From Christian.Hardtke from unil.ch Tue Apr 1 09:03:16 2008 From: Christian.Hardtke from unil.ch (Christian Hardtke) Date: Tue Apr 1 10:54:32 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] post-doc position, Hardtke lab, Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland Message-ID: <5F537A2B-817E-41AF-B225-6039288A37F7@unil.ch> A postdoctoral position is available starting immediately in the lab of Christian Hardtke at the Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Our department offers excellent research infrastructure combined with a lively, interactive and international scientific community, located in the beautiful Lake Geneva region. The candidate is expected to build on recent progress in our lab on the molecular genetic analysis of BRX family proteins and their role in various aspects of growth and development in Arabidopsis and other species. Strongly motivated candidates with demonstrated expertise in molecular techniques are encouraged to apply. Funding for this position is secured up to mid-2010 and possibly beyond. Nevertheless, once joined the lab, the successful candidate is expected to apply for eligible fellowships. Please forward applications including a curriculum vitae and contact information for two senior scientist referees by e-mail to christian.hardtke@unil.ch. Contact information: Prof. Christian S. Hardtke University of Lausanne Dept. of Plant Mol. Biol. Biophore Building CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland e-mail christian.hardtke@unil.ch phone +41-21-692-4251 web site www.unil.ch/dbmv/page21142_en.html From ktorii from u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 13:44:05 2008 From: ktorii from u.washington.edu (Keiko Torii) Date: Wed Apr 2 01:13:20 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Two postdoctoral positions --Torii lab, Seattle, USA Message-ID: <9AEC1E6E-001B-11DD-AD9F-000A9595367E@u.washington.edu> TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS/RESEARCH TECH POSITION: ARABIDOPSIS STOMATAL=20= DEVELOPMENT University of Washington, Seattle Two postdoctoral positions (one position may be converted for a=20 Research Tech) are available immediately to study stomatal patterning=20 and differentiation. We have shown that a family of three=20 receptor-like kinases controls the density and orientation of=20 asymmetric cell division and stomatal differentiation (Shpak et al.=20 2005 Science 309:290-293). Our more recent work has led to a discovery=20= of a candidate ligand gene as well as downstream =91key switch=92=20 transcription factors that direct a series of cell-state transition=20 leading to stomatal differentiation (Pillitteri et al. 2007 Nature=20 445:501-505; Hara et al. 2007 Genes & Dev 15:1720-1725). Position 1. Receptor-Ligand Interactions and Dynamics: A successful=20 candidate will develop new methods to study ligand-receptor=20 interactions and dynamics at cellular and subcellular levels using=20 molecular-genetic tools readily available in my laboratory. The=20 project seeks to unravel how cell-cell signals, specifically,=20 ligand-receptor actions will translate into stomatal cell-type=20 differentiation during epidermal development. Position 2. Transcription factors controlling stomatal differentiation:=20= A successful candidate will study the molecular and genetic mechanisms=20= of how a family of bHLH transcription factors direct cell fate=20 decisions to form stomata. Furthermore, the successful candidate will=20 continue our current transcriptional profiling efforts to characterize=20= molecular signatures associated with stomatal stem cell state. Candidates must have excellent communication skills, ability to conduct=20= research independently and as a team, and strong backgrounds in=20 molecular biology, genetics, and imaging/microscopy. Candidates must be=20= proficient and in confocal microscopy and imaging at tissue-,=20 cellular-, or subcellular levels as well as basic protein biochemistry=20= (i.e. Western blotting, co-p) for position 1. Previous experience in=20 microarray analysis and Chromatin IP experiments are highly desired for=20= position 2. Either position may be considered for a qualified=20 Research Technician, who wishes to gain experience before heading for=20 the graduate career. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience (based on the=20= NIH scale according to the University Guideline). The position 1=20 currently has funding until 2011 (supported by NSF); the position 2 is=20= initially available for one year. Either position will be renewed=20 annually based on the performance and funding availability. The=20 successful candidate will be encouraged to apply for independent=20 fellowships. Due to the guideline of University of Washington,=20 preference will be given to candidates with less than four years of=20 postdoctoral experience. Please send a cover letter outlining your research interests and career=20= goals, current curriculum vitae, and a name and e-mail address of three=20= referees to: Prof. Keiko Torii Department of Biology, University of Washington Box 355325, Seattle, WA 98195-5325 ktorii@u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/ktorii The University of Washington is an equal opportunity employer. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Keiko U. Torii, Ph.D. Associate Professor Hitchcock Hall 544 Phone: (206)221-5701 Department of Biology Fax: (206)685-1728 University of Washington e-mail:ktorii@u.washington.edu Box. 355325 Seattle, WA 98195-5325 Lab phones: (206)221-5756 & (206)616-4065 http://faculty.washington.edu/ktorii Visit Seattle Area Model Plant Labs! http://protist.biology.washington.edu/sampl/ From sadatsau from gmail.com Tue Apr 1 13:56:31 2008 From: sadatsau from gmail.com (Abu Sadat) Date: Wed Apr 2 01:13:26 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Looking For PhD Position Message-ID: <346af12f0804011156o14b9633se3b0f8a8f520367f@mail.gmail.com> April 02, 2008 Dear Sir / Madam, I am Md. Abu Sadat, completed MS in Plant Pathology from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, and Bangladesh. I am writing to inquire about the possibilities of joining as a Ph.D. student with a scholarship in your university. I have conducted research *on "Management of Root Knot of Banana Seedlings with Bio-agent, Organic Soil Amendment, Chemical and their Combinations "*. My paper has been published on *Int. J. Sustain. Agril.Tech.3 (4): August 2007*. I have also got brand score *6.00* in IELTS examination. I want to research in advance level in any branch of agriculture. I will highly appreciate if you go over my resume and consider me for a possible PhD student. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind Regards Md. Abu Sadat Assistant Rural Development Officer (ARDO) Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) Dinajpur Sadar, Dinajpur-5200 Email: sadatsau@gmail.com From jzhao1 from bcm.tmc.edu Wed Apr 2 13:11:27 2008 From: jzhao1 from bcm.tmc.edu (Zhao, Jian) Date: Wed Apr 2 17:20:27 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] about community cDNA clone References: <200804021704.m32H40T08609@net.bio.net> Message-ID: Dear All, I want to get Ay088768 and AJ294464 community clones, Does anyone know where to order it? I appreciate your help. Best regards Jian ________________________________ From: arab-gen-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu on behalf of arab-gen-request@oat.bio.indiana.edu Sent: Wed 4/2/2008 12:04 PM To: arab-gen@magpie.bio.indiana.edu Subject: Arab-gen Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2 Send Arab-gen mailing list submissions to arab-gen@net.bio.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/arab-gen or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to arab-gen-request@net.bio.net You can reach the person managing the list at arab-gen-owner@net.bio.