Ecological Genomics: The Genetic Basis of Plant Adaptation

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2008 - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

The Plant Biology Graduate Program at University of Massachusetts Amherst is pleased to announce the sixth annual Symposium in Plant Biology. The symposium is an initiative of the graduate program that is designed to highlight an exciting area of plant biology by featuring a daylong program of speakers, along with a poster session featuring contributions from attendees.

2008 PB SYMPOSIUM PRESENTERS (partial list):

EDWARD BUCKLER
USDA-ARS Research Geneticist and
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Cornell University

SCOTT HODGES
Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara

THOMAS MITCHELL-OLDS
Department of Biology,
Duke University

ROBERT THORNBURG
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Iowa State University

CYNTHIA WEINIG
Department of Botany & Program in Ecology,
University of Wyoming

The event is free of charge, and we strongly encourage undergraduate and graduate students to attend and present posters. Online registration will be available this summer, so please visit this page again if you wish to attend the symposium.

For more information or questions, send an email to: pb@bio.umass.edu

We hope you will join us in October.
Symposium coordinators - Ana Caicedo and Lynn Adler

For information on our past symposiums, click here.