Integrating Plant Omics Research 2004

Integrating Plant Omics Research 2004 was held by the Western Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists on October 22–23, 2004.

The meeting took place at the Jot Travis Student Union on the University of Nevada, Reno, campus and was attended by more than 60 participants. The keynote lecture was delivered by Richard Dixon, Plant Biology Division Director of the S. R. Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, on “Profiling Natural Products for Functional Genomics and Metabolic Engineering in Legumes.”

ASPB Executive Director Crispin Taylor presented the awards. Sigma-Aldrich Plant Biotechnology sponsored the awards and provided cash prizes of $250 to each student. Other sponsors included the UNR Vice President for Research; the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources; and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

From left to right: John Cushman, co-organizer; Jillian Collins, 2nd prize best poster presentation; Josh Wood, 2nd prize best oral presentation; Crispin Taylor, ASPB executive director; Michael Nodine, 1st prize best oral presentation; Grant Cramer, co-organizer; Imad Ajjawi, 1st prize best poster presentation. Photo by Brad Sickler, graduate student, Plant Sciences, UC Davis.