President's Letter

Inside This Issue The War on Plant Biotechnology

ASPB Members Elected to Academy

Arson Strikes UW Research There was a time when plant researchers had it good , the impression that corporate sponsorship compro­ Labs at least in some respects. After all, animal rights pr o­ mises much of the plant resea rch done in universi­ testers did not break into our labs to "liberate" our ties. Although some of the coverage is informative, I Me mbership Drive Under Way captive corn and tobacco plants. No one fretted if found much that is misleading, alarmist, or full of we ema sculated flowers or injected leaves. It seemed sinister innuendo ab out the moti ves and rationale for ASPB Aw ard Honorees a co rnfo r table ivory tower. Thus, it cam e as a shock plant biotechnology. to me to hear a report on National Public Radio To be sure , the scientific issues in this debate are about the firebombing of a plant biology lab at the wide ranging and complex and require a balan ced University of Washington. I was a postdoc at UW ass essment of risks and gains, because complete some years ago , and so this news felt like a personal knowledge is not attainable in any hum an ende avor. assault. According to newspaper accounts, this at­ Thi s does not make for easy reading or flashy head­ tack was part of an "eco-rerrorism" movement ad­ lines, and well-intentioned people might reasonably vanced by anti-corporate, anti -globalization , ant i­ disagree on points that may need further investiga ­ GM O extremists. The awful irony is that this lab­ tion or stepwise refinement. However, I believe that directed by Tob y Bradshaw-does not work with the heart of the publi c debate for opponents of bio­ geneti cally engineered plants and is researching top­ techn ology is not about techni cal issues but ab out ics that environmentalists should support. N ational underlying beliefs concerning the motives of scien­ television coverage of this incident was virtu ally non­ tists, companies, and government agencies. About the existent as far as I could judge from the evening news. virtu es of techn ology and the limits of hum an knowl­ Accord ing to a report in Science (see page 29 of this edge. About corporate cont rol of the food supply and newsletter), there were 11 attacks against plant re­ ownership of technology. These are largely social is­ search facilities in the Unit ed States last year, yet this sues, not scientific issues, but as scientists we have a fact hardly seems to be recognized by the scientific unique contribution to make to this publi c dialogue: community, never mind the public at larg e. Do you We can speak to our motives, our vision of how plant know that ASPB membe rs are finding their names research and its technol ogical appl ications may make on "hit lists" publ ished on the web by anti-GMO o ur world a better place. Do you remember wh at activists. What's going on? inspired you to study plants? Find opportunities to In a less extreme but equ ally worrisome vein, the explain that vision and how it relates to your work. latest issue of the magazine of the Sierra Club (of We need to communicate these things to the pub­ which I am a member!) is dominated by articles lic-so that a balanced view is heard by the public. v~ . ( against plant genetic engineering. One headline reads "Genetic Enginee ring Is Going Wild Because It Is Daniel Cosgrove Contro lled by Selfish Individual Interests." Another Penn State University d [email protected] announces "A Nation of Lab Rat s." One article gives CONTENTS

President Daniel J. Cosgrove 814-863-3892 Pre sid e nt's Le tter President-Elec t Vicki L. Chandler 520-676-8725 Sp ring Le cture s a t UC -Berkel ey Immediat e Past President Deborah P. Delmer 530-752-7561 Secretary Daniel R. Bush 217-333-6109 Ne w W e b-Ba se d M anuscript Tra c king Treasurer Mark R, Brodl 309-341-7477 Syste m ;Publish A head o f Print Chair, Board of Trustee s Donald R.Ort 217-333-2093 A SPBM e m b e rs Ele cte d to NAS Chair, Publications Committee Krishna K. Niyogi 510-643-6602 Lette rs to the Editor Chair, Committee on the Status of Women in Plant Physiology Ann M. Hirsch 310-206-8673 Pla nt Biology 2001 Award Ho nore e s Chair, Committee on Minority Affairs Robert Vellanoweth 323-343-2148

Bioethics Elected Members Rebecca S. Boston 919-515-2727 Joe Chappell 606-257-4624 Grad Student Perspe ctive s Roger Hangarter 812-855-5456 Sec tional Represent atives Fo othills Footno tes Midw estern steven Rodermel 515-294-8890 Northeastern Carol Reiss 401-863-3075 A SPB Aims to Inc rease M embership Southern Joyce G. Foster 304-256-2809 Washington, DC Janet P. Slavin 301-504-5629 A SPBExhibits a t MI ST C areer Fa ir Western Dina Mandoli 206-543-4335 Sectio n News Execu tive director John Lisack,Jr., ext. 115 jlisack@aspb,org People: Julia n I. Sc h ro e d e r Executive a ssistant Donna Gordon, ext, 131 dgordon@aspb,org Pa ui Wi llia m s Directo r of finance and admini stration SusanK,Chambers, ext. 111 c hambers@aspb,o rg The Plant Ce ll Ed itoria l Bo ard Meeting Accountant Sondra A. Glancoll, ext, 140 giancoli@aspb,org Network administrator BurtonNicodemus, ext, 146 burton@aspb ,org Renov a t io ns at Headquarter s Webmaster Wendy Salhi,ext, 123 wendys@aspb,org Memb ership and marketing manager Kelley Noone, ext. 142 [email protected] New Staff Subsc ription and fulfillment assi stant Mary Bush, ext. 141 [email protected] Public Affairs Accoun ts receivable specialist Stephanie Liu-Kuan,ext. 143 [email protected] Accounts pay able specialist Stefanie Shamer, ext. 144 [email protected] Ed uc a t ion Forum Administrative assistant Carolyn Freed, ext, 122 cfreed@aspb .org Director of public affairs Brian M. Hyps, ext. 11 4 bhyps@aspb .org O b ituarie s Education Foundation director RobinLempert, ext. 110 rlemp [email protected] Gatherings Founda tion assistant Paula Brooks, ext. 116 [email protected] Direc tor of publications Nancy A. Winchester, ext. 117 nancyw@aspb .org Jobs Publicationsassistant Sylvia Braxton Lee,ext. 133 sbroxtontsospb .orq Manag ing editor, Plant Physiolog y MelissaJunior, ext. 118 mjunior@aspb,org Deadline for Sep tember/ O cto ber 2001 Science writer, Pia nt Physiology PeterMlnorsky, 914-437-7438 pe minorsky@aspb,org Produc tion manager, Plant Ph ysiolog y LaurenA. Ransome,ext, 130 ASPB News: August 10, 2001 Iransome@aspb,org Manuscript coor dinator. Plant Physioiogy LeslieMalone , ext. 124 leslie@aspb,org Managing edito r, The Plant Cell BethStaehle, ext, 121 [email protected] News and reviews editor, The Plant Cell Nancy Eckardt. 970-495-9918 [email protected] Production manager. The Plant Cell Jennifer Fleet, ext, 11 9 [email protected] Senior manuscript coordinator, The Pla nt Ce ll Annette Kessler, ext. 120 [email protected]

