Plant Transformation Technologies III

(February 12-15, 2014 Vienna, Austria)


Plant transformation is now a core research tool to fight against hunger, to open up the new avenues of science, to evolve the crop varieties which are multipurpose, producing high harvests under normal and natural stressful conditions to make Earth green and prosperous. The major technical challenge facing plant transformation is the development of methods and constructs to produce a high proportion of plants showing predictable transgene expression without collateral genetic damage. Current key objectives of the plant transformation technologies are understanding and control of transgene intergration, expression and stability in plants, to provide improved transformation systems, address biosafety considerations and to develop GM crops for the benefit of developing countries.

International Conference “Plant Transformation Technologies III“ will discuss the criteria to verify plant transformation; the biological and practical requirements for transformation systems; the integration of tissue culture, gene transfer, selection, and transgene expression strategies to achieve transformation in recalcitrant pieces; and other constraints to plant transformation.

Vienna is located in the heart of Europe on the banks of the Danube River, and considered as one of the most important economic, cultural and touristic large cities of central Europe. Apart from providing top science, the Conference will capture the spirit of the city thanks to the central location of the venue offering a multitude of cultural events.

This three-day event will provide leading academy and industry scientists a platform to communicate recent advances in “Plant Transformation Technologies III“ and an opportunity to establish multilateral collaborations.

The International Conference “Plant Transformation Technologies III“ will cover the following research topics:
Recent Advances in the Transformation of Plants
Agrobacterium Mediated Plant Transformation
Non Agrobacterium Plant Transformation Methods: Microinjection, Electroporation and Others
Biolistic Particle Bombardment Mediated Gene Transfer into Plants
Transformation of Agronomic Important Crops
Plant Transformation Vectors
Plant Promoters for Transformation
Selectable & Screenable Markers for Plant Transformation
Genome Stability in Transgenic Plants
Methods to Produce Marker-free Transgenic Plants
Gene targeting in Plants (ZFNs, TALEN, Homologous Recombination)
Transplastomic Plants and Plastid biotechnology
Transgenic Plants as BioFactories