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2025 IPG Symposium
Root Biology
May 20, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – May 23, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
The Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) at the University of Missouri hosted it’s 41st annual symposium on the topic of “Root Biology”.
The 6th IPG Root Biology Symposium brought together leading experts in root biology from around the world and provided a forum for interactions among prominent scholars, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students. A broad range of topics were covered, including root development and growth, root function in water and nutrient uptake, responses to abiotic and biotic stress, and root-microbe interactions. Research presented spanned spatial and temporal scales and encompassed studies based on model, crop, and native species. The symposium enabled close interactions among all participants to foster the generation of new ideas and collaborations that will ultimately contribute to more sustainable crop production and enhance ecosystem services.
The symposium was held at the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center on the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri, USA, from May 20-23, 2025.
Confirmed Speakers
- Amir Ahkami, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US
- Jean Michele Ané, University of Wisconsin – Madison, US
- Prameela Awale, University of Missouri, US
- Olubukola Babalola, North-West University, South Africa
- Alfonso Carlos Barragan-Rosillo, Texas Tech University, US
- Taryn Bauerle, Cornell University, US
- Dorte Bodin Dresbøll, University of Copenhagen
- Jose Costa-Netto, University of Missouri, US
- Ian Dodd, Lancaster University, UK
- José Dinneny, Stanford University, US
- José Estévez, Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB), Chile, and National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina
- Barney Geddes, North Dakota State University
- Molly Hanlon, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- Abdella Lakehal, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium
- Sylvia Morais De Sousa, EMBRAPA, Brazil
- Raveendran Muthurajan, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India
- Eric Ober, National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), UK
- Akanksha Pareek, University of Missouri, US
- Hannah Schneider, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Germany
- Bob Sharp, University of Missouri, US
- Emma Shedd, Michigan Technological University, US
- Erin Sparks, University of Delaware, US
- Paul Verslues, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- Priya Voothuluru, University of Missouri, US
- Yusaku Uga, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
- Yajun Wu, South Dakota State University, US
- Larry York, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US
Organizing Committee
- David Braun, Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri (Director, IPG)
- Felix Fritschi, Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri (Chair)
- Molly Hanlon, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center
- Marc Libault, Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri
- Mannie Liscum, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri
- Dalton Ludwick, USDA-ARS
- Bruna Montes Luz, Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri (Graduate Student Representative)
- Nga Nguyen, Division of Biochemistry, University of Missouri (Postdoctoral Fellow Representative)
- Robert Sharp, Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri
- Priya Voothuluru, Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri (Co-Chair)
- Vicki Bryan, IPG Coordinator, University of Missouri (Logistical support)
- Erica Lovercamp, Conference Coordinator, MU Conference Office (Logistical support)
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