ASPB News is distributed to a ll ASPB members and is pubiished six times annually, In odd -numbered mo nths. It Ised ited and prepared by ASPS sta ff from material provide d by ASPB members and other Interested parties. Headquarters O ffice Co py deadline is the 10th day of the preceding even-numbered 15501 Monona Drive month (for example, Dec ember 10 for January/February pub lication). Roc kville, MD 2085&-2768 USA Submit copy by e-mail whenever possible; submit all other copy by Phone : 301-251-0560 ma il, not by fax. Fax: 301-279-2996 Contact: Nancy A. Wincheste r, Editor, ASPB Ne ws, 15501 Mon ona Drive, Rockville, MD 20855-2768 USA; e-mail no ncvwcsospb.orq: tele­ ph one 301-251-0560, ext. 117, Spring Lectures in the Department of Plant & Microbial Bloloqv. UC-Berkeley

Th e Dep art ment of Plant & M icrobial Biol­ Angela Hay, and Rachel Wh itaker. rnent. T he title of her lecture was "Peroxide ogy at the University of Ca lifornia at Berke­ O n April 9, postdoctor al scholars selected Processing in Plan t Cells: Antioxida nt Co u­ ley sponsored thre e specia l lectur es this spring Peter Schiirmann, a profe ssor at the Univer­ pling and Redox Signaling." Foyer described as part of its annual Departmental Seminar sity of Ncuchar cl , as th e fir st Bo b B. her research on how pero xide, derived fro m Series. Buch anan Lect urer. Hi s topic was ti tle d oxygen, is processed by plants with special T he department held th e second annual " From O bserva tions to Molecular Struc tures: reference to its ro le in regulat ory processes. Da niel I. Arnon Lect ure on March 5, with The Eme rgenc e of th e Fe rredoxin/ Dr. Foyer, wh o led a multidisciplinary resear ch spea ker George Lorimer, a distingu ished pro­ T hioredoxin System. " The subject of the lec­ gro up, had edited severa l boo ks and serves fessor in the Dep artment of Chemistry and ture stemmed from research on the regula­ on the editor ial boards of a num ber of scien­ Biochemistry at the University of Maryland. tion of photosynthesis Schiirmann carried ou t tific journals. Lorimer described his work wit h chape ro nins, with Buchan an at UC-Berke ley in the 1960s The Buchanan and Tsujimoto lectu res ar e a group of pro teins that help other proteins and early 1970s. Both continued to work on sup por ted by a recent gift fro m the KIT Foun­ fold in the correct man ner aft er they are syn­ the probl em for severa l decades. Schiirmann dati on of San Fra ncisco. T he Bucha nan lec­ thesized or become disturbed by a stres sful described his recent work on the stru ctures tur e hono rs Bob B. Buchanan, a long-term event. In addi tio n to his recent work, Lor imer of the pro tein members of th is system that faculty mem ber a t UC- Berkel ey. T he is widel y recog nized for his contributions to functions universally in the regulation of pho­ Tsujim oto lecture is named fo r Ha rry pho tosynthesis. tosynthesis by plants. Tsu jimoto, a research collab orator of the late T he departm ent recen tly decided to honor On April 30, Christine Foyer, head of the professor Daniel I. Arnon. l!~ its graduta te students who excel in teaching Biochemis try and Physiology Depar tment at by naming them "D aniel I. Arn on Teach ing IACR-Rothamsted, United Kingdom, inau­ Bob Buchanan Schol ars." T he 2 00 1 awardees we re an­ gurated the Ha rry Tsu jimo to Lecture that is Depo rtment of Plant and Microbial Biology nounced a t the meeting: Van essa Handl ey, orga nized by graduate students in the depart- Unive rsity of California at Berkeley

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ASPB is set to launch two new electronic ini­ referee service, more accurate matching and as time goes on- batches of articles will be tiatives this summer designed to increase effi­ tracking of papers and review ers, faste r turn­ posted online, shav ing up to four weeks off ciency and reduce time to publication. aro und times, less paper han dling, and easier the publication process. Articles will be posted repor t generation. O ne unique and particu­ once au thors have reviewed proofs an d their Rapid Peer Review larly va lua ble feat ure of Bench Press is the corrections have been completed and checked. Benc hPress, H ighWire's ne w We b-b ased links it con tains to references in manu scripts Th e official publ icati on date will be the date manu script submission, tracking, review, and sent out for review tha t ena ble reviewers to the paper first appe ars on line and will be publishing system, is set to go live late this gain instant access to thos e references elec­ noted as such in the onli ne table of contents. year. Staff reviewed four systems and selected tro nically wh ile critiq uing papers. Preview ar ticles will be superseded and sup ­ BenchPress beca use it ap peared to be particu ­ BenchPress's design dr aws upon the vast pressed by the fina l online arti cles, which will larly user frien dly and because of HighWire's experience of th e Journal ofBiological Chem ­ continue to be pos ted before the printed pub­ exce llent track record for building easy-to-use istry (JBC) manuscript-management system, lications mail, an d will be archived for acces ­ systems and for con tinu ou sly evolving an d which is pro ba bly the highest-volume, most sibility. Preview articles will be wa ter marked enh ancing them. Th e system will be designed "experienced" system in use. to distinguish them from the final on line ver­ and customized to meet the ASPB journal of­ sions of art icles. Access to Preview papers is fice workflow needs and will help strea mline Rapid Publication provided to Society mem bers only. \'/, our dail y opera tions. Plant Physiology Preview and Plant Cell Pre­ Web-based manuscript management sys­ view will debut late this sum mer. Every tems offer speedier review, bett er author and Wednesday-and probably more frequently

ASPB New s. Vol. 28. No , 4 • 3 Three ASPB Members Elected To Notional Academy of Sciences

On M ay 1, 2001, ASPB mem bers Rob ert B. Go ldberg's web site at www.mcdb.ucla.edu/ a.m. phone call from other academy mem­ Goldberg, J. Clark (Chuck ) Laga rias, and Research/Gold berg. bers from UC-Davis wh o participated in the Patricia C. Zambryski we re elected to th e The press release quoted Goldberg's further election in Washington, DC. "I was sort of National Academy of Sciences. They were st atement, "The emerging field of plant da zed, since I hadn 't had coffee yet." Lagarias among the 72 new members and 15 fore ign genomics offers great promise to identify all told a reporter it felt stra nge to be singled out associates from 10 countries wh o were rec­ of the genes necessary to program the entire for such re cogni tion and th at th e honor ognized for their "d istin guished and continu­ life cycle of major crop plants, and to harvest sho uld be shared with his students and col­ ing achievements in orig ina l research." these genes to make the 'super plants' of the leagues, especia lly his wife ,Donn a Lagari as, Robert B. Goldberg, 21st century. In the old days, a few year s ago, an adjunct assista nt professor at UC-Da vis. chair of the ASPB Edu­ we would look at one plant gene at a time. " Everybody deserves recog nitio n," he said. cation Foundation and Now we can look at as many genes as we "I don't kno w wh y me. I would prefer th at founding editor of The wa nt. We can see how groups of genes are such recognitio n went to a field or a group of Plant Cell, is a profes­ regu lated. We can loo k at 10,000 genes at a scientists. I've been blessed with outsta nding sor at the University of tim e to find a needle in a haystack." students and postdocs, and I really love my Ca liforn ia, Los Ange­ H ow soo n will the agricultural revolution research proj ect. " les, Department of arrive? According to Goldberg," It's here al­ Lagaria s's research deals with how plants M olecular, Ce ll, and read y. All the techn ology necessary to engi­ perceive light in the ir env ironment, foc using Developmental Biolo gy. neer a plant exists. Genetic eng ineering of on a gro up of light- receptor proteins called In a UCLA pre ss release, Chancellor Albert plants is old stuff now. More than 30 percent phytochromes. You can find out more abou t Carnesal e ex p ressed his deli ght. " Robert of all crop plants in the United States are ge­ this research at htrpv/pcbrg.ucd avis.edu/Text/ Goldberg is an outsta nding scientist, and his netically engineered. Ten years from now, it faculty/Lagar ias.html. election to the Na tio nal Academy of Sciences will be close to 100 percent. We can now se­ Patricia C.Z ambry­ is richl y deserved. H e is a highly crea tive sci­ qu ence a plant genome, and we can study th e ski , a p rofessor o f enti st wh ose work is at the intel lectu al fore­ act ivity of thousands of genes at a time; pl ant and mi crobial front of the field of plant geno mics. Profes­ geno mics is changing the face of agriculture. biolo gy at th e Univ er­ sor Goldberg is also an exceptiona l teacher. Alth ough I cannot predict what kind of prod­ sity of Ca lifornia at He loves teaching und ergradu at es an d is ex­ ucts will result from genomics discoveries, I Berkeley, joined seven traordinarily good at it. We are for tuna te to can assure you we'll find something signifi­ other U CB fa culty have him as a memb er of the UCLA faculty." cant. " members (six presently Upon hearing of his election, Go ldberg said, Another ASPB mem­ on the faculty and one "I'm speechless. This is an incr edi ble honor. I ber, J. Clark Lagarias, to sta rt in Ju ly) chosen for electio n to the NAS. couldn't have don e th is researc h without the is a plant biochemist. When asked her reaction, she replied, "We ll, hard work of the exceptio nal students and H e has been a member the y call you from the East Coast and wake postdoctoral scholars who have worked in my o f th e University of you up at 6:00 a.m. . . . I wo uld say it's the lab over the years, an d witho ut th is amazing Ca lifornia, Davis, fac­ best wak e-up ca ll." universit y that I love so much . T his honor is ult y since 198 0. Her research accomplis hme nts sp a n a a tribute to UCLA an d to all of the people I In a campus press bro ad ran ge of pl ant and microbiological sci­ have worked w it h fo r m o r e th an two re lease, UC -D av is ch a nce llo r La rry ences. Zam bryski has made not abl e contri­ decades. " Vand erhoef announced , " M embership in the butions through out her ca ree r th at hav e Go ld berg is a plant molecular biologist who Nation al Academy of Sciences is argua bly the cha nge d pr evi ou s noti on s of fun da me n tal specializes in the area of plant gene expres­ highest and most pre stigiou s hon or that the processes in a nu mb er of fields . T hese include sion. Th e goa l of his research has been to co untry gives to a researcher. Th is speaks to basic contri butions to und erstanding infe c­ und erstand how plant cells differentiate and the qual ity of Clark's work and to the enor­ tion processes an d tu m or in d uc tion by how genes are activated selectively in spec ial­ mou s pride that all of us at UC-Davis can Agrobacterium, cell-to -cell and long-distan ce ized cell types during plant development . A take in his accomplishment." mo vement of vir uses, plasmod esmat al func­ complete biogr aph y ca n be fo un d on Dr. Lagarias learned of the honor during a 6:00 tion, and regulation of flow ering. For mo re

4 • ASPB News. Vol. 28. NO.4 information , visit her web site at http:// plantbio. berk eley.edu/fa culty/facu lty_pages/ Zambrysk i.html. ASPB con gratulates these members on this well-deserv ed recognition. Election to th e Unive rsity of Washington Plant Scientists academy is considered one of the highest hon­ Undeterred by Terrorist Firebombing ors that can be accorded a scient ist or engi­ neer. The National Academy of Sciences mem ­ bership comp rises some 1,900 mem bers and Last month eco terro rists firebombed a plant lence of this atta ck was sobering, but galva­ 300 foreign associates, of wh om more th an research lab at th e University of Washington. nizes our efforts to inform and educate the 170 hav e won Nobel Prizes. For more infor­ In addition to damaging a unique horticul­ general public ab out our research. mation on th e Nat iona l Acad emy of Sciences, tural library, the fire destroyed the labs and visit it s w eb s ite at www.national­ offices of six scientists: Toby Bradshaw (ge­ Liz Van Volkenburgh V~ academies.or g/nas. netic studies in poplar and Mimulus), Linda Professor, Botany Department University of Washington, Seattle Chalker-Scott (plant stress respon ses), Kern Ewing (wetl ands ecology and restoration), PLANT SCIENTISTS ElECTED TO NAS Tom Hinckley (Di­ MAY 2001 rector of the Center, On Ma y 21 , arsonists forest ecologist ), A full directory of Nation al Academy of ,., destroyed th e main re­ Sarah Reicha rd I Sciences members can be found online at search building, labs, (plant systemati st , www.national-academies.org/nas. Newly and library at the Uni­ elected members (and th eir affiliations at end a ng e re d spe­ ver sity of Washing­ the tim e of election) in the area of " plant/ cies), a n d J ohn photosynthesis" are- ton's Center for Urban Wott (urban horti­ Horticulture (CUH). culture). These in­ CARPENTER, STEPHEN R., Halverson The target o f the at­ Professor, Cent er for Limn ology, Univer­ tr epid plant biolo­ tack, Dr. Tob y Brad­ sity of Wiscon sin, Madison gists managed to Firefighters hose down the Cente r for Urban shaw, conducts genetic meet classes and FIELD, CH RIST OPHE R B., staff scien­ Horticultur e Monday morning after a fire research on poplar finish the acad emic earlier in the day caused dam age through­ tist, D epartment of Pl ant Biology, trees, an activity that session while simul­ out the facility. Photo by Mary Levin. Carnegi e Institution o f Washington, was apparentl y viewed Stanford, Californ ia tan eously reloc at - as "tampering with ing to portable buildings, dr ying pap ers, and nature." The same logic could have been ap­ GLAZER, ALEXANDER N., director, sifting soot and ashes off eq uipm ent. With Natural Reserve System, and professor, plied to the work of Gregor Mendel, the Aus­ financial an d o ther support fr om many division of biochemistry and molecular trian monk who discovered the rul es of he­ sources, they hop e to be rebuilding soon. biology, Department of M olecular and redity by crossing peas in his garden nearly Cell Biology, University of Ca liforn ia at The letter repr inted below was prepared by 150 years ago. Berkele y UW researchers working in plant biology-.We The perpetrat or s of the attack fail to un­ believe it is important to respond openly, GOLDBERG, ROBERT BRUCE, distin­ derstand how basic research at our univer­ quickly, and forcefully. As pointed out in an guished pr ofessor of biology, Department sity contributes to the education and welfare edito rial from th e Wall Street Journal [see of Molecul ar, Cell, and Developmental of our state's cit izens. Dr. Bradshaw and his Biology, University of Ca lifornia, Lo s page 30 of this news letter], it is irrespo nsi ble colleague s at CUH are part of a large, active Angel es for us to allow violent and ignorant acti ons gro up of plant biologists at the Un iversity of to continue while cloaked in the guise of "en­ LAGARIAS, J. CLARK, Paul K. and Ruth Washington. Our mission is to provide infor­ vironmental protection." R. Stumpf Professor of Plant Biochemis­ mati on about plants, from their basic biol­ As Toby Bradshaw pointed out in a May try and professor, Section of M olecular ogy and evolution to thei r role in the global and Cellular Biology, University of Cali­ 25 editorial to th e Seattle Post-Intelligencer, enviro nment. Quest ions currently under fornia, Davi s "Fire is a pow erful but ephemeral disturbance, study include the foll owing: Wh at ar e the and vigorous new growth often springs forth ZAMBRYSKI, PATRICIA c., professor, most effective ways to preserve natural habi­ even before the ashes have cooled." The vio- Department of Plant and Microbial Biol­ tat s and to restore degraded landscapes? How ogy, Univ ersity of California at Berke ley continued on p age 6