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Arab-gen digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Two postdoctoral positions --Torii lab, Seattle, USA (Keiko Torii) 2. Looking For PhD Position (Abu Sadat) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:44:05 -0800 From: Keiko Torii Subject: [Arabidopsis] Two postdoctoral positions --Torii lab, Seattle, USA To: arab-gen@magpie.bio.indiana.edu Message-ID: <9AEC1E6E-001B-11DD-AD9F-000A9595367E@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS/RESEARCH TECH POSITION: ARABIDOPSIS STOMATAL DEVELOPMENT University of Washington, Seattle Two postdoctoral positions (one position may be converted for a Research Tech) are available immediately to study stomatal patterning and differentiation. We have shown that a family of three receptor-like kinases controls the density and orientation of asymmetric cell division and stomatal differentiation (Shpak et al. 2005 Science 309:290-293). Our more recent work has led to a discovery of a candidate ligand gene as well as downstream 'key switch' transcription factors that direct a series of cell-state transition leading to stomatal differentiation (Pillitteri et al. 2007 Nature 445:501-505; Hara et al. 2007 Genes & Dev 15:1720-1725). Position 1. Receptor-Ligand Interactions and Dynamics: A successful candidate will develop new methods to study ligand-receptor interactions and dynamics at cellular and subcellular levels using molecular-genetic tools readily available in my laboratory. The project seeks to unravel how cell-cell signals, specifically, ligand-receptor actions will translate into stomatal cell-type differentiation during epidermal development. Position 2. Transcription factors controlling stomatal differentiation: A successful candidate will study the molecular and genetic mechanisms of how a family of bHLH transcription factors direct cell fate decisions to form stomata. Furthermore, the successful candidate will continue our current transcriptional profiling efforts to characterize molecular signatures associated with stomatal stem cell state. Candidates must have excellent communication skills, ability to conduct research independently and as a team, and strong backgrounds in molecular biology, genetics, and imaging/microscopy. Candidates must be proficient and in confocal microscopy and imaging at tissue-, cellular-, or subcellular levels as well as basic protein biochemistry (i.e. Western blotting, co-p) for position 1. Previous experience in microarray analysis and Chromatin IP experiments are highly desired for position 2. Either position may be considered for a qualified Research Technician, who wishes to gain experience before heading for the graduate career. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience (based on the NIH scale according to the University Guideline). The position 1 currently has funding until 2011 (supported by NSF); the position 2 is initially available for one year. Either position will be renewed annually based on the performance and funding availability. The successful candidate will be encouraged to apply for independent fellowships. Due to the guideline of University of Washington, preference will be given to candidates with less than four years of postdoctoral experience. Please send a cover letter outlining your research interests and career goals, current curriculum vitae, and a name and e-mail address of three referees to: Prof. Keiko Torii Department of Biology, University of Washington Box 355325, Seattle, WA 98195-5325 ktorii@u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/ktorii The University of Washington is an equal opportunity employer. ======================================== Keiko U. Torii, Ph.D. Associate Professor Hitchcock Hall 544 Phone: (206)221-5701 Department of Biology Fax: (206)685-1728 University of Washington e-mail:ktorii@u.washington.edu Box. 355325 Seattle, WA 98195-5325 Lab phones: (206)221-5756 & (206)616-4065 http://faculty.washington.edu/ktorii Visit Seattle Area Model Plant Labs! http://protist.biology.washington.edu/sampl/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:56:31 +0600 From: "Abu Sadat" Subject: [Arabidopsis] Looking For PhD Position To: arab-gen@magpie.bio.indiana.edu Message-ID: <346af12f0804011156o14b9633se3b0f8a8f520367f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" April 02, 2008 Dear Sir / Madam, I am Md. Abu Sadat, completed MS in Plant Pathology from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, and Bangladesh. I am writing to inquire about the possibilities of joining as a Ph.D. student with a scholarship in your university. I have conducted research *on "Management of Root Knot of Banana Seedlings with Bio-agent, Organic Soil Amendment, Chemical and their Combinations "*. My paper has been published on *Int. J. Sustain. Agril.Tech.3 (4): August 2007*. I have also got brand score *6.00* in IELTS examination. I want to research in advance level in any branch of agriculture. I will highly appreciate if you go over my resume and consider me for a possible PhD student. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind Regards Md. Abu Sadat Assistant Rural Development Officer (ARDO) Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) Dinajpur Sadar, Dinajpur-5200 Email: sadatsau@gmail.com ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Arab-gen mailing list Arab-gen@net.bio.net http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/arab-gen End of Arab-gen Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2 *************************************** From dawn.barrett from BBSRC.AC.UK Fri Apr 4 02:54:49 2008 From: dawn.barrett from BBSRC.AC.UK (dawn barrett (TOC)) Date: Fri Apr 4 15:05:04 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] independent research fellowships available at John Innes Centre In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Subject: independent research fellowships available at John Innes Centre Dear Colleagues Please can you circulate the information below to all interested parties Many thanks Independent Research Fellowships The John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich, UK is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for Independent Research Fellowships, to attend a Conference at the JIC on 2/3 June 2008. At the meeting you will be able to present a talk about your proposed area of research and to discuss your proposals, the development of your group and your future career plans in depth with senior JIC Scientists. After the Conference we will select and mentor outstanding candidates in writing Fellowship applications and/or offer the opportunity to move existing Fellowships to the JIC. Further details and particulars can be found at http://www.jic.ac.uk/corporate/opportunities/vacancies/fellows.htm Please e-mail a 2-page summary of your research plan, a copy of your CV and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be emailed to dawn.barrett@bbsrc.ac.uk by Friday 18th April 2008. The John Innes Centre is a registered charity (No223852) grant-aided by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Yours ------------------------------------------------ Dawn Barrett AInstAM(Dip), Communications Officer The Operations Centre Norwich Bioscience Institutes Tel: +44 (0) 1603 255 328 Fax: +44 (0) 1603 255 168 e-mail: dawn.barrett@bbsrc.ac.uk www.ifr.ac.uk www.jic.ac.uk www.tsl.ac.uk email disclaimer: www.ifr.ac.uk/edisclaimer From eb50 from nyu.edu Fri Apr 4 13:33:19 2008 From: eb50 from nyu.edu (Eric D Brenner) Date: Fri Apr 4 15:05:10 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] heat, cold and salt sensitive mutants Message-ID: Hi All, I was wondering of there are some colleagues of mine out there that might be able to send me some seeds for (an) Arabidopsis mutant(s) that are either heat, cold or salt sensitive but otherwise healthy under normal conditions. I need them as a control to test a mutant I have for either of these sensitivities. If so, then if you could send them to the address below and include a few words on conditions where the sensitivity is visible? With much appreciation, Eric D. Brenner, PhD. Assistant Research Prof. Department of Biology New York University 1009 Main Building 100 Washington Square East New York, NY 10003 wk: 212-998-3964 fx: 212-995-4204 From andreas.hiltbrunner from biologie.uni-freiburg.de Sun Apr 6 06:26:21 2008 From: andreas.hiltbrunner from biologie.uni-freiburg.de (Andreas Hiltbrunner) Date: Sun Apr 6 17:54:34 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] PhD position available (phytochrome signalling) Message-ID: <47F8B35D.2090603@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> A PhD position is available at the Department of Botany, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany. The successful candidate will work in a research team studying early events in phytochrome signalling in Arabidopsis. The project will focus on molecular, genetic and evolutionary aspects of phytochrome nuclear transport and initiation of downstream signalling. Please see our recent publications for further information: Hiltbrunner et al. (2005) Curr. Biol. 15: 2125-2130 and Hiltbrunner et al. (2006) Plant Cell Physiol. 