International Marchantia Workshop 2024 Report
TSUCHIKANE Yuki
Jan. 15, 2025
The International Marchantia Workshop 2024 was held from November 18th to 21st, 2024, at the RCCBC Conference Center in Hiroshima, Japan. This workshop was co-organized by Professor Takayuki Kohchi (Kyoto University), the Principal Investigator (PI) of the KEPLR project.
The workshop had a total of 192 participants, with:
• 105 attending in person (69 domestic and 36 international participants)
• 87 attending online (49 domestic and 38 international participants)
The KEPLR project invited 8 international participants, including Professor Ueli Grossniklaus, as well as postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from the Grossniklaus, Weijers, Feng, and Berger groups.
Among the speakers were:
• Ueli Grossniklaus (KEPLR Vice-Director, University of Zurich)
• Minako Ueda (KEPLR PI, Tohoku University)
• Tetsuya Hisanaga (KEPLR Junior PI, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
This workshop highlighted KEPLR’s strong international collaboration and contributions to advancing Marchantia research.
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