ASPB News, Vol. 28, No.4· 5 continued from page 5 2001). M ost inquiries deal with social and ties in Agen t O range, th is action proba bly ethical pr obl em s generated by adv ances in spared considerable hu man misery. do plants adapt to stressful condition s? How biological research and thu s tra nscend prob ­ I would ho pe that a similar petiti on pr e­ ca n we use pl ant s to feed and ho use th e lems of personal behavior in research labora­ sented to our membership today would be world's po pu lation? With the human popu- . tories an d publica tions (Mando li, 200 1; Kass, more sympathet ically received. \'1, lation of earth now numbering grea ter tha n 2001), altho ugh these con tin ue to genera te 6 billion, it wo uld seem that answers to these vexing dilemmas. Arthur W. Golston Ea ton Professor Emeritus qu esti on s sho uld come sooner rather th an In recen t yea rs, ASPB has involved itself Yale University. New Haven. Connecticut later. increasingly in activities and testimo ny related arthur.galston @yale .edu The community of plant scientists at the to its position s on soc ial problems with ethi­ University of Washingt on will not be deterred cal compon ents. Certain ly th e su pport of REFERENCES by the events of last month. We invite any­ Senators Bond and Mikulsk i in their spon­ one interested in plant resea rch at our uni­ sorship of legislation su pp orting the increased Ga lston, A. w.,and Shurr, E. G. (eds.) (2001) versity to co ntact us personally and allow us funding of research activities in agriculture is N ew Dimensions in Bioethics: Science, Eth ­ to explain our work and its benefits. ~~ appropriate and laudab le, as are our numer­ ics and the Formulation of Public Policy. ous activities in sup port of genetica lly engi­ Boston: Kluwer Acad em ic Publish er s. Joe Ammirati neered crops. Yet, it sho uld be noted that these Ga lston, A. W. (1972) Science and soc ial re­ Professor and Chair are in a sense easy to do, since they coincide spo ns ibility: A case hist ory. An n. N .Y. Department of Botany Box 355325. University of Washington closely with our Society's aims. H ow will we Acad. Science 196, 223-235. Seattle. WA 98195 act on tougher qu estions, when we might have Kass, L. B. (2001) Ethics in science: Prepar­ to oppose an official governmental policy such ing students for thei r career. Plant Science as the massive spraying of defoliants an d her­ Bulletin 47(2), 421-428. Bioethics and ASPB bicides in Vietna m (or even today in Co lom ­ Mandoli, D. (200 1) The bioethics impe ra tive. bia)? H ow will we react to the need to publi­ ASPB News 28 (3), 5. It is hearten ing to not e that th e latest news­ cize ad verse public healt h and eco logical co n­ letters of bo th the American Society of Plant sequences of the widespread use of certain Biologists (May/June 2001, vo l. 28, no. 3) and agricu ltu ral chemica ls when to do so might the Botan ical Society o f America (Summer alienate one of ou r corporate spon sors? Do­ 2001 , vol. 47, no . 2) carry lead edito rials and ing the " right th ing" even wh en it hurts is the arti cles on the general subject of bioethi cs and real test of devot ion to eth ica l principles. So, its relevanc e to the training and profession al how seriously does our Society want to take practices of plant biolog ists . Such notices its bioethics? This merits discussion among shou ld help correct an inadequacy of the past our members as well as at the highest levels. LET US HEAR FROM YOU! and bring plant scholars and researchers int o A gener at ion ago , when I tried to enlist our line w ith their colleagues in other fields of bi­ Society to suppo rt a petition to President ASPB News welcomes comments ology, who have lon g grappled with various Lyndon Johnson qu estioning the spray ing of on to pics covered in the newslet­ bioethi cal dilemm as. For example, many NlH the then toxicologically untested Agent Or­ ter and on other points of interest training gra nts include requ irem ent s for bio­ ange ove r populated areas of Vietn am, m y ethical study by participants, and initiatives pro posal was no t co nsidered relevant to the to the profession. Letters are pub­ such as th at described by M and oli (200 1) in Society's mission an d was not placed on the lished as space permits and may the May/June ASPB News have emerged at agenda of the business meeting. Despite th is, various universities. At Yale, tbe Interd isci­ more th an a doz en mem bers signed; the peti­ be edited for clarity and length. plinary Bioethi cs Pro ject includes members ti on was po litely tu rn ed as ide by Dixo n Submissions may not necessarily fro m the Schools of M edicine, Law, Forestry Donnelley, an undersecretary of sta te, but sub ­ be published; receipt is not ac­ & Enviro nmenta l Studies, Divinity, and M an ­ seq uent activities of ou r gro up con tributed agement, as well as Department s of Polit ica l to President R ichard Ni xon 's decision to stop knowledged. Mail letters to Ed itor. Science, Econo mics, and Philosophy and two the spraying of Agent Orange in 1970, fully ASPB News, 15501 Monona Drive. Dep artment s of Biology. Th e proj ect's numer­ five years before the end of the wa r (Ga lston, ous seminars and courses examine bioeth ical 1972; Ga lston and Sh urr, 200 1, pp. 109­ Rockville, MD 20855-2768; e-mail pro blems in the fields of gene tics, medicine, 124). In the light of subsequent revelat ions [email protected]. and the en vironment (Ga lston and Sh urr, of the teratological effects of dioxin impuri-

6 • ASPB News. Vol. 28. NO.4 Award Honorees at Plant Biology 2001

Con gratulations to the winners of this year's fessor A.M oyse, a corresponding mem ber of versity of Chicago. This annua l award oflife ASPB awards. Th e following presentatio ns our Society. She has been editorial secretary memb ership in the Society recognizes meri­ wer e made during the opening ceremony for for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, was torious work in plant physiology to an indi­ the ASPB Annua l Meeting, " Plant Biology a memb er of the organizing committee for the vidual who is at least 60 years old. 200 1," on Saturday, July 21, 2001, in Prov i­ Montpelier Photosynthesis Congress, and is denc e, Rhode Island. an elected mem ber of the Executive Commit­ Th e 2001 Ch arles Reid Barnes Life Member­ tee of the French Photosynth esis Society. ship Awa rd is aw arded to Dr. aile Bjorkm an. Corresponding M embership Award My roslawa Mi giniac-Maslow is an out­ During his fou r decades as a plant biologist, Myroslawa Miginiac-Maslow standing scientist who has done innovativ e aile Bjorkman has made ma jor contributio ns Universite Paris -Sud, Institut de Biotechnolgie and creati ve exp eriments. The Cor respond­ to o ur undersrand ing of the ph ysiological des Planres ing M embershi p Co mmitt ee is pleased to bases for the adaptation and acclima tion of present her nam e for election to Correspond­ plants to different enviro nments. Much of this This annual honor, initially given in 1932, ing M embership. research involved the brilliant integration of provides life memb ership and Society publi­ Upon hearing of her award, M igin iac ­ field and laboratory studies, with ph ysiologi­ cations to distin guished plant physiologists M aslow repli ed, "This event was a big sur­ cal measurements performed on plants gro w­ from outside the United States. prise and a great joy for me. I never imagined ing under natural or carefully control1ed I wo uld deserve such an hon or from mem­ co nditions. Myroslawa M igi ­ bers of a society I rank very high am ong the In the 1960s, Olle Bjorkman published a niac-M aslow has long nati on al plant physiology societies. Of course, series of outstanding pa pers that described been invol ved in co l­ I am very proud of it and most gra teful to the the characte ristics of "sun plants" and "shad e laboration on the pro­ Ame r ica n colleagues bel onging to th e plants." Alth ou gh it had been kn own for cess of light acti vation 'thioredoxin fam ily' who put forward my many years th at some p la n t species are of chlo roplast en­ name." She added, "My scientific ac hieve­ ada pted to life in either sun ny or shad y habi­ zymes. About 10 yea rs ments owe much to the efficient contribution tats, the physiological basis for this difference ago she an d her co llabor ators turned their at­ of the members of my team (the so-called was unknown before Olle began his work on tenti on to the modifi ed enzymes thems elves. Orsay gro up) an d bright Ph .D. students. I th is basic problem. By ex ploiting sun- an d They first performed the requ isite mutagen­ enjoyed working with all of them. I enjoyed sha de-ad ap te d pl ant species, as we ll as esis experiments and identified the cysteine also the collab orati on with stru cture (X-r ay ecotypes of a single species, Olle discovered residues most likely involved in regulation of and NMR) specialists whos e contribution was fund amental differences in the photosynthetic activity of malate dehydroge nase and fruc­ ve ry decisive, p ro ving o nce more th at a characteristics of these plants and their sus­ tose bisph osphat ase. They next enlisted the multidisciplin ary approach is always very re­ ceptibility to photoinhibition . T his was truly help of two different crystallographers in the war ding. I would like to th ank the colleagues classic work in plant ecophysiology that con­ determination of the structures of the oxid ized wh o proposed my name, pre pared the file, tinu es to sha pe current think ing in this area (inactive) forms. We now know which cys­ and wrote support letters; the members of the of research. teine residues are involved, and how an d why award committee who put my name on the In the late 196 0s and early 1970s, aile had for mat ion of the disulfide bond s affects the ballot; and finally al1 the members of ASPB a hand in the discovery of photorespira tion activity of these two en zymes. Miginiac­ wh o elected me." and C4 photosynth esis as a result of his stud­

Ma slow was the lead ing force that turned ies of the effects of different O 2 and CO 2 con­ mysterious observat ions on reductive activa­ Charles Reid Barnes Life M embership Award cent rations on pho tosynthesis in several types tion into a classic exa mple of contempo rary aile Bjorkman of plants. Pioneerin g exp eriments with plants enzymology. She made this ach ievement with­ Carnegie Institution of Wash ington a nd like Tidestr om ia, whi ch grows du ring the out fanfa re, quietly publishing her resu lts in Stan ford University summ er in Death Valley, led to a series of the to p journals in the field, including Plant seminal papers on the effects of tem perature Physiology. This is the oldest ASPB award, established in stress on photosynthesis and the relat ion ship

A native of the Ukraine, Dr. Mi giniac­ 1925 at the first annual meeting of the Soci­ between temper ature a nd C 3 versu s C 4 Ma slow has spent her entire professional ca­ ety, through the generosity of Dr. Charles A. ph otosynthesis. reer at the Universite de Paris-Sud. She o b­ Shull. It honors Dr. Charles Reid Barnes, the tain ed her doct or ate there with the late Pro- first professor of plant physiology at the Uni- continued on page 8

