23rd Central German Plant Physiology Conference
The annual meeting of the plant physiology groups at the Universities of Leipzig, Halle, Jena and Dresden took place this year already for the 23rd time. It is traditionally organized in regular rotation between the four universities and took place this year on 14 and 15 February at the Leucorea in Wittenberg, being the “ancestral home” of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Since its founding the organisers try to meet two major objectives:
- to foster scientific exchange among the involved working groups at central German universities
- to provide a board for early career researchers (ECRs, late bachelor and master students until dissertation) to actively present their findings at a scientific meeting.
This also provides a place to discuss scientific findings in an open atmosphere to an auditorium not only from the own working group. To do this, the programme, comprising 20 scientific talks and discussions, was almost solely carried out by the participating ECRs. The conference was supported by the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG).