INVITATION: 2nd D-ROOT MEETING https://droot.info/ Date: 4th March 2020. Venue: University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, UZA II, Seminar Room 2D404 Plant performance is strongly affected by environmental conditions. Subsequently, results of controlled conditions of the lab – “Pampered inside, pestered outside” – are often not suitable to translate back to field conditions. Besides phenotypically differences between lab- and field-grown plants, shoot and root environment must be considered. The D-root meeting was set up to bring scientist together to study the root system architecture (RSA) including the morphological as well as the molecular mechanisms of roots grown under more natural light conditions. First mentioned in 2015, the community working with the D-root device is strongly growing comprising researchers with basic and applied plant background working with Arabidopsis thaliana or cereals. This meeting brings scientist together to present, share and discuss new results and applications concerning experiments with dark-grown roots. Best wishes, Jakub. [VBC Logo] Jakub Jez Head, Plant Sciences Facility T +43 1 7962324 7090<tel:+43179623247090> M +43 664 8084 77090<tel:+43%20664%208084%2077090> jakub.jez@vbcf.ac.at<mailto:jakub.jez@vbcf.ac.at> Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3 1030 Vienna Austria www.vbcf.ac.at<https://www.vbcf.ac.at> Chair, Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network (APPN<https://www.appn.at/>) and Support Group Member of ESFRI EMPHASIS<https://emphasis.plant-phenotyping.eu/> project Twitter: @VBCF_PlantS<https://twitter.com/VBCF_PlantS> LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jezjakub<http://www.linkedin.com/in/jezjakub> [signature_1548388024] FFG PHENOPlant<https://www.ffg.at/sites/default/files/allgemeine_downloads/strukturprogramme/FuE-Infrastrukturf%C3%B6rderung/Kurzfassung_PHENOPlant.pdf>: Austrias 1st multi-sensor, high-throughput plant phenotyping infrastructure launching 2021!