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ASPB NewsTHE NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT BIOLOGISTS

Volume 29, Number 4

July/August 2002

Inside This Issue

Vicki Chandler

Elected to NAS

Using the New

HighWire Portal

ASBP Welcomes New

Postdocs and Students

ASPB Exhibits at Minorities in

Science and Technology

Network Career Fair

The 2002 Get-A-

Member Campaign!

Your participation in the 2002 ASPB Get-A-Mem-ber campaign is critical in helping us expand ourmembership ranks and in maintaining ASPB as adynamic scientific membership organization. Thisyear’s Get-A-Member campaign goal is to recruit1,500 new members to our Society. At this time,we’re halfway there, but we still need your help!

The entire process of referring a new member istotally automated. It takes only a few minutes! Wedo the work for you! The bonus for your participa-tion is that every time you refer someone, your namewill be entered into a drawing to win terrific prizes,including a grand prize of free airfare to Plant Biol-ogy 2003 in Honolulu OR a Nikon Coolpix 5000Digital Camera OR a Cruise Certificate for threedays for two people! And, for every person you re-fer who actually joins ASPB, you will receive a $20gift certificate good toward membership renewal orpublications. To access the online membership cam-paign, please direct your browser to http://www.aspb.org/getamember/. Remember that the moremembers you refer, the more chances you have towin!

The Membership Committee thanks you forparticipating in our Get-A-Member campaign.If you have any questions, please feel free to con-tact Kelley Noone, membership and marketingmanager, at [email protected]. �

Mark Your

Calendars!

ASPB’s New Specialist Conference

Puts Total Focus on Plant Genetics

Get ready to immerse yourself in the gene pool!ASPB’s first specialist conference, Plant Genetics2003: Mechanisms of Genetic Variation, is set forOctober 22–26, 2003, at the magnificent SnowbirdResort & Conference Center in Snowbird, Utah. Theevent is expected to attract top plant geneticists fromaround the world.

Scientific symposia will focus on the effects of ge-netic variations on the evolution of plant form andfunction, plant speciation, and crop domestication.The event is designed to bring you leading-edge in-formation in a retreat setting—offering full accessto expert presenters throughout the conference.

If you’re a plant genetics researcher, educator,postdoc, or graduate student, you won’t want tomiss this groundbreaking new meeting!

Look for full details online at http://www.aspb.org/meetings/pg-2003/. �

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CONTENTS

ASPB Officers & Staff

Headquarters Office

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Director of public affairs Brian M. Hyps, ext. 114 [email protected]

Education Foundation director Robin Lempert, ext. 110 [email protected]

Education Foundation assistant Paula Brooks, ext. 116 [email protected]

Director of publications Nancy A. Winchester, ext. 117 [email protected]

Publications assistant vacant

Managing editor, Plant Physiology Melissa Junior, ext. 118 [email protected]

Science writer, Plant Physiology Peter Minorsky, 914-437-7438 [email protected]

Production manager, Plant Physiology Lauren A. Ransome, ext. 130 [email protected]

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Manuscript coordinator, Plant Physiology Leslie Csikos, ext. 125 [email protected]

Managing editor, The Plant Cell Beth Staehle, ext. 121 [email protected]

News and reviews editor, The Plant Cell Nancy Eckardt, 970-495-9918 [email protected]

Production manager, The Plant Cell John Long, ext. 119 [email protected]

Senior manuscript coordinator, The Plant Cell Annette Kessler, ext. 120 [email protected]

President Vicki L. Chandler 520-676-8725

President-Elect Daniel R. Bush 217-333-6109

Immediate Past President Daniel J. Cosgrove 814-863-3892

Secretary Roger Hangarter 812-855-5456

Treasurer Mark R. Brodl 210-999-7246

Chair, Board of Trustees Ken Keegstra 517-353-7874

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Chair, Women in Plant Biology Committee Elizabeth Hood 979-690-8537

Minority Affairs Committee Robert Vellanoweth 323-343-2148

Education Committee Eric Davies 919-515-2727

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Midwestern Steven Rodermel 515-294-8890

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ASPB News is distributed to all ASPB members and is published six

times annually, in odd-numbered months. It is edited and prepared

by ASPB staff from material provided by ASPB members and other

interested parties.

Copy deadline is the 10th day of the preceding even-numbered

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Contact: Nancy A. Winchester, Editor, ASPB News, 15501 MononaDrive, Rockville, MD 20855-2768 USA; e-mail [email protected];

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ASPB News

1 Get-A-Member!

Plant Genetics Specialist Conference

3 People—

Chandler Elected to NAS

Keister Retires

Galston Is ISI Researcher

4 Perspectives—

Underutilized Crops

Agent Orange

6 Membership Corner

7 Call for Applications:

APS Research Grants

8 Using the HighWire Portal

10 Foothills Footnote

11 New Postdocs and Students

12 Public Affairs

20 Education Forum

21 Call for Proposals: 2003 WSSA

Undergrad Research Award

22 New Staff

22 Obituaries

25 Gatherings

28 Jobs

Deadline for November/December 2002

ASPB News: October 10, 2002


Chandler Elected to National Academy of Sciences

ASPB President Vicki Chandler, a Universityof Arizona plant molecular biologist and ge-neticist known for her pioneering work inclarifying the mechanisms of gene regulationin maize, was elected to the National Acad-emy of Sciences on April 30, 2002.

“I have top-notch people in my lab,”Chandler said, “a lot of great students. And Ihave had three exceptional professors as men-tors along the way: Keith Yamamoto at UCSan Francisco, Virginia Walbot at StanfordUniversity, and Randy Schekman at UC Ber-keley. All have been very influential in mytraining as a scientist.”

Chandler has spent 17 years studying themechanisms that turn genes on and off in maize.She uses methods based on molecular geneticsand classical Mendelian genetics to figure outhow genes regulate one another when theycommunicate in the nucleus of the cell.

Chandler earned her under-graduate degree in biochemis-try from the University of Cali-fornia at Berkeley (1978). Sheholds a doctorate in biochem-istry from the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco(1983), and was a National Sci-ence Foundation postdoctoral fellow in theDepartment of Biology at Stanford Univer-sity from 1983 to 1985. From 1985 to 1997,she moved through the professorial ranks inthe department and the Institute of Molecu-lar Biology at the University of Oregon inEugene.

In 1997, she continued her work at theUniversity of Arizona, where she is a professorin the Department of Plant Sciences and a mem-ber of the Interdisciplinary Program in Genet-ics. She has a joint appointment in the Depart-

ment of Molecular and Cellu-lar Biology. She was recently ap-pointed associate director of thenewly formed Institute for Bio-medical Science and Biotechnol-ogy (IBSB) at the university. Inaddition to her research, Chan-dler teaches advanced genetics

courses for graduate students.Among Chandler’s numerous affiliations,

she is on the board of trustees for the Gor-don Research Conferences (1997–2003) andis past chair of that board. In addition to serv-ing as president of the American Society ofPlant Biologists, she is active in the GeneticsSociety and International Society of Plant Bi-ology, where she served on the board of di-rectors. She is also on the Biological Direc-torate Advisory Committee of the NationalScience Foundation. �

Donald L. Keister Retires in July

Dr. Donald L. Keister, plant physiologist atthe Beltsville Agricultural Research Service,USDA/ARS in Beltsville, Maryland, will re-tire in July after 43 years of research in plantphysiology and microbiology. He is a long-time member of ASPB. He received his M.S.and Ph.D. degrees from the University ofMaryland in 1959. His postdoctoral workwas at The Johns Hopkins University withDr. Anthony San Pietro. He worked with Dr.Bessel Kok at the Research Institute for Ad-vanced Studies and then moved to TheCharles F. Kettering Research Laboratory,where he worked on microbial photosynthe-sis. He is internationally recognized for hiswork on energy-linked reactions. Severaloriginal discoveries from this period includedthe mechanism of pyridine nucleotide reduc-tion in photosynthetic bacteria and the utili-zation of inorganic pyrophosphate as an en-

ergy source for energy-linked reactions. In thearea of nitrogen fixation, he co-discoverednitrogen fixation in free-living rhizobia.

He joined the Agricultural Research Servicein Beltsville in 1984 as research leader of theNitrogen Fixation and Soybean Genetics Lab(currently the Soybean Genomics and Improve-ment Lab) and has continued to contribute tothe elucidation of symbiotic plant–microbe in-teractions, including the role of microbial cy-tochromes and cyclic b-glucans. He has con-tributed more than 100 peer-reviewed journalarticles, book chapters, and reviews. Recently,he has served as acting associate director anddirector of the Plant Sciences Institute at theBeltsville Agricultural Research Center.

Dr. Keister is looking forward to more timefor travel, sports, reading, and visiting col-leagues and would enjoy hearing from you.You can reach him at [email protected]. �

People

Arthur Galston Is

ISI Highly Cited

Researcher

ASPB member and former Societypresident Arthur Galston, Eaton Pro-fessor of Botany, Emeritus, Yale Uni-versity, has been honored by the In-stitute of Scientific Information (ISI)as one of the most highly cited, influ-ential researchers in the field of plantscience. �


Why Don’t We Grow More Crops?Diversity of Crop Species and Cropping Systems

The rapid developments in agriculture inthe first half of the 20th century weretransformed in the second half by whatbecame known as the “Green Revolu-tion.” The advantages of potentially higheryielding varieties combined with bettermethods of growing, fertilizing, and har-vesting them encouraged adoption of“Green Revolution Technology” by mostfarmers in the developed world. The veryfact that global food production has keptpace with the demands of an increasingpopulation is largely a credit to GreenRevolution advocates and practitioners.However, the Green Revolution has notbeen successful everywhere, and its adop-tion has resulted in a loss of diversity, bothin crop species and forms of management.It has also meant that we now rely on anarrow range of crop species for virtuallyall our global food requirements. Africamay have benefited the least from this re-duction in global agricultural diversitycompared to other regions where impor-tant crop species have their centers of di-versity—e.g., wheat from Asia, maize fromSouth America, and rice from Indo Burma.Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, istherefore increasingly reliant on the selec-tion and adaptation of germplasm fromelsewhere in the world and by externalagencies for the bulk of its agricultural pro-duction. It could be argued that the sub-sistence sector in Africa should seek an al-ternative strategy, one aimed at develop-ing the potential of presently underutilized

indigenous species and management sys-tems. In many cases these species and sys-tems have survived despite agricultural re-search and extension agencies, largelythrough the tenacity of the crops and com-mitment of the growers.

There are a number of important spe-cies that can be considered underutilized,ranging from fruits such as jackfruit tofield crops such as bambara groundnut.Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea

(L.) Verdc) is an indigenous grain legumegrown mainly by subsistence women farm-ers in drier parts of sub-Saharan Africa.Its seeds can be eaten fresh (when semi-ripe) or as a pulse (when dry and mature)or can be ground into flour. Its commonEnglish name derives from the Bambaratribe that now lives mainly in Mali. How-ever, its center of origin is thought to befrom the Jos plateau and Yola regions ofNorthern Nigeria through to Garua inCameroon and possibly as far as the Cen-tral African Republic. For many centuriesbambara groundnut has been cultivatedin tropical Africa, south of the Sahara.However, slaves also took the crop toSurinam, and it has been found in smallquantities in South and Central America,India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philip-pines, Sri Lanka, and parts of NorthernAustralia.

Research on bambara groundnut is arare example of a multidisciplinary, inter-national effort to study and assess the po-tential of an underutilized crop. Since1988, scientists in four European coun-tries—United Kingdom, the Netherlands,Germany, and Italy—have joined forceswith scientists, growers, traders, and con-sumers in Botswana, Tanzania, SierraLeone, Swaziland, Namibia, and Zimba-bwe to work on this indigenous Africanlegume. Together, their efforts provide acomprehensive assessment of the ecophysi-ology, agronomy, nutritional biochemis-try, agroprocessing, genetics, and market-

ing potential of bambara groundnut. TheTropical Crops Research Unit of the Uni-versity of Nottingham (United Kingdom)has conducted detailed research onbambara groundnut since 1988. More de-tails on bambara groundnut research canbe obtained from Dr. Sayed Azam-Ali,University of Nottingham ([email protected]), who is the direc-tor of the unit. The following web sitesare also important sources of informationon bambara groundnut: http://www.genres.de/bambara and http://www.edv.agrar.tu-muenchen.de/pbpz/bambara/html/index.htm.

Bambara groundnut is just one ex-ample of those underutilized species thathave recently received research attention.We believe many more will, given currentunderstanding of the need for agriculturalbiodiversity. Perhaps the most importantachievement for those advocating thewider recognition of underutilized cropsis the fact that the potential contributionof underutilized crops to food security, im-proved human health, and biodiversityconservation was recognized by the Glo-bal Forum on Agricultural Research(GFAR) and Consultative Group on In-ternational Agricultural Research(CGIAR) in their meetings in Germany in2000. I have no doubt that the morepeople know about the importance ofunderutilized crop species, the morechance we stand of improving the produc-tivity of these species. �

Festo J. Massawe

Tropical Crops Research Unit

University of Nottingham

[email protected]

Perspective


Unfinished BusinessAgent Orange in Vietnam

Perspective

From March 3 to 7, 2002, an internationalconference of predominantly Americanand Vietnamese scientists gathered inHanoi under the auspices of the NationalInstitute of Environmental Health Sciences(NIEHS, part of NIH) and its Vietnamesecounterpart organization to examine theenvironmental and public health conse-quences of the massive use of Agent Or-ange during the Vietnam War. I was askedto join the American delegation, and atthe end of the conference, also served asco-chairman with Vo Quy, a distinguishedecologist from the University of Hanoi, ofan additional smaller convocation of ap-propriate botanists and environmentaliststo plan for future cooperative internationalactivities. At the end of all sessions, offi-cials of both countries signed a memoran-dum of understanding, spelling out con-ditions under which such cooperative ac-tivities might be undertaken. These devel-opments followed establishment of formaldiplomatic relations between the twocountries in 1995, and the conclusion ofa trade treaty within the last year.

This meeting represented one of thefirst actions taken by the United States torecognize the existence of continuing prob-lems resulting from our aerial distributionof the formulated abscission-inducing andherbicidal mixture of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-Tthat became known as Agent Orange. Thedevelopment of such herbicides and defo-liants resulted directly from fundamentalinvestigations on plant hormones, espe-cially auxin, performed mainly by plantphysiologists. The defoliation campaign,which lasted from about 1964 to 1970,was undertaken primarily to reveal mili-tary activities along the Ho Chi MinhTrail, a network of pathways used to ferry

personnel and materiel from the North toregions of the South in which military ac-tivity was occurring. Once these activitieswere revealed, they were subjected to aerialinterdiction. Under the code name Opera-tion Ranch Hand, groups of four cargoplanes outfitted with tanks and sprayingbooms would fly in formation over vastareas of upland forest and later over man-grove communities lining the estuaries be-low Saigon, releasing a spray of the herbi-cide that defoliated trees after several days.Some areas received multiple spray treat-ment, resulting in considerable killing.

By the time the operation was broughtto a halt by President Nixon in 1970, ithad become the largest chemical warfareoperation in history, having covered anarea equivalent to two-thirds of the stateof Massachusetts. The ecological damageresulting from the operation was vast; inthe upland forest regions, many valuabletimber trees such as teak were killed, andthe area they had occupied was taken overlargely by a mixture of scrub bamboo andnoxious weeds such as wire grass andImperata grass. Mangrove communitiesproved remarkably sensitive to the herbi-cide, a single spray resulting in almostcomplete killing. In view of the importanceof mangroves in the life cycles of fish andshellfish, one of the main protein sourcesfor the Vietnamese people, this damagewas serious. Neither mangrove nor uplandforest communities have recovered sub-stantially in the quarter century that haselapsed since the end of the war, despiteenergetic but poorly funded interventionsby the Vietnamese.

Public health considerations becameapparent after the discovery that Agent Or-ange was contaminated by dioxins that

arose as byproducts of the synthesis of2,4,5-T. This herbicide is usually synthe-sized from 2,4,5-trichlophenol and halo-genated acetic acid under alkaline condi-tions. When the reaction goes as planned,the phenolic and acetic acid moietiescouple to form the desired product; butwhen two of the phenolic moieties couplein a head-to-tail fashion, they form theunwanted highly toxic side products calleddioxins, of which 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-paradibenzodioxin (TCDD) is the most toxic.This compound is highly teratogenic andprobably carcinogenic to rodents andprobably humans in the parts-per-trillionrange. Since the aerial spray of Agent Or-ange drifted over populated areas, it con-taminated people, water, and food, pro-ducing still largely uncharacterized dam-age. It is known that soil around formerairbases like Da Nang are still grossly con-taminated with dangerous levels of diox-ins and that various levels of TCDD havebeen detected in people, fish, plant materi-als, and soil. Obviously, there is much ana-lytical and remediation work to be donein both the ecological and public healthfields, but whether such work will be un-dertaken depends on the extent to whichfurther activities will be funded by NIEHS.

It would seem appropriate for theAmerican Society of Plant Biologists, aspart of its public activities agenda, to lendactive support to efforts to promote suchinvestigation and remediation. �

Arthur W. Galston

Eaton Professor of Botany Emeritus

Department of Molecular, Cellular and

Development Biology

Yale University

New Haven, CT 06520-8103


Membership Corner

Name: STEPHEN EBBSTitle: Assistant ProfessorPlace of work or school: Department ofPlant Biology, Southern Illinois University,CarbondaleResearch area: Plant physiology, phyto-remediationMember since: 1998

1. Has being a member helped you inyour career? If so, how?Being a member of ASPB has definitelyhelped my career. First and foremost,I have formed and maintained valu-able professional relationshipsthrough ASPB meetings that have ledto important collaborative opportu-nities. In addition, my paper andposter presentations at meetings haveraised my visibility among scientificpeers, which is extremely importantfor a young scientist like myself. Fi-nally, I have benefited from the mon-etary support provided by ASPB, be-ginning with the complimentarymembership that first introduced meto the Society, to a travel grant topresent my first paper at the San Di-ego meeting in 2000, to other usefulopportunities.

2. Why has being a member of ASPBbeen important?Nearly all the scientists I hold in highesteem as experts in plant biology are

members of this Society, and my mem-bership allows me to be considered withinthat elite group. Participation in ASPBevents allows me to interact with theseprofessionals and to share my work andideas. The professional bar I’ve set formyself is based in no small part on theideals reflected by the Society, its publi-cations, and its members.

3. Was anyone instrumental in getting youto join ASPB?My doctoral adviser, Leon Kochian, paidfor my first trip to the Society’s annualmeeting in Madison (1998) and was prob-ably the person who recommended mefor a free membership that year. The pre-vious year, my first year in his lab, mycolleagues attended the meeting but I didnot. I was admittedly jealous when I heardthem talking about how good it was.When Leon took me to the meeting thefollowing year, I finally understood whateveryone was talking about. Because ofthis experience, I nominated two of myown students this year for complimentarymemberships in ASPB.

4. What would you tell nonmembers toencourage them to join?There are three benefits that I would stressto a potential member: contacts, oppor-tunities, and resources. Membership andparticipation in ASPB meetings provide avenue to establish professional contacts,some of which you may not even realizeyou need until the circumstance arises. Sec-ond, these interactions and contacts willalmost certainly provide important profes-sional opportunities, including the oppor-tunity for students and young faculty topresent papers alongside established ex-perts, travel support for meetings, and

other educational and scientific opportu-nities. Finally, the perks of membership,such as electronic access to Plant Physiol-

ogy and The Plant Cell and online featureslike CiteTrack (the electronic personal re-search alerting service), are resources thatwill quickly become something that youcan't believe you ever lived without.

5. Have you gotten a job using ASPB jobpostings or through networking at themeeting?Although I have not gotten a job directlyas a result of an ASPB posting, I thinkmy membership and participation inASPB had a definite impact on the searchcommittee that hired me for my currentposition.

6. Have you hired anyone as a result of ajob posting at the annual meeting, onour online Job Bank, or in thenewsletter?Not yet, but ASPB would be the first placeI would look.

7. Do still read print journals? Where doyou usually read them: work, home,library, in the car, on the bus?All my journals are electronic, from PlantPhysiology and The Plant Cell to my year-end CD-ROM copies of other societyjournals. When I do read papers fromthese journals, it is usually at home in theevening or while I’m traveling.

8. What do you think is the next “bigthing” in plant biology?I think the next big thing in plant biologywill be the effort to demonstrate the safetyof transgenic plants. The justification formany scientific efforts is to understandand to increase plant tolerance, resistance,growth, and productivity for human ben-

ASPB members share a common goal of promoting the growth, development, and outreach of plant biology as a pure and appliedscience. This column features some of the dedicated and innovative members of ASPB who believe that membership in our Society iscrucial to the future of plant biology.

If you are interested in contributing to this feature, please contact Kelley Noone, ASPB membership and marketing manager, [email protected].


efit. Yet large segments of the world’s popu-lation resist these efforts, and we cannotyet allay all their concerns. If we are to usebiotechnology to help mankind, I think weneed to listen to these questions and re-spond accordingly, balancing cautionagainst the world’s more immediate needs.

9. What person, living or dead, do youmost admire?I would say I most admire the authorsJ.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert. Thesemen created entire universes in which theyimmersed themselves. These worlds havea magnetism of their own that continuesto draw people in. The men and their cre-ations inspire individuals to think, ques-tion, and explore for themselves—first inthese fictional worlds and then in the realone. These authors had a tremendousimpact on me when I was growing up andinfluenced the creativity and analyticalabilities I use every day.

10. What are you reading these days?I make an effort to skim through Plant

Physiology, Chemical and Engineering

News, and the articles picked up byCiteTrack and my e-mail alerts. We usearticles from Plant Physiology and The

Plant Cell every semester in a seminarcourse in my department, so I read thosearticles as well. I also reread at least oneTolkien or Herbert book each year forrelaxation and inspiration.

11. Do you have any hobbies?When I have the time, I like to read, watchsci-fi movies, and play computer games.I also try to spend as much time with mykids as possible.

12. What is your most treasured possession?A first edition, autographed hardboundnovel by Carl Sagan.

13. What do you still have left to learn?Patience (particularly with students) andhow to say no. �

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

American Philosophical Society Research Grants

Information and forms for all the society’s programs (grants are not restricted tophilosophy) can be downloaded from our web site, http://www.amphilsoc.org. Clickon “Grants” on the homepage. Click on “About the APS” to learn more about theAPS Research Programs.

Grants are made for research only. The society makes no grants for academicstudy or classroom presentation; for travel to conferences or workshops; for non-scholarly projects; or for assistance with publication or translation.

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Applicants may be residents of the United States or American citizens resident abroad.Foreign nationals whose research can be carried out only in the United States areeligible. Grants are made to individuals; institutions are not eligible to apply. Specificrequirements are given under each listing.

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Applicants are normally expected to have a doctorate or to have published work ofdoctoral character and quality. Predoctoral students are not eligible, but the societyis especially interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recentlyreceived a doctorate. The program is designed to help meet the cost of travel tolibraries and archives for research purposes, the purchase of microfilm, and the costsassociated with fieldwork or laboratory research expenses.

The program does not accept proposals for journalistic writing; for the prepara-tion of textbooks or teaching aids; or for the work of creative and performing artists.

Maximum Award: $6,000Deadlines: October 1, December 1Decisions are reached in late January and in March.Information updated: May 2002


The May/June 2002 issue of the ASPB

News introduced you to the new HighWireLibrary of the Sciences and Medicine Por-tal. The portal allows free access to re-search literature in the biological sciencesand medicine. That’s over 430,000 free,full-text research articles published by the330+ HighWire journals, including Plant

Physiology and The Plant Cell.In this issue of the News, we want to tell

you how to quickly find full-text articles andtailor your search results.

FINDING FULL-TEXT ARTICLES

Once you have done a search in the newHighWire portal, the search result page con-tains a wealth of information. Invaluable toresearchers is the ability to quickly find full-text articles to which you can gain immedi-ate online access.

We decided to search for any recent ar-ticles by Georg Jander on Arabidopsis clon-ing. Here’s the URL:

h t t p : / / h i g h w i r e . s t a n f o r d . e d u / c g i /searchresults?andorexactfulltext=and&resourcetype=1&author1=jander%2C+g&fulltext=arabidopsis+cloning&jc_favj=pnas%2Cjbc%2Cjoces%2Cbioinfo%2Cbmj%2Csci%2Cjnci%2Cbiosts&src=hw&disp_type=

The search results return a list of several ar-ticles by Jander concerning Arabidopsis clon-ing. With each citation, an image of the coverof Plant Physiology appears, along with linksto the abstract, full-text article, and PDF.Underneath the cover image, you’ll see a blockof text telling you whether the article is freeto you, because your institution has purchaseda subscription; free, because the publisher hasmade the article free to anyone on the Internet;or available for purchase, which means youcan pay with a credit card and get immediateaccess to the full text.

As a reader of Plant Physiology full-textarticles, you’ll get free access to the full textof more than 330 other HighWire-based jour-

nals used as citationsin Plant Physiology,

whether or not you oryour institution has asubscription. Thatmeans that from theJander articles you canlink immediately tocited articles if theysay [Full Text] inthe online referencesection.

If you’d like toknow which High-Wire-based journalsyour institution hassubscribed to, go tothe HighWire homepage and click on In-stitutional Subscrip-tions; if you are inter-ested in which journalsmake back articles freeto the world, click onFree Back Issues on the home page; and if youare interested in which journals’ articles areavailable for online purchase, click on PayPer View.

TAILORING YOUR SEARCH RESULTS

The search result pages in the new portal letyou easily change your view of the results.Let’s look at how to amend, sort, condense,investigate, and download search results.

From the Jander search results, look at thetop portion of the search result page to seeyour available options. The top section of thepage makes it easy to adjust your result:

• Amend the result: Your search terms arepre-entered for you in the Quick Searchbox. You can add or replace terms thereand click “go” or change the scope of yoursearch from (as shown in this example) the330+ highly cited journals whose full textis found at HighWire, to include all of thejournals found in MEDLINE.

• Sort the result: The default sort for thesearch engine shows you “best matches,”meaning those articles in which yoursearch terms showed up most frequently.Clicking on “newest first” will reorderyour search result by date.

• See more per page: By default, the searchengine shows you 10 items on each page.You can ask for 25, 40, 60, or 80 resultsper page by clicking on the appropriatenumber.

Condense the result: The standard form foreach citation provides a lot of information,such as a full list of authors, full citation in-formation, which section of a journal an ar-ticle is in, whether the article is a review, andso on. The “condensed” option displays allthe basic citation information you’d find in areference list and takes up only a quarter ofthe space!

Working from results: The portal lets you clickon a link in a search result and go to an

Using the New HighWire Portal

How to Find Full-Text Articles and Tailor Your Search Results


abstract or PDF by opening a new browserwindow without losing your search result.

And, by clicking in the checkbox to the leftof any citation, then clicking the appropriateradio button under the box labeled “Forchecked items,” you can do more with anyarticle in a search result:

• Download each checked item to your lo-

cal citation manager database: You canquickly add citations and abstracts to yourdatabase in EndNote, ProCite, and Refer-ence Manager. Online instructions are pro-

vided to be sure everything is set up for anautomatic transfer. You can also downloadan individual article’s citation/abstract to areference manager when you are viewing itin a HighWire-based journal site, includ-ing The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology

(look for the “Download to Citation Man-ager” link in the right-hand content boxwhen viewing the abstract or full-text of thearticle).

• Expand each checked item to its abstract:

A web page of abstracts for the selection

citations will come up in a separate win-dow. Each abstract includes a full cita-tion and a link to full text. As you reviewpages of search results, you can accumu-late possible candidate articles to evalu-ate further by checkmarking them. Thenyou can read through the abstracts all atonce, print them, or click through to fulltext.

In the September/October issue of theASPB News, we’ll look at how you can per-sonalize your favorite journals. �


More than 20 years ago, I went from a smalltown in rural Wisconsin to live for a year inCosta Rica. I lived for a time in the montanecloud forest of San Gerardo de Dota, wherethe Savegre River descends in sparkling cas-cades from the divide of the Sierra Talamancathrough a verdant forest. Unlike the aston-ishing diversity of trees in the tropical low-land forest, perhaps 90 percent of trees in themontane cloud forest here are oaks. They areof the same genus, Quercus, as oaks of myhomeland, but unlike my oaks, they are enor-mously tall and virtually evergreen withglossy, elongate, unlobed leaves, and they dripwith vines and bromeliads accented here andthere by the bright colors of trogons and callsof the resplendent quetzal. From this forest, Iwent to live for several months in Colorado,and I remember thinking that, with respectto the landscape, living in Colorado was amuch bigger change for me—coming origi-nally from the Wisconsin countryside—thanit had been to live in the montane forest ofCosta Rica. Although the details changed dra-matically, the overall aspect of forest and fieldin San Gerardo (oak forests, no less, and fieldswith Holstein cows, bordered by appleorchards) did not seem incredibly foreigncompared to the fields and forests of centralWisconsin.

Two years ago I again moved from a lushgreen countryside populated largely with oaks—this time that of central Pennsylvania—to

Foothills Footnote

Reflections on a Landscape

Colorado, where the front range of the RockyMountains meets the eastern plains, and I wasagain struck by the enormity of the change inthe landscape. Although I have always lovedthe alpine meadows and ragged peaks of thehigh mountains, I wondered if I would everget used to—much less grow to appreciate—the foothills landscape, which on first inspec-tion appeared as an incredibly barren, almostentirely brown near desert. I remember climb-ing to a local highpoint, Horsetooth Rock,looking east across the plains in April, andthinking oh my God... this is a desert! ...there

is almost nothing green here... can I possibly

enjoy living here? As if to emphasize the point,we then chose to live on the western edge oftown, up against the barren foothills, withthe prairie dogs—and no trees. No trees?!

What a pleasant surprise, then, to find overthe past two years that I have not just gottenused to this landscape, I have actually fallenin love with it. Almost daily I have gone forruns along trails in the foothills; runs punc-tuated by frequent walking breaks as I havestopped to become better acquainted with theflora and fauna of my new home. I love themany different muted shades of browns andreds and grays (and yes, even greens) of thefoothills and grasslands. I almost feel that Ihave come to see colors more distinctly, and Itake more notice of colors in the landscapewherever I go. I especially love to drive northand east to the high plains, where the ante-

lope graze in the sagebrush, and endless grass-lands roll along as far as the eye can see.

I have also enjoyed designing the landscapeof our new garden. Rather than planting myfavorite Eastern trees and shrubs, such asflowering dogwood, redbud, and azalea, wechose local natives, such as Colorado bluespruce, western river birch, and quaking as-pen. We maintain a minimal lawn area andplant the rest with low-water-use rock-gar-den and prairie perennials. Looking back onmy history of landscapes, it is no surprise thatsome of the first trees I planted here were oaks.Appropriately for this landscape, they areGambel oaks (Quercus gambelii), a lovelysmall tree that is native to the central RockyMountains. These two little trees have takenroot and this spring produced a fine crop oftheir delicate, light green, lobed leaves. Weare at home in the Colorado foothills, theGambel oaks and me. �

Nan Eckardt

News and Reviews Editor

The Plant Cell

[email protected]

New URL for Southern Section

The web page for the Southern Section has been changed to correspond to the section’s adoption of thename change to “Plant Biologists.” Please make a note that the old URL will be discontinued in Septem-ber and update your bookmark to http://www.ss-aspb.org. �


ASPB and the Membership Committee welcome the postdocs and students who were nominated by their professors for outstandingwork in the field of plant biology. ASPB hopes to support the hard work and dedication of these young scientists for years to come.

ASPB Welcomes New Postdocs and Students!

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Public Affairs

Congressional Exhibition and Reception on NSF-SponsoredResearch Features ASPB Exhibit on Lowering Food Allergies

NSF Director Rita Colwell, two members ofCongress, and a number of congressional staffvisited the ASPB poster exhibit at the annualCongressional Exhibition and Receptionsponsored by the Coalition for National Sci-ence Funding (CNSF) May 15 in the RayburnHouse Office Building.

The ASPB poster and related color bro-chure, “T(rx) Cereals: Lowering Food Aller-gies with Thioredoxin,” explained researchconducted by Committee on Public Affairschair Peggy Lemaux and past president BobBuchanan, both of the University of Califor-nia at Berkeley. The brochure can be foundon the ASPB web site at www.aspb.org in theplant biotechnology section. Barbara Alonso,also at UC-Berkeley, prepared the poster andbrochure with Lemaux and Buchanan.

Lemaux explained this NSF-sponsored re-search to attendees who visited the ASPBbooth, including Colwell; Congressman BobEtheridge (D-NC) of both the Science Com-mittee and the Agriculture Committee; Con-gresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA); Joel Widder,majority staff on the Senate VA, HUD andIndependent Agencies Subcommittee (whichannually determines spending for NSF); andother congressional staff.

Widder, who had visited Lemaux’s lab afew months earlier to review major NSF re-search programs such as plant genome re-search, remarked that he was impressed withthe research. Capps said that as a former nurseshe certainly recognized the importance of re-search that inactivates allergens and leads tosafer foods. Capps offered to provide any as-sistance that she could.

In discussions with Colwell, Lemauxtraced the background of years of basic re-search sponsored by NSF on thioredoxin thatled to this unexpected discovery related tolowering food allergies. Lemaux discussedhands-on displays, including wheat, teosinte,strings of beads representing genes, and otheritems with visitors.

There were more than 30 poster exhibi-tors at this exhibition, primarily representingscience societies and universities. The programwith the list of exhibitors can be found athttp://www.cnsfweb.org/exprogram02.pdf.

Photos of the exhibition can be found athttp://www.cnsfweb.org/photos-ex2002.pdfwith pictures of Peggy Lemaux and Dr.Colwell at #65 and #66.

This was the eighth annual CNSF congres-sional exhibition, and ASPB has participatedin each one. Again this year, ASPB had theonly plant science exhibit there. The eventprovides an opportunity to explain the im-portance of leading research sponsored byNSF to congressional offices in a relativelyfestive reception setting. This is the major re-ception and exhibi-tion of the year forNSF on the Hill, andthe ASPB Public Af-fairs Office helpedinitiate this popularevent about eightyears ago.

Brochures devel-oped for the exhibitsin this and past yearsare also used in sub-

sequent communications and meetings withcongressional staff and Executive Branch of-ficials as appropriate. For example, the NRIalso contributed to support of this researchrelated to lowering food allergies withthioredoxin. ASPB staff provided a copy ofthe brochure “T(rx) Cereals: Lowering FoodAllergies with Thioredoxin” to RodneyBrown, deputy undersecretary of Departmentof Agriculture Research, Education and Eco-nomics, during a May 30 meeting.

With anti-biotech interests making asser-tions related to allergen risks in modifiedfoods, Lemaux and Buchanan’s research of-fers an example of how, instead, biotechnol-ogy can be applied to inactivate allergens thatwould otherwise be found in a traditionallybred food crop. �

Peggy Lemaux and Joel Widder of the

Senate Appropriations Committee staff

Peggy Lemaux

(left) and Rita

Colwell, director

of the National

Science Foundation


Some representatives of physical sciences in-terests, particularly in the area of physics, havebeen conducting a campaign for “more bal-ance” in federal funding. Citing a doublingof funding for life sciences research supportedby the National Institutes of Health (NIH),the physical sciences campaign for “morebalance” argues that federal support for physi-cal sciences research has been somewhat scantby comparison.

However, the “more balance” campaign isarguably less than collegial in design, and itwrongly includes targeting of non-biomedicallife sciences. The campaign has the potentialto unfairly divert support for non-biomedicallife sciences research, which has not been ona doubling track, to research programs in the

AAAS Representative Responds Favorably toASPB, AIBS on Question of Balance

physical sciences at various federal agencies.(See related story on NSF Budget Authoriza-tion on page 15 of this issue.)

ASPB and the American Institute of Bio-logical Sciences (AIBS) contacted the Ameri-can Association for the Advancement of Sci-ence (AAAS) on the need to present federalbudget analyses that distinguish trends in fed-eral funding for biomedical research from lifesciences research in other areas. For example,AAAS is providing input to the President’sCouncil of Advisors on Science and Technol-ogy (PCAST) assessing the federal investmentin science and technology R&D.

Kei Koizumi of the AAAS R&D Budget andPolicy Program responded to ASPB and AIBSthat he agrees that the catch-all category of

“life sciences” masks the divergent trends forthe biomedical sciences and natural biology.He said he would work with RAND, a non-profit institution that addresses policy anddecision making through research analysis,and PCAST to make the links between agencyfunding decisions and impacts on science dis-ciplines very clear to show varying degrees offederal support within the life sciences.

While ASPB has commended Congress forits strong support of NIH, it would be incor-rect to say that federal support for all life sci-ences research has increased at the level ofbiomedical research. ASPB and AIBS areworking with other life sciences groups onfurther actions needed to seek more fairnessin assessing the “more balance” campaign. �

Public Affairs

The enacted Farm Bill includes a provisionon biotechnology risk assessment researchsupported by ASPB. The provision not onlyaddresses risks that might be posed by plantsand animals that are products of agriculturalbiotechnology, but also looks at comparativerisks of these products with traditionally bredplants and animals.

Senate and House Conference members ac-cepted this broader provision addressing com-parative risks approved by the House. Theconference agreement on the Farm Bill waslater approved by Congress.

ASPB Public Affairs staff had worked withHouse Committee staff in addressing the ques-tion of comparative risks early in the draft-ing stages of the Farm Bill. Discussions in anearlier meeting of the Committee on PublicAffairs had cited the need to look not only at

Enacted Farm Bill Includes ASPB-SupportedProvision on Risk Assessment

risks in genetically modified crops, but alsoat how these risks compare with risks associ-ated with other crops.

As Senate and House Conference memberswere considering the Farm Bill, ASPB Presi-dent Vicki Chandler wrote to House and Sen-ate members who were heading up the con-ference and noted the following:

“With regard to the issue of risk as-sessment, ASPB supports House Agri-culture Committee Report Section 747on Biotechnology Risk Assessment Re-search. This provision takes the neededholistic approach to risk assessment,”Chandler commented in the letter. “Acomparative analysis between biotech-nology systems and other productionsystems, as provided in the House pro-vision, will provide more complete,

balanced and accurate information forconsumers, farmers and policymakersto consider.”

The Joint Explanatory Statement of theConference Committee notes that “The con-ference substitute adopts the House provisionwith an amendment adding genetically engi-neered microorganisms as a priority topic forrisk assessment research, including interna-tional partnerships on bio-safety as a researchpriority and reducing the amount withheldfrom biotechnology research funding [forrisk assessment research] from 3 percent to 2percent.”

President Bush signed the Farm Bill, and itbecame Public Law 107-171 on May 13,2002. �


House Approves Bill Supporting Research

on Plant Genomes, Plant Biotechnology

The House of Representatives approved onMay 14 Congressman Nick Smith’s (R-MI)legislation (H.R. 2051) to develop regionalplant genome research centers and includesCongresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s(D-TX) proposal to promote research part-nerships to study plant biotechnology inthe developing world.

ASPB president Vicki Chandler, Com-mittee on Public Affairs member DaphnePreuss, past president and past Commit-tee on Public Affairs member Ken Keegstra,ASPB member Mike Thomashow, pastCommittee on Public Affairs member JimCook, past president Charles Arntzen, andother ASPB members have testified beforeSmith, Johnson, and the Science ResearchSubcommittee in recent years and discussedthe importance of NSF-sponsored plantresearch, including plant biotechnologyand plant genome research. Committeestaff noted that Smith’s bill would providea significant new source of funds for plantgenome research and research on the ap-

Public Affairs

plications of biotechnology. Following isthe news release that the committee issuedMay 14 after House passage of the bill:

WASHINGTON, DC—The House todayapproved legislation by voice vote that wouldstrengthen research into plant biotechnology.The bill establishes a program through theNational Science Foundation to develop re-gional plant genome research centers. Addi-tionally, the legislation would promote re-search partnerships to study plant biotech-nology in the developing world.

Research Subcommittee Chairman NickSmith (R-MI) said, “The tremendous poten-tial of plant genomics is limited only by theresourcefulness and imagination of our sci-entists. We have already made great strides,but it is only the beginning. This bill will helpcreate the next generation of plants that willprovide consumer benefits, lower costs, pro-tect the environment, and help feed a grow-ing world population.”

“A particularly important component ofthis legislation is the requirement that U.S.universities and non-profits partner with in-stitutions in the developing world,” said Sub-committee Ranking Member Eddie Bernice

Questions from Public Abound at

NC Museum Program “Tinkering With Nature”

Johnson (D-TX). “By working with their col-leagues in developing countries, U.S. scien-tists will not only help strengthen the scien-tific capacity of developing countries but willensure that the basic research that is per-formed on developing world crops focuseson what developing countries perceive theirown needs to be. It was my pleasure to workwith Chairman Boehlert, Ranking MemberHall, and Subcommittee Chairman NickSmith on this bipartisan legislation thatmakes an important contribution to addressthe critical problems of hunger, malnutrition,and disease in the developing world.”

The research centers would focus on ar-eas of basic research such as cultivatingplants in extreme conditions, developing al-ternative uses for crops including energy pro-duction, and disseminating information onthe ecological or other consequences of ge-netically engineered plants. The bill autho-rizes $9 million for fiscal year 2002 and$13.5 million for each of the two followingyears.

The bill now moves to the Senate forconsideration. �

The North Carolina Museum of Life and Sci-ences in Raleigh sponsored an evening pro-gram May 30 on “Tinkering with Nature:Food and Medicine in the Genomic Age.” Theprogram featured ASPB Committee on Pub-lic Affairs member James Siedow of DukeUniversity, who discussed safety and environ-mental issues related to genetically modifiedcrops.

Michael Yudell, a fellow at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History, spoke on ethi-cal issues related to the genomics revolution,primarily with regard to its application tomedicine. Adrianne Massey moderated theprogram and spoke on both topics in heropening remarks.

The nearly 150 people who attended theprogram appeared to have a fairly broad,

non-technical background and consider-able interest in the issue, Siedow noted.There were a lot of questions asked duringthe program, which ended at 9:00 p.m. andcontinued in informal groups until museumofficials moved everyone out of the build-ing at 9:45 p.m.

Two representatives of a group called theNorth Carolina Coalition for Safe Foods set

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Public Affairs

House Science Committee Supports ASPB Request to

Include Biology in NSF Budget Authorization Bill “Trends” Section

ASPB Public Affairs staff and public affairsrepresentatives from three other associationsmet with House Science Committee staff rep-resenting committee leadership in May andasked that the NSF budget authorization billH.R. 4664 be amended so that language insection 5 of the bill no longer exclude bio-logical sciences (and the social sciences).

Section 5 of the bill had called for sub-mission of an annual plan by NSF describ-ing how allocation of research funding will“(2) affect trends in research support formajor fields and subfields of the physical sci-ences, mathematics and engineering includ-ing for emerging multidisciplinary researchareas; and (3) ensure that research in thephysical sciences, mathematics and engineer-ing is adequate to address important researchopportunities in these fields.”

Committee representatives led by Chair-man Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) agreed withASPB and the three other organizations andsubsequently made the change with anamendment approved by the full committeelater that month. The House of Representa-tives subsequently approved the bill with theamended provision.

In paragraph two (trends) of the bill,“physical science” became “science” so thateverything is tracked to develop a better

baseline. Paragraph three was changed toread: “…is designed to achieve an appropri-ate balance among major fields and subfieldsof science, mathematics and engineering….”

These changes from “physical science” tothe broader term “science” address ASPB’sbiology community concerns. ASPB is alsoasking the Science Committee to guardagainst combining the non-biomedical lifesciences with biomedical research when look-ing at federal funding trends.

Some physical science groups have calledon Congress to provide what they call “morebalance” in federal funding. These same in-terest groups have been citing the doublingof funding track that has been followed forthe National Institutes of Health. However,most non-medical life sciences have not beenon a doubling track and are threatened to beadversely affected by the purported need for“more balance” campaign of some physicalscience representatives.

The physical science representatives havemaintained that the large budget increasesfor NIH provide a disproportionate amountof funding for the life sciences. The campaignby these groups is unfairly broad as it doesnot mention the distinction between biomedi-cal research and non-biomedical research inthe life sciences. To mount a highly visible

campaign seeking “more balance” can alsotake science interests off more importantmessages and make them appear insteadlike they are engaged in interdisciplinarysquabbling.

There is still more work that needs to bedone by the biology community in responseto what is the purported need for “more bal-ance” campaign of many physical scientists.ASPB is working with the American Insti-tute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), which alsoattended the May meeting, and some otherbiological science groups on conducting fu-ture efforts as part of a broader communityresponse to the aggressive campaign by somephysical science groups to obtain what theylabel “more balance” in the federal researchportfolio. (See related story on page 13.)

ASPB has commended Congress for its sig-nificant budget increases for NIH. The ex-ample shown at NIH may have helped Sena-tors Christopher Bond (R-MO), BarbaraMikulski (D-MD), and their colleaguesin their strong and successful efforts to obtainincreases for NSF that have been several timeshigher than the rate of inflation. In addition tonon-medical life sciences, physical sciencesand other science disciplines also benefitedfrom these increases for NSF. �

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up a booth outside the auditorium and passedout literature on “The Health Hazards ofGenetically Engineered Foods,” written byLaurie Lynch. One of the two representativesadded a doom-saying prediction, warning thateating genetically modified foods will lead tothe extinction of the human race. Siedow, agenetically modified food consumer still verymuch in existence, noted that this comment

did appear to weigh on the coalitionrepresentative’s credibility.

The program was held in conjunction withan exhibit at the museum called the “GenomicRevolution.” The exhibit was originally de-veloped by the American Museum of Natu-ral History in New York and is now travelingthroughout the country. The first stop wasRaleigh, where the exhibit is being shown

from April 20 through September 2. A por-tion of the exhibit is devoted to presentingbenefits and risks of genetically modifiedcrops. �


Public Affairs

After spending much of the past three centu-ries subjected to domination by powerfulneighbors, including the ruthless reigns ofAdolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, Poland is look-ing west for help in its relatively early yearsas an independent, democratic nation with afree-market economy.

Poland plans to join the European Union(EU) in coming years in a move that couldhelp strengthen its economy. To join the EU,Poland must develop policies in a number ofareas, including plant biotechnology.

To help in further understanding issues re-lated to plant biotechnology in the UnitedStates, Poland hosted a delegation includingASPB Committee on Public Affairs memberJim Siedow of Duke University in June. Thedelegation was sponsored by the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture Foreign AgriculturalService.

In meetings with government officials, re-searchers, and the news media, Siedow ad-dressed scientific and environmental issuesrelated to modified foods. Tom Zinnen, bio-technology policy and outreach specialistfrom the University of Wisconsin, addressedregulation of modified foods in the UnitedStates. Andy Benson, director of internationaloutreach for the International Food Informa-tion Council, spoke on biotechnology com-munications, public opinion, and food safety.

In addition, this delegation was joined byProfessor Tomasz Twardoski of the Univer-sity of Poznan and the Polish Academy ofSciences, who spoke on the value-added fea-tures of crop biotechnology. Mark Hawthorne

USDA, Siedow Visit Poland to Discuss GMOs withPublic Officials, Media, Scientists

of USDA was the team leader, and WayneMolstad of the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw wasthe local organizer.

Siedow and others in the U.S. delegationmet with representatives of 18 Polish govern-ment ministries and representatives of a fewnongovernmental organizations (NGOs) onMonday, June 3. Each member of the delega-tion gave a 45-minute talk (with simultaneoustranslation) and fielded questions for 15–20minutes afterward. After the entire session,there was another open question period.Siedow noted that there were a number ofthoughtful questions raised. Just as is foundin the United States, an anti-biotechnologyNGO representative took part in the ques-tion-and-answer period and delivered a speechagainst modified foods.

The session was followed by a formal lun-cheon, which coincided with the Poland–South Korea World Cup soccer game, so fur-ther discussions on genetically modified or-ganisms (GMOs) were minimal at the lun-cheon, Siedow noted.

On Wednesday, June 5, the U.S. delega-tion went to the Agricultural University ofWarsaw (AUW), located in a Warsaw suburb,where Siedow and his colleagues met withsome 20 faculty members. Discussions onmodified crops continued for about two-and-a-half hours. Siedow said that for themost part, the Polish faculty members weresupportive of research on the plant biotech-nology and critical of their government’scurrent restrictive regulations on modifiedfoods.

On Thursday, June 6, Siedow and the restof the U.S. delegation met with about 15 rep-resentatives of various media (radio, TV, andprint). The program followed generally thesame format as the meeting with ministry of-ficials. Siedow said there were a lot of lead-ing questions from the media (including anunusual question about a possible linkagebetween obesity in the United States and thegeneral introduction of modified foods).

“Afterward, we did two interviews withtwo TV stations, including TV 2 (which hasone of the largest viewer markets in Poland).We were featured on the 10:00 p.m. news,and I was informed that the story was verypositive,” Siedow commented. “We also ap-peared on a second TV program that airedon Saturday morning on another channel. Ialso just heard that good articles have ap-peared in two magazines.”

The entire last page of the June 8–9Magazyn Trybuny is devoted to the issue ofplant biotechnology and modified foods. Thearticle cited strength in the U.S. regulatorysystem for modified foods, including regula-tory authority of USDA and the Environmen-tal Protection Agency.

Some U.S. officials are hoping that this in-dependent nation, which took the lead in over-throwing Soviet rule that led to freedom forEastern Europe, will embrace an open, sci-ence-based view toward modified foods asit prepares to become a voting member ofthe EU. �


Public Affairs

Plant BiotechnologyReduced Pesticide Useby 46 Million Pounds

Plant biotechnology has increased crop yieldssignificantly while reducing use of pesticides inthe United States, the National Center for Food& Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) reported.

The NCFAP report on its study said that foryear 2001 in the United States, six crops cur-rently in the marketplace developed throughbiotechnology—soybeans, corn, cotton, pa-paya, squash, and canola—produced an addi-tional 4 billion pounds of food and fiber onthe same acreage, improved farm income $1.5billion, and reduced pesticide volume by 46million pounds.

Assuming that an additional 21 crops evalu-ated in the study are eventually planted, pro-duction would increase 10 billion pounds, farmincome would improve $1 billion, and pesti-cide volume would be reduced 117 millionpounds. The study evaluated regional produc-tion in 27 of America’s crops, or slightly morethan half of the U.S. crop value.

According to Leonard Gianessi, NCFAP se-nior research associate and senior author of thereport, “As opposed to previous studies, ourwork goes well beyond the traditional agricul-tural commodities and evaluates the impact bio-technology can have on a much wider range ofcrops, including fruits and vegetables. In fact,the study shows every region in the countrystands to benefit from the development of thenew varieties evaluated in this study.”

The report was commissioned with a grantfrom the Rockefeller Foundation and was laterexpanded to cover 40 case studies of 27 cropswith funding from the Biotechnology IndustryOrganization, CropLife America, Council forBiotechnology Information, Grocery Manufac-turers of America, and Monsanto. NCFAP is aprivate, nonprofit organization based in Wash-ington, DC. The complete study is available athttp://www.ncfap.org. �

Alan McHughen, a member of ASPB, worked with the ASPB Committee on Public

Affairs and Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services in submitting this commen-tary, which was published by The Columbus Dispatch May 22 (and The Record ofNorthern New Jersey May 21) among newspapers subscribing to Knight Ridder/

Tribune.

Urban Sprawl Is Threat to Biodiversity

Alan McHughen

Wednesday, May 22, 2002—Is biodi-versity in Mexico under threat? Yes, butnot by biotech corn. Emotional excite-ment is clouding the real issues.

First was the publication of a shortpaper in Nature, a respectable Britishscientific journal, showing monarch but-terflies, an insect, might be harmed byeating pollen containing insecticide pro-vided by a type of biotech corn.

Popular wisdom, if not the authors,concluded that the survival of the mi-grating Mexico-based monarchs wastherefore threatened by these plants.

Thus the hand-wringing began, alongwith calls for banning biotech crops be-cause of the apparent threat to biodiver-sity as exemplified by the lovely monarch.

The angst subsided only after a blue-ribbon panel of public scientists con-ducted experiments and published a se-ries of research articles showing that thebiodiversity threat to monarchs frombiotech corn was negligible; that a muchgreater hazard to monarchs was carwindshields. Since no one seemed will-ing to campaign against windshields oncars, the furor died down.

Then came a report arguing that thegenetic integrity of Mexican teosinte,the ancestor of modern corn, was beingcontaminated by genetic material frombiotech corn.

Once again, hand-wringers were outin force, demanding an end to modernplant breeding because this paper, alsopublished in Nature, showed biotechcrops threatened biodiversity in Mexico.

And once again, the angst subsidedwhen Nature disowned the paper lastmonth, agreeing with technical expertsthat the research findings were flawed andthat the paper should not have been pub-lished in the first place.

The experts do agree that corn pollen—whether from a biotech variety or anordinary modern corn hybrid—can matewith its genetic ancestor, teosinte, toadd their genetic material to that of theteosinte.

Such genetic mingling is a naturalevent, so the mere presence of modern cornplants growing in Mexican farm soilvirtually guarantees that, sooner or later,genes from corn will be detected inteosinte.

With all the media coverage and anxi-ety over threats—real or imagined—tobiodiversity in Mexico, a more crucial is-sue is overlooked.

That is, does cross-pollination consti-tute a threat to biodiversity? Is the sur-vival of ancestral populations of teosintethreatened by genetic material from mod-ern corn?

To some, cross-pollination is geneticpollution and the offending corn must bebanned, because, according to the argu-ment, the philandering corn genes dilutethe genetic purity, and therefore thebiodiversity, of the teosinte.

To others, moving genes from plant toplant, even species to species as with cornand teosinte, is completely natural, doesnot constitute a threat to biodiversity and

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is a phenomenon we need not be too con-cerned with.

The scientific evidence indicates that ordi-nary pollination between modern corn andolder strains and even teosinte does not con-stitute a significant threat to biodiversity.

Modern corn varieties have been availableto Mexican farmers for half a century. Yes, thereis evidence that some cross-pollination eventshave occurred over that time. And yes, themodern genes can persist in the populations.

But the modern genes do not overtake orcrowd out the ancestral genes.

There is no indication that biodiversity ofteosinte has suffered from the introduction ofmodern corn genes in the mid-20th century.Unless the modern genes provide some ecologi-cal advantage to the recipient teosinte plant,they either eventually die off or remain a tinyproportion of the teosinte’s gene population.

Biotech corn does not cross-pollinate withany greater efficiency than modern nonbiotech

corn. In short, biodiversity in teosinte is notjeopardized by genes or pollen from moderncorn, including biotech varieties.

The real threat to teosinte and other maize-strain populations emanates from humanpopulations, with their increasing demandsfor land and food.

As cities grow, they encroach on the bestfarmland. As remaining farmers attempt tomeet the demand for more food, they replaceolder, less productive varieties with new, high-yielding hybrids. Both activities displace tra-ditional plants.

If society wants to preserve teosinte and oldstrains, we must support well-funded and or-ganized gene banks and reserve lands, wherethe genetic heritage can be protected.

We must establish a regulatory system fornew crop varieties based on their health, safetyand ecological fitness, not on the breedingmethod used.

Finally, we must encourage the cultivationand consumption of biotech varieties withhigher nutritional quality and yields to sat-isfy the demand for more and better foodswithout converting more land.

Biodiversity in Mexico—and elsewhere—is certainly under threat. Emotional distrac-tions accelerate the problem by delaying theimplementation of real solutions.

Alan McHughen, a biotechnology specialistin the Department of Botany and Plant Sci-ences at the University of California, River-side, is author of Pandora’s Picnic Basket: ThePotential and Hazards of Genetically Modi-

fied Foods. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tri-bune Information Services. �

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Biotech Crops, an Environmental Ally

The Spokane Spokesman-Review and Akron Beacon Journal newspapers published the following op-ed written by ASPB member Jim Cook.

Cook explains findings on modified crops in a new report by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy. This commentary is thesecond by Cook in recent months that explains plant biotechnology to the public. Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services distributed

this commentary to subscribing newspapers.

R. James Cook

Pullman, Washington, Monday, June 17,2002—Anyone uncertain about the merits ofbiotechnology for food and agriculture shouldread a new report by the National Center forFood and Agricultural Policy, a nonprofit re-search group in Washington, DC.

The food report, released a week ago, notesthat a mere eight varieties of genetically modi-fied crops provided an overall value toU.S. agriculture of $2.5 billion throughhigher yields and lower costs of productionin 2001.

The lower production costs produced a ma-jor environmental benefit as well—reducingpesticide use by 46 million pounds. The re-port can be found on the web at www.ncfap.org and ought to be required reading for ev-eryone involved in the ongoing debate, includ-ing America’s farming community.

The eight biotech varieties included in thisNCFAP analysis were widely disparate. Theyinclude insect-resistant cotton and corn, her-bicide-tolerant soybeans, corn, cotton andcanola and virus-resistant squash and papaya.

The greatest increase in production oc-curred with insect-resistant corn, whichyielded an additional 1.75 million tons. Thegreatest cost savings occurred with herbicide-tolerant soybeans that reduced the use of her-bicides by an estimated $1 billion.

Herbicide-tolerant crops also made it easierfor farmers to adopt a no-till system of farm-ing, which reduces the potential for soil ero-sion in addition to the cost of production.

According to the Conservation TechnologyInformation Service at Purdue University inIndiana, about 25 million acres of soybeans,one-third of the total U.S. soybean crop in

2001, were grown with the no-till method offarming—the most of any crop.

As startling as these numbers may seem,similar gains could be cited for the hundredsof pests and diseases controlled over the past100 or more years by the methods of geneticmodification referred to collectively as “tra-ditional” plant breeding.

These gains account in large part for whywe Americans today spend only about 10percent of our incomes for the highest-qual-ity and most-abundant food in the world.

What is particularly exciting about the Na-tional Center for Food and Agricultural Policyreport is that someone actually put the num-bers together to document what happens orcan happen when pests or diseases are con-trolled using genetic modification.

Despite the proven safety and efficacy ofbiotech crops, misinformation has created lin-gering skepticism. A biotech variety of potatowith one gene that resists the Colorado potatobeetle, and another that resists the potato leafroll virus—two pests currently managed withpesticides—was rejected by the fast-food indus-try out of fear that consumers would considerthese potatoes unsafe to eat.

The National Center for Food and Agri-cultural Policy report pointed out that the ge-netically modified insect/virus resistant po-tato, along with five other biotech crop vari-eties in the pipeline, have the potential to in-crease the net value of Idaho, Oregon andWashington agriculture by an estimated $1.8billion if fully adopted.

At the same time, the new crops could de-crease the amount of pesticide used in thePacific Northwest’s tri-state potato region byabout 20 million pounds annually.

The five genetic modifications in the pipe-

line for Northwest crops are raspberry withresistance to the region’s most devastatingvirus disease, wheat with resistance to twoimportant virus diseases, and potatoes withtolerance to an herbicide and resistance to theverticillium wilt fungus now controlled by soilfumigation.

Like most other pests and diseases still con-trolled by pesticides, none of the four cropdiseases targeted for control by biotechnol-ogy in the Pacific Northwest has been broughtunder control anywhere in the world usingtraditional breeding practices.

While most alternatives to pesticides havetended to make food more expensive, control-ling plant pests and diseases through geneticmodification lowers the cost of production.

Food produced from these crops is no moreexpensive, and eventually becomes less ex-pensive as the lower costs of production arepassed on to consumers.

In addition, crops protected from pests anddiseases leave less fertilizer unused in the soiland return more organic matter to the soil,and the harvested products are almost alwaysof a higher quality than products from cropsdamaged by pests and diseases.

At a time when each day’s news seems tobe dominated by depressing stories, the Na-tional Center for Food and AgriculturalPolicy’s report confirms that we’re still ca-pable of making progress with major benefitsfor the human race.

That’s a bit of refreshing good news forall Americans.

The writer holds the endowed chair in wheatresearch at Washington State University and is amember of the National Academy of Sciences. Thiscommentary was distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. �


Compiled and edited by Gary Kuleck, Biology Department, Loyola Marymount University, 7900 Loyola Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045, e-mail [email protected]

ASPB Education Forum

The ASPB Education Foundation sponsoredan exhibit at the 11th annual Career Fair ofthe Minorities in Science and Technology(MIST) Network held April 30–May 2, 2002,at The George Washington University inWashington, DC.

The three-day MIST career fair introducesmiddle school and high school ethnic minor-ity students to careers related to science andtechnology by exposing them to a wealth ofhands-on exhibits. More than 1,800 students,teachers, and parents participate in the ca-reer fair annually, with more than 30 scien-tific associations and corporations staffingbooths and/or conducting workshops. Exhibi-tors included the American Association forthe Advancement of Science, the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency, the Society ofManufacturing Engineers, the American So-ciety for Biochemistry and Molecular Biol-ogy, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

At the ASPB booth, ASPB member RobinBuell answered questions and described thedifferent types of jobs available to those stu-dents interested in the field of plant science.When asked about future plans for college,many of the 11th graders, who were eitherbiology majors or taking advanced placementcourses in biology, expressed an interest in

attending medical school. Robin explainedthat research conducted by plant physiolo-gists is very beneficial and that plant physiol-ogy is actually a sub-field of biology. In addi-tion, Robin stated, “Plant scientists are in-volved in many different types of researchthat include the growth of plants for food,fuel, and, yes, even medicine.”

When asked how and why the partici-pants attend the Career Fair, one studentfrom North Bend Elementary School inBaltimore stated, “It’s fun! The exhibit hallis best because it shows me things that Inever knew about.” The parent of a sixthgrader who attends Fallston Middle Schoolin Baltimore told ASPB staff, “It’s reallywonderful! My son doesn’t know what di-rection to go, so this is great to start at thisage.” Another student, who attends NorthBend Elementary, described an experimentto ASPB staff that involved growing a plantwith a kidney seed. “My sister grew a limabean plant but it died! My experiment isto see if it can grow indoors.”

Students, teachers, and parents expressedenthusiasm for The Plant Cell and PlantPhysiology posters, the two-sided Principlesof Plant Biology bookmarks, brochures aboutplant science studies, Principles of Plant Bi-

ology—Concepts for Science Educa-

tion, and “The ‘What’s so cool aboutplants?’ Cube,” which was a huge hit,particularly among the students.

For additional information onASPB Education Foundation pro-grams, visit www.aspb.org/ed_foundation/programs.cfm or contactRobin Lempert at [email protected]. �

Lauren A. Ransome

Production Manager

Plant Physiology

[email protected]

ASPB Exhibits at MIST Career Fair

Students Adam Steward, Amecnaha Peoples,and Raven Jackson from Fallston Middle School,Baltimore, talk to ASPB Education Foundation

assistant Paula Brooks at MIST.

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Phi Sigma

Phi Sigma Society is the oldest aca-demic honor society for the biologicalsciences, established at Ohio State Uni-versity on March 17, 1915. It is theonly honor society for all biologicalsubdisciplines recognized by the Asso-ciation of College Honor Societies. Itsmission is simple: The Phi SigmaHonor Society is devoted to the recog-nition of research and academic excel-lence in all the biological sciences.

Members of Phi Sigma are a cross-section of upper-level undergraduateand graduate students majoring in thelife sciences who have demonstratedsuperior academic achievement, as wellas professional biologists involved inresearch in academia, governmentagencies, and industry. Membership isfor a lifetime, with no annual dues af-ter initiation. Among the many ben-efits of membership are a reduced sub-scription rate for the AIBS journal,BioScience, and eligibility to apply forPhi Sigma Student Travel Grants tohelp reimburse students for travel ex-penses to present their research at pro-fessional meetings.

For more information on the history,purpose, and advantages of member-ship, please visit www.phisigmasociety.org. This site also contains useful linksto employment sites, information onhow to establish a new chapter of PhiSigma at your college or university, andfurther details about the Student TravelGrant Program. �


CALL FOR PROPOSALSWSSA UndergraduateResearch Award—2003

The Weed Science Society of America has developed an Undergraduate Student Re-search Grant designed to encourage and involve exceptional undergraduates in agri-cultural research. Interested faculty members are encouraged to identify potential awardcandidates and discuss the possibility of sponsoring a research project. Awards may beused as a stipend, for research budget expenses (travel, supplies, etc.), to defer fees, todefray living expenses for summer research, or any combination of these items.

AWARD: Up to $1000 for support of undergraduate research to be conductedover a minimum of one quarter/semester during 2003. This awardmay be used to defray the cost of research supplies or as a stipend.Support of a faculty sponsor is required. Awards will be made tothe student, to be administered by the faculty sponsor’s department.

APPLICANT: The applicant is an undergraduate student with a strong interest inWeed Science. Students majoring in all related disciplines may apply.

TO APPLY: Applicants should prepare a 2-3 page research proposal includingname, address, phone number, title, objective, experimental ap-proach, discussion, budget and references. The discussion sectionof the proposal should describe the expected results and their pos-sible significance to Weed Science. The student should provide acover letter in which general academic and career goals are dis-cussed. A copy of the student’s academic transcripts should also beprovided.

FACULTY Any faculty member who is actively engaged in Weed Science re-SPONSOR: search is qualified to be a sponsor. The faculty sponsor should re-

view the research proposal with special attention to the budget,and the distribution of funds should be approved by both the stu-dent and sponsor. In addition, the sponsor should provide a letterof reference, including a statement of his/her willingness to super-vise the proposed research and to provide needed space, equipmentand supplies above those requested in the proposal. The sponsor isencouraged to assist the student in presenting his/her results at aregional Weed Science Meeting.

HOW TO APPLY: The completed proposal, academic transcripts, cover letter and fac-ulty letter of support should be forwarded to: Dr. John Jachetta, DowAgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054;Phone: (317) 337-4686, Fax (317) 337-4649, E-mail: [email protected]. Proposals should be received no later than November15, 2002. Funding decisions will be made by January 25, 2003, andpresented at the 2003 WSSA National Meeting Awards Banquet. �

Virtual Reality

As part of its Education Programme, the So-ciety for Experimental Biology (SEB;www.sebiology.org) held a very successfulworkshop on Virtual Learning during its an-nual main meeting in Swansea (Wales, UK)in April this year. Organized in collaborationwith LTSN Bioscience (www.bio.ltsn.ac.uk),we were honored to welcome ASPB memberDr. John Markwell (University of Nebraska—Lincoln) as our plenary speaker. FormerlyASPB’s Education Committee chair, Johntreated the audience to his extensive teachingexperience by speaking on the subject of stu-dent learning. His theories on the dynamicsof learning in the context of both traditionaland virtual environments were very well re-ceived, as was his interactive style of delivery.A summary of the talk is published in the SEBBulletin (July issue) and can also be seen atwww.sebiology.org/bulletin/July2002.

Delivered by other experienced educators,the rest of the workshop talks focused on vir-tual learning and assessment methods. Thesewere followed by two parallel hands-on ses-sions on e-tutoring, including the implicationsof widening access for disabled students. Awider range of posters on innovative teach-ing techniques was presented later in the day,with John Markwell’s poster on the decay ofweb links receiving media attention from theNew Scientist (April 13 issue). All the work-shop abstracts are posted at http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/NV/sebabstracts.htm, and somewill also be published as full papers in theJournal of Biological Education later thisyear. �

Sarah Blackford

SEB Education & Public Affairs Officer

Education


Suzanne Moore

Suzanne Moore joined the ASPB staff in April as the institu-tional subscription and fulfillment assistant and will providecustomer service to institutional members, as well as more out-reach to the institutional community. Her experience includesworking at the American Association for the Advancement ofScience to build and market an online database of funding op-portunities for early career scientists in conjunction with theHoward Hughes Medical Institute, directing web site produc-tion at sciencewise.com, product management consulting for acustom software company, and working as a partner in a land-scaping business. She has a degree in earth science from FrostburgState University and hopes to become a certified professionalhorticulturist this fall. �

New Staff

Simon Harold Wender

ASPB member Simon Harold Wender, 88, died Thursday, March28, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Dr. Wender was born Sep-tember 4, 1913, in Dalton, Georgia. He earned his bachelor’sand master’s degrees in chemistry from Emory University andhis doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.After teaching four years at the University of Kentucky and twoyears as a research chemist at the Texas Agricultural Experi-mental Station, he embarked on a 37-year career at the Univer-

sity of Oklahoma, where he was instrumental in establishing abiochemistry doctoral program and building the department.While at OU, where he became known as the grandpa of bio-chemistry, he authored or coauthored 176 research publications,secured key grants to fund his department, and won numerousachievement awards. He also taught and mentored thousands ofstudents. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and his children,Joseph Wender, Barbara Rothlein, and Sherri Wender. �

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Robert V. Klucas

Robert V. Klucas lost his battlewith cancer on February 28,2002. The following messagespay tribute to his contributionsto science, his service to the uni-versity and the profession, andto his role as mentor and friend.

Three Decades at theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincolnby John Markwell and Terry Riordan

Bob Klucas came to the University of Ne-braska as an assistant professor in 1970 andserved for the next three decades. His col-leagues remember him as altruistic, decent,honest, dependable, ethical, and self-sacrific-ing. He was truly a gentle man with a greatdeal of integrity. He was a supportive fatherto Pete and Gillian and an encouraging hus-band to Carol. Bob made many friends dur-ing his long career and was thought of veryhighly by his peer group as well as his stu-dents. He was a superlative teacher and men-tor for graduate students and postdocs. Hehad high standards for academic achievementand often provided refuge and support forfloundering graduate students.

Bob became head of the Department ofBiochemistry in 1996. His administrative stylewas based on democratic input from all par-ties, a process of conciliation and commitmentto work toward the general good. He contin-ued to serve the university and the depart-ment even after the seriousness of his illnessbecame evident. He spent much of his remain-ing energy supporting and mentoring juniorfaculty and working with his graduate andundergraduate students. Bob truly gave 32years of service to his colleagues and his uni-versity, and he is missed.

A Research Career Fixing Nitrogenby Bob and Linda Shearman

Bob’s research involving symbiotic and asso-ciative nitrogen fixation was both careful andcutting-edge. From his earliest work challeng-

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ing a theory posed by a no-table N2-fixation researcher tohis final paper on non-symbi-otic hemoglobins, he insistedon a conservative interpreta-tion of data. He felt stronglythat evidence had to be clearand supported by other ap-proaches before he wouldpropose a theory. Because of

this, Bob’s work has contributed to our bet-ter understanding of the N2-fixation process.For example, his research established the siteof N2-fixation in soybean nodules as being inthe soluble rather than the membrane frac-tion. Later, his research with H. J. Evans dem-onstrated strong evidence supporting the con-clusion that both N2-fixation and acetylenereduction were catalyzed by nitrogenase. Thisinformation led to the basis of a scheme forelectron transport for N2-fixation by soybeannodule bacteroids. His research demonstratedthat two components of nitrogenase, one con-taining iron and the other iron and molybde-num, were necessary for maximum activity.Bob’s research further substantiated the acety-lene reduction assay for N2-fixation assess-ment in free-living and symbiotic systems.

His research with associative nitrogen fixa-tion with temperate grasses was unique. Hedemonstrated that those associations with bac-teria located in the roots or rhizosphere mostclosely resembling symbiotic systems were mosteffective but were still ineffective in derivinguseful levels of nitrogen. The final stages of hisresearch involved the cloning of rice non-sym-biotic hemoglobin, the description of its intra-cellular location and appearance in normal andstress situations and, in collaboration withMark Hargrove, determination of the proper-ties of recombinant rice hemoglobin.

By comparison, other researchers seemedcontent with attempting to attack a muchsmaller portion of the action. Bob’s interestsbroadened based on a desire to understand theconditions that influenced nitrogenase activitybut led into divergent areas of research—am-monium transport, enzyme oxidation state,

nodule senescence, leghemoglobin and itsmodified states, ferric leghemoglobin reductase,non-symbiotic hemoglobins and their function.Through all these years of research, his stan-dards remained high, and many co-authorsand students learned to appreciate his carefulapproach to publications.

Leghemoglobinsby Manuel Becana

I first met Bob Klucas back in 1989. Dr. Klucasalready had a well-established reputation asan excellent scientist and as an expert onleghemoglobin and senescence of legume rootnodules. He had also worked on other im-portant aspects within the field of biologicalnitrogen fixation, such as bacteroid metabo-lism and the essentiality of nickel as a micro-nutrient for grain legumes, but I was particu-larly attracted by his pioneering work on themechanisms of nodules to maintain functionalleghemoglobin. At that time, he had supervisedor was supervising important Ph.D. disserta-tions on that subject. I recall those of Drs.Leonard Saari, Lin Ji, Steve Wood, and Keuk-Ki Lee, among others, all of which found guid-ance and inspiration in Dr. Klucas’s open mindfor science and teaching. I will never forget thewonderful companionship that I found in Bob’slab, as well as the interaction and friendshipof its members with Dr. Gautam Sarath, atthat time already a staff scientist in charge ofthe protein core facility of the UNL. Despitehis heavy teaching duties and faculty meetings,Bob had always time to discuss science withus, to congratulate us on successful experimentsand to continue in the track, or to suggest newones, for those that failed. His very special hu-man qualities, including deep concern aboutour well-being, made him sensitive to our dis-tress. This is why, very soon after my arrivalin his lab, my mentor, Dr. Klucas, became alsomy dear friend. Bob, and his at-that-time stu-dents, taught me generously all that I needed.We purified low molecular mass compoundsthat were able to reduce ferric leghemoglobinand identified some of them as flavins, andwe studied the involvement of free radicals


and the protection by antioxidants in nodulesenescence. Drs. Klucas and Sarath showedme how to work with proteins from nodules.I am particularly indebted to them for theirinsightful comments in seminars and their rig-orous planning of experiments. I have, andwill have forever, fond memories of the after-noons and sunsets spent at Bob’s house andthe dining excursions with him and Carol inthe United States and Spain, where some yearslater they visited us. Bob, we will all miss youas a wonderful mentor and human being.

Leghemoglobin Degradationby Gautam Sarath

I first met Bob when I joined the Biochemis-try Department as a postdoctoral fellow. Ibecame interested in mechanisms that degradeleghemoglobins (Lbs), and it was great to haveone of the world’s experts on Lbs next door.Although our formal collaboration had towait for a few more years, Bob generouslysupplied me with highly purified samples ofthe different soybean root nodule Lbs. Withtime, this interaction evolved into a com-pletely integrated collaboration on variousaspects of plant hemoglobins and root nod-ule metabolism. In early 1993, we had dis-cussed at length the existence of heme oxyge-nase (HO) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS)in plants, particularly root nodules. Althoughour studies failed to reveal the presence of ei-ther enzyme using standard biochemical tech-niques, it was reassuring to note the eventualdiscovery of the two enzymes in plants. Bob’soriginal insights had been proved correct.

In addition to his scientific duties, BobKlucas became the head of the BiochemistryDepartment in 1996 and held this role throughhis illness. His steady guidance and extremelyfair treatment of all his staff were truly remark-able. He was one of the few really good scien-tists I have known who was also fair and de-cent to a fault. He was a strong proponent ofthe public education system and an exceptionalmentor to students of all backgrounds, and hewas willing to see the best in the people whoworked for him. He was also a resource for

many students and postdocs who experienceddifficulties in their individual labs. He nevershut his door on a person and tried his ut-most to build a strong and vibrant department.Bob touched a lot of people during his career.

Plant Non-Symbiotic Hemoglobinsby Raúl Arredondo-Peter

Obtaining the first clone of a plant non-sym-biotic hemoglobin (nsHb) took several yearsof hard work and innumerable problems andobstacles. This situation would disappointalmost anyone, but not Dr. Klucas, who wasalways patient and confident. He frequentlyused to say, “Someday, very soon, we will havethe (nsHb) clone.” His enthusiasm and opti-mism were contagious, and thus we nevergave up. Dr. Klucas had a strong passion forplant hemoglobins. This passion was evidentin his face when I described the richness ofvegetation after a trip I made to the tropicalMexican state of Quintana Roo. His commentto my description was, “If you want, you canbring to the lab any, any legume or other plantfor the isolation of hemoglobins.”

Dr. Klucas was always intellectually satis-fied by any kind of new knowledge, and heenjoyed the period when we analyzed ricehemoglobin genes; however, he was especiallyexcited about the possibility of obtaining arecombinant rice Hb1 for biochemical char-acterization. Bob Klucas was always con-cerned about other people’s welfare. After myreturn to Mexico in 1997, he provided mewith materials to continue working on planthemoglobins, and he called or sent e-mail mes-sages every Saturday morning to continue“traditional” Saturday lab chats with his“Mexican friend,” as he used to call me. BobKlucas was gone too early. However, aperson’s memory is alive if others rememberhim. I will never forget that for several rea-sons our future work aimed to understandplant nsHbs will be possible because of him.

Memories of a Mentor and Friendby Dan Arp, Paul Ludden, andLeonard Saari

We were each fortunate to have had Bob as amentor early in our careers. As an under-graduate next door, a laboratory assistant, anda graduate student, we all benefited fromBob’s remarkably strong but quiet and non-intrusive mentoring style. He allowed eachindividual the space to reach for his or herfull potential. Each of our careers was largelyshaped by those early interactions with Bob.First, he set a standard for excellence. Sec-ond, he provided an environment in whichwe could grow. He was always ready to moveus to the next challenge. Third, he provided asounding board for whatever might be on ourminds, and he always managed to make timefor those conversations. And finally, he servedas a wellspring of advice that was always con-sidered, scholarly, and right on target.

But with Bob, the mentoring didn’t stopwhen you left the lab. Throughout our scien-tific careers, Bob was always there. Not in-terfering, not strong-arming. But his steady-ing influence was always felt. We were ableto spend time with Bob just weeks before hisdeath. Although clearly in the grips of thecancer that would soon take his life, he wasstill our mentor—offering advice, checking tosee how things were going, what new discov-eries we had made, what new directions wewere pursuing.

But somewhere during those years, whilethe mentoring continued, a deep friendshipgrew. And the friendships included our fami-lies. Of course, there were always the scien-tific meetings where we could meet and catchup. In addition to the scientific meetings, wealso found many opportunities to visit Boband his family when we passed through Lin-coln. And then there were the family vaca-tions. We were part of a group that came to-gether one week every five years in locationslike the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, CraterLake in Oregon, the Sawtooth Mountains inIdaho, and Gunnison, Colorado. Our fami-lies spent endless hours hiking, cooking, shar-ing stories, and receiving our regular doses ofadvice and encouragement from our friendand mentor. �

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For detailed information see the Web site, theFebruary 15th, 2002, issue of Science, and/orcontact one of the co-chairs, Ray Chollet([email protected]) or Christine Foyer([email protected]).http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2002/co2.htm

August 11–17XXVI International Horticulture Congressand Exhibition—Horticulture: Art andScience for LifeToronto, CanadaThe Toronto Knowledge & Scholarship Forum isplanned August 13, 2002. Offers of oral orposter presentation specifically intended for thisforum must be received by e-mail([email protected]) by November 30, 2001. To seethe third announcement and call for abstracts,visit the Web site.http://www.ihc2002.org/

August 22–262nd Silicon in Agriculture ConferenceTsuruoka, Yamagata, JapanFor information, please contact ian Feng Ma,Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University;telephone +81-87-891-3137, [email protected]://cpln.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/silicon

SEPTEMBER

September 9–12International Conference on PolyphenolsMarrakech-MoroccoSee the Web site or http://www.worlcalendar.com(keyword: polyphenols). For additional informa-tion contact Professor Ismaïl EL HADRAMI,Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale,Département de Biologie, Faculté des SciencesSemlalia, BP. 2390, 40 001 Marrakech-Maroc;telephone +212-44-439997/434649 poste 521,fax +212-44-439997/330251/436769, [email protected] or [email protected]://www.ucam.ac.ma/fssm/jiep2002

September 15–196th International Conference on PseudomonasSyringae Pathovars and Related PathogensMaratea (PZ), ItalyFor information contact Nicola Sante Iacobellis,Dipartimento di Biologia, Difesa e BiotecnologieAgro-Forestali, Università degli Studi dellaBasilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, 85100Potenza, Italy; telephone +39 0971 205498, fax

+39 0971 205503, [email protected]://www.unibas.it/utenti/pseudomonassyringae

September 16–27Genomic Approaches to Forest TreeStress ToleranceEU-funded short course/advancedresearch workshopCrete, GreeceFor information contact Dr. Andreas Doulis,National Agricultural Research Foundation ofGreece, PO Box 2229, GR-71003, Iraclion,Crete, Greece; fax +30 810 245873, [email protected]://www.maich.gr/environment/news/genomics.html

September 18–21Genetic Engineering WorkshopGenetic Engineering and the Intrinsic Value andIntegrity of Animals and PlantsRoyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UKCoordinator: Ifgene UKhttp://www.anth.org/ifgene/2002.htm

September 19–22Molecular Targets for DietaryIntervention in DiseaseScheman Continuing Education BuildingIowa State University, AmesAbstracts due July 19, 2002; registrationdeadline: August 19, 2002. Travel grantapplication due July 19, 2002. Contact GrowthFactor and Signal Transduction Conferences,Symposium Office, 3208 Molecular BiologyBuilding, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3260; telephone 515-294-7968, fax 515-294-2244, e-mail [email protected]://molebio.iastate.edu/~gfst/homepg.html

September 23–251st Spanish Congress on Physiology, Biochemis-try and Molecular Biology of CarbohydratesPublic University of Navarra, Navarra, SpainFor detailed information see the Web site orcontact Javier Pozueta-Romero (javier.pozueta@

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Future ASPB Annual Meeting Sites

2003: Honolulu, Hawaii

Saturday, July 26, through

Wednesday, July 30

2004: Orlando, Florida

Saturday, July 24, through

Wednesday, July 28

2002

AUGUST

August 1–4Tissue RemodelingScheman Continuing Education BuildingIowa State University, AmesDeadline for abstracts is May 31, 2002.Registration deadline is July 1, 2002. Travelgrant application due May 31, 2002.Contact Growth Factor and Signal TransductionConferences, Symposium Office, 3208 MolecularBiology Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA50011-3260; telephone 515-294-7968, fax 515294-2244, e-mail [email protected]://molebio.iastate.edu/~gfst/homepg.html

August 1–613th International Congress of the Federation ofEuropean Societies of Plant Physiology (FESPP)Heraklion, Crete, GreeceFor information please contact Professor KalliopiA. Roubelakis-Angelakis; telephone +30-81-394073; 304459, fax +30-81-394459, [email protected] [email protected]://www.biology.uoc.gr/meetings/fespp

August 3–7ASPB Plant Biology 2002Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Coloradohttp://www.aspb.org/meetings/pb-2002/

August 10–14FASEB meeting on Plant DevelopmentalMechanismsVermont Academy, Saxton’s River, VThttp://www.faseb.org/meetings/src

August 11–14The 9th Biennial Conference of the Cellular andMolecular Biology of the SoybeanUrbana, IllinoisFor details e-mail [email protected] or seethe Web sitehttp://www.soy2002.uiuc.edu

August 11–16Gordon Research Conference on CO2 Fixation& Metabolism in Green PlantsMount Holyoke College, South Hadley,Massachusetts


unavarra.es), Edurne Baroja-Fernandez([email protected]), or Francisco Jose Munoz([email protected]).http://www.unavarra.es/carbohidratos/indexE.html

September 29–October 01Heavy Metals and Plants: From Ecosystemsto Biomolecules—the 9th New PhytologistSymposiumUniversity of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaFor information, contact Philip A. Rea, PlantScience Institute, Department of Biology,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA19104-6018; e-mail [email protected]

OCTOBER

October 7–9Biotechnolgie Vegetales: VIII JS-AUFMarrakech-MoroccoSee the Web site. For additional informationcontact Professor Ismaïl EL HADRAMI,Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale,Département de Biologie, Faculté des SciencesSemlalia, BP. 2390, 40 001 Marrakech-Maroc;telephone +212-44-439997/434649 poste 521,fax +212-44-439997/330251/436769, [email protected] or [email protected]://www.bioveg.refer.org

October 10–19Optical Microscopy & Imaging in theBiomedical SciencesMarine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,MassachusettsApplication deadline is July 25, 2002. . Contact:Carol Hamel, Admissions Coordinator, MarineBiological Laboratory, 7MBL Street, WoodsHole, MA 02543-1015; telephone 508-289-7401, e-mail [email protected]

October 23–25XI Reunion Latinoamericana DeFisiologia VegetalXXIV Reunion Argentina De Fisiologia VegetalI Congreso Uruguayo De Fisiologia VegetalConrad Resort & Casino Punta del Este,UruguayFor information on the meeting see the Web site:http://www.fvegetal.edu.uy. For information onthe location see www.conrad.com.uy

NOVEMBER

November 10–14ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings, UnitingSciences Solutions for the Global CommunityIndianapolis, IndianaFor more information,view our web site or contact Keith Schlesinger,e-mail [email protected]://www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/anmeet/

November 13–15Plant species-level systematics: patterns,processes and new applicationsGorlaeus Laboratory, Leiden, The NetherlandsFor information contact [email protected] or see web sitehttp://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/symposium2002/

November 24–29Biotechnology Havana 2002: “Agro-Biotechin the New Millennium”Center for Genetic Engineering andBiotechnology Havana City, CubaFor information contact call +53-7-2718008,+53-7-2718466, fax +53-7-331779, [email protected] or see the web site http://bioagro.cigb.edu.cu

2003

JANUARY

January 8–122nd International Congress of Plant PhysiologyOn Sustainable Plant Productivity UnderChanging EnvironmentNew Delhi, IndiaContact Dr. G. C. Srivastava, Secretary General(ICPP 2003), Division of Plant Physiology,Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi110012, India; telephone +91-011 5782815/5788773/5740616, fax +91-011-5766420/5751719, [email protected]://www.ispponline.org

January 15–19Frontiers of Plant Cell Biology: Signals andPathways, the 22nd Symposium in Plant BiologyRiverside Convention CenterRiverside, CaliforniaFor more information contact Kathy Barton;telephone 909-787-4588, [email protected]://www.cepceb.ucr.edu/news/news.htm#1

January 26–31Gordon Research Conference onTemperature Stress in PlantsVentura, CaliforniaFor information contactKay Walker Simmons, USDA/ARS NationalProgram Staff, Beltsville, Maryland; telephone301-504-5560, e-mail [email protected]://www.grc.org

APRIL

April 6–9Phytochemistry and Biology of LignansCloister St. Albert, Rheindorfer Burgweg 39,D-53332 Bornheim-Walberberg, GermanyContact Professor Dr. Maike Petersen, Institutfur Pharmazeutische Biologie, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 17A,D-35037 Marburg, Germany. Telephone 49-0-6421-2825821, fax 49-0-6421 2825828,e-mail [email protected]

April 10–16Keystone Symposia “Plant Biology:Functions and Control of Cell Death”[email protected] phone 800-253-0685 or 970-262-1230; fax 970-262-1525http://www.keystonesymposia.org

MAY

May 18–22Third International Symposium onMolecular Breeding of Forage and TurfFor more information, visit our web site orcontact us at [email protected]://www.noble.org/mbft2003

May 25–29Plants and Microbe Adaptations to ColdQuebec City, CanadaFor more information on the meeting visit theweb site at http://www.pmac2003.org. You canalso contact Dr. Annick Bertrand, Agricultureand Agri-Food Canada 2560 Hochelaga Blvd.,Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1V 2J3;email: [email protected]

JUNE

June 7–12Tree Biotechnology 2003,Umeå Plant Science Center, SLUFor more information please contact UlrikaHjelm; e-mail [email protected]://www.treebiotech2003.norrnod.se

AUGUST

August 9–13The Annual Meeting of the AmericanPhytopathological Society (APS)Charlotte, North CarolinaFor information, contact Kathy Aro; telephone651-454-7250, e-mail [email protected]://www.apsnet.org

August 17–23Fourth International Symbiosis CongressHalifax, Nova ScotiaOrganizers: Douglas Zook and DavidRichardson ([email protected]).For more information visit our web sitehttp://people.bu.edu/dzook/ �

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Assistant Professor PositionUniversité de Montréal—Montréal, Canada(Received 05/02)The Department of Biological Sciences of theSchool of Arts and Sciences invites applicationsfor an assistant professor position. Applicantseligible to the NSERC-UFA program (http://www.nserc.ca/programs) are especially invited tosubmit an application. We are looking forcandidates in the field of Plant MolecularBiology. Research specialization in plantdevelopment and signal transduction areespecially encouraged. The position will startfrom January 1, 2003. The deadline forapplications is September 1, 2002, or until theposition is filled. Applicant must have a Ph.D.,postdoctoral experience, a strong publicationrecord, and must be able to teach in their field inFrench in a reasonable time. Interested applicantsshould send their curriculum vitae, a descriptionof the proposed research, reprints, copies of theiruniversity diplomas, and arrange for three

confidential letters of reference be sent, beforeSeptember 1, 2002, to Dr. Thérese Cabana,Chairman, Department of biological sciences,Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7; [email protected], websitewww.fas.umontreal.ca/BIOL. In accordance withCanadian immigration requirements, priority willbe given to Canadian citizens and permanentresidents in Canada. Université de Montréal iscommitted to a program of access to equity inemployment for women.

Faculty PositionsUniversity of Toledo, Ohio(Received 05/21)The Department of Earth, Ecological andEnvironmental Sciences, a new and rapidlygrowing academic unit at the University ofToledo, invites applications for three tenure-trackfaculty positions (rank open) in microbialecology, plant ecology, and plant physiology tocomplement existing strengths in hydrology,geology, and ecology. Successful candidates musthave a Ph.D. and postdoctoral experience. They

will be expected to have, or develop, anexternally funded research program and toparticipate in undergraduate and graduateinstruction. Candidates will join an interdiscipli-nary team of scientists focused on the Lake Eriebasin and/or bioremediation research utilizing theuniversity’s new Lake Erie Research Center andPlant Science Research Center. Joint appoint-ments in the appropriate centers are planned.These positions may begin in either January 2003or August 2003 at the discretion of the successfulcandidates. Review of applications will beginSeptember 1, 2002, and continue until thepositions are filled. Salary, fringe benefits, andstart-up funds are competitive. The departmentoffers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. Applicantsshould submit curriculum vitae, descriptions ofteaching and research interests, and the namesand addresses of three references to Chair, SearchCommittee, Department of Earth, Ecological andEnvironmental Sciences, Mail Stop #604,University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606-3390.The University of Toledo is an equal opportunity,equal access, affirmative action employer andeducator. M/F/V/D are encouraged to apply.

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Academic Coordinator II, ProteomicsGenomics Institute and Center for Plant CellBiology (CEPCEB)University of California, Riverside(Received 05/31)Under the general direction of the Director of theUCR Genomics Institute and the Director ofCEPCEB, the Academic Coordinator inProteomics will be responsible for supervision,maintenance and operation of the coreProteomics facility. The successful applicant willbe expected to plan and organize all functions ofthe instrumentation facility, including establish-ment of workflow and procedures and selectionand supervision of facility staff. Applicants musthave a Ph.D. in biochemistry or chemistry withtwo to five years of demonstrated experiencewith capillary LC/MS/MS instruments andanalysis of protein digests. The successfulcandidate should have experience in protein/biological mass spectrometry. Hands-onexperience with the operation and maintenanceof LC-MS instrumentation, specifically aFinnigan LCQ ion trap and a Micromass qToF, isdesirable. Familiarity with bioinformatics toolsfor protein identification using mass spectromet-ric data is also preferred. Letter of application,including a curriculum vitae and three letters ofreference should be sent to E. A. Nothnagel,Chair, Botany and Plant Sciences, University ofCalifornia, Riverside, CA 92521-0124. Fordetails see http://www.cepceb.ucr.edu. Evalua-tion of applications will begin September 1,2002. The University of California is anaffirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

Research Agricultural EngineerUSDA/ARS, Madison, Wisconsin(Received 05/31)The U.S. Department of Agriculture, AgriculturalResearch Service is accepting applications for aResearch Agricultural Engineer at the U.S. DairyForage Research Center. Incumbent will conductresearch leading to new harvest, storage, andconversion processes of plant materials toadvance dairy farm profitability and introducenew value-added products including energy.Research objectives are to improve the technicaland economic feasibility of bio-based productsand feedstocks including fuels. Specific objectivesinclude: 1) harvesting and transport strategiesthat minimize cost and maintain quality; 2)storage technology to allow year-round utiliza-tion; and 3) processing for conversion of herbageto value-added fractions, and feedstocks forbiological conversion and/or fuels. Salary range:$54,275–$83,902 annually or commensuratewith experience. A Ph.D. in engineering, a relatedfield, or equivalent experience is required.

Candidates must be U.S. citizens. For informationcontact Neal Martin; telephone 608-264-5240, e-mail [email protected]. For vacancyannouncement and application forms contactJean Weinbrenner; telephone 608-264-5357, e-mail [email protected] or visit websitehttp://www.ars.usda.gov/opportun.htm.Applications should be marked ARS-X2W-2265,and must be postmarked by August 5, 2002; orby second cut-off date, October 7, 2002; or untilposition is filled. USDA is an equal opportunityprovider and employer. Women and minoritiesare encouraged to apply.

