DOE/NSF/USDA is sponsoring an Advanced Plant Biochemistry Course to be
held at Washington State University, Pullman, WA from July 11-24, 1999.
For more information about registration, see
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~ibc/pbrtc/99biochem.html or contact Karen
Maertens at maertens at mail.wsu.edu
The course is fairly inexpensive and is an excellent review of topics in
plant biochemistry for faculty wishing to update their lectures and for
graduate students, postdocs, industrial scientists wanting an overview of
this field.
The 1997 course included lectures by a number of outstanding plant
scientists (listed below). A list for the 1999 course should be available
early next year.
Mike Kahn
Plant Biochemistry--Then, Paul Stumpf, Section of Molecular and Cellular
Biology, University of California-Davis
Plant Biochemistry IS Different: Some Examples, Eric E. Conn, Section of
Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis
Angiosperm Relationships Inferred from Gene Sequence Data, Doug and Pam
Soltis, Department of Botany, Washington State
University
Membrane Transport (Channels and Translocators), William J. Lucas, Section
of Plant Biology, University of California-Davis
Plasmadesmata (Intercellular Transport), William J. Lucas, Section of Plant
Biology, University of California-Davis
Mechanisms and Regulation of Membrane Transport, Leon Kochian, Soil and
Nutrition Laboratory, Cornell University
Photosynthesis Light Reactions, David Kramer, Institute of Biological
Chemistry, Washington State University
C3 Photosynthesis and Photorespiration, David J. Oliver, Department of
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Iowa State University
C4 Photosynthesis, Maurice Ku, Department of Botany, Washington State
University
Starch Structure and Enzymology, Jack Preiss, Biochemistry Department,
Michigan State University
Metabolic Regulation and Cross-Talk, Bob Buchanan, Department of Plant
Biology, University of California-Berkeley
Inositol Metabolism, Frank Loewus, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
Biosynthesis of Lipids, John Ohlrogge, Department of Botany, Michigan
State University
Structure/Function of Lipids, John Browse, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
Synthesis of Cutins and Cuticular Waxes, Pappachan Kolattukudy,
Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University
Overview of the Plant Cell Wall, Paul Bolwell, Department of Biochemistry,
Royal Holloway Bedford New College, University of London, United Kingdom
Biosynthetic Pathway of Cell Wall Carbohydrates, Malcolm Brown,
Department of Botany, University of Texas
Nitrate Reductase/Nitrate Assimilation, Robert L. Warner, Department of
Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University
Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation, Michael L. Kahn, Institute of Biological
Chemistry, Washington State University
Amino Acid Metabolism in Plants, Robert Last, Boyce Thompson Institute
Cornell University
Iron, Sulfate, and Phosphate Metabolism, Mary Lou Guerinot, Biological
Sciences Department, Dartmouth College
Introduction/Phenylpropanoids, Norman G. Lewis, Institute of Biological
Chemistry, Washington State University
Flavonoids/Isoflavonoids, Rick Dixon, Plant Biology Division, Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation
Alkaloid Biosynthesis, Vincenzo (Vince) De Luca, Institut Botanique,
University of Montreal
Plant Isoprenoids: Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis, David McCaskill,
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
Protein Localization, John C. Rogers, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
Protein Transport, James C. Carrington, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
Gibberellic Acid, Russell Jones, Department of Plant Biology, University of
California-Berkeley
Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Biological Activity, M.K.
Walker-Simmons, USDA-ARS, Washington State University
Auxin Biosynthesis, Conjugation, and Metabolism, Terri Lomax, Department of
Botany and Pathology, Oregon State University
Polypeptide Hormones: Animals, Yeast, and Plants, Gregg Howe, Institute
of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
Signaling Pathways for Plant Defensive Genes, Clarence A. Ryan, Institute
of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
Disease Resistance Genes of Plants, Greg Martin, Department of Horticulture,
Purdue University