ASPB News, Vol. 28, No.4· 7 continued from page 7 Th is monetary award honors the Gude Fam­ gence of rice as a model plant (and the first ily, who made possible the establishment of mode l crop species) for genomic work. ASPB In the 1980s, aile's curiosity returned to the Gude Plant Science Center. The award, is proud to pr esent the 2001 Gude Award to the problems of ph otoin hibition and acclima­ established by the Society and first given in Dr. Ga ry Toenniessen for his enormous con­ tion to excessive light. At a subcellular level, 1983, is made triennially to a scientist 01' lay tribution to world agriculture. a ile demonstrated the significa nce of chloro­ person residing in No rth Am erica in recogni­ When asked his reactio n to his being se­ plast protein synt hesis fo r avoidi ng tion of outstanding service to the science of lected for the Gude Award, Toenniessen re­ pho toi nhibition in leaves. In recog nition of plant physiology. plied, "I am very pleased that ASPB has hon­ these numerous important co ntri butio ns to ore d me with this awa rd. I assume it is in rec­ the study of plant physiology, a ile Bjor kman Gary Toenn iessen was ognition of the sma ll part I played in helping was awa rded the Step hen Hales Prize by ASPP one of the or iginal ar­ the plant sciences commun ity make impor­ in 1986. aile has received ma ny other awa rds, chitect s o f T he tant con tri butions toward imp roving the lives including the Linn aeus Prize and the Selby Rock efel ler Fo unda ­ of many of the world's po orest people. It has Award. He has also been elected to the Na­ tion Rice Bio tech no l­ been an exciting experience an d one made all tional Academy of Sciences (USA), the Ameri­ ogy Research Progra m th e mo re rewarding because of th e many can Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Aus­ initiated in 198 4. Rice friends I have made. They are a great gro up tra lian Academy of Science, and the Royal is a ma jor foo d source of scientists and I am proud to be honored by Swedish Academy of Science. for over on e-ha lf of the them." He added, "I th ank the Rockefeller Same of aile's best work has tak en place wo rld's po pu lation, especia lly in the devel­ Founda tion for pro viding me with the oppor­ in the 14 years since he won the prestigious oping wo rld. In 1984, however, rice was an tunity to do the work that led to this awa rd." Stephen Hales Prize. In gro und-break ing work "orphaned" plant for molecul ar biologists. initiated with Barbar a Demmig-Adams, aile As we enter the function al genomic era of went on to investigate the involvement of the plant biol ogy research, th e rice gen ome is Charles Albert Shull Award xa nthophyll cycle in the dissipat ion of excess sched uled to be fully sequenced in 2004, mak­ Detlef Weigel absorbed light energy . These experiments es­ ing it th e second plant genome to be se­ Salk Institute, Plant Biology La b tablished a new and ext remely active area of quenced. Rice will ope n the way to und er­ research at the interface of plant eco logy and standing the geno mes of wh eat and corn, the This award was initiated in 1971 by the Soci­ plant stress physiology, and this work has led tw o other major cerea ls. ety to honor Dr. Charles A. Shull, whose per­ to th e publicat ion of literally hu ndreds of Toenniessen was clearl y instru men ta l in sonal interest and sup port were largely re­ pa pe rs on the xa n tho p hy ll cycle by labs transform ing rice from an "orphaned" plant sponsible for the founding and early growth throu ghout the wo rld. to a " model" plan t. His stra tegic vision of of the Society. It is a monetary award made O f all the people working in plant ph ysi­ the Rice Biotechno logy Research Program and biennially in odd-numbered years for out­ ological ecology tod ay, an asto nishing num­ his unceasing effort in its implementation have standing inv estigations in the field of plant ber hav e either collaborated with a ile as vis­ contributed to the success from which all plant physiology by a scientist residing in North iting scientists or have been his graduate stu­ biologists will benefit. The manner in which America who is under 40 years ofage on Janu­ dents or postdoctoral fellows. The ma jority this was ach ieved is note wort hy. Toenniessen ary 1st of the year of the presentation, or is of those whom he has mentor ed have gone championed bot h the role of basic plant biol­ less than 10 years from the granting of the on to illustrious care ers themselves. His im­ ogy in biotechnology research in develop ing doctoral degree. The recipient is invited to ad­ pact on the ecological side of plan t physio l­ countries and the need to train sma ll teams dress the Society at the annual meeting the ogy has been monument al. of yo ung scientists from developing co untries. following year. The Society is very pleased to present the He structu red the gra nts to give young peopl e 2001 Charles Reid Barn es Life Mem bersh ip the opportunity to train in the finest resear ch The Charles Albe rt Award to aile Bjor kman . laboratories in the world and then return to Shull Award of t he their countries, where they were eligible for American Society of [Dr. Bjorkman was unavailable for comment follow-up grants to keep their own laborato­ Plant Bio logis ts for befor e publication.] ries moving and up-to-dat e. This combina­ 200 1 is aw a rde d to tion led to the ra pid diffusion of accumulated Detlef Weigel in recog­ knowled ge an d tec hniques to de veloping nition of his semina l Adolph E. Gude, Jr., Award co un tries. Collec tive ly, t he results of contributions to one of Gary Toenniessen Toenniessen's visionary ap proach have pro­ the most cha llenging problems in develop­ T he Rockefeller Foundation Rice Biotechnol­ vided a broad founda tion of basic knowledge mental bio logy: the induction of flor al devel­ ogy Research Program about rice biology and resulted in the emer- opment. His creative thinking and innovat ive

