In his opening speech of the Botanik-Tagung, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG), our president, Professor Dr Andreas Weber, reminded us that plants as our common study objects are not only at the base of most food webs and important to maintain ecosystem function. But plant science can also contribute to find ways to effectively remove carbon from the atmosphere as well as for developing solutions to prevent further biodiversity loss. He reminded us, that the loss of biodiversity is an even greater threat to humankind than climate change, since we are losing diversity at an alarming rate of 150 to 200 species per day through human activities. Weber therefore motivated and encouraged all participants of the conference with the motto “Growing Solutions for Growing Challenges” to become proactive, leave the academic ivory tower and to translate research results into societal benefits. Our interdisciplinary Botanik-Tagung provides a space to bring together plants, people and societal benefits.

If you want to use childcare services during the Botanik-Tagung, our international plant science conference in September in Halle, Germany, make sure to reserve a place until 15th August 2024, since only registered children can be looked after! Unfortunately, an on-site registration for childcare will not be possible!

Im öffentlichen Abendvortrag der Botanik-Tagung entführt der Geobotaniker, Prof. Dr. Helge Bruehlheide von der Universität Halle, auf eine Reise durch die Welt der Biodiversität. In den letzten Jahren ist eine alarmierende Abnahme der Biodiversität zu beobachten. Dieser Rückgang betrifft nicht nur einzelne Arten, sondern ganze Ökosysteme, die essenziell für unser Wohlergehen und unsere Lebensgrundlagen sind. Der Vortrag geht auf die neuesten Erkenntnisse über den aktuellen Stand der Biodiversität ein und zeigt, wie sich diese Vielfalt im Laufe der Zeit verändert hat, welche Rolle dabei Landnutzungsänderungen und der Klimawandel spielen und welche Folgen der Verlust an Biodiversität für die Umwelt und die Gesellschaft hat. Umdenken und Handeln auf verschiedenen Ebenen sind erforderlich, um den rapiden Rückgang der Biodiversität zu stoppen. Das wird der Vortrag am 16. September um 19:30 Uhr an der Universität Halle im Melanchthonianum, Hörsaal XX, allgemeinverständlich veranschaulichen. 

The following workshops are planned at Botanik-Tagung 2024, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences:

• "Writing and Publishing" mit Mary Williams
• "Phenotyping Workshop”
• "Assay Design Guidelines for qPCR and dPCR”
• "Plant Lighting and Energy Efficiency”
• "Plant Water Status Workshop”
• "Wie Forschungs- und Selbstpräsentation gelingen" (auf Deutsch)
• "Wie kommt (m)ein Thema in die Medien?" (auf Deutsch)

They can be seen soon at the conference website: Botanik-Tagung.de

Prof. Dr. Edgar Peiter and his organizing committee invite all plant scientists to take part in Botanik-Tagung, the International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, at Halle/Saale, Germany, from 15^th until 19^th September 2024. The programme brings together 29 internationally leading plenary and keynote speakers, who span the entire field of plant sciences - from molecules to ecosystems. This year’s motto Growing Solutions for Growing Challenges reflects the potential of plant sciences to counter existential problems of our planet, such as carbon sequestration and the adaptation of crops to climate change challenges. The Botanik-Tagung furthers scientific exchange to improve our fundamental understanding of plants and to translate it into resilient crops and ecosystems. Workshops, the programme, and the city of Halle stimulate to socialize and to continue scientific discussions until late

> read Welcome Note on conference website

> Conference Website: Botanik-Tagung.de

> To Conference Poster including all Plenary and Keynote Speakers as well as all Sessions (pdf)

Update 08 April 2024: all 60 grants have already be allocated.

To support participation of early career plant scientists (ERC) in our International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (BT2024: Botanik-Tagung 2024 15^th to 19^th September 2024 in Halle a.d.S., Germany), DBG provides a maximum of 60 travel grants up to 400 Euro each for members, who actively take part in the conference with a talk or a poster. DBG reimburses traveling and accommodation costs as well as registration fees. Grants will be allocated according to the order in which applications are received; until 25^th May the latest. It therefore is advantageous to apply rapidly.

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The next Botanik-Tagung, International Conference of our German Society for Plant Sciences, is planned to take place at Halle a.d. Saale (Germany) from 15^th until 19^th September 2024. It is jointly organized by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemisty (IPB). Conference chair of the meeting with the title Growing Solutions for growing Challenges is Prof. Dr. Edgar Peiter. 

