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

by Jez,Jakub

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, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, vice-rector for research and science 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 [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 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.

Aug. 10, 2018

EMPHASIS Newsletter: Latest News August 2018

by Jez,Jakub

Aug. 9, 2018

FW: EMPHASIS Field Phenomics workshop: 6th of September 2018, Belgium

by Jez,Jakub

Dear All, We would like to invite you to the EMPHASIS Field Phenomics workshop, on the 6thof September 2018, as a satellite meeting of the Biometrics Eucarpia Conference in Ghent, 3-5 September 2018. The Field Phenomics workshop is focused on discussing the future of field phenotyping and breeding research, in a (pan-)European context. The workshop will address the demand and requirements of the field trail researchers and breeders from academia and industry and the role of the ESFRI infrastructure project EMPHASIS (https://emphasis.plant-phenotyping.eu/) to support field phenomics in Europe in the future. This workshop will include a field site visit at Flanders research institute for agriculture, fisheries and food (ILVO), close to Ghent, a keynote presentation of Dr. Onno Muller, head of field phenotyping FZJ, and important discussions on how EMPHASIS may support you in your field phenomics research and in an European context. Please find a detailed program of the day below. This workshop is free and sponsored by EMPHASIS and ILVO. If you are interested in to join this workshop, please register here: https://emphasis.plant-phenotyping.eu/EMPHASIS_field_phenomics_workshop A bus would pick you up in the Ghent city center at 8:45AM, the pickup place will be announced after registration. Program EMPHASIS - Field Phenomics Workshop Thursday 6th of September 2018 9:00 Bus to ILVO, Melle (15min drive from Ghent) 9:30 Field Visit at ILVO 10:00 11:00 Coffee break 11:15 Introduction - EMPHASIS-Prep Key-note: Onno Muller, head of field phenotyping FJZ 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Break-out session on the future of Field phenomics in (pan-)Europe. 14:00 Coffee break 14:15 Break-out session on the future of Field phenomics in (pan-)Europe. 15:15 Coffee break 15:30 Wrap up 16:00 Bus back to Gent On behalf of EMPHASIS-Prep, Merlijn Morisse - Project Manager EMPHASIS-Prep Systems Biology of Yield VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark 927 - 9052 Ghent - Belgium Tel. +32(0)9 331 35 36 www.psb.ugent.be<http://www.psb.ugent.be/> [Das Bild wurde vom Absender entfernt.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Aug. 9, 2018

Events: Biometrics Eucarpia - Workshop on Computer Vision Problems - Wheat phenotyping workshop - 10th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting

by Jez,Jakub

1. High-throughput wheat phenotyping workshop OPEN FOR REGISTRATION The programme and the registration form for the training course on high-throughput wheat phenotyping is published on the Wheat Initiative website: http://www.wheatinitiative.org/events/2018-training-course-high-throughput-… The workshop will take place at the Cosmopolitan Hotel Bologna (Italy), on the 17-18 September 2018. Note the registration deadline: 15 June 2018 1. 10th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting It is our great pleasure to announce the 10th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting, which will be held under the title “10 years of life, science and molecules” - from September 17-20, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. This meeting – the largest Life Science meeting in Austria - will be a unique occasion, connecting students and scientists, academic researchers and industrial representatives as well. The active and successful life sciences scene in Austria shall become visible by presentations in form of talks and posters, for which abstracts are kindly requested. PhD students are particularly invited to showcase their work and take the opportunity to start building their professional networks. Abstracts for scientific contributions are kindly requested from academia and industry. To underline the fruitful diversity of research topics and locations and to celebrate the successful cohesion of our scene - 10 years now under the umbrella of ÖGMBT - special care has been taken to involve session chairs from different institutions spread over all Austria. Chairs from the Universities of basic and applied sciences, research institutes, startup companies and large pharma corporations will strive to present an extraordinary scientific program, covering three streams: Biotechnology and molecular biology Cancer and human disease Medical microbiology and immunology In addition to the main program, the Biophysics Austria Annual Meeting will be held as satellite meeting and career talks will be organized by ÖGMBT YLSA (Young Life Scientists Austria) on September 17th Ample time is planned for science, but networking and occasions to connect are an integral part of our event. Among other possibilities “Wine & Science” shall be highlighted. Our corporate sponsors traditionally invite all attendees to enjoy wine and cheese (prime biotech products, of course) and chat in an informal atmosphere. http://www.oegmbt.at/jahrestagung 1. Workshop on Computer Vision Problems in Plant Phenotyping BMVC 2018 Workshop on Computer Vision Problems in Plant Phenotyping (CVPPP 2018) September 6, 2018, Newcastle, UK Call for Papers Submission due (full paper or 1 page abstract): 06 July 2018 Notification of acceptance: 17 July 2018 Camera-ready (full papers only): TBD Workshop date: 06 Sept 2018 After the successful CVPPP workshops at ECCV 2014, BMVC 2015, and ICCV 2017, CVPPP this year returns to BMVC. The goal of this fourth workshop is to continue to showcase the challenges raised by and extend the state of the art in computer vision for plant phenotyping. Plant phenotyping is the identification of effects on plant structure and function (the phenotype) resulting from genotypic differences (i.e., differences in the genetic code) and the environmental conditions a plant has been exposed to. Knowledge of plant phenotypes is a key ingredient of the knowledge-based bioeconomy, which not only literally helps to feed the world, but is also essential for feed, fibre and fuel production. We want to identify key but unsolved problems, expose the current state-of-the-art, and broaden the field and the community. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * advances in segmentation, tracking, detection, reconstruction and identification methods that address unsolved plant phenotyping scenarios * open source implementation, comparison and discussion of existing methods and annotation tools * image data sets defining plant phenotyping challenges, complete with annotations if appropriate, accompanied with benchmark methods if possible, and suitable evaluation methods. Compare e.g. the Plant Leaf Segmentation Challenge (LSC), which spawned from earlier CVPPPs and is meanwhile hosted at CodaLab (https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/18405) as permanent competition. We welcome both * full papers [will appear in the BMVC online proceedings] and * one page abstracts [will appear on the CVPPP website, but not in the BMVC proceedings]. Further information about the workshop, author instructions, submission guidelines, and the challenge are available at: http://www.plant-phenotyping.org/CVPPP2018 We are looking forward to inspiring solutions for automated plant phenotyping applications! Workshop Organizers: * Tony Pridmore (University of Nottingham, UK), Tony.Pridmore(a)nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Tony.Pridmore@nottingham.ac.uk> * Sotirios A. Tsaftaris (University of Edinburgh, UK), S.Tsaftaris(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:S.Tsaftaris@ed.ac.uk> * Hanno Scharr (Forschungszentrum J¸lich, Germany), H.Scharr(a)fz-juelich.de<mailto:H.Scharr@fz-juelich.de> 1. Biometrics Eucarpia Conference in Ghent on 3-5 September 2018 Extended abstract submission for the Biometrics Eucarpia Conference in Ghent on 3-5 September 2018: www.eucarpia-biometrics2018.be<http://www.eucarpia-biometrics2018.be> Please note the EMPHASIS Field Phenomics workshop, on the 6th of September as a satellite of the Biometrics Eucarpia Conference: https://emphasis.plant-phenotyping.eu/EMPHASIS_field_phenomics_workshop Best regards, [/Users/jakub.jez/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Caches/Signatures/signature_1144915224]<http://www.appn.at/>

June 7, 2018

5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, Adelaide, Australia in October 2018

by Jez,Jakub

Dear All, Registration and abstract submission for the 5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium is now open. We are looking forward to seeing you in Adelaide, Australia. For more information regarding the program, registration, abstract submission and the venue, please visit the website: http://www.ipps2018.com.au/ Sincerely, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

May 24, 2018

FW: EMPHASIS Field Phenomics workshop: 6th of September 2018, Melle, Belgium

by Jez,Jakub

Dear All, We would like to invite you to the EMPHASIS Field Phenomics workshop, on the 6th of September 2018, as a satellite meeting of the Biometrics Eucarpia Conference in Ghent on 3-5 September 2018, more info: www.eucarpia-biometrics2018.be<http://www.eucarpia-biometrics2018.be> – note the extended abstract submission The Field Phenomics workshop is focused on discussing future field trial and breeding research, in a (pan-)European context. The workshop will address the demand and requirements of the field trail researchers and breeders from academia and industry and the role of the ESFRI infrastructure projects EMPHASIS to support field phenomics. This workshop will include a field site visit at the Flemish Institute of agriculture and fishery in Melle (ILVO), close to Ghent, presentations about the latest development in field phenomics and discussions how EMPHASIS may support field phenomics. A bus will pick you up in the Ghent city center at 9AM. The pickup place will be announced after registration. A preliminary program for the day is given below. If you are interested in to join this workshop, please register here: https://emphasis.plant-phenotyping.eu/EMPHASIS_field_phenomics_workshop This workshop is free and sponsored by EMPHASIS-prep and ILVO. On behalf of EMPHASIS Preliminary Program Thursday 6-09-2018 9:00 Bus to ILVO 9:30 Field Visit to ILVO with live discussions on Field Research Infrastructure 10:00 11:00 Key-note speaker, will be announced soon. 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Break-out session on the future of Field phenomics in (pan-)Europe. 14:00 14:45 Coffee break 15:00 Break-out session + Wrap up: take away messages for EMPHASIS 15:30 16:00 Bus back to Gent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

May 22, 2018

2nd APPN / EPPN2020 meeting: photos and presentations published

by Jez,Jakub

Dear APPN & EPPN2020 community, Thank you for attending the 2nd APPN/EPPN2020 meeting and for all your contributions! It was a great pleasure to host you in Vienna and we hope you have enjoyed the meeting. We have just published some photos and, more importantly, most of the presentations on: https://www.appn.at/2ndappn_eppn2020-2/ Looking forward to see you next year (the latest)! Kind regards, Jakub and the organizing committee -- Jakub Jeż Head, Plant Sciences Facility [cid:image001.png@01D33C34.13393AC0] VIENNA BIOCENTER CORE FACILITIES GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 | 1030 Vienna | Austria VBC 2 | Plaza Floor | room PG-3 phone: +43 1 796 2324 7090 mobile: +43 664 8084 7 7090 e-mail: jakub.jez(a)vbcf.ac.at<mailto:jakub.jez@csf.ac.at> web: www.vbcf.ac.at<http://www.csf.ac.at/> www.vbcf.ac.at/plants<http://www.csf.ac.at/plants> Twitter: @VBCF_PlantS<https://twitter.com/VBCF_PlantS> Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network – APPN www.appn.at<http://www.appn.at>

May 9, 2018

To give a way: fluorescent tubes light panels for plant growth

by Jez,Jakub

Dear APPN community, Since we have upgraded our phytotrons with LED lights, there are plenty of old light panels available. In case you are interested in taking some (preferentially all of them :) please drop me a short message asap – by Thursday latest. Alu case, 1580x600x75 mm, 2, 4 or 6 fluorescent tubes. Foto attached to this mail. Sorry for the spam and crossposting. Best, Jakub -- Jakub Jeż Head, Plant Sciences Facility [cid:image001.png@01D33C34.13393AC0] VIENNA BIOCENTER CORE FACILITIES GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 | 1030 Vienna | Austria VBC 2 | Plaza Floor | room PG-3 phone: +43 1 796 2324 7090 mobile: +43 664 8084 7 7090 e-mail: jakub.jez(a)vbcf.ac.at<mailto:jakub.jez@csf.ac.at> web: www.vbcf.ac.at<http://www.csf.ac.at/> www.vbcf.ac.at/plants<http://www.csf.ac.at/plants> Twitter: @VBCF_PlantS<https://twitter.com/VBCF_PlantS> Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network – APPN www.appn.at<http://www.appn.at> COST FA1306 “The quest for tolerant varieties - Phenotyping at plant and cellular level” www.plant-phenotyping.org/home_costfa1306<http://www.plant-phenotyping.org/home_costfa1306>

April 24, 2018

Newsletter: EMPHASIS

by Jez,Jakub

April 5, 2018

PROGRAM: 2nd annual APPN Conference meets EPPN2020

by Koemeda,Stefanie

Dear colleagues, We thank you for submitting your abstracts and are happy to present to you a very interesting lineup of speakers! The final program is attached to this mail. Registration for the event is still possible until this Friday 6th of April 2018 via RegistrationAPPN/EPPN2020<http://www.appn.at/2ndappn_eppn2020/>! We are looking forward to meeting you soon at the BOKU in Vienna! Best regards, Stefanie & the organizing committee [cid:image001.png@01D28E8C.0CA9DCB0]<http://www.appn.at/> Stefanie Koemeda Plant Sciences Facility [cid:image001.png@01D1AAE0.3F084D80] VIENNA BIOCENTER CORE FACILITIES GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 | 1030 Vienna | Austria VBC 2 | Plaza Floor | room PG-3 phone: +43 1 796 2324 7090 mobile: +43 699 182 459 58 e-mail: stefanie.koemeda(a)vbcf.ac.at<mailto:stefanie.koemeda@vbcf.ac.at> web: www.vbcf.ac.at<http://www.csf.ac.at/> www.vbcf.ac.at/plants<http://www.csf.ac.at/plants> Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network - APPN www.appn.at<http://www.appn.at> COST FA1306 "The quest for tolerant varieties - Phenotyping at plant and cellular level" http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fa/Actions/FA1306 http://www.plant-phenotyping.org/home_costfa1306

April 3, 2018