Published in Probe Volume 5(1): February-March 1995
May 21-25: American Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Conference, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Nancy Sledge, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. VOICE: (301) 530-7010, FAX: (301) 530-7014.
May 22-24: 22nd Stadler Genetics Symposium: Genomes; Launch Pad for Discovery, Columbia, MO. Contact: Dr. Perry Gustafson, VOICE: (314) 882-7318, FAX: (314) 875-5359, EMAIL: agro1375@mizzou1.missouri.edu
May 24-26: Seventh Annual National Agricultural Biotechnology Council Meeting: Genes for the Future: Discovery, Ownership, Access, Columbia, MO. Contact: National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 159 Biotechnology Bldg., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2703.
May 28-June 3: 10th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, St. Petersburg, Russia. Contact: Prof. I. Tikhonovich, Congress Organizer to the National Organizing Committee, Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, P.B. 364, General Post Office, 190000, St. Petersburg, Russia. FAX: (812) 470-43-62, EMAIL: chief@riam.spb.su.
June 4-9: Second Latin American Meeting on Plant Biotechnology, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. Contact: Dr. Alejandro Mentaberry, Southern Cone Coordinator, INGEBI-CONICET, Obligado 2490, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina. FAX: 55 1 786 8578.
June 5-7: Bioinformatics, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Cambridge Healthtech Institute, 1000 Winter St., Suite 3700, Waltham, MA 02154. VOICE: (617) 487-7989, FAX: (617) 487-7937.
June 10-13: Value-Added Cereals Through Biotechnology, Saskatoon, Canada. Contact: Rosemarie Gallays, Information Officer, National Research Council Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W9. VOICE: (306) 975-5571, FAX: (306) 975-4839.
June 11-16: Gordon Research Conference: Biological Structure and Gene Expression, Newport, RI. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783- 7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 11-16: Gordon Research Conference: Plant Cell Genetics and Development, Wolfeboro, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783- 7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 11-16: Gordon Research Conference: Genetic Toxicology, New London, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 11-16: Gordon Research Conference: Nucleic Acids, New Hampton, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 18-23: American Chemical Society, Division of Agrochemicals Special Conference VI: Molecular Genetics and Ecology of Pesticide Resistance, Big Sky, Montana. Contact: American Chemical Society, Dept. of Meetings, Expositions and Divisional Activities, 1155 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington, DC 20036. VOICE: (202) 872-6286, FAX: (202) 872-6128.
June 18-23: Gordon Research Conference: Biological Regulatory Mechanisms, Plymouth, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783- 7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 18-23: Gordon Research Conference: Proteins, Tilton, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 25-28: Agri-Food Quality '95: Interdisciplinary Opportunities and Objectives for the Year 2000 and Beyond, Norwich, UK. Contact: Agri-Food Quality '95, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK. VOICE: +44 (0) 603 255000, FAX: +44 (0) 603 507723.
June 25-30: Gordon Research Conference: Developmental Biology, Andover, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 25-30: Gordon Research Conference: Lipid Metabolism, Meriden, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
June 26-30: Seventh International Conference of Conifer Biotechnology Working Group, Queensland, AU. Contact: Prof. R.D. Teasdale, ForBio Research, 50 Meiers Rd., Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia.
July 2-7: Gordon Research Conference: Plasmid and Chromosome Dynamics, Plymouth, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
July 4-7: 9th International Rapeseed Congress, Cambridge, England. Contact: Denis Kimber, 44 Church St., Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB3 7JE, England.
July 8-12: Protein Society Symposium, Boston, MA. Contact: Nancy Sledge, Exhibits Manager, FASEB, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. VOICE: (301) 530-7009, FAX: (301) 530- 7014.
July 9-14: Gordon Research Conference: Molecular Membrane Biology, Andover, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
July 14-19: 15th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, Minneapolis, MN. Contact: Gary Gardner, Dept. of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 305 Alderman Hall, St. Paul, MN 55108. FAX: (612) 624-3606, EMAIL: ggardner@maroon.tc.umn.edu
July 16-21: Gordon Research Conference: Enzymes, Coenzymes and Metabolic Pathways, Meriden, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783- 7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
July 17-21: 4th International Symposium on the Molecular Biology of the Potato, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Contact: IAC-Section OCC, P.O. Box 88, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands. VOICE: 31-8370-90232, FAX: 31-8370-18552.
July 23-38: Gordon Research Conference: Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton, Andover, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783- 7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
July 29-August 2: American Society of Plant Physiologists Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. Contact: Susan Chambers, Director of Finance and Administration, 15501 Monona Dr., Rockville, MD 20855-2768. VOICE: (301) 251-0560 ext. 11, FAX: (301) 279-2996, EMAIL: chambers@access.digex.net
July 30-August 8, 1996: Oat Conference/Barley Genetics Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada. Contact 5th IOC and 7th IBGS 1996, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, S7N 0W0. FAX: (306) 966-5015. Symposiums will be held concurrently.
July 31-August 4: 14th General Congress of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA), Jyvaskkyla, Finland. Contact: Prof. Peter M.A. Tigerstedt, University of Helsinki, Division of Plant Breeding, Viikki D- talo, 00710, Helsinki, Finland.
August 3-5: Penn State's 14th Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology: Chromosomal Controls of Gene Expression, University Park, PA. Contact: Kamal Rashid, Symposium Director, Penn State Biotechnology Institute, 519 Wartik Lab., University Park, PA 16802. VOICE: (800) 833-5533, FAX: (814) 863-1357.