Plenary speakers:

• Sabeeha Merchant (Berkeley, CA/US)
• Giles Oldroyd (Cambridge/UK)
• Bipin Pandey (Nottingham/UK)
• Josep Peñuelas (Barcelona/ES)
• Meredith Schuman (Zürich/CH)
• Keiko Torii (Austin, TX/US)
• Cyril Zipfel (Zurich/CH)
• Staffan Persson (Copenhagen; DK)

Scientific Committee in Halle

• Steffen Abel
• Helge Bruelheide
• Ingo Heilmann
• Sascha Laubinger
• Kristina Kühn
• Marcel Quint
• Nicolaus von Wirén

Important Dates:

• Travel grants (for members) deadline: 25 May 2024
• Abstract submission deadline: 31 May 2024
• Early bird registration deadline: 23 June 2024

Details: https://botanik-tagung.de

End of August our German Society for Plant Sciences held its conference at the University of Bonn to cover the broad range of plant science topics, to support exchange among the more than 600 participating scientists, bring together established and early career researchers, and to provide opportunities for cooperation and networking. In his report, conference chair Professor Andreas Meyer not only mentions the impressive history of plant sciences at the University of Bonn but also gives an overview about the scientific topics at the conference, the awards given and informs about the answers to a quiz the local organizers invented for this conference.

From the more than 300 displayed scientific posters presented at Botanik-Tagung 2022, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, participants and a jury selected the ten best posters in a two-step selection procedure. Votes from participants were given priority over committee votes. The early career plant scientists were rewarded for their scientific work presented on the respective posters and received an endowment of 140 Euros reach, since our German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) has turned 140 this year.

Awarded early career scientists and the titles of the presented posters (pdf file)

The Programme of our Botanik-Tagung, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences 2022, is available.

To support participation of early career plant scientists in our International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (Botanik-Tagung 2022), DBG provides a maximum of 100 travel grants up to 350 Euros each for participants, who actively take part in the conference with a talk or a poster. DBG reimburses traveling and accommodation costs as well as registration fees. Grants will be allocated according to the order in which applications are received. Being fast therefore is of advantage.

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer and his organizing committee invite all plant scientists to take part in Botanik-Tagung, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, in Bonn, Germany. 

Dear colleagues and friends,

We are back! Delayed by one year, we are now able to organize and run the next International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (Botanik-Tagung 2022) as an in-person conference. On behalf of the German Society for Plant Sciences, I would like to invite you to Bonn for a lively exchange on the latest discoveries in plant sciences.
For more than 200 years, plant research has been a key research area at the University of Bonn, both at the basic level and as an applied science in agriculture. Plant research in Bonn is connected with names like Julius von Sachs, Wilhelm Pfeffer, Robert Caspary and of course Eduard Strasburger, who all worked in Bonn and set footprints that we still see today. Drawing on the spirit of translational research that has been established in Bonn for two centuries, the organizing committee put together a conference program that emphasizes the importance of Plant Sciences for a Sustainable Future in 8 plenary talks, 21 symposia and a number of workshops. Together with my colleagues, I would be thrilled if you take the opportunity to participate in this in-person meeting and actively engage in presenting and discussing current work
and ideas in Bonn. The City of Bonn welcomes you at the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven on the Rhine, a city with plenty of history and today a forward-looking, colorful, and charming international location.
See for yourself what variety is offered to you here both in science and beyond!
Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer

Read more in our flyer that lists the conference's topics and introduces travel grants for early career scientists:

More than 400 plant scientists from more than 25 countries came together in September in Rostock, Germany, to exchange and discuss latest research results. Conference chair Prof. Dr. Birgit Piechulla reports about the diversity of plant science disciplines by summarizing the keynote lectures.

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Mehr als 400 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus mehr als zwei Duzend Ländern kamen im September zur Botanikertagung zusammen, um die jüngsten Forschungsergebnisse zu diskutieren. Anhand der Plenarvorträge stellt Tagungspräsidentin, Prof. Dr. Birgit Piechulla, die Vielfalt der pflanzenwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen heraus, die in Rostock besonderes Augenmerk verdienen. Die rasante Entwicklung neuer Züchtungsmethoden u.a. mit CRISPR thematisierte der öffentliche Abendvortrag an der Universität, die dieses Jahr ihre 600-Jahrfeier beging.

The images of our International Plant Science Conference in Rostock with more than 420 participants from 27 countries are now available in the intranet. Many thanks to photographer Thomas Rahr and all other photographers!

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DBG's president Prof. Dr. Karl-Josef Dietz emphasized the importance of plant science for basic needs of humankind and our society. There is "no sustainability without plants", he states in his welcome address on the opening of the International Plant Science Conference, Botanikertagung, in Rostock, on 16^th September, which was attended by more than 420 participants from 27 countries. “If grown under environmentally balanced conditions, plants are the most sustainable production system on earth.” Moreover, plant science can contribute to 8 out of the 17 sustainable development goals (called SDGs) of the United Nations. For example, weather and stress-resistant crop plants are needed to reach the goal of zero hunger, or plants cleaning toxins out of water, or plants for sustainable biomass production, etc. This dependency stresses how important plant science is for our future.

Read the whole welcome address

From the more than 190 posters presented at Botanikertagung 2019 in Rostock, Germany, participants chose several as best papers. The awarded presenters received a document as well as 137 Euros each since the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) today was 137 years old.

