Dear colleagues:
We hope you can join us for our 6th Annual Symposium in Plant Biology
at the University of Massachusetts Amherst:
ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS: THE GENETIC BASIS OF PLANT ADAPTATION
Saturday, October 18, 2008, 9 am to 6 pm, at the UMass Campus Center
and Engineering Lab II auditorium.
The symposium is an initiative of the Plant Biology graduate program
designed to highlight an exciting area of plant biology by featuring
a daylong program of speakers, along with a poster session with
contributions from attendees. The symposium is free and includes
lunch, breaks and a final reception. We strongly encourage interested
graduate and undergraduate students to attend and present posters.
Please register by Friday, October 4, 2008 for the symposium and
poster session. Online registration is available through the
symposium web page:
<http://www.bio.umass.edu/plantbio/symposium08.html>http://www.bio.umass.edu/plantbio/symposium08.html
For more information or questions, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best Regards,
Ana Caicedo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Lynn Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2008 PB SYMPOSIUM PRESENTERS:
EDWARD BUCKLER
USDA-ARS Research Geneticist and
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Cornell University
"Complex Trait Genetics in Diverse Maize"
SCOTT HODGES
Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
"Speciation and adaptation in Aquilegia: from field to genomic studies."
THOMAS MITCHELL-OLDS
Department of Biology,
Duke University
"Nucleotide polymorphisms and their ecological consequences in
natural plant populations"
ROBERT THORNBURG
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Iowa State University
"Molecules of nectar: The food of the gods and the pilfering pollinators"
CYNTHIA WEINIG
Department of Botany & Program in Ecology
University of Wyoming
"Quantitative variation in circadian rhythms and plant adaptation to
heterogeneous environments"
STEPHEN WRIGHT
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto
"Population genomics of plant adaptation in Arabidopsis and Capsella"
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Lynn S. Adler, Assistant Professor
Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Science
209E Fernald Hall
270 Stockbridge Rd.
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
ph 413-545-1060
fax 413-545-2115
