These will be organized by the Center in collaboration with other relevant units and researchers in order to encourage the presentation and discussion of significant advances in plant sciences and of new approaches to allow plants to adapt to stressful environments. Interdisciplinary projects will be encouraged, including studies relating to social and ethical implications of emerging plant sciences. Foreign experts will be invited to present their research and to interact with our students. Publication of research results in international scientific journals will also be encouraged, and the legal framework for the benefits of related patents to accrue to the researchers and the center will be explored.

Workshops and Symposium supported

1. The Manna Institute for Plant Biosciences Symposium: Plant biotechnology, its benefits versus its risks 2001

2. The Manna Center for Plant Biosciences Symposium: Plant biotechnology: retrospective and prospective views 2005
3. Meeting of the Israeli Society of Plant sciences 2005
4. Isf workshop on mitochondria: function and dysfunction 2006-12-12
5. Meeting of the Israel Society of Plant Sciences, 2007.
6. The Aaronsohn-ITMI International Conference, 2007.
7. The Manna Center for Plant Biosciences Symposium: " Biofules: Scientific, Ethical and Economic Challenges "