Published in Probe Volume 3(1-2): January-June 1993
Meetings
July 17-24: 5th International Symposium on Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plant Nutrition, Davis, CA. Contact: D.W. Rains, Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8515. Telephone: (916) 752-1711, FAX: (916) 752-4361
July 18-23: Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton, Andover, NH. Contact: Dr. Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, ColbySawyer College, New London, NH 03257. Telephone: (603) 526-2870, FAX: (603) 526-4717.
July 24-29: 90th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Nashville, TN. Contact: American Society for Horticultural Science, 113 South West St., Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314- 2824. Telephone: (703) 836-4606, FAX: (703) 836-2024.
July 25-30: 3rd International Symposium on the Molecular Biology of the Potato, Santa Cruz, CA. Contact: Dr. William Belknap, USDA-ARS, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710. Telephone: (510) 559-6072, FAX: (510) 559- 5775, EMAIL: wrb@pw.usda.gov.
July 31-August 4: DNA Damage - Effects on DNA Structure and Protein Recognition, Burlington, VT. Contact: New York Academy of Sciences, Conference Dept., 2 East St., New York, NY 10021. Telephone: (212) 838-0230, FAX: (212) 838-5640.
July 31-August 4: 1993 Joint Meeting of The American and Canadian Societies of Plant Physiologists, Minneapolis, MN. Contact: Dorothy Croft, American Society of Plant Physiologists, 15501 Monona Dr., Rockville, MD 20855-2768. Telephone: (301) 251-0560, FAX: (301) 279-2996.
August 1-6: Photosynthesis: Biochemical Aspects of, New Hampton, NH. Contact: Dr. Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH 03257. Telephone: (603) 526-2870, FAX: (603) 526-4717.
August 2-4: 44th American Institute of Biological Sciences Annual Meeting, Ames, IA. Contact: AIBS, 730 11th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001- 4521. Telephone: (202) 628-1500, FAX: (202) 628-1509.
August 2-7: 4th Gordon Research Conference on Quantitive Genetics and Biotechnology, Ventura, CA. Contact: University of Minnesota, Dr. F. Enfield, Dept. of Genetics and Cell Biology, St. Paul, MN 55108.
August 4-6: 1st International Symposium on Plant Dormancy, Corvallis, OR. Contact: Dr. G. Lang, Symposium Convenor, 137 Julian C. Miller Hall, Louisiana State Univerrsity, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2120. Telephone: (504) 388-1043, FAX: (504) 388-1068.
August 6-10: Science Innovation '93: New Techniques in Bimolecular Research, Boston, MA. Contact: AAAS Meetings Office, 1333 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20005. Telephone: (202) 326-6450, FAX: (202) 289-4021.
August 6-9: Plant Growth Regulator Society of America 20th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. Contact: Dr. L. Ferguson, Program Chair, University of California, Kearny Agricultural Research Center, 9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648. Telephone: (209) 891-2500.
August 15-21: 17th International Congress of Genetics, Genetics and the Understanding of Life, Birmingham, UK. Contact: Congressional Secretariat Derek Smith, Research Support and Industrial Liaison, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. Telephone: (021) 414-5888, FAX (021) 414-3850.
August 19-22: ARABIFLORA: The 5th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Contact: Arabidopsis Conference, Conference Unit, The Ohio State University, 225 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Rd., Columbus, OH 43210-1002. Telephone: (614) 292-8571, FAX: (614) 292-0492.
September 6-10: Sixth International Conference on Applied Algology, Trebon, Slovak Republic. Contact: Institute of Microbiology, Jiri Doucha, Dept. of Autotrophic Microorganisms, 37981 Trebon, Slovak Republic. Telephone: 42-333-2421, FAX: 42-333-2268.
September 9-10: Down Regulation of Gene Expression by Antisense and Other Technologies Symposium, Ames, IA. Contact: Dr. Cecil Stewart, Dept. of Botany, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. Telephone (515) 294-1063, FAX: (515) 294-1337, EMAIL: sl.sto@isumvs.iastate.edu.
September 12-16: Symposium on Improvement of Cereal Quality by Genetic Engineering: 43rd Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia. Contact: Dr. R. Henry, Vice-Chairman Cereal Chemistry Division RACI, Queensland Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Gehrmann Laboratories, University of Queensland 4067. Telephone: (07) 3654962; FAX: (07) 3654980.
September 13-17: 24th Annual Meeting of the European Society for New Methods in Agricultural Research, Leipzig, Germany. Contact: Wye College, Prof. D.A. Baker, Dept. of Biochemistry, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, UK.
September 19-22: 2nd National Symposium on PLANAR CHROMATOGRAPHY: Modern Thin-Layer Chromatography, Research Triangle Park, NC. Contact: Planar Chromatography Symposium Manager, Mrs. Janet Cunningham, Barr Enterprises, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793. Telephone: (301) 898-3772, FAX: (301) 898-5596.
