From dee.rawsthorne from bbsrc.ac.uk Tue Dec 2 10:18:35 2008 From: dee.rawsthorne from bbsrc.ac.uk (dee rawsthorne (TOC)) Date: Tue Dec 2 12:27:29 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Conference Announcement - Genetics 100 Years On - Norwich, UK - 9th-11th September 2009 Message-ID: Genetics 100 Years On John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, 9-11 September, 2009 http://www.jic.ac.uk/centenary/events/Genetics100YearsOn/ To help celebrate 100 years of genetics at John Innes, join us for a very special symposium. Paul Nurse will open with the Bateson Lecture and Sydney Brenner will close with "Genetics 100 Years On". Sandwiched in between will be reflections on areas of human interest that have been transformed by a genetic approach, examining where they are now, and where they might be in the next 100 years. Come and listen to David Stern, Stewart Cole, Michael Ashburner, Jonathan Hodgkin, John Doebley, Walter Bodmer, Linda Partridge, Michael Stratton, Chris Tyler-Smith, Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Rico Coen, Eric Wieschaus, Rich Losick, Mark Patshne, Daniel St Johnson, David Baulcombe and Caroline Dean. Student Funding There will be fully funded PhD student places available covering registration for the Symposium and three nights bed and breakfast accommodation. To apply for a place please send a covering letter of application, a CV and a letter of support from your supervisor to dawn.barrett@bbsrc.ac.uk by Thursday 30th April 2009. If you are interested in the history of genetics there is a one day meeting immediately preceding the symposium http://www.jic.ac.uk/centenary/events/historyofgenetics/programme.htm , and if you have ever worked at JI there is an Alumni Day following the symposium where you can meet up with old friends. http://www.jic.ac.uk/centenary/events/alumniday/programme.htm We would be very grateful if you could please forward to all your colleagues - thank you. on behalf of the Organising Committee Professor Keith Roberts (Chair, JIC Emeritus Professor), Professor Chris Lamb (Director JIC), Professor Sir David Hopwood (JIC Emeritus Professor), Professor Enrico Coen, (JIC), Dr Sarah Wilmot (JIC), Professor Sir Paul Nurse (Rockefeller, NY, USA), Sir Walter Bodmer (Oxford, UK). Dee Rawsthorne, PhD Outreach Coordinator Norwich BioScience Institutes Norwich Research Park Colney Norwich NR4 7UA Direct Line: 44 (0)1603 251457 Fax: 44 (0)1603 255168 E mail: dee.rawsthorne@bbsrc.ac.uk www.ifr.ac.uk www.jic.ac.uk http://www.tsl.ac.uk Need a meeting venue? Visit www.venue-norwich.info Want to find out first hand what's going on in world leading science research centres then join for free Friends of the John Innes Centre and IFR in the City http://www.jic.ac.uk/corporate/friends/index.htm Are you a former employee, student, post-doc or project leader? If so, make sure we have your details on our Alumni Database and keep up to date with news from John Innes http://www.jic.ac.uk/corporate/friends/alumni-association.htm www.plantsandus.org.uk - Plants and Us - an innovative new charity devoted to promoting understanding about plants and plant science From adrian.clarke from dpes.gu.se Wed Dec 3 03:13:08 2008 From: adrian.clarke from dpes.gu.se (Adrian Clarke) Date: Wed Dec 3 22:10:49 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Postdoc position Message-ID: <200812030912265.SM01912@Adrian.dpes.gu.se> UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN BIOCHEMISTRY / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Applications are invited for a two-year post-doctoral position available from January 2009 at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg. The successful applicant will join an active research group studying the Clp/HSP100 family of molecular chaperones and proteases in plants and cyanobacteria. The project will involve the bacterial over-expression and purification of selected Clp proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana, followed by extensive biochemical and structural characterization. Applicants must have a PhD in biochemistry, molecular biology or related field. Experience with Arabidopsis, biochemistry, protein purification or enzymology would be an advantage. Applications with Curriculum vitae should be sent by email before December 31 to: Adrian Clarke (adrian.clarke@dpes.gu.se) ------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Adrian K. Clarke English Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences University of Gothenburg Box 461 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden Tel: +46 31 7862502 Mob: +46 70 2734213 Fax: +46 31 7862626 Email: Adrian.Clarke@dpes.gu.se Svenska: Institutionen f?r v?xt- och milj?vetenskaper G?teborgs Universitet Box 461 405 30 G?teborg Bes?ksadress: Carl Skottsbergs gata 22 B tel 031-7862502 fax 031-7862626 Cellular 070-2734213 From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Tue Dec 2 14:49:02 