From csgasser from ucdavis.edu Tue Jan 6 16:37:25 2009 From: csgasser from ucdavis.edu (Charles S. Gasser) Date: Tue Jan 6 22:00:22 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Test posting Message-ID: This is a test posting to see if things are getting through to the moderator. Chuck Gasser -- ======================================= Charles S. Gasser Professor Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California 1 Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616 104 Briggs Hall csgasser@ucdavis.edu http://www.mcb.ucdavis.edu/faculty-labs/gasser/gasser-lab.html Tel. 530 752-1013 FAX 530 752-3085 From strothers from missouri.edu Wed Jan 7 12:14:53 2009 From: strothers from missouri.edu (Strother, Sandi) Date: Wed Jan 7 12:36:54 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] FW: IPMB Congress Information Message-ID: <32F13A9FC957024B9646E4510B11A28705CFB5F4@UM-XMAIL07.um.umsystem.edu> You are invited to attend the 9th IPMB Congress which will be held in St. Louis, MO - USA from October 25-30, 2009 where advances and ideas in the molecular aspects of plant science will be shared with colleagues from around the world.? With nine plenary sessions, 54 symposia, and evening workshops, the Congress will be an outstanding opportunity for you to share ideas and learn.? Registration is now open and a complete schedule with symposia topics, Plenary speakers and more can be found at http://www.ipmb2009.org.? ?? From Urs.Fischer from forst.uni-goettingen.de Wed Jan 7 12:43:02 2009 From: Urs.Fischer from forst.uni-goettingen.de (Fischer, Urs) Date: Wed Jan 7 12:53:17 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Poplar conference Message-ID: <496AACD85991444AA5AFABD263EE3FAB02854BA8@VS2.exc.top.gwdg.de> Dear colleagues The German Poplar Research Group is organizing the second "From Genes to Function" conference in Goettingen, Germany, from 11th to 13th of March 2009. The meeting will focus on progress in stress physiology, biotic interactions, and biomass and biofuel production. Besides excellent invited speakers, there will be plenty of space for your own contribution, be it an oral presentation, poster or active discussion. For further information and registration please visit: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/93280.html or contact poplar from gwdg.de Invited and confirmed speakers: Wout Boerjan Shaoliang Chen Carl J. Douglas Matthias Fladung Annegret Kohler Steve Strauss Gail Taylor Chung-Jui Tsai Bj?rn Sundberg On behalf of the organization committee, Urs Fischer Links: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/93280.html http://www.pappelgruppe.uni-goettingen.de/home/index_EN.html Urs Fischer, Dr. phil. nat. University of Goettingen Buesgen-Institute Forest Botany and Tree Physiology 37077 Goettingen Germany +49 551 393372 ufische from gwdg.de From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Thu Jan 8 12:27:14 2009 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Fri Jan 9 00:20:26 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Important student housing deadline tomorrow, Jan. 9 Message-ID: <200901081727.n08HREBF008891@citheronia.ucdavis.edu> Dear All Just a quick reminder to say that reduced student accommodation for ICAR 2009 closes tomorrow. So if you and/or your students would like to take advantage of booking cheaper accommodation for the meeting then please register for ICAR ASAP by visiting http://arabidopsis2009.com/ For further information regarding ICAR 2009 (International Conference on Arabidopsis Research) see below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, We are pleased to announce that registration for the 20th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research is now open at: http://arabidopsis2009.com/ The 20th Anniversary meeting will take place 30th June-4th July 2009 in the historic and vibrant city of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The preliminary programme of world-renowned speaker is now confirmed and will include Enrico Coen, Caroline Dean, Joe Ecker, Jiri Friml, Nicholas Harberd, Alistair Hetherington, Andrew Millar, Ben Scheres, Mark Stitt and Jian-Kang Zhu. The program will include two plenary sessions each morning and four concurrent sessions each afternoon, which will include presentations chosen from submitted abstracts. As in the past, the conference will feature a number of community-led workshops that will provide opportunities for focused discussion, whilst three poster sessions will provide ample time for research discussion. Delegates will also have a free afternoon between the Friday morning sessions and evening poster session to engage in networking, scientific discussion and to explore Edinburgh and its surroundings. For a full meeting programme visit: http://arabidopsis2009.com/programme.html Please note that the deadline for booking University Accommodation is the 9th January 2009. After this date, University accommodation will not be available. Important Deadlines: Reduced Student Accommodation Deadline - 9th Jan 2009 Abstract Submission open Jan 2009 Discounted Early Registration Fee Closes - 27th April 2009 We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh. From nkult from commongroundpr.com Fri Jan 9 12:43:49 2009 From: nkult from commongroundpr.com (Nina Kult) Date: Fri Jan 9 14:13:29 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] IPMB 2009 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: Please find information below from a news release