Trace metal metabolism in plants -
PLANTMETALS
Plantmetals history
The PLANTMETALS
COST action evolved out of informal contacts, and other
collaborative projects, between many of its current
members. Key events of evolution towards the COST Action
it is now are summarised below.
Date
|
Event
|
| February-August 2017 |
Idea of creating a COST network on
metals in plants by Hendrik Küpper, first
discussions with Manuel Gonzalez-Guerrero |
| 17-19 August 2017 |
Minisymposium
"Metals, Plants and People" at the Biology
Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České
Budějovice, Czech Republic organised by Hendrik
Küpper. At this minisymposium, most of the
attendants gathered for a brainstorming to lay the
foundations for a network grant application at
COST. Nathalie Verbruggen, Manuel
Gonzalez-Guerrero and Hendrik Küpper became a core
planning group for writing the proposal. |
| Autumn 2017 to February 2018 |
Writing of the first proposal draft by
the "core planning group" |
| February-April 2018 |
Revisions of the proposal draft
involving a growing number of network
members of the proposal |
| 27 April 2018 |
1st Submission (OC-2018-1-22837), with 51 proposing research groups/companies from 16 COST member countries |
| 14 November 2018 |
Proposal was evaluated with 56 of 65
possible points --> not funded |
| November 2018-August 2019 |
Revisions of the proposal draft first again by the core planning group and then again involving the further growing number of network members of the proposal |
| 3 September 2019 |
2nd submission (OC-2019-1-23903), with
60 proposing research groups/companies from 20
COST member countries |
| 25 March 2020 |
Action granted by COST after
evalutation with 45 out of 50 possible points |
| 26 March-13 April 2020 |
Creation of the MoU based on the
technical annex of the proposal first by the core
planning team and then involving the whole network
of proposers |
| April 2020 until now |
Further growth of the network, to 110
registered members from 30 countries until now |
| 8-9 October 2020 |
1st MC meeting = official start of the
Action |
designed
by Hendrik
Küpper, last modified 13 March 2021