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Plant Physiology has been digitized in searchable PDF format back to volume 1,

number 1, January 1926. The archive resides in its entirety at PubMed Central (PMC;

http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=69&action=archive), which

scanned all back files from 1926 through 1992. Years 1993–1997 reside at both PMC

and at HighWire Press, the journal's online provider. All legacy content is available

free of charge to anyone with access to the Internet, in keeping with ASPB's policy of

making its research content free after 12 months.

Plant Physiology Archive CompleteJanuary 1926 through Present Now Online!

NATIONAL LABORATORY OF GENOMICS FOR BIODIVERSITY

LANGEBIO - MEXICO

Call for Applications

The National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity of Mexico (Langebio) seeks

applicants for research staff positions to join an interdisciplinary scientific team involved

in research and teaching at the interface of modern biology and the more quantitative

genomic sciences. Langebio is a new Unit of the Centro de Investigación y de Estudios

Avanzados (Cinvestav), a Federal Government Institute devoted to basic and applied

research, as well as training of students at the post-graduate level. Langebio’s mandate is

to conduct top-ranked research, provide post-graduate training, and implement

educational activities that promote the importance of genomic knowledge for the

protection and sustainable use of national biodiversity.

We are looking for outstanding young researchers working with yeast, fungal, plant or

animal biology preferentially in the fields of: Structural and Functional Genomics,

Evolutionary Genomics, Computational Biology, Biophysics, Bioinformatics,

Developmental Biology, Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution, Metabolic Profiling

and Engineering, Gene Expression and Global Signaling Networks. Scientists working in

the development of technologies that make use of genomic tools to enhance plant

breeding or the discovery of novel genes and metabolites of importance for agriculture,

medicine or industry, are also invited to apply.

Scientists recruited to work in Langebio will have access to state of the art facilities for

high throughput DNA sequencing, confocal and electron microscopy and mass

spectrometry. Applicants will be expected to have postdoctoral research experience, an

excellent publication record, and be capable of independently leading a research group.

Preference will be given to candidates who have held a Ph.D or equivalent for no more

than 6 years. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, copies of their 3 most important

publications, and a short outline of their scientific accomplishments and proposed

research program (max. 3 pages) before May 31, 2006. Recruitment is expected to

initiate in July 2006, and selected applicants are expected to start joining the facilities in

September 2006. Rank and salary are dependent upon qualifications. Send applications

to: Missis Nidia Rodriguez to the attention of Dr. Luis Herrera-Estrella, Langebio-

Cinvestav, Campus Guanajuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León

Apartado Postal 629 CP 36500 Irapuato, Gto. México, Fax: (52-462) 623 96 56 E-mail:

nrodriguez@ira.cinvestav.mx

The Open Access movement in scholarly publishing advocates that research content shouldbe freely available to all immediately upon publication. This approach has prompted publish-ers to examine the feasibility of a shift from traditional subscription-based (“user pays”)financial models to an “author-pays” model, in which some or all of the costs of publicationare typically borne by authors.

What does our author community think about Open Access? To gauge the plant sciencecommunity’s interest in this new approach to publishing and to help ASPB determine theviability of “author-pays” publishing models, the Society is conducting an 18-month OpenAccess “experiment.” Beginning with the December 2005 issues of The Plant Cell and PlantPhysiology, authors of articles accepted by the journals will be given the option to pay a sur-charge to make their online article free from the moment of publication to anyone withInternet access. The surcharge, which is in addition to the usual author charges, will be$1,000 (discounted to $500 if the author’s institution subscribes to the journal).

For more information, go to http://www.aspb.org/publications/openaccess.cfm or contactNancy Winchester, ASPB director of publications, at nancyw@aspb.org.

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Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists

and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists

Société Canadienne de Physiologie Végétale

Hynes Convention Center

Boston, MassachusettsAugust 5-9, 2006

For more information: American Society of Plant BiologistsTelephone: 301-251-0560 • Fax: 301-279-2996 • E-Mail: info@aspb.org • Web Site: http://www.aspb.org/meetings/pb-2006

Photo Credit: Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau

SYMPOSIAPlants Mitigating Global Change—Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois

Legumes: Genomes to Biology—Douglas R. Cook, University of California-Davis

Ion Channels and Cellular Signaling—Julian I. Schroeder, University of California-San Diego

Gibbs Medal Symposium: Genome Scale Biology—Joseph R. Ecker, The Salk Institute

President's Symposium: Plant Responses to the Environment—Michael F. Thomashow, Michigan State University

CSPP President's Symposium:Tree Physiology and Genomics—Dr. Robert D. Guy, University of British Columbia

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