8 • ASPS Ne ws, Vol. 28, No , 4 experiment al design have provided new in­ develop infrastru ct ure and co mm uni ty re­ Their support has been invalua ble in making sight into th e underly ing mech ani sms that sources, but also by developing resources him­ the research in my lab a success!" convert veget ative to reproductive gro wth in self, a rare contribution for a young investi­ plants. gator. Detlef Weigel sets a fine exampl e of Excell ence in Teaching Award Detlef Weigel bega n to work on the mo­ generosity by freely distri buting useful bio­ Jonathan M on roe lecul ar genetics of plant development in the logical materials fro m his laborat ory witho ut Jam es M adison University early 1990s. H is discoveries had immediate restr ictio ns. impact on traditional problems in plant physi­ In summary, Detlef Weigel is a deep and This award was initiated in 1988 to recog­ ology, including hormonal control of flower critical thinker wh o stretches his intellectu al nize outstanding teaching in plant biology. It induction. Throu gh stu dies on genes th at are ca pacities to address major probl ems in bio l­ is an award to be made not more than trien­ of central imp ortance to floral induction, the ogy. Th rou gh grea t insight, persistent wo rk, nially in recognition of excellence in teach­ Weigel lab ident ified a gene (LEAFY) that and novel experimenta tio n, he has moved the ing, leadership in curricular development, or appears to be a key regulat or in flowering. field of plant ph ysiology forward in a sub­ auth orship of effective teaching materials in They demonstrat ed that ove rexp ression of stantia l way. He has made fundamental con ­ the science of plant biology. LFY protein in d iverse plants, such as tributi ons toward th e development of a co­ Ara bidops is, as pen, and rice, ca uses early herent mo del for floral induction. H is work Th e American Society flowering. Th e Weigel gro up discovered that not only stands out for its contributions to of Pl ant Bio logis ts LFY ha s other effects as well, inclu ding in­ developmental biology, but also has the po­ 2001 Excellen ce in duction of some of the homeot ic genes that tential for significant agricultur al applica ­ Teaching Award is pre­ specify floral organ identity. Th ey demon­ tion s. Th ese achievements exemplify the sci­ sent ed to Dr.Jon athan stra ted that LFY acts as a transcriptional regu­ entific qua lities ho nored by the Shull Award . Mon roe in recognitio n lator that dire ctly binds to and activates the It is a grea t pleasure for the Amer ican Society of his co mmitment at promoters of APETALAI, a partner gene in of Plant Biologi sts to recognize this outstand­ the local, regional, and floral induction, and AGAMOUS, one of the ing scientist. national levels to en­ homeotic gen es. Recently, they have shown When asked for his reac tion to being se­ gage students of all ages in the science of plant that LFY protein is transported between mer­ lected for th e Sh ull award, Weigel rep lied, biology. An associate professor of biology at istem cells and th at it is active in th e cells to "Th is is indeed a grea t hon or, and I am de­ Jam es M ad ison Uni versity since 1992, Dr. which it has moved. This wo rk shows that light ed to hav e been chosen. Co incidentally, Monro e teaches a broad range of courses and cell--cell communication in plant development I just became a U.S. citizen, so receivi ng th is makes a poi nt of using plants as illustrative can involve actua l protein movement between award is doubly mean ingful to me." Alth ough examples wh erever pos sible. He is particu­ cells, a process th at wa s proposed ea rlier but he could not be present at the aw ards cer­ larl y innovat ive in the teaching laborator y. never befor e demonstrated in suc h a convinc­ emony because of a long-pl anned prior co m­ Th e labs he desig ns are highly investigative ing manner. Weigel's lab has shown that the mit ment, he sent this message: "I am sorry and driven by student inquiry. For example, promoter region of LEAFY is a key integra­ th at I cannot be here in person today. I am over the co urse of a semester his students iso­ tion point for th e environme nta l and hor­ very honored and grateful to receive this year 's late interesting Arabidopsis mutants and cha r­ mo nal cues th at regulate flow ering. For in­ Charles Albert Shull Awar d, which has been acter ize th em, lea rn ing appropriate tech ­ sta nce, he has shown that the horm on e gib­ previou sly aw arded to some of the finest plant niques as they need them. Dr. M on ro e gently berellin co ntrols the express ion of LEA FY. biologists in this count ry. I sta rted to work guides th em in their investigatio ns, leaving T his is an imp ort ant step tha t makes a con­ on plants in Elliot Me yero witz's la b 12 years them with a stro ng sense of ownership of thei r ceptual link between genes th at have been ago, and it has been a fascinating journey ever work. H e and co-PIs hav e secured a series of ide n tified by ge ne tic approach es and the since. With that I am not on ly referr ing to the National Science Foundation grants to keep wea lth of physiological informat ion th at ex­ am azing progress in plant biology over the science education at JMU at the cutti ng edge . ists. Th e Weigel lab has mad e use of flower­ past deca de, but also to the wo nderfully in­ He also runs a productive, federa lly funded ing time mutants and gain of function activa­ teractive and stimulating community of plant rese arch laborato ry wh ere he and his col ­ tion tagg ed mutants to gene rate a mo del of biologists of all stripes. I am very fortun ate league s research the role of apo plastic o-glu ­ floral induction th at involves gene cascades th at many talented scientis ts have come to cosidases in Arab idopsis. M ore than 20 stu­ and has the grea t value of being testabl e. work in my lab , and I am look ing for ward to dents have participated in the research in Dr. In addition to his researc h contributions, present ing some o f their work at next year's Monroe's lab , and man y of them have go ne Detlef has generously co ntributed to the plant ASPB meeting." In addition, he wrote, " I'd on to research careers. Hi s JMU colleagu es biology com munity. He ha s taken a leader­ like to thank, in part icular, the plant biology note th at " he fosters a culture of excellence ship role in the Arabidopsis community not colleagues in San Diego, especially Joanne only by serv ing on committees th at work to Chory at Salk and M arty Yano fsky at UCSD. continued on page 10

ASPS News. Vol. 28, No. 4· 9 c ontinued from page 9 disability or a college undergraduate, they criterion for the Gibbs Medal award. He has showed me that our students deserve all the pioneered advances th at have served to es­ and the expectation that to do less is to not compassion and de dication th at we can tablish new dir ections of investigati on in ev­ be sufficiently engage d. He takes risks in [his provide." ery field of plant biology for many years to teaching]-risks th at are rew ar ded in kind come. with student insight, com prehen sion, growth, Martin Gibbs Medal Upon hearing of the award, Feldm an n im­ and motivation." Ken Feldmann mediately repli ed that he was "de lighted and Beyond JMU, Dr. M on roe is a leader in Ceres, Inc. very pleased. It's quite an hon or to be recog­ education both region ally and nati on ally. He nized by your colleagues." Late r, he added, has served as a volunteer labor ator y instruc­ The Martin Gibbs Medal was instituted by "I tr y to develop tech nologies that will move tor at local high scho ols, ran ed ucationa l ex­ the Society's executive committee in 1991 to science forw ard in big leaps. The development ercises in plant bi ol ogy for eleme n tary honor Martin Gibbs, editor of Plant Physiol­ of a gene knock