IPSAM Conference, 26 June - Day One images

This year, the Irish Plant Scientists’ Association Meeting (IPSAM) is being hosted by Queen’s University, Belfast (QUB) and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).

Day One - hosted by QUB:  images can be seen below:

  • Attendees and speakers at IPSAM 2023 on Day one of the Conference at QUB
  • Erica Soldi from Trinity College Dublin identifying ash dieback and other pests and pathogens of Fraxinus on the island of Ireland
  • Anna Tiley from DAFM speaking on the NEXCELSIOR project: Comparing silvicultural strategies to manage the causal agent of ash dieback, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
  • Eogan Curran from UCD investigating the use of endophytes as biocontrols against major crop diseases: Barley bioprotection - Exploring the Potential of Diverse Fungal Endophytes
  • Farhana Afroze creating novel strategies to quantify Mycotoxin in Irish oat cultivars inoculated with Fusarium head blight
  • Chairs in Session One
  • Maria Leyva-Perez demonstrating Spongospora subterranea effectromics for resistance breeding to powdery scab in potato
  • Natarajan Subramani demonstrating novel digital PCR methods for the detection of trichothecene producing Fusarium species in oats
  • Ultan O'Donnell the Pest Detective: Uncovering the Historical Relationship between Irish Forestry Pests and Environmental Change
  • Chartlotte Morgan from Teagasc investigating ALS-resistance in the common poppy
  • Attending the Conference at QUB
  • Maryjo Hurley from DAFM with Session Chair Fiona Doohan investigating teh phytosanitary status of Beech Leaf Disease in Europe
  • Speakers and Chairs from Session One
  • Rosanna Henriques from University College Cork showing her teams work uncovering the connection between FLORE long non-coding RNA and alternative splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Richard O'Hanlon one of the Chairs of Session One
  • Dr Archie Murchie (AFBI) Chair of Session One
  • Caroline Dowling from UCD investigating phoperiod insensitivity in hemp
  • Patrick Quille from UCD investigating the impact of an engineered algal biostimulant on improving nitrogen use efficiency in perennial ryegrass
  • Amanpreet Kaur from Teagasc examining parallel enrichment sequencing to help build the future of potato breeding
  • Aibhe Brazel from Maynooth University investigating epigenetic regulation of hypoxia stress
  • Villo Bernad from UCD investigating high-throughput phenotyping of core European Heritage Collection (ExHIBIT) under waterlogging
  • Speakers and Chairs from Session Two and Session Three
  • Sayeda Sabrina Ali from QUB understanding the chemo-dynamics of Barishal soils for improving agricultural sustainability
  • William K O'Neill presents on Biostimulant Strategy to enhance Italian Ryegrass Yields