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May/June 2007
Volume 34, Number 3
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HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS


FUTURE ASPB ANNUAL MEETING SITES


Plant Biology & Botany 2007 Joint Congress
Chicago, Illinois
July 7–11 • Hilton Chicago
ASPB will hold its 2007 annual meeting in conjunction with the Botanical Society of America (BSA), the American Fern Society (AFS), and the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT). Mark your calendars and look for more information soon.

Plant Biology 2008
Mérida, Mexico

June 26-July 1, 2008

Plant Biology 2009
Honolulu, Hawaii
July 18-22

Click here for more information on future meetings.


Important Dates in 2007


July 5–7
Laboratory Leadership Workshop, Chicago, Illinois

July 7–11
Plant Biology & Botany 2007 Joint Congress, Chicago, Illinois

September (date to be determined)
Mid-Atlantic Section Crab Feast, ASPB Headquarters, Rockville, Maryland

CALL FOR PAPERS
Plant Physiology Focus Issue on Plant Interactions with Arthropod Herbivores
Deadline for Submissions: November 1, 2007
Click here to submit an article


Plant Physiology is pleased to announce a Focus Issue on Plant Interactions with Arthropod Herbivores to be published in March 2008. The issue will be edited by Georg Jander and Gregg Howe. Submissions describing novel aspects of any interaction between plants and arthropod herbivores are welcome. Emphasis should be on molecular and biochemical aspects of the interaction, including recognition of herbivory, signaling pathways that regulate host plant defense, volatile signals, tritrophic interactions, plant defense chemistry, manipulation of plant defenses by herbivores, and natural variation in plant resistance to herbivores.

Authors interested in contributing should indicate this in the cover letter when submitting papers online. Please select “Plant-Herbivore Interactions, March 2008” from the Focus Issue list in the online submission system. Articles published within 2 years before and after the Focus Issue will be considered for inclusion in an online Focus Collection of articles relevant to the focus topic.

Please contact Georg Jander or Gregg Howe for additional information.

Help Support ASPB and Other Nonprofit Scientific Journals

Nonprofit scientific societies and associations publish many of the finest scientific journals available today, but each alone lacks the financial resources to compete with commercial publishers’ marketing efforts. ASPB has joined with 16 other nonprofit scientific societies and associations to form the Nonprofit Journals Group. This group needs your help to spread the word and create awareness for these valuable journals. Please visit the new Nonprofit Journals Group website and use the library recommendation form, found within each journal page, to request these journals for your library—and pass it on to your colleagues now!


Reminder!

In consideration of the low member subscription rates to the print versions of Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell and the free online access to both journals that all members enjoy, members agree to retain their personal copies of the journals for at least three years from the date of issue, not depositing them in any library or institution before the end of this time. Members also agree not to release their personal access code, assigned by ASPB, to any other party for the duration of their membership in ASPB. Thank you!


Plant Physiology & The Plant Cell: Permission to Reprint
Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of a work published in Plant Physiology or The Plant Cell is granted without fee for personal or classroom use provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear the full citation and the following notice on the first page: “Copyright American Society of Plant Biologists.” For all other kinds of copying, request permission in writing from Nancy A. Winchester, Publications Director, ASPB headquarters.
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Excellence in Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology Graduate Fellowship Program at OSU


The Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology (PMBB) Program at The Ohio State University is being dramatically expanded as a Targeted Investment for Excellence initiative by Ohio State. PMBB is an interdisciplinary group that includes faculty members from the Colleges of Biological Sciences and Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. PMBB research programs conduct molecular studies on the cutting edge of plant science, including plant development, plant signaling, plant metabolic engineering, photosynthesis biochemistry, and plant-pathogen interactions. PMBB invites outstanding students seeking to earn a Ph.D. in plant science from any of the participating graduate programs at OSU to apply for the newly established Excellence in Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology Graduate Fellowships. The fellowships provide up to 4 years of support, including stipend ($25K/year), full benefits, tuition and fee waivers, and travel opportunities. Application forms and detailed information, including a directory of PMBB faculty and participating graduate programs, are available by clicking here.

To build a diverse workforce Ohio State encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women. EEO/AA employer.


The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Applications are being invited for:
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology
Research Associate Professor(s) / Research Assistant Professor(s)
Click here for more information.

The Arabidopsis Book (TAB)

The American Society of Plant Biologists has published The Arabidopsis Book (TAB) as a free online compendium since 2002.

Founding editors Chris Somerville and Elliot Meyerowitz, and former editors Jeff Dangl and Mark Stitt, have brought over 50 chapters online, all available free of charge on the Internet. In 2006, TAB received 100,000 full-text downloads.

The editors and ASPB are pleased to announce that TAB now has a new editorial board to guide its ongoing expansion:

Caren Chang, University of Maryland
Ian Graham, University of York
Rob Last, Michigan State University
Ottoline Leyser, University of York
Rob McClung, Dartmouth College
Cynthia Weinig, University of Minnesota

The new board will be overseeing all new content development as well as updates to existing chapters to keep TAB the most comprehensive and current work on Arabidopsis.

ASPB is providing funds for the production of TAB as a public service. All chapters are hosted in partnership with BioOne in HTML and PDF formats.

Download Figures from Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell as PowerPoint Slides!

Plant Physiology
and The Plant Cell, ASPB’s premier plant science journals, now allow you to save any figure as a PowerPoint slide! This free feature is available for all articles published since 1998.

From the full-text (non-PDF) version of an article, click to “View larger version” of a figure. Then click the button marked “PowerPoint Slide for Teaching.” The slide will include the full bibliographic citation of the article in which the figure was published.

We hope that you enjoy this new feature and that it enhances the teaching of plant biology in your classroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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