International Symposium on Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems
Sun. 28th Sept. 2025 – Wed. 1st Oct. 2025
University of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Oktoberfest - Book early
Please note that during the time of the symposium Oktoberfest will take place in Munich. This also concerns Regensburg.
Please keep in mind to book a flight to Munich airport and a hotel room in Regensburg as soon as possible.
The Research Unit Cereal Stem Cell Systems is delighted to invite you to the 1st International Symposium on Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems!
This symposium will bring together researchers from all over the world to discuss the current trends and future directions in plant meristem and stem cell research.
We particularly invite early-career researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD students to join us for this unique opportunity to present your research, engage in discussions and scientific networking.
We offer a dynamic program on a wide range of topics dealing with the regulation of the architectures of cereals including the economically important crops maize, wheat, rice and barley.
The symposium will feature a number of invited speakers, talks chosen from abstract submissions and poster sessions. For more information, see the program.
We hope that the conference will meet all your expectations and that fruitful discussions and new collaborations will be established as a result.
Important dates
- 01/03/2025 - Registration open
- 30/06/2025 - Early bird registration ends
We hope to see you in Regensburg!
Best wishes from the local organizing committee
Thomas Dresselhaus, Karina van der Linde, Melanie Heinrich, Ute Schäfers
About the organizers
This meeting is organized by CSCS, a research unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) entitled „Cereal Stem Cell Systems: Establishment, maintenance and termination “
This research unit is composed of 10 research groups from six German universities (University of Regensburg, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Bonn, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, University of Hamburg), one research center (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research) and a Swiss university (University of Bern).
The goal of the research unit FOR5235 is to explore whether the complex meristems of cereals are sculpted by conserved but strongly modified, or also by novel signaling pathways and associated gene regulatory networks. The focus lies on maize as an example for a tropical cereal crop (Panicoideae), barley as an example for a temperate cereal crop (Pooideae) and its close relative, the model grass Brachypodium.
Local Organizing Committee
- Thomas Dresselhaus, University of Regensburg
- Melanie Heinrich, University of Regensburg
- Karina van der Linde, University of Regensburg
- Ute Schäfers, University of Regensburg
Scientific Committee
- Thomas Dresselhaus, University of Regensburg
- Frank Hochholdinger, University of Bonn
- Martin Kater, University of Milano, Italy
- Maria von Korff, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- Karina van der Linde, University of Regensburg
- Michael Raissig, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Arp Schnittger, University of Hamburg
- Thorsten Schnurbusch, Leibniz Institute IPK
- Rüdiger Simon, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- Yvonne Stahl, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
- Marja Timmermans, University Tübingen