IUBS is a sponsor of the 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology to be held in Bangalore, India from 23 to 27 July 2023
The Organising Committee of ISCE 2023 is very happy to welcome you to the 38th Annual Conference of the International Society of Chemical Ecology which will be held in Bangalore between 23–27 July 2023.
This Conference is on the timely theme of Chemical Ecology in the Anthropocene. Given the impacts of climate change on human health, safety, and livelihoods, the impact of climate change on the chemical ecology of species interactions across the kingdoms of life is equally important and less well understood. It is likely that climate change will affect not only viability of organisms but also chemical communication. For example, the increase of oxidising agents in the atmosphere may reduce the half life of volatiles, and remove important elements from chemical signals. How organisms may cope with this distortion in chemical signalling and whether there is redundancy built into chemical signalling is not at all understood. This field offers exciting challenges and problems that need urgent solution, whether it be in crop pollination, pest control, soil fertility through mycorrhizal networks, or aboveground–belowground feedback leading to plant productivity changes. Processes that influence planetary health in natural ecosystems are equally likely to be affected by urban and industrial run-off of atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic pollutants. Chemicals know no boundaries, which makes it more imperative that we understand their impacts.
We hope that this conference will generate new ideas in the fundamental and applied aspects of chemical ecology, and we are sure that your participation will make this conference vibrant.
We wish to ensure gender balance in our conference and also would like scientists and students to participate from all over the world. We hope to make your Bangalore and Indian experience a memorable one.
Renee M. Borges
Organising Secretary, ISCE 2023
& Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore