An EMBO Workshop
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The genomic era has opened doors to investigate evolution over large ranges of organisms and has revolutionized our views on the evolutionary origins of land plants. Rapid emergence of extant species representative of ancestors of land plants now allows to test directly old hypotheses derived from theoretical models. While distinct communities of researchers on emerging models arose from diverse nonoverlapping backgrounds, it has become urgent to organize a platform to share and coordinate genomic efforts and enhance communication. The 2020 meeting will bring researchers together from across the globe studying different aspects of land plant evolution using a wide range of model systems and approaches ranging from paleobotany to genomics

All accepted participants will have the opportunity to present their work as poster or short talk. We aim to have an audience that represents 60% post-docs and students. At least two thirds of the participants will be from EMBO country representatives. 40% of the talks will be delivered by researchers selected from the abstracts.

There will be 16 short talks to be selected from the applications. The short talks (12 min) will not be much shorter than talks from invited speakers (20 min). We will approach 4 early-stage researchers form diverse fields to assist the organizers in selecting short talks on the basis of presented abstracts. In particular, we aim to give early-stage researchers the opportunity to present short talks. At least half of these talks will be attributed to post-doc and students.

Venue: NISER, India, Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

The conference will be held at Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar, which is located in the heart of the city, about 5 Km away from the central railway station (BBS) and about 7 Km away from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BBI). There are numerous hotels with different budget types present in an around Swosti Premium. Some of them are

• The Ginger
• The Sandy's Tower
• The Trident
• The Mayfair Lagoon
• The Mayfair Convention

Accommodation:

The registration fees do not include accommodation. Participants are requested to book their own accommodation well in advance. Some of the good hotels nearby are mentioned however, they are free to choose their own accomodation. In case they need help in booking, please write to the accommodation committee (ac_embo@niser.ac.in).

About NISER

NISER is an autonomous institute funded by the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India. It strives to be among the best in the world in terms of science education and research. NISER is affiliated to Homi Bhabha National Institute. It is functioning from its new 300-acre campus at Jatni at the foothills of Barunei, which was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, on 7th February 2016. It has several state-of-the-art instruments and modern facilities. Besides the research mandate NISER has a strong motivation to train Under-graduate and Post-graduate students. Currently, it harbors seven schools, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Earth and planetary sciences, computer science and Humanities. The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BBI) is the nearest airport about 25 Km from the campus and can be reached by prepaid taxi. Khurdha Road Junction is the nearest train station about 3 km away.

About Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha. It is the hub of many educational institutes of national importance such as ILS, IIT, AIIMS, IMMT, IOP, KIIT, RPRC, etc. It is also known as the temple city with more than about 150 ancient temples. The city is envisioned to be the smart city ranking number one in India by 2022. It is surrounded by numerous picturesque and world heritage sites such as Chilika, Puri, Konark, Lingaraj Temple, Peace Pagoda, Khandagiri and Udaygiri etc.

Patron

Prof Sudhakar Panda, Director, NISER

Organisers

• Prof. Kishore CS Panigrahi, (NISER - Chief Organiser)
• Prof. Chandan Goswami (NISER - Co-Organiser)
• Prof. Stefan Rensing (UNI Marburg, Germany - Co-Organiser)
• Prof. Federic Berger (Gregor Mendel Institute, Austria - Co-Organiser)

National Advisory Committee

• Prof. Kishore CS Panigrahi, (NISER -Chief Organiser)
• Prof. B. J. Rao - (IISER, Tirupati)
• Prof. Jacinta D'Souja - (CBS, Mumbai)
• Prof. Meenu Kapoor, (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi)
• Dr. Vivek Dogra - (CSIR Institute Palampur)
• Prof. Anjan Banarjee, (IISER, PUNE)
• Prof. M. M. Johri, (Honorary Professor CBS, Mumbai
• Prof. Satish Kumar Bhatla, (Delhi University, North Campus

Local Organisation Committee

• Dr. Harapriya Mohapatra
• Dr. Kishore Panigrahi
• Dr. Chandan Goswami
• Dr. Praful Singru
• Dr. Abdur Raheman
• Mrs. Ashwini B Sethi
• Ms V Shiny Jerusha Joseph
• Mr. Dinesh B Singh
• Mr. Naresh Mohapatra
• Dr. Chandramohan B
• Mr Pramod Nath
• Dr. Sourav Chawla
• Mr. Amit Panigrahi

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For Indian participants

• Student: (presence/virtual)- 6,000
• Postdoc: (presence/virtual)- 8,000
• Faculty: (presence/virtual)- 8,000
• Industry: (presence/virtual)- 15,000
• Late Registration: 5,000

Account Details

Account No: 373701000001614

IFSC Code: IOBA0003737

Name: EMBO 2022

For Foreign participants

• Student/Postdoc:- 300
• Student/Postdoc: (virtual)- 150
• Academic:- 400
• Academic: (virtual) - 200
• Industry:- 500
• Industry:- (virtual) 400
• Late Registration:- Additional 150

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

• 5 May – 25 June 2022 (early-bird)
• 25 June – 30 August 2022 (regular)
• 30 August – 30 September 2022 (late)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE

• 10 September 2022

CHOSEN PARTICIPANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY

• 1 September (Early bird and Regular Registrants)
• 20 September (Late Registrants)

EARLY BIRD OFFER - PAYMENT DEADLINE

• 15 June 2022 (early-bird)
• 30 August 2022 (regular)
• 30 September 2022 (late)