Dear colleagues,
We cordially invite you to participate in the 8th IUFRO International Workshop on Resistance Mechanisms and Breeding in Forest Trees organized by IUFRO WPs 7.03.11 (Tree Resistance to Insects and Pathogens) and 2.02.15 (Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines).
When: June 1 to 6, 2025
Where: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
Registration is now open: Please visit the website<https://evoque.swoogo.com/iufro2025/begin> for more details and to register. The deadline for early bird registration is January 15, 2025.
Abstract submission: We are now accepting abstract<https://evoque.swoogo.com/iufro2025/6084000> submissions through the website. The deadline for abstract submission is December 20, 2024.
The Tree Resistance Workshops series provides an international forum to discuss the status and future plans for both tree resistance breeding programs and scientific research efforts in the field of tree resistance mechanisms against pathogens and insects. The topics of discussion will include, among others, conventional tree breeding initiatives, ecology and genetics of resistance and tree-antagonistic relationships in natural and managed tree populations, mechanisms of recognition and signaling of biotic damage and plant defensive strategies, comparative genomics, GWAS, genomic selection and other genomic initiatives looking for resistance, interactive effects of abiotic stressors with biotic resistance, the role of microbiome in resistance, and new methods, technology, and tools for resistance screening. The primary audience is those involved with operational breeding programs as well as academic researchers and extension professionals. We welcome the participation of students and early career professionals.
Become a sponsor and help make this workshop a huge success. Sponsorship money will be used to keep registration costs low. Please visit our sponsorship<https://evoque.swoogo.com/iufro2025/sponsorship> page and download the sponsorship package with details about how your organization can help and take advantage of exposure at this international event!
For questions related to the workshop, please contact:
Nicholas Ukrainetz (Nicholas.Ukrainetz(a)gov.bc.ca<mailto:Nicholas.Ukrainetz@gov.bc.ca>) or Caterina Villari (cvillari(a)uga.edu<mailto:cvillari@uga.edu>).
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Caterina Villari (she/her)
Associate Professor
Co-Director - Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative
706 389 5031 Office
706 542 0119 Lab
cvillari(a)uga.edu
Villari Forest Pathology Lab<https://warnell.uga.edu/about/centers-labs/villari-forest-pathology-lab>
southernpinehealth.org<https://southernpinehealth.org/>
D.B. Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
University of Georgia
180 E Green Street
Athens, GA 30602
Integrated Plant Sciences: ips.uga.edu<https://ips.uga.edu/>
Dear Division 2 Officeholders,
I have been contacted recently by Lyndall Bull from FAO, as they are
buidling in new IUFRO Task Force that could be interesting for our Division
(see below). Please, *if you are interested in joining the Task Force, send
Lyndall and myself a mail* as soon as possible, as deadline is very close.
Best regards,
Santiago
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Santiago C. González-Martínez
Research Director at UMR1202 BIOGECO <https://biogeco.hub.inrae.fr/>, Univ.
Bordeaux, INRAE
Coordinator of EVOLTREE <http://www.evoltree.eu/> & *OPT*FORESTS
<http://www.optforests.eu> Horizon Europe project
IUFRO Division 2 <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/>
(Physiology & Genetics) Coordinator
Phone: ++33 (0)5 35 38 53 20
Check out our last publications here
<https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=2cTrtvIAAAAJ&hl=en> and download
the post-prints from HAL
<https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/santiago-gonzalez-martinez>
*Please notice that any emails I may send outside of working hours do not
require an immediate response.*
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bull, Lyndall (NFO) <Lyndall.Bull(a)fao.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 at 15:51
Subject: Invitation for Division 2 participation in new IUFRO Innovation
Task Force Proposal
To: Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez <santiago.gonzalez-martinez(a)inrae.fr>,
Amanda.de-la-torre(a)nau.edu <Amanda.de-la-torre(a)nau.edu>
Cc: Rametsteiner, Ewald (NFO) <Ewald.Rametsteiner(a)fao.org>
Dear Santiago and Amanda,
My name is Lyndall Bull and I am the Value Added Innovation Coordinator
within the Forestry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of the United Nations.
I am leading the development of a new IUFRO Task Force proposal entitled
“Scaling-Up Science-based Forest Sector Innovation”. IUFRO recognizes the
importance of scaling up science to support innovation across and between
disciplines – however, to date there is no innovation focused IUFRO
research division. Therefore, the proposed Task Force will focus on
facilitating the impact and effectiveness of all nine scientific divisions
of IUFRO and seeks to complement, rather than duplicate, existing efforts.
We are currently working to ensure that Task Force membership reflects a
broad spectrum of scientific expertise (including both natural and social
sciences), as well as geographical (aiming for representation from all
continents), cultural and gender diversity, and provide opportunities for
early-career scientists.
The draft core objectives of the proposed Innovation Task Force are:
1. Develop an integrated and shared understanding of innovation and its
potential, across the thematic foci of IUFRO divisions;
2. Improve education and communication about the importance of
science-based innovation in the forest sector;
3. Foster the development of global partnerships that provide
opportunities to enhance the science/policy interface to facilitate
research-based policy making in the forest sector; and
4. Encourage research and collaboration between multiple stakeholders
across all domains of the innovation typology (technological, policy,
institutional, social and financial) to provide science-based evidence that
encourages diverse approaches to innovation in the forest sector.
