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The 11th

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
PLANT PHOTOBIOLOGY

The International Symposium on Plant Photobiology began in 2001 in the USA and is now held biennially, with the responsibility for organising the event rotating voluntarily between scientists from North and South America, Asia and Europe. This unique meeting provides a platform for leaders and emerging talents in the field of plant photobiology to share their latest research and discuss future directions. We propose to merge the 11th ISPP with an EMBO workshop to organise a high-quality meeting, which may lead to similar biennial events in future.
It is the single platform where plant photobiology leaders as well as upcoming talents across the globe gather on their own interest to share their latest mostly unpublished results and discuss future directions. This helps the community to exchange up-to-date techniques and approaches to address the different biological problems taken by the different leading groups. The proposed EMBO workshop on "Current Trends in Plant Photobiology" will bring together researchers to present their latest works on the role of photoreceptors as thermo-sensors, how light perception is linked to plant competition, neighbour detection, nutritional uptake, flowering, stress response, circadian clocks, and recent advances in new optogenetic tools that use light to manipulate cellular signalling.
This year, it was decided to take this 11th international symposium on plant photobiology in India hosted by the leadership of Dr. Kishore Panigrahi, NISER as nominated in the 9th ISPP Barcelona meeting, 2019. The co-conveners for 2024 meeting will be Dr. Sourav Datta, IISER-Bhopal; Dr. Chandan Goswami, NISER; Dr. K Himabindu Vasuki, NISER and Dr. Andrija Finka, University of Zadar.

40

Confirmed Speakers

33

Invited Talks

15

Talks from Abstracts

24

Flash Talks

About NISER

NISER is an autonomous institute funded by the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India. It strives to be among the best in the world in terms of science education and research. NISER is affiliated to Homi Bhabha National Institute. It is functioning from its new 300-acre campus at Jatni at the foothills of Barunei, which was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, on 7th February 2016. It has several state-of-the-art instruments and modern facilities. Besides the research mandate NISER has a strong motivation to train Under-graduate and Post-graduate students. Currently, it harbors seven schools, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Earth and planetary sciences, computer science and Humanities. The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BBI) is the nearest airport about 25 Km from the campus and can be reached by prepaid taxi. Khurdha Road Junction is the nearest train station about 3 km away.

About Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha. It is the hub of many educational institutes of national importance such as ILS, IIT, AIIMS, IMMT, IOP, KIIT, RPRC, etc. It is also known as the temple city with more than about 150 ancient temples. The city is envisioned to be the smart city ranking number one in India by 2022. It is surrounded by numerous picturesque and world heritage sites such as Chilika, Puri, Konark, Lingaraj Temple, Peace Pagoda, Khandagiri and Udaygiri etc.

Courtesy: ebhubaneswar.com

Confirmed Speakers / Participants

The following speakers have confirmed their participation and to deliver talks, the list will be updated from time to time.

Alok Krishna Sinha

NIPGR, India

Åsa Strand

Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden

Ashverya Laxmi

NIPGR, India

Carlos Ballaré

IFEVA-IIB CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Charlotte Gommers

Wagneningen University, The Netherlands

Christian Fankhauser

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Eirini Kaiserli

University of Glasgow, UK

Elena Monte

CRAG, Barcelona, Spain

Enamul Huq

UT Austin, US

Gabriela Toledo-Ortiz

Lancaster University, UK

Giltsu Choi

KAIST, Korea

Giorgio Perrella

University of Milan, Italy

Henrik Johansson

Freie University, Berlin, Germany

Hongtao Liu

SIBS, China

Jaime F Martínez-García

MCP/CRAG, Spain

John Christie

University of Glasgow, UK

Jorge Casal

IFEVA-CONICET, Argentina

Karen Halliday

The University of Edinuburgh, Scotland

Kasper van Gelderen

Heidelberg University, Germany

Katayoon Dehesh

UC Riverside, US

Keara Franklin

University of Bristol, UK

Liam Dolan

GMI, Vienna, Austria

Martin Balcerowicz

University of Dundee, UK

Meng Chen

UC Riverside, US

Miguel Blazquez

IBMCP, CSIC-UPV, Spain

Ning Wei

Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Peter Quail

UC Berkeley, US

Petra Bauer

Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Prabodh Trivedi

CIMAP, India

Rick Vierstra

Washington University, US

Roman Ulm

University of GENEVA, Switzerland

Ronald Pierik

Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Ruohe Yin

Sanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Sarah Courbier

University of Freiburg, CIBSS, Germany

Stephen Wenkel

Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden

Sudip Chattopadhyay

NIT Durgapur, India

Takato Imaizumi

University of Washington, US

Ullas Pedmale

CSHL, US

Ute Höcker

CEPLAS, Germany

Xing Wang Deng

SAAS, Peking University, China

Schedule of Talks

Sessions
  • Red/Far-red light signaling, Shade-responses
  • Blue/UV signaling
  • Light & Environment interaction
  • Interplay of light, Hormones & Metabolism
  • Flowering, Epigenetics & Circadian rhythm
  • Emerging fields in plant photobiology

- "Schedule of talks" to be updated -

Registration

Deadlines

Registration opens: 08 May 2023
Earlybird Registration: until 30 June 2023
Regular Registration: until 30 August 2023
Late registration: until 30 September 2023

► Registration fees do not cover accommodation and travel.
► Bank Transfer charges (if any) should be borne by the participant.
► The date in the Bank payment receipt is final for the evidence of payment date.
Standard Currency Conversion: € 1 = US$ 1.1

Faculty and PostDocs

Early Bird Registration Fee: €325
Regular Registration Fee: €375
Late registration Fee: €450

Student registration

Earlybird Registration: €300
Regular Registration: €350
Late Registration: €400

Hybrid meeting [   HYBRID for oral Talks   ]

Students: €200
Faculty and PostDocs: €300

India and EMBO associated countries

Students: ₹7,000
Faculty and PostDocs: ₹10,000
Late fees of ₹1,000 apply after registration deadline of September 30 until Nov 30.

Industrial participation (Sponsors)

Diamond participants: ₹2 lacs and above [stall + full page]
Platinum participants: ₹1 lac and above [stall + half page]
Gold participants: ₹50,000 and above [only half page page, no stall]
Silver participants: ₹25,000 and above [only quarter page, no stall]

Excursion

On 13th January 2024 from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm, an excursion is planned to visit Black pagoda, Konark sun temple and Puri beach/temple. People interested for this trip have to mention it separately by mail to ispp2024@niser.ac.in (required for transport arrangement). Accomodation for the night of 13th, if they would need, at the "EMPIRE Beach Resort, Puri" - approximate cost €100 per night.
► Partial waiver possible on request depending on funding situation will be reimbursed only after the conference is over.
► Extended registration (only for people already inside India and Indian nationals): until 30 November 2023
► Spot registration for Indian participants ₹3,000 extra.

Bank Details

Bank Name: Indian Overseas Bank, NISER Campus Branch
A/c Name: ISSP 2024
A/c #: 373701000002046
IFSC: IOBA0003737
SWIFT: IOBAINBB159

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Link to upload Abstract and Accommodation details will be visible from 30 July ~ 30 September 2023.

Abstract Submission

To be updated...

Organiser / Convener

Kishore Panigrahi

NISER, India
panigrahi@niser.ac.in

Co-Conveners

Chandan Goswami

NISER, India
chandan@niser.ac.in

Sourav Datta

IISER-Bhopal, India
sdatta@iiserb.ac.in

Himabindu Vasuki K

NISER, India
hvk@niser.ac.in

Andrija Finka

Uni-Zadar, Croatia
afinka@unizd.hr

Travel Support

Participants are requested to arrange travel support from their respective institutes. They may mention at the time of application if they have their own travel support. There is some limited travel fund available for young researchers. As per institute rules, 3-AC and 2-AC train fare can be reimbursed to the Ph.D students and Post-doctoral fellows, respectively, from their work place to NISER via the shortest route. Preference for participation in the conference will be given to those applicants who have their own travel support.

Accommodation

Registration fees do not cover accommodation and travel. Participants are requested to book their own accommodation well in advance. Some of the good hotels nearby are mentioned below. However, they are free to choose their own accomodation.
The conference will be held at NISER, which is located about 20Km south of Bhubaneswar city-limits. There are numerous hotels with different budget types present in Bhubaneswar. Few prominent ones are -

Ginger, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar
Sandy's Tower, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar
Lemon Tree Premier, Maitree Vihar, Bhubaneswar
Trident, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar
Mayfair Lagoon, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar
Mayfair Convention, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar
Swosti Premium, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar
Swosti Grand, near Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Bhubaneswar
Vivanta, Patrapada, Bhubaneswar

January is a very busy month in India and many conferences generally do happen. Therefore, normally the accommodation prices go up dramatically, especially in Bhubaneswar. Around this time a doctors conference is also happening that would take away space in many hotels at an uncompromised price tag.

To facilitate your stay and make it enjoyable, we have tried to contact a few hotels and gone into discussion several times with management to offer a negotiated best price for our delegates. Please look into it and decide on your own. These prices are especially for ISPP2024 delegates. The details are given in the table below.

The rooms and prices will be available on a first cum first served basis until the blocked rooms are booked away. I Suggest to mention the name of ISPP2024 and NISER to the contact persons and Please pay directly to the hotel well in advance and secure your stay. We will definitely make arrangements for your pickup and drop-off from these hotels to the conference venue.

Negotiated Hotels:

Sl#HotelContact PersoneMail-IDBooking SiteSpl.Offer Letter
1Mayfair Lagoon
(70 rooms blocked)		Mr. Manash Pandamanash.panda@mayfairhotels.com / reservations@mayfairhotels.comLinkPDF
2Swosti Premium
(70 rooms blocked)		Mr. Niranjan Singhsales@swostipremium.com / rm@swostipremium.comLinkPDF
3Vivanta (Taj Group)
(70 rooms blocked)		Mr. Sajid Aliali.shaikh@tajhotels.com / csmvivanta.bhubaneswar@tajhotels.comLink-

Sponsors

[Parent] : Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
[Host] : National Institute of Science Education and Research

Contact Us

Postal contact address:

Organisers, ISPP 2024
School of Biological Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
PO: NISER, Via: Jatni, District: Khurda, Odisha - 752050, INDIA.

 

  •   +91-674-2494xxx
  •   +91-94398 63130
  •   ispp2024@niser.ac.in
  • School of Biological Sciences, NISER
  • +91-674-2494xxx / +91-94398 63130
  • ispp2024@niser.ac.in