Venue: Göttingen, Germany
Date: 20-22 March 2024
In March of this year, four members of our team (V. Špunda, J. Nezval, R. Pech, A. Volná) actively engaged in the international UV4Plants conference. Their contributions included the presentation of two posters (Biosynthesis dynamics and stability of phenolic compounds under varying light and temperature conditions, Pech R., Volná A., Nezval J., and Špunda V.; Can flavonoids help Arabidopsis thaliana plants to cope with stress induced by high irradiance and elevated temperature?, Nezval J., Karlický V., Volná A., Pech R., and Špunda V.), and one lecture (Interactions of visible light spectral components as important factor affecting metabolic profile of phenolic compounds, Volná A., Pech R., Nezval J., and Špunda V.), showcasing their research endeavors.
The conference was organized by Prof. Dr. Susanne Neugart from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany and her team. Prof. Neugart’s lecture entitled also had an interesting talk ” Different irradiances of UV and PAR in the same ratios alter the flavonoid profiles of Arabidopsis thaliana wild types and UV-signaling pathway mutants “, and contribution of Prof. Gareth Jenkins from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, who shared his preliminary data in his lecture entitled “Phosphorylation of UVR8 photoreceptor modulates protein interactions and response to UV-B radiation “.
Beyond presentations, our team actively engaged in discussions aimed at fostering collaborations. Fruitful dialogues with esteemed researchers such as Prof. Éva Hideg from the University of Pécs, Hungary, and Prof. Åke Strid from Örebro University, Sweden.
Overall, our participation in this conference was highly fruitful, marked by knowledge exchange, networking, and the initiation of promising collaborations.
Contributions of authors were supported by the LERCO project (reg. no. CZ.10.03.01/00/22_003/0000003).