47: 1023-1034 or have a look at our webpage (http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~ah3/). The successful applicant is highly motivated and has a diploma, master or equivalent in genetics, plant physiology, biochemistry or molecular biology. A solid background in basic molecular biology and genetic techniques is required. The position is available from summer 2008. Salary and social benefits are according to German BAT IIa/2 (E12/2). The Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg (http://www.uni-freiburg.de/) offers excellent research infrastructure combined with an interactive and international scientific community. Freiburg, the capital of the Black Forest, is a city with a dynamic cultural life and exciting opportunities for sports like skiing and hiking. It is centrally located in Europe and Switzerland/France can be reached by train or car in less than 60 min, Italy/Austria in around 3 hrs. Applications, including CV, a brief statement of research experience and interests as well as contact information of two referees, should be submitted by EMAIL to Dr. Andreas Hiltbrunner (andreas.hiltbrunner@biologie.uni-freiburg.de) or Prof. Eberhard Sch?fer (eberhard.schafer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de). -- Andreas Hiltbrunner, PhD Institute of Biology II/Botany University of Freiburg Schaenzlestrasse 1 D-79104 Freiburg Germany +49-761-203-2807 (office) +49-761-203-2602 (lab) +49-761-203-2612 (fax) andreas.hiltbrunner@biologie.uni-freiburg.de http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~ah3/ From ratanbtech from yahoo.co.uk Sun Apr 6 22:24:07 2008 From: ratanbtech from yahoo.co.uk (ratan dey) Date: Mon Apr 7 20:08:27 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Literature of Agrobacterium EHA105 Message-ID: <713820.43542.qm@web28114.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Respected Dr. Klaus I would appreciate and request you to please help me with the literature of EHA105 with photograph. Regards, Ratan Chandra Dey Xiamen University, China --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good helps you make a difference From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Wed Apr 9 06:58:24 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Wed Apr 9 18:27:37 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] World Genetics Meeting, Berlin 2008 Message-ID: <001301c89a39$04794950$4808000a@mcb.ucdavis.edu> fyi Attend the World Event of Genetics: Berlin 2008 Dear colleagues in the Arabidopsis Community, The traditional International Congress of Genetics, organized under the auspices of the International Genetics Federation (IGF), is held every fifth year in alternating host countries. After Beijing (China) in 1998 and Melbourne (Australia) in 2003, it is now Berlin (Germany), July 12-17, 2008. In Berlin, 11 Plenary Events and 54 Concurrent Symposia provide a platform for 280 of the world?s most prominent geneticists to speak. Also, more than 1200 Posters will be on display. This provides a unique opportunity to keep abreast with the recent exciting insights of genetic and genomic research, including their medical, industrial, and societal implications. The scientific program and additional important information can be obtained upon visiting the congress web page: www.geneticsberlin2008.com . The scientific program can be downloaded directly from: https://www2.kit.de/downloads/ICG_Program_Invited_Speakers.pdf Please make sure you participate in this exceptional scientific event (registration online). We heartily invite you to join us in the vibrant city of Berlin. Rudi Balling, Braunschweig (President, XX International Congress of Genetics) Alfred Nordheim, T?bingen (Secretary General, XX International Congress of Genetics) Note: o Late-Breaker Abstract Deadline: April 15, 2008 o Standard Registration Fee Deadline: May 31, 2008 From rpalanivelu from hotmail.com Wed Apr 9 15:31:49 2008 From: rpalanivelu from hotmail.com (Ravi Palanivelu) Date: Wed Apr 9 18:27:43 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Frontiers in Sexual Plant Reproduction III conference announcement-2 Message-ID: <095ed7ad-4f31-4599-a425-736584ca2d1c@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce an upcoming conference in the field of plant reproductive biology, "Frontiers in Sexual Plant Reproduction III" (http://www.cals.arizona.edu/FSPRIII), that will be held in Tucson, Arizona on October 17-19, 2008 in the Tucson Marriott University Park. We would like to invite you to participate in this meeting and share your most recent research with your colleagues. Participants are encouraged to submit an abstract and present a poster. ***Abstracts presented before May 31, 2008 will be considered for an oral presentation***. Six major sessions have been planned for the conference: Male gametophyte development and function, Female gametophyte development and function, Endosperm development and imprinting, Compatible and incompatible pollen-pistil interactions, Evolution of plant reproduction, Systems biology of plant reproduction and emerging technologies Preliminary program and information on registration, abstracts, lodging and travel is posted at the FSPR III conference website: http://www.cals.arizona.edu/FSPRIII. Previous meetings in this series, FSPR I (2000) and FSPR II (2004), were held in SUNY, Albany to review progress, discuss challenges, debate strategies and devise effective solutions for various unanswered questions in the field of plant reproductive biology. These meetings were filled to capacity with many leading experts in the field and enthusiastic partcipants. As a follow up to these highly successful meetings, we are pleased to organize FSPR III in 2008 to serve as an international forum to review and discuss the state of the art in the plant sexual reproduction research, from multiple viewpoints: classical plant physiology, molecular biology, evolution, cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics, genetics, functional genomics and proteomics. We look forward to seeing you in Tucson in October 2008 for an exciting scientific meeting on plant reproduction. Sincerely, The organizers: Dr. Ravi Palanivelu, University of Arizona (rpala...@ag.arizona.edu) Dr. Dmitry Belostotsky, University of Missouri, Kansas City. From henrik.aronsson from dpes.gu.se Fri Apr 11 01:26:47 2008 From: henrik.aronsson from dpes.gu.se (Henrik Aronsson) Date: Fri Apr 11 11:00:56 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Post-Doctoral stipend: Plant lipid trafficking and membrane contact sites Message-ID: <200804110826546.SM02936@HENARO-PC.dpes.gu.se> A Post-Doctoral stipend is available for working in Professor Anna Stina Sandelius group at Gothenburg University, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences: Plant lipid trafficking and membrane contact sites A post doc stipend is available for studies of lipid transfer mechanisms involved in adjusting the plasma membrane lipid composition during phospholipid-to-DGDG replacement in plasma membranes in phosphate-limited plants. Besides using biochemical/molecular techniques, the post doc will be the biological lab partner in the ongoing collaboration with colleagues at the Department of Physics, where optical manipulation is used to study membrane-membrane contact sites between plant organelles (e.g. between endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplasts; between endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane). The stipend is for one year, with the possible extension for an additional year. The appointment should begin preferably no later than early September 2008, but an earlier start would be welcome. The tax-free stipend roughly corresponds to 1900 Euros (SEK 18,000) per month and work-related insurance will be covered. Deadline for application is April 30, 2008. Preferably, the application should be mailed as one pdf document. The application should include CV, publication list, copy of PhD certificate and a short description (2-4 pages) of research experience and interests, methodological skills and other activities of relevance. The applicant should also provide contact information of at least two reference persons. If publications are not readily available on the web, copies of the three most significant ones should be included. E-mail the application to: annastina.sandelius@dpes.gu.se and please feel free to contact me for further information, by e-mail or phone +46 31 7862611 or +46 70532 4151! You can also contact a former Ph D student, Dr Mats Andersson (who will return to the department this spring): mats.andersson@dpes.gu.se; or contact henrik.tjellstrom@dpes.gu.se (the present Ph D student Henrik Tjellstr?m). (Mail address: Professor Anna Stina Sandelius, University of Gothenburg, Dept of Plant and Environmental Sciences, PO Box 461, SE 405 30 G?teborg, Sweden) The Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences has 50+ faculty members and around 40 Ph D students involved in four research areas: applied environmental sciences, evolutionary botany, plant ecology and ecotoxicology, and plant molecular biology. Read more about the research project in: Andersson MX, Larsson KE, Tjellstr?m H, Liljenberg C, Sandelius AS (2005) Phosphate-limited oat: The plasma membrane and the tonoplast as major targets for phospholipid-to-glycolipid replacement and stimulation of phospholipases in the plasma membrane. J Biol Chem 280:27578 Andersson MX, Goks?r M, Sandelius AS (2007) Optical manipulation reveals strong attracting forces at membrane contact sites between endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplasts. J Biol Chem 282:1170 Larsson KE, Kjellberg JM, Tjellstr?m H, Sandelius AS (2007) LysoPC acyltransferase/PC transacylase activities in plant plasma membrane and plasma membrane-associated endoplasmic reticulum. BMC Plant Biol 7:64 (doi:10.1186/1471-2229-7-64). From yqxiong from ufl.edu Fri Apr 11 10:42:47 2008 From: yqxiong from ufl.edu (XIONG,YUQING) Date: Fri Apr 11 11:01:48 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Erythrose 4-phosphate measurement in plants Message-ID: <510763555.240521207928567391.JavaMail.osg@osgjas03.cns.ufl.edu> Hi, everyone, I want to measure the erythrose 4-phosphate (E4P) in Arabidopsis. However, I found only two papers of measuring the E4P in fungus (Ruijter and Visser, 1999 Biochimie 81;267-272) and in animal(Paoletti, Williams, and Horecker, 1979, Analytical Biochemistry 95:250-253). Is there anyone who have the alternative protocol for measuring E4P in plants? Or if the above-mentioned methods apply to the plants, what buffer can I use to extract metabolites in plants? Thanks in advanced. You will be greatly appreciated for any of your information and suggestions. Yuqing Department of Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida From andreas.hiltbrunner from biologie.uni-freiburg.de Mon Apr 14 05:10:28 2008 From: andreas.hiltbrunner from biologie.uni-freiburg.de (Andreas Hiltbrunner) Date: Mon Apr 14 10:51:14 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Post-Doctoral Research Position (Phytochrome Signalling) Message-ID: <48032D94.9060900@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> A post-doctoral position is available at the Department of Botany, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany. The successful candidate will work in a research team studying the family of phytochrome photoreceptors in Arabidopsis. The project will focus on the isolation and characterisation of protein complexes involved in early steps of phytochrome signalling. Furthermore, the successful applicant is expected to use the insight gained through this work to develop phytochrome-based molecular tools for application in biotechnology. For further information have a look at our webpage and see our recent publications: -http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/data/bio2/schaefer/ -http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/data/bio2/schaefer/AG-Kircher/ -http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~ah3/ -Ryu et al. (2005) Cell 120:395-406 -Hiltbrunner et al. (2005) Curr. Biol. 15: 2125-2130 -Al-Sady et al. (2006) Mol. Cell 23: 439-446 -Hiltbrunner et al. (2006) Plant Cell Physiol. 47: 1023-1034 Highly motivated candidates with a PhD in Molecular Biology or Biochemistry are encouraged to apply. Excellent communication skills and a strong publication record demonstrating expertise in a range of molecular techniques are required. Although funding for this position is secured until end of 2010 the successful candidate is expected to apply for eligible fellowships. The position is available from summer 2008. Salary and social benefits are according to German BAT IIa (E12). The Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg (http://www.uni-freiburg.de/) offers excellent research infrastructure combined with an interactive and international scientific community. Freiburg, the capital of the Black Forest, is a city with a dynamic cultural life and exciting opportunities for sports like skiing and hiking. It is centrally located in Europe and Switzerland/France can be reached by train or car in less than 60 min, Italy/Austria in around 3 hrs. Applications, including CV, a brief statement of research experience and interests as well as contact information of two referees, should be submitted by EMAIL to Prof. Eberhard Sch?fer (eberhard.schafer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de). -- Prof. Eberhard Sch?fer Institute of Biology II/Botany University of Freiburg Schaenzlestrasse 1 D-79104 Freiburg Germany +49-761-203-2683 (phone) +49-761-203-2629 (fax) From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Mon Apr 14 22:39:50 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Mon Apr 14 22:55:58 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Early Registration Deadline 2008 Arabidopsis meeting Message-ID: <001a01c89eaa$6222dce0$6600a8c0@mcb.ucdavis.edu> *Third call for the 2008 Conference in Montreal* Early-bird lower fee deadline is rapidly approaching! Register for the 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research: http://www.plantconferences.org/Arabidopsis2008/ -'Early-bird' Reduced Fee Deadline: April 30, 2008 (plus a special lower fee for students and postdocs) -Abstract submission for ORAL consideration (for Concurrent Sessions) MUST BE submitted by April 30, 2008. After that date, all submissions will be for POSTERS only. (Full information on the website under the 'Abstracts' link.) -Workshops: Proposals are due by MAY 19, 2008 6 slots for community-proposed and organized workshops are available. A brief application is required and the conference committee will select and approve up to 6 workshop proposals. (Full information is available at the conference website under the 'Workshops' link.) -Housing Reservation is open online: Rooms are 'first come, first served.' -Conference t-shirt: The design is featured on the registration page and shirts can be pre-ordered during registration. Shirts will also be sold at the conference but quantities may be limited so order during registration to guarantee the color and size you want. Joanna Friesner ICAR 2008 Coordinator On behalf of the NAASC and Conference Organizing Committee 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research July 23-37, 2008 Montreal, Canada From cwt6 from cornell.edu Mon Apr 14 21:43:20 2008 From: cwt6 from cornell.edu (Chih-Wei Tung) Date: Tue Apr 15 12:42:55 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Plant Ontology Database #0408 Release Message-ID: Plant Ontology (PO) Consortium is happy to announce the release #0408 of the PO database! http://www.plantontology.org. For detailed release notes, please visit http://www.plantontology.org/docs/release_notes/index.html * Ontology - 1128 PO terms [19 NEW] - 58117 annotations [18572 NEW] * Ontology and annotation browser (http://www.plantontology.org/amigo/ go.cgi) - NEW: Added ~16000 annotations on genes and mutant phenotype germplasm from tomato, tobacco, potato, eggplant, pepper and Hyoscyamus. These annotations are contributed by Solanaceae Genomics Network (SGN; http://sgn.cornell.edu/) - Updated and added new annotations contributed by TAIR (for Arabidopsis) and Gramene (for rice) databases. * Publication - The Plant Ontology Database: a community resource for plant structure and developmental stages controlled vocabulary and annotations. Avraham et al. Nucleic Acids Research 2008 36:D449-D454; http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/36/suppl_1/D449 * Ontology requests - We encourage researchers to submit ontology requests at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=76834&atid=835555 * Collaborators - We welcome our new collaborators: Dennis Stevenson: NY Botanical Graden Maria A. Gandolfo: Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University Bioversity International: http://www.bioversityinternational.org Generation Challenge Programme (GCP): http://www.generationcp.org The Plant Ontology Consortium web: http:www.plantontology.org e-mail: po-dev at plantontology.org The project is funded by National Science Foundation, USA, (Grant No. DBI-0703908) From costa.lmario from gmail.com Wed Apr 16 03:23:45 2008 From: costa.lmario from gmail.com (mario Costa) Date: Wed Apr 16 11:39:07 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Help crossing Arabidopsis Message-ID: <5c52ee830804160123n7fee163dhff83f37708d52f7e@mail.gmail.com> Dear Sr. My name is M?rio Costa, I work at the Botany department of the FCUP (Faculdade de Ci?ncias da Universidade do Porto), in Portugal. We have been doing some crossing experiences whit transposon tagged lines from Riken. Do not wary about the size of the flowers, there is anything a low power microscope, some dot tape, a good pare of fine tips forceps and a steady hand can't do. Some help about the right time to emasculate the flowers can be fond in the Smith 1990 plant cell 755-767, the anthers must be in a state were they are still not ready to spread pollen but the flower bud is already big an of to permit the manipulation (About 0,5cm). To avoid undesired pollination we have used two different approaches, we have extracted all the flowers that we have not use for the crossing including the floral stem tip, and isolated the ovaries in a seed collector. In an other experience we have isolated individual emasculated flowers in a transparent plastic. In bout the cases the result has been very good. About the stigma receptiveness, the papillae must be fully developed, it may be best to do the pollination step a day or so after the emasculation, in order to maximize the development of the ovary. Well, good luck and if you need anything else please ask. Best regards Mario costa -- Virtus unita fortis agit ____________________________ M?rio Costa FCUP- Dep. Bot?nica. IBMC -Biologia Funcional de Plantas. Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto Portugal tel: 936106327 From procha_ac from yahoo.co.uk Wed Apr 16 04:07:04 2008 From: procha_ac from yahoo.co.uk (P. Rocha) Date: Wed Apr 16 11:39:13 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Seeking suggestions for good promoters driving high expression in seedlings and leaves Message-ID: <168166.75821.qm@web27813.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Hello, I would appreciate if anyone has suggestions on promoters that in your experience drive high levels of expression in seedlings and leaves of Arabidopsis (expression in additional organs is not an obstacle). Unfortunately, for my purposes, the 35S and nos promoters are not an option. If anyone is willing to share a plasmid carrying one such promoter or information on the specific limits (primers) to use to amplify a promoter I would be grateful. Thank you, Pedro Rocha procha_ac@yahoo.ac.uk --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good helps you make a difference From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Wed Apr 16 19:07:37 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Thu Apr 17 14:52:37 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Voting open for new NAASC members Message-ID: <000701c8a01f$0bd5a400$6600a8c0@mcb.ucdavis.edu> Voting for up to two candidates for the NAASC Steering Committee is now open at http://www.arabidopsis.org/servlets/vote Voting deadline: May 9, 2008 *Only North American users registered at TAIR may participate in voting* You will need to enter your TAIR user id and password before voting and you may only vote once, so mark both candidates of your choice before submitting. You will be asked to confirm your selection before your votes are counted. Thanks to everyone who submitted names for nomination to the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC). This year the 2 new NAASC members will replace Xing Wang Deng and Judith Bender who are finishing 4 year terms of service. The continuing NAASCers are: Xuemei Chen and Joe Kieber (2005-2009), Julian Schroeder and Caren Chang (2006-2010), and George Haughn and Scott Poethig (2007-2011). This year, 23 of 30 people nominated have agreed to participate in the election. Votes will be accepted through the online TAIR website until May 9, 2008. Shortly after, the top vote-getters will be contacted to confirm their willingness to serve, and newly elected NAASCers will be announced via the Arab-gen listserve and the North American TAIR email list. - The NAASC is made up of 8 volunteer scientists that are elected by the North American Arabidopsis research community. Each member serves 4 years with 2 new members elected each year and 2 members simultaneously rotate off. - Originally established in 1992 in response to the need for elected North American representatives to the Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee, NAASC has evolved into the main organizing and fundraising body for the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research when it is held in North America. - The NAASC also helps ensure solicitation and choice of the conference site for meetings held outside of North America. The NAASC solicits funds to help North American junior scientists travel to these international meetings. Additionally, the NAASC serves as a liaison between members of the community and government and not-for-profit granting agencies and provides representation of the community to service facilities such as ABRC and TAIR. - For more information on the NAASC, including the names of all 34 committee members that have generously donated their time to represent the North American community: http://www.arabidopsis.org/portals/masc/countries/NAASC_Info.jsp - Contact information: Joanna Friesner (jdfriesner@ucdavis.edu) From lister from salk.edu Thu Apr 17 18:53:33 2008 From: lister from salk.edu (Ryan Lister) Date: Thu Apr 17 23:12:41 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Integrated epigenome map browser Message-ID: To browse the data presented in our publication "Highly Integrated Single-Base Resolution Maps of the Epigenome in Arabidopsis", Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2008.03.029, we've created a dynamic Web2.0 based genomic browser called AnnoJ, which is designed to effectively handle both current and emerging genomic data-types. The browser displays (from the megabase down to the single base) our new deep sequencing data sets of Col-0, DNA methyltransferase and demethylase mutant plants, including: - MethylC-seq: high-coverage, single-base resolution bisulfite sequencing DNA methylation data. - mRNA-seq: strand specific RNA transcript sequencing maps. - smRNA-seq: deep sequencing of the smRNA component of the transcriptome. These data sets are all open access, and to view them in this browser just go to the URL below with Firefox or Safari: http://neomorph.salk.edu/epigenome.html It has an intuitive interface, just drag and click your way around, and a tutorial video will be available in the browser menu. If you're interested in using this browser to display your own data, please contact the author Julian Tonti-Filippini (tontij01@student.uwa.edu.au), or visit the website (http://www.annoj.org ). Ryan Lister Human Frontier Postdoctoral Fellow Plant Biology Laboratory (Ecker) The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Phone (858) 453-4100 x1777 From mkatari from nyu.edu Fri Apr 18 14:30:45 2008 From: mkatari from nyu.edu (Manpreet Katari) Date: Fri Apr 18 16:40:00 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Programmer position in NSF-VirtualPlant Project Message-ID: <4E963488-8CDD-4FA9-9F4D-D272BF726EF6@nyu.edu> BIOINFORMATICS PROGRAMMER A full-time programmer position is available in the NYU Center for Genomics & Systems Biology, in the Plant Genomics/Systems Biology group headed by Dr. Gloria Coruzzi, in the Department of Biology at New York University. The successful candidate is expected to work together with biologists and bioinformaticians on an NSF-funded Bioinformatics Project entitled "VirtualPlant" to develop web-based software that helps biologists analyze, integrate and visualize large- scale data sets (genomic experiments). The applicant should have a technical background and computational skills that allows developing appropriate bioinformatics tools and algorithms for analysis, visualization and public dissemination of information derived from studies of genomes. Qualifications: The candidate must have or be working towards a degree in Computer Science, Math or a related field and have demonstrated programming experience in the development of web-based software. - Fluent in Object Oriented PERL. - Fluent in SQL and database management. - Java experience is a plus. - R language is a plus. - Knowledge of Biology is a plus. Promising candidates will be interviewed and given a mini-project to accomplish before the hiring decision is made.This position includes health care benefits, and tuition remission (after 3 mo. employment). Please send cover letter, current resume, and 3 references to Alexis Cruikshank (ac92@nyu.edu ). From marks004 from umn.edu Fri Apr 18 16:22:11 2008 From: marks004 from umn.edu (marks004@umn.edu) Date: Fri Apr 18 16:40:08 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Plant Metabolism Mini-Symposium Message-ID: Anyone in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN area is welcome to attend the following mini-symposium on PLANT METABOLISM. Coming up: May 20, 2008 at the University of Minnesota Mini-Symposium*, 105 Cargill Bldg 1500 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN ?Plant Metabolism ? Good Things Made in Plants? Organizer: M. David Marks 11 AM Rob Last Prof, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State U. ?Hairy Genomics: Understanding biochemical pathways in tomato trichomes? 12 PM David Gang Assoc Prof, Depts of Plant Sciences and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, U. of Arizona ?Medicinal plant metabolism and metabolic engineering? Lunch Break 3 PM Lloyd Sumner Assoc Scientist, and Head, Biological Mass Spectrometry, Plant Biology Division, Noble Foundation ?Metabolomics: Large-scale and high resolution biochemical phenotyping for discovery and mechanistic insight into secondary metabolism? 4 PM Rick Dixon Senior VP, and Plant Biology Division Director, Noble Foundation ?Engineering of plant metabolite pathways? From vgarreton from santotomas.cl Fri Apr 18 17:41:46 2008 From: vgarreton from santotomas.cl (Virginia Garreton) Date: Fri Apr 18 23:00:55 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] RV: equipments wanted!! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Virginia Garret?n Directora Escuela de Biotecnolog?a Universidad Santo Tom?s fono: 362 4818 ________________________________________ De: Virginia Garreton Enviado el: viernes, 18 de abril de 2008 18:40 Para: arab-gen@magpie.bio.indiana.ed Asunto: equipments wanted!! Dear Colleagues, Together with two other researchers,I am just beginning my researcher line in Chile, after a postdoc in USA. Even when I have gotten a couple of grants from my government, none of them allows to expend money for equipments. For this reason I am contacting you all. I was wondering if any of you are willing to give away (donate) those old and rusty equipments you have in your lab (the only consideration is they are still working, they do not need to be fully functional). I have talk to my university representatives, and they have agreed to pay for all the shipping and handling cost necessary to bring them to Chile. If required we would hire a company to take care of everything. Our University will provide the required documentation to certify the donation. The equipments we required are: Stereo microscope (2x, 4x) URGENT Light Source for stereo microscope (Cold light or LED) URGENT!!! fluorescence Microscope HPLC FPLC ELISA reader Centrifuge and rotors Any other gadget might be useful too. Just ask!. Thank you in advance, Virginia Garret?n Directora Escuela de Biotecnolog?a Universidad Santo Tom?s vgarreton@santotomas.cl fono: 562-362 4818 From JLHeazlewood from lbl.gov Sun Apr 20 22:35:54 2008 From: JLHeazlewood from lbl.gov (Joshua Heazlewood) Date: Mon Apr 21 00:06:11 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] PostDoc Positions Proteomics, Imaging, Metabolomics at Joint BioEnergy Institute Message-ID: <480C0B9A.4060109@lbl.gov> The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a new multi-organizational research center comprising world-class resources and expertise located in one facility at Emeryville, California. The goal of JBEI is to use rapidly advancing scientific techniques, such as systems and synthetic biology, to accelerate development of the nation's biofuels industry. JBEI is a U.S. Department of Energy funded Bioenergy Research Center, managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The Feedstocks Division (Plant Biology Section) at JBEI is looking for suitable candidates to undertake research into plant cell wall biosynthesis. Research projects include the isolating and analyzing subcellular compartments and protein complexes in the biosynthesis of plant cell walls; analyzing subcellular compartments using proteomic techniques; profiling cell walls using combinations of microscopy and available advanced imaging technologies; profiling mutants using metabolomic, transcriptic and proteomic techniques. For further information contact Joshua Heazlewood (JLHeazlewood@lbl.gov ) or goto http://www.jbei.org/ Applications can be made directly through http://jobs.lbl.gov , select "Search Jobs", and enter jobnumber 21642 (metabolomics / imaging) or 21643 (proteomics/biochemistry) in the keyword search field. -- Joshua Heazlewood Director of Systems Biology Joint BioEnergy Institute Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 717 Potter St Berkeley CA 94710-2722 Phone: +1 510 486 7332 Fax: +1 510 486 4252 http://www.jbei.org Mailing Address: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 977-152 Berkeley, CA 94720-8205 From afbent from wisc.edu Fri Apr 25 10:40:56 2008 From: afbent from wisc.edu (Andrew Bent) Date: Fri Apr 25 10:56:46 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Bent lab postdoctoral position - LRR biology Message-ID: <4811FB88.30600@wisc.edu> *Molecular Dissection of LRR Receptor Function * A postdoctoral research position is available with Andrew Bent to investigate the structure/function of leucine-rich repeat domains, with particular but not exclusive emphasis on plant disease resistance receptors such as FLS2. LRRs are common in R gene products, innate immunity receptors, hormone receptors, proteins that control plant and animal development, and many other proteins. We are investigating how LRR domains work in terms of ligand specificity and signaling activation, and are developing in vitro evolution methodologies to generate new receptors with novel ligand specificity (new pathogen recognition capability). Recent papers include Sun et al. (2006) Plant Cell 18:764 and Dunning et al. (2007) Plant Cell 19:3297. See also http://www.plantpath.wisc.edu/fac/afb.htm. Opportunities to build teaching/mentoring resume optionally available. At University of Wisconsin -- Madison you can be guaranteed cold winters, beautiful summers, a popular and interesting living environment, and a large, interactive and highly successful community of plant and molecular biology researchers. Please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information for three personal references to afbent@wisc.edu. -- ____________________ Andrew Bent Department of Plant Pathology Office Phone: (608) 265-3034 University of Wisconsin - Madison Fax: (608) 263-2626 1630 Linden Drive Lab Phone: (608) 265-3075 Madison, WI 53706 Office & Lab: 886 Russell Labs From hongwei.hou from utoronto.ca Fri Apr 25 15:05:48 2008 From: hongwei.hou from utoronto.ca (hongwei.hou@utoronto.ca) Date: Fri Apr 25 15:52:18 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Help needed on DB3.1 Message-ID: <20080425160548.epz00keeiok4gkw0@webmail.utoronto.ca> Dear all, Anyone know if I could prepare DB3.1 competent cell by myself? Heat shock or electroporation transformation? Anyone have a protocol to transform with plasmid vector? Are DB3.1 heat-shock competent? How much plasmid vector and DB3.1 should i use? Cheers, Hongwei Hou University of Toronto From phoebe from deakin.edu.au Sun Apr 27 17:43:05 2008 From: phoebe from deakin.edu.au (Phoebe Chen) Date: Sun Apr 27 22:13:54 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - APBC 2009 Message-ID: <5.0.1.4.2.20080426230556.02b62b30@mail.deakin.edu.au> Dear Colleagues, We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this first call for papers. Regards, Organizing Committee of APBC2009 =============================================================== First Call for Papers - APBC2009 The Seventh Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC2009) Beijing, China, 13-16 January 2009 http://bioinfo.au.tsinghua.edu.cn/apbc2009/ =============================================================== The Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC) series, founded in 2003, is an annual international forum for exploring research, development and applications of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The Seventh Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, APBC2009 will be held in Beijing, China, following the 2008 Olympic Games. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners from all over the world for interaction and exchange of knowledge and ideas in all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology. --------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates Paper submission open May 1, 2008 Paper submission deadline July 20, 2008 Paper acceptance decision Sep 10, 2008 Camera-ready copy of papers and Author registration Oct 10, 2008 Poster submission open July 20, 2008 Poster submission deadline Sept 20, 2008 Poster acceptance decision Oct 1, 2008 Registration open Sept 20, 2008 Early-bird registration Nov 20, 2008 Conference Jan 13-16, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------- Confirmed Invited Speakers * (Keynote) David J. Lipman, M.D., Director, NCBI, NLM, NIH, USA * (Keynote) David Botstein, Ph.D., Anthony B. Evnin Professor of Genomics, Director, Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, USA * Martin Vingron, Ph.D., Director at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Head of Computational Molecular Biology Department, Germany * John Mattick, Ph.D., Professor and ARC Federation Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Australia * Michael B. Eisen, Ph.D., Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of California at Berkeley, USA * Pavel Pevzner, Ph.D., Ronald R. Taylow Professor of Computer Science, Director, Center for Algorithmic and Systems Biology at UCSD, USA * Bailin Hao, Ph.D., Professor, Fudan University and Institute of Theoretical Physics, CAS, China * Chunting Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Tianjin University, China ---------------------------------------------------------- Conference Co-Chairs * Michael Q. Zhang, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA * Yanda Li, Tsinghua University, China * Xuegong Zhang, Tsinghua University, China -------------------------------------------------------------- Program Committee Co-Chairs * Michael S. Waterman, University of Southern California, USA * Michael Q. Zhang, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA * Xuegong Zhang, Tsinghua Unviersity, China ---------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest Papers are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics: * Sequence Analysis * Motif Finding * Recognition of Genes and Functional Elements * RNA Analysis * Physical and Genetic Mapping * Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny * Protein Structure Analysis * Microarray Design and Data Analysis * Deep Sequencing Data Processing * Transcriptome, Gene Expression * Epigenomics * Proteomics and Post-Translational Modifications * Pathways, Networks and Systems * Ontologies * Databases and Data Integration * Biomedical Literature Mining and Understanding * Population Genetics, SNP and Haplotyping * Comparative Genomics ---------------------------------------------------------------- Program Committee Members (Confirmed): * Tatsuya Akutsu,Kyoto University, Japan * Joel Bader, Johns Hopkins University, USA * Harmen Bussemaker, Columbia University, USA * Andrea Califano, Columbia University, USA * Francis Y.L. Chin, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong * Phoebe Chen, Deakin University, Australia * Runsheng Chen, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, China * Xue-wen Chen, University of Kansas, USA * Nadia El-Mabrouk, University of Montreal, Canada * Mikhail Gelfand, Russian Academy of Science, Russia * Roderic Guigo, Centre de Regulacio Genomica, Barcelona, Spain * Jing-Dong Jackie Han, CAS, China * Jenn-Kang Hwang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan * Sridhar Hannenhalli, University of Pennsylvania, USA * Daniel Huson, University of T?bingen, Germany * Tao Jiang, University of California Riverside, USA * Uri Keich, Cornell University, USA * Luhua Lai, Peking University, China * Tak Wah Lam, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * Charles Lawrence, Brown University, USA * Chris Lee, UCLA, USA * Doheon Lee, KAIST, Korea * Sang Yup Lee, KAIST, Korea * Cheng Li, DFCI/HSPH, USA * Hao Li, UCSF, USA * Jinyan Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Wen-Hsiung Li, University of Chicago, USA * Wentian Li, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, USA * Yixue Li, CAS and Shanghai Jiaotong University, China * Jun S. Liu, Harvard University, USA * Jingchu Luo, Peking University, China * Bin Ma, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Hiroshi Mamitsuka, Kyoto University, Japan * Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan * Kenta Nakai, University of Tokyo, Japan * Jurg Ott, Rockefeller University, China * Laxmi Parida, IBM Watson Research Center, USA * Pavel A. Pevzner, UCSD, USA * John Quackenbush, Harvard School of Public Health, USA * Mark Ragan, University of Queensland, Australia * Nikolaus Rajewsky, MDC-Berlin, Germany * Ron Shamir, Tel Aviv Univ, Israel * Steven Skiena, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA * Yun S. Song, UC Berkeley, USA * Paul Spellman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA * Fengzhu Sun, USC, USA * Zhirong Sun, Tsinghua University, China * Masaru Tomita, Keio University, Japan * Martin Vingron, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany * Lusheng Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * Zhiping Weng, Boston University, USA * Limsoon Wong, National University of Singapore * Wing H. Wong, Stanford University, USA * Eric Xing, Carnegie Mellon University, USA * Ying Xu, University of Georgia, USA * Hong Xue, HKUST, Hong Kong * Ueng Cheng Yang, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan * Weichuan Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong * Luoxin Zhang, National University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * Hongyu Zhao, Yale University, USA * Qing Zhou, UCLA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial Co-Chairs * Eric P. Xing, Carnegie Mellon University, USA * Rui Jiang, Tsinghua University, China -------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing Committee * Xuegong Zhang (Chair), Tsinghua University * Luhua Lai, Peking University * Zhirong Sun, Tsinghua University * Jingchu Luo, Peking University * Jingdong Jackie Han, Inst of Genetics & Development, CAS * Shao Li (Poster Co-Chair), Tsinghua University * Rui Jiang, Tsinghua University * Xiaoyan Zhu (Poster Co-Chair), Tsinghua University * Yonglong Zhuang (Publicity Chair), Bioknow Co. -------------------------------------------------------------- APBC Steering Committee * Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen (Chair), Deakin University, Australia * Sang Yup Lee, KAIST, Korea * Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan * Mark Ragan, University of Queensland, Australia * Limsoon Wong, National University of Singapore * Michael Q. Zhang, CHSL, USA and Tsinghua University, China ----------------------------------------------------------------- APBC2009 invites high-quality original papers and posters on any topic related to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Accepted papers will be invited to be published in the journal BMC Bioinformatics. The conference will be held at Tsinghua University three months after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and two weeks before the traditional Chinese New Year. Post-conference tours will be arranged to major scenery and historical cities in Northern and Southern China. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers APBC2009 invites high-quality original full papers on any topic related to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The submitted papers must have not been published or under the consideration for publication in any other journals or conferences with formal proceedings. All accepted papers will be arranged for oral presentation at the conference. Accepted papers will be invited to be published in the journal BMC Bioinformatics, following the journal?s publication policy. Papers should not be more than 10 pages in length, including the title, authors and addresses, abstract, text, figures and tables, and references. The manuscripts can be prepared with any of the popular word-processing tools but should be submitted as PDF files. The main text font should not be single-column, single-spaced, with fonts not smaller than 10pt. Tables and figures should be placed among the texts. Color figures are allowed at submission. Authors can provide supplementary materials at their own website if necessary, and can submitted as an attachment when their papers are accepted to be included on the journals. The online submission system will be open from May 1 to July 20, 2008. --------------------------------------------------------------- From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Sun Apr 27 19:03:45 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Sun Apr 27 22:14:01 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Arabidopsis-Montreal: Last chance for reduced fees Message-ID: <002201c8a8c3$550d4040$6600a8c0@mcb.ucdavis.edu> Dear Colleagues: April 30, 2008 (this week) is the deadline for reduced rate registration to the 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (Hyatt Regency: Montreal, Canada: July 23-27, 2008). The current fee for students and postdocs of $450 USD and the 'regular' fee of $575 USD will increase by $75-$100 on May 1. Conference URL: http://www.plantconferences.org/Arabidopsis2008/ This is also the abstract submission deadline for ORAL consideration (for Concurrent Sessions). After April 30, all submissions will be for POSTERS only. Housing Reservations are open. The McGill Residence is reserved for graduate student and postdoc housing ($100 USD per night, single or double occupancy including breakfast). The Hyatt Regency (conference site, $195 USD/night) is available to all attendees. Those making reservations at the Hyatt by the deadline of June 18, 2008 will be entered into a drawing for a complimentary room upgrade. Workshop Proposals are due by May 19, 2008. 