6 February 2026
Plants Travel Award—Winners Announced


We are delighted to announce the three winners of the Plants 2026 Travel Award. This award supports early career researchers by facilitating their participation in key international conferences in the field of plant sciences in 2026, enabling them to present their outstanding work and engage with the global scientific community.

Please join us in congratulating the following winners:

  1. Dr. Ke Liu from the University of Tasmania, Australia
    • Conference: 3rd International Crop Modelling Symposium.
    • Presentation title: “Global sensitivity analysis and parameter optimisation of APSIM Next Generation”
  2. Dr. Yuri Lee from the National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology (IBBA), Italy
    • Conference: 8th International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications.
    • Presentation title: “Newly unveiled meiosis elucidates the ratio of unreduced gamete formation and its impact on the evolution of the Lemna minor species complex (Lemnaceae)”
  3. Dr. Antonella Di Francesco from the University of Catania, Italy
    • Conference: XV Annual Congress of the European Proteomics Association.
    • Presentation title: “Characterization of the seed molecular composition of autochthonous Sicilian genotypes of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)”

We extend our warmest congratulations to the winners. Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747) is proud to support their research dissemination and looks forward to the impact of their presented work. We also thank all applicants for their high-quality submissions.

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