Program

IPEM2020 Program

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Monday, February 10

Time Session/Lecture info
09:30-10:15
Registration
 
10:15-10:30
Opening remarks
Tamir Klein 
10:30-11:30
Keynote
Nicole van Dam, How does Solanum dulcamara survive abiotic and abiotic stresses? A Bittersweet story 
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
 
12:00-13:00
Session 1
Stav Livne-Luzon 
12:00-12:15
Edwin Lebrija
Wetter years promote density dependent biotic interactions causing long-term increases in tree diversity in a tropical moist forest
12:15-12:30
Ido Rog
Soil niche partitioning influences Mediterranean trees activity
12:30-12:45
Daphna Uni
Acacia trees in a hyper-arid desert:  higher photosynthetic activity during noon and summer times 
12:45-13:00
Guy Dovrat
Functional reorganization and productivity of a water-limited annual plant community
13:00-14:00
Lunch
 
14:00-15:00
Session 2
Kate Gallagher 
14:00-14:15
Moshe Alon
Mediterranean shrub decreases nitrogen fixation in response to increasing nitrogen availability in soil
14:15-14:30
Katarztyna Roguz
Pollination in Fritillaria ? From bees to birds, and back again?
14:30-14:45
Dar Ben-Natan
News and updates to the flora of Israel
14:45-15:00
Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan
A rhizosphere interplay between cypress trees and root-associated bacteria during drought
15:00-15:30
Poster speed talks
Itamar Giladi 
15:30-16:15
Poster session & coffee
 
16:15-17:30
Session 3
Hila Segre 
16:15-16:30
Ron Milo
The biomass distribution on Earth
16:30-16:45
Yoni Waitz
Evidences for the negative effect of drought period on woody plant communities in the Mediterranean region in Israel.
16:45-17:00
Neta Manela
Herbarium as a tool for ecological studies
17:00-17:15
Michelle Talal
Plant community composition and biodiversity patterns in urban parks of Portland, Oregon
17:15-17:30
Sudeep Tiwari
Earth's natural fertilizer: Foliar uptake of phosphorus from desert dust stimulate plant growth
17:30-18:00
Coffee Break
 
18:00-19:00
Keynote
Tia-Lynn Ashman, Considering the consequences of coflowering in the face of anthropogenic change  

Registration deadline

February 1, 2020

Abstract submission deadline

December 22, 2019

Organizing committee

  • Tamir Klein
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Hagai Shemesh
    Tel Hai College 
  • Itamar Giladi
    Ben Gurion University
  • Yuval Sapir
    Tel Aviv University
  • Merav Seifan
    Ben Gurion University
  • Sponsors

  • The Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange

For more information
and accessibility issues please contact

Talia Suissa
talia.suissa@weizmann.ac.il