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PLANTS IN SPACE 2026 (PinS 2026)
(On-line conference, November 3rd, 2026, Masaryk University Brno)

 Invitation
 

Dear colleagues, professionals, friends,

The PinS Organizing Committee warmly invites you, experimental plant biologists, physiologists, molecular biologists, agronomists, life in space experts, and Lunar/Martian greenhouses specialists to PLANTS IN SPACE 2026 conference.
The scope of the conference is to provide a meeting point of experts from a variety of scientific fields related to biology in space with a special emphasis given to plants. The conference intent is to bring together plant space biologists from Europe and around the world to provide a platform for presentation of their results, expertise and knowledge from on-Earth experiments, orbital plant cultivations, and plans for space agriculture. The conference should promote share cutting-edge research and foster collaboration between the teams working in these directions.
This year’s conference has a motto Agressi sunt Mare Tenebrarum quid in eo esset exploraturi (E.A. Poe, Eleanora) in order to emphasize the necessity of new discoveries and knowledge to optimize a highly important role plants will have in future space missions. The conference will be dedicated to showcasing ground-breaking plant biology expertise in the field of space research from around the World. The organizers believe it will provide a special opportunity to elevate the visibility of plants and biotechnologies considered for future Lunar/Martian greenhouses
We look forward to welcoming you to the PinS on-line conference in November 2026!
The organizing Committee
July 2026

Important Information
Date: October 3rd, 2026
Abstract (Yes): The Book of Abstracts will be published on the conference day as a pdf file.
Oral presentations: 15 min.
Video files (oral presentations from participants outside Europe, i.e. from disadvantaged ‘Earth time zones) are acceptable.

Participation of junior scientists and students with an interest in plants in space is warmly encouraged.


TOPICS ´Sections´ PLANT IN SPACE 2026

Orbital cultivation boxes and facilities
Amedments to lunar/martian regolith
Improvement of regolith-plant root interface
On-Earth cultivation experiments for futures space farming
Recent trends in construction of lunar ´greenhouses´
Markers of successful plant cultivation in orbital complexes
Pros and cons of hydroponic approaches in cultivation of plants in space
How to monitor plant physiology and vitality
Physical and chemical characteristics of regolith(s) and their analogues
Effects of microgravity on plant physiology and molecular biology
Algal/cyanobacterial biotechnologies for future space missions
What short-term satellite orbital cultivations of algae /cyanobacteria can tell us ?
Experience from closed systems tested in Antarctic /desert stations
Seed experiments
Traditional and newly coming plant species tested for space applications
 

M. Barták
Chairman of Organizing Committee