The International miCROPe Symposium address the basic and applied aspects of applying beneficial mic
The global demographic development and climate change pose a threat on crop production in many areas. There is a need to intensify agricultural production in a sustainable manner and to find solutions to combat abiotic stress, pathogens and pests. Plants are associated with complex microbiomes, which are known to promote plant growth and stress tolerance, support plant nutrition and antagonize pla
29/08/2024
Testimpnial: "The miCROPe in beautiful Vienna is great opportunity to catch up with the international research community & meet collaboration partners, friends and new-comers. Over time you see research hypotheses growing into applied science and even into products. W will be back!"
Dr. Nora Temme
Lead Biologicals
SB- Production Research, KWS - Exhibitor at miCROPe 2024
Thank you for the positive feedback, KWS Group
14/08/2024
Testimonial: "Participating in miCROPe has become a generational event, since it brings together the best experts in the field, generating a very stimulating environment for the collaboration and sharing of ideas. Great organization and networking events, definitely a conference to highlight on the agenda, I can hardly wait for the next one!"
Dr. Juan Ignacio Vilchez
Lab Head at iPlantMicro Lab
Plant Division
Auxiliary Researcher in GREEN-IT Research Unit
ITQB - UNL
https://www.itqb.unl.pt/green-it/groups/iplantmicro
THIS WAS miCROPe 2024 🍃
We hope all participants savely reached home and the heat is treating you fairly. The miCROPe 2024 was a big success. We welcomed 279 participants from 37 countries on almost all continents. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our shared time was split between listening to inspiring lectures, discussing the newest insights and trends in our field, fine food and networking.
Congratulations to the awardees of this year’s FEMS - Federation of European Microbiological Societies ECS grants and to Best Poster and Best Talk Prizes winners! We all hope to see you at the next miCROPe.
Thanks to Federation of European Microbiological Societies, Vienna Convention Bureau, , KWS Group, Lexogen and Computomics for your generous support!
Angela Sessitsch, Head of Competence Unit at AIT & Chair Organizer, Tanja Kostic, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, and Stéphane Compant, AIT, thank you very much for putting together such an excellent program! 🎇
17/07/2024
We are so happy to present this year's ECS grant awardees. 🎇 ✨ We cordially congratulate and thank FEMS - Federation of European Microbiological Societies for their generous support.
15/07/2024
Live impressions - MiCROPE 2024, day one.
03/07/2024
ATTENTION - registration deadline ends on July 8th. 🚨
Following the ambition of the previous conferences, we aim to link basic understanding with challenges encountered in application and to bring in novel trends how to explore and make use of microbiomes for plant production. Also, miCROPe 2024 aims to provide interesting content to scientists in academia as well as in industry and to facilitate joint discussions.
Register here: https://www.micrope.org/register
Speakers: https://www.micrope.org/speakers
Program: https://www.micrope.org/program
Chair organizer: Angela Sessitsch
Collaborative symposium by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Institute and Technology and ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
DAY 4: These are the four invited speakers who will shape our program on July 18th. A warm welcome to all of them. We are exited to follow your lecture.
* Britt Koskella (University of California Berkeley, US): "Pre and probiotics of the tomato plant phyllosphere for increased yield and decreased disease"
* Jesús Mercado Blanco (Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC), ES):
"Versatility and impact on plant holobionts of a bacterial biocontrol agent: better alone or in combination?"
* Martin Hartmann (ETH Zürich, CH): "Organic and conventional agriculture promote distinct soil microbiomes with contrasting metabolic potentials"
* Livio Antonielli (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT): "Harnessing machine learning for predictive tools in microbiome studies: a focus on amplicon sequence variants and metagenomic shotgun sequencing"
Check out further speakers and the detailed program on our website.
https://www.micrope.org/program
Will you be part of the audience? Registration is still open till July 8th. We are looking forward having you!
https://www.micrope.org/register
Chair organizer: Angela Sessitsch
Collaborative symposium by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Institute and Technology and ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
DAY 3: These are the seven invited speakers who will shape our program on July 17th. A warm welcome to all of them. We are exited to follow your lecture.
