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The International Society is a non-profit organisation founded to provide a framework for  the exchange of knowledge within the multidisciplinary field of plant spectroscopy, bringing spectroscopy to plant scientists and plant sciences to spectroscopists.

We aim to promote student exchange, common projects utilising expertise and instrumentation among plant spectroscopists. We also hope to increase the knowledge bank by organising or promoting meetings, sharing  articles, tools and expertise. Last, but not least, we aim to raise general awarness to this exciting field of research among the  wider public via popular scientific articles and lectures.


Organisation

Administrative and decision making duties and rights within the society are held by the Board, lead by the Head. Information regarding membership is given on the Members page.

Mission

  • Promote collaboration among plant spectroscopists
  • Promote exchange of knowledge within the parent disciplines
  • Make the field more accessible to a wider public


Activities

A list ongoing and upcoming activites, including open positions, projects and meetings is given  below. We strongly encourage you to post any relevant activity here (upcoming conferences, postdoc or PhD positions, new instrumentation available, etc) by emailing the Board.

Promotion of publications, however,  is done under the Knowledge Bank menu.

Our own conferences are listed under the Conference menu. 


Postdoctoral position

Tomáš Pluskal Group at IOCB Prague combines cutting-edge experimental (e.g., LC-MS, metabolomics, RNA-seq) and computational (e.g., bioinformatics, molecular networking, machine learning) approaches to develop rapid, generally applicable workflows for the discovery and utilization of bioactive molecules derived from plants. We are looking for a talented and motivated postdoctoral fellow to join our team.

The successful candidate will be applying metabolomics and molecular biology techniques to discover unique plant natural products and characterize their biosynthetic enzymes. IOCB Prague is one of the leading research institutes in central Europe with a vibrant international environment, excellent instrumentation, and state-of-the-art core facilities located in modern buildings close to the Prague city center.

https://pluskal.group.uochb.cz/en/open-positions/295/postdoctoral-fellow-in-plant-metabolomics


Vibrational Spectroscopy User Licence Course

Time: November 18-22, 2024

Place: Umeå University, Sweden

Registration deadline: November 8, 2024

Course fee: free

More information and registration:

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/visp/courses/


Vibrational Spectroscopy User Licence Course

Time: April 22-26, 2024

Place: Umeå University, Sweden

Registration deadline: April 10, 2024

Course fee: free

More information and registration:

https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/research-courses-at-kbc/visp-course-spring-2024/


"Molecular Mechanisms of Artifical Photosynthesis" webinar by Leif Hammarström

A ca. 40 minute webinar by Lef Hammarström via Zoom, as part of the bimonthly seminar series of the Vibrational Spectroscopy Section of the Swedish Chemical Society. The webinar is open to all, and can be reached via the meeting ID: 640 1942 9488

Date and time: November 23, 2023, 13:00 (Stockholm time)


Vibrational Spectroscopy User Licence Course

Time: October 23-27, 2023

Place: Umeå University, Sweden

Registration deadline: October 13, 2023

Course fee: free

More information and registration:

https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/research-courses-at-kbc/visp-course-fall-2023/


Postdoctoral position at the COBRA laboratory of the University of Rouen Normandy (France)

The objectives of the project include the development of state-of-the-art methodologies based on NMR and hyphenated MS to enhance metabolites identification and quantification in root exudates in different plant species.

Deadline: August 21, 2023

More information

Contact: laure.guilhaudis@univ-rouen.fr and isabelle.schmitz@cnrs.fr


Vibrational Spectroscopy User Licence Course

Time: April 24-28, 2023

Place: Umeå University, Sweden

Registration deadline: April 14, 2023

Course fee: free

More information and registration:

https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/research-courses-at-kbc/visp-course-spring-2023/


"Raman imaging of plant cells" webinar by Notburga Gierlinger

A ca. 40 minute webinar by Notburga Gierlinger will be held via Zoom, as part of the bimonthly seminar series of the Vibrational Spectroscopy Section of the Swedish Chemical Society. The webinar is open to all, and can be reached via the meeting ID: 689 2027 5728

Date and time: April 18, 2023, 10:00 (Stockholm time)


"Excellence by Choice" Postdoctoral Programme, Umeå, Sweden

Umeå University is currently implementing the "Excellence by Choice" Postdoctoral Programme in Life Science research to train outstanding young researchers and stimulate cutting-edge research.