August 6-12: 20th World Congress of the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations: Caring for the Forest; Research in a Changing World, Tampere, Finland. Contact: IUFRO-95 Congress Secretariat, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Unioninkatu 40 A, FIN-00170 Helsinki, Finland. VOICE: +358-0-857 051, FAX: +358-0- 625 308, TELEX: 121286 metla sf, EMAIL: iufro95@metla.fi
August 13-18: Gordon Research Conference: Epigenetics, Plymouth, NH. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences, University of Rhode Island, P.O. Box 984, West Kingston, RI 02892-0984. VOICE: (401) 783-4011, FAX: (401) 783-7644, EMAIL: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu.
August 20-25: International Poplar Symposium, Seattle, WA. Contact: Continuing Education (Poplar), College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, AR-10, Seattle, WA 98195. VOICE: (206) 543-0867, FAX: (206) 685-0790, EMAIL: carkey@u.washington.edu.
August 29-31: 50th Society for Experimental Biology Symposium, Unifying Plant Genomes: Comparisons, Conservation and Colinearity, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Dr. J.S. Heslop- Harrison, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, England. FAX: +44-0-603-52571, EMAIL: hharrison@afrc.ac.uk.
October 1-4: Engineering Plants for Commercial Products/Applications, Lexington, KY. Contact: International Symposium on Engineering Plants, c/o Conferences and Institutes, 218 Peterson Service Bldg., Lexington, KY 40506-0005. VOICE: (606) 257-3929, FAX: (606) 323-1053, EMAIL: monica.stoch@ukwang.uky.edu
October 16-20: Third International Rice Genetics Symposium, IRRI, Philippines. Contact: Dr. G.S. Khush, International Rice Research Institute, P.O. Box 933, Manila, Philippines.
October 22-25: Third New Crops Symposium, Indianapolis, IN. Contact: Jules Janick, Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University, 1165 Horticulture Bldg., West Lafayette, IN 47907-1165. FAX: (317) 494-0391.
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES 1995
May 8-12 or July 10-14: Recombinant DNA Methodology, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
May 13-15: PCR Techniques, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
May 14-19: Advanced Course on Plant Biotechnology Workshop, Leiden, Netherlands. Contact: Dr. Ir. L.A. van der Meer-Lerk, Kluyver Laboratory, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, Netherlands. VOICE: (015) 785 140, FAX: (015) 782 355.
May 15-19: Basic Cell and Tissue Culture, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
May 16-19: DNA Sequencing, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
May 31-June 3: Site Directed Mutagenesis, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
June 5-9: Plant Biotechnology, Plant Gene Transfer, and Plant Gene Expression, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
June 19-30: An International Training Program in New Crops: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, West Lafayette, IN. Contact: Tom Robertson, Attn: International Training Program in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Continuing Education, Purdue University, 1586 Stewart Center, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1586. VOICE: (317) 494-7220, FAX: (317) 494-0567.
July 3-8: DNA-Binding Proteins & Transcriptional Regulators, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
July 17-21: Protein Purification and Analysis, Washington, DC. Contact: Director, Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064. VOICE: (202) 319-6161, FAX: (202) 319-4467, EMAIL: millerm@cua.edu.
August 6-11: 10th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Regensburg, Germany. Contact: Widmar Tanner, Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. FAX: 49-941-943-3352.
August 24-29: 1997: 17th International Congress for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, San Francisco, CA. Contact: Congress Secretariat, 17th International Congress for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3996. FAX: (301) 571-1824, EMAIL: 171UBMB@asbmb.faseb.org.
August 29-31: Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Cambridge, England. Contact: Society for Experimental Biology, Burlington House, London W1V 0LQ, United Kingdom. VOICE: 44 171 439 8732, FAX: 44 171 287 4786.
September 1-3: ITMI International Public Workshop, Norwich, England. Contact: International Triticeae Mapping Initiative, Management Office, Genetic Resources Conservation Program, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8602. VOICE: (916) 757- 8920, FAX: (916) 757-8755, EMAIL: itmi@ucdavis.edu
August 3-5: Penn State's 14th Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology: Chromosomal Controls of Gene Expression, University Park, PA. Contact: Kamal Rashid, Symposium Director, Penn State Biotechnology Institute, 519 Wartik Lab., University Park, PA 16802. VOICE: (800) 833-5533, FAX: (814) 863-1357.
August 6-12: 20th World Congress of the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations: Caring for the Forest; Research in a Changing World, Tampere, Finland. Contact: IUFRO-95 Congress Secretariat, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Unioninkatu 40 A, FIN-00170 Helsinki, Finland. VOICE: +358-0-857 051, FAX: +358-0-625 308, TELEX: 121286 metla sf, EMAIL: iufro95@metla.fi
August 20-25: International Poplar Symposium, Seattle, WA. Contact: Continuing Education (Poplar), College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, AR-10, Seattle, WA 98195. VOICE: (206) 543-0867, FAX: (206) 685-0790, EMAIL: carkey@u.washington.edu.
October 1-4: Engineering Plants for Commercial Products/Applications, Lexington, KY. Contact: International Symposium on Engineering Plants, c/o Conferences and Institutes, 218 Peterson Service Bldg., Lexington, KY 40506-0005. VOICE: (606) 257-3929, FAX: (606) 323-1053, EMAIL: monica.stoch@ukwang.uky.edu
October 13-14: Workshop on Gene-Finding and Gene Structure Prediction, Philadelphia, PA. Contact: David Searls, Dept. of Genetics, CRB475, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 422 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6145. VOICE: (215) 573- 3107, FAX: (215) 573-3111, EMAIL: dsearls@cbil.humgen.upenn.edu.
October 22-25: Third New Crops Symposium, Indianapolis, IN. Contact: Jules Janick, Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University, 1165 Horticulture Bldg., West Lafayette, IN 47907-1165. FAX: (317) 494-0391.