Plant Biologists Monsanto Company,St. Louis, Missouri(Received 06/28)Responsibilities: Monsanto Company, publicly-traded on the NYSE, is a leading provider ofagricultural products to farmers. With our uniquecombination of products and our unparalleledresources in genomics and plant biotechnology,we create integrated solutions to improve farmproductivity and reduce the costs and risks offarming. Join us in this integral role located inour St. Louis, MO offices. We are seeking fourindividuals to participate in a functionalgenomics program to discover genes that enhanceagronomic and quality traits in crop plants.These individuals will participate in the analysisof phenotypic data derived from a largecollection of transgenic plants, to identify genesfor additional study and development intoproducts. We are looking for two plant biologiststo play the following role in this project: -Mineanalyzed phenotypic data to prioritize genes forfurther development—Integrate transgenicphenotypes to hypothesize gene function -Develop strategies to confirm preliminaryobservations and test hypothesized modes ofaction. Required Skills: A Ph.D. in plantmolecular biology, plant physiology or genetics isrequired, post-doctoral experience preferred.Experience with complex data sets, basicunderstanding of statistical principles anddatabases a strong plus. Minimal travel required.Full relocation benefits. Monsanto valuesdiversity and is an equal opportunity affirmativeaction employer. To respond to this job, accessour website at www.monsanto.com.

Assistant ProfessorWashington State University, Pullman(Received 06/28)The Institute of Biological Chemistry atWashington State University invites applicationsfor a tenure-track Assistant Professor position tobegin August 2003. Applicants must have a

Ph.D., or equivalent, as well as a strong record ofresearch and publications in plant biochemistry,molecular genetics, genomics, or another area ofmodern plant biology. The ability and commit-ment to build a dynamic, well-funded programof international stature is essential. The Institute(http://ibc.wsu.edu) provides an excellentresearch environment with more than 120scientists, excellent equipment and facilities, andready access to specialized techniques inbiochemistry, cell biology, and genomics.Candidates should submit curriculum vitae,statement of research interests, and a descriptionof future plans. In addition, applicants shouldarrange for three letters of reference to be sent toDr. John Browse, Search Committee Chair,Institute of Biological Chemistry, WashingtonState University, P.O. Box 646340, Pullman, WA99164-6340; telephone 509-335-5496, fax 509-335-7643, e-mail [email protected]. Review ofapplications will begin on September 17, 2002,and continue until the position is filled. EEO/AA/ADA.

Research ScientistPioneer, A DuPont Company, Des Moines, Iowa(Received 07/01)Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. is the worldleader in the discovery, development and deliveryof elite crop genetics. We have an immediateopening for a Seed Physiologist to lead researchaimed at understanding mechanisms underlyingsuperior stand establishment and improvingassessment of seed quality and product perfor-mance. Duties and responsibilities include 1)identifying genes, pathways and markers for coldgermination and seedling stress tolerance, 2)developing predictive tools for stand establish-ment under stress, and 3) supporting efforts toimprove seed quality through developing andevaluating new vigor tests. A Ph.D. in seedbiology, plant physiology or crop science with atleast 2-3 years relevant experience is required.Additional qualifications include demonstratedability to independently conceive and implementresearch projects, strong technical backgroundincluding relevant physiological, molecular andstatistical tools, strong communication skills, andability to work cross functionally across businessunits. Strong project management and supervi-sory skills are also essential. Visitwww.pioneer.com for a complete job description.You must reference Job Code RES/PP159/PAP inorder to be considered. Please send a resume/cover letter and three references to: ResumeProcessing Center, Pioneer, A DuPont Company,PO Box 14453, Des Moines, IA 50306-3453, ore-mail [email protected]. EOE

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS

Postdoctoral PositionSouthern Illinois University, Carbondale(Received 05/03)A position is available September 1, 2002, on afederally funded project to study the intercellulartransport of heavy metals in hyperaccumulatingplant species such as Thlaspi caerulescens andArabidopsis halleri. These plants activelyhyperaccumulate metals into the leaves, yet storethese metals in different cell types, eitherthroughout the leaf or in specific cell layers. Theprimary questions to be addressed include (1) theheavy influx and efflux characteristics ofmesophyll cells from hyperaccumulators thatcontribute to these patterns of cellular sequestra-tion, (2) the lability of heavy metals in these celltypes, and (3) the apoplastic loading of metals inthe leaves of hyperaccumulators. Applicantsshould have demonstrated skills in protoplast andvacuole isolation as well as experience with and/or knowledge of techniques used to study plantmembrane transport. Applicants with additionalskills in radioisotope techniques, cellular ormolecular biology, plant biochemistry, fluorescentor electron microscopy, atomic absorptionspectroscopy, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, ormembrane biology are particularly encouraged toapply and to pursue these and related questionsfrom those perspectives. Additional projectsrelated to this topic are also in progress.Interested individuals should send a letterdescribing research training and interests,curriculum vitae, names of references, andrepresentative publications (if available) to Dr.Stephen Ebbs, Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale, Department of Plant Biology, 420Life Science II, MC 6509, 1125 Lincoln Drive,Carbondale, IL 62901, or send these materialsvia e-mail to [email protected]. The positionwill remain open until filled.

Postdoctoral PositionUniversité de Neuchâtel, Switzerland(Received 05/06)A postdoctoral fellowship is available immedi-ately until September 2004 at the Laboratoire deBiochimie (Institut de Botanique) group ofProfessor J. M. Neuhaus. The successfulcandidate will participate in a project funded bythe Swiss National Science Foundation thataddresses the mechanisms of protein sorting todifferent types of vacuoles (Plant Cell, 13, 781;Plant Physiol. 126, 78; http://www.unine.ch/bota/bioch.html). Candidates should have experiencein cell biology and fluorescence, confocal, and/orelectron microscopy. A Ph.D. in plant physiologyis recommended. Send a full curriculum vitae anda cover letter, including the names and addresses

of two academic referees, to Jean-Marc Neuhaus,Laboratoire de Biochimie, Université deNeuchâtel, rue E.-Argand 9, CH-2007 Neuchâtel,Switzerland; e-mail [email protected].

Postdoctoral/Research Associate Position inEvolutionary BiologyRutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey(Received 05/07)The Plant Genome Initiative at Rutgers Univer-sity (http://pgir.rutgers.edu/) seeks an applicantwho applies evolutionary studies to comparativegenomics in cereal plants (see NSF Award#9975618 for abstract). Applicants withexperience in large molecular weight DNAanalysis, DNA sequencing, and computationaltools are preferred. Requirements include a Ph.D.in evolutionary biology or related field and goodwriting skills because of the opportunity topublish extensively. Candidates with postdoctoralexperience would qualify for research associatelevel. Please e-mail ([email protected]) or mail your application and askthree references to e-mail or mail their recom-mendation to Dr. Joachim Messing, Director,Waksman Institute, Rutgers–The State Universityof New Jersey, 190 Frelinghuysen Road,Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020.

Postdoctoral and Graduate Student FellowshipsUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill(Received 05/08)Several positions are immediately available forpostdoctoral and predoctoral fellows to work onthe mechanism of heterotrimeric G proteinsignaling in Arabidopsis. Successful applicantswill engage in research using both genetic and cellbiology approaches. Experience in Arabidopsisgenetics, FRET analysis, bioinformatics, ormammalian G-protein signaling is advantageous.Applicants should first send a curriculum vitaeand a research statement to [email protected] research statement must contain how theapplicant’s expertise would specifically contributeto this project and ideas on how one can advanceour understanding of G-protein signaling inplants.

Postdoctoral PositionNovaFlora, Inc, Philadelphia, PA(Received 05/14)NovaFlora (www.novaflora.com) is seeking aPlant Molecular Biologist to optimize anddevelop screening protocols for transgenic plants.Previous experience and expertise in highthroughput analysis of transgenic plants throughPCR, Southern and Western analysis is required.NovaFlora, Inc is a leader in ornamental plant

biotechnology. With a powerful toolbox of traitand enabling gene technology, NovaFlora is wellpositioned to commercialize a unique range ofornamental plants. Through a license with PBLand the John Innes Center, UK, NovaFlora ownsrights for ornamental plants to GAI, CONSTANSand CEN. NovaFlora is using these genes tocreate novel dwarf plants, early flowering plantsand plants with altered architecture. Establishedin 1993, NovaFlora is a privately held companywith a strong entrepreneurial spirit. As a part ofour team, you will be expected to contribute tothe scientific and commercial success ofNovaFlora. In addition to expertise in plantmolecular biology, you should be a multifaceted,highly motivated individual with excellentcommunication skills. E-mail applicationsincluding a resume, list of publications and thenames and e-mail addresses of three references toMichael Dobres at [email protected] or bymail to NovaFlora, Inc., 3401 Market St, Ste350, Philadelphia, PA 19104; telephone 215-387-5060, ext 204.

Postdoctoral PositionsMississippi State University, Starkville(Received 05/16)Two postdoctoral research assistant positions areavailable immediately to study molecularmechanisms of plant cell dedifferentiation. Oneposition is to characterize and clone T-DNAtagged mutants in Arabidopsis. The otherposition is to study cell dedifferentiation using aproteomic approach. Candidates with back-ground in plant molecular biology or biochemis-try are encouraged to apply. Please e-mail yourcurriculum vitae to Dr. Zhaohua Peng, Depart-ment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS39762; e-mail: [email protected], telephone662-325-0685, fax 662-325-8664.

Postdoctoral PositionUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln(Received 05/16)An NSF-funded research position is available,starting as soon as possible (but no later thanOctober 2002), to study either (a) the structure-function relationships and regulatory phosphory-lation of green leaf (C4) and algal PEP carboxy-lase (PEPC), or (b) the (multisite) seryl-phospho-rylation of legume root-nodule sucrose synthase(SuSy [nodulin-100]). The http://biochem1.unl.edu/ and http://psiweb.unl.edu/faculty.html sites can be consulted for relatedpublications and federal grants from 1996-present, and research facilities. Advancedresearch experience in molecular cloning,recombinant proteins and site-directed mutagen-esis, enzymology and protein chemistry, and/or



reversible protein phosphorylation is RE-QUIRED. Please send curriculum vitae, reprints,and names, e-mail addresses and telephone/faxnumbers of two references to Dr. RaymondChollet, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,Department of Biochemistry, George W. BeadleCenter, Lincoln, NE 68588-0664; [email protected], telephone 402-472-2936, fax 402-472-7842.

Seven Postdoctoral PositionsEC Research Training Network DAGOLIGN(Received 05/16)“Development and Growth of Leaves: Identifica-tion of Genetic Networks.” Start–end: September2002–September 2005. Applicants (age 35 yrs)will be trained in general and specializedtechniques in plant developmental biology in thehost lab. They will report at regular meetingswithin the network, and short training periods inparticipating labs will be possible. Mieke VanLijsebettens, coordinator: Dept. Plant SystemsBiology, University Gent/ VIB, Belgium. CathieMartin: Dept. Cellular and DevelopmentalBiology, JIC, Norwich, UK. Cris Kuhlemeier:Institute Plant Sciences, University Bern, Bern,Switzerland. José Luis Micol: Dept. Genetics,University Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain.Christine Granier: INRA-LEPSE, Montpellier,France. Miltos Tsiantis: Dept. Plant Sciences,University Oxford, Oxford, UK. Willy Dillen:CropDesign, Gent, Belgium. Key words:Arabidopsis and close relatives, simple anddissected leaves, rice, leaf growth and morpho-genesis, auxin, phyllotaxis, yield potential andstability, mutants, gene cloning transcriptprofiling, microarrays, overexpression, knowl-edge database. The applicants have to benationals of an EC member or associated stateand need to have a different nationality than thecountry to which they make their application.Administrative coordinator: Christine Tire([email protected]), web site http://www.psb.rug.ac.be/DAGOLIGN.

Postdoctoral PositionsThe Ohio State University, Columbus(Received 05/21)Postdoctoral positions are currently available, orwill be available soon, to study aspects of (1) thebiochemistry/enzymology of enzymes involved inCO2 fixation including RubisCO, RubisCO-likeproteins, and pyruvate/(-ketoglutarate synthasefrom photosynthetic organisms and archaea(Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 4397–4402,2001; Photosyn. Res. 60, 1–28, 1999; J. Biol.Chem. 276, 44027–44036, 2001) and (2) themolecular regulation of CO2 fixation in purplenonsulfur photosynthetic bacteria (J. Mol. Biol.300, 1079–1099, 2000; J. Bacteriol. 184, 1905–

1915, 2002; J. Biol. Chem. 275, 19224–19230,2000). Further details of our research projectsand laboratory may be found at our web siteshttp://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~microbio/frt.html and http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~cbobst/ourlab.htm. Applicants should haveconsiderable experience with molecular biologicaland biochemical procedures and have worked ona molecular/biochemical problem during recentdoctoral or other postdoctoral studies. Please e-mail or send a curriculum vitae and the namesand addresses of three references to Professor F.Robert Tabita, Department of Microbiology, TheOhio State University, 484 West 12th Avenue,Columbus, OH 43210-1292; telephone 614-292-4297, fax 614-292-6337, [email protected]. The Ohio State University isan equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.Women, minorities, Vietnam-era veterans,disabled veterans, and individuals with disabili-ties are encouraged to apply.

Postdoctoral PositionsUniversity of California at Berkeley(Received 05/29)Postdoctoral positions are now available to studythe function of immunophilins and tyrosinephosphatases in signal transduction inArabidopsis by biochemical and geneticsapproaches (PNAS, 93, 6964; PNAS 96, 4718;Plant Cell 10, 849; Nature 417, 567). Candidateswith Ph.D. degree and experience in biochemis-try, molecular biology, and Arabidopsis geneticsare welcome to apply by sending a curriculumvitae and names of references to Dr. Sheng Luan,Department of Plant and Microbial Biology,University of California, Berkeley, CA94720; e-mail [email protected].

Postdoctoral PositionBioriginal Food & Science Corporation,Saskatchewan, Canada(Received 05/23)Bioriginal is the world's leading manufacturer ofessential fatty acid products. Bioriginal suppliessome of the most respected names in the health,nutrition, skin care, animal care and pharmaceu-tical industries. We are currently seeking three tofour postdoctoral fellows or Molecular Biologiststo join our collaborative research on productionof nutraceuticals in plants. The position will beallocated in the Plant Biotechnology Institute,National Research Council of Canada, Saska-toon, Saskatchewan. The successful candidatemust have a Ph.D. degree in molecular biology orrelated areas. Experience with lipid metabolismand its manipulation is an asset. As a member ofthe team, you will be responsible for identifyingthe genes involving lipid biosynthesis in oil-producing organisms and then examining the

function in oilseed crops. Bioriginal is pleased tooffer its full-time employees a leading edgecompensation and benefits package. Please sendresume along with salary expectations and threereferences to Xiao Qiu, Director of Research,Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., C/O: PlantBiotechnology Institute National ResearchCouncil, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N0W9; e-mail [email protected], telephone 306-975-9558, fax: 306-975-4839. Only eligiblecandidates will be contacted.

Postdoctoral PositionVirginia Polytechnic Institute andState University, Blacksburg(Received 05/31)A postdoctoral position is available for two yearsin the Department of Biology at Virginia Tech towork on flavonol biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.The project aims to determine the role offlavonoid 3'-hydroxylase and six flavonolsynthase isozymes in controlling flux into theflavonol branch pathway of flavonoid biosynthe-sis. The work will involve the construction andanalysis of transgenic plants to address thisquestion and to begin to assess the biologicalfunctions of specific flavonols in plants. Analysisof protein interactions with other flavonoidenzymes may also be initiated. A Ph.D. degree ina relevant area and experience in molecularbiology are required. Virginia Tech is a land-grant university located in Blacksburg, a collegetown in the beautiful Appalachian mountains.Virginia Tech has a strong commitment to theprinciple of diversity, and in that spirit, seeks abroad spectrum of candidates including women,minorities, and people with disabilities. Individu-als with disabilities desiring accommodations inthe application process should call 1-800-828-1120. Applications and three letters of referencemay be sent to Dr. Brenda Winkel-Shirley,Department of Biology, Virginia Tech,Blacksburg, VA 24061-0406.

Postdoctoral PositionPlant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, Canada(Received 05/31)A postdoctoral position is available with theNational Research Council of Canada at thePlant Biotechnology Institute to investigate geneexpression changes associated with embryoinduction in Brassica microspores. The PDFshould be skilled in standard molecular tech-niques and preferably have interests in plantdevelopment, embryogenesis (or seed biology)and plant biochemistry. The program will involvecDNA library construction (including subtractivehybridizations) and EST sequencing to identifycandidate up- and down-regulated genes. Thecandidate is expected to have experience with



vector constructions, plant transformation andgene expression analysis techniques (Northern,RT-PCR etc.). An interest in microarray analysisis desirable. The position is funded by a recentNRC genomics initiative (Enhancing Crop Valueand Performance Through Genomics) and willhave additional technical support for cDNAlibrary constructions, EST sequencing andBLAST analysis through a shared genomicslaboratory. This project is part of a largecollaborative program at the Plant BiotechnologyInstitute funded by NRC that will focus onBrassica seed development. This is initially a two-year position starting at 39,805 (CAN$) plus atravel allowance. Interested applicants shouldsend a curriculum vitae and a letter of interest toDr. Joan Krochko at the Plant BiotechnologyInstitute, National Research Council, 110Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,Canada S7N0W9; email [email protected],telephone (306) 975-4993, fax: (306) 975-4839.Hiring for this position also requires theapplicant to submit a formal NSERC-NRCpostdoctoral application (http://hr.nrc.ca:8080/HRB/CareerPg.nsf/GradE/NSERC).

Postdoctoral Fellow PositionUniversity of Ottawa, Canada(Received 06/03)Seeking transformation specialist for insectresistance in rice, sorghum and cowpea.Candidates should have demonstrated ability inmolecular biology; generated and analysedtransgenic plants; prior experience with native Btand synthetic gene systems and their manipula-tion. Applicants should send curriculum vitae andthree names of referees to I Altosaar, BiochemDept, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5Canada.

Postdoctoral PositionsUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison(Received 06/03)Two postdoctoral positions are available. Thefirst position is to study potato gene expressionprofiles using microarray-based methods. We willuse 10,000-spot cDNA arrays to investigateseveral unique biological phenomena in potato,including tuberization and polyploidization. Thesecond position is to study the structure andfunction of plant centromeres using cereal speciesas models. Candidates with training in plantmolecular biology or biochemistry are encour-aged to apply. Research experience usingmicroscopic techniques is desirable but notrequired for the centromere position. Please sendyour applications, including contact informationfor three references (email addresses andtelephone), to Dr. Jiming Jiang, Cellular andMolecular Biology Program and Department of

Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison,Madison, WI 53706; [email protected], telephone 608-262-1878.

Postdoctoral and Graduate Student FellowshipsUniversité de Montréal, Canada(Received 06/05)A postdoctoral and a Ph. D. student positions areavailable immediately to work on genomicanalysis of signaling during embryogenesis, andon receptor-kinase/ligand function in Solanaceousspecies. The program has already identifiednumerous protein kinases and receptor-likekinases (RLK) expressed in reproductive tissuesthrough a negative selection screen and thesequencing of 10,000 ESTs corresponding to raremRNAs. The project involves the development ofDNA microarrays for genes involved in signalingand the regulation of embryogenesis, and thesearch for new RLK ligands. The annual salary(PDF) will be from $32,000 to $35,000 (CDN)depending on experience, and the initialappointment will be for one year with apossibility of renewal for one or two additionalyears. The positions are funded by an ongoingNSERC genomics grant and a Canada ResearchChairs fund. For the Ph. D. student fellowship,the annual stipend may vary according to theavailability of special student exchange programsbetween the Université de Montréal and thecountry of residence of the student. Thecandidates are expected to have experience withvector constructions, plant transformation andgene expression analysis techniques. A strongbackground in protein biochemistry (proteinimmunodetection, expression, and purification) ishighly desirable for the RLK/ligand project, andan interest in microarray analysis and RNAinterference is desirable for the functionalgenomic aspects of signaling during embryogen-esis. English language is sufficient at the PDFlevel, and oral understanding of french is a strongasset for Ph. D. candidates. Please send (prefer-ably via e-mail to [email protected])your application with curriculum vitae includingthe names, phone numbers, and e-mail addressesof three references to Dr. Daniel P. Matton,Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale,Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke StreetEast, Montréal, QC, Canada H1X 2B2; web site:www.irbv.umontreal.ca.

Postdoctoral PositionUniversity of Arizona, Tucson(Received 06/06)An NSF-funded postdoctoral position is availablefor up to three years to use modern biochemical,genomics and analytical tools to study thebiosynthesis of natural products in model


aromatic plants. The work will involve the use ofmetabolic profiling, gene expression profiling,and biochemical and chemical analysis toelucidate metabolic pathways, to identify andcharacterize unknown steps in these pathways,and to investigate how these pathways areregulated. For more information, please see http://ag.arizona.edu/research/ganglab. Qualifiedcandidates will have a Ph.D. in biochemistry,chemistry, plant biology, or a related field. Inaddition, they will have experience in massspectrometry (LC/MS and GC/MS) or proteinheterologous expression, purification, andcharacterization. Experience in both areas wouldbe preferred. In addition, experience in molecularbiology techniques such as PCR, cDNA libraryconstruction and RACE would also be beneficial.Start date is on or after September 1, 2002.Please send applications, curriculum vitae(including a list of publications), contactinformation for three references, and a letterdescribing research interests to David Gang,University of Arizona, Department of PlantSciences, Box 210036, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036;telephone: 520-621-7154, fax: 520-621-7186, e-mail [email protected].

Postdoctoral and Research AssistantPositionsUniversité Laval, Québec, Canada(Received 06/06)A large-scale project in functional genomicsapplied to forest trees funded by Genome Canadais now offering several employment opportunitiesat Université Laval and the Canadian ForestryService, both located in Québec city, Canada. Theproject will investigate the regulation of woodformation (secondary xylem differentiation) anddefense response in trees by utilizing functionalgenomics methods including transcriptomeanalysis and manipulation of gene expression.Positions include: Project Manager (Position #1);Scientific Coordinator – Bioinformatics (Position#2); Research Assistant - Molecular Biology andBioinformatics – Several Positions (Position #3);Postdoctoral Fellowships, Molecular Biology andFunctional Genomics (Position #4); ResearchAssistants: Platform in Plant Transformation(Forest Trees) – Several positions (Position #5).Complete descriptions of positions and applica-tion deadlines are available at http://forgenome.rsvs.ulava.ca. Apply by e-mail [email protected]. Submit a currentrésumé, a cover letter, and the name and addressof three references. Send requested information ina single attachment (MS Word or pdf files only)with applicant’s name in filename, or insertinformation in body of message. Write theposition number in subject line.



Postdoctoral PositionState University of New York, Buffalo(Received 06/18)A postdoctoral position is available immediatelyto study mRNA/protein interactions andregulation of Rubisco gene expression in C4plants. This project will focus on expression ofrbcL gene expression and characterization of anassociated mRNA binding protein (McCormac etal., 2001, J. Biol. Chem. 276:3476-3483).Familiarity with RNA/protein interactions ortransgenic plants preferred but not essential. Forconsideration, applicants should have publica-tions in peer-reviewed international journals. Theinitial appointments will be for two years, withpossible renewal. Please send a letter of applica-tion outlining previous research experience andaccomplishments, curriculum vitae, and theaddresses of three references to Dr. James Berry,Department of Biological Sciences, University atBuffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260; telephone 716- 645-3488, fax 716-645-3369, e-mail [email protected]. The State University of New York isan equal opportunity employer/recruiter.

Postdoctoral PositionInstitute of Botany, Academia Sinica,Taipei, Taiwan(Received 06/18)An NSC-funded postdoctoral position is availablefor up to three years to identify, isolate andcharacterize genes associated to plant pathogen-mediated hypersensitive response (HRAG), andfurthermore to use transgenic technology togenerate hrag-transgenic crop to study genefunctions and to improve target crops diseasesresistance. The work will involve the use ofmicro-arry, tissue culturing, gene cloning, genetransferring, molecular and pathological methodsto evaluate the transgenic crops. For moreinformation, please see http://botany.sinica.edu.tw/english/personnel/224-n.html. Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. inbiochemistry, plant biology, or a related field. Inaddition, experience in molecular biologytechniques such as PCR, cDNA library construc-tion and RACE would also be beneficial. Startdate is on or after August 1, 2002. Please sendapplication, curriculum vitae (including a list ofpublications), and a letter describing researchinterests to Dr. Teng-Yung Feng by [email protected].

Postdoctoral PositionsBoyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York(Received 06/18)Available January 2003 to join a research groupstudying the rbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.Current efforts focus on signaling, developmentand regulation of the symbiosis and the

mechanisms underlying symbiotic phosphatetransport. Amodel legume, Medicago truncatulais used for these investigations. Selectedpublications from the lab: Trends in PlantScience, 2 : 54-60 (1997), Plant Journal, 25: 281(2001), 9: 491(1996), 6: 9 (1994), MPMI14:1140 (2001), 12: 171 (1999), Ann. Rev. PlantPhys and Plant Mol. Biol., 50: 361 (1999),Nature, 378: 626 (1995). Projects availableinclude, (1) Gene expression profiling and RNAito dissect signaling, development and regulationof the symbiosis, (2) characterization and cloningof mycorrhizal mutants and (3) biochemical andgenetic analyses of mycorrhizal-specific phos-phate transport. Requirements: post-doctoralapplicants must have a Ph.D. and demonstratedexpertise in molecular biology, genetics orbiochemistry. A strong publication record isessential. For project 1, experience withmicroarray technology is advantageous. For allpositions, experience with plants, mycorrhizalassociations and basic microscopy is preferred.To apply send a letter summarizing researchinterests, a curriculum vitae and names of threereferences to Boyce Thompson Institute, TowerRoad, Ithaca, NY 14853, Attn: HumanResources, Job # 2002-08, or e-mail curriculumvitae to [email protected]. BTI is an independentnot for profit research institute affiliated withCornell University and located on the Cornellcampus. Boyce Thompson Institute is an equalopportunity employer.

Posdoctoral PositionINRA-URGAP Legume Unit, Dijon, France(Received 06/18)A post-doctoral position is available fromSeptember 2002 initially for one year, for a non-french applicant to join a team studying seeddevelopment in the model legume, Medicagotruncatula. The applicant would be expected tocontribute to the setting-up of a TILLING-basedresource for mutant isolation in M. truncatula.TILLING involves organising a chemicallymutagenized population so that it can bescreened by PCR for point mutants in any gene ofinterest. This facility will be exploited to isolatemutants in selection of candidate genes forimportant agronomic traits including thoserelated to seed development. The lab. is engagedin genetic and proteomic analyses of seeddevelopment and composition for M.truncatula.The INRA-URGAP institute at Dijonis devoted to legume breeding and genetics, withlaboratories well-equipped for molecular geneticsand providing an environment of complementarygenetic and molecular expertise in pea andMedicago truncatula helpful to this project. Theappointee will collaborate with other INRAteams linked in their study of different aspects ofMedicago biology. Dijon is an attractive city in

the heart of Burgundy with a lively university andgood social facilities. Please send applications,preferably by e-mail, and including a curriculumvitae, summary of current research experienceand perspectives, names and contact informationfor two referees to Dr. Richard D.Thompson,INRA-URGAP Legume Unit, BP 86510, 21065DIJON; telephone 0033-380-693-141, fax0033-380-693-263, e-mail [email protected].

Postdoctoral PositionsDonald Danforth Plant Science Center,St. Louis, Missouri(Received 06/18)Several positions in plant lipid metabolism areavailable starting immediately. Projects withopenings involve structure-function studies offatty acid condensing enzyme, production ofunusual fatty acids in oilseeds, analysis ofmetabolites of fatty acid and lipid metabolismusing LC-MS and GC-MS, and characterizationof plant lipid metabolism in different plantorgans. A Ph.D. with a strong background inbiochemistry is a minimum requirement, andexperience with plants and molecular genetics ishighly desirable. This research will be carried outat the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center inSt. Louis. The Center has recently moved into anew state-of-the-art facility dedicated to basicand applied plant research. Please send resumeand three references to Jan Jaworski Lab, c/oJanet Oriatti, Donald Danforth Plant ScienceCenter, 975 North Warson Rd, St. Louis,Missouri 63132. The Donald Danforth PlantScience Center is an equal opportunity/affirma-tive action employer and encourages applicationsfrom underrepresented groups, includingminorities, women, and people with disabilities.

Postdoctoral PositionsCarnegie Institution, Stanford, California(Received 06/18)Two positions for postdoctoral associates areavailable in the Department of Plant BiologyOur research focuses on brassinosteroid (BR)signal transduction, which involves the cell-surface receptor kinase BRI1 (Wang et al., Nature410, 380-382, 2001), the GSK3-like kinase BIN2(Li and Nam, Science 295, 1299, 2002), and thenuclear proteins BZR1 and BZR2 (Wang et al.,Dev. Cell 2, 505, 2002; He et al., PNAS, in press,2002). Research projects for these positionsinclude study of BR signal transduction pathwaysusing genetic and proteomic approaches andstudies of the functions of BZR1 and itshomologs using molecular, genetic, biochemicaland cell biological tools. More information aboutthe lab and the Carnegie Institution can be foundat our web site (http://www-ciwdpb.Stanford.EDU). Candidates with research experience in



molecular genetics, protein biochemistry, 2-DPAGE/proteomics are particularly encouraged toapply. Salary and benefit will be highly competi-tive. To apply, please send curriculum vitae, andnames and e-mail addresses of three references toDr. , Department of Plant Biology, CarnegieInstitution, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA94305; e-mail [email protected],telephone 650-325-1521 ext 205, fax: 650-325-6857.

Postdoctoral Research AssociateRutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey(Received 06/18)A post-doctoral associate position is availableimmediately in cranberry stress physiology.Potential areas of study include effect of droughtstress on processes such as water relations, gasexchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, rootingcharacteristics, and on crop impacts includingfruit quality and productivity. This is a temporaryposition of 100% research up to two years,subject to annual reappointment. A Ph.D. inwoody plant physiology, Horticulture, PlantScience, or related field is required. Experiencewith LICor 6400 and root imaging systemdesirable. Interested candidates should sendcurriculum vitae and three letters of reference toDr. Bingru Huang, Dept. Plant Biology, CookCollege, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ08901; e-mail [email protected].

Postdoctoral Research PositionPurdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana(Received 06/18)A postdoctoral research position is availableimmediately to investigate the role of chromatin(especially histone) genes in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. We havepreviously shown (Mysore et al. 2000. AnArabidopsis histone H2A mutant is deficient inAgrobacterium T-DNA integration. Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA 97: 948-953) that the Arabidopsishistone H2A-1 gene is involved in T-DNAintegration into the host genome, and other datain our laboratory indicate that mutations in otherhistone genes also result in decreased transforma-tion. Additionally, over-expression of the H2A-1gene in transgenic plants, or from an incoming T-DNA, results in increased Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis andBrassica napus. We wish to examine the effect ofover-expressing other histone genes on thetransformation efficiency of recalcitrant plantspecies. This work will have a substantial “basicscience” component as we attempt to define themechanism by which histone gene over-expression increases transformation-competenceof plant cells. Applicants should have extensiveplant molecular biology experience and,

especially, an interest in answering basic sciencequestions, not just in transforming plants. Salarywill be NIH scale and commensurate withexperience. Please send or e-mail your curriculumvitae and three letters of recommendation to Dr.Stanton B. Gelvin, Department of BiologicalSciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN47907-1392; telephone 765-494-4939, fax 765-496-1496, e-mail [email protected] University is an affirmative action/equalopportunity employer.

Two Postdoctoral PositionsUniversity of Florida, Gainesville(Received 06/18)Two postdoctoral positions are available in theDepartment of Plant Pathology for studies ondisease resistance signaling. Applicants shouldhave a strong background in biochemistry andmolecular biology. Starting salary is commensu-rate with training and experience. Applicantsshould submit a letter of application, curriculumvitae, and contact information for references toDr. Wen-Yuan Song, Department of PlantPathology, University of Florida, P.O. Box110680, Gainesville, FL 32611; [email protected].

Postdoctoral PositionThe Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St.Louis, Missouri(Received 06/19)A postdoctoral position is available in thelaboratory of Dr. Oliver Yu. The successfulapplicant will use a variety of modern techniquesto study the transcriptional regulation ofphenylpropanoid/isoflavonoid pathways.Helpful, but not essential areas of experienceinclude molecular biology, biochemistry,genomics/proteomics. Experience with promoteranalysis will be a plus. The Danforth Center is anot-for-profit organization housed in a newbuilding with excellent facilities for modern plantresearch. Salaries offered will be commensuratewith degree and years of experience. Includescomprehensive health/dental insurance, lifeinsurance and retirement plan. Please send acover letter with a short summary of researchexperience, curriculum vitae, and names of threereferences to Ms. Billie Broeker, Director ofHuman Resources, RE: Oliver Yu Laboratory,Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975North Warson Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63132;e-mail [email protected]. TheDonald Danforth Plant Science Center is an equalopportunity/affirmative action employer andencourages applications from underrepresentedgroups, including minorities, women, and peoplewith disabilities.

Postdoctoral PositionPurdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana(Received 06/20)A postdoctoral position is available for two yearsin the Department of Horticulture to work onMultiple Drug Resistance p-glycoproteinsinvolved in auxin transport in Arabidopsis (PlantCell 13: 2441-2454). The project will examinethe role of MDR type proteins in auxin transportand the mechanisms involved in the asymmetricdistribution of membrane transporters. The workwill involve the construction and analysis oftransgenic plants as well as biochemical assays ofloss-of function mutants. Protein-proteininteractions will be examined using nativeproteins, two hybrid analysis, FRET microscopy,and expression in heterologous systems. A Ph.D.degree in a relevant area and experience inmolecular biology are required. Purdue is a land-grant university located in West Lafayette,Indiana. Housing is readily available andmoderately priced. Purdue has made a substantialcommitment to plant genomics and supports oneof the largest plant biology faculties in the UnitedStates. Purdue emphasizes cultural diversity andstrongly encourages women, minorities, andpeople with disabilities to apply for this position.Applications and letters of reference may be sentto Dr. Angus Murphy, Department of Horticul-ture, 1165 Horticulture, Purdue University, WestLafayette IN 47907-1165.

Postdoctoral PositionThe Ohio State University, Columbus(Received 06/24)A postdoctoral position is currently available formolecular-genetic and biochemical studies of thelight regulation of photosynthetic pigmentbiosynthesis, plastid development and membraneformation in Arabidopsis. The project will focuson the biochemical/biophysical characterizationand genetic complementation of mutantsdefective in these processes. A Ph. D. degree in arelevant area and a strong background inmolecular biology and/or biochemistry areessential. Experience in plant biology andphotosynthesis is desirable. Familiarity with planttransformation methods, microscopy, HPLC andfluorescence techniques would be helpful. Forfurther information please see http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~plantbio/Faculty/armstrong.html. Start date is on or after August1, 2002. Please e-mail or fax an application,including a curriculum vitae, list of publications(with e-reprints, if available), description ofresearch interests, and names, telephone/faxnumbers and e-mail addresses of three referencesto Dr.Greg Armstrong, Department of PlantBiology, The Ohio State University, 108 B & ZBuilding, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH



43210-1293; telephone 614-292-4817, fax 614-292-6345, e-mail [email protected]. TheOhio State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minorities,Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans, andindividuals with disabilities are encouraged toapply.

Postdoctoral and/or Research Assistant PositionsThe Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,Ardmore, Oklahoma(Received 06/28)Three postdoctoral or research assistant positionsavailable in October in the Plant Biology Divisionof The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.,to work on genomics of plant-pathogeninteractions in the newly-established laboratoryof Dr. Kirankumar Mysore. Successful candidateswill contribute to projects involved in under-standing Pto mediated disease resistance intomato and non-host resistance in Medicagotruncatula. Hands-on experience in basicmolecular biology techniques is required.Experience in gene expression profiling and virusinduced gene silencing in plants is desirable.Starting salaries begin at $36,500 forPostdoctoral and $28,800 for Research Assistant,based on experience. Applicants should send acurriculum vitae, cover letter and names andaddresses of three references to The NobleFoundation, Attn: Human Resources,Postdoctoral Fellow –Job #PB-S095-28 orResearch Assistant–Job #PB-S095-28RA, P.O.Box 2180, Ardmore, OK 73402, or you may e-mail your curriculum vitae and application(please include position number) [email protected]. Applications are available onthe web at www.noble.org or by calling580.223.5810 or toll free 866.223.5810. Equalopportunity employer.

