD Plant Symposium was part of the annual iGRAD Plant Reteat and was held from May 23-24, 2018 at HHU in Düsseldorf.
Guest speakers were associated iGRAD Plant faculty from Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA and faculty members of the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS).
See Program for details: Program
iGRAD Plant Retreat, Wegberg
The iGRAD Plant Retreat will be held from May 25-27, 2018 with participation of the iGRAD-Plant fellows and faculty members in Wegberg, Germany.
iGRAD Plant Retreat, Kardinal Schulte Haus, Bergisch Gladbach
The iGRAD Plant Retreat 2017was held from September 25-27 with participation of the iGRAD-Plant fellows and faculty members at the Kardinal-Schulte Haus in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
iGRAD Plant Retreat, Haus Overbach, Jülich
The iGRAD Plant Retreat 2016 will be held from September 19-21 with participation of the iGRAD-Plant fellows and faculty members in Jülich, Germany.
Invited speakers:
- Dr. Mary Williams (ASPB, Features Editor at The Plant Cell)
- Prof. Steven Huber (University of Illinois)
iGRAD Plant Symposium, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
The iGRAD Plant Symposium 2015 was part of the annual iGRAD Plant Reteat and was held from July 1-2, 2015 at HHU in Düsseldorf.
Guest speakers were associated iGRAD Plant faculty from Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA and faculty members of the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) with additional talks by iGRAD Plant fellows.
See Program for details: Program iGRAD Plant Symposium
iGRAD Plant Retreat, Nümbrecht
The iGRAD Plant Retreat was held from July 3-5 with participation of the iGRAD-Plant fellows and faculty members in Nümbrecht, Germany.
The iGRAD-Plant Retreat 2014 was held in Haus Overbach in Jülich from the 10th - 12th of September.
Invited speakers:
- Dr. Susanne Brink (Editor, Trends in Plant Science, Elsevier)
- Dr. Wolfgang Koch (Project leader, KWS Saat AG)
- Dr. Marc Linka (Project leader, Bayer AG)
- Dr. Tom Ruts (Project leader, BASF Crop Science)
iGRAD-Plant Retreat 2014 - Program
The iGRAD-Plant Retreat 2013 was held from the 6th - 9th of Sept. in Bad Neuenahr/Ahrweiler.
Invited speakers:
- Petra Bauer (Universität Saarland)
- Christoph Benning (Michigan State University)
- Federica Brandizzi (Michigan State University)
- Maren Friesen (Michigan State University)
- Sheng Yang He (Michigan State University)
- Susanne Hoffmann-Benning (Michigan State University)
- Jianping Hu (Michigan State University)
- Rob Last (Michigan State University)
- Shin-Han Shiu (Michigan State University)
- Michael Thomashow (Michigan State University)
The Joint Symposium was organized by the graduate students from the GRK1342 from Würzburg and the iGRAD-Plant graduate program. The Symposium was held from the 10th -12th of Sept. 2012 at HHU University in Düsseldorf.
Invited speakers were:
- Steffen Abel - Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry Halle, Germany
- Michel Havaux - Laboratory of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology CEA, France
- Jennifer Lau - Michigan State University, USA
- Jean Pierre Métraux - University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Michael Palmgren - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Download complete scientific program here.
More information on the two graduate programs you will find under GRK 1342 (Würzburg)andiGRAD-Plant (Düsseldorf).
The iGRAD-Plant Symposium was organized by the iGRAD-Plant students as part of the annual iGRAD-Plant Reteat. The Symposium was held from the 14th -15th of Sept. 2011 at HHU University in Düsseldorf. The iGRAD-Plant Retreat was held from the 15th - 20th Sept. 2011 with participation of the speaker from the iGRAD-Plant Symposium in Traben-Trarbach (Mosel), Germany.
Schedule of IGRAD-Plant Symposium / Retreat
Confirmed speakers iGRAD-Plant Symposium:
- Christoph Benning (Michigan State University)
- Federica Brandizzi (Michigan State University)
- Robin Buell (Michigan State University)
- George Coupland (MPI Cologne)
- Yuehua Cui (Michigan State University)
- Eva Farre (Michigan State University)
- Ivo Feussner (University Göttingen)
- Ulf-Ingo Flügge (University Cologne)
- Peter Geigenberger (LMU Munich)
- Sheng-Yang He (Michigan State University)
- Arnd Heyer (University Stuttgart)
- Susanne Hoffmann-Bennin (Michigan State University)
- Jianping Hu (Michigan State University)
- Maarten Koornneef (MPI Cologne)
- Robert Last (Michigan State University)
- Jane Parker (MPI Cologne)
- Dierk Scheel (IPB Halle)
- Barbara Sears (Michigan State University)
- Michael Thomashow (Michigan State University)
- Curt Wilkerson (Michigan State University)
The iGRAD-Plant Symposium 2010 was held from the 29th of Sept. - 1st of Oct. 2010 in Lieberhausen, Germany.
Invited speakers:
- Ute Höcker (University of Cologne)
- Shizue Matsubara (Research Center Jülich)