Symposium 2022

The 2nd edition of our international symposium on plant morphodynamics will take place 12-15th September 2022 in Heidelberg.
Welcome
Plant Morphodynamics is a research consortium funded by the German research foundation (DFG) consisting of biologists, physicists and computer scientists interested in understanding how plants shape their organs. You will find here all relevant information about the participants, their Research and the activities of the group.
Latest news
FOR2581 Autumn Workshop
From 25.- 27.10.2021 the Research Unit organised an Autumn Workshop on Image Segmentation, Analysis and Bio-Mechanical Modeling at Heidelberg University. Here the participants learned, among other things, to create images and videos in various programmes as featured in this article. They learned the basics and advanced features of PlantSeg, ilastik, and MorphoMechanX with additional plugins…
Third Progress Meeting
On the 21st of October 2021 the research unit came together for another progress meeting. The PIs, PhD students, and postdocs presented the latest results of their joined projects and were able to meet, either in Heidelberg in person or online, to discuss their research. The group was happy to have Cristina Martins Rodrigues and…
Youtube Feature
The explosive work of FOR281 members from the Hay and Tsiantis labs on seed dispersal in Cardamine has been featured on the Youtube channel “Smarter Every Day”. The channel by the engineer and science communicator Destin Sandlin is dedicated to ‘exploring the world using science” in an entertaining format. You can find the paper he’s…