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