From jarnold from ph.vccs.edu Mon Aug 17 10:55:14 2009 From: jarnold from ph.vccs.edu (Arnold, Jack) Date: Mon Aug 17 10:58:57 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] Rare Native American Chestnut Trees Available Message-ID: <879D46B3348E4148955E070CB37F5B98062CADF8@phexc02.ph.vccs.edu> Jim, Are the tree seedlings still available at this time? If so, I would like to purchase two. Thanks, Jack Arnold From carl.h.johnson from vanderbilt.edu Mon Aug 17 15:01:16 2009 From: carl.h.johnson from vanderbilt.edu (Carl Johnson) Date: Mon Aug 17 15:08:07 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] Open-rank position in plant development, Vanderbilt University Message-ID: FACULTY POSITION DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS The Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University seeks candidates to fill an open rank faculty position in developmental genetics. Research of candidates will be considered in all areas of development, with emphasis on early development in vertebrates (including stem cell research) or plant developmental genetics. We desire candidates whose interests broadly overlap the interests of our current faculty. Central criteria for the position are excellence in research and the ability to teach undergraduate and graduate students with a high level of effectiveness. Women and under-represented minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. For information about the Department, visit our website: http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/biosci. For information about developmental biology at Vanderbilt, see http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/devbio/. Applicants should send a letter of application together with a curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research interests, three letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, if available, and selected reprints to: Developmental Genetics Search Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B 351634, Nashville, TN 37235-1634 U.S.A. Review of applicants will begin October 1, 2009, and will continue until the position has been filled. Vanderbilt University is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. We are very interested in hiring an excellent plant developmental biologist, especially someone who will interact productively with existing faculty in our department and with the larger developmental biology community at Vanderbilt. Our department has excellent greenhouse and other types of research facilities. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email or call me for further information. Best wishes, Carl Johnson Carl Johnson, Ph.D., Professor Dept. of Biological Sciences, U-8211 BSB/MRB III VU Station B, Box 35-1634 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235 USA TEL: 615-322-2384 FAX: 615-936-0205 Email: carl.h.johnson@vanderbilt.edu Website: http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/johnsonlab/ From sci_educ from yahoo.com Thu Aug 20 16:03:17 2009 From: sci_educ from yahoo.com (Jon Greenberg) Date: Fri Aug 21 11:46:01 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] New Torah Flora Web publications Message-ID: <241265.76636.qm@web63103.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Torahflora.org, the Biblical ethnobotany Web site, is pleased to announce new writing and resources to help readers learn about plants and nature in Judaism. Please click on the links below to see the new and updated pages. A new essay has been posted: Botany, Prophecy, and Theology The metaphors and theology of Jeremiah and Psalm 102 depend on the outcome of a controversy over the identity of a desert plant. Learn more at: http://www.torahflora.org/category/nature-in-biblical-metaphor/ Six more books, articles, and Web sites have been added to the Resources page: http://www.torahflora.org/resources/ The list of recent Torah Flora events has been brought up to date as of August 2009: http://www.torahflora.org/events/ The list of essays has been reorganized. All essays have been placed in categories by topic and a new category has been added. See the list of essays by category on the left-hand side of the Torah Flora Home page: http://www.torahflora.org/ As always, I encourage everyone to post comments in the space that follows each essay and to contact me with your reactions to the Torah Flora Web site, or to inquire about arranging a Torah Flora event, such as School programs Adult education lectures Scholar-in-residence programs Torah tours of botanical gardens To subscribe to e-mail notification of new Torah Flora events and publications, please send an e-mail to jon@torahflora.org. Jon Greenberg, Ph.D. Biblical Botanist jon@torahflora.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From Jdnaj from aol.com Tue Aug 25 17:28:52 2009 From: Jdnaj from aol.com (Jdnaj@aol.com) Date: Tue Aug 25 19:57:45 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] light sensitive lettuce seed Message-ID: I have some grand rapids leaf lettuce, I bought them from a small nursery (farm) and liked them very much. Is there a company called Grand Rapids Seeds?