announcing the 9th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology. Registration is now open and more details on the Congress can be found by visiting www.ipmb2009.org. Please forward or post as appropriate. Thank you! Nina Kult On behalf of IPMB 2009 (www.ipmb2009.org) St. Louis Hosts 9th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology Scientists, researchers gather to emphasize the impact of molecular biology St. Louis, Mo. (January 9, 2009) - Elite scientists from around the world will gather here for one of the most prestigious plant research events, the 9th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology. Scheduled for Oct. 25-30, 2009, the Congress is making its debut in St. Louis and returns to the United States after being hosted abroad for more than 20 years. Internationally renowned scientists will be hosted here by Perry Gustafson, professor of plant sciences at the University of Missouri in Columbia; Monsanto's Chief Technology Officer Robert T. Fraley; and Peter Raven, president of the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Congress will feature more than 50 forums; abstract poster displays and presentations; evening workshops; and other events to chronicle the advances in plant molecular biology. Topics will include agricultural productivity, phytotherapy for human health, generating biofuels and the future of biodiversity, further reinforcing the need to find solutions for today's global challenges. "The Congress is considered one of the most important events to share worldwide progress in discovering the potential that plants hold to help solve the issues facing the planet," says Gustafson. "Our guest speakers are discovering solutions for fuel, food and medicine and will offer a fascinating look into our sustainable future." The IPMB Congress has already secured commitments from more than 300 scientists who will present during the course of the event. Registration for the 2009 IPMB Congress is now open online. Please visit www.ipmb2009.org for more information about the 2009 IPMB Congress. From csgasser from ucdavis.edu Fri Jan 9 14:30:00 2009 From: csgasser from ucdavis.edu (Charles S. Gasser) Date: Fri Jan 9 14:36:44 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Genomics-Assisted Breeding workshop on 13 Jan in PAG Message-ID: This message is from Rajeev Varshney. Please send any response to him at R.K.Varshney@CGIAR.ORG, NOT to Charles Gasser (Arabidopsisnewsgroup moderator who is posting this for Rajeev) Dear All, Happy New Year! This mail is about the "Genomics -Assisted Breeding" workshop during Plant and Animal Genome (PAG XVII) conference. The workshop will be held in Golden Ballroom on January 13, 2009 (Tuesday) during 10.20 am- 12.30 pm. We have got a panel of eminent scientists and excellent speakers who will discuss the examples and prospects of genomics-assisted breeding in several crops. The schedule of this workshop is given below (and also available at http://www.intl-pag.org/17/17-gen-breeding.html ). 10.20 am Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT Welcome and Introduction 10.25 am Andreas Graner, IPK-Gatersleben, Germany W231 LD Mapping In Barley: Insights Into The Genetic Architecture Of Agronomic Traits (Graner, Haseneyer, Stracke, and Piepho) 10.45 am Mark Sorrells, Cornell University, USA W232 Association Breeding Strategies For Improvement Of Self-Pollinated Crops (Sorrells, Heffner, and Jannink) 11.05 am Jean-Christophe Glaszmann, CIRAD, France W233 Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping And Tagging In Sugarcane (Glaszmann, Raboin, Costet, Hoarau, Butterfield, and DHont) 11.25 am John Arbuckle, Syngenta Seeds Inc., USA W234 Discovery And Application Of Genome Information In Maize Breeding (Arbuckle, and Ragot) 11.45 am Scott Jackson, Purdue University, USA W235 Genomics In Common Bean: Leveraging The Soybean Genome For Bean Improvement (Jackson, Schlueter, McClean, Gepts, Blair, and Vallejos) 12.05 pm Yaniv Semel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel W236 Phenom Networks - A System For Complex Phenotype Analysis In Breeding (Semel, and Zamir) 12.25 pm Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT, India Wrap-up We look forward to seeing your participation in this workshop. So please mark your calendar to participate in this workshop on Tuesday (13th Jan) morning in Golden Ballroom in Town and Country Hotel. I am sure that due to your participation and cooperation, we will have a great workshop. In the end, wishing you all a very happy, peaceful and successful 2009! Many thanks and kind regards, Rajeev ************************************************************************ Rajeev K. Varshney, Ph.D. Principal Scientist (Applied Genomics) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and Leader, Sub Programme 2: Genomics towards Gene Discovery Generation Challenge Programme (GCP, www.generationcp.org) Mailing Address: Applied Genomics Laboratory, GT- Biotechnology, ICRISAT PATANCHERU- 502 324, Greater Hyderabad, INDIA Off: Tel: 0091 40 30713305; Fax: 0091 40 3071 3074/ 3075 e-mail: r.k.varshney@cgiar.org /varshney.raj@gmail.com ************************************************************************ Corrections does much, but encouragement does more! - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe From estelle.hrabak from unh.edu Mon Jan 12 09:23:31 2009 From: estelle.hrabak from unh.edu (Estelle Hrabak) Date: Mon Jan 12 12:05:16 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Graduate