Western American Society of Plant Biologists
Integrating Plant Omics Research 2004
October 22-23, 2004
Jot Travis Student Union Building
Grant Cramer and John Cushman, Co-organizers, University of Nevada - Reno

Awards/Post Meeting

The awards were presented by Crispin Taylor. Pictured on the left are from left to right: John Cushman, co-organizer; Jillian Collins, 2nd prize best poster presentation; Josh Wood, 2nd prize best oral presentation; Crispin Taylor, executive director ASPB; Michael Nodine, 1st prize, best oral presentation; Grant Cramer, co-organizer; Imad Ajjawi, 1st prize, best poster presentation.

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 & Molecular Biology.

The meeting was attended by more than 60 participants. The keynote Lecture was delivered by Richard Dixon, of the S.R. Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK on "Profiling Natural Products for Functional Genomics and Metabolic Engineering in Legumes" .