Events and Conferences

Upcoming Events

June 15-19, 2026

We are excited to announce that PMN is a sponsor at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA)! You can meet us during PSNA at our booth where we invite researchers to contribute their enzyme data to PMN’s database!

For more info: go.wisc.edu/PSNA2026

Past Events

October 28-31, 2025

Dr. Philipp Zerbe gave a talk at the Advanced Multidisciplinary Agricultural Biotechnology Conference at NCHU Taiwan.

October 20-24, 2025

Dr. Sue Rhee attended the 21st SMB Plant Biology Congress and 4th ASPB México section meeting.

October 6, 2025

Dr. Sue Rhee gave a seminar at the University of Florida on Cell-type-specific response to drought in Sorghum bicolor reveals novel targets for improving water use efficiency.

September 12-14, 2025

During the first annual Great Lakes Plant Science Conference (GLPSC), held September 12-14, PMN members Gaëlle Cassin-Ross and Johanna Murray, along with other Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) members, set up booths to provide information on the different PRI Center Grants, including the Plant Metabolic Network. 

Gaëlle Cassin-Ross (left) smiles as she presents information on PRI and PMN to a conference attendee at the GLPSC.
Johanna Murray (left) and Ashley Stender (right) sit at the PRI Center Grants booth at the GLPSC.

July 26-30, 2025

PMN members Charles Hawkins and Farida Yasmin presented posters at the ASPB Conference in Milwaukee.

Charles presented: “Plant Metabolic Network: A Unified Resource for Plant Metabolism” and Farida presented: “Elucidating Natural Plant Defense Mechanism for Improving Crop Production”

Charles Hawkins gestures towards his poster.
Farida Yasmin stands in front of her poster.

June 28, 2025

PMN members Dr. Charles Hawkins & Dr. Matt Stata traveled to Toronto to present “The Plant Metabolic Network: A Unified Resource for Plant Metabolism Research Community” & “Extending PMN (and More) Beyond High-Quality Reference Genomes” at this year’s PSNA Conference.