Awarded young scientists and their poster titles (pdf file)

DBG looks forward to meet the more than 420 plant scientists, who will come to Rostock, Germany, to participate in our Botanikertagung conference (Follow the Hashtag: #BT2019DBG).

more on the conference website

Early bird registration as well as abstract submission is still possible until Monday, 3^rd June 2019, 8.00 a.m. for Botanikertagung (Rostock, Germany, 15 - 19 September 2019) is open now. Please note important dates about the international conference:

• Abstract submission for posters are still invited until 15 July 2019
• Sessions from many plant science disciplines: see invitation

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Registration for Botanikertagung (Rostock, Germany, 15 - 19 September 2019) is open now. Please note important dates about the international conference:

• Travel Grant Application deadline: 15 May 2019
• Early bird registration until 30 May 2019
• Abstract submission for oral presentations until 30 May 2019
• Abstract submission for posters until 15 July 2019
• Sessions from many plant science disciplines: see invitation

Conference website

The DBG offers Travel Grants for active participants in the Botanikertagung 2019 in Rostock, Germany.

> Travel Grants

Dear Colleagues,

the Botanikertagung is the largest and most well-known conference on plant sciences in the German speaking countries. It is the essential element of the plant science scene and community and is put forward by the DBG every other year. The conference in Rostock provides a wide scientific program reflecting the huge diversity of plant science related research topics in our scientific Society. The motto of the meeting 2019 ‘Plant life along gradients’ indicates that plants have to cope with a number of different external and internal gradients for survival. Topics of 8 plenary lectures and 21 symposia range from single to multicellular photosynthetic active organisms, from basic to applied science, and from molecular-biochemical to ecological research.

The Rostock scientific committee welcomes all plant scientists!

A document now lists sessions' topics and provides further details of the International Plant Science Conference Botanikertagung in Rostock, Germany, 2019.

The next Botanikertagung of the DBG Plant life along gradients is organised by Professor Birgit Piechulla together with her Scientific Board and her organising team at Rostock University from 15–19 September 2019.

Scientific Board:

• Prof. Dr. Inge Broer
• Prof. Dr. Bärbel Gerowitt
• Prof. Dr. Martin Hagemann
• Prof. Dr. Renate Horn
• Prof. Dr. Ulf Karsten
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Porembski
• Prof. Dr. Hendrik Schubert
• Prof. Dr. Christine Struck

Download conference poster Botanikertagung 2019 (pdf)

He illustrated how important it is for successful scientists to collaborate. He therefore encouraged all participants to enjoy the possibilities offered by the Botanikertagung and the big network of the DBG. He thanked all speakers and poster creators, the conference chair, Professor Karin Krupinska and her team, who invited many Danish Colleagues, and all the people and institutions who contributed to the conference.

Read his whole welcome address (incl. another figure)

From the 235 posters presented at Botanikertagung 2017 in Kiel an expert jury chose several as best papers. The awarded presenters received a document as well as 135 Euros each since the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) today was 135 years old.

Awarded young scientists and their posters (pdf file):

to overview of images from Natalie Kowalski

Nine posters were awarded at the international Botanikertagung 2013 because they have presented outstanding science.

The pdf file informs about titles of posters and scientists.

to overwiew of all images by Lea Zentgraf

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Das Organisationskomitee um Tagungspräsident Prof. Dr. Klaus Harter möchte Sie herzlich zur Botanikertagung 2013 nach Tübingen einladen. Die Tagung findet vom 30. September bis 4. Oktober im Herzen Tübingens im Hörsaalzentrum „Kupferbau“ der Universität statt. Das Team des Tübinger Zentrums für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (ZMBP) hat für Sie ein wissenschaftliches Programm mit 10 Themenblöcken und etwa 45 Sessions zusammengestellt, das alle Facetten der Pflanzenwissenschaften abdeckt:

• Abiotic Interactions
• Biotic Interactions
• Cell Biology
• Development
• Evolution & Ecology
• Green Biotechnology
• Novel Technologies
• Primary and Secondary Metabolism
• Phycology
• „Industrial Presentations“

Dafür gewannen sie international renommierte Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus dem In- und Ausland als Session- und Plenarsprecher. Ab dem 8. Februar können Sie sich voraussichtlich auf der Tagungswebsite registrieren, Ihre Abstracts einreichen sowie eine Unterkunft buchen. Da Tübingen nur eine begrenzte Anzahl an Unterkünften bereitstellen kann, empfehlen die Organisatoren eine frühzeitige Reservierung und freuen sich auf Ihr Kommen.

weiter zur Kongress-Website

The chairs, Professor Reinhard Kunze and Professor Bernhard Grimm invite for the international Botanikertagung, which will take place from 18 - 23 September in Berlin, Germany, under the title "Diversity makes the Difference".

Details about Botanikertagung in the flyer (pdf file)

Zur Registrierung und Abstract-Anmeldung: http://www.botanikertagung2011.de