* Kenichi Tsuda (Huazhong Agricultural University, CN): "Maintenance of plant and microbiota health by plant immunity"
* Monika Messmer (FiBL Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, CH): TBA
* Raffaella Balestrini (CNR, IT): "Exploring the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in designing sustainable future cropping systems"
* Corinne Vacher (INRAE, FR): "Unraveling microbial interactions underlying grapevine resistance to mildews: bridging field studies with synthetic community approaches"
* Stéphane Compant (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT): "Harnessing fungal-bacterial interactions to improve plant growth and health"
* Monica Höfte (Ghent University, BE): "How to unlock the biocontrol potential of Pseudomonas spp.?"
* Gabriele Berg (Graz University of Technology, AT): "Exploiting the microbiome for biocontrol of plant and human pathogens"
Check out further speakers and the detailed program on our website.
https://www.micrope.org/program
Will you be part of the audience? Registration is still open till July 8th. We are looking forward having you!
https://www.micrope.org/register
Chair organizer: Angela Sessitsch
Collaborative symposium by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Institute and Technology and ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
DAY 2: These are the seven invited speakers who will shape our program on July 16th. A warm welcome to all of them. We are exited to follow your lecture.
* Etienne Yergeau (Institut national de la recherche scientifique, CA): "Can microbes predict the future?"
* Sylvie Mazurier (INRAE, FR): "Plant iron nutrition as mediated by plant-microbe interactions"
* Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse (Université de Rennes, FR): "Toward an agriculture of holobionts ?"
* Omri Finkel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL): "Balancing the plant microbiome against pathogens"
* Tanja Kostic (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT): "Plant microbiomes in the context of food systems"
* Ahmed Abdelfattah (Institute of Agricultural Engineering &Bio-economy, DE): "
The journey of the apple microbiome through millennia from the wild to the consumer"
* Simona Radutoiu (Aarhus University, DK): "Towards an understanding of root microbiome assembly in model plants and crops: findings from studies using complex bacterial communities"
Check out further speakers and the detailed program on our website.
https://www.micrope.org/program
Will you be part of the audience? 📅 Registration is still open till July 8th. We are looking forward having you! 🌱
https://lnkd.in/dchRr5GY
Chair organizer: Angela Sessitsch
Collaborative symposium by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Institute and Technology and ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
29/06/2024
Revered experts from Brazil, Saudi Arabia and South Africa take the stage on the first day of the miCROPe 2024. Our speakers from three continents are:
* Mariangela Hungria, Embrapa, BR: "The Brazilian experience of microbial bio-inputs
replacing chemical fertilizers: agronomic, economic and environmental impacts"
* Maged M. Saad, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), SA: "Harnessing Desert Rhizosphere Microbes for Enhancing Plant Resilience to Abiotic
Stress: A Case Study on Avicennia marina and Indigofera argentea"
* Olubukola O. Babalola, North-West University, ZA: "Exploring Nature's Resilience: Harnessing the Potential of Rhizobacteria in Enhancing Plant Drought Tolerance"
We are thrilled to welcome them in Vienna and hear their scientific insights.
Feel like being part of the audience? 📅 Registration is still open till July 8th. We are looking forward having you! 🌱
https://lnkd.in/dchRr5GY
Chair organizer: Angela Sessitsch
Collaborative symposium by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Institute and Technology and ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
27/06/2024
miCROPe 2024 aims to provide interesting content to scientists in academia as well as in industry and to facilitate joint discussions. Will you be part of the audience? 📅 Registration is still open till July 3rd. We are looking forward having you! 🌱
🔍 CLOSING LECTURE: Prof. Jan Leach, Colorado State University, US. She studies the molecular basis of plant disease susceptibility and resistance and how these responses are influenced by interactions within the phytobiome.
Check out the other speakers and the detailed program on our website. https://lnkd.in/gAPEgyrX
Feel like being part of the audience? 📅 Registration is still open till July 8th. We are looking forward having you! 🌱
https://lnkd.in/dchRr5GY
Chair organizer: Angela Sessitsch
Collaborative symposium by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Institute and Technology and ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology
25/06/2024
We have highly accomplished international speakers at this year's miCROPe. 🔍 OPENING LECTURE: Prof. Sofie Goormachtig, UGENT-VIB, BE. Her research focuses on how interactions between plant roots and neighbouring organisms positively influence plant growth. Check out the other speakers and the detailed program on our website. https://lnkd.in/gAPEgyrX
Will you be part of the audience? 📅 Registration is still open till July 8th. We are looking forward having you! 🌱
https://lnkd.in/dchRr5GY
Chair organizer: Angela Sessitsch
Collaborative symposium by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Institute and Technology and ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology