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Plant ROS 2009 -A SFRR Plant Oxygen Group meeting on reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

 

 

The Plant Oxygen Group (POG) was established in 1993 in the Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR-Europe). The main goal of POG is to provide a major interdisciplinary platform for cutting edge research in all aspects of Free Radical Research in plants and to organize the POG conference every two/three years in order to facilitate information transfer and other essential interactions. The first conference was in St Andrews (U.K.) in 1993, and others followed in Aberdeen (U.K.) in 1995, Vienna (Austria) in 1996, Pisa (Italy) in 1997, Granada (Spain) in 1998, Nice (France) in 2001, Freising-Weihenstephan (Germany) in 2003 and Bristol (U.K.) in 2005. The last POG conference was held in 2007 at VIB/Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium.

 

The aim of the POG conferences is to provide a forum for discussion and for the effective exchange of information and new ideas on every aspect of oxygen metabolism, free radical action and oxidative signaling. The conferences also provide a dynamic interface between innovative academic research and practical applications in areas such as agriculture, forestry, plant pathology, food technology, medicine and human nutrition. The POG enjoys the general support of SFRR-Europe. We aim to give ample opportunity for everyone especially for early career scientists to participate in these meetings.

 

The POG conferences regularly attract a large number of participants from all over the world. For example at the Nice conference there were more than 250 scientists. The success of the POG conferences is due to the motivation and passion of the POG members for the topic and to the importance and impact of the topic in all areas of Plant and Animal Biology. The POG steering committee takes responsibility for decision making and funding, under the umbrella of SFRR-Europe. To achieve better co-ordination and organization of European Plant Biologists working in this area the POG seeks interactions with other organisations such as SEB, EPSO and FESPB in areas where there are common goals. The Steering Committee strongly believe in the effectiveness of collaboration as a mechanism for achieving rapid progress and that joint efforts are always more successful than fragmented and not properly coordinated actions. The POG Steering Committee invites you to join us at the next POG meeting in Helsinki 2009 to discuss global scientific developments and to encourage young biologists to develop their interests or enter the field of Plant Oxygen Metabolism.

 

Laura de Gara, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy (President)

Radhika Desikan, Imperial College London, UK (Secretary)

Klaus Apel, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland

Laura de Gara, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy

Luis A. del Rio, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spain

Radhika Desikan, Imperial College London, UK

Jörg Durner, GSF Munich, Germany

Christine Foyer, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Jaakko Kangasjärvi, Helsinki University, Finland

Alex Levine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Ron Mittler, University of Nevada, USA

Phil Mullineaux, University of Essex

Alain Puppo, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France

Frank van Breusegem, University of Gent, Belgium

Local Organizers:
Reetta Ahlfors 
Niina Idänheimo 
Jaakko Kangasjärvi 
Kirk Overmyer 
Triin Vahisalu 
Julia Vainonen 
Annikki Welling 
Michael Wrzaczek 
 
Contact by Email: 
organizers@pog2009.org

 

Topic Category
Select one of the themes below:

 

- Mechanisms of ROS/NO production and perception
- Antioxidants and ROS scavenging
- ROS/NO
          in biotic interactions (pathogens/symbiosis)
          signalling, cross-talk, gene expression
          in abiotic stress
          in development
          in cell death

Presentation Preference
Select preferred presentation type in the online abstract submission form

 

- Considered for oral presentation (25 minutes)
- Considered for oral presentation (15 minutes)
- Poster
- Invited speaker

Abstract Submission Deadline
The deadline for abstract submission is Sunday, 1 March, 2009. Abstracts received after this date cannot be accepted.

 

Editing of Abstract after Submission
You will receive an abstract reference number and password in the automatic e-mail confirmation of your abstract submission. The abstract reference number and password will enable you to access and edit your abstract until 2 March 2009.

 

Notification about Acceptance
You will receive notification about acceptance of your abstract latest on 15 April, 2009. Detailed instructions will be sent to all presenters.

 

Publication of Abstracts
Accepted oral and scientific poster abstracts will be published on the programme book which will be distributed to all delegates attending the congress.

 

 

• Participation in all lectures
• Congress bag including programme book
• Lunches for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
• Admission to Welcoming party
• Admission to Beach party
• Congress dinner on Thursday (80% subsidised, 35 ?? required)
• Coffee during the breaks