As a collaboration between the two national Centres of Excellence . Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR) and Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) - the programme aims to encourage new synergies in Life Science with a focus on molecular and translational research and to strengthen world-class research activities in Umeå. Patron for the new programme will be Nobel Laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier, who discovered the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology during her time as a scientist and group leader in Umeå.

Several fellowships are open for outstanding postdoctoral candidates interested todo research in the highly interactive and multidisciplinary research environments of UCMR and UPSC. In the scope of the "Excellence by Choice" Postdoctoral Programme, we aim to recruit up to six postdoctoral scientists in this round.

The application deadline is April 3, 2022

For more details, please visit:

www.ucmr.umu.se/ec-programme


Postdoc position at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

A one-year postdoc position is available at the reseatch group of associate professor Magnus Johnson at the Royal Institue of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, with the title "Plant cell wall studies with nano infrared microscopy". The aim is to expand their existing research on cellulose, using nano IR microscopy, to natural plant cell walls.

The application deadline is February 7, 2021

For further details please visit:

https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/stipendier


Vibrational Spectroscopy User Licence Course

Time: November 9-13, 2020

Place: Umeå University, Sweden

Registration deadline: October 30, 2018

Course fee: free

Introduction to  the basic theory of vibrational spectroscopy, with focus on applications of various types FT-IR and Raman spectrometers and microscopes and measurement techniques. Application areas range from biology and medicine to chemistry and physics, including high-throughput transgenic screening, chemical imaging of biological tissues, surface sensitive measurements of minerals, and the analysis of compositional changes in a range of materials from bacteria to semiconductors. Data handling and multivariate analysis techniques are introduced as well as practical demonstrations of the techniques.

Please note that due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, participation is limited to nine people.

Register online here.


Vibrational Spectroscopy User Licence Course

Time: November 12-16, 2018

Place: Umeå University, Sweden

Registration deadline: October 28, 2018

Course fee: free

Introduction to  the basic theory of vibrational spectroscopy, with focus on applications of various types FT-IR and Raman spectrometers and microscopes and measurement techniques. Application areas range from biology and medicine to chemistry and physics, including high-throughput transgenic screening, chemical imaging of biological tissues, surface sensitive measurements of minerals, and the analysis of compositional changes in a range of materials from bacteria to semiconductors. Data handling and multivariate analysis techniques are introduced as well as practical demonstrations of the techniques.

Register online here.


Spring 2019 ACS National Meeting - Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials

The Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials of the Spring 2019 ACS National Meeting (March-April 2019) is now calling for papers. ISPS is involved in organizing a symposium dedicated to the “Fluorescence Techniques Applied to Lignocellulose Characterization”.

 

This symposium is focused on the spectral and microscopy fluorescence techniques applied to lignocellulose characterization in planta or in lignocellulosic materials, including the following of cell wall biosynthesis by incorporation of fluorescent precursors (click-chemistry); evaluation of interactions between lignocellulose polymers via autofluorescence and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, or between lignocellulose and proteins, such as enzymes via Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; measuring the nano-porosity of lignocellulose materials via Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching; as well as 3D and 4D imaging of lignocellulose materials, etc.

 

We believe the symposium is of interest to all scientists working on lignocellulose polymer organization, interactions and (bio)transformation for various applications.

 

Submission deadline for oral abstract submission is Monday, October 29, 2018 via the link below:

https://callforpapers.acs.org/orlando2019/CELL


Chemical Imaging of Plant Cell Walls - PhD Course

Time: June 4-8, 2018

Place: University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Registration deadline: May 15, 2018

Course fee: € 200

This PhD-course introduces young researchers to a number of chemical imaging techniques that can provide spatially resolved chemical and structural information in high resolution. These include X-ray synchrotron techniques, Raman and Infrared Microspectroscopy, Ultraviolet MicroSpectroPhotometry, Atomic Force Microscopy, as well as advanced chemometric tools for analysing imaging data. The course is provided by an international team of expert researchers from Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland and the USA.