Assistantship available Message-ID: A graduate assistantship (MS or PhD) is available in my lab for Fall 2009 to study the function of protein phosphatase 2A in Arabidopsis thaliana. You will use genetic, biochemical, and molecular approaches to characterize plants with mutations in PP2A genes. Students can apply electronically to either the Genetics or Plant Biology graduate programs via the Graduate School website http://gradschool.unh.edu. -- Estelle M. Hrabak, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences 105 Rudman Hall University of New Hampshire 46 College Rd. Durham, NH 03824 Ph. (603) 862-0716 FAX (603) 862-3784 From basumm from ornl.gov Mon Jan 12 16:04:46 2009 From: basumm from ornl.gov (Basu, Manojit M.) Date: Mon Jan 12 19:22:26 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Internship position in Plant System biology group at Oak Ridge National Lab Message-ID: I am looking for an intern to work in the areas of plant molecular biology and tissue culture. We are working with poplar to study root growth and development in order to increase total biomass. For more information about internship program at ORNL please visit the following website for technical details: http://www.orau.gov/hereatornl/Page1.htm Candidates are advised to check eligibility and apply at the website. For any further information please feel free to contact me at mmb at ornl dot gov The position is available immediately. Thanks Manojit Basu Environmental Sciences Division ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN - 37831 Tel - 865-576-3918 (O) From Carina.Barth from mail.wvu.edu Tue Jan 13 12:28:55 2009 From: Carina.Barth from mail.wvu.edu (Carina Barth) Date: Tue Jan 13 19:28:22 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] NSF REU Opportunity at West Virginia University Message-ID: <496C8920.4757.0053.0@mail.wvu.edu> Dear Colleagues, Please make your students aware of this NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates: Biological Responses to the Environment from Genes to the Ecosystems taking place this summer at West Virginia University. More information about the program, faculty mentors, and application forms may be found here http://reu.as.wvu.edu . Thank you and with best wishes, Carina Carina Barth Assistant Professor Department of Biology West Virginia University 5228 Life Sciences Building 53 Campus Drive Morgantown, WV 26506-6057 Phone Office: 304-293-5201 ext 31099 Phone Lab: 304-293-5201 ext 31541 Fax: 304-293-6363 Email: Carina.Barth@mail.wvu.edu URL: http://www.as.wvu.edu/~cbarth/ From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Wed Jan 14 15:47:32 2009 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Thu Jan 15 12:17:18 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Participate in NAASC election- 2009 Message-ID: <200901142047.n0EKlWVa027147@tremex.ucdavis.edu> Dear North American Arabidopsis Researchers, This email is notice of the annual request for nominations for two new members of the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC). To participate, first register with TAIR (if you haven’t already): http://www.arabidopsis.org/servlets/Community?action=login (Forgot if you are registered with TAIR? Go to http://www.arabidopsis.org/servlets/Community?action=remind, type in your last and/or first name, hit search. Choose your name from the list and log-in to verify your current email address on file. You can have also your information emailed to you, or register as a new user.) Election Procedure: -An email asking for nominations will be sent to registered North American TAIR members on or around February 16, 2009. -The nomination deadline is March 17, 2009. Once nominees are confirmed an email will be sent on 4/1/2009 asking you to vote for up to 2 names on the nomination list (via a secure TAIR webpage). -The voting deadline is May 1, 2009. -The top 2 candidates will be contacted and their willingness to serve confirmed. Winners will be announced around the middle of May. Without the efforts of the NAASC, organization of the Arabidopsis Conference and funding to attend the annual Arabidopsis conference for young scientists and underrepresented minorities would be jeopardized. NAASC also represents North America to the international community. Service on the NAASC is important and highly appreciated. Two members that rotate off NAASC this year need to be replaced and we need community members to first nominate good Arabidopsis community candidates and then vote for those who agree to stand. NAASC officers currently are (listed in order of most to least seniority): Joe Kieber (UNC-Chapel Hill), Xuemei Chen (UC Riverside), Julian Schroeder (UC San Diego), Caren Chang (Univ. of Maryland), George Haughn (Univ. of British Columbia, Scott Poethig (Univ. of PA-Philadelphia), Jane Glazebrook (University of Minnesota-St. Paul), and Mark Estelle (UC San Diego). Their service to the community is much appreciated. About serving on NAASC: Members serve for four full calendar years, beginning around the date of the Annual International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, and rotating off following the Conference held in their fourth year of service. -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 solicits funds to help North American junior scientists and minorities 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. -The NAASC contributes to the annual progress report on international Arabidopsis research efforts. More information about the roles, history, and past members of the NAASC can be found at: http://www.arabidopsis.org/portals/masc/countries/NAASC_Info.jsp. Best regards, Joanna Friesner MASC/NAASC Coordinator UC Davis From christian.hardtke from unil.ch Tue Jan 27 11:28:49 2009 From: christian.hardtke from unil.ch (Christian Hardtke) Date: Tue Jan 27 12:39:32 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Ph.D. position in Plant Genomics / Bioinformatics Message-ID: Ph.D. position in Plant Genomics / Bioinformatics A Ph.D. student position is available starting March 2009 or later in the lab of Christian Hardtke at the Department 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 interact with other lab members, including bioinformaticians, as well as Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics staff to annotate and exploit large scale genomic data (UHTS) for various projects in the lab, and to contribute to the generation of statistical models of plant growth. More details about the project are available upon request. Strongly motivated candidates with a solid background knowledge in molecular biology & bioinformatics are encouraged to apply. Please forward applications including a curriculum vitae and contact information for two senior scientist referees by e-mail to christian.hardtke@unil.ch. lab web page: www.unil.ch/dbmv/page21142_en.html From expressionbrowser from gmail.com Wed Jan 28 13:36:35 2009 From: expressionbrowser from gmail.com (expressionbrowser@gmail.com) Date: Thu Jan 29 15:09:04 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] New web-based Arabidopsis gene expression search and visualization tool Message-ID: <9f755f98-61c3-4682-ba98-4175d4d64aa8@i18g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Dear colleagues, We newly release Gene Expression Browser for Arabidopsis at http://www.ExpressionBrowser.com. It is very easy to use. Users only take about 10 minutes to view a tutorial video at http://www.ExpressionBrowser.com/video.swf.html and can use it confidently. Gene Expression Browser for Arabidopsis includes the data in 2435 ATH1 chips from 142 independent experiments. The web and software developers remove all concepts of statistics and bioinformatics. Users only need type in keywords to search the results. The web 2.0 interface provides both simple and comprehensive visualization on the complex cross-experimental expression data. Therefore, Gene Expression Browser is a complete, convenient and powerful tool to search and visualize gene expression information. You suggestion and feedback are welcome. GEB develper From qwang from msu.edu Thu Jan 29 17:03:34 2009 From: qwang from msu.edu (Qiang Wang) Date: Thu Jan 29 22:37:10 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] introducing to Scientist solutions Message-ID: <004601c9825d$6e4dc650$4ae952f0$@edu> Dear all, just to introduce the www.scientistsolutions.com, a wonderful platform for scientists About Scientist Solutions Scientist Solutions Inc. was started in 2004 for the purpose of promoting the worldwide advancement of science and biotechnology. To achieve this goal we have developed an internet discussion site or "Board" to provide scientists a resource for the exchange of ideas and information. The Scientist Solutions Board contains 40 categories of scientific disciplines that are further divided into discussion forums. It is here in these forums that scientists may interact with other scientists submitting questions, answers, comments, ideas, conducting polls and developing collaborative relationships. Scientist Solutions is a life sciences board run by scientists for scientists. As such, Scientist Solutions is moderated by a team of full time scientific staff in order to maintain the integrity of our board for the sole purpose of scientific discussion and networking. It is our hope that Scientist Solutions will encourage the exchange of information between investigative researchers and thereby contribute to the advancement of Science. In December, 2006 at the American Society for Cell Biology Meeting Scientist Solutions revealed a new website featuring "My Benchspace" where scientists can create their own science page and form small communities to further networking on the Internet; a Protocols section for scientists to contribute their own protocols and other valuable links; and Events. From Mark.Aarts from wur.nl Fri Jan 30 04:04:06 2009 From: Mark.Aarts from wur.nl (Aarts, Mark) Date: Fri Jan 30 22:48:29 2009 Subject: [Arabidopsis] PhD position in Plant Genetics Message-ID: <0BAE81215CBE2947A78AD77525815FCCB42C21@scomp0038.wurnet.nl> A PhD position is available in the Laboratory of Genetics of Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, to study the genetic basis of variation in photosynthesis capacity under suboptimal environmental conditions using Arabidopsis natural accessions and segregating populations. The student will be involved in a joint project with the Horticultural Production Chains group of Wageningen University and Plant Research International. For more information on the project, please contact: mark.aarts@wur.nl. For information on how to apply to this position, please view: http://www.academictransfer.org/00363-3013 Dr. Mark G.M. Aarts Associate Professor Plant Genetics Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University Arboretumlaan 4 6703 BD Wageningen The Netherlands phone: +31-317-485413 fax: +31-317-483146 e-mail: mark.aarts@wur.nl URL: www.gen.wur.nl/uk