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3rd APPN meeting SAVE-THE-DATE!

by Jez,Jakub

Dear friends! We have just fixed the date and location for the 3rd Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network (APPN) meeting! Date: Thursday, 13th June 2019 Venue: BOKU Vienna, Festsaal, main building Please save the date! Last year we put emphasis on root phenotyping (https://www.appn.at/2ndappn_eppn2020-2/) this year the main focus will be (although not exclusively) on FIELD PHENOTYPING. Other plant phenotyping topics (controlled environments, root phenotyping and others) will be covered by the respective sessions and based on the received abstracts. Details, and the registration page will be open soon on www.appn.at<http://www.appn.at> Looking forward to receiving your abstracts and meeting you in June! Best regards, Gernot Bodner, Boris Rewald (local organizers) & APPN board [signature_1677033384]<http://www.appn.at/>

Feb. 27, 2019

WG:IPPN: Open positions

by Jez,Jakub

FYI Jakub -------- Originalnachricht -------- Betreff: WG: IPPN: Open positions Von: FM-ippn An: FM-ippn Cc: Overview of recent job postings, for a complete overview: https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/Career · PhD student in the field of crop phenotyping for wheat variety testing, Liège University, Belgium https://www.gembloux.uliege.be/upload/docs/application/pdf/2019-01/phd_fell… · PhD project ‘Modelling effects of climate change on photosynthetic enzymes to find solutions for future food and environmental security’ at the Newcastle University https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/modelling-effects-of-climate-change-o… · Postdoc position in the area of phenomics and biochemistry, AGResarch New Zeeland https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org/agresearch-jobdetails/ajid/GYqK8/Post… · Postdoc opportunity based at JIRCAS HQ in Tsukuba/Japan https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/lw_resource/datapool/systemfiles/elements… · Postdoc - Plant Functional Biology - AgResearch, New Zealand https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org/agresearch-jobdetails/ajid/osrL8/Post… · Manager, Research Platforms at Grains Research and Development Corporation, in Adelaide, Australia https://www.seek.com.au/job/38054189?tracking=TMC-SAU-eDM-SharedJob-13246 · Early Stage Researcher (ESR) position in the frame of TRuStEE, in Jülich, Germany https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/lw_resource/datapool/systemfiles/elements… On behalf of IPPN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jan. 18, 2019

WG:8th IPPN Imaging for Phenotyping Webinar - Easy phenotyping - 24 January 16:00

by Jez,Jakub

FYI, Best, Jakub -------- Originalnachricht -------- Betreff: 8th IPPN Imaging for Phenotyping Webinar - Easy phenotyping - 24 January 16:00 Von: FM-ippn An: FM-ippn Cc: Dear colleagues interested in imaging and plant phenotyping, On the 24th of January at 16.00 (UTC+01:00) the IPPN - 'Imaging for phenotyping'-working group will have its 8th online webinar to easily share new research results with everybody interested world-wide. The 8th presenter will be Wei GUO, Ph.D (The University of Tokyo) / moderator: Rick van de Zedde (WUR) Title: Easy Plant Phenotyping by using Image processing and machine learning techniques Abstract: Developments of high-throughput plant phenotyping technologies have been dramatically accelerated by advanced image sensing and analyzing techniques. However, plant scientists still meet difficulties when they try to apply such technologies practically. For example, to train an object detection deep learning model requires manual annotations of a huge amount of images. In this webinar, Wei will introduce the lessons his team learned from various case studies and share the experience they gain. At last, Wei will also propose some of his ideas on how to expand the challenges with images for more practical data such as 3D point clouds or images acquired from field conditions, as well as how to provide easy-to-use solutions to the community. CV: Wei GUO is currently working as an Assistant professor at The University of Tokyo, Japan. He participated in the establishment of “International Field Phenomics Research Laboratory”, the first plant phenomics laboratory in Japan in 2017 as a core member. His researches focus on field-based phenotyping by using advanced sensing platforms and technologies such as drones and ground robots, image processing and machine learning approaches. To join this webinar on the 24th of January, go on time to: https://join.me/plant-phenotyping On a computer, you can use any browser and you do not have to download a tool. Check the start of the webinar in your own time zones here: https://join.me/timezone/1548342000000/1548345600000 On a phone or tablet, launch the join.me<http://join.me/> app and enter meeting code: plant-phenotyping By phone: Netherlands - Amsterdam +31.20.808.3218<tel:+31.20.808.3218> Germany - Frankfurt +49.69.9753.3131<tel:+49.69.9753.3131,,536399875> United Kingdom - London +44.20.3582.4515<tel:+44.20.3582.4515> Access Code 536-399-875# Other international numbers available<https://join.me/intphone/536399875/0> More info about the IPPN Imaging for Phenotyping working group can be found here: https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/ippn_wg_imaging Kind regards, The Imaging for Phenotyping Working Group Steering Committee -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jan. 16, 2019

