21st International Symposium of the Section 'Biodiversity and Evolution'
From 17th to 19th September 155 participants including 40 from abroad met at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany, to discuss latest progress in evolution, speciation, dispersal biology, ontogeny, plant ecology and population history, data sharing, legal regulations of research, as well as plant conservation strategies. The advantages and techniques of Next Generation Sequencing were thoroughly discussed and promising young scientists were awarded with prices. A congress Report by Professor Joachim W. Kadereit