UC Davis will be hosting a Nature Conference occurring October 22-24, 2021, “Harnessing the Plant Microbiome”. The virtual conference will focus on how the plant microbiome holds great promise for expediting solutions to the grand challenges facing humanity, such as food security, food safety, and environmental sustainability. It also aims to foster interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations on the current and emerging themes in this exciting research area. For the full list of scheduled speakers, click here. You may register and submit abstracts for the event here.

Abstracts are due September 24.

The Scientific Organizing Committee includes researchers from around the world and two UC Davis faculty, Professor Maeli Melotto (Plant Sciences) and Professor Venkatesan Sundesaran (Plant Biology).

The UC Davis Nature Conference is presented by the University of California, Davis, Nature Plants, Nature Microbiology, Nature Biotechnology, and Nature Communications.