Published in Probe Volume 5(2): April-June 1995
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 19-20: Biotechnology Colloquium as part of the North American Plant Protection Organization Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 1995, Saskatoon, Canada. Contact: Jane Thibert, Program Manager, Plant Protection Div., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Food Production & Inspection Br., 59 Camelot Dr., Nepean, Ontario, Canada K1A 0Y9. VOICE: (613) 952-8000, FAX: (613) 952-0809.
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.
November 6-10: International Cactus Conference: 6th National and 4th International Conference about the Knowledge and Utilization of Cactus Pear (Opuntia spp) and Other Cacti with Economic Value, Guadalajara, MEXICO. Contact: Erick de la Barrera Montppellier. EMAIL: ebarrera@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx. ASCII file available at:anonymous@udgftp.staff.udg.mx (file is /pub/opuntia.txt)
November 16-18: American Association for Clinical Chemistry 1995 San Diego Conference: Nucleic Acids: A Decade of Discovery, San Diego, CA. Contact: American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 2101 L St. NW, Suite 202, Washington, DC 20037. VOICE: (800) 892-1400 or (202) 857-0717; FAX: (202) 833-4576.
December 9-13: American Society for Cell Biology 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Contact: American Society for Cell Biology, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3992. VOICE: (301) 530-7153, FAX: (301) 530-7139, EMAIL: ascbinfo@ascb.faseb.org.
January 3-6, 1996: Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, Kohala Coast, HI. Contact: Sharon Surles, PSB Conference Coordinator, IS, Inc., Suite 203, 5330 Carroll Canyon Rd., San Diego, CA 92121. VOICE: (619) 658-9782, FAX: (619) 658-9463, EMAIL: psb@intsim.com.
June 17-23, 1996: 4th International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources, Leipzig, Germany. Contact: Dr. Cary Fowler, Food and Agricultural Organization, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. VOICE: 39-6-5225-5925, FAX: 39-6-5225-5271, EMAIL: cary.fowler@fao.org.
July 21-24, 1996: International Fructan Symposium, Logan, UT. Contact: N. Jerry Chatterton, USDA-ARS, Forage and Range Research, Utah State University, Logan, UT84322-6300. VOICE: (801) 797-2249, FAX: (801) 797-3075, EMAIL: njchatt@cc.usu.edu
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
August 24-25: American Type Culture Collection Biotech Patent Forum, Rockville, MD and Washington, DC. Contact: ATCC. VOICE: (301) 231-5566.
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 Workshop, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. VOICE: 44 1603 452571, FAX: 44 1603 502270, EMAIL: jeffery@bbsrc.ac.uk
September 20 or December 19, 1995: RNA Extraction and Analysis, Coventry University, UK. Contact: Debbie Elliott, Commercial Development Unit, Coventry University, Priory St.,Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK. VOICE: 01203 838145, FAX: 01203 221396, EMAIL: Dr. Ralph Rapley (rapley@coventry.ac.uk).
October 8-17: Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Practical Course: Frontiers of Protein Structure Prediction, Pomezia, Rome, Italy. Contact: Ms. Tiziana Gobbi, IRBM, Via Pontina Km 30.600, I-00040 Pomezia, Rome, Italy. VOICE: +30 6 91093201, FAX: +39 6 91093654, EMAIL: gobbi@irbm.it, WWW: http://www.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk/predict/
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 23-26: Recombinant DNA Methodology and DNA Sequencing, Lake Tahoe, NV. 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.
October 23-26: Polymerase Chain Reaction Techniques and DNA Sequencing, Lake Tahoe, NV. 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.
November 8-21: Molecular Markers for Plant Breeding & Plant Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Contact: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, The Meetings Office, 1 Bungtown Road, P.O. Box 100, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724-2213. VOICE: (516) 367-8346, FAX: (516) 367-8845, EMAIL: meetings@cshl.org