Welcome to the 20th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
ICAR 2009 - Edinburgh
We warmly invite you to attend the 20th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR), the largest annual international scientific conference dedicated to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
Highly successful ICAR meetings have been held worldwide including Beijing in 2007 and Montreal in 2008. 2009 will see Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, host the ICAR for its 20th anniversary meeting. Over 1000 delegates from all over the globe will come to the beautiful and vibrant city of Edinburgh to learn about, and discuss recent advances in Arabidopsis research.
Online registration for the meeting has now closed. Onsite registration will be possible during the conference
Abstract Submission for ICAR 2009 is now closed.
If you are bringing a poster to the conference please note that it needs to A0 in size (841 x 1189 mm) and portrait in orientation.
A final programme for the conference can be downloaded below:-
Download ICAR2009ProgrammeHP.pdf (3724kb) here.
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Poster Abstracts for the conference can be downloaded below:-
Download ICAR2009PosterAbstracts.pdf (4011kb) here.
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Confirmed Speakers
We have a great programme of world-renowned speakers confirmed including:-
Enrico Coen, Caroline Dean, Joe Ecker, Jiri Firml, Nicholas Harberd, Alistair Hetherington, Andrew Millar, Ben Scheres, Mark Stitt and Jian-Kang Zhu.
The Programme
The preliminary scientific programme is now available.
The program will include two plenary sessions each morning and four concurrent sessions each afternoon, which will include presentations chosen from submitted abstracts. As in the past, the conference will feature a number of community-led workshops that will provide opportunities for focused discussion, whilst three poster sessions will provide ample time for research discussion. Delegates will also have a free afternoon between the Friday morning sessions and evening poster session to engage in networking, scientific discussion and to explore Edinburgh and it's surroundings.
We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh.
Ruth Bastow
On behalf of the UK Organising Committee
