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Prof. Mancuso @ Internet of Everything Italian Forum 31.01.14

Prof. Mancuso’s talk Il tema dell’Internet of Everything ha per Cisco una portata storica paragonabile alla profonda e irreversibile trasformazione che avvenne con la rivoluzione industriale. Sta già accadendo qualcosa di straordinario: a mano a mano che persone, nuovi processi, dati e cose potranno tra loro connettersi e interagire grazie alla rete, l’impatto sarà sempre […]

The New Yorker on plant intelligence

“The Intelligent Plant” written by Michael Pollan explores plant neurobiology. The new way of understanding plants. Read about the LINV and the work we are doing in the full paper on the New Yorkers “The Intelligent Plant” or download the PDF

“VERDE BRILLANTE, sensibilità e intelligenza del mondo vegetale” the book of Prof. Mancuso

Are plants intelligent life being? Starting from this simple question Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola lead the reader in an unusual and fascinating journey around the plant world. The authors clarify the ancient origin of certain stereotypes and reveal the hidden powers of plants. If you define intelligence as the capacity to solve problems, plants […]

Job opportunities @ LINV

The International Laboratory on Plant Neurobiology is looking for smart and motivated researchers in different fields of plant biology: cellular and structural biology, plant development, regulation and growth, environmental and stress physiology, plant tropisms and circadian rhythms, molecular biology, microbe-plant interaction, nutrition, bio-VOC, biomimetics, plant bio-mechanics and much more. HOW TO APPLY: Applicants should send […]

2013 Plant Symposium of the SEB in Florence

Oxidative stress and cell death in plants: mechanisms and implications 26th – 28th June 2013 Florence, Italy The 2013 plant symposium will be entitled “Oxidative stress and cell death in plants: mechanisms and implications” and will take place from the 26th – 28th June 2013 at the Convitto della Calza, Florence, Italy. Research on oxidative […]