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ASPB Election Results
President-Elect
Michael Thomashow
Elected Member
Bonnie Bartel
Corresponding Members
Joseph Hirschberg
Peter Hedden
Yukiko Sasaki
Full stories will appear in the September/October 2004 issue of the ASPB
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CLARIFICATION:
The discovery of the wheat vernalization gene described in the May/June
2004 issue of the ASPB News was the result of research led by University
of California, Davis, scientists Liuling Yan and Jorge Dubcovsky. It is
published in the March 12, 2004, issue of Science (Yan et al., Science 303:1640–1644).
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The
Definitive Resource for Relevant Research in Plant Biology
Annual Review of Plant Biology®
Now Available in Print and Online—Volume 55, June 2004 |
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Editor:
Deborah P. Delmer, The Rockefeller Foundation
Associate Editor: Sabeeha Merchant, University of California,
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The Annual Review of Plant Biology, in publication since
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 Sixth
Annual Fall Symposium
Cellular Mechanisms of Plant Development
September
24-25, 2004 • Donald Danforth Plant Science Center • St.
Louis, Missouri
Plenary Speakers:
Natasha
Raikhel
Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Plant Cell Biology,
University of California–Riverside
Luis Herrera-Estrella
Director, Unidad de Biotecnologia, CINVESTAV, Mexico
Session Topics:
Lipid Modifications • Nonvascular Plants • Cell Wall
Biogenesis • Photomorphogenesis • Actin Dynamics and Cell
Expansion
Symposium
Organizers:
Dr. Eliot Herman, USDA Lead Scientist; DDPSC
Dr. Erik Nielsen, Principal Investigator; DDPSC
Dr. Mark
Running, Principal Investigator; DDPSC
For
more information, visit:
http://www.danforthcenter.org/fall_symposium/FS2004.htm
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CALL
FOR APPLICATIONS
West Virginia State University – Biochemistry
The Department of Chemistry at West Virginia State University
solicits applications for the newly endowed position, the Dow Chemical
Company Professor Chemistry Research and Education. This is a non-tenure
track position, renewable for up to 5 years. Candidates for this new
position will have a PhD in biochemistry. Both postdoctoral research
and experience in securing externally-funded grants are desired. The
successful candidate will be expected to interact with members of
the Department of Chemistry and other researchers in the campus Land
Grant Programs and to strengthen the corporate partnership between
Dow Chemical Company and West Virginia State University. In addition,
participation in the new MS in Biotechnology program is encouraged.
The successful candidate is expected to teach biochemistry courses
and to establish a research program in her/his area of expertise,
which should complement ongoing activities within one of the programs
sustained in the USDA 1890 Land-Grant Plan of Work: applied, industrial,
or environmental microbiology and biotechnology; horticulture and
alternative agriculture; environmental biology or environmental chemistry;
aquaculture. This research will attract external funding and active
participation by undergraduate and graduate students. Many modern
instruments are available at www.wvsc.edu.
Send a resume, a brief outline of research accomplishments and interests,
contact information for 4 references, and a statement on research
and teaching philosophy to Dr. Katherine L. Harper, Dean of Natural
Sciences and Mathematics, West Virginia State University, Institute,
WV 25112. Email inquiries should be directed to wilkerfj@wvsc.edu.
Screening of applicants will begin on July 31, 2004 and will continue
until the position is filled. The successful candidate should be prepared
to start by January 15, 2005. WVSU is a historically black university,
which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially diverse, and multi-generational
institution, serving approximately 5,000 students. It is the largest
institution of higher education in the Charleston metropolitan area,
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Arabidopsis Book (TAB) |
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American Society of Plant Biologists is pleased to announce The
Arabidopsis Book (TAB), a dynamic, fully electronic compilation
of chapters edited by Chris Somerville and Elliot Meyerowitz and available
free of charge on the Internet.
TAB offers a new model for scientific publishing. Each of
its 100+ chapters will review in detail an important aspect of the
plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and the content will continually evolve
as new information becomes available, making TAB the
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ASPB is providing funds for the mounting and maintenance of The
Arabidopsis Book on the Internet as a public service. Please
visit TAB at www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis
for chapters currently available in PDF. Eventually all chapters and
updates will be hosted in partnership with BioOne (www.bioone.org)
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