First International Summit on Plant Resilience

The Plant Resilience Institute's First International Summit on Plant Resilience brought together an international cohort of world-class plant scientists at Michigan State University from May 16-17, 2024.

This free event consisted of talks, poster presentations, and networking. Sessions were open to all MSU affiliates who registered in advance.

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A world map showcasing the countries from around the world where the speakers for the 2024 Summit on Plant Resilience come from

Invited speakers gathered at MSU from around the world.

Featuring Keynote Speaker Michelle Heck, PhD

Invited Speakers
Name	Organization
Mariano Alvarez	Avalo, Inc, Durham, NC, USA
Sally Assmann	Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, University Park, PA, USA
Ed Cahoon	Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
Alejandra Covarrubias	Biotechnology Institute National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Natalia Dudareva	Center for Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Hiroshi Ezura	Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez	Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Michelle Heck (Keynote Speaker)	USDA Agricultural Research Service, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Heribert Hirt	PlantACT Initiative Biological and Environmental Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia
Dirk Inze	VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
Ron Mittler	Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Gloria Muday	Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Clare Mukankusi	Alliance of Bioversity, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Kampala, Uganda
Kazuki Saito	RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama City, Japan
Motoaki Seki	RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama City, Japan
Libo Shan	Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Danielle Way	Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Cranos Williams	EnBiSys Research Laboratory, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

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First International Summit on Plant Resilience

Featuring Keynote Speaker Michelle Heck, PhD

Invited Speakers