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THE 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARABIDOPSIS RESEARCH (ICAR) |
Arabidopsis as a nexus for Discovery, Innovation, Application and Impact
University of Washington, Seattle USA
Organized by the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC)
ICAR 2020 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
DETLEF WEIGEL, IN HIS 6 JULY OPENING KEYNOTE, WILL SPEAK ABOUT HIS NATURAL GENETIC VARIATION WORK & ABOUT HOW THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ENGAGING WITH GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THAT EUROPE CAN BENEFIT FROM GENETIC VARIATION THAT OCCURS NATURALLY & THAT INDUCED BY GENOME EDITING
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Joanne Chory- Salk Institute, USAJOANNE CHORY, IN HER 10 JULY CLOSING KEYNOTE, WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE HARNESSING PLANTS INITIATIVE (HPI) SHE IS LEADING, AN INNOVATIVE, SCALABLE AND BOLD APPROACH TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE BY OPTIMIZING A PLANT’S NATURAL ABILITY TO CAPTURE AND STORE CARBON AND ADAPT TO DIVERSE CLIMATE CONDITIONS
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All Invited Plenary Speakers are confirmed, and on the Keynotes and Plenary Speakers Page
ICAR 2020 is made possible through the generous support and participation of these sponsors, exhibitors, and other public and private entities that generously fund participants and provide professional opportunities at ICAR.
NAASC organizers are grateful for the community of plant scientists engaged with ICAR 2020.
Meet the Organizing Committee (NAASC) and see pictures of the conference location (University of Washington, Seattle)
SELECTION COMMITTEES ARE ENGAGED NOW. TIMELINE: EXPECTATION FOR SELECTIONS COMPLETED BY END OF SEPTEMBER