September 27-October 1: DNA Repair and DNA Replication Strategies, St. Johns College, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Dr. R.T. Johnson, Dept. of Zoology, Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
October 10-15: Photosynthetic CO2 Fixation and Metabolism in Plants, Irsee, Germany. Contact: Dr. Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH 03257. Telephone: (603) 526-2870, FAX: (603) 526-4717.
October 11-12: International Conference on Strategic Business Information in Biotechnology, Research Triangle Park, NC. Contact: Institute for Biotechnology Information, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, P.O. Box 13547, Research Triangle Park, NC 27514-3547. Telephone: (919) 549-8880, FAX: (919) 990-952
October 13-16: DNA: The Double Helix - Forty Years: Perspective and Prospective, Chicago, IL. Contact: New York Academy of Sciences, Conference Dept., 2 East 63rd St., New York, NY 10021. Telephone: (212) 838- 0230, FAX: (212) 838-5640.
October 23-27: Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference V, Hilton Head Island, SC. Contact: Susan Wallace, 932 Clopper Rd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878. Telephone: (301) 216-9567, FAX: (301) 977-7233, EMAIL: TIGR (swallace@bengal.tigr.org).
November 7-10: Electrophoresis '93, Charleston, SC. Contact: Janet Cunningham, Symposium Manager, c/o The Electrophoresis Society, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793. Telephone: (301) 898-3772, FAX: (301) 898-5596.
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
July 12-16: Protein & Nucleic Acid Separation Techniques, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, 103 McCort-Ward Bldg., The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064. Telephone: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467 and (202) 319-5721.
July 29-31: ACEDB Developer's Workshop, Boston, MA. Contact: Mike Cherry, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114. FAX: (617) 726-6893, Internet: curator@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu.
August 17-20: Plant Biotechnology Methods, University Park, PA. Contact: Patricia Phillips, Program Coordinator, Penn State Biotechnology Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 519 Wartik Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802-5807. Telephone: 1-800-833-5533, FAX: (814) 863-1357.
September 6-17: Techniques in Molecular Biology - Introductory Workshops in Proteins Nucleic Acids and Microbiology, Hatfield, UK. Contact: University of Hertfordshire, Science Training Centre, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK. Telephone: (0707) 284 590; FAX: (0707) 284 514.
October 11-14: Recombinant DNA Methodology, Lake Tahoe, NV. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, 103 McCort-Ward Bldg., The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064. Telephone: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467 and (202) 319-5721
October 11-14: DNA Sequencing, Lake Tahoe, NV. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, 103 McCort-Ward Bldg., The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064. Telephone: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467 and (202) 319-5721.
October 11-14: PCR Techniques, Lake Tahoe, NV. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, 103 McCort-Ward Bldg., The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064. Telephone: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467 and (202) 319-5721.
October 12-15: DNA Fingerprinting, Rockville, MD. Contact: American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Dr., Rockville, MD 20852- 1776. Telephone: (301) 881-2600, FAX: (301) 231-5826.
November 2-5: Polymerase Chain Reaction/Cycle DNA Sequencing, Rockville, MD. Contact: American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Dr., Rockville, MD 20852-1776. Telephone: (301) 881-2600, FAX: 231-5826.
FUTURE EVENTS
January 24-27, 1994: Plant Genome II, San Diego, CA. Contact: Scherago International, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 1003, New York, NY 10001. Telephone: (212) 643-1750, FAX: (212) 643-1758.
February 7-11, 1994: Comparative Gene Mapping in Terrestrial and Aquatic Vertebrates, Oslo, Norway. Contact: Harris A. Lewin, Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, 206 Plant & Animal Biotechnology Laboratory, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, Il 61801. Telephone: (217) 333- 5998; FAX: (217) 244-5617; BITNET: BLOOD@UIUCVMD.
May 8-13, 1994: HPLC'94, 18th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Minneapolis, MN. Contact: Barr Enterprises, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD. Telephone: (301) 898-3772, FAX: (301) 898-5596.
June 19-24, 1994: 4th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Congress Secretariat, c/o RAI Organisatie Bureau Amsterdam bv, Europaplein 12, 1078 GZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 (0)20 549 1212, FAX: +31 (0)20 646 4469, Telex: 13499 raico nl.
July 17-24, 1994: 5th International Symposium on Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plant Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA. Contact: D.W. Rains, Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8515. Telephone: (916) 752-1711, FAX: (916) 752- 4361.
August 4-6, 1994: 1st International Symposium on Plant Dormancy, Corvallis, OR. Contact: Dr. G. Lang, Symposium Convenor, 137 Julian C. Miller Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2120. Telephone: (504) 388-1043, FAX: (504) 388-1068.
August 4-6, 1994: Plant Growth Regulator Society of America 21st Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Contact: Dr. L. Ferguson, Program Chair, University of California, Kearny Agricultural Research Center, 9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648. Telephone: (209) 891-2500.
June 16-21, 1996: HPLC'96, 20th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Chromatography, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Barr Enterprises, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD. Telephone: (301) 898-3772, FAX: (301) 898-5596.