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Thank You

Thank you for having made the first international workshop on spatial omics in plant systems a tremendous success!

Workshop Participants

Contact information of the workshop participants and their spatial omics specialization.

A group of people stand outside with a view of the sea and mountains in the distance.
Participants of the International Workshop on Spacial Omics in Plants.

This expert workshop will bring together a focused group of key researchers in the rapidly developing field of spatial omics in plant systems.

Participation fee: ¥75,000

The workshop will be a guided open format to present and discuss the challenges and opportunities for spatially resolved technologies such as transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, in plant systems.

When

Wednesday 6 January to Friday 9 January 2026:

  • 6 January – Shuttle from Yokohama and dinner
  • 7 January – Platform comparison and tissue preparation
  • 8 January – Segmentation, analysis, and data integration
  • 9 January – 3D spatial omics and shuttle to Yokohama

Where

Shonan Village Center, Kanagawa, Japan

6 January

  • 17:30 – Meet at Yokohama YCAT pedestrian deck
  • 18:00 – Shuttle departs from YCAT
  • 18:45 – Arrival at Shonan Village Center

9 January

  • 12:00 – Shuttle departs from Shonan Village Center
  • 12:45 – Arrival at YCAT

The ideas and outcome of the workshop will be summarized in a review article that will be submitted to The Plant Cell. All participants are encouraged to contribute.

International Organizing Committee

NameTitleEmail
Keiko SugimotoGroup leader
RIKEN, Japan
[email protected]
Ross SozzaniProfessor
North Carolina State University, USA
[email protected]
Rüdiger SimonProfessor
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
[email protected]
Hilde NelissenGroup leader
VIB, Belgium
[email protected]
Max MinnePostdoctoral researcher (Keiko Sugimoto Lab)
RIKEN, Japan
[email protected]
Min-Yao JhuPostdoctoral researcher (Giles Oldroyd Lab)
University of Cambridge, UK
[email protected]
Alexandra GoodnightUniversity Program Specialist
North Carolina State University, USA
[email protected]
Miguel Moreno-RisuenoProfessor Universiade Politecnica de Madrid, Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Spain[email protected]

Please feel free to contact any of the organizers if you have any questions. For questions related to local organization, please contact Max Minne or Keiko Sugimoto.

This workshop is made possible by funding from the ASPIRE project of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency and the AI2EAR project of the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Additional support for this workshop is provided by MGI, PrimeTech, STOmics and Vizgen.