CSHL Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science course, June 25 - July 16, 2026

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is offering their Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science course from June 25 to July 16, 2026. Emmanuelle Bayer from the University of Bordeaux in France, Aman Husbands, from University of Pennsylvania, and Sharon Kessler, from Purdue University, will be teaching the course, which is geared towards PhD students. The class involves an overview of genomics, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, development and evolution and offers hands-on experiences in molecular, imaging, computational and high throughput approaches to understanding plant biology with an emphasis on recent results from model organisms, including Arabidopsis and maize, as well as a variety of other plants.

Seminar topics include:

• Plant morphology and anatomy

• Development

• Evolution

• Light and mechanical biology

• Hormones

• Small RNAs and epigenetic inheritance

• Biotic and abiotic interactions

• Plant biochemistry

• crop domestication

• Applications addressing current agronomic problems

Through the lab sessions participants will gain hands-on experience in:

• Computational tools and programming

• Plant imaging and image analysis

• Synthetic Biology

• Transcriptomics

• Single cell sequencing

• Gene network analysis and data visualization tools

• Mathematical modeling of development and hormone action

• Purification of cell-type specific nuclei (INTACT)

• Genome editing

• Scientific Publishing

For more information visit the course website.