In connection with the course, students can apply for a limited number of short research stays at Scandinavian research institutions with free access to some of the described techniques. Furthermore, the course is a chance to network with fellow young researchers from across Europe while enjoying springtime in Southern Scandinavia.

Lecturers: Olivier Arnould, Université de Montpellier; Joseph Jakes, Forest Product Laboratory; Tobias Keplinger, ETH Zürich; Gerald Koch, Thünen Institute of Wood Research; Sara Piqueras Solsona and Lisbeth G. Thygesen, University of Copenhagen

For more information, please contact Lisbeth G. Thygesen directly by email or see the flyer.


Exploring Lignocellulosic Biomass 2018

Time: June 26-29, 2018

Place: Reims, France


Chaired by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research and the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, together with local academic laboratories, ELB 2018 congress is dedicated to the different uses of lignocellulosic resource in both agroecosystems and biotechnology. ELB 2018 congress further aims at providing an overview of the challenges of i) lignocellulose biotransformation in soils, in relation to their fertility and to climate stabilization, ii) lignocellulose conversion by bio-physico-chemical processes to produce biobased chemicals, materials and fuels. The socio-economic point of view will be discussed in the context of the emerging bioeconomy.

There will be 6 interdisciplinary sessions covering all aspects of lignocellulose transformation and bioeconomy, with renowned keynote and invited speakers in each, presenting high-level research and their vision for lignocellulose transformation.

1. Biorefining for bioeconomy

2. Structural and chemical complexity of lignocellulose

3. Physical, chemical and biological deconstruction of lignocellulose

4. Lignocellulose as a source of organic matters in soils

5. Lignocellulose as a source of biomolecules for energy and platforms molecules

6. Biobased materials from lignocellulose


For more information and registration please visit:

ELB2018



ASPB Scholars Program

Time: August 11, 2017 (application deadline)

Place: ASPB


ASPB is announcing an exciting opportunity to nurture the next generation of plant scientists. Open to 20 exceptional undergraduate and graduate students studying plant biology, the ASPB Conviron Scholars Program delivers an experience that is intended to serve as the foundation for a career in plant science.

This program includes:

•1-year membership in ASPB

•Free registration to one ASPB regional section meeting

•Discounted registration to the Plant Biology Annual Meeting

•Opportunity to present a poster at the Plant Biology meeting

•Individual virtual mentoring and resume review

•A unique hands-on learning program

•Private online group network for ongoing discussions and Q&A

•Opportunities for exposure to plant biologists who have taken different career tracks

•Opportunity to submit an article to the ASPB blog

•A copy of the book Career Planning for Research Bioscientists

Participants will receive a certificate of completion after one year of successful participation.

For the 2017 program, a total of 20 students will be chosen to participate.

To learn more and apply, visit aspb.org/conviron.


Current Challenges in Plant Phenotyping

Time: 12-16 December, 2016

Place: Viikki campus, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland


The aim of the course is to provide participants with a broad view of the newly developing research area of plant phenotyping. The course will make use of the newly acquired national research infrastructure equipment at the Helsinki node of the National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructre NaPPI. The equipment allows the possibility to analyse plant growth using non-invasive imaging technology.

Course topics include: a general introduction to phenotyping plant life cycle; growth, development, (a)biotic stress responses, photosynthesis, data acquisition and processing methods, forest phenotyping and special technologies such as chemical imaging (UV).

The course is comprised of lectures and practical experiments conducted using the imaging technology.

The course is intended mainly for PhD students. Advanced undergraduate students with a suitable background are also welcome.

For more information, please visit the course homepage or contact Karen Sims-Huopaniemi


PhD Course in Functional Materials and Surfaces, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

This is a 5.5 credit course, starting in September, given completely online.