6 slots for community-proposed and organized workshops are available. A brief application is required and the conference committee will select up to 6 workshop proposals. Conference t-shirts can be pre-ordered online. The t-shirt design is shown on the registration page. Shirts will also be sold at the conference but quantities may be limited; ordering during registration will guarantee the color and size you want. The meeting is being organized by members of the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) and local professors from McGill University. We look forward to seeing you all in Montreal this July! Joanna Friesner ICAR 2008/MASC Coordinator On behalf of Joe Kieber and Xuemei Chen (lead conference organizers), the NAASC, the local organizing committee and conference staff From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Sun Apr 27 19:39:36 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Sun Apr 27 22:14:07 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Plant Molecular Biology Gordon Conference Message-ID: <003c01c8a8c8$56536290$6600a8c0@mcb.ucdavis.edu> The Plant Molecular Biology Gordon Conference will be held this year from July 13-18, 2008. This conference has traditionally covered a range of exciting topics and the 2008 conference will continue in that tradition. There will be sessions on bioenergy, metabolism, new methods to study genomes, proteomes and metabolomes, plant-microbe interactions, plant hormones, and epigenetics. This conference is a great opportunity to become familiar with the current state of the art in a broad range of disciplines and to exchange ideas about what are the next major questions in plant biology. The program can be found at: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008 &program=plantmol Additional speakers in each session will be selected from submitted abstracts. There will also be a poster session each day. Thus, everyone who wants to present their science will have an opportunity to do so. Also, the meeting will be held at Holderness School in New Hampshire. It is an outstanding site: a beautiful campus, a great meeting room, and, in my opinion, the best staff of any Gordon Conference (the creations of the dessert chef alone are worth the trip, but there is also fresh-baked bread). Richard Amasino Professor, Department of Biochemistry University of Wisconsin 433 Babcock Drive Madison, WI 53706-1544 From manoharanm from uapb.edu Tue Apr 29 11:50:15 2008 From: manoharanm from uapb.edu (Muthusamy Manoharan) Date: Tue Apr 29 11:54:58 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Post-doctoral research associate in rice biotechnology Message-ID: Position Announcement: Position: Post-doctoral research associate in rice biotechnology Qualifications: Candidate should hold a Ph.D. in Plant Science, Botany, Biology or a related discipline. Prior experience with tissue culture, transformation and molecular biology is desired. Responsibilities: Responsibilities include development of regeneration and transformation systems, genetic engineering of relevant genes, and molecular characterization of transgenic lines. The successful candidate must be able to independently design and conduct experiments, and willing to work on other projects in the laboratory. Salary: Commensurate with experience. Application: Applicant should submit CV, statement of research interests and the name and contact information of three references to: Dr. Muthusamy Manoharan Assistant Professor Department of Agriculture University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 1200 North University Dr. Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Phone: 870-575-8543 E-mail: manoharanm@uapb.edu Closing Date: May 8, 2008 or until suitable candidate is found. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. From arita from k.u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Apr 29 20:11:17 2008 From: arita from k.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Masanori Arita) Date: Wed Apr 30 11:56:22 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] 5th International Conference on Plant Metabolomics - early registration deadline extended Message-ID: <8dc1ee220804291811p27563230j77a1fce3a7213415@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Deadline of early registration and abstract submission of 5th International Conference on Plant Metabolomics is extended until May 18th. Registration is now open at the following site. http://prime.psc.riken.jp/icpm2008/ Session Topics include: Analytical technology Bioinformatics and database Integration of -omics & systems biology Fundamental plant biology Applied fields Keynote Speakers include: -Mike Beale (Rothamsted Research, UK) -Tomoyoshi Soga (Keio University, Japan) -Minoru Kanehisa (Kyoto University, Japan) -Oliver Fiehn (UC Davis, USA) -Mark Stitt (MPI-Golm, Germany) -Alain Goossens (VIB-Gent, Belgium) -Kazuo Shinozaki (RIKEN PSC, Japan) -John Draper (Aberystwyth University, UK) -Ying Wang (Novartis, Switzerland) -David R. Gang (The University of Arizona, USA) Important Dates -Abstract submission and early registration deadline: May 18 (new date) -Advanced accommodation rate deadline: May 31 -Abstract revision deadline: May 31 -Registration deadline: June 30 -Conference: July 15-18 Contact us - Conference Secretariat: icpm2008@psc.riken.jp The details are available at our web site. http://prime.psc.riken.jp/icpm2008/ The City of Yokohama is an elegant port city located on the Tokyo Bay. You can discover both the beautiful Japanese traditional scenery and the fantastic view of the waterfront skyscrapers. We would like to welcome you here to this exciting meeting. Best wishes, Kazuki Saito (Chair) (This mail was posted by Masanori Arita, on behalf of the Organizing Committee) From sg288 from cornell.edu Tue Apr 29 23:09:15 2008 From: sg288 from cornell.edu (Su-Sheng Gan) Date: Wed Apr 30 11:56:28 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] GRC on Plant Senescence 2008 Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20080430000358.039c59d0@postoffice9.mail.cornell.edu> Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Plant Senescence that will be held at Mt Holyoke College, MA, USA, June 15-20, 2008. The conference aims to discuss the most recent progress in various aspects of plant senescence research, including as leaf senescence, fruit ripening, flower senescence, programmed cell death, and HR. The provisional conference program can be found at < http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=plantsen > http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=plantsen . Additional speakers will be selected from posters. We hope you will join us at what promises to be an excellent conference! If interested in attending this conference, you may apply via the web site: http://www.grc.org/application.aspx?id=8696 Best regards, Susheng Gan and Helen Ougham Co-chairs From mheisler from caltech.edu Wed Apr 30 16:02:20 2008 From: mheisler from caltech.edu (Marcus Heisler) Date: Wed Apr 30 17:25:35 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] New GFPs in Arabidopsis Message-ID: <9D9E731A-A7C4-4A70-AACA-4FFB7EB429B9@caltech.edu> Hi. I would be grateful for any information on whether the relatively new GFPs, mKO2, mTFP1 and mWasabi work in Arabidopsis. Some of these are expensive! Best wishes, Marcus. Dr Marcus Heisler Division of Biology 156-29 California Institute of Technology 1200 East California Blvd Pasadena California 91125 USA Ph. 626 3956895