I am writing to you today to seek your interest in Division 2 of IUFRO
participating in the Taskforce. We would welcome your direct involvement
and/or ask if it possible for you to either forward this email to
potentially interested officeholders of your Division – or alternatively,
let us know who should be contacted.
I should be able to share the draft proposal (due by September 1) with you
and relevant Division 2 officeholders in the coming days.
Should you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.
Kind regards
Lyndall.
Lyndall Bull
Value Added Innovation Coordinator
Forestry Division
Room D427
Phone : + 39 06 570 51354
E-mail: lyndall.bull(a)fao.org
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Dear colleagues,
We are editing a Special Issue for Evolutionary Application on "Genomic
assessment of adaptive potential of populations to environmental
challenges: applications to management and conservation". We have just
published the Call for Papers (which will be open till March 1st 2025).
Look here:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17524571/homepage/call-for-pap…
Please, if you have any potential paper that you would like to submit, let
me (or any other of the Guest Editors) know. The papers will follow
standard revision in the journal but being part of a Special Issue will
give them higher visibility.
Topics included in the Special Issue are (but not restricted to):
- Empirical studies investigating the genomic diversity or variants
within populations and their relevance to understanding responses to
environmental challenges.
- Reporting on past successful applications of genomic approaches in
conservation and management.
- Theoretical or methodological development of conceptual frameworks,
models, tools and approaches to assess adaptation and risk using genomics.
- Integrative approaches combining genomics with other data sources.
- Discussions on the incorporation of genomic data into policy
frameworks, or application of genomic data in interdisciplinary context.
- Perspectives, commentaries and opinion pieces.
All my best,
Santi
--
Santiago C. González-Martínez
Research Director at UMR1202 BIOGECO <https://biogeco.hub.inrae.fr/>, Univ.
Bordeaux, INRAE
Coordinator of EVOLTREE <http://www.evoltree.eu/> & *OPT*FORESTS
<http://www.optforests.eu> Horizon Europe project
IUFRO Division 2 <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/>
(Physiology & Genetics) Coordinator
Phone: ++33 (0)5 35 38 53 20
Check out our last publications here
<https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=2cTrtvIAAAAJ&hl=en> and download
the post-prints from HAL
<https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/santiago-gonzalez-martinez>
*Please notice that any emails I may send outside of working hours do not
require an immediate response.*
Dear Division 2 colleagues, greetings from the IUFRO Congress in Stockholm!
I write to remind you about our Administrative Meeting next *Thursday June
27th, Room K12, at 18:00-20:00 CEST*. Here is the Agenda:
1. Meet the new Co-Coordinator of the Division, Amanda de La Torre
(Northern Arizona University, USA).
2. Revamping the Physiology part of the Division (we really need help from
forest physiologists to move forward with this, volunteers are very much
appreciated!).
3. Appoint new officeholders for the WP/RG with vacants.
4. Action plan for new period (2024-2029): planned conferences and
workshops, opinion papers, integration of early-career researchers.
5. Constitution of Task Force for development of the Division 2 video.
6. Presentation of different on-going large collaborative research projects.
Please, *let me know if you want to add any item or if you would like to
present any of your projects as part of the last item*.
Best regards,
Santi
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez <santiago.gonzalez-martinez(a)inrae.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 at 13:49
Subject: [IUFRO Div 2] Division 2 Administrative Meeting in Stockholm
To: div2(a)lists.iufro.org <div2(a)lists.iufro.org>
Dear IUFRO Division 2 community,
Our next Division 2 Administrative Meeting will take place during the IUFRO
World Congress in Stockholm, on *Thursday June 27th, Room K12, at
18:00-20:00 CEST*.
The meeting room has not full videoconference capabilities, but we will try
to set up a Zoom meeting so that colleagues on-line can follow the meeting
too.
A fist list of topics to deal with are:
1. Meet the new Co-Coordinator of the Division, Amanda de La Torre
(Northern Arizona University, USA).
2. Revamping the Physiology part of the Division (we really need help from
forest physiologists to move forward with this, volunteers are very much
appreciated!).
3. Appoint new officeholders for the WP/RG with vacants.
4. Action plan for new period (2024-2029): planned conferences and
workshops, opinion papers, integration of early-career researchers.
5. Constitution of Task Force for development of the Division 2 video.
Please, let me know about any other items for the Agenda.
See you soon, hopefully!
Santi
--
Santiago C. González-Martínez
Research Director at UMR1202 BIOGECO
<https://www6.bordeaux-aquitaine.inra.fr/biogeco/>, Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE
Coordinator of EVOLTREE <http://www.evoltree.eu/> & *OPT*FORESTS
<http://www.optforests.eu> Horizon Europe project
IUFRO Division 2 <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/>
(Physiology & Genetics) Coordinator
Phone: ++33 (0)5 35 38 53 20
Check out our last publications here
<https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=2cTrtvIAAAAJ&hl=en> and download
the post-prints from HAL
<https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/santiago-gonzalez-martinez>
Follow me @scgm2022@ecoevo.social <https://ecoevo.social/@scgm2022>
*Please notice that any emails I may send outside of working hours do not
require an immediate response.*
