Ana Caño-Delgado - Scientific Committee Member & Keynote Speaker

Distinguished Professor at Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics - CRAG logo Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics - CRAG

Speaker

Investigator at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). Currently working at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics – CRAG.

Expertise in Plant Developmental Genetics and Genomics.

My laboratory investigates how plant steroids control growth and adaptation to stress in model and crop species.

Our lab is recipient of IDRICA: an ERC Consolidator Grant ERC CoG 2015 that aims to translate fundamental research into solutions for drought in agriculture.

Other activities:

1. EMBO Member (since 2016)

2. Coordinator of the Plant Biology Section at the Catalan Society of Biology (Societat Catalana de Biologia; SCB)

3. Spanish Representative of the Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee (MASC) (http://www.arabidopsis.org/portals