Berlin.EvoDevoSexPlant.March25-28 "Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the international PLANT EVO-DEVO symposium entitled ???Evolution of Plant Reproduction??? will be held at the Department of Plant Physiology (conference room: E. Schiemann) of the Free University in Berlin (Germany) from March 25 to 28, 2025. This symposium offers young researchers (master's students, PhDs, post-docs) the opportunity to present their work (oral presentation or poster) to a broad audience, fostering exchanges and connections within the international scientific community. This symposium is organized by the research unit ICIPS (for Innovation and Co-Evolution in Plant Sexual reproduction) and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). This symposium will be divided into eight consecutive sessions with each session being introduced and closed by renowned invited speakers: * Innovation of Pollen (invited speakers: V. Franklin-Tong & M.-X. Sun), * Evolution of Embryos and Endosperm (invited speakers: G. Ingram & C. K??hler), * Evolution of Ovules and Seeds (invited speakers: L. Colombo & A. Plackett), * Evolution of Carpels and Fruits (invited speakers: M. Bartlett & C. Scott), * Evolution of Fertilization mechanisms in plants (invited speakers: W. Friedman & T. Higashiyama), * Evolution of Redox-dependent Mechanisms (invited speakers: I. Monte & H. Renault), * Co-Evolution of Signalling System and Gene Regulatory Networks (invited speakers: K. Kaufmann & S. Schornack), * Bioinformatics solutions to harness the EvoDevo Data Universe Chaos (invited speakers: U. Scholz & J. Clark). Registration and abstract submissions for 15-minute oral presentations or posters are open until January 31th via the website: https://dfg-icips.org/berlin2025/. Stay updated by: * Following us on Twitter: @DFG_ICIPS * Subscribing to our mailing list (at the bottom of the webpage): https://dfg-icips.org/berlin2025/ For questions or more information, please contact Dr. Romain Scalone by email: romain.scalone@bot1.bio.uni-giessen.de Feel free to share this announcement with your network! We look forward to welcoming you in Berlin, The ICIPS Organizing Team" Dr. Romain Scalone Scientific Coordinator (Research Unit ICIPS & Project RanOmics) Depart.: Plant Developmental Biology Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute of Botany Carl-Vogt-Haus (CVH) - EG - Room 8 (https://www.uni-giessen.de/JLUmaps/) Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38 35392 Giessen - Germany - Tel.: +49 (0) 641 99 35 171 (Mo., Di. & Mi.) Privat.: +49 (0) 1523 7000 383 Email: romain.scalone@bot1.bio.uni-giessen.de "Scalone, Romain" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)