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• Julie Thole Is 2008 AAAS/ASPB Mass Media Fellow
• How to Approach Phone Interviews
• Women in Plant Biology—Developing a Personal Protocol for Professional Success
• Membership Corner—Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao and Jaya R. Soneji
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• PUBLIC AFFAIRS
  • Rob McClung Testifies in Support of NSF Before House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee
  • Comparable Increases for NSF BIO, SBE, GEO Sought by ASPB and 17 Science Organizations
  • Committee on Public Affairs Visits with Congress and DOE
  • McClung Commentary Explains Benefits of Plant Research Leading to New Biofuels
  • DOE Announces Competition for 20 to 30 Energy Frontier Research Centers
  • DOE Selects Four Small-Scale Biorefinery Projects to Advance Biofuel and Biochemical Production
  • Maize Genetics Conference Announces Genome Sequence, Advances in Bioenergy, Drought Tolerance, and Nutrition
  • Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative
  • ASPB Members Gallo, Vermerris, UF Colleagues Receive $1 Million for Energy Research on Sugarcane Residues
  • Calcium Signaling and Ion Channel Regulation: From Brain to Roots
    
• ASPB EDUCATION FORUM
  • 2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipients
  • Reaching Goals Through ASPB Education Outreach
  • ASPB, Fast Plants Exhibits Popular with Teachers at 2008 NSTA Conference
  • Inquiring Minds Want to Know: What Are Schools Doing About Inquiry-Based Learning?

ASPB welcomes its latest recruit, born May 20, 2008, on the grounds of ASPB headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

FUTURE ASPB MEETINGS The Pan American Congress on Plants and BioEnergy 2008 June 22–25, 2008 Fiesta Americana Hotel Mérida, Mexico ASPB's Specialty Meeting on Plants and BioEnergy Registration Opening January 2008   Plant Biology 2008 June 26-July 1, 2008 Siglo XXI Convention Centre Mérida, Mexico Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Sociedad Mexicana De Bioquimica Rama: Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular de Plantas       Plant Biology 2009 Honolulu, Hawaii July 18–July 22         Plant Biology 2010 Montréal, Canada July 31–August 4 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists—Société Canadienne de Physiologie Végétale         Click here for more information on future meetings. Important Dates in 2008 June 22–25 The Pan American Congress Plant & BioEnergy Symposium 2008, Mérida, Mexico June 26 Executive Committee Meeting, Mérida, Mexico June 26–July 1 Plant Biology 2008, Mérida, Mexico September (date to be determined) Mid-Atlantic Section Crab Feast, ASPB Headquarters, Rockville, Maryland

Attention Plant Biologists and Agricultural Scientists in Developing Countries!

Reminder!
In consideration of the low member subscription rates to the print versions of Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell and the free online access to both journals that all members enjoy, members agree to retain their personal copies of the journals for at least three years from the date of issue, not depositing them in any library or institution before the end of this time. Members also agree not to release their personal access code, assigned by ASPB, to any other party for the duration of their membership in ASPB. Thank you!


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Deadline for September/October 2008 ASPB News: August 5, 2008