The overall aim is to provide an overview of functional materials and surfaces, including but not limited to cellulose based materials. Primarily, the course deals with advanced materials and surfaces which have, or are expected to get, great industrial importance. In addition to an understanding of the material itself, a description of the synthesis or design of each material will be undertaken. Topics that will be included are for example superhydrophobicity/superhydrophilicity, Langmuir-Blodgett films, self-assembly of thiols and silanes, surface cleaning, biosurfaces, conducting polymers, responsive materials, and surface modification of cellulose.

Contact Magnus Johnson at KTH, Stockholm if you’d like to take the course or if you have some questions.


Postdoc position in plant-microbe interaction at UPSC, Sweden

A postdoctoral opportunity is available in the group of Dr. Judith Felten at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at the Umeå Plant Science Center (www.upsc.se), Sweden from early fall 2016 for two years. 

Deadline for application is July 3, 2016. Please contact  Judith Felten for more details, using "postdoc_ECM2016" in the subject line of your email.


June 23-24, 2016, Exploring lignocellulosic biomass, Reims, France

FARE (Fractionation of AgroResources and Environment) is a joint lab between the French National Research Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the Reims Champagne-Ardenne University (URCA). FARE celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2016 with a scientific seminar, presenting the state-of-the-art in the field of lignocellulosic biomass transformation.The meeting will take place in the superb city of Reims, which hosts three exceptional UNESCO World Heritage sites and Champagne Houses. More information and registration   here.


June 14-17, 2016, Analytical Days, Umeå, Sweden

A great conference dedicated to analytical sciences and related fields with prominent invited speakers. Vibrational spectroscopy will also be represented. More information and registration   at Kemiportalen


February 23, 2016, Umeå Renewable Energy Meeting, Umeå, Sweden

A regular meeting series within the Bio4Energy project, focusing on biofuels. More informationn at  the homepage of Bio4Energy.


January 27-28, 2016, Advances of Raman Spectroscopy in Bio/Medical and Material Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

A seminar with selected talks focusing on different applications of Raman spectroscopy and imaging, including practical demonstrations and possibility to test recording one's own samples.


January 26-27, 2015: 4th Swedish Vibrational Spectroscopy Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden

A conference dedicated to vibrational spectroscopy in all areas of research, including but not limited to plants. More information and registration  at: http://vibspec.se/page2.html


October 26-27, 2015: 4th Swedish Vibrational Spectroscopy Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden

A conference dedicated to vibrational spectroscopy in all areas of research, including but not limited to plants. More information and registration  at: http://vibspec.se/page2.html


July 12-17, 2015: 8th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy, Vienna, Austria

A conference dedicated to vibrational spectroscopy in all areas of research, not only for plants. More information and registration via the  homepage of the meeting.


May 6-8, 2015: RamanFest, Xiamen, Fujian, China

A symposium dedicated to Raman spectroscopy and imaging in general, including but not exclusive for plants. More information and registration via the  homepage of the meeting.


April 13-17, 2015: Vibrational Spectroscopy User Licence Course, Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility, Umeå University, Umeå Sweden

The course is to provide introduction to the field of vibrational spectroscopy by covering theoretical bases, techniques for recording and analysing vibrational spectra (including images), applicability areas and hands on experience with the instrumentation available at the Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility. The course is free of charge, but registration is required.

More information and registration via the homepage of the Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility.


August 24-28, 2014: Lignin 2014 meeting, Umeå, Sweden

The Lignin 2014 conference aims to strengthen our knowledge on the various aspects of lignin biosynthesis and utilization, from the basic cell biology, molecular biology to pre-treatment of plant biomass and utilization of lignin. The conference will take place at the beautiful river-side Arts Campus of Umeå University between August 24-28.

More information and registration on the conference homepage.

Conferences

The International Society for Plant Spectroscopy has launched a biannual conference series, under the title:

International Plant Spectroscopy Conference.

The conferences will always have their own homepages, to allow freedom for the local organisers to arrange it according to the requirements of the host institutes. Nevertheless, they are listed here as well, including direct links.


5th IPSC

The 5th International Plant Spectroscopy Conference is scheduled for 2026, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

More information will be posted here in due time.


4th IPSC

The 4th International Plant Spectroscopy Conference took place between September 24-27, 2024, in Vienna, Austria.

Download the flyer of the conference or the flyer of the workshops for distribution.


3rd IPSC

The 3rd International Plant Spectroscopy Conference took place between September 12-15, 2022, in Nantes, France.

A special issue of Biomolecules was dedicated to cover the meeting with discounts offered to participants.


2nd IPSC

The 2nd International Plant Spectroscopy Conference took place between March 25-28, 2019, in Berlin, Germany. The Book of Abstracts and the Scientific Programme are available at the following links: Book of Abstracts, Scientific Programme


1st IPSC

The 1st International Plant Spectroscopy Conference took place between August 29-30, 2017, in Umeå, Sweden. Book of Abstracts and Programme (with a list of presenters) are all available at the above link.

Exchange of knowledge

Updated Matlab script for multivariate curve resolution - alternating least squares (MCR-ALS)

Based on the work in Felten et al, Nature Protocols, 2015, 10: 217-240, but expanded:  better handling of non-image data sets, possibility to include various constraints (unimodality and closure), direct input or selection of starting spectra / concentrations, direct export to a format accepted by SIMCA-P, customization for display (colour scheme, re-folding).

A manual and demo datasets are included as well, to test and explore the GUI functions and to help you format your own datasets.

Download here

IMPORTANT

Only post  material you have the right to share. Links to external sites are preferred (i.e. a link to the article on the journal's homepage). The International Society for Plant Spectroscopy provides no copyrights. 



Vibrational spectroscopic image analysis of biological material using multivariate curve resolution - alternating least squares (MCR-ALS)

J. Felten, H. Hall, J. Jaumot, R. Tauler, A. de Juan, A. Gorzsás

Nature Protocols, 2015, 10: 217-240


http://www.nature.com/nprot/journal/v10/n2/full/nprot.2015.008.html

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One of our primary aims is to promote spectroscopy in plant sciences and plant sciences in spectroscopy research. On this page, our members can make their publications, software scripts, etc. available to the general public. Promotion of career opportunities, conferences, available instrumentation or other facilities, however, is done under the Activities menu.  To publish something on this site, please contact the Board.


Members & Contact

Only those members who agreed to post their membership profiles are listed, together with their areas of expertise.   

There  is no physical address permanently associated to the International Society for Plant Spectroscopy. For contact, use the either the affiliation and email address of the Head and Board directly (see below), or send an email to the Board

Head

András Gorzsás

Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SWEDEN

Email


Board

Cécile Barron

UMR IATE, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier University, FRANCE

Email


Catherine Deborde

INRAE Nantes, FRANCE

Email


Notburga Gierlinger

Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, AUSTRIA

Email


Lisbeth Garbrecht Thygesen

University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Copenhagen, DENMARK

Email


Members

Membership

Membership is free of charge and is valid until further notice.


To become a member, send an email with your CV to the Board. Please indicate whether you are willing to be listed as a member to non-member visitors of the page, or only feature on internal mailing lists. Please include a list of areas of your expertise.


Contact details are not shared without explicit permission


Name

Affiliation

Area of Expertise

US Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Raman spectroscopy, cellulose nanomaterials, enzyme hydrolysis of wood, wood cell wall nanostructure, methods for estimating crystallinity of cellulose-containing materials, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), cellulose interactions with water, Raman database of lignin models and interpretation of spectra

Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry

Inter- and IntraMolecular Processes Group

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Natural products (wine polyphenols, Bulgarian rose aromatic products, essential oils, medicinal plants).

Analytical Chemistry (Molecular spectroscopy: UV-Vis Abs/Fl, IR/NIR, NMR; MS; chromatography: GC, GC/MS, HPLC, LC/MS, chemometrics), Quantum Chemistry (equilibria, reactivity, DFT methods development), Pharmaceutical and food analsysis

Laboratory for Instrumental Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry,

Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry,

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Natural products, Essential oils, Instrumental analytical chemistry, Chromatography, Mass spectrometry

Baranska, Malgorzata

Jagiellonian University

Faculty of Chemistry

Raman Imaging Group

3 Ingardena, 30-060 Krakow, Poland

Raman microscopy and imaging, FT-IR microscopy and imaging, Raman Optical Activity, chemometrics, plant tissue and single cell analysis, secondary metabolites, carotenoids

Universite de Lille Campus Cite Scientifique Dept Biologie
UMR CNRS 8576 Unite Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle
Plant Cell Wall Dynamics Team
Rue Mendeleiev, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex

Lille

FRANCE

Plant Cell Wall Differentiation (terrestrial plants, algae)

Cellulose, Lignin (click chemistry)

Developmental and ectopic lignin

Raman microspectroscopy and Raman Imaging

(a)biotic stress and impacts on cell wall

Plant Fibers (flax, hemp)

Plant Histology and Cytology

In situ hybridization (genes involved in Lignin pathway)

Plant Development, Anatomy and Embryology

Istituto di Fisica Applicata "Nello Carrara", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence imaging, application of portable fluorometers for the non-destructive detection of leaves and fruits phytochemicals, photoacoustic spectroscopy

Chabbert, Brigitte

Fractionation of AgroResources and Environment, INRA, University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims, France

Lignoceluloses, bast fibres, lignin, cell wall deconstruction, microscopy, FTIR, NMR, fluorescence

Chaix, Gilles

CIRAD, AGAP unit, Cedex Montpellier, France

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Departamento de Ciências Florestais, ESALQ/Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil

Genetic and environmental controls of wood properties, forest breeding, selection, material multiplication, seed production, plantation management, wood properties measurement, high throughput phenotypying by Near InfraRed Spectroscopy for physical, chemical, mechanical wood properties and non-wood products, Eucalyptus, Acacia, Teak

Cuello, Clement

INRA - Centre Val de Loire
UMR BioForA INRA - ONF

Orléans, France

ATR FT-IR imaging

Deborde, Catherine

Bordeaux Metabolome Facility – INBS MetaboHUB

Fruit Biology & Pathology, INRA – Bordeaux University
France

NMR-based plant metabolomics

Devaux, Marie-Francoise

Biopolymers, Interactions, Assemblies

Plant Cell Wall and their Polysaccharides

INRA-Nantes, Nantes, France

FT-IR, Raman, Fluorescence imaging

hyperspectral image analysis

chemometry, image analysis

plant histology, plant cell wall

maize  stem, wheat grain, apple

Technical University Munich Campus Straubing / University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany

NMR-based plant metabolomics, chemometrics

Scion Research, Rotorua, New Zealand

Fluorescence microscopy of plants, especially wood, leaves, and reproductive structures. Light and electron microscopy of biomaterials

Durand, Sylvie

Biopolymers, Interactions, Assemblies

Plant Cell Wall and their Polysaccharides

INRA-Nantes, Nantes, France

FT-IR spectroscopy and micro-spectroscopy, microfluidic, plant cell walls polysaccharide (cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectins) and lignins, maize stem and grain, wheat, brachypodium.

The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

Cell wall micro-characterization, silica in plants, silicon bio-mineralization by plants, hygroscopic movement in seed dispersal, Raman micro-spectroscopy, polarized light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy

Fagerstedt, Kurt V

Department of Biosciences, Viikki Biocenter 3, Helsinki University, Finland

Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden

Plant hormone signalling, plant development, ethylene, auxin, wood, ectomycorrhiza, plant cell walls, FT-IR and Raman micro-spectroscopy, hyper spectral image analysis, transcriptomics, histology, Populus, Arabidopsis

The Australian National University

Research School of Biology

46 Sullivan’s Creek Road

Acton ACT 2601

Australia

Near-infrared Spectroscopy in ecological studies, in particular in studies of plant animal interactions

Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, USA

Hyperspectral imaging application in crops stress detection

Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

FT-IR spectroscopy, FT-IR microspectroscopy, Raman microspectroscopy, hyperspectral image analysis, plant cell walls, wood,

IHSM-CSIC-UMA, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department at University
of Málaga, Spain

Plant biology, plant
biophysics, plant biochemistry, FTIR, plant cuticle, cutin, waxes,
phenolic compounds and polysaccharides

Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

FT-IR spectroscopy, FT-IR microspectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Raman microspectroscopy, hyperspectral image analysis, chemometrics

Guillon, Fabienne

Biopolymers, Interactions, Assemblies

Plant Cell Wall and their Polysaccharides

INRA-Nantes, Nantes, France

FT-IR, fluorescence imaging, microscopy

hyperspectral imaging

plant histology, plant cell wall polysaccharides

maize stem, wheat grain, tomato, cereal grain

Hauser, Marie-Theres

Division Plant Genetics and Cell Biology, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Raman spectroscopy, cell wall formation and signaling, responses to abiotic stressors

Heredia Bayona, Antonio

IHSM-CSIC-UMA, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Spain

FTIR, plant cuticle, cutin, waxes, phenolic compounds, polysaccharides

Heredia-Guerrero, José Alejandro

Smart Materials, Department of Nanophysics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

FTIR, plant cuticle, cutin, waxes, phenolic compounds, polysaccharides

Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel 

Hyper- and multispectral sensing of plants for early biotic and abiotic stress detection

Hinterstoisser, Barbara

Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

FT-IR, FT-NIR, dynamic FT-IR, hyperspectral imaging, chemistry of lignocellulosic materials, wood chemistry

Huss, Jessica

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany

Raman microspectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, structure-function relationships, plant biomechanics

Jamme, Frédéric

Synchrotron SOLEIL

L'Orme des Merisiers

Saint-Aubin - BP 48

91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France

Synchrotron radiation imaging, FT-IR micro-spectroscopy, Raman, UV micro-spectroscopy, Multi-Photon and SHG Imaging, Hyperspectral Image analysis, Chemometrics

Division of Surface and Corrosion Science

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Drottning Kristinas väg 51

SE-100 44 Stockholm

Sweden

Nano infrared microscopy

Vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS or SFG)

Infrared reflection/absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS)

Model cell membranes

Langmuir-Blodgett films

de Juan, Anna

University of Barcelona, Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, Solution Equilibria and Chemometrics Group, Barcelona, Spain

Chemometrics, Image Analysis, Resolution/Unmixing

The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited

Raman spectroscopy, chemometrics, analytical chemistry and natural products chemistry

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Department of Chemistry

Room 2'311

Brook-Taylor-Str. 2

D-12489 Berlin, Germany

Raman microspectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, hyperspectral imaging, multivariate statistics, MALDI-MS, pollen, cell wall

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of
Botany, Nemanjina 6, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia

Chemometrics, Raman and FT-IR spectroscopy in plant and food analysis

Research Group Pteridology

Department of Biology

Ghent University

KL Ledeganckstraat 35

9000 Gent

Belgium

In situ localization of cell wall components, histology, (immuno)cytochemical analysis, light and electron microscopy, plant biodiversity, plant anatomy, vascular plants, Arabidopsis, Selaginella

Molecular-Physical Chemistry R&D Group

Dep. Life Sciences

Calçada Martim de Freitas

University of Coimbra – 3000-456 Coimbra

Portugal

R&D Group Homepage

Drug development and new diagnostic methods for an early detection of cancer, using vibrational spectroscopy (including neutron techniques and synchrotron-based methods)

Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden

Wood cell wall formation, wood cell differentiation, cell wall polysaccharides, carbohydrate active enzymes

China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Application of molecular vibration spectrum and chemical imaging in biomass

Morel, Julien

Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden,

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå,

Sweden

Radiative transfer modeling, hyper- and multispectral images analyses, crop modeling, coupling of models and remotely sensed data, leaf diseases

Moore, John

Institute for Wine Biotechnology, Department of Viticulture and Oenology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

FTIR and NMR spectroscopy, chromatography, mass spectrometry, analytical chemistry, molecular biology, protein biochemistry, plnat glycobiology, wine chemistry

Institute of Plant Nutritiion and Soil Science, Kiel University, Germany

Plant nutrition, phytochemistry, food quality, abiotic stress, apoplast, wheat grain proteomics, chromatography (HPLC, IC, GC), mass spectroscopy (IRMS, ICP-MS), fluorescence microscopy and macroscopy, ratio imaging, microspectroscopy, in situ localization of nutrients

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Department of Agrobotany, Nemanjina 6, Zemun, Serbia 

Anatomy and cytological analysis of fruit pericarp during development; Effects of biotic and abiotic stress on plant anatomy; Raman spectroscopy in plant material 

Pedersen, Nanna Bherregaard

National Museum of Denmark

Environmental Archaeology and Material Science, Lyngby, Denmark

FT-IR spectroscopy, FT-IR micro-spectroscopy, Raman micro-spectroscopy, wood cell walls, bacterial and fungal decay, archaeological wood

Piispanen, Riikka

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Bio-based business and industry

PO Box 18

FI-01300 Vantaa

Finland

FT-IR mir, wood extractives, especially lignans, forest nutraceuticals

University of Copenhagen

Raman micro-spectroscopy on wood, acquisition and data analysis

Prats Mateu, Batirtze

Department of Material and Process Engineering, Institute of Physics and Material Science, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Raman microspectroscopy, hyperspectral image analysis, plant cell wall, lignification

Ragauskas, Arthur J

Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, biorefining, biofuels, bio-based chemicals and materials, green chemistry, NMR, ToF-SIMS, SEM, FTIR, UV/Vis

Rancic, Dragana

Faculty of Agriculture University of Belgrade, Serbia


Plant anatomy, histochemistry, Raman microscopy, fluorescence  microscopy, agricultural plant science, biotic and abiotic stress, crop  plants, medicinal plants, vascular system

Reinecke, Andreas

Applied Zoology / Animal Ecology

Institute of Biology - Freie Universität Berlin

Harderslebener Str. 9

Chemical ecology, with practical expertise in GC-MS, GC-FID, and these techniques coupled with biological detectors: GC-EAD, GC-Ca+-Imaging etc. Chiral and preparative GC.

Salmén, Lennart

Biorefinery and Biobased Materials, Innventia AB, Stockholm, Sweden

FT-IR spectroscopy, dynamic FT-IR spectroscopy, lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, biorefining, biofuels, bio-based chemicals and materials

Innorenew CoE, Izola, Slovenia

NIR, MIR, PTR-MS and XRF spectroscopies, Chemometrics,

Wood surface characterization,

Wood chemistry,

Evaluation of degradation level of bio-based products,

Materials modelling,

Wood modification,

Biomasses characterization,

Service life performance

Salzburg University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Austria

Green chemistry, Extraction, Biotechnological treatment, Material characterization, Wood modification, Polymers


Department of pharmaceutical sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

NIR and MIR spectroscopy,

Quality control of herbal products and medicines, Hyperspectral imaging, Chemometrics, Biochemistry, Chromatography 

Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden

Programmed cell death, secondary cell wall formation, lignification, cell-to-cell interaction, lateral root emergence, peptide signaling

University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Copenhagen, Denmark

Plant biomass characterisation, biorefining, plant cell wall microstructure, cell wall-water-enzyme interactions, Raman and IR microspectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, time domain NMR relaxometry, chemometrics

Department of Water Resources, University of Twente, The Netherlands

soil-plant modeling, development of soil-plant digital twins, linking above- and below-ground ecophysiological processes to reflectance and fluorescence spectra

China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Application of molecular vibration spectrum and chemical imaging in biomass

Faculty of Science and Technology

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Drøbakveien 31, 1432 Ås,  Norway

FT-IR spectroscopy, microspectroscopy, imaging and high throughput screening

FT-Raman spectroscopy

Raman spectroscopy and microspectroscopy

Chemometrics, multivariate data analysis and image analysis

Plant pollen, spores, seeds and leaves

Fungal spores and mycelium

Lichens


Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)

Max-Eyth-Allee 100

14469 Potsdam-Bornim

Germany

frequency resolved spectroscopy, fruit development, fruit quality, imaging, multispectral analysis, physiological plant modelling, precision horticulture, spatially resolved spectroscopy