Plant Molecular Biology Consortium

The Plant Molecular Biology Consortium sponsors monthly seminars featuring nationally recognized academic and industrial plant scientists. Membership is open to plant scientists associated with any of North Carolina's colleges or universities and representatives from companies involved in plant molecular biology.

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Upcoming Events

The 36th Annual PMB Retreat will be held October 9-11, 2026, in Wrightsville Beach.

Keynote Speaker: Luis Herrera-Estrella, Texas Tech University

Capstone Speaker: Qingli Liu, Syngenta

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Past Events

The program highlighted the research activities of consortium members and introduced these members to North Carolina's community of plant molecular biologists. It featured research lectures given by faculty, short-format student talks, and informal "chalk talks" presented by faculty, postdoctoral research associates, graduate students and corporate scientists.

The 35th Annual PMB Retreat was held September 6-8, 2024 in Wrightsville Beach.

Keynote Speaker: Lars Østergaard, Ph.D., John Innes Centre

Capstone Speaker: Rachel Egger, Ph.D., Syngenta

Caixia Gao

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Julia Santiago

University of Lausanne

Andrea Gallavotti

Rutgers University

Brad Nelms

University of Georgia

Rosa Lozano-Duran

Tubingen

Sophien Kamoun

The Sainsbury Laboratory

Ksenia Krasileva

University of California, Berkley

Yanhai Yin
Iowa State University

Claudia Kohler
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology

Shout Out of Thanks to Our Corporate Members