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Wed Dec 3 22:11:27 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Cheap housing for 2009 ICAR ONLY until January 9th! Message-ID: <200812021949.mB2Jn2Am029168@celerio.ucdavis.edu> Registration and housing reservation for the 2009 ICAR in Edinburgh, Scotland are now open (http://www.arabidopsis2009.com/) IMPORTANT: Inexpensive housing at University Accommodations are ONLY available if you book rooms by January 9th, 2009. Before 1/9/09: rooms range from 29.50-46.00 British Pounds per night (including breakfast). At the current US exchange, this is about $45-$70 per night (some double occupancy). AFTER 1/9/09: rooms range from 76.00-210.00 British Pounds per night (most including breakfast). At the current US exchange, this is about $115-$315 per night (some double occupancy). Housing prices MORE THAN DOUBLE if you reserve after Jan. 9th. Furthermore- all reservations must be made by March 27th or room availability is NOT guaranteed. Please see hotel site: http://www.arabidopsis2009.com/accommodation.html Conference contact: icar@meetingmakers.co.uk From drkjroberts from gmail.com Fri Dec 5 17:31:28 2008 From: drkjroberts from gmail.com (Karl Roberts) Date: Fri Dec 5 18:46:22 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Call for Grand Award Judges Message-ID: Hi, I am the Plant Sciences Grand Awards Co-Chair for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held May 10-15, 2009 in Reno, Nevada. I am actively seeking individuals to serve as Grand Awards Judges for the upcoming event. The ISEF is the premier world-wide showcase for student researchers from grades 9-12. This year students from 45 different countries compete for over $4 million dollars in cash awards, scholarships and special awards. In order to assure the quality of our winners, we need your help. As professionals in the biological sciences, you provide the knowledge and expertise necessary to choose the absolute best student finalists from among the many excellent research projects at this year's Fair. If you or your collegues are interested in becoming a Grand Awards judge this year, please visit the official ISEF website: http://www.sciserv.org/isef/judges/index.asp or feel to contact me via e-mail at kroberts@pgcc.edu or by phone at (301) 386-7544. Thanks for your consideration, and I hope to hear from you. Karl J. Roberts, Ph.D. Plant Sciences Grand Awards Co-Chair Intel ISEF From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Thu Dec 4 13:35:38 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Fri Dec 5 18:47:28 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Registration Open for 2009 Arabidopsis Meeting - Edinburgh, Scotland UK Message-ID: <200812041835.mB4IZcnQ015329@musca.ucdavis.edu> (sent on behalf of the local organizing committee) 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 it’s surroundings. For a full meeting programme visit http://www.arabidopsis2009.com/programme.html. Important Deadlines Discounted Early Registration Fee Closes - 27th March 2009 Reduced Student Accommodation Deadline - 9th Jan 2009 Abstract Submission will open Jan 2009 We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh. Ruth Bastow On Behalf of the UK Organising Committee From huala from acoma.stanford.edu Fri Dec 12 15:14:15 2008 From: huala from acoma.stanford.edu (Eva Huala) Date: Sat Dec 13 23:54:59 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Policy statement on Arabidopsis reference sequence updates Message-ID: <4942C617.9070805@acoma.stanford.edu> Dear Arabidopsis researchers, In consultation with members of the Arabidopsis community I've written a draft policy statement outlining proposed evidence standards for updating the Arabidopsis genome sequence. These evidence standards are intended to reflect a community consensus on the strength of evidence that should be required to correct sequencing errors and ensure the best possible quality and consistency for the Arabidopsis genome sequence. Please have a look at the policy statement and add your comments and suggestions for revision at the bottom of the document. You can access the document and add your comments here: http://arabidopsis.org/doc/portals/genAnnotation/gene_structural_annotation/ref_genome_sequence/11413 Comments and suggestions will be incorporated into a final version of the policy document by the end of March 2009. Best regards, Eva Huala TAIR Director From anirbanb from ncbs.res.in Wed Dec 17 11:36:41 2008 From: anirbanb from ncbs.res.in (Anirban Baral) Date: Wed Dec 17 12:30:36 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Immunostaining of live protoplasts Message-ID: <48393.192.168.1.1.1229531801.squirrel@mail.ncbs.res.in> Hi Arabineters. I want to find out whether a protein is surface exposed(plasma membrane bound) or intracellularly expressed in BY2 protoplasts.If I go for immunostaining,can anyone please suggest any fixing protocol that don't permeabilize protoplasts?Alternatively if I want to go for staining of live protoplasts,can anyone suggest any useful tips. Regards & Thanks Anirban -- Anirban Baral JUNIOR SCHOLAR NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH UAS-GKVK CAMPUS,BELLARY ROAD BANGALORE-560065,INDIA From Caroline.Dean from bbsrc.ac.uk Thu Dec 18 12:30:10 2008 From: Caroline.Dean from bbsrc.ac.uk (caroline dean (JIC)) Date: Thu Dec 18 13:37:27 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] (no subject) Message-ID: Post-doctoral opportunities in the Dean group, John Innes Centre, Norwich. http://www.jic.ac.uk/staff/caroline-dean/research.htm The Dean group is studying the pathways controlling flowering and vernalization in Arabidopsis. New funding from the European Research Council will enable a concerted effort to dissect the different phases of vernalization: the triggering of FLC silencing by prolonged cold; the epigenetic stability of chromatin changes at FLC; and the spatial restriction of silencing to FLC. Our goal will be a full understanding of the complexity involved in the epigenetic silencing of this locus, described in a quantitative model. This work will be done in collaboration with Prof. Martin Howard (Computational and Systems Biology Department, John Innes Centre - http://www.jic.ac.uk/staff/martin-howard/). EU funds are also available to investigate the overlap between the autonomous, RNAi and DNA methylation pathways in mediating epigenetic regulation in the Arabidopsis genome and how this is affected by different environmental conditions. We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals who will enjoy working on a focused set of problems as part of a team (http://www.jic.ac.uk/staff/caroline-dean/people.htm). The posts will be available early in 09 and be for 3 years in the first instance. Please e-mail expressions of interest to caroline.dean@bbsrc.ac.uk detailing previous experience and referees. From ecker from salk.edu Tue Dec 23 22:27:00 2008 From: ecker from salk.edu (Joseph R. Ecker) Date: Wed Dec 24 21:08:46 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] The National Plant Genome Initiative at Ten Years: A Community Workshop Message-ID: <937C8EC4-6DFE-4EF1-9548-3E7CB2BA32A8@salk.edu> Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to a Wiki site http://npgi-workshop.wetpaint.com/?mail=1128 that describes a summary of a recent workshop entitled: "The National Plant Genome Initiative at Ten Years: A Community Workshop" This site contains information (agenda, Rapporteur's summaries, session/Q&A notes, list of meeting participants and a meeting summary) related to the recent National Plant Genome Initiative Workshop held at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Conference Center of the National Academies in Irvine California on August 26-28, 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to bring a broad group of stakeholders together to discuss the outcomes of the first ten years of the US National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI) as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead for the next five to ten years. The NPGI started in 1998 and is managed by the Interagency Working Group on Plant Genomes (IWG-PG). The IWG-PG is currently in the process of developing a new five-year plan using a variety of inputs, including the outcomes of this workshop. I hope that you find the information provided useful. Happy Holidays Joe Ecker Joseph R. Ecker Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Plant Biology/Genomic Analysis Laboratories 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Phone (858) 453-4100 x1752 FAX (858) 558-6379 Web addresses: http://www.salk.edu http://signal.salk.edu http://pbio.salk.edu/pbioe/finaleckerhomepage.html http://www.salk.edu/faculty/ecker.html Administrative Assistant: Nancy Benson Phone (858) 453-4100 x1106 Fax (858) 558-6379 email: nbenson@salk.edu From jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu Mon Dec 29 20:22:29 2008 From: jdfriesner from ucdavis.edu (Joanna Friesner) Date: Tue Dec 30 20:33:31 2008 Subject: [Arabidopsis] Funding for Scotland Conference- 2009 Message-ID: <200812300122.mBU1MTer007565@xylocopa.ucdavis.edu> 2009 Arabidopsis Conference Funding Opportunities for US Scientists: Application Deadline- March 2, 2009 Funding URL: http://www.arabidopsis.org/portals/masc/funding.jsp (1) US scientists: Full conference funding for qualifying under-represented minorities and faculty at designated US minority-serving institutions to attend the 20th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (Scotland). (2) US scientists: Travel awards for young US scientists to attend the 20th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (Scotland). US Citizenship is required for some awards (see applications for details) Inexpensive Student Housing Deadline: Jan. 9, 2009 Application Deadline: March 2, 2009 Early Registration Fee (reduced cost) Deadline: March 27, 2009 Conference URL: http://www.arabidopsis2009.com/