Conference

For the 38^th time, the Molecular Biology of Plants conference (MBP2025) brought together around 190 scientists in North Rhine-Westphalia, from 10^th to 13^th February 2025. Under the patronage of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology (SPPMB) of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG), the meeting once again provided a platform for PhD students, postdocs, and group leaders to present their latest research findings and engage in fruitful scientific discussions. Organised by Christopher Grefen (Ruhr University Bochum, RUB) together with Ute Höcker (Cologne) and Henning Kunz (Munich), this year's meeting provided a great cross-section of modern molecular plant sciences, with slightly more submissions on topics related to biotic interactions, molecular physiology, as well as cell and developmental biology. Conference Chair Grefen provides the details.

Registration started on 22^nd October and will be open until 15^th November 2024.

The 38^th Conference Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2025) of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology within the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) is planned to take place in Hennef from 10^th to 13^th February 2025.

A limited number of travel grants for partial cover of expenses are available.

The 37^th Molecular Biology of Plants conference (MBP2024) took place at the Sportschule Hennef (close to Bonn, Germany) from 4^th until 7^th March 2024. Conference chair Ute Höcker (University of Cologne) shares both scientific and non-scientific highlights of this annual meeting. This includes the two keynotes on male-female interactions during endosperm development and how potato plants prevent above-ground tuber formation. She also reports the winners of the awards for best talks, best posters and for science communication, as well as about the career session and the outcome of the traditional soccer game between PIs against PhD students and PostDocs. The new venue, Sportschule Hennef, has once again proven to be a first-rate replacement for our previous long-term venue in Dabringhausen.

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38^th Conference (MBP2025)

The next Conference Molecular Biology of Plants of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology of the DBG will take place at Hennef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 10^th to 13^th February 2025. It will be organized by Prof. Dr. Hans-Henning Kunz (LMU, Munich), Prof. Dr. Christopher Grefen (Bochum), and Prof. Dr. Ute Höcker (Cologne).

Keynotes

• Dominique Bergmann (Stanford): Ground rules for flexible development in leaves
• Thorsten Nürnberger (ZMBP Tübingen): Pattern recognition in plant immunity - evolution and function
• Katherine Denby (York): The world of plant science publishing

39^th Conference (MBP2026)

The next Molecular Biology of Plants Conference is scheduled to take place at the same location from 16^th to 19^th March 2026 and will be organised by Prof. Dr. Andrea Bräutigam, Prof. Dr. Hans-Henning Kunz (LMU, Munich), Prof. Dr. Christopher Grefen (Bochum).