Vol. 23, No.2 MarchiApril 1996 ASPPNEWS The Newsletter of the American Society of Plant Physiologists

Inside This Issue.... Plant Biology '96: San Antonio Beckons All 4 ASPP Annual Meeting Reaches Out to All Plant Biologists President's Letter

5 A bright horizon is in view for our ASPP a year, each of us looks for a different Turning Point by Melvin Calvin annual meetings in 1996 and into the fu­ blend of information for intellectual sus­ ture. The Program Committee's name for tenance. Truly, we are all excited by the 7·10 the 1996 annual meeting symbolizes questions of how plants work, just as Public Affairs breadth and inclusiveness: Plant Biology Stephen Hales was. However, the tech­ • Agriculture Testimony '96. We recognize that many plant biolo­ niques we use, the model systems we • DOE Testimony gists look to ASPP as a place to publish, choose, the stages of development of our • Status of NSF Funding to advance their science, to learn, and to scientific knowledge and experience, the • ACI in Conference share ideas. We want the name of the endeavors to which we dedicate our sci­ • Ad Supports USDA Research meeting to make an inclusive statement entific lives, and our institutions all func­ and thereby attract an even greater num­ tion to diversify us. 11 ber of our colleagues to join us. Our annual meetings are designed to Education Forum serve the needs of the diverse populations Serving the Diverse Populations of of plant biologists in many ways. The 12 Plant Biologists central, time-honored scientific program Obituaries What is a plant physiologist? No one of our meeting is increasingly supple- description would fit all who attend our 13 ASPP annual meetings. As we gather once continued on page 3 Letter from Hlroh Shibaoka

14 Affirmative Action/Copying Policy Liberalized

15 Section News/People

16 World Wibe Web Site Announced/ Jobs Go On Line

18 Staff Changes

21 Gatherings

27 Jobs

Deadline for the May/June 1996 issue of ASPPNEWS is April 26, 1996. Photograph courtesy at the Son Antonio Convention & Visitors' Bureau 2 ASPPNEWS

ASPP Officers and Staff President Bob B. Buchanan (510-642-3590) ASPP Headquarters Telephone Extension and President-Elect E-Mail Directory Donald art (217-333-2093) Immediate Past President James N. Siedow (919-684-6573) Secretan) For your convenience, keep this listing of extension numbers and e-mail ad- Mary Jo Vesper (513-229-2502) dresses handy when you contact ASPP headquarters so that you can reach the Treasurer Mark Jacobs (215-328-8039) person best able to assist you. Our office telephone number is 301-251-0560. Chair, Board ofTn/stees Larry N. Vanderhoef (916-752-2067) Chair, Publications Committee If your subject is, contact ext. # e-mail address Stanley Roux (512-471-4238) Chair, Committee on the Status ofWomen in Plant Physiology Elizabeth A. Bray (909-787-4548) Missing journal issues, books Sharon Kelly 29 [email protected] Elected Members Kenneth Keegstra (517-353-2270) Subscriptions, individual* Sharon Kelly 29 [email protected] Elizabeth Vierling (602-621-1601) Wendy F. Boss (919-515-3496) Plant Physiology Sectional Representatives Midwestern (except missing issues) Deborah Weiner 18 [email protected] Daniel R. Bush (217-333-6109) Northeastern THE PLANT CELL Subhash Minocha (603-862-3840) Southern Disposition of a manuscript Annette Kessler 20 [email protected] William H. Outlaw Jr. (904-644-4020) Washington, DC All other questions Jerry D. Cohen (301-504-5632) Western (except missing issues) Judith GroHman 19 [email protected] Sharman O'Neill (916-752-2435) Newsletter Jody Carlson 17 [email protected] Headquarters Office 15501 Monona Drive Advertising Rockville, MD 20855-2768 USA Phone: 301-251-0560 • Fax: 301-279-2996 Plant Physiology Deborah Weiner 18 [email protected] Executive director, Kenneth M. Beam, ext. 15 ([email protected]) THE PLANT CELL Judith Grollman 19 [email protected] Director offinance and administration, Susan K. Chambers, ext. 11 Newsletter Jody Carlson 17 [email protected] ([email protected]) Accountant, Thomas M. Dushney, ext. 10 Address changes Sharon Kelly 29 [email protected] ([email protected]) Information specialist, Perry Masciana, ext. 46 Membership applications Sharon Kelly 29 [email protected] ([email protected]) Member services coordinator, Membership problems Sharon Kelly 29 [email protected] Sharon Y; Kelly, ext. 29 ([email protected]) Accounts payable Thomas Dushney 10 [email protected] Receptionist, Estella Coley, ext. 22 ([email protected]) Accounts receivable Estella Coley 22 [email protected] Mail room clerk, Marian Osuji, ext. 12 ([email protected]) Accounts payable/ Public affairs director, Brian M. Hyps, ext. 14 ([email protected]) receivable problems Susan Chambers 11 [email protected] Publications director, Jody Carlson, ext. 17 [email protected]) Annual meeting Susan Chambers 11 [email protected] Publications assistant, Sylvia Braxton, ext. 33 ([email protected]) Public affairs/ Managing editor, Plant Physiology Deborah I. Weiner, ext. 18 government relations Brian Hyps 14 [email protected] (dweiner®aspp.org) Managing editor, THE PLANT CELL, Education Brian Hyps 14 [email protected] Judith E. GroHman, ext. 19 ([email protected]) Society governance Ken Beam 15 [email protected] News and Reviews editor, THE PLANT CELL, Crispin B. Taylor ASPP Education Foundation Ken Beam 15 [email protected] Production editor, Plant Physiology, Position to be filled. International issues Ken Beam 15 [email protected] Production editor, Plant Physiology, Lauren Ransome, ext. 30 Awards Ken Beam 15 [email protected] ([email protected]) Production editor, THE PLANT CELL, *Subscriptions, institutional: Brenda Reynolds, Fulco, 201-627-2427 Catherine A. Balogh, ext. 16 ([email protected]) Manuscript manager, Annette Kessler, ext. 20 ASPP NEWS is distributed to all ASPP members and is published six times annually, in odd-numbered months. It is edited and ([email protected]) prepared by A5PP staff from material provided by A5PP members and other interested parties. Copy deadline is about the Manuscript assistant, Kimberly A. Davis, ext. 24 fifteenth day of the preceding even-numbered month (,.g., December 15 for January/February publication). Submit copy by e­ ([email protected]) mail whenever possible; submit all other copy by mail, not by fax. Contact: Jody Carlson, Editor, ASPP NEWS, 15501 Monona Manuscript assistant, Aphrodite Knoop, ext. 25 Drive, Rockville, MD 20855-2768 USA; e-mail [email protected]; telephone 301-251-0560, ext. 17. ([email protected]) MarchlApril1996, Vol. 23, No.2 3

continued from page 1 Sanchez and Hector Perez from lnstituto A very significant development is un­ Biotecnologia in Cuernavaca attended derway which will serve to combine the mented by inclusion workshops and fo­ ASPP program committee meetings in talents of researchers in two sometimes cused gatherings to address the diverse which the design and format of the scien­ overlapping but distinctive communities: needs of our attendees. tific program for Plant Biology '96 were ASPP and the Arabidopsis research com­ Workshops are developed each year to established. Plant biologists from Mexico munity. Madison, Wisconsin, is the well­ target specific needs in critical areas. Pre­ will be participating in all aspects of Plant known U.S. meeting site for the meeting workshops provide opportuni­ Biology '96. Arabidopsis group. In 1998 ASPP will ties for hands-on learning research tech­ This year is only the beginning of our hold its annual meeting in Madison so niques (e.g., the tissue printing workshop efforts at internationalizing the annual that a back-to-back meeting with the to be held this year). At Plant Biology meeting. From here we head full speed Arabidopsis researchers can be planned. '96 you will also see booths in the poster into developing the 1997 meeting in Meeting dates will be set shortly. A joint area with displays and demonstrations Vancouver, B.C., now titled: Plant Biology symposium will be a highlight of our of advanced and/or updated techniques '97: A View from the Pacific Rim. For Plant collaboration, which will likely include (e.g., Arabidopsis transformation). The Biology '97, ASPP will continue its long­ other opportunities for interaction among Education Committee is continuing standing joint meetings with our col­ attendees at both conferences. ASPP's commitment to outreach through leagues in the Canadian Society of Plant ASPP has grown to play a significant a pre-meeting workshop for San Anto­ Physiologists. Again the meeting site pro­ leadership role within the scientific re­ nio area high school teachers. At a work­ vided the opportunity to invite additional search community. A notable achievement shop on Saturday afternoon, the Com­ international colleagues to join us. The is the establishment our public affairs mittee on Public Affairs will discuss the Australian and Japanese societies of plant office which initiates effective contacts in "how to" of increasing public awareness physiologists have been in contact with Washington, D.C., to advance the fund­ of the significance of plant biology re­ ASPP president, Bob Buchanan, as the ing and appreciation for plant biology search. Two engaging evening work­ agenda for Plant Biology '97 is formulated. research in both basic and applied areas. shops are planned as well: on Sunday We hope to see in attendance many Pa­ The program committee is applying its there will be a discussion on ethics in cific rim colleagues we see far too seldom energies similarly to establish ASSP's publishing and on Monday career op­ and to make acquaintances that will en­ annual meeting as a focal point which tions for plant biologists will be ad­ rich our research, teaching, and learning. serves the larger plant biology commu­ dressed. Major symposia are planned in areas of nity. Our breadth will encourage "cross­ Both the Committee on the Status of signal transduction, ATPase, metabolic pollination", bringing the excitement of Women in Plant Physiology and the engineering, regulation of root develop­ collaborative work closer to us all. Minority Affairs Committee have now ment, and photoinhibition. Each sympo­ established annual luncheon programs. sium will have contributors from among Program Committee These events have been well attended our international participants. Each year the Program Committee and have delivered excellent programs members extend outstanding service to serving to inform and unify their special Broadening the Range of the ASPP. The committee meets three times a populations. This year we introduce a Scientific Program Content year and is responsible for the scientific Small Colleges Breakfast on Sunday, an Inclusiveness is a theme within the sci­ program of the annual meeting. Members event excitedly awaited by many faith­ entific program content of our meetings of the committee this year include Don ful ASPP members. as well. In response to suggestions from Ort (serving as past chair of the commit­ ASPP is clearly interested in establish­ those attending our annual meetings and tee and as preSident-elect), Pam Green, ing its annual meeting as a place where from the leadership within ASPP, the David Ho, Mike Salvucci, Judy Verbeke, plant biologists of diverse needs as well number of mini-symposia has expanded and Mary Jo Vesper (chair). Expert sup­ as diverse scientific interests find fulfill­ from six to eight for 1996. The mini-sym­ port is provided by the staff at ASPP ment. You can help us update and im­ posia offer a wonderful opportunity for headquarters, especially Susan Chambers. prove our meetings by completing a sur­ hot new topics to be explored, for updates vey that will be available at the poster in rapidly developing research areas to be Mary Jo Vesper sessions during Plant Biology '96. heard, and for helpful advice and infor­ ASPP Secretary mation on teaching and research tech­ University of Dayton Internationalizing the niques to be presented. ASPP Annual Meetings With the intention of enticing to our Due to the diligent and conscientious annual meeting those researchers work­ work of those in leadership positions ing in areas in which significant advances within ASPP, our annual meetings are are being made, the Program Committee becoming internationalized. Plant biolo­ has chosen to publicize early our solicita­ gists from Mexico have been involved in tion for contributions to three of the eight the planning for Plant Biology '96. Our mini-symposia being planned for Plant meeting location of San Antonio is a per­ Biology '97. The topics chosen for these fect setting to begin active collaboration three mini-symposia are: programmed cell with our Mexican colleagues. Federico death, elevated C02, and osmoregulation. 4 ASPPNEWS PRESIDENT'S LEDER

"And gladly would he Ierne, and gladly teche." Building a Foundation Chauncer, c. 1387 Prologue, The Canterbury Tales The inaugural meeting of the board of Jacobs, Treasurer; Donald R. Ort, Presi­ increase scientific literacy of the general directors of the ASPP Education Founda­ dent-Elect; James N. Siedow, Immediate public. For example, the Foundation will tion was held in downtown Washington Past President; Larry N. Vanderhoef, be working alongside organizations such on January 30 and 31. Chair Richard Chair, Board of Trustees; Kenneth M. as the National Academy of Sciences, Laster, a management consultant and Beam, Executive Director. which has recently established a Center former long-term executive with General In its deliberations, the board broad­ for Science, Mathematics and Engineer­ Foods and DNA Plant Technology, con­ ened the mission of the Foundation: To ing Education, under the chairmanship of vened the meeting and announced the five develop a broad understanding of the former Stanford University president appointments he had made to the board. importance of plant sciences in providing Donald Kennedy, to pursue a similar but The five are: Charles J. Arntzen, Presi­ an on-going economic supply of food, broader agenda. The challenge is indeed dent, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant fiber, and renewable fuel as well as sus­ demanding. If we take math as an ex­ Research; Richard Barth, Chairman, Presi­ taining a healthy environment. ample, recent analyses show that only 2% dent and CEO, Ciba-Geigy, Inc.; Charles The goals of the Foundation remain of American students achieved math S. Johnson, President and CEO, Pioneer unchanged: scores comparable to the top 50% of their Hi-Bred International; Hendrik A. • To advance public understanding and Japanese counterparts. Similar compari­ Verfaillie, Executive Vice President, appreciation of the value of the plant sons hold for a number of European coun­ Monsanto, Co.; David S. Weir, President, sciences to society tries. Global Technology, DuPont Agricultural • To promote teaching of the plant sci­ The board was advised of progress that Products. Of the five, David Weir and ences at all levels ASPP is making in the public education Charles Arntzen were unable to attend. • To support the development of new arena largely as a result of efforts of our Established by vote of the membership initiatives in emerging areas of educa­ education committee. Representatives at­ in 1994, the Foundation charter calls for tion in the plant sciences tending the board meeting, chair Carl Pike up to seven additional appointments, • To provide a means for individuals and and member Dina Mandoli, described the bringing the total to possibly as high as organizations to support education and activities of the education committee, in­ twelve. There are, in addition, six ex officio research in the plant sciences cluding the successful teachers' workshop members from the ASPP executive com­ In pursuit of these goals, the Founda­ held last year in Charlotte and the fol­ mittee: Bob B. Buchanan, President; Mark tion will be part of a national effort to low-up planned this year for San Anto­ nio. Dr. Mandoli also demonstrated "the cube"-a popular description of plant biology she has composed to be printed on a piece of cardboard that folds into a cube. Information presented on the cube can be adjusted so as to appeal to differ­ ent grade levels, for example, grades 6-8 or 11-12. The board uniformly believed that the cube would attract interest in plant physiology and related areas of plant biology. The board discussed the types of materials that would be most effective as follow-ups to the cube and provided the education committee with several new ideas to consider in its cur­ rent efforts. The ASPP homepage on the Internet will play an increasingly impor­ tant role in providing access to the fol­ low-up materials and initial contact for other interested students. The education committee plans to dis­ Richard Barth, left, Chairman, President and CEO, Ciba-Geigy, Inc.. and Hendrik A. tribute the cube on a trial basis at three Verfaillie, right. Executive Vice President. Monsanto, Co.. attend the first meeting of the school districts representing the eastern, board of directors of the ASPP Education Foundation, held January 30-31 in western, and central United States. Inter­ Washington, D.C. ested students, or their teachers, would March/April 1996, Vol. 23, No.2 5

contact ASPP headquarters to obtain the could be successfully reached. In addi­ follow-up materials. If appropriate, head­ tion to efforts of the board, each of us as quarters staff could put the students in an ASPP member is encouraged to iden­ touch with a local ASPP mentor. tify individuals or companies interested The board also discussed strategies on in contributing to the Foundation and to how to raise the funds needed to enter put them in touch with Ken Beam at our the new education venture. ASPP is to headquarters office. contribute $60,000 of its own resources The board put forward names of indi­ (obtained from interest on invested re­ viduals in industry who could be con­ serves) to help the Education Foundation tacted by Richard Laster as potential new get started. It was noted that ASPP mem­ members. As the group adjourned, it was bers have given over $8,000 to the Foun­ my sense that all considered the meeting dation so far this year. A total of $12,000 a success and an excellent first step in in individual giving is anticipated by developing the new Education Founda­ year's end. This unprecedented level of tion. The membership of ASPP should be support, which comes from both domes­ proud that, in pursuing an education David S. Weir, President, Global Technol­ tic and overseas members, is most appre­ agenda, the Society is once again at the ogy, DuPont Agricultural Products, is serving as a member of the board of ciated. professional forefront. directors of the ASPP Education The board was asked to take the lead Bob B. Buchanan Foundation. in raising an additional $110,000 to meet 1995-1996 ASPP President activities planned for the year. Board University of California, Berkeley members seemed optimistic that the goal [email protected]

TURNING POINT

FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF LIGHT by Melvin Calvin, Professor Emeritus, that seemed appropriate to the ques­ sample of the phthlocyanine and to University of California, Berkeley tions I was faced with. I was not learn the synthetic steps for making In one of my lectures many years limited to physical chemistry, organic this material. That's where my first ago I used the phrase "following the chemistry, biochemistry, or biology, but work on coordination chemistry and trail of light." The word "light" was encompassed them all to some degree. biological catalysis began, work which not meant in its literal sense, but in the (This same freedom of scientific was to continue throughout my sense of following an intellectual exploration was also available under academic life at Berkeley. concept or idea to where it might lead. Professor Gilbert N. Lewis at the In Berkeley, during the war years, In this case, perhaps, the original University of California, Berkeley after coordination chemistry again became flashlight was coordination chemistry I joined the faculty in 1937.) central to my science. A whole series of and phthalocyanine, which I will At Manchester I was introduced to oxygen-carrying synthetic chelates, explain below. coordination chemistry in its broadest cobalt compounds that carried oxygen After I finished my graduate studies sense, and coordination chemistry compounds much as does hemoglobin, at the University of Minnesota, I was became a central theme of my scientific was developed. This work also rein­ fortunate enough to become a life. In the midsummer of 1936 phthalo­ forced my interests in biological postdoctoral. student of Professor cyanine, a compound resembling in its catalysis and led to a more formal Michael Polanyi at the University of general structure chlorophyll and heme, interest in chlorophyll and its role in Manchester. This was a most fortunate was first synthesized at Imperial the photosynthetic process. After the encounter for my whole scientific College in London. Polanyi, a highly war, with the availability of the long­ career, because in Manchester, working imaginative man, recognized that this lived isotope of carbon, carbon-14, for Polanyi, I became aware of the class of compound was very similar to which was discovered by Ruben and freedom of thought that allowed me to chlorophyll, but much more stable. He undertake work in any area of science . sent me to London to get a small continued on page 6 6 ASPPNEWS continued from poge 5 was for me the moment (and, curiously is wrong, and you don't know which enough, it was a moment) when one of half. When you get the right answer the basic facets in the photosynthetic under those circumstances, you are carbon dioxide cycle became clear to doing something creative" (4). me. One day I was sitting in the car, The "light" of coordination chemistry probably parked in a red zone, while which was turned on in Manchester in my wife was on an errand. I had for the '30s is still shining today. The same some months some basic information scientific continuity extends to the from the laboratory that was incompat­ work in the area of artificial photosyn­ ible with everything that, up until then, thesis, where the redox chemistry of I knew about the cyclic nature of the manganese complexes may lead process. While sitting at the wheel of eventually to the design of a synthetic the car, the recognition of the missing device to perform the photolysis of compound occurred just like that-quite water. From phthalocyanine to chloro­ suddenly. Suddenly, also, in a matter of phyll to manganese compounds, the seconds, the complete cyclic character of light has led to the point where it may the path of carbon became apparent to be possible in the not too distant future me. But the original recognition of to mimic the natural process of phosphoglyceric acid and how it got photosynthesis and learn in minute there, and how the Cry acceptor might detail the principles of photochemical Nobel laureate Dr. Melvin Calvin, author be regenerated, all occurred in the conversion and storage of solar energy. of this issue's Turning Point. matter of thirty seconds (4). So, there is such a thing as inspira­ References Kamen in the early '40s, it was possible tion, I suppose, but one has to be ready to begin to study that part of the for it. I don't know what made me 1. M. Calvin (1962) The Path of Carbon energy-converting reactions of photo­ ready at that moment, except I didn't in Photosynthesis. Science 135: 879­ synthesis represented by the carbon have anything else to do but sit and 889. reduction sequence. Carbon-14 was the wait. And perhaps that in itself has ideal tool for tracing the path of carbon some moral. Perhaps also the sudden 2. J. A. Bassham and M. Calvin (1962) on its way to carbohydrate and other insight into the cyclic character of the The Path of Carbon in Photosynthe­ plant products, and the unraveling of cycle might have resulted from the fact sis, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood the "path of carbon" that encompassed that the right answer came about as a Cliffs, New Jersey. the period 1946-1956 by many students result of an instinctive creative trick. and collaborators; the two major My personal philosophy perhaps is 3. J. A. Bassham and M. Calvin (1962) investigators were Andrew A. Benson expressed best in the following state­ The Photosynthesis of Carbon and James A. Bassham. During this ment: "There is no such thing as pure Compounds, W. A. Benjamin, New time all of the individual steps in the science. By this I mean that physics York, New York. carbon reduction cycle were put impinges on astronomy, on the one together (1). There were twenty-three hand, and chemistry and biology, on 4. M. Calvin (1958) The Nurture of publications entitled "The Path of the other. The synthesis of a really new Creative Science and the Men Who Carbon in Photosynthesis/, and two concept requires some sort of union in Make It: The Photosynthesis Story, J. books (2, 3) also summarized the effort. one mind of the pertinent aspects of Chem. Educ. 35: 428-432. One of the more elusive aspects of several disciplines ... It's no trick to the search was to determine the cyclic get the right answer when you have all 5. M. Calvin (1992) Following the Trail character of the path of carbon, and the data. The real creative trick is to get of Light: A Scientific Odyssey, this, perhaps, was the "turning point" the right answer when you have only American Chemical Society, Wash­ for the elucidation of the entire cycle. It half of the data in hand, and half of it ington, DC. MarchJApril1996, Vol. 23, No.2 7 PublicAffairs

ASPP EXPLAINS THREAlS TO AGRICULTURE POSED BY RESEARCH CUTS

In testimony presented to the U.S. are normal under non-stress conditions, Quatrano noted that the relatively small House of Representatives Appropriations but under salt-stress, for example, the competitive grants program has gained Subcommittee on Agriculture, ASPP Com­ transgenic plants did not wilt, developed recognition for supporting leading re­ mittee on Public Affairs Chair Ralph more leaf mass, flowered, and produced search. Quatrano discussed some of the problems viable seeds. In contrast, the non-trans­ "I can personally attest to another valu­ created for farmers and the agricultural formed plants decayed beyond rescue. able component of the NRI funding-that sector by reductions in agricultural re­ "This discovery will lead to the develop­ is the support it provides for the training search. ment of hardier varieties of major crops of the next generation of agricultural sci­ Dr. Quatrano, University of North grown in the u.s. that will be more re­ entists," Dr. Quatrano said. Carolina, Chapel Hill, said that overall sistant to drought stress," Dr. Quatrano The agricultural research budget may constrictions in the federal discretionary said. face further constrictions this year. Spe­ budget threaten to slow the research and "Take all" fungal disease is the most cial grants supported by the congressmen development that would create the new destructive root disease of wheat. Resis­ and senators who represent districts and tools farmers will need in future years. tant varieties are not available and chemi­ states receiving the grants are sometimes Dr. Quatrano urged the committee to in­ cal pesticides are ineffective. Dr. supported by funds the administration crease support for the National Research Quatrano explained that the NRICGP is originally proposed for the NRICGP. Tes­ Initiative Competitive Grants Program, supporting studies to investigate the timony, constituent visits, and letters by Agricultural Research SerVice, and other value of "disease suppressive" soils. The members of ASPP and other science soci­ key research programs within USDA to suppressive soils contain bacteria that eties offer support needed for the com­ give farmers the tools they will need to produce antibiotics that kill the fungal petitive grants program. These efforts have meet greater future needs for food and pest. Living seed treatments of these helped demonstrate the need for increased fiber of the nation and the world. antagonistic bacteria protect wheat support for the NRICGP within USDA and "American farm~rs face pressures to against "take all." contribute to the effort to find an addi­ reduce use of chemicals while at the same Holding up cover stories of plant sci­ tional source of competitive grant support. time increase crop production on the same ence research supported by the NRICGP (See related story on a new competitive number of acres," Dr. Quatrano noted. He published in Science, Nature and Cell, Dr. grants initiative page 9.) explained that the research community can provide solutions to otherwise intrac­ table problems in agriculture if there is adequate support for research. Dr. Quatrano cited several examples of USDA-supported research that addresses PLANT BIOLOGY '96 serious threats to production of major crops. A number of the examples of re­ & search he mentioned were conducted in labs within the Congressional districts of the members of the subcommittee. SAN ANTONIO Plant tolerance to salt and drought stress is being approached by a number WILL GIVE YOU IIS0METHING TO REMEMBER" of promising'studies supported by the NRICGP. "Stress resistance can be achieved in plants by a number of differ­ Registration information for the ent mechanisms, but one of the most promising is to produce chemical 1996 ASPP annual meeting protectants in plants by inserting genes that will result in the increase in the con·­ centration of these protectants," Dr. will be arriving soon­ Quatrano said. He noted that research on transgenic plants overproducing these REGISTER EARLYl protectants demonstrated that the plants 8 ASPPNEWS CHAIRMAN MYERS CONFIRMS STRONG SUPPORT FOR BASIC RESEARCH

In testimony before the House Appro­ President's proposal for the Fiscal Year cleaner and more healthful fashion," Dr. priations Subcommittee on Energy and 1997 budget had not yet been released Sherman said. Water Development, Dr. Louis Sherman when Dr. Sherman of Purdue University He explained that the research programs of the ASPP Committee on Public Affairs testified February 29. The President's pro­ are divided into three categories: using the requested increased support for the De­ posal was expected to be released the week sun's energy to manufacture chemicals, partment of Energy (DOE) Division of of March 18. using plants and microbes to manufacture Energy Biosciences. In his testimony, Dr. Sherman explained new products, and using plants and mi­ Dr. Sherman of Purdue University also the importance of basic research on plants crobes to clean up toxic wastes in a pro­ met in advance of the hearing with Sub­ in addressing the nation's energy needs. cess called phytoremediation. committee Chairman John Myers (R-IN) He noted that many of the important pro­ This year marks the retirement of both in his office and thanked him for his sup­ grams funded by the Division of Energy Chairman Myers and ranking Democrat port of basic research within the Division Biosciences show how organisms use the and former chairman Tom Bevill (D-AL) of Energy Biosciences. Chairman Myers sun's energy, either directly or indirectly, from the Congress after 30 years of ser­ acknowledged that it was the work of to make or destroy important compounds. vice. Both congressmen are highly re­ Myers's staff, which was contacted by Dr. For example, these projects study how garded senior statesmen who have a strong Sherman last year at a critical time, that plants and other photosynthetic organisms record of support for basic research. Dr. protected several million dollars in basic use the sun's energy for production of Sherman said he regretted seeing the re­ research dollars for the Division of Energy chemical energy, biosynthesis of potential tirement of Congressmen Myers and Bevill, Biosciences. The work of Dr. Sherman, his fuels, biosynthesis of petroleum-replacing who have made many contri!:mtions in colleagues at Purdue, Ken Keegstra of compounds such as polystyrene, produc­ Congress to science. Chairman Myers re­ Michigan State University, and other ASPP tion of high levels of lauric acid in spe­ sponded that Dr. Sherman and his col­ members with Chairman Myers's office cially constructed strains of plants and leagues may see him more often after this and the Subcommittee averted more than production of hydrogen. Other studies are Congress since he would be able to attend $3 million in cuts in the Division of En­ involved with using biological systems to more Purdue basketball games. ergy Biosciences in the Fiscal Year 1996 break down otherwise harmful com­ In a letter from ASPP President Bob budget. pounds. Examples include studies to un­ Buchanan, Committee on Public Affairs The Division's budget for Fiscal Year derstand metabolization and detoxification Chair Ralph Quatrano, and Dr. Sherman 1996 was $30.2 million which represented of toxic substances, cellulose degradation, to Chairman Myers after he announced his an increase of 4.5 percent over the Fiscal and fossil fuel desulfurization. retirement, they noted "the gracious man­ Year 1995 appropriation. The appropria­ "These biological processes will prove ner in which you relate to colleagues, con­ tion for the Division enacted into law last to be extremely valuable in developing stituents and representatives of the science year also exceeded the President's request new energy sources or in ensuring that community is a hallmark of statesmanship of $29.5 million for Fiscal Year 1996. The we can use current energy sources in a that you've come to define."

ASPP member Lou Sherman (right) of Purdue University thanks Congressman John Myers (R-IN) for supporting basic research funded by the DOE Division of Energy Biosciences. March/April 1996, Vol. 23, No.2 9 INTERIM LEGISLATION KEEPS NSF DOORS OPEN AS AGREEMENT ON FULL-YEAR BILL REMAINS ELUSIVE

By mid-March, Congress moved some­ Health and Human Services and Educa­ discretionary domestic programs. The ma­ what closer to the President's requested tion. jority, led in the House by Science Com­ numbers for an appropriations bill includ­ H.R. 3019 provides $2.274 billion for mittee Chair Bob Walker (R-PA), Speaker ing funding for the National Science Foun­ Research and Related Activities at NSF­ Newt Gingrich (R-GA), John Myers (R-IN), dation (NSF) and many other federal agen­ a decrease of $6 million or two-tenths of Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Vern Ehlers (R-MI) and cies currently operating without a full-year a percentage point from theFY 95 appro­ others, sought to preserve funding for ba­ appropriation. However, agreement on a priation. NSF Education and Human sic research including research supported Fiscal Year 1996 appropriations bill was Resources would be funded at $599 mil­ by NSF. not reached in advance of the March 15 lion under the bill. This is the same However, there have been comments expiration date for the current budget reso­ amount the President requested and a from some who protected basic research lution funding NSF and many other agen­ reduction of less than $7 million, or one programs from deep cuts that the science cies. percent, from last year's appropriation. community has been quieter than other To prevent another partial government The House passed the bill 209 to 206 interests about the need for support. Some shutdown, Congress cleared on March 14 divided largely along party lines. in Congress have described the approach a one-week spending bill to give negotia­ If NSF was the only item in the bill, of the broader scientific community to tors more time to draw up a Fiscal Year there is little doubt that the President Congress in this era of balancing the bud­ 1996 appropriations bill that would be in would sign it; however, the White House get as "arrogant" with scientists simply effect until September 30, 1996-the end has threatened a veto over cuts for envi­ expecting full funding for their programs. of the current Fiscal Year. ronmental regulation, national volunteer ASPP has the most active constituent The FY 96 appropriations bill (H.R. 3019) service, and provisions affecting several contact network in the plant science com­ passed by the House on March 7 included other agencies which are lumped into the munity. ASPP campus contacts urged their spending provisions for VA, HUD and same bill with NSF. members of Congress to support NSF in Independent Agencies (including NSF and It is generally regarded by followers of the FY 96 appropriations bill and have NASA); Commerce, Justice, State and Ju­ the beleaguered discretionary domestic actively supported key research programs diciary; and the Interior. Earlier appropria­ budget, which includes research, that NSF within USDA and DOE. tions bills for these agencies were vetoed. did well in the House-approved appro­ H.R. 3019 also includes funding for Labor, priation that saw deep cuts in some other • USDA NEW COMPETITIVE GRANTS INITIATIVE CONSIDERED IN CONFERENCE

The Agricultural Competitiveness Initia­ The prospects for approval of a new ers and taxpayers would be "far better tive (ACI), which would be a new USDA competitive grants program as part of the served if we could just take $2 billion of competitive grants program in addition to Fund for Rural America are considered that $36 billion over the next seven years the National Research Initiative Competi­ higher than the chances were for another and invest it in agricultural research." tive Grants Program (NRICGP), has taken proposal for the ACI that was defeated Dooley's amendment was similar to Sen. on a new form in the Senate-passed ver­ on the House Floor on February 29. Con­ Richard Lugar's original proposal in the sion of the Farm Bill. gressman Cal Dooley (D-CA) offered an Senate and provided clear language on The Senate bill would provide up to $100 amendment to the Farm Bill which would how to run an effective competitive grants million over three years for a new com­ have provided nearly $2 billion over program modeled in large part after the petitive grants program for research, edu­ seven years in Commodity Credit Cor­ NRICGP. cation, and extension as part of the pro­ poration funds for the ACI. The version now in the House/Senate posed Fund for Rural America. Funds Opponents of the amendment said an conference has some provisions that need would be provided by the Commodity amount that high for the ACI would bust further clarification or modification. There Credit Corporation from what was for­ the agreement reached to reduce com­ is an overly broad limitations section in merly commodity price support funds. modity price supports to the level they the Fund for Rural America research sec­ Commodity Credit Corporation funds are were already at in the bill. The baseline tion and vaguely worded provisions on part of the mandatory instead of the dis­ for farm program payments has gone peer review. ASPP is working through its cretionary portion of the federal budget. down from $56 billion to $36 billion. campus contact network to seek needed The NRICGP and other research programs Dooley's amendment would have taken revisions including increased funds for are funded out of the discretionary part of the base line down to about $34 billion. the federal budget. . However, Dooley pointed out that farm- continued on page 10 10 ASPPNEWS continued from page 9 ence for the Senate with Helms as a mem­ ber. ASPP President Bob Buchanan and research in the new initiative. Dr. Quatrano sent a letter to key conferees Committee on Public Affairs Chair outlining suggested revisions. Ralph Quatrano of the University of North ASPP public affairs staff has also dis­ Carolina met with Sen. Jesse Helms (R­ cussed the need for revisions with House NC) staff on the competitive grants pro­ Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts gram concerning needed changes at the (R-KS) staff, ACI proponent Congressman time that the conference was starting. Mike Crapo's (R-ID) staff, White House Committee on Public Affairs member Lou Office of Science and Technology staff, Sherman of Purdue University met with USDA officials, representatives of agricul­ Agriculture Committee staff of Chairman tural experiment stations and land grant Richard Lugar (R-IN) to discuss needed colleges, and others. Congressman Crapo revisions in the Senate bill less than two is developing with Chairman Roberts im­ hours after the Dooley amendment was proved language for the bill. defeated. Lugar is heading up the confer-

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Edited by Bob Wise, Department of interested principal investigator will resources in the sciences Biology. University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, need first to contact his/her Program • Projects for at home and in the Oshkosh, WI 54901, e-mail Director in the BIO Directorate who in classroom (under construction) [email protected]. tum will direct the PI to the appropri­ ate program director in the ISE pro­ The owners of the images at the Luster Appointed to National Panel gram. SGERs, Conference, Symposia, WWW sites listed in the Best Sites for ASPP member and USDA-ARS and Workshops; Dissertation Improve­ Obtaining Images for Educational Uses scientist Doug Luster has been selected ment Awards; and Postdoc Fellowships have given permission for the images (upon nomination by Frederick County, are not eligible for these supplements. to be used for non-commercial educa­ Maryland, educators) to serve on a For further information, contact the tional use. Included in the use is the National Assessment of Educational program director for your NSF grant or printing of the images for the class­ Progress (NAEP) panel, March 21, in access the NSF Homepage at http:// room or for reports. Images will also be St. Louis, Missouri, to help set U.S. red.www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/ESIE/ available for a "What Is It?" game that achievement goals in life sciences for resawrd/LETTER.htm. will include familiar objects such as a the 12th grade. The workshop will be flea, an eggshell, and velcro. Several administered by American College Education Booth Has Vacancies tor microscopists, including Michael Testing in accordance with President San Antonio Meetings Davidson of the University of Florida Clinton's Goals 2000-Educate America The Education Booth has been a and Dennis Kunkel of the University of Act. This will be an excellent opportu­ popular feature at recent ASPP meet­ Hawaii, have agreed' to contribute nity for ASPP to help define academic ings. Displays in the past have in­ images for the game. standards in plant science for U.S. high cluded such things as the use of the If you would like to contribute, school seniors. The subsequent national Internet in plant education and demon­ please send a description of your site assessment process will provide an strations of successful teaching labs. and the URL to [email protected]. If you appraisal of the current level of science Room is still available for more do not have a WWW site and have literacy (to include plant science, we displays at the 1996 Education Booth images, projects for kids, or ideas to hope) in U.S. high schools. being put together for the San Antonio share, MicroWorld will post these for meetings. Contact Carl Pike (Franklin the benefit of all. Contact Susanne at NSF Grant Awards"to Disseminate Marshall College) at MC Services, 847-548-6522, e-mail Research Results to Public [email protected] with your [email protected]. The Informal Science Education (ISE) display or demonstration ideas or for program in the Division of Elementary, more information. Plants In Education To Be Featured Secondary, and Informal Education of at NEASPP Annual Meeting the National Science Foundation will K-12 Microscopy Educational The 60th Annual Meeting of the provide up to ten supplemental awards Resources Now on the WWW Northeast Section of American Society of a maximum of $50,000 each to assist Dr. Susanne Pignolet Brandom, editor of Plant Physiologists will be held on in the broader dissemination of re­ of MicroWorld News, an e-mail May 3-4, 1996, at the State University search results and to promote science newsletter for microscopists and of New York at Plattsburgh. A sympo­ literacy for the general public in an microanalysts, has announced a new sium on Friday afternoon entitled out-of-school setting. The program is section to the MicroWorld Resources "Regulation: Cell Signals, Cell Function available to current principal investiga­ WWW site at http://www.mwrn.com/ and Cell Death" will feature talks by tors funded by the Directorate for called, "K-12 Educational Resources." It Dr. Judy Callis (UC Davis) and Dr. Biological Sciences. The request for a includes the categories: Eduardo Blumwald (University of supplemental award may be submitted Toronto). The Friday evening session any time between February 1 and June • An introduction to microscopes and will be composed of a Teaching Forum 14, 1996. The supplement can be used their uses moderated by Bernard Rubinstein for any activity that falls within the • Examples of the uses of microscopes (University of Massachusetts - Amherst) definition of an informal science in the classroom and focussing on "Consciousness education activity such as media • WWW sites for learning about Raising: Emphasizing Plants in the presentations, exhibits, or youth-based microscopic worlds Biology Curriculum." The teaching activity. The supplement can be used to • Best sites for obtaining images for forum will also include short presenta­ disseminate research results, research in educational uses tions by a high school science teacher progress, or research methods. • Books and a community college instructor. Before a supplement is submitted, an • Meta-lists of K to 12 educational continued on page 12 12 ASPPNEWS ._------conlinued from page 11 for input from all interested educators. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TO This report culminates Step 2 of the FEATURE SYMPOSIUM ON PLANT Posters and platform presentations are three-step NSF review. In Step 3, NSF BIOLOGY scheduled for Saturday morning. All will seek to publicize and encourage Washington Area Plant Scientists and interested members, particularly implementation of those practices that Students Invited to Attend students, are encouraged to attend and will achieve improved science and present their current research findings. technology literacy, a technically more On April 30, 1996, at its annual meet­ For more information or for a paper capable workforce, better prepared ing, the National Academy of Sciences copy of the meeting announcement and teachers and scientists and engineers, will hold a plenary symposium entitled registration form, contact the hosts, Dr. and broader participation in SME&T "Frontiers in Plant Biology: How Plants Peter Conrad careers. Communicate." This is a unique oppor­ ([email protected]) or The preliminary report can be found tunity to showcase before members of the Dr. Janice Marchut Conrad at: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/ Academy and the public at large some of ([email protected]). DUE/hearings/prelim.htm. From this the exciting advances that have recently page you can review the document, as been made in plant biology. NSF SME&T Review well as offer comments and suggestions The symposium will deal with unique Ready for Comment via e-mail or fax. For those of you who signaling systems by which plants mobi­ In the fall of 1995, the NSF began a do not have the capability to view the lize defenses against pests and pathogens; review of science, mathematics, engi­ document on the Internet, please by which roots interact with soil microor­ neering, and technology (SME&T) (see contact Project Kaleidoscope for a copy ganisms; by which self-fertilization is ASPP Education Forum, Sept/Oct, of the preliminary report (voice: 202­ prevented; and by which plants perceive 1995). The SME&T review is expected 232-1300; fax: 202-331-1283). cues from the environment to optimize to provide guidance as to how large­ their growth and development. The scale changes in undergraduate educa­ New Videos on Plant Growth speakers and the titles of their talks will tion could be designed to improve Available be: Clarence A. Ryan (Washington State quality and how NSF can most effec­ David Attenborrough's recent PBS University): Signals that activate plant tively capitalize on recent investments series "The Private Life of Plants" is defenses against herbivores and patho­ made in undergraduate science educa­ now available on video. There are five gens; Sharon R. Long (Howard Hughes tion. A document entitled "Preliminary tapes, all with fantastic time-lapse Medical Institute, Stanford University): Report: The National Science footage covering all aspects of plant Life in the underground: The chemical Foundation's Review of Undergraduate growth and development. This is a language of plants and symbiotic bacte­ Science, Mathematics, Engineering and spectacular and very professional ria; Teh-hui Kao (Pennsylvania State Technology (SME&T) Education" by production. Contact Turner Home University): How flowering plants dis­ Melvin George, chair of the advisory Entertainment (800-544-9090) and ask criminate between self and non-self to committee to the Directorate for for "Plants, Private Life of Videos". The prevent inbreeding; and Joanne Chory Education and Human Resources, is price is $99.98 plus shipping and (Salk Institute for Biological Studies): now available on the World Wide Web handling. From seed germination through flower­ ing, light controls plant development via the pigment phytochrome. The symposium will be held in the auditorium of the Academy, 2101 Consti­ University of Michigan in 1946. From 1946 tution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. OBITUARIES to 1948, he was on the faculty of Pomona on April 30 from 2:00 to 4:30 PM, and is College in Claremont, California. He open to the public. Plant scientists in the Franklin B. Gailey joined the faculty of the University of Washington area, including graduate and Professor Franklin B. Gailey, emeritus Iowa in 1948 and taught plant physiol­ undergraduate students, are invited to member from Berea College in Berea, ogy until his retirement in 1988. Dr. Muir attend. No registration is reqUired. Kentucky, died on October 25, 1995. Dr. had been a member of ASPP since 1949. Gailey joined ASPP in 1955.

Robert M. Muir Robert M. Muir, emeritus professor of plant physiology at the University of Iowa, died in Iowa City on February 20, 1996, at the age of 78. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1938 and was a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford, England, in 1938-1939. Following service in the Army Air Corps during World War II, Dr. Muir received his Ph.D. from the March/April 1996, Vol. 23, No.2 13 Japanese Society President Urges American-Asian Meetings

first a series of meetings of ASPP and gists. So, I sincerely hope that many more JSPP. Why couldn't one out of every three American plant physiologists will become or four of these joint meetings be held in members of JSPp, contribute articles to the an Asian country? It is not easy to raise journal and in this way enjoy and benefit travel funds for young plant physiologists from plant science research that originates in Japan. Joint meetings in Asia would in Japan. In 1980 a graduate student in our labo­ offer excellent opportunities for young ratory, Mieko Mitsuhashi, attended the plant physiologists in China, Indonesia, Hiroh Shibaoka, President meeting of the Western Section of the Japan, Korea, and other Asian countries Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists American Society of Plant Physiologists, to exchange information with one another held that year in Pullman, Washington, as well as members of ASPP. In addition, to present a paper on portulal-a novel Americans might learn more about our rooting promoting substance we had iso­ science as well as our countries. lated from Portulaca leaves. Her partici­ How many papers from ASPP journals pation at the meeting was rewarded by have I cited in my publications? I am selection as a winner of the "Pacific Divi­ unable to answer off-hand. It is impos­ sion AAAS Award for Excellence." From sible for me to prepare articles without that time on I have entertained friendly referring to papers published in Plant sentiments toward ASPP. [EDITOR'S NOTE: Physiology and THE PLANT CELL. I be­ In the '70s and early '80s, the Western lieve this holds true for every Japanese Section of ASPP occasionally held its an­ plant physiologist. Both journals are nual meeting jointly with AAAS's Pacific widely distributed in Japan and attract Division, as was done in Pullman in 1980.] the attention of every Japanese plant It is, therefore, my great pleasure to be physiologist. As you know, JSPp pub­ president of the Japanese Society of Plant lishes an international journal for physi­ Physiologists in 1997 when ASPP and the ology, biochemistry, molecular biology, Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and cell biology of plants and microor­ are planning to meet jointly in Vancouver, ganisms: Plant and Cell Physiology. As British Columbia, with JSPp and the Aus­ president of JSPp and former editor-in­ tralian Society of Plant Physiologists. chief of Plant and Cell Physiology, I am While final approval awaits a few f

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Send It•to ASPP News, The staff of ASPP News welcomes your news items, comments, and suggestions. Send your e-mail comments to ASPP News editor Jody Carlson, [email protected], or publications assistant Sylvia J. Braxton, [email protected]. 14 ASPPNEWS EXECUTIVE COMMITrEE ENDORSES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT

Committee on Status of Women in Plant Physiology Proposes Policy Stand

The executive committee of the pursuit. One will forbid the university equal opportunity programs operative American Society of Plant Physiologists, from using race, ethnicity, and gender today have made our institutions better at its winter meeting February 24, 1996, as supplementary criteria in admissions places, but there is still work to be in Rockville, Maryland, adopted a procedures; the other will forbid the done." policy statement on the issue of university from using these same affirmative action. The action was taken criteria in its employment and contract­ FREEDOM TO COPY BROADENED IN at the urging of executive committee ing practices. These and other actions ASPP JOURNALS member Elizabeth Bray, chair of the have brought affirmative action and Committee on the Status of Women in equal opportunity to the fore." Written Permission to Copy for Plant Physiology, who presented the Bray then urged the executive Educational Purposes No Longer recommendation on behalf of her committee to adopt a policy committing Required committee. ASPP to support of affirmative action. Beginning now, by an action taken Bray's presentation to the executive The committee voted unanimously to by ASPP's executive committee at its committee began with the following endorse the following statement: winter meeting, copying for educational description of the current state of "The American Society of Plant purposes from ASPP's journals, Plant affairs with regard to affirmative action Physiologists (ASPP) is committed to Physiology and THE PLANT CELL, will and equal opportunity: diversity within its membership and in be much easier. "In recent months, there has been the institutions of its members, and to Recent legal decisions regarding the much discussion about, and criticism the enhancement of opportunities for so-called fair use provision of the 1976 of, U.S. policies, regulations, and laws all individuals. Therefore, ASPP copyright law have strongly favored in the areas of affirmative action and supports equal opportunity and the rights of copyright holders. As a equal opportunity. These policies, affirmative action as well as the laws consequence, libraries and campus regulations, and laws were designed to and regulations that are meant to copying centers and commercial promote diversity within American achieve these goals. Diversity in the copying companies have become society and to prohibit discrimination research and teaching communities, i.e., extremely cautious as they seek to based on race, color, national origin, the colleges, universities, governmental, avoid the possibility of expensive legal religion, sex, ancestry, or age. As an and industrial facilities where our action for copyright violation. example of the debate, the Regents of members work and study, is important As a further consequence, an entire the University of California, while to the maintenance of excellence in new industry has sprung up around simultaneously endorsing the pursuit of science and to a broader understanding the necessity to obtain written permis­ diversity, have approved two measures of the scientific process in the commu­ sion and, often, to pay fees to be able that could, in fact, impede that very nity at large. The affirmative action and to copy journal material even for clearly educational purposes. The process can be exasperatingly slow and potentially costly, so that the ultimate consequence, frequently, is that people throw up their hands and abandon the project. To try to resolve this dilemma, at least for ASPP's journals, the executive committee approved a new statement that will be published in both journals that states, in part: "Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or class­ room use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this The ASPP executive committee at its 1996 winter meeting, February 24, at ASPP head­ notice and the full citation on the first quarters in Rockville, Maryiand. Standing, left to right: William Outlaw, Sharman O'Neill, page ..." The language of this state­ Daniel Bush, Kenneth Keegstra, Larry Vanderhoef, Stanley Roux, Jerry Cohen, Elizabeth ment has been adapted from language Vierling, Mark Jacobs, Mary Jo Vesper, Kenneth Beam, Elizabeth Bray, Wendy Boss, Bernard Rubinstein (substituting for Subhash Minocha). Seated, left to right: James promulgated by the Association for Siedow, Bob Buchanan, Donald Ort. Computing Machinery, Inc. • JI

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It will no longer be necessary, then, ing out with Ferns," describing his to obtain written permission to copy for SECTION NEWS laboratory's research into gravity-sensing coursepacks from Plant Physiology and mechanisms and the establishment of THE PLANT CELL. This blanket permis­ Washington Area Section polarity of rhizoid growth from germi­ sion will also extend to graduate nating spores of the fern Ceratopteris. This students who wish to place copies of Forty-eight people, including nine stu­ fascinating talk was followed by a ban­ published articles in their theses or dents, attended the February 23 winter quet and the chance to catch up on news dissertations. meeting of the Washington Area Section of the past few months. Any questions about this new policy of the ASPP, which was held in College The WAS-ASPP spring meeting is can be addressed to Jody Carlson, Park, Maryland. scheduled for May 9-10 at the National Publications Director, American Society At the business meeting, Ken Beam, Arboretum in Washington, D.C. of Plant Physiologists, 15501 Monona executive director of ASPP, spoke about Drive, Rockville, MD 20855-2768; the overall activities at ASPP headquar­ Respectfully submitted, telephone 301-251-0560, ext. 17, fax 301­ ters. Ken reported that both Plant Physiol­ Robert D. Slocum 279-2996, e-mail [email protected]. ogy and THE PLANT CELL are doing Secretary-Treasurer great-submissions are up and the qual­ WAS-ASPP ity of the science remains at the highest Postdoctoral Fellowship Program ot the level. The Society appears to be in good Lite Sciences Research Foundation fiscal health, and we will once again fin­ Princeton University, Princeton, New ish 1995 in the black. He singled out the PEOPLE Jersey new ASPP Education Foundation for dis­ cussion, listing some of the new industry ASPP member Jaleh Daie was elected The Life Sciences Research Founda­ leaders that have joined the Foundation to the executive board of the Council of tion (LSRF) is an organization that board. This foundation plans to raise over Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) of administers a postdoctoral fellowship $100,000 in 1996 to fund new programs which ASPP is an affiliate. CSSP is a con­ program covering all areas of biology. for the Society. Mr. Beam emphasized that sortium of over 60 scientific societies with Although most of the fellowships are members of the foundation will be report­ aggregate representation of more than 1.5 related to biomedical research, there are ing to the elected ASPP leadership. million scientists and science educators. opportunities for persons working in Brian Hyps, ASPP director of public Dr. Daie is currently serving as president areas of plant sciences. Support for affairs, reported on the public affairs ac­ of the Association for Women in Science. fellowships in plant sciences has been tivities of ASPP. He announced a Con­ contributed principally by the U.s. gressional exhibition and reception sched­ Department of EnElrgy's Division of uled for March 19 in which ASPP will Energy Biosciences since 1989. Past join other organizations in showing mem­ LSRF fellows supported by funding bers of Congress and their staff leading from Energy Biosciences have worked research funded by the National Science in the laboratories of Daniel J. Arp, and Foundation. ASPP members will also tes­ others. tify before Congressional committees in For further information regarding February and March. Brian spoke about LSRF fellowships, contact: Life Sciences the many science coalitions in which Research Foundation, c/o Lewis ASPP is active. Finally, the Farm Bill and Thomas Laboratories, Princeton Univer­ the contributions that ASPP has made in sity, Princeton, NJ 08544; telephone strengthening this important legislation m~V/JUN~ I~~U~ 609-258-3551, World Wide Web http:/ / were discussed. lsrf.molbio.princeton.edu. Jerry Cohen, the sectional representa­ tive to the ASPP Executive Committee, Summer Biochemistry Course Ott tor gave a detailed report on the activities of 1996 but On for 1997 the Society. He summarized some of the changes being made in our journals. Jerry, The Advanced Plant Biochemistry Sum­ who has been named chair of the newly mer Course that has been held in previ­ re-formed ASPP membership committee, ous years with the assistance of ASPP will also pointed out the need to recruit new not be held in 1996. However, this course members to the Society. To underscore the will be offered in the summer of 1997 at importance of this issue, President Bob Washington State University. Inquiries Buchanan has made increasing the num­ I~ ~P~IL 2C, 1QQC. about the 1997 course should be directed ber of members in the Society his top to the Plant Biochemistry Research and priority. Training Center, Washington State Uni­ Dr. Stan Roux of the University of Texas versity, Pullman, WA 99164-6340. at Austin gave a seminar entitled "Spac- 16 ASPPNEWS ASPP ANNOUNCES ITS WORLD WIDE WEB SITE Newsletter Job Ads to Go On Line Beginning in May 1996 Job Ads, Annual Meeting News, and Important ASPP is preparing to place on line Links to Other Plant Biology Sites Are among Its all job ads received for publication in Many Features ASPP News. This electronic job bank will be freely accessible to all and will be updated weekly. We will also Some ASPP members may already You will also find a growing number continue to print the ads in ASPP know that an ASPP World Wide Web of links to numerous other Web sites News. This service will begin with job site has been under construction for the that prOVide information of value to ads submitted for publication in the past several months. For those of you plant biologists. In fact, we hope to May/June issue of ASPP News. In the who were not aware of it, we are now make ASPP's Web site the central meantime, the ads that appear in this prepared to unveil it and invite you all location to visit to be linked to virtually issue of ASPP News were placed on to check it out and let us know what all electronic information of value to the line on the day the newsletter was you think. The URL is http://aspp.org. plant science community. mailed. As with most Web sites, ASPP's is We need your help to build our Web Please notify ASPP immediately if a evolving and growing every day, so it site. Please let us know of any and all job you have placed is filled so that bears repeated visits. 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Send your cOfl1ments (3nd sug,gestions to [email protected]. 18 ASPPNEWS ASPP Staff Welcomes Two and Bids Adieu to One Taylor and Masciana Join Staff and Leader Leaves

The ASPP staff at headquarters in tion of RNA in Plants." Canaveral, Johnson Space Center in Rockville, Maryland, is undergoing Taylor succeeds Rebecca Chasan as Houston, and Goddard Space Center in several changes this spring. Dr. Crispin the news and reviews editor of THE suburban Washington, D.C. In that Taylor has been hired as news and PLANT CELL. In that position, he is position, Masciana was also actively reviews editor of THE PLANT CELL. responsible for the content of the involved in designing and maintaining Perry Masciana has been hired to fill journal's front section and for editing World Wide Web sites for NASA. the newly created position of informa­ and overseeing production of its annual AprilS will be Mark Leader's last tion specialist. And Mark Leader has special issues. He will begin work day of work at ASPP. He is leaVing the resigned as senior production editor of immediately on managing the 1996 editorial staff of Plant Physiology to Plant Physiology. special issue of THE PLANT CELL, due become a managing editor for the Crispin Taylor joins THE PLANT out in October, that will deal with American Diabetes Association. Leader CELL staff from his current position as plant-microbe interactions. joined the ASPP staff in April 1992 as a postdoctoral research associate in Perry A. Masciana began working on the production editor of Plant Physiology Ralph Quatrano's laboratory at the March 11 as information specialist, and was promoted in 1994 to senior University of North Carolina, Chapel filling the position created to manage production editor. He worked closely Hill, where he has worked on the the many internal information systems with managing editor Deborah Weiner effects of adhesion on the development at headquarters and to oversee ASPP's and editor Maarten Chrispeels to of the brown alga Fucus. Taylor, a rapidly expanding presence on the ensure a smooth transition when Plant native of England, received his B.5c. Internet and World Wide Web. Physiology went from the editorship of from the University of Surrey, Masciana earned a B.5 in electrical Martin Gibbs to that of Chrispeels, and GUildford, United Kingdom, in 1983. engineering from George Washington he has been actively involved in the He spent one year at Michigan State University in 1983. Following gradua­ many changes in the journal since that University as an exchange student tion, he worked for Atlantic Research time. One of his several responsibilities during his undergraduate years. Corp. doing electromagnetic testing and during the past couple of years has Following his graduation, he returned computer evaluation for secure commu­ been to oversee the creation and to the United States and worked as a nications. He then went to CTA, Inc., production of the journal's color cover research technician for five years before and worked as an analyst on the first each month. In his new job with ADA, entering graduate school in the MSU­ and second servicing missions of the Leader will manage three peer-re­ DOE Plant Research Laboratory. He Hubble Space Telescope. Among his viewed biomedical research journals, earned his Ph.D. in 1993, while work­ responsibilities were testing and two monthly and one quarterly. A ing in the laboratory of Pamela Green. evaluating the network links among search for a successor to Mark Leader His doctoral dissertation was entitled three of NASA's space centers, is currently underway. "Components Involved in the Degrada- Kennedy Space Center at Cape

Crispin Taylor will be the news and reviews Perry Masciana. information specialist, joined the ASPP staff on March 11. editor of THE PLANT CELL. PLANT BIOLOGY '96 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists (Joined by the Plant Physiology Section of the Mexican Biochemical Society)

Saturda~ July 27 - Wednesday, July 31 San Antonio, Texas ••••••••••••••••••••• SYMPOSIA

News from the Frontiers of the Plant Cytoskeleton Organizers: Susan Wick, University of Minnesota, and Federico Sanchez, Instituto de Biotechnologia UNAM

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Physiology of Plant P-450s o Organizer: Mary Schuler, University of Illinois

President's Symposium Current Topics in Chloroplast Biology Organizer: Bob Buchanan, University of California-Berkeley

Journal Editors' Symposium Plant Microbe Interactions Organizer: Brian Larkins, University of Arizona

Gibbs Medal Symposium Plant Developmental Genetics Organizer: Elliot Meyerowitz, California Institute of Technology PLANT BIOLOGY '96 1996 Annual Meeting ofthe American Society of Plant Physiologists (Joined by the Plant Physiology Section ofthe Mexican Biochemical Society)

Saturday, July 27 - Wednesday, July 31 San Antonio, Texas

MINISYMPOSIA

Calcium and Signal Transduction in Plants Chair: Shar-on R. Long, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University Speakers: D. Ehrhardt, A. Harmon, S. Assmann

Molecular Chaperones Chair: Elizabeth Vierling, University of Arizona Speakers: E. Vierling, G. Lorimer, R. Boston

Plasmodesmata Chair: Sondra G. Lazar-owitz, University of Illinois Speakers: S. Lazarowitz, B. L. Epel, B. Ding

Role of Stress-Induced Proteins Chair: Jorge Nieto, National University of Mexico Speakers: J. Nieto, T. J. Close, M. Thomashow

Molecular Biology of Plant Polyamines Chair: Antonio F. Tiburcio, Universidad de Barcelona Speakers: A.F. Tiburcio, R. Malmberg, R. Walden

Advanced Techniques in Plant Biology Chair and presenters: TBA

Advances in the Study of Natural Pr-oducts Chair and presenters: TBA

Plant/Insect Interactions Chair and presenters: TBA MarchlApril1996, Vol. 23, No.2 21 Gatherings The newsletter publishes dates, titles, locations, and contact names and addresses for meetings, courses, seminars, and the like that are of interest to ASPP members. Submit announcements via e-mail to [email protected] or mail to Sylvia J. Braxton, ASPP NEWS, 15501 Monona Drive, Rockville, MD 20855-2768 USA. Faxed transmissions are not accepted.

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N Dates to be df"lnOunced "- May 5-10 , ~,S~·, Model Program in Environmental and Agricultural Ethics 1996 April 15-17 Michigan State University, East Lansing Starch: Structure and Function The deadline for applications is March 1, APRIL Cambridge, UK 1996. Contact: Professor Fred Gifford, Contact: Mrs. M. A. Staff, Cavendish Philosophy Department, 503 S. Kedzie Hall, April 9-13 Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Third International Workshop: CB3 OHE, United Kingdom; telephone 44­ 48824; telephone 517-355-4490, e-mail Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants 1223-3370007, fax 44-1223-337000. [email protected]. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Contact: Prof. John Cram, Department of April 17-20 May 12-17 Plant Biology, Ridley Building, University of 15th Annual Missouri Symposium VIn Congress Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne Protein Phosphorylation in Plants International Society of Citriculture NEI 7RU, UK. Columbia, Missouri Sun City Resort, South Africa Submit abstracts or write for registration Contact: Congress Secretariat, Institute for April 11-13 material to Missouri SympOSium, 117 Tropical and Subtropical Crops, Private Bag New Biological Approaches to Understand Schweitzer Hall, University of Missouri, X 11208, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa; and Improve Winter Survival of Plants Columbia, MO 65211; fax 314-882-5635. telephone 27-1311-52071, fax 27-1311-23854, Arhus, Denmark e-mail [email protected]. Contact: Bjarni. 1. Gudleifsson, RALA April 20-22 Modruvellir, 601 Akureyri, Iceland; tele­ Workshop on Transgenic Plants: May 21-28 phone: + 354-6-24477, fax + 354-6-27144. Biology and Applications Microinjection Techniques in Cell Biology Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama Woods Hole, Massachusetts April 12-14 . Contact: C.S. Prakash, School of Agriculture, Short Course. For more information contact: Photosynthesis at the Frontiers of Biology Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088­ Carol Hamel, Admissions Coordinator, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1641; telephone 334-727-8023, fax 334-727­ Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Contact: Daniel Bush, 190 ERML, University 8552, e-mail [email protected]. Woods Hole, MA 02543-1015; telephone 508­ of Illinois, Urbana, 11. 61801; telephone 217­ 289-7401, World Wide Web http:/ / 333-6109, e-mail [email protected]. April 30 www.mbl.edu. Frontiers in Plant Biology: April 12-19 How Plants Communicate May 27-June 1 9th International Congress on Plenary Symposium Seventh International Conference on the Soilless Culture National Academy of Sciences Cell and Molecular Biology of St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Annual Meeting Chlamydomonas Write to Secretariat of ISOSC, P.O. Box 52, Washington, DC Regensburg, Germany 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands. Washington area plant scientists are invited Send request for registration and abstract to attend. For more information contact: materials to Dr. Rudiger Schmitt, Institut fur 22 ASPPNEWS

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June 23-28 University of York, PO Box 373, York Y01 Seventh International Conference on 5YW, United Kingdom; fax 44 1904 433029, June 15-20 Arabidopsis Research e-mail [email protected]. 24th Annual Meeting of the University of East Anglia American Society for Photobiology Norwich, United Kingdom CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia Queries may be addressed to: JUNE Contact: Dr. Sherwood Reichard, American [email protected]. Society for Photobiology, BioTech Park, June 1-5 Suite 9, 1021 15th Street, Augusta, GA June 25-28 Noble Foundation Symposium 30901; telephone 706-722-7511, fax 706-722­ The Second International Biochemical and Metabolic Aspects of 3­ 7515, e-mail [email protected]. Weed Control Congress Ketoacyl Synthases Copenhagen, Denmark Humacao, Puerto Rico June 16-21 Contact: International Conference Services, For information and applications, contact Third International Symposium on in Vitro P.O. 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Harnessing Biodiversity for Therapeutic Mitochondria and Chloroplasts Drugs and Foods Plymouth State College June 30-July 3 New Brunswick, New Jersey Plymouth, New Hampshire International Conference on Isozymes and Contact: Keith Wilson, Office of Continuing Organizers: Kathleen Newton, chair, Molecular Markers in Plants: Basic and Professional Education, Rutgers University, Gottfried Schatz, vice chair. Contact: Gordon Applied Aspects Cook College, P.O. Box 231, New Research Conferences, University of Rhode Villa Olmo, Como, Italy Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231; telephone 908­ Island, P.O. 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Toronto, Canada Hormone Ethylene Contact: John P. Williams, Department of Chania, Crete, Greece June 22-26 Botany, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks To be added to the symposium mailing list, 1996 World Congress on in Vitro Biology St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B2; send your name and address to: Dr. Biotechnology: From Fundamental telephone 416-978- 3540, fax 416-978-5878, e­ Angelos K. Kanellis, National Agricultural Concepts to Reality mail [email protected]. Research Foundation, Institute of Viticulture San Francisco, California and Vegetable Crops, PO Box 1841, 711 10 Contact: Tiffany McMillan, telephone 410­ July 7-August 3 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; telephone 30 81 992-0946, fax 410-992-0949, e-mail Summer Course: 245851 or 245873, fax 30 81 245873 or [email protected], World Wide Web http: Mechanisms of Microbial Adaptation 245858, e-mail [email protected]. 1/pages.prodigy.com/Shillito1congress.htm. Ohio State University, Columbus Sponsored by NSF and DOE Contact: Dr. Charles J. Daniels, Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, 484 West 12 Ave., Columbus, OH 43210; March/April 1996, Vol. 23, No.2 23 telephone 614-292-2301, fax 614-292-8120, e­ July 14-19 AUGUST mail [email protected]. Application Gordon Conference Deadline: March 1, 1996. Gravitational Effects on Living Systems August 4-9 Colby-Sawyer College Postharvest 96: July 12-14 New London, New Hampshire Fourth Yearly International Conference on Emerging Model Legume Systems: Organizers: Manning Correia, chair, Michael Postharvest Science Tools and Recent Advances Evans, vice chair. Contact: Alan B. Bennett, Taupo, New Zealand Knoxville, Tennessee Mann Laboratory, University of California, For more information and registration To indicate interest and receive registration Davis, CA 95616; fax 916-752-4554, e-mail materials contact: Dr. Ian Ferguson, information, please contact D. Cook [email protected]. HortResearch, Private Bag 92 169, Auckland, ([email protected], or Department of NZ; telephone 00 64 9 849 3660, fax 00 64 9 Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas July 14-19 815 4202, e-mail [email protected]. A&M University, College Station, TX 77843­ Gordon Conference 2132) or K. VandenBosch Plant Senescence and Programmed August 4-9 ([email protected], or Department of Cell Death Gordon Conference Biology, Texas A&M University, College Plymouth State College Photosynthesis: Biochemical Aspects Station, TX 77843-3258). Plymouth, New Hampshire New Hampton School Organizers: Alan B. Bennett, chair, Anthony New Hampton, New Hampshire July 12-25 Bleecker, vice chair. Contact: Gordon Organizers: Charles F. Yocum, chair, Melvin Gordon Conference Research Conferences, University of Rhode P. Okamura, vice chair. Contact: Gordon Plant Biological Regulatory Mechanisms Island, P.O. 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University College, Dublin, Ireland July 14-18 To receive the Second Announcement and August 11-16 5th Symposium of the International Society Call for Abstracts, write to: The Society for Gordon Research Conference of Root Research Experimental Biology, Burlington House, Cellular Basis of Adaptation to Salt and Clemson University, South Carolina London WIV OLQ, U.K. Water Stress in Plants For a copy of the final announcement and Tilton School, Tilton, New Hampshire call for papers please contact: Dr. James E. July 21-25 Contact: Andrew D. Hanson, Horticultural Box, Jr., USDA-ARS, P.O. Box 555, Gordon Conference Sciences Department, University of Watkinsville, GA 30677, U.S.A.; e-mail Plant Molecular Biology Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0690; tele­ [email protected], telephone 706-769­ New Hampton School phone 352 392-1928, ext. 334; fax 5631, fax 706-769-8962. New Hampton, New Hampshire 352 392-6479; e-mail [email protected]. 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The Early Days of the Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas, Sucrose-Starch Transition in Plant Cells, T. Akazawa, C.-H Lin, Fundacion Campomar, A. C. Paladini T.-H. Lin, N. Smith Carlos Cardini: A Whole Life Devoted to Research and Teaching, Can We Assign Specific Roles for the Starch Biosynthetic Enzymes J. S. Tandecarz with Respect to Starch Biosynthesis?, J. Preiss, H.-P. Guan, Y. Fu, M. A. Ballicora, M. N. Sivak Regulation of Sucrose-Phosphate Syrithase by Reversible Protein Phosphorylation: Manipulation of Activation and Inactivation in Where Do Plants Make ADP-Glc?, T. ap Rees Vivo, S. C. Huber, M. Bachmann, R. W. McMichael, Jr., J. 1. Huber Role of the Vacuole in Raffinose Oligosaccharide Storage, F.Keller The Regulation of Sucrose Synthesis in Leaves and Tubers of Potato Plants, P. Geigenberger, K.-P. Krause, 1. M. Hill, R. Reimholz, Sucrose and the Regulation of Fructan Metabolism in Leaves of E. MacRae, P. Quick, U. Sonnewald, M. Stitt Temperate Gramineae, C. J. Pollock, A. 1. Winters, J. Gallagher, A. J. Cairns The Structure of Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase, M. E. Salvucci, F. J. van de Loo, R. R. Klein Fructan-an Extension of Sucrose by Sucrose, A. Wiemken, N. Sprenger, T. Boller Biosynthesis of Sucrose in Lower Organisms, G. 1. Salerno, A. C. Porchia, N. Sanchez A Discussion on the Present Model of Fructan Biosynthesis, H. G. Pontis Metabolic Roles of Sucrose Synthase: Example of Rice Isozymes Encoded by Three Isogenes , J.-c. Su Sucrose Transporters in Assimilate Partitioning and Plant Growth, D. R. Bush, T.-J. Chiou Can Sucrose Cleavage Enzymes Serve as Markers for Sink Strength and Is Sucrose a Signal Molecule during Plant Sink Development?, Phloem Unloading in Developing Wheat Grains, D. B. Fisher C. C. Black, T. Laboda, J.-Q. Chen, S.-T. S. Sung Symplastic Phloem Loading by Polymer Trapping, E. Haritatos, The Plant Invertases, A. R. Sampietro R. Turgeon 3-Phosphoglyceric Acid Activation of Maize Endosperm ADP-Glc A Preliminary Turnover Rate for Sucrose/H+-Antiport on the Pyrophosphorylase fOllowing Proteolytic Cleavage of the SH2 or Tonoplast of Red Beet Storage Tissue, H. P. Getz, M. Klein BT2 Subunits, 1. C. Hannah, J. Baier, J. Carren, M. Giroux In Vitro Sucrose Mobilization from the Vacuole, E. Echeverria On the Role of Sucrose Synthase in Cellulose and Callose Biosynthesis in Plants, P. S. Chourey, M. E. Miller Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Desiccation-Tolerant Pl.ant Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst, G. Schwall, R. Elster, J. Ingram, Fructan Accumulation in Transgenic Plants: Effect on Growth, G. Bernacchia, G. Bianchi, 1. Gallagher, F. Salamini, D. Bartels Carbohydrate Partitioning and Stress Resistance, E. A. H. Pilon-Smits, A Cell Biochemical Study on Sugar-Controlled a-Amylase Secretion M. J. M. Ebskamp, P. J. Weisbeek, S. C. M. Smeekens in Rice, T. Mitsui, K. Yotsushima, Y. Nabekura Transgenic Plants as a Tool to Analyze Carbohydrate Metabolism, J. Kossmann, B.-M. Rober, J.Riesmeier, W.-B. Frommer, U. Sonnewald, Sucrose Provides a Long Distance Signal for Coarse Control of Genes 1. Willmitzer Affecting Its Metabolism, K. E. Koch, J. Xu, E. R. Duke, D. R. McCarty, c.-X. Yuan, B.-C. Tan, W. T. Avigne On the Initiation of Starch Synthesis, J. S. Tandecarz, F. J. Ardila, S. N. Bocca, S. Moreno, A. Rothschild What Next?, T. ap Rees

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Postdoctoral Position of plant growth regulators/hormones, Postdoctoral Research Positions USDA, ARS, Houston, Texas particularly gibberellins, in cambial activity, University of Minnesota, St. Paul (New) including molecular-biological approaches to (New) A postdoctoral position is available hormone manipulation. For further informa­ The Department of Horticultural Science at immediately to study the whole-plant tion and a detailed position description, the University of Minnesota receives and regulation of calcium nutrition in Phaseo/us. contact: Dr Steve Read, School of Forestry, evaluates applications from candidates for Research will involve membrane transport University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria temporary part- and full-time research investigations using intact roots and 3363, Australia; fax 61 53 214 194, e-mail positions continuously. Positions become membrane vesicles, xylem transport analysis, [email protected]. available throughout the year, and are not and assessment of shoot-root interactions. continually available. Open temporary The GSll/12 federal position is funded for positions may be obtainable by persons two years; certain citizenship restrictions Postdoctoral Position holding an earned doctorate degree with apply. A recent Ph.D. in plant physiology or University of Nebraska, Lincoln applicable research training and/or related field with a demonstrated ability to (New) experience; degree must be in hand at time publish is required. Send curriculum vitae, A position is available immediately to of appointment. Submit a letter of interest selected papers, and the names of three introduce and test various genes potentially and resume to Dr. Gary M. Gardner, Head, references to: Dr. Michael A. Grusak, useful to ameliorate effects of environmental Department of Horticultural Science, USDA/ARS, CNRC, 1100 Bates Street, stress or disease in plants. This is an University of Minnesota, 305 Alderman Hall, Houston, TX 77030; e-mail interdepartmental collaborative project St. Paul, MN 55108. Filing deadline is [email protected]. USDA/ARS is an funded by the University Biotechnology December 31, 1996. The University of equal opportunity employer. Center. A Ph.D. degree in plant biology Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator with training and experience in producing and employer. gene constructs and transforming plants is Postdoctoral Position required. Send curriculum vitae and request University of Melbourne, Australia three letters of reference be sent to: Dr. Paul Postdoctoral Position (New) Staswick, Department of Agronomy, University of California, Riverside A postdoctoral position in hormone University of Nebraska, P.O. Box 830915, (New) physiology is available in a research group Lincoln, NE 68583-0915; telephone 402-472­ Applications are being accepted through studying the vascular cambium of eucalypts 5624, e-mail [email protected]. May 1, 1996, or until a suitable candidate is and xylem fiber development during wood found to isolate, purify, and characterize an formation. The position is funded for three unidentified enzyme involved in pectin years by the Cooperative Research Centre metabolism in the albedo of citrus fruit and for Hardwood Fibre and Paper Science. The a factor in the rind disorder, creasing. appointee will continue an established Experience in protein biochemistry is research program on the physiological role essential; experience in cell wall carbohy- 28 ASPPNEWS drate metabolism is desirable. To apply, Postdoctoral Position for an additional year. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, an indication of Boyce Thompson Institute at have a strong background in molecular research experience and interests, and three Comell University oiology (plant or fungal); experience in plant letters of reference to: Carol J. Lovatt, Ithaca, New York biochemistry and/or physiology is preferred. Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, (New) To apply, send a letter outlining research University of California, Riverside, CA Our laboratory is interested in the biochemi­ interests, a curriculum vitae, and names of 92521-0124. The University is an equal cal mechanisms that plants use for ultravio­ three references to: Dr. Maria J. Harrison, opportunity employer. let-B perception and protection. In published Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts work we have used Arabidopsis thaliana Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble mutants to examine the roles of aromatic Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401; telephone Postdoctoral Position secondary metabolites as sunscreens (Li et 405-223-5810, fax 405-221-7380, e-mail Pennsylvania State University a!' Plant Cell 5:171-179; Landry et a!' Plant [email protected]. University Park Physio!. 109: 1159-1166). This analysis was (New) recently extended to identify mutants A postdoctoral position will be available defective in other UV-B protective mecha­ Postdoctoral Position from April 1, 1996, to investigate signal nisms by screening for sensitivity to chronic Washington State University, Pullman transduction during the gravitropic response UV-B radiation. One such mutant is (New) of Arabidopsis thaliana. The research will use defective in light repair of cyclobutyl A postdoctoral position will be available, microscopy and cell biological techniques to pyrimidine dimers and is presumably a CPD starting May 1, to study the control of help define the role of regulators such as photolyase mutant. We are also screening phloem unloading in wheat plants (see Plant Ca2+, pH, and auxin. A Ph.D. is required for UV-B signal transduction mutant. A Physiol 104: 7 and 17 [1994] and Plant and experience in fluorescence microscopy postdoctoral associate is sought to continue Physiol 109: 579 and 587 [1995]). Applicants and/or gravitropism is desirable. Send work on characterizing these mutants and should be familiar with plant water relations curriculum vitae and names and addresses cloning the affected genes. Experience in and should feel comfortable working under of three references to: Dr. Simon Gilroy, protein biochemistry or genetics is desirable. a dissecting microscope. Send a curriculum Biology Department, Penn State University, Please send a curriculum vitae, list of vitae, statement of research interests, and 208 Mueller lab, University Park, PA 16802; publications, and four letters of reference to: three letters of recommendation to: Donald e-mail: sxgI2@emai!.psu.edu. Laboratory Robert L. Last, Boyce Thompson Institute B. Fisher, Department of Botany, Washing­ information is posted at http:! / for Plant Research, Cornell University, ton State University, Pullman, WA 99164­ www.bio.psu.eduffacultyfgilroyflab.htm!. Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853-1801; fax: 4238; telephone 509-335-2254, fax 509-335­ 607-254-1242. The Boyce Thompson Institute 3517, e-mail dbfisher®wsu.edu. Washington is an equal opportunity/affirmative action State University is an affirmative action, Postdoctoral Position employer; women and minority candidates equal opportunity employer. USDA, University 'of Illinois, Urbana are strongly encouraged to apply. (New) One USDA-postdoctoral position is available Postdoctoral Research Associate on an Illinois Soybean Program Operating Postdoctoral Position Washington State University, Wenatchee Board-funded project to transform the University of Delaware, Lewes (New) soybean chloroplast with a foreign Rubisco (New) A postdoctoral position is available July 1, large subunit gene. The project will involve Openings are available to work on the 1995, at WSU Tree Fruit Research Center in the extension of methods developed for physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and Wenatchee to study factors causing sunburn chloroplast transformation in tobacco to molecular biology of maize reproduction in apples. Experience in plant physiology/ soybean in the laboratory of Dr. A. R. Portis with emphasis on limited supplies of water. biochemistry required; experience with trees and in a collaboration with Dr. Jack See Crop Sci. 35:1390 (1995) for background. and computers desired. Salary commensu­ Widholm, Department of Crop Sciences, Send curriculum vitae, list of three refer­ rate with experience ($29,000-$30,000 plus University of Illinois. Experience in transfor­ ences, and letter explaining interest and benefits). Submit curriculum vitae; tran­ mation and recombinant DNA technology is background to Dr. J. S. Boyer, University of scripts; and names, addresses, and telephone essential. The position is open to U.s Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE numbers of at least three references to: Dr. citizens, and those of countries with military 19958. L. E. Schrader, WSU-TFREC, 1100 N. treaties with the U.s. and may be supported Western Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801-1230; up to three years. Send a curriculum vitae, telephone 509-663-8181 ext.265, fax 509-662­ three references, and a description of Postdoctoral Research Position 8714, e-mail larry_schrader®tfrec.wsu.edu. previous research experience relevant to this Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Application screening starts May 15. EOE/ project to Dr. A. R. Portis, USDA Photosyn­ Ardmore, Oklahoma AA/ADA. thesis Research Unit, 190 ERML, 1201 W. (New) Gregory, Urbana II 61801-3838; fax 217-244­ A postdoctoral position is available 4419, e-mail [email protected]. AA/EOE immediately to study phosphate transport in Postdoctoral Position employer. VA mycorrhizae. Studies will include University of Illinois, Urbana analysis of the expression and regulation of (New) a phosphate transporter from the mycor­ A two-year postdoctoral position is available rhizal fungus Glomus versiforrne during the to investigate expression of the flavonoid symbiotic association with Medicago pathway in soybean and the molecular truncatula (Nature, 378, 626-629, 1995). The nature of mutations that affect seed and project is supported by the Noble Founda­ flower color variegation. Experience in tion, and the position is initially available molecular biology and genetics desired. for two years with the pOSSibility of renewal Excellent laboratory facilities and equipment March/April 1996, Vol. 23, No.2 29

available. Initial appointment is for one year Champaign, AW101 Turner Hall, 1102 South accepted until the position is filled. Write or with renewal for a second year pending Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 6180l. e-mail: Mark Guiltinan, Penn State Univer­ satisfactory progress. By May 1, send a Applications will be accepted until May 1, sity, Dept. PPN, 306 Wartik Lab, University curriculum vitae including a cover letter 1996, or until the positions are filled. The Park, PA 16802-5807; telephone 814-863­ outlining your research background and University of Illinois is an affirmative action, 7957, e-mail [email protected] interests, a cqpy of graduate school equal opportunity employer, Women and affirmative action/equal opportunity transcripts, and three reference letters to: Dr. minorities are encouraged to apply. employer. Women and minorities encour­ Lila Vodkin, Department of Crop Sciences, aged to apply, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; telephone 217-244-6147, fax 217-333-4777, e­ Postdoctoral Positions/Senior Level mail [email protected]. The University is Technicians Postdoctoral Position an affirmative action/equal opportunity University of Nebraska, Lincoln Texas A&M University, College Station employer. (New) (New) A new interdepartmental program in plant A postdoctoral position is available to study genetic engineering has been established. arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) in xylem of Postdoctoral Position Focus areas include: (1) development of pine, We have cloned two xylem-specific CEA Cadarache, France novel uses for viruses including the isolation putative AGPs from differentiating xylem (New) of plant promoters from algal viruses and and are using a variety of molecular and A postdoctoral position is available to study construction of virus vectors for assaying biochemical techniques to examine their biochemical properties (polypeptide transient gene expression; (2) establishment function and regulation. Experience in composition, redox centers) and enzymology of reliable wheat and soybean transforma­ molecular biology, protein purification and (substrate specificity, effect of inhibitors) of a tion systems; (3) application of these tools to characterization, and plant biology desirable. thylakoid protein complex involved in a engineer plants for resistance to disease, Please send a request for an official respiratory activity located within chloro­ resistance to stress, and for value-added application form, a statement of research plasts (PNAS 88, 4791-4795; FEBS Lett. 378, products, Faculty members include: Stephen interests, curriculm vitae, and the names, 277-280). Applicants should have research Baenziger and Paul Staswick from the addresses, and fax and phone numbers of experience in enzymology and protein Department of Agronomy; Paul Blum, Tom three references to: Dr. Carol Loopstra, purification. Some experience in EPR will be Elthon, and Jack Morris from the School of Department of Forest Science, MS 2135, appreciated. Send curriculum vitae contain­ Biological Sciences; Roy French, Amit Mitra, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX ing the names and addresses of three and Jim Van Etten from the Department of 77843-2135; e-mail 100pstra@rsgis4,tamu,edu, references to: Dr. Gilles Peltier, Departement Plant Pathology, It is anticipated that several The Texas A&M University system is an d Ecophysiologie Vegetale et de postdoctoral and senior level technician equal opportunity/affirmative action Microbiologie, CEA Cadarache Bat. 161, positions will be available with this employer. 13108 Saint-Paul-Iez-Durance, France; program. Inquiries and applications about telephone 33 42 25 76 51, fax 33 42 25 62 these positions can be made to Dr. Donald 65, e-mail [email protected]. Weeks, Center for Biotechnology, N300 Postdoctoral Position Beadle Center, University of Nebraska­ Cornell University, Geneva, New York Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0665. (New) Postdoctoral Positions Position in Molecular and Cell Biology University of Illinois, Urbana available immediately to investigate (New) Postdoctoral Research Associate "integrin" as a signal mediation protein in Four postdoctoral positions are available in Pennsylvania State University the fungus, Uromyces. The fungus perceives the Department of Crop Sciences at the University Park topography for initiation of appressoria University of Illinois. Successful applicants (New) (Science 235: 1659). Activities will involve will participate in a multidisciplinary project Immediate opening for a research associate isolation of key proteins, gene cloning, and to develop and exploit efficient and reliable with experience in plant transformation to analysis of integrin genes. Ph.D. in the methods to transform soybean. Candidates develop a transformation system for cacao, biological sciences is required with skills must have a Ph.D. degree or equivalent and Person will be responsible together with the and knowledge in molecular biology demonstrated experience in one or more of director of the Penn State Program in the applications. One-year appointment with the following areas: plant molecular biology; Molecular Biology of Cacao for planning benefits, renewable for a second year, Send plant tissue culture and regeneration; plant and carrying out all phases of a research curriculum vitae, three letters of reference transformation; microbial molecular genetics. program, for the supervision of a graduate to: Dr. H. C. Hoch, Department of Plant The successful candidates will be based, student and a technician, and for writing Pathology, Cornell University, NYSAES, depending on expertise, in the laboratories research papers and progress reports. This Geneva, NY 14456; telephone 315-787-2332, of Drs. Andrew Bent, Stephen Farrand, Lila position is funded by the American Cocoa e-mail hch1@nysaes,cornell.edu. Vodkin, or Jack Widholm. These are full­ Research Institute via a permanent endow­ time academic, non-tenure track positions. ment. An initial offer of one year will be Appointments are for one-year periods with made renewable on a yearly basis for at Postdoctoral Position renewals depending upon satisfactory least three years contingent on successful University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia . progress and continued availability of funds. progress, A Ph.D. in plant sciences with (New) Salaries will be commensurate with experience in plant tissue culture and A postdoctoral position is available to study experience. Send a curriculum vitae, a copy transformation systems is required. Prefer­ photoregulatory signal transduction in of graduate school transcripts, and three ence will be given to applicants with several Arabidopsis, Experience in molecular letters of reference to: Ms. Deborah Lee, years of prior postdoctoral research genetics and/or cell biology is required. Assistant to the Head, Department of Crop experience, Salary will be commensurate Please send curriculum vitae and three Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana- with experience. Applications will be letters of reference to: Anthony R. 30 ASPPNEWS

Cashmore, Director, Plant Science Institute, 744-9693, e-mail [email protected] Junior Specialist Department of Biology, University of or Dr. Bjorn Martin, Department of University of California, Berkeley Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018; Agronomy, telephone 405-744-6410, fax 405­ (Repeat) e-mail [email protected]. 744-5269, e-mail Contact: Dr. Peggy G. Lemaux, Department [email protected], Oklahoma of Plant Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Postdoctoral Position State University, Stillwater, OK 74078. University of California, Berkeley, California The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Details January/February 1996.) 94720. The University of California is an Ardmore, Oklahoma affirmative action/equal employment (Repeat) employer. Minorities and women encour­ Contact: Dr. Nancy L. Paiva, Plant Biology Postdoctoral Position aged to apply. (Details January/February Division, The Noble Foundation, P.O. Box Mississippi Agricultural Forestry 1996.) 2180, Ardmore, OK 73401; fax 405-221-7380. Experimental Station (Details January/February 1996.) Stoneville, Mississippi (Repeat) Contact: Stephen O. Duke, USDA, ARS, P. FELLOWSHIPS, TRAINEESHIPS, O. Box 350, Stoneville, MS 38776; telephone GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS, AND Postdoctoral Position ETC. Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire des 601-686-5272, fax 601-686-5422, e-mail Relations Plantes-Microorganismes [email protected]. (Details January/February CNRS/INRA, France 1996.) (Repeat) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Contact: Dominique Roby, Laboratoire de Plant Signal Transduction Biologie Moleculaire des Relations PIantes­ Postdoctoral Position Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Microorganismes, INRA/CNRS, F-31326 University of Minnesota, St. Paul Piscataway, New Jersey Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France; telephone (Repeat) (New) 33-61-28-53-26, fax 33-61-28-50-61, e-mail Contact: Dr. Deborah Allan, Department of A postdoctoral research position is available [email protected]. (Details January/ Soil, Water and Climate, University of to study signal transduction during February 1996.) Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108; e-mail [email protected]. Application review induction of disease resistance to viral begins April 1, 1996. The University of infections of tobacco and Arabidopsis. Genetic, molecular, and biochemical Postdoctoral Position Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator approaches are being utilized. Emphasis is Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut and employer. (Details January/February being placed on defining components of (Repeat) 1996.) these pathways, particularly the salicylic Contact: Alice Y. Cheung, Department of acid signaling pathway (PNAS, 1995, 92: Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 20-8104, 4134, 7143, and 11312). Applicants should New Haven, CT 06520-8104. (Details Postdoctoral Position have research experience in genetics, January/February 1996.) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (Repeat) molecular biology, and/or biochemistry. Contact: Dr. Norimoto Murai, Department Send a curriculum vitae and a cover letter detailing experience and have three letters Postdoctoral Position of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, of recommendation sent to: Dr. Daniel Rice Univ('rsity, Houston, Texas Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Klessig, Waksman Institute, Rutgers (Repeat) 70803; telephone 504-388-1380, fax 504 388­ University, P. O. Box 759, Piscataway, NJ Contact: Dr. Janet Braam, Biochemistry and 1415. (Details January/February 1996.) 08855. Rutgers University is an equal Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX opportunity/ affirmative action employer. 77005-1892; e-mail [email protected]. Affirmative action/equal opportunity Studentships Research Fellows employer. (Details January/February 1996.) University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand University of Minnesota, St. Paul (Repeat) (New) The Department of Horticultural Science, Postdoctoral Position Contact: Dr. M. Connett, Dept. of Biological receives and evaluates applications for part­ Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Sciences, University of Waikato, Private Bag, and full-time temporary research positions (Repeat) Hamilton, New Zealand; telephone 7 856 continuously. Positions become available Contact: Dr. Karen L. Kindle, 151 Biotech­ 2889 ext. 8898, e-mail throughout the year, and are not continually nology Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, mconnett®Waikato.ac.nz. (Details January/ available. Open temporary positions may be NY 14853. The Boyce Thompson Institute February 1996.) obtainable by persons holding an earned and Cornell University are affirmative action master's degree with applicable research and equal opportunity employers; women training and/or experience; degree must be and minorities are encouraged to apply. Postdoctoral Position in hand at the time of appointment. Submit (Details January/February 1996.) INRA, Versailles, France (Repeat) a letter of interest and resume to Dr. Gary Contact: Dr. Veronique Santoni, telephone M. Gardner, Head, Department of Horticul­ tural Science, University of Minnesota, 305 Postdoctoral Position 33 1 30 83 30 95, fax 33 1 30 83 30 99, e­ Alderman Hall, St. Paul, MN 55108. Filing Oklahoma State University, Stillwater mail [email protected]. (Details deadline is December 31, 1996. The (Repeat) January(February 1996.) University of Minnesota is an equal Contact: Dr. Charles G. Tauer, Department opportunity educator and employer. of Forestry, telephone 405-744-5462, fax, 405- March/April 1996, Vol. 23, No.2 31 Graduate Research Assistant University of Maryland, College Park (New) M.s. or Ph.D. assistantship is available in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture to conduct research in woody plant physiology starting August Begining with the 1996. Research is focused on the molecular biology and physiology of seasonal nitrogen recycling (including fall nitrogen resorption, storage, partitioning, and senescence ), environmental regulation of storage protein May/June 1996 gene expression, and woody plant cold hardiness. Assistantship includes stipend, tuition, and health insurance. For more information, contact: Dr. Gary D. Coleman, issue of ASPP News University of Maryland at College Park, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, 1122 Holzapfel Hall, College Park, MD 20742; telephone 301-405-4371, fax 301-314-9308, e-mail [email protected]. all jobs submitted

Ph.D Fellowship in Plant Carbohydrate Biotechnology North Carolina State University, Raleigh for publication (Repeat) Contact: Dr. Dennis J. Werner, Graduate Program Director, Department of Horticul­ tural Science, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695­ 7609; telephone 919-515-1226; e-maii will be placed on line [email protected]. (Details January/ February 1996.) weekly as they are submitted.

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