2nd International Symposium on Integrative Plant Biology (1st announcement)

The biannual International Symposium on Integrative Plant Biology (ISIPB) is a great occasion for members of the international plant science community to meet and discuss the latest advances in plant biology. The aims of the ISIPB are to explore the latest trends and results in plant developmental research, plant molecular evolution, and environmental responses, and recent advances in molecular genetics, genomics, and systems biology tools and techniques. The symposium will be held in Lanzhou, China, 26–28 August 2011, and follows on the extremely successful 1st Integrative Plant Biology Symposium held 2009 in Yantai. With the realization of the 2nd ISIPB, we once again hope to provide a platform for the participants to discuss, study and explore possible future collaborations with like-minded and to communicate and to present their research results with the wider plant science community. Distinguished researchers from all over the world will attend this event. Welcome to ISIPB 2011 in Lanzhou!

Sponsors and Organizers
Sponsored by:
Chinese Society for Cell Biology
Botanical Society of China
Genetics Society of China
Chinese Society for Plant Physiology
Organized by:
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (JIPB)
Lanzhou University

Date, Place, Website and Official Language
Date: Aug. 26 to 28, 2011
Place: Lanzhou University, Gansu Province, China
Website: www.jipb.net/jipbsymposiumlanzhou2011
Official language: English


Academic and Organizing Committee (in alphabetical order)

Academic Committee

Chair: Zhi-Hong Xu (Peking University, China)
Da-Ye Sun (Hebei Normal University, China)

Associate Chair:
Li-Zhe An (Lanzhou University, China)
Song Ge (Institute of Botany, CAS, China)
Jia Li (Lanzhou University, China)
Chun-Ming Liu (Institute of Botany, CAS, China)
Li-Jia Qu (Peking University, China)
Hong-Wei Xue (Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China)
Jian-Ru Zuo (Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, CAS, China)

Academic Committee Members:
Ian Thomas Baldwin (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany)
Katie Dehesh (University of California, Davis, USA）
Anne Mie Emons (Wageningen University, the Netherlands）
Zhi-Zhong Gong (China Agriculatural University, China）
Chris Hawes (Oxford Brookes University, UK
Leon V. Kochian (Cornell University, USA)
Dong Liu (Tsinghua University, China)
Zhong-Chi Liu (University of Maryland, USA）
William Lucas (University of California, Davis, USA）
Hong Ma (Fudan University, China)
Martin Parry (Rothamsted Research, UK)
Qian Qian (China National Rice Research Institute, China)
Chun-Peng Song (Henan University, China)
Ke-Xuan Tang (Fudan University, China）
Jian-Min Wan (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China）
Trevor Wang (John Innes Centre, UK)
Dao-Xin Xie (Tsinghua University, China)
Wei-Cai Yang (Institute of Genetics & Developmental Biology, CAS, China)
Zhen-Biao Yang (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Da-Bing Zhang (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
Li-Xin Zhang (Institute of Botany, CAS, China)

Organizing Committee
Chair:
Chun-Ming Liu
Jia Li
Associate Chair:
Jin-Zhong Cui
Wen-Peng Xu
Secretary General:
Sui-Wen Hou

Organizing Committee Members:
Yu-Rong Bi
Ling-Feng Chen
Ju Gan
Ping He
Xiao-Ping Gou
Jiang-Tao Liu
Johan Olausson
Sheng-Bao Xu
Li-Hui Zhao

Symposium Themes
1. Cell Cycle & Organogenesis
2. Metabolic Regulation & Molecular Physiology
3. Stress Response & Environmental Adaption
4. Reproduction & Stem Cell Regulation
5. Molecular Evolutionary & Ecology

Symposium Programme
Friday, 26 Aug. Registration
Saturday, 27 Aug. Opening ceremony and symposium & oral sessions
Sunday, 28 Aug. Symposium & oral sessions and closing ceremony
Monday, 29 Aug. Departure or scenic tour (Mogao Grottoes)

Registration
For general participants, registration fee will be RMB 1500. On production of a student card, the registration fee will be reduced to RMB￥1000. The registration fee doesn’t include the fee for the tour and local accommodation. Number of participants is limited to 150. Please register through the symposium website.

Abstract Submission
Participants may submit English abstracts to the symposium secretariat up until June 30, 2011. Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words. The abstract should include title, authorship, and institution, a brief presentation of the work, and key words as well as contact address of first author or corresponding author. A volume of abstracts will appear before the symposium. Outstanding papers will have an opportunity to be published in JIPB. Please note that abstracts will be included only if we received the registration fee.

Accommodation Information
Please note that accommodation is not covered by the Organizing Committee of the Conference. But we can help you book the Feitian Hotel (4-star) and Oriental Hotel (3-star).

ISIPB Contact Details:
Ling-Feng Chen
JIPB Editorial Office
Tel: +86-10-6283-6133, or +86-131615-94205
E-mail: isipb2011@ibcas.ac.cn
Jiang-Tao Liu
College of Life Sciences
Lanzhou University
Tel: +86 931-891-2560, or +86-138934-68080
E-mail: liujt@lzu.edu.cn

The Symposium Registration.doc