Postdoctoral Research AssociateThe Ohio State University, Wooster, OH(Received 06/25)A postdoctoral position is available to study themolecular and biochemical regulation ofprogrammed cell death during flower senescencein petunia. Transgenic petunias with modifiedbiosynthesis or perception of cytokinins orethylene will be used to investigate the role ofplant hormones in the initiation and execution ofthe senescence process. Investigations willinclude the identification of senescence up anddown regulated genes using petunia flower DNAmicroarrays in collaboration with Dr. DavidClark at the University of Florida. Applicantsshould have research experience with plants anda solid background in molecular biology and/or

biochemistry. Experience with plant transforma-tion and DNA microarray analysis is preferred.Please send letter of application outliningresearch interests and goals, curriculum vitae,and three reference letters to Dr. Michelle L.Jones, Dept of Horticulture & Crop Science,1680 Madison Ave, OARDC, Wooster, OH44606; fax 330-263-3887. If you have questionsabout the position please contact Dr. Jones at330-263-3885 or [email protected]. Screeningof candidates will begin immediately and willproceed until a suitable candidate is found. TheOhio State University/ OARDC is an equalopportunity/ affirmative action employer.Women, minorities, veterans, and individualswith disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Postdoctoral PositionsUSDA/ARS, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania(Received 06/25)Two postdoctoral positions are available to studyprimary metabolism in the symbiosis betweenplants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. We areseeking highly motivated researchers to fill oneposition at the USDA-ARS Microbial Biophysicslaboratory in Philadelphia and another at theDepartment of Plant Biology at Michigan StateUniversity. The research is part of amultidisciplinary collaboration among Dr.'sLammers (New Mexico State U), Pfeffer (USDA,Philadelphia) and Shachar-Hill (Michigan StateU) that is exploring primary carbon and nitrogenmetabolism in the AM symbiosis. The work to bedone involves the use of isotopic labeling andbiochemical and chemical analysis to studymetabolic pathways and their regulation. Formore information, please see our publications inthe recent literature and www.arserrc.gov/mbb/AMFungi.htm and www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/may01/fungi0501.htm. Qualifiedcandidates will have a Ph.D. in biochemistry,chemistry, plant biology, or a related field. Inaddition they will have expertise in one or moreof the following: mass spectrometry (GC and/orLC); NMR spectroscopy; using isotopic labelingto study metabolism; arbuscular mycorrhizalphysiology; primary carbon and nitrogenmetabolism. Start date is on or after September15, 2002. Inquiries should be sent by e-mail [email protected] or [email protected];applications including curriculum vitae, list ofpublications, three letters of reference and a letterdescribing research interests and experience eitherto Philip Pfeffer 600 E. Mermaid Lane,Wyndmoor. PA 19038; or to Yair Shachar-Hill,Department of Plant Biology, Michigan StateUniversity, East Lansing, MI 48826.

Postdoctoral PositionPulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada,Vancouver(Received 06/26)Responsibilities: Development of molecularmarkers and gene discovery for wood and fibrequality traits. Challenges and major issues facingthe incumbent for the next year: Assisting indevelopment of an in-house bio-informaticssystem. Collaboration with Genome BC on genediscovery for wood and fibre traits – building onexisting QTL database. Education and experi-ence requirements: Ph.D. in molecular biology.Must be eligible for an NSERC fellowship.Technology knowledge requirements: Geneticmarker technologies (EST, RAPD, SSR).Familiarity with genetic marker techniques andsoftware.Competency requirements and theirprioritization: Ability to relate science to practicethrough the planning and execution of experi-mental research. Good writing and presentationskills. Applicants should send their resume toAnn Peters, Human Resources, Pulp and PaperResearch Institute of Canada, 3800 WesbrookMall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6S 2L9; fax604-222-3226, e-mail [email protected].

Postdoctoral PositionUniversity of Burgundy, Dijon, France(Received 06/27)A 12 month postdoctoral position is immediatelyavailable to participate in a research program onthe biogenesis and function of the vacuolarapparatus in plant cells (Marty, 1999, The PlantCell 11, 587-599). The successful applicant willjoin a group of cell and molecular biologistsworking on the role of vacuoles in the cellularresponse to osmotic stress in plants. Researchwill involve intensive cellular work usingtransformed cells exhibiting altered expressionlevels of a drought-inducible tonoplasticaquaporin (Barrieu et al., 1999, Planta 209, 77-86). A Ph. D., obtained within the last 5 years, incellular biology is required. Applicants shouldhave a solid background in the purification andbiochemistry of membranes. Basic knowledge inmicroscopy is a plus. Due to the funding source,applicants must not be French citizens and mustnot have received a previous salary in France.The annual net salary is 22,000 euros (not liableto be taxed). Applications will be accepted untilthe position is filled. For fastest consideration,qualified candidates should send, fax or e-mail aletter expressing their interest and skills, acurriculum vitae, and the names and e-mailaddresses of three referees to Dr. N. Leborgne-Castel, UPR.ES 469 phytoBiologie Cellulaire, BP47 870 Université de Bourgogne-21078 DijonCedex ; telephone 33-0-3 80 39 62 84, fax: 33 -0-3 80 39 62 87, e-mail [email protected].


Postdoctoral and/or Research Assistant PositionsThe Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,Ardmore, Oklahoma(Received 06/28)Three Postdoctoral or Research Assistantpositions are available in September at theSamuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., to workon functional genomics/molecular genetics oflegume root development in the newly-estab-lished laboratory of Dr. Rujin Chen. Successfulcandidates will contribute to projects onmolecular characterization of components ofpolar auxin transport and ATP-binding cassette(ABC) transporters in the model organismsMedicago truncatula and Arabidopsis thaliana.Experience in molecular and cell biology isrequired. Starting salaries begin at $36,500 forPostdoctoral and $28,800 for Research Assistant,based on experience. Applicants should send acurriculum vitae, cover letter and names andaddresses of three references to The NobleFoundation, Attn: Human Resources,Postdoctoral Fellow–Job #PB-S095-17 orResearch Assistant–Job #PB-S095-17RA, P.O.Box 2180, Ardmore, OK 73402, or you may e-mail your curriculum vitae and application(please include position number) [email protected]. Applications are available onthe Web at www.noble.org or by calling580.223.5810 or toll free 866.223.5810. Equalopportunity employer.

RESEARCH/TECHNICAL POSITIONS

Plant Molecular Genetics/BiologyResearch Support SpecialistCornell University, Ithaca, New York(Received 05/03)Position available immediately in the Departmentof Plant Biology to join a team investigating thegenetic mechanisms responsible for tolerance totoxic levels of soil aluminum in sorghum andmaize. Responsibilities include (1) map-basedcloning of tolerance genes, (2) characterization ofrecombinants (physiological assays), and (3)identification and validation of candidatetolerance genes (screen genomic libraries;perform detailed molecular genetic and physi-ological experiments). Qualifications: B.S., M.S.or Ph.D. in molecular biology, genetics or relatedfields. Skills: Experience in molecular biologywith particular emphasis in genetic mappingusing molecular markers (RFLP and PCR), DNAisolation, basic cloning, and in developing STSmarkers (desirable, not essential). The qualifiedcandidate is a self-starter, good problem solver,and capable of working largely independently.Our research is interdisciplinary, such that thecandidate must also work well in a team andhave excellent communication and organizationalskills. Pay scale: depends on experience and


qualifications. Duration: two years. For moreinformation contact Dr. Leon Kochian by [email protected]. To apply, send cover letter,resume, and the names and contact informationfor references to Dr. Leon Kochian at: the U.S.Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, TowerRoad, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Postdoctoral and Research AssistantPositionsUniversité Laval, Québec, Canada(Received 06/06)See our ad under Postdoctoral Positions.

Research AssistantBoyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York(Received 06/18)Temporary Research Assistant position availableJanuary 2003 to join a research group studyingthe arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Currentefforts focus on signaling, development andregulation of the symbiosis and the mechanismsunderlying symbiotic phosphate transport. Amodel legume, Medicago truncatula is used forthese investigations. Selected publications fromthe lab include: Trends in Plant Science, 2 : 54-60(1997), Plant Journal, 25: 281 (2001), 9:491(1996), 6: 9 (1994), MPMI 14:1140 (2001),12: 171 (1999), Ann. Rev. Plant Phys and PlantMol. Biol., 50: 361 (1999), Nature, 378: 626(1995). The incumbent will participate infunctional genomics projects including geneexpression profiling and RNAi to dissectsignaling, development and regulation of thesymbiosis. Requirements: Applicants must hold aB.S degree in a biological science subject andhave experience with basic molecular biologytechniques. Experience with plants, mycorrhizalassociations and basic microscopy is advanta-geous. To apply, send a letter summarizingresearch experience, a curriculum vitae andnames of three references to Boyce ThompsonInstitute, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, Attn:Human Resources, Job # 2002-09, or e-mailcurriculum vitae to [email protected]. BTI is anindependent, not for profit research instituteaffiliated with Cornell and located on the Cornellcampus. Boyce Thompson Institute is an equalopportunity employer.

Research AssociateCeres, Inc., Malibu, California(Received 06/24)Reference RA-MB/PG-0602-Ceres is utilizinghigh-throughput genomics and molecular geneticapproaches for developing new tools andstrategies for crop improvement and plantbreeding. We are seeking highly qualified andexceptionally motivated candidates to conductresearch in a discovery-oriented team setting. Weare seeking skilled and exceptionally motivatedcandidates to join a team using transcription and

chromatin level control strategies for cropimprovement. Candidates must possess MS/BS/BA degree in molecular biology, genetics, cell ordevelopmental biology and several yearsexperience in chimeric gene construction, site-directed mutagenesis, gene function analysis and/or promoter analysis using plant, fungal, oranimal systems. Ceres is located in state-of-the-art facilities overlooking the Malibu coast. Weoffer competitive salaries and excellent benefitsincluding equity participation and 401K. ContactHuman Resource Manager, Ceres, Inc., 3007Malibu Canyon Rd., Malibu, CA 90265; fax310-317-8998, e-mail [email protected], Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Postdoctoral and/or Research Assistant PositionsThe Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation,Ardmore, Oklahoma(Received 06/28)See our ads under Postdoctoral Positions.

Research AssociateLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge(Received 06/30)The School of the Coast & Environment/WetlandBiogeochemistry Institute at Louisiana StateUniversity. Qualifications: Master’s degree inbotany, agronomy, ecology, plant physiology orsimilar field. Desired: Ph.D. in same fields andrelated training. Experience in wetland ecologyand in the measurement of plant response toenvironmental stressors; experience conductingplant flood tolerance research. Major Responsi-bilities: Plant Eco-Physiologist- plant physiologi-cal ecologist to conduct laboratory, greenhouse,and field experiments investigating floodtolerance mechanisms of wetland vegetation;measurements of anatomical and physiologicalresponses to rooting hypoxia, design andexecution of growth chamber experiments; dataanalysis and interpretation; manuscript prepara-tions. Salary: Commensurate with qualificationsand experience.Anticipated Hire Date: August 1,2002. Application Deadline: July 31, 2002 oruntil suitable candidate selected. Submitapplication/transcripts/description of interests/three references to Dr. I.A. Mendelssohn, Ref.#023999, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute,Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA70803-7511; telephone 225-578-6425.

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Postdoctoral and Graduate Student FellowshipsUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill(Received 05/08)See our ad under Postdoctoral Positions.



Graduate Research AssistantshipsColorado State University, Fruita(Received 05/13)Two M.S. graduate research assistantships areavailable at the Colorado State University,Agricultural Experiment Station, WesternColorado Research Center. Graduate studentswill have an opportunity to participate inestablishing a new research project to developsunflower into a rubber-producing crop for theU.S. This new project is a collaborative researcheffort among five institutions. One assistantshipwill focus on tissue culture of sunflower. Theother assistantship will focus on latex extraction,purification, and determination. A new labora-tory and graduate student office has beenconstructed to support this research, along withthe purchase of new state-of-the-art laboratoryequipment. Graduate students will have a uniqueopportunity to interact with graduate students atthe participating institutions. With a B.S. degree,the half-time stipend is $1125/month plus tuition.Positions are available immediately. Please sendletter of application, resume, official transcripts,and names and addresses of three references, orfor more information contact Dr. Calvin H.Pearson, Colorado State University, WesternColorado Research Center, 1910 L Road, Fruita,CO 81521; telephone 970-858-3629, fax 970-858-0461, e-mail [email protected].

Graduate Research AssistantshipLouisiana State University(Received 05/14)A graduate research assistantship is available fora student to work within the sugarcane improve-ment program. The major research focus initiallyis to develop molecular markers for use in thebreeding program. A second phase will use thesemarkers for marker assisted breeding. Otherprojects of interest to the candidate will beconsidered and developed through discussionwith other members of the sugarcane improve-ment program. More information can beobtained by contacting Dr. Collins A. Kimbeng,Louisiana State University, Department ofAgronomy, 104 M. B. Sturgis Hall, Baton Rouge,LA 70803; telephone 225-578-7577, fax 225-578-1403, e-mail [email protected].

Postdoctoral and Graduate Student FellowshipsUniversité de Montréal, Canada(Received 06/05)See our ad under Postdoctoral Positions.

Graduate AssistantshipIowa State University, Ames(Received 06/06)Assistantship available in the Department ofHorticulture. Graduate degree program (MS or

PhD). Possible research areas include: physiology,molecular biology and/or molecular genetics oflow temperature stress in plants. Some of theprevious research has involved membranealterations during freezing injury and recovery(Plant Physiology, 1991, 95: 846-852), physi-ological and molecular investigations of coldacclimation and dormancy in planta (PlantPhysiology 1994, 105: 95-101; PhysiologiaPlantarum 1997, 101: 8-16; PhysiologiaPlantarum 1999, 107: 98-109; Theoretical &Applied Genetics 1999, 99: 912-920). Thespecific research program of the successfulcandidate will evolve from discussions with themajor professor. Candidates should possess a BSor MS in plant-related discipline such ashorticulture, botany or biology and have stronginterest/expertise in plant physiology, biochemis-try or molecular biology. Effective oral andwritten communication skills are desirable.Stipend pays $14,500 (MS degree) and $16,000(PhD degree) annually. Position available inAugust 2002. Applications must be submitted assoon as possible. Contact and/or send resumewith names and addresses of at least threereferences to Dr. Rajeev Arora, 139 HorticultureHall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011;telephone 515-294-0031, fax 515-294-0730, e-mail [email protected]. For information aboutthe research/teaching

Graduate Fellowship ProgramLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge(Repeat)The Gordon Cain Biotechnology Education forStudents and Teachers (BEST) Program andLouisiana State University are offering graduatefellowships specializing in the study of agricul-tural biotechnology. Preferred starting dates arefall 2002 or spring 2003. Research will focus onthe following areas: development of transgenicplants to enhance human health, disease orherbicide resistance, and production of usefulpharmaceutical or medicinal compounds.Stipends for these fellowships are $20,000 peryear, and each fellowship includes a $5,000 peryear research support grant. Requirements: AbachelorÕs degree from a regionally accreditedU.S. 4-year institution (or the internationalequivalent); score of 1000 or better on the GRE;GPA of at least a 3.00 on undergraduate andgraduate coursework already completed; scoreof 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer-based)on the TOEFL (required for certain interna-tional applicants); official transcripts from eachcollege or university you have previouslyattended; a completed Application for Admis-sion to Graduate Degree Program form. Anapplication fee must accompany the applicationor it will not be processed. Graduate SchoolApplication Forms can be found at: http://

gradlsu.gs.lsu.edu/application.htm. Send allapplication material to: Dr. Fred Enright,Veterinary Science Dept., Louisiana StateUniversity, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

Graduate FellowshipsLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge(Repeat)Research fellowships to support graduate studyleading to a Ph.D. in agricultural biotechnologywill be available starting the fall and springsemester of 2002/2003 in the Department ofPlant Pathology and Crop Physiology atLouisiana State University and LSU AgriculturalCenter. These fellowships are a part of TheGordon A. Cain Biotechnology Education forStudents and Teachers (BEST) program at LSU.The areas of research interest are developmentof transgenic plants of LouisianaÕs major crops(cotton, rice, soybean, sugarcane, and wheat) to(1) improve agronomic traits (disease/ herbicide/insect/nematode resistance), (2) enhancenutritional quality for humans and cattle, or (3)produce pharmaceutical or medicinal productsof economic importance. Stipends for thesefellowships are $20,000 annually. Researchfacilities include state-of-the-art equipment formolecular and cellular biology, biochemistry,biophysics, and computation. Candidates shouldhave a strong background in molecular biology,genetics, plant physiology, biochemistry, orrelated fields. Please complete an applicationform for Admission to Graduate DegreeProgram at http://gradlsu.gs.lsu.edu/application.htm and submit the form along witha letter of interest, undergraduate and graduatetranscripts, and GRE /TOEFL scores. Arrange tohave three letters of reference sent to Dr.Norimoto Murai, Department of PlantPathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana StateUniversity and LSU Agricultural Center, BatonRouge, LA 70803-1720; tel 225 578-1380, fax225-578-1415,e-mail [email protected].

Graduate AssistantshipUniversity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada(Repeat)Funds will be available in fall 2002 to supportan MSc. student interested in plant stressphysiology. The research program focuses onwoody plant response to salinity stress. The aimof the research is to provide information forselecting salt-tolerant species for use on salinesites including reclamation of degraded sites andto develop strategies for improving salinitytolerance in woody plants. The successfulcandidate will undertake research on salttolerance of red-osier dogwood (Cornusstolonifera) using physiological and biochemical



techniques. Applicants should send a curriculumvitae, a letter of interest, and three references toDr. Sylvie Renault, Department of Botany,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg R3T 2N2,Manitoba, Canada; telephone 204-474-6914,fax 204-474-7604, [email protected]. For information onthe Department of Botany, please consult ourWebsite at http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/botany/.

Graduate Research AssistantshipUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville(Repeat)Research evaluating the physiological associa-tions of novel yield and quality related traits ofcotton germplasm under environmental stresses.The funding will be used in our biotechnologyand plant breeding programs to enhance yieldand quality traits in commercial cultivars. Theresearch will involve physiological, biochemical,and anatomical evaluation of novel germplasmfor tolerance to high temperature and drought

stress. Research will include field and controlledenvironment studies. Opportunities exist forworking with geneticists, molecular biologists,and agro-industry. Experience with cotton isdesirable but not necessary. B.S. or M.S. in plantor crop physiology or related degree. Stipend$12,000 with a B.S., and $14,000 with a M.S.,plus fringe benefits, and tuition fees waived.Available immediately. Send letter of applica-tion, resume, official transcripts, and names andaddresses of three references to: Dr. Derrick M.Oosterhuis, Altheimer Laboratory, 1366Altheimer Drive, University of Arkansas,Fayetteville, AR 72704; telephone 479-575-3979, fax 479-575-3975, [email protected].

Research AssistantshipsUniversity of Missouri, Rolla(Repeat)Funding for M.S. students is available in thenewly formed Environmental and AppliedBiology graduate program within the Depart-

ment of Biological Sciences at the University ofMissouri–Rolla (UMR). Positions are availableto study various aspects of plant biologyincluding cellular signaling, plant responses tostress, and root ion transport physiology. Thesestudies will be based on a combination ofmolecular/biochemical and biophysicalapproaches. These studies will take advantage ofnovel sensor technologies that are beingdeveloped in the Biological Sensor Laboratory atUMR. Students might also choose to work onthe development of biosensors in this program.Because of the technology development activitieswithin the lab, students will join a team ofinterdisciplinary researchers and students thatwork and interact across disciplines rangingfrom biology and chemistry to electrical andenvironmental engineering. Good communica-tion skills in English, coursework or experiencein molecular biology or biophysics, and goodGPA and GRE scores are highly desirable. Pleasecontact D. Marshall Porterfield for moreinformation at [email protected]. �

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