CYBO 2023 final program and draft book of abstracts available
The final final program and draft book of abstracts for the CYBO 2023 in-person congress in Bozen/Bolzano on February 9-10 2023 is available!
Click on the "Conference" link on the right for more information.
The final book of abstract will be available after the conference and published in Notiziario Societá Botanica Italiana.
CYBO 9-10 Feb 2023 | Conference for Young Botanists
Join us for the in-person conference in Bolzano on February 9-10 2023!
For more info go to the the "Conference" section on the right, or visit this .
CYBO fall webinars 2022
We are back this fall with a new series of webinars for the Conference of Young Botanists (CYBO), starting from October 2022, in anticipation of the in-person meeting on 9-10 February 2023 in Bozen (Italy).
CYBO is a conference aimed primarily at PhD students and postdocs, with the goal of creating an opportunity for dialogue and networking among young researchers.
You can find the seminar flyer and schedule in the "Webinar" page on the right.
Further details on webinar registration as well for the conference will follow shortly!
The event is sponsored by the Italian Botanical Society, the Italian Lichenological Society and the Italian Vegetation Science Society.
Webinar 11.10.2022, 10am (CEST/UTC+2)
The use of native seeds for the restoration of degraded ecosystem.
Simone Pedrini, Curtin University
Webinar 21.10.2022, 10am (CEST/UTC+2)
Origin, evolution and future diversity of flowering plants
Daniele Silvestro, University of Fribourg
Webinar 08.11.2022, 2.30pm (CET/UTC+1)
Biodiversity under climate and land-use change: when spatial connectivity matters
Cecile Albert, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiveristé et d'Ecologie Marine et Contientale (IMBE)
Webinar 22.11.2022, 2.30pm (CET/UTC+1)
What does it mean to manage an invasive alien plant? The scientific contribution to halt a global emergency
Giuseppe Brundu, University of Sassari
Webinar 02.12.2022, 2.30pm (CET/UTC+1)
Studying the seaweed biodiversity: from herbarium specimens to molecular data
Simona Armeli Minicante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Webinar 06.12.2022, 2.30pm (CET/UTC+1)
Evolutionary and taxonomic studies on Mediterranean plant groups
Konstantina Koutroumpa, Freie Universität Berlin
Webinar 13.12.2022, 2.30pm (CET/UTC+1)
Using microrefugia to reduce species vulnerability to climate change: a case study for forest epiphytes
Christopher Ellis, Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh
CYBO spring webinars 2022
We are pleased to announce a series of webinars for the Conference of Young Botanists (CYBO), starting from January 2022, and culminating with the in-person meeting on 9-10 February 2023 in Bozen (Italy).
CYBO is a conference aimed primarily at PhD students and postdocs, with the goal of creating an opportunity for dialogue and networking among young researchers.
The seminars will be held on the Microsoft Teams platform, participation is free of charge, after registration on . A certificate of attendance will be issued after each seminar.
The seminar schedule can be found in the attached flyer and on the web pages and
The event is sponsored by the Italian Botanical Society, the Italian Lichenological Society and the Italian Vegetation Science Society.
We hope for a significant presence of young botanists at this event.
Webinar 25.01.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
Fruit Traits, Diversification Rates, and the Evolution of Tropical Rain Forest Diversity
Renske Onstein, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Webinar 08.02.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
The role of sexual selection on plant speciation: a whole field to Xplore?
Clement Lafon-Placette, Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague
Webinar 15.02.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
The importance of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity to understand populations’ sensitivity to climate change across tree species ranges
to be confirmed - Marta Benito Garzon, INRAE BIOGECO, Bordeaux
Webinar 01.03.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
Vegetation of the cloud forest in Taiwan
David Zeleny, National Taiwan University
Webinar 08.03.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
Unveiling plant networks and their role in biodiversity maintenance
to be confirmed - Gianalberto Losapio, University of Lausanne
Webinar 15.03.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
The biogeography of useful plants: reconciling biodiversity and humanity
Samuel Pironon, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Webinar 04.04.2022, 4pm (UTC+1)
Evolution in primroses: from reproductive biology to comparative genomics
Elena Conti, Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich
Webinar 26.04.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
The map of biodiversity mapping
Marco Malavasi, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS)
Webinar 03.05.2022, 10am (UTC+1)
Biodiversity Erosion in European Medicinal Plants
Spyros Theodoridis, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Webinar 09.05.2022, 2pm (UTC+1)
An introduction to distribution models in ecology and conservation
Luca Santini, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University
Webinar 17.05.2022, 2pm (UTC+1)
The importance of Brazilian grassy ecosystems and their ecology
Alessandra Fidelis, Universidade Estadual Paulista
