The CYBO 2025 Conference offers the opportunity to discover and share the latest findings and results through three days of inspiring sessions, knowledge sharing and interaction with young colleagues.

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Deadlines / Dates to remember

• 6 November 2024 – Registration opens
• 6 December 2024 – Abstract submission and registration deadline
• 23 December 2024 – Extended abstract submission deadline
• 15 January 2025 – Final conference program
• 31 January 2025 – Registrations for the conference close
• 5 – 7 February 2025 – Conference

When and where

Due to the many contributions received, the venue has changed!

• 5 – 7 February – Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)
  • Stradone di Sant’Agostino 37, 16123 Genova (Italy) – Google Maps
• 5 – 7 February 2025 – Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
  • Palazzo della Presidenza – Corso Europa, 26, 16132 Genova (GE), Italy – Google Maps
  • Palazzo delle Scienze – Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genova (GE), Italy – Google Maps

You can find more information on the dedicated venue page:

CYBO 2025 venue information

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Program

You can find a draft conference program at the dedicated page below; a detailed program will be published shortly.

CYBO 2025 programme

Talks and posters format

For talks, the assigned time slot will be 12 minutes, with 3 minutes for questions, and they must be prepared as single .ppt, .pptx or .pdf file, to be uploaded in the page below.

For posters, the format must be A0 portrait (i.e. vertical): 841 mm wide × 1189 mm high; it is not possible to accommodate horizontal posters, nor to print posters on premises.

CYBO 2025 talks and poster instructions

Social dinner & excursions

You can now sign up for the conference social dinner, please visit:

CYBO social dinner

CYBO 2025 excursions

Attendance certificate

Attendance certificates will be sent, by email only, to participants after the end of the conference.

Prizes

CYBO 2025 prizes

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Fees

• 30 €: BSc and MSc students
• 60 €: Everyone else

Registration

Registrations are closed.

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Who

We welcome BSc, MSc, PhD students or post-docs (who completed the PhD no more than 8 years ago), don’t wait and submit an abstract now! If you are outside of this categories, you can still attend the conference without submitting a contribution of course.

We ask participants to indicate a preference for talk or poster and a preference for two sessions (see below). Please note that the scientific committee will determine the placement of each contribution based on the content, preference and available space. 

Abstract requirements: max 3’000 characters (with spaces)

Topics

At CYBO we welcome all contributions concerning any photosynthetic organism (prokaryotes and eukaryotes), fungi and their symbionts in any type of aquatic or terrestrial environment, as well as on interactions between these organisms. The studies presented in each session can employ the tools proper to any discipline related to Botany in the broadest sense of the term. 

There are 6 main thematic sessions, encompassing (but not limited to) the topics detailed under each one. Participants are asked to indicate a preference for two sessions, and the scientific committee will decide the placement of each contribution based on the content, preference and available space. 

1. Systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography and evolution
   1. Floristics and taxonomy
   2. Micro and macroevolution
   3. Molecular ecology and evolution
   4. Population genetics
2. Ecology
   1. Ecological mechanisms across scales
   2. Vegetation ecology/Vegetation science
   3. Trait-based ecology
   4. Plant, fungi, animal & microbial interactions
3. Biodiversity and global change
   1. Biological invasions
   2. Ecosystem management, resilience and mitigation 
   3. Conservation
   4. Sustainable crops
4. Structure, physiology, and development
   1. Ecophysiology
   2. Biotic and abiotic stress responses
   3. Phytochemicals
   4. Evo-Devo
   5. Plant and fungi anatomy
5. Genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics
   1. Genome evolution
   2. Genomics
   3. Proteomics
   4. Transcriptomics
6. Plants, Fungi and Society
   1. Multilevel governance and biodiversity
   2. Ethnobotany, traditional and indigenous knowledge 
   3. Socio-ecological implications of the biodiversity crisis
   4. Citizen science
   5. Dissemination/Education

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Scientific committee

Gianmaria Bonari (Università di Siena)
Florian Boucher (LECA Grenoble)
Jacopo Calevo (Kew)
Gabriele Casazza (UniGE)
Simone Di Piazza (UniGE)
Steven Dodsworth (Birkbeck, University of London)
Karl Duffy (UniNA)
Maria Guerrina (UniGE)
Konstantina Koutroumpa (Berlin)
Paola Malaspina (UniGE)
Carlos Martel (Kew)
Laura Martinez-Suz (Kew)
Chiara Montagnani (UniMIBicocca)
Luca Pegoraro (WSL)
Enrica Roccotiello (UniGE)
Antonella Smeriglio (Uni Messina)
Riccardo Testolin (UniBo)
Salvatore Tomasello (Goettingen)
Chiara Vallese (UniGE)

Organising committee

Federica Betuzzi (UniGE)
Geordie Biffoni (UniGE)
Chiara Bonifazio (UniGE)
Mattia Bosio (UniGE)
Ian Briozzo (UniGE)
Davide Casalino (UniGE)
Mariasole Calbi (UniFI)
Jacopo Calevo (KEW)
Gabriele Casazza (UniGE)
Clara Conte (UniGE)
Lucia Doni (UniGE)
Maria Guerrina (UniGE)
Luca Pegoraro (WSL)
Chiara Vallese (UniGE)