16th Student Days of Plant Biology CS 2021 (on-line)

The traditional international conference of the Czech Society of Experimental Plant Biology (CSEPB) for plant biology students will be this year, for the first time, held online. The conference is intended for Ph.D. students but Master or Bachelor students having interesting research results are also welcome. Valuable awards are prepared for the best presentations.

RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE (final presentation from prof. Albrechtová) HERE

Date: 7-8th September 2021 

Online Platform: Zoom (Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice) CS 2021 – online

Language: English

Organising Institutions:

Czech Society of Experimental Plant Biology (CSEPB)
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (FSci USB)
Slovak Botanical Society (SBS), Physiological Section

Main organisers:

Martin Janda
Jana Albrechtová

Presenting formats:

  • Oral presentations: 15 min (10 min + 5 discussion) – no pre-recorded talks, only live streaming.
  • Poster presentations: on-line available pdf document (upload until 6 Sept, 2021, link will be provided), size A0 (as usual for normal conference, font size min 18) + during poster session max. 3 min “flash-talks” with ppt/pdf slides (introduction of your poster to the audience). A presenter of flash talk will be interrupted if their presentation will be longer than 3 min.

Registration:

Deadline extended till 28th August – download the registration form and send it filled to e-mail PBCS2021@csebr.cz.

Registration fee: 300 CZK / 12 EURO (member of CSEPB or SBS for free*)

Will be paid on CSEPB account before 31st August, 2021: Bank: Česká spořitelna, a.s., Bank account number: 164527319/0800, IBAN: CZ56 0800 0000 0001 6452 7319, BIC: GIBACZPX. VS: 202109. Please indicate your name in the message to the beneficiary for clear identification of your payment.

* A member of a national society of FESPB, e.g. CSEPB or SBS, does not have to pay a registration fee 300 CZK / 12 EURO. If you want to become a member of CSEPB, please, see instructions on our website. Fill in the registration form, apply for a membership and pay an annual fee to become a member of CSEPB, which is 250 CZK for a student. New members are cordially welcome! If you want to become a member of CSEPB, apply ASAP so you would be registered before the deadline of payment of registration fee. 

Abstract submission: deadline extended till 28th August 2021 – download the Abstract muster and send it filled  (in format of word document: name.docx (doc)) to e-mail PBCS2021@csebr.cz

Abstracts will be collected into the Abstract book which will be part of the Bulletin of CSEPB. It will be available on-line during the conference. The members of CSEPB will get the Bulletin also in paper version for free (without shipping costs).

Invited speakers:

  • Matouš Glanc, Ph.D.; VIB Gent, BE; Winner of the FESPB Award 2021
  • Martin Janda, Ph.D.; Univ. South Bohemia, Fac. Sci.; České Budějovice, CZ; Winner of CSEPB Award 2021
  • Roman Pleskot, Ph.D.; IEB CAS, Prague, CZ
  • Viktor Demko, Comenius University in Bratislava; Inst. Bot. Plant Sci.& Biodiversity SAS; Bratislava, SK

Scientific committee: (evaluation of the presentations; decision on awards)

  • Prof. Jana Albrechtová, Charles University, Prague, CZ
  • Prof. Martin Bačkor, P. J. Safarik University, Faculty of Science, Košice, SK
  • Prof. Martin Fellner, Univ. Palacky; IEB CAS; Olomouc, CZ
  • Dr. Martin Janda, Univ. South Bohemia, České Budějovice, CZ
  • Prof. Alexander Lux, Comenius University in Bratislava, SK
  • Prof. Ladislav Havel, Mendel University, Brno, CZ
  • Dr. Michal Martinka, Comenius University in Bratislava, SK
  • Prof. Ondřej Prášil, Centrum Algatech, Inst. of Microbiology CAS, CZ
  • Dr. Petr Smýkal, Univ. Palacky, Olomouc, CZ
  • Prof. Miroslav Strnad, IEB CAS, CRH, Univ. Palacky, Olomouc, CZ
  • Prof. Jiří Šantrůček, Univ. South Bohemia, České Budějovice, CZ
  • Assoc. prof. Marek Vaculík, Comenius University in Bratislava; Inst. Bot. Plant Sci.& Biodiversity SAS, Bratislava, SK
  • Dr. Peter Váczi, Masaryk University, Brno, CZ
  • Prof. Boris Vyskot, Inst. Biophysics CAS, Brno, CZ

Scientific sessions and chairs:

  • Plant Interactions with Biotic Factors (chair Dr. Petr Kohout, Inst. Microbiology CAS; Charles Univ., Fac. Sci., Prague, CZ) 
  • Photosynthesis (chair prof. Ondřej Prášil, Centrum Algatech, Inst. of Microbiology, CAS, CZ
  • Plant Cell Biology (chair prof. Viktor Žárský, Charles Univ., Prague and IEB CAS, Prague
  • Plant Growth Regulators (chairs prof. Miroslav Strnad, IEB CAS, CRH, Univ. Palacky, Olomouc, CZ;  prof. Martin FellnerUniv. Palacky, Olomouc, CZ, IEB CAS
  • Plant Interactions with Abiotic Environment, Plant Nutrition (chairs prof. Martin Bačkor,  P. J. Safarik University, Faculty of Science, SK;  prof. Jiří Šantrůček, Univ. South Bohemia, CZ)
  • Plant Reproduction and Evolution  (chair Prof. Boris Vyskot, Inst. Biophysics CAS, Brno, CZ) 
  • Plant  Genetics and Genomics (chair Prof. Jaroslav Doležel, IEB CAS; Univ. Palacky; Olomouc, CZ)
  • Plant development (chair prof. Jiří Friml, IST Austria, AT)

Awards:

Best lecture awards: 1st price: money + Invited review (for free) in Biologia Plantarum, 2nd price: money, 3rd price, money
Best presentation in field of Photosynthesis (or including photosynthetical results): Invited review (for free) in Photosynthetica
Best poster awards: money

Partners:

Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences (http://www.ueb.cas.cz/en)
Photosynthetica (https://ps.ueb.cas.cz/)
Biologia Plantarum (https://bp.ueb.cas.cz/)
Charles University, Faculty of Science (https://www.natur.cuni.cz/eng)

We are looking forward to seeing you online!

On behalf of the conference organisers Martin Janda and Jana Albrechtová

E-mail: pbcs2021@csebr.cz

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Partners of the conference

The traditional international conference of the Czech Society of Experimental Plant Biology (CSEPB) for plant biology students will be this year, for the first time, held online. The conference is intended for Ph.D. students but Master or Bachelor students having interesting research results are also welcome. Valuable awards are prepared for the best presentations.