PHENOPlant application approved!

by Jez,Jakub

Dear APPN community! Dear friends! It is my pleasure to inform you about the positive evaluation of our PHENOPlant application to the 2nd FFG Infrastructure call 2018. Austria will get its first and only state-of-the-art multi sensor HT plant phenotyping facility. https://www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/large-infrastructure-project-phe… Follow us on Twitter (@VBCF_PlantS) for updates or visit www.appn.at Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Jakub Sent from a "smart"phone - please excuse typos.

Dec. 14, 2018

CzPPN meeting 2018

by Jez,Jakub

Sent from a "smart"phone - please excuse typos. On behalf of the CZPPN. Best, Jakub Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to the 2nd meeting of the Czech Plant Phenotyping Network (CzPPN) discussing environmental simulation and indoor phenotyping. The goal of CzPPN is to mediate access to the national infrastructure of existing testing systems and to contribute to the enhancement of the community of experts and users in field of high-throughput testing and field phenotyping. The meeting will take place on November 29, 2018, 9:00am – 4:30pm at the University Campus Bohunice, conference room 211/building A35. (Free) registration: http://www.ceitec.eu/2nd-czppn-meeting Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order): Llorenç Cabrera-Bosquet, EMPHASIS, EPPN2020 & INRA, France. Jeremy Harbinson, Wageningen University, Netherlands. Karel Klem, CzechGlobe - Global Change Research Institute, Czech Republic. Stefanie Koemeda, APPN & VBCF Plant Sciences Facility, Austria. Stien Mertens, Ghent University, Belgium. Klára Panzarová, Photon Systems Instruments, Czech Republic. Mirko Pavicic, University of Helsinki, Finland. Roland Pieruschka, ESFRI EMPHASIS, EPPN2020 & FZ Jülich, Germany. Lukáš Spíchal, coordinator of the Czech Plant Phenotyping Network (CzPPN) & Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Natallia Madzia Valasevich, Plant Sciences Core Facility CEITEC MU, Czech Republic. Lennart Verbraeken, Ghent University, Belgium. For those interested, we will organize 2 parallel excursion tours: to the CEITEC Plant Sciences Core Facility, and to PSI research center with HT phenotyping platform, Drasov. Please feel free to share & spread the word! Looking very much forward to meeting you, Natallia Madzia Valasevich Natallia MADZIA VALASEVICH, Ph.D. | CEITEC Head of Plant Sciences Core Facility Phone: +420 777 482 686 e-mail: natallia.valasevich(a)ceitec.muni.cz<mailto:natallia.valasevich@ceitec.muni.cz> CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology Masaryk University Kamenice 753/5, Bld. A2 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic www.ceitec.eu<http://www.ceitec.eu/>

Oct. 11, 2018

Call for proposals: open access VBCF PlantS HT plant phenotyping service!

by Jez,Jakub

Dear all, We have completed our Interreg RIAT-CZ pilot projects and the open access phase has started! You can apply for free access to our HT plant phenotyping service (agar-plate screening and/or phenotyping phytotron) incl. data analysis! Visit our homepage for details: www.vbcf.ac.at/plants Apply for access here: http://riat.ceitec.cz/open-access/ We are looking forward to receive your proposals! Best, Jakub Sent from a "smart"phone - please excuse typos.

