7 th international conference on

Plant Vascular Biology 2025

July 7 - July 11, Osaka, Japan

7 th international conference on

Plant Vascular Biology 2025

July 7 - July 11, Osaka, Japan

Welcome to PVB2025, Osaka!

The 7th International Conference on Plant Vascular Biology, PVB2025, will be taking place in Osaka. This conference follows the success of previous events held in Taipei (2007), Columbus (2010), Helsinki (2013), Shenzhen (2016), Asilomar (2019), and Berlin (2022). The main objective of the conference is to provide a platform for researchers to exchange and discuss novel research findings on the structure and function of plant vascular systems. The PVB2025 conference brings scientists together from all over the world who are working on various aspects of vascular biology. The plant vascular system is composed of phloem and xylem, which support plant life by supplying water, sugars, amino acids, and minerals throughout the body. They also play crucial roles in the coordination of plant development, physiology, and environmental responses. The discovery of long-distance signaling molecules, such as hormones, peptides, proteins, and RNAs, has revolutionized our view of the roles of plant vascular systems. The conference aims to discuss the latest breakthroughs in development, biochemistry and physiology of phloem and xylem, vascular transport of sugar, nutrients, and macromolecules, biotic interactions, vascular stem cells, electrical signaling, and mechanobiology, to advance the frontier of plant vascular biology. Alongside this, recent technological advances such as high-throughput measurements of molecular and macroscopic phenotypes with high spatiotemporal resolution, data-driven modeling, and genetic modification through genome editing have enabled efficient engineering of the plant vascular systems. This allows us to design plants with traits desirable to agriculture and resilience to unfavorable environment. The conference therefore also aims to discuss sustainable approaches to address a wide variety of agricultural, forestry, and environmental issues emerging in each country and region.

Registration, Abstract Submission and Hotel Reservation will open in October 2024.

Where

KKR Hotel Osaka, Osaka, Japan
(Booking is not opened yet)

When

July 7-11. 2025

Sessions

  • Single-Cell Biology
  • Vascular Stem Cell
  • Ca & ROS Signaling
  • Xylem & Wood
  • Phloem
  • Plasmodesmata
  • Nutrition & Transport
  • Microbe Interaction
  • Macromolecular Transport & Signaling
  • Interspecific Vascular Biology
  • Large Scale Biology



Invited speakers

  • Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso, U Leeds, UK
  • Bert De Rybel, U Gent, Belgium
  • Sylvie Dinant, IJPB, France
  • Franziska Fichtner, Heinrich Heine U, Germany
  • Margaret Frank, Cornell CALS, USA
  • Rainer Hedrich, Wurzburg U, Germany
  • Yka Helariutta, U Helsinki, Finland
  • Missy Holbrook, Harvard U, USA
  • David Jackson, CSH, USA
  • Julia Kehr, U Hamburg, Germany
  • Michael Knoblauch, WSU, USA
  • Friedrich Kragler, MPI, Germany
  • Amit Levy, UF/IFAS, USA
  • Ari Pekka Mähönen, U Helsinki, Finland
  • Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi, Nagoya U, Japan
  • Uwe Sonnewald, U Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • Mechthild Tegeder, WSU, USA
  • Masatsugu Toyota, Saitama U, Japan
  • Akira Yoshinari, Nagoya U, Japan

Registration & Pricing

Online registration:

Early Bird Registration Rates

Regular: 87,000 JPY

Student: 53,000 JPY

Company: 100,000 JPY

  • applicable by April 10, 2025 (23:00 JST)
REGISTER NOW
Late Registration Rates

Regular: 97,000 JPY

Student: 63,000 JPY

Company: 120,000 JPY

  • applicable by May 29, 2025 (23:00 JST)
Onsite Registration Rates

Regular: 107,000 JPY

Student: 80,000 JPY

Company: 130,000 JPY

  • applicable by July 11, 2025






Abstract Submission:


Oral presentations will be selected from the abstracts, deadline: March 17 (23:00 JST)

Poster presentation deadline: May 29, 2025 (23:00 JST)

Travel Award:

Approximately five students/young investigators who will attend PVB2025 in person will be selected as recipients of the travel award (100,000~200,000 JPY)
Abstract and application form submission deadline: February 19, 2025 (23:00 JST)