
​iCONNECT is only possible due to the invaluable efforts of many international researchers in collecting seeds and field data and providing feedback on the design of experiments and their results.
Thank you all for your continuing support!!

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NETWORK GATHERINGS
March 2024 | iCONNECT metabolomic workshop in Germany

On March 21 and 22, 2024, we held a small workshop at the Faule Ort research station of the Martin Luther University in the Müritz National Park to evaluate the current state and latest developments of the Conyza canadensis metabolomic project. During the workshop, we also focused on the statistical analysis of the metabolomic data, with an emphasis on synthesizing it with data from other working packages, including root architecture, root fungal interactions, and competitive ability.
Despite the intensive working hours, we also enjoyed short hikes in the beautiful Müritz National Park, providing a perfect opportunity to reconnect and recharge.
September 2023 | iCONNECT workshop in the USA
From August 14 to 18, 2023, we gathered for the iCONNECT workshop at the MPG Ranch in Florence, Montana, USA. We brought together in-person and online PI's, CoPI's, field samplers, and students of the project.
During these days, we analyzed and interpreted the data from the greenhouse experiment and worked on the respective publications of the different working packages.

August 2021 | iCONNECT online meeting with the field samplers

On August 9 and 10, 2021, we had online meetings with collaborators from all over the Northern hemisphere.
It was a great pleasure to meet you all virtually. Thank you to everyone who could join.
FIELD SAMPLERS OF THE iCONNECT NETWORK
Abdelmajid Khabbach: Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University
Abigail Moore: University of Oklahoma
Adrian Oprea: University Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Adrian Shaar: Martin Luther University
Albert Muldashev: Ufa State Petroleum Technological University
Ali Namazi: King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
Alyson Ennis: University of Colorado Boulder
Amit Jhala: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Amir Sadeghpour: Southern Illinois University
Andrey Erst: Central Siberian Botanical Garden
Andriy Novikov: State Museum of Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine
Anna A. Ivashchenko: Institute of Zoology Republic of Kazakhstan
Anush Nersesyan: Institute of Botany after A.Takhtajyan
Arpad Erik Thoma: Martin-Luther-University
Astghik Papikyan: Institute of Botany after A.Takhtajyan
Aurélien Caillon: Conservatoire Botanique National Sud-Atlantique
Avni Hajdari: University of Prishtina
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Baasanmunkh Shukherdorj: Changwon National University
Benjamin Lee: East Tennessee State University
Bryan Reatini: United States Forest Service
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Caio Brunharo: Pennsylvania State University
Cathy Silliman: University of Nevada
Chandra Moffat: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Christian Rixen: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
Christoph Rosche: Martin Luther University
Claire Johnson: Northern Arizona University
Claudia Stein: Auburn University
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Damase P. Khasa: Université Laval
Darron A. Cullen: University of Hull
David J. Ensing: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
David U. Nagy: Martin Luther University
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Elizabete Marchante: University of Coimbra
Elizabeth Leger: University of Nevada
Emily Rauschert: Cleveland State University
Erin Haramoto: University of Kentucky
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Fatih Fazlioglu: University of Bayreuth
Fernando Bastida: University of Huelva
Fidji Gendron: First Nations University of Canada
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Gemma Rutten: University of Bern
Greta La Bella: University of Roma
Guadalupe Andraca-Gómez: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Helia Marchante: Polytechnic University of Coimbra
Hesham Kassem: Suez Canal University
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Ioulietta Eleftheria Samartza: Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter
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Jacob E. Lucero: Texas A&M University
Jamal Sheriff: University of Illinois at Chicago
Javier Morente-Lopéz: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Jesse R. Lasky: Pennsylvania State University
Joanna Lemly: Colorado State University
Joanne Marchand: University of Saskatchewan
Jonathan A. Bennett: University of Saskatchewan
Julie Larson: University of Washington
Julian Selke: University of Regensburg
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Karime Abidkulova: al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Kathryn G. Turner: Idaho State University
Kevin Kožić: Martin Luther University
Klara Stevermer: Kansas State University
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Laura Leventhal: University of California Berkeley
Lauren J. Frazee: Cencora / PharmaLex
Li Jun: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Luís González: Universidy of Vigo
Luke Flory: University of Florida
Lydia Westberg: University of Kansas
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Mandy L Slate: Ohio State University
Manzoor A. Shah: University of Kashmir
Maria Kozhevnikova: Kazan Federal University
Mariem Saadani: Martin Luther University
Mason Heberling: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Matt Guilliams: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Matthew A. Kaproth: Minnesota State University
Matthew Koski: Clemson University
Michael Flessner: Virginia Tech
Miki Okada: University of California
Min Sheng: Northwest A&F University
Mohamed Libiad: Abdelmalek Essaadi University
Mohammad Al-Ghareibeh: Jordan University of Science and Technology
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Nancy Johnson: Northern Arizona University
Nikos Krigas: Hellenic Mediterranean University
Nolan Kane: University of Colorado
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Orzimat Turginov: National University of Uzbekistan
Özkan Eren: Aydın Adnan Menderes University
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Paula Lorenzo: University of Coimbra
Pål Axel Olsson: Lund University
Peter Sikkema: University of Guelph
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Rafael Otfinowski: University of Winnipeg
Ragan M. Callaway: University of Montana
Richard Primack: Boston University
Rita Filep: University of Pécs
Robert Pal: Montana Technological University
Ruth Epstein: University of California Berkeley
Ryan Donnelly: Kansas State University
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Sa Xiao: Lanzhou University
Sabrina Träger: Martin Luther University
Sam St Clair: Brigham Young University
Satoshi Suzuki: The University of Tokyo
Satu Ramula: University of Turku
Scott Rush: Mississippi State University
Sean R. Haughian: Herbarium of the Nova Scotia Museum
Simona Sarmati: University of Roma
Sirwan Babaei: University of Kurdistan
Stefan Wanke: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Stefania Przybylska: Goethe-University Frankfurt
Stepan Senator: Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Tatiana Silaeva: Mordovia State University
Tatyana Vakhlamova: Technical University of Munich
Tomonori Tsunoda: Fukui Prefectural University
Trobjon Makhkamov: Tashkent State Agrarian University
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Vadim Prokhorov: Kazan Federal University
Vanessa Lozano: University of Sassari
Viktoria Wagner: University of Alberta
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Wenbo Luo: Northeast Normal University
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Xin Jia: Beijing Forestry University
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Yanjie Liu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yigitali Tashpulatov: Samarkand Agroinnovations and Research University
Yulia Vinogradova: Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences
Yurena Arjona: Goethe-University Frankfurt
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Zigmantas Gudžinskas: Nature Research Centre