Oct. 9, 2018

Hyperspectral root imaging system available at the BOKU

by Jez,Jakub

On behalf of Gernot Bodner: Dear root research-, imaging and phenotyping colleagues, Finally we have established our "Hyperspectral root imaging system" at BOKU. The system allows imaging of plant roots up to more advanced development stages (about 1 meter rooting depth) in the near infrared range (900-1700 nm; 256 bands) and provides a spatial resolution of 0.1 mm. https://plantmethods.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13007-018-0352-1 The NIR imaging particularly allows comparatively high resolution water mapping in the root zone to study water uptake/depletion of single root axes; potentially the spectral features can be used to detect a range of different chemical properties of root and soil encoded in spectral features. In case of interest, don't hesitate to contact us for any possible application. We would be happy to show the system working and extend its usability for the root research/phenotyping community. Best regards Gernot Bodner ****************************************************** Priv. Doz. DI Dr. Gernot Bodner Dept. f. Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften / Dept. of Crop Sciences Abt. Pflanzenbau / Division of Agronomy Universität für Bodenkultur Wien / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Konrad Lorenzstr. 24, A-3430 Tulln, Austria Phone: +43 (0)1 47654-95115 WWW: www.dnw.boku.ac.at Sent from an ipad - please excuse typos.

Oct. 5, 2018

EPPN2020 // 3rd Call for Transnational Access is open now!

by Jez,Jakub

3rd Call for Transnational Access to the European Plant Phenotyping Network 2020 Application deadline: 28th of January 2019 Application instructions, eligibility criteria, contact information:https://eppn2020.plant-phenotyping.eu/Access_Call TheEuropean Plant Phenotyping Network 2020 (EPPN2020) is an EU-funded Research Infrastructure project with the overall goal to create structural and functional synergies between the plant phenotyping institutions in Europe by linking phenotyping experts, user communities and technology development. The EPPN2020 consortium has launched a call for applications for Transnational Access to: - 31 experimental plant phenotyping facilities - at 18 different institutions across Europe. Access is granted on the basis of a simple application procedure. Selected users obtain full support to perform the proposed experiments including: - Free access for eligible user groups to research facilities - Support for travel and accommodation - On-site logistic support by the infrastructure staff - Access to knowledge and know-how at the research infrastructures necessary to complete the proposed experimental work The facilities can be used for experiments with either scientific or technological objectives. The call is open to European groups but also open (to a limited extent) to groups originating from emerging countries or international research centers. Next call will be launched in spring 2019. On behalf of EPPN2020 Jakub Jez www.appn.at

Sept. 26, 2018

FW: Mapping the Phenotyping demand : Do you need Plant Phenotyping?

by Jez,Jakub

Dear colleagues and friends, The preparatory phase of EMPHASIS aims at the development of a long-term sustainable strategy for a user driven operation, building, upgrading of plant phenotyping infrastructure. We would deeply appreciate your help by conducting this 5-10 min survey that will allow us to map the interest of diverse users in plant phenotyping in Europe and thus to develop an effective strategy and establish a business plan for EMPHASIS. The results of this survey will be shared back with everybody for your information and will certainly help in shape a pan-european infrastructure built on the community demand. Click on the image to start the survey! <https://goo.gl/forms/4UMFMHuuGYdHbCut2> [For link complete_comp_small.jpg]<https://goo.gl/forms/4UMFMHuuGYdHbCut2> Thank you again for the great help! On behalf of the Emphasis -Prep survey group Michela Janni -- Michela Janni, PhD Ricercatrice Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IBBR (Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse) Via G. Amendola 165/A 70126 Bari Tel:080-5583400 int 209 em@il: michela.janni(a)ibbr.cnr.it<mailto:michela.janni@igv.cnr.it> Present address: CNR- IMEM Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A 43124 Parma Tel: 0521269296 -- Michela Janni, PhD Permanent researcher CNR IBBR (Istitute of Bioscience and Bioresources) Via G. Amendola 165/A 70126 Bari- Italy Tel:+39-080-558340<tel:080-558340>0 int 209 em@il: michela.janni(a)ibbr.cnr.it<mailto:michela.janni@igv.cnr.it> Present address: CNR- IMEM Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A 43124 Parma Tel: 0521269296 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sept. 19, 2018

Plant Phenotyping Forum Invitation - 13 September, 1-5pm, Vienna BioCenter Campus

by Jez,Jakub

The registration for the Plant Phenotyping Forum closes soon, do not miss to register and to join the meeting. - 13 September, 1-5pm, Vienna Biocenter Campus - Registration: https://www.appn.at/plant-phenotyping-forum/ In case you can’t join in person you can follow and participate in the LIVE BROADCAST of the penal discussion: https://join.me/plant-phenotyping Looking very much forward to meeting you, Jakub Jez and Roland Pieruschka [/Users/jakub.jez/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Caches/Signatures/signature_397492860]<http://www.appn.at/> Von: Pieruschka, Roland Gesendet: Freitag, 10. August 2018 16:07 An: FM-emphasis <emphasis(a)fz-juelich.de> Betreff: Plant Phenotyping Forum Invitation - 13 September, 1-5pm, Vienna BioCenter Campus Dear all, It is our pleasure to invite you to the Plant Phenotyping Forum discussing the role of Austria and Eastern Europe in plant phenotyping for sustainable agriculture. The Forum will address the plant phenotyping landscape and role of Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia within the context of European plant phenotyping initiatives such as EMPHASIS and EPPN2020 with the goal to advance basic plant research, plant breeding and foster sustainable agriculture. The meeting will take place on September 13, 2018 , 1-5pm at the Vienna BioCenter Campus, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, IMP Lecture Hall. (Free) registration: https://www.appn.at/plant-phenotyping-forum/ Confirmed participants and speakers (in alphabetical order): Marian Brestic, Prof., Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, Department of Plant Physiology (SUA) Hermann Bürstmayr, Head, Division of Plant Breeding and Head, Institute for Biotechnology in Plant Production (BOKU) Pavel Hauptvogel, Director, Research Institute of Plant Production (NPPC) Ivan Ingelbrecht, Head, Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, (IAEA) Jakub Jez, Head, VBCF Plant Sciences Facility & coordinator Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network (APPN) Gabriela Pastori, Chair, ESFRI Strategy Working Group on Health and Food Uli Schurr, Head, IBG-2: Plant Sciences, FZ Jülich & Coordinator ESFRI EMPHASIS project Lukas Spichal, Palacky University Olomouc, coordinator of the Czech Plant Phenotyping Network (CZPPN) Andreas Walter, Operating Director BioImaging Austria (CMI) A panel discussion, moderated by Uli Schurr, will follow the presentations. For those interested, we will tour the VBCF Plant Sciences Facility incl. the HT phenotyping platform. The full program is attached to this mail. Please feel free to share & spread the word! Looking very much forward to meeting you, Jakub Jez and Roland Pieruschka [Das Bild wurde vom Absender entfernt. https://www.appn.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Logo-full.png] https://www.appn.at/ Welcome [www.appn.at]<https://www.appn.at/> www.appn.at<http://www.appn.at> Welcome to the Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network (APPN) - "Enhancing the Austrian Plant Phenotyping Community!" Summary: Within this Plant Phenotyping Forum, we will discuss the role of Austria and Eastern Europe in agricultural production, as regions with huge potential and long-term traditions in the agricultural sector. Specifically, breeding and the consideration of environmental effects for continental climatic environments may require new breeding efforts in this region, including new strategies to develop new germplasm in pre-breeding programs and the application of modern breeding technologies, specifically to improve stress resistance to close the yield gap in times of a changing climate. In this context, the need to characterize the phenotype is essential to understand fundamental processes, which determine the structure and function of plants in particular. While significant progress has been made in molecular methods in recent years and the genomes of several plants have been sequenced this knowledge is not sufficient to simulate the phenotype of a plant without knowing the history and the dynamic interaction of the plant with its environment. Plant phenotyping - quantitative analysis of structure and function of plants - has become the major bottleneck and, quantitative information on genotype-environment relations is the key to address future challenges. Increasing the plant biomass production quantitatively and qualitatively can provide major contributions to grand challenges like food security on a global level, at the same time reducing a major driver for migration movements. Beyond fostering scientific progress, plant phenotyping requires a community effort. In this context EPPN2020, a EU funded I3 project provides access to key plant phenotyping facilities in Europe while EMPHASIS, a ESFRI listed project aims at the development of a long term sustainable pan European plant phenotyping infrastructure that addresses the needs of the diverse users from academia and industry including the operation and development of a pan-European e-infrastructure to effectively collect, process and provide data for the community. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Tato sprava bola prehladana na vyskyt virusov a nebezpecneho obsahu antivirovym systemom MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, a zda sa byt cista.

Sept. 5, 2018