PLANTS AND MICROBIOMES
Chairs:
Angela Sessitsch – AIT, AT & Paul Schulze-Lefert – MPIZ, DE & Corne Pieterse, Utrecht Univ, NL
Activities:
Meetings:
The next meeting will take place online on 8 April 2022
The second workshop “Implementing a Plants and Microbiomes Strategy in Europe” (Announcement 31.5.2018) took place in Cologne on 12 October 2018. The aim of this second workshop is to define the needs of and provide advice to the current EU Horizon 2020, Work programme 2020, and its successor “Horizon Europe” (Framework Programme 9). The meeting intends to increase collaborations between the working group members (via e.g. COST action, Coordination & Support Actions, initiate more collaborations both bi-and multi-lateral). At the end of the meeting, a workshop report will be drafted which may ultimately lead to a white paper with current status, goals and next steps in plants and microbiomes research and will be provided as science advice to policy to the European Commission.
In 2017, the group held its first workshop to define a strategy for plant microbiome research in Europe and beyond having a vision on the understanding and application of plant microbiomes in a multidisciplinary manner (linkage to plant research, soil / ecosystem, functioning, agronomy, human/animal health, conservation of biological / genetic resources) and well-integrated in the EPSO network. We defined the needs regarding joint efforts in plant microbiome research and reflect on the needs to achieve major understanding and enable innovations in crop production and ecosystem conservation. The outcome of this meeting, published in the 23.3.2017 report, will provide the basis for further activities planned within this WG and will be provided as science advice to policy to the European Commission.
EPSO news developed by this WG:
EPSO 4th Workshop Implementing a Plants and Microbiomes Strategy in Europe, 8.4.2022 – registration deadline 15.3.2022
The EPSO Working Group on Plants and Microbiomes has the pleasure to announce its fourth workshop to take place online on 8 April 2022, 10:00 – 16:15. This fourth workshop has two aims. First, we will hear highlights from (multi-)national plants and microbiomes...
Register for the 11th EPSO Plant Science Seminar – the 17th March 2022 seminar will focus on “Plants and Microbiomes”
The 11th European-wide seminar of the series supported by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) and aimed at the Plant Science community and its stakeholders. TTT: The seminar will be held online each third Thursday of the month at three (CET). On 17th...
EPSO Report and recommendations from the online Workshop ‘Implementing a Plants and Microbiomes Strategy in Europe’ – next meeting online end January 2022
The report summarises the current status, goals and next steps in plants and microbiomes research. It serves the science community to further advance the field and improve collaboration. It provides recommendations as science advice to policy to the European...
Relevant news from other sources:
Register for the online workshop “Health and economic benefits of microbiomes” held by the European Parliament’s panel for the Future of Science and Technology on 11.05.2021
Top European researchers will present state-of-the-art microbiome research in human and animal health, antibiotic resistance, environmental sustainability, and circular economy. Policy advisors to EFSA and OECD will inform about the safety and regulatory pathways of...
Members:
Isabel Abreu, ITQB, PT
Hanna-Leena Alakomi, – VTT, FI
Raffaella Maria Balestrini – CNR, IT
Elisa Bellucci – UNIVPM, IT
Carmen Bianco – CNR, IT
Ton Bisseling – WUR, NL
Sylvia Blümel – BoKu, AT
Paola Bonfante – Univ. Torino, IT
Harro Bouwmeester – Univ. Amsterdam, NL
Giovanni Nicola Bubici – CNR, IT
Marc Buée – INRAE Nancy-Lorraine, FR
Gabriel Castrillo – Univ. Nottingham, UK
Soumitra Chowdhury – Helmholtz Munich, DE
Roberto Defez – CNR, IT
Aurélie Deveau – INRAE Nancy-Lorraine, FR
Kerrie Farrar – IBERS, UK
Judith Felten – SLU Umea, SE
Tania Galindo Castaneda – ETH, CH
Sofie Goormachtig – VIB, BE
Rita Grosch – IGZEV, DE
Kristina Gruden – NIB, SI
Martin Hartmann – ETH, CH
Jaime Huerta – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC), ES
Juan Imperial – Univ. Polit. de Madrid, INIA / CSIC, ES
Robert Koller – Julich Research Centre, DE
Ainhoa Martinez, IRNASA-CSIC, ES
Karin Metzlaff – EPSO
Liesje Mommer, WUR, NL
Christophe Mougel – INRAE, Centre de Rennes, FR
Laura Nanni – UNIVPM, IT
Joan Narciso, ETHZ, CH
Greta Noelke – IME Aachen, DE
Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey – VTT, FI
Iakovos Pantelides – Univ. Technology, CY
Corné Pieterse – Univ. Utrecht, NL
Anna Maria Pirttilä – Univ. Oulu, FI
Christophe Plomion – INRAE Nancy-Lorraine, FR
Marusa Pompe-Novak – NIB, SI
Maria José Pozo- CSIC, ES
Simona RADUTOIU – Univ. Aarhus, DK
Katja Richert-Pöggeler – JKI, DE
Soledad Sacristan – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC), ES
Michael Schloter – Helmholtz Munich, DE
Peter Schroeder – Helmholtz Munich, DE
Paul Schulze-Lefert, MPIZ, DE
Angela Sessitsch – AIT, AT
Skaidre Suproniene – LAMMC, LT
Chiara Tonelli, Univ. Milano – IT
Corinne Vacher – INRAE Nancy-Lorraine, FR
Marcel van der Heijden – Agroscope, CH
Jan Dirk van Elsas – Univ. Groningen, NL
Leo van Overbeek – WUR, NL
Juan Ignácio Vílchez – ITQB NOVA , PT
Steve Wakelin – SCION, NZ
Observers:
From academia:
Gabriele Berg – Graz Univ of Techol., AT
Davide Bulgarelli – Univ. Dundee, UK
Tim Evison – Univ. Copenhagen, DK
Gabor Kovacs – Univ. Eötvös Lorand, HU
Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen – Univ. Copenhagen, DK
Yvan Moenne-Loccoz – Univ. Lyon, FR
Riitta Nissinen – Univ. Jyväskyla, FI
Silvia Proietti – Univ. Tuscia , IT
Barbara Reinhold-Hurek – Univ. Bremen, DE
Patrick Schafer – Univ. Ulm, DE
Klaus Schlaeppi – Univ. Basel, CH
Amir Sharon, Univ. Tel Aviv, IL
Soren Sorensen, – Univ. Copenhagen, DK
Stijn Spaepen – KUL, BE
Sofie Thijs – Univ. Hasselt, BE
Jaco Vangronsveld – Univ. Hasselt, BE
Marc Viñas, IRTA, ES
From industry and farming:
Marc Levebvre – SesVanderhave, BE
Jeanne Kjaer – Novozymes, DK
Harald Mikkelsen – Koppert, NL
Isabel Vercauteren – ApheaBio, BE