Rocks: tackling key challenges
A rock thrown in a pond has a ripple effect. It is precisely this effect that CropXR is after when it introduced the first set of ‘Rocks’ during the CropXR conference in October 2024. The Rocks are short-term goals and activities that focus on key challenges. They are meant to inspire the community and accelerate
Young CropXR Activity
Young CropXR is an initiative meant to strengthen the ties between CropXR’s early career professionals. In January 2025, these young-hearted colleagues engaged in a fun activity. Moreover, they exchanged stories and learnt more about each other’s work. The Young CropXR community is in full bloom. A lot of new people have joined CropXR in the
Workshop summaries day 2
Workshops Friday 18 October Process-based crop models: practical application and further development Neil Budko, Corné Verburg, Tamara ten Den, Clemens Stolk A central element in CropXR is the development of models that not only enhance our understanding of crop development and speed up breeding but can also be reliably applied in farming practice. This workshop,
Workshop summaries day 1
Workshops Thursday 17 October CropXR education: what is coming up and how can you get involved? Atoesa Farokhi, Ben Noordijk, Elysa Overdijk The workshop focused on the development of educational modules for CropXR. The workshop moderators were excited to observe strong interest and enthusiasm from all participants. The discussions revolved around three main themes: how
Abstracts poster session
During the conference team members will present insights of their research. Join this session and start the conversation! Poster session Thursday October 17, 17:15 – 18:30 How do we model gene regulatory networks when there are too many genes? By Ben Noordijk, Marcel Reinders, Aalt D.J. van Dijk, Dick de Ridder Plants are resilient to
Abstracts keynote lectures
On this page, you can read abstracts of the keynote lectures of Professor Klaas Vandepoele and Diana Horvath. Keynote lecture Thursday 17 October, 10:00 – 10:45 A map of integrated cis-regulatory elements enhances gene regulatory analysis in maize By Klaas Vandepoele, Full Professor at Ghent University and group leader in the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems
Abstracts workshops
We invite you to participate in various workshops during the two-day conference in October. On this page, you can explore the workshop topics. Workshops Thursday 17 October 13:45 – 15:45 Parallel workshops (two sessions of one hour) CropXR education: what is coming up and how can you get involved? By Atoesa Farokhi, Ben Noordijk, Elysa
Introducing Timo Petter
In this series, we introduce you to the people behind CropXR. Who are they, what do they do, and why are they passionate about their work for CropXR? Name: Timo Petter What is your professional role within CropXR?I work as head of allium, beetroot and celery breeding at Bejo Zaden. As a seed company, Bejo
Introducing Clemens Stolk
In this series, we introduce you to the people behind CropXR. Who are they, what do they do, and why are they passionate about their work for CropXR? Name: Clemens Stolk What is your professional role within CropXR?I support and represent four potato processing companies within CropXR: Aviko, FarmFrites, LambWeston and McCain. Can you describe
Introducing Jenske Aben
In this series, we introduce you to the people behind CropXR. Who are they, what do they do, and why are they passionate about their work for CropXR? Name: Jenske Aben What is your professional role within CropXR?I am a PhD candidate that researches the physiological and mechanistic responses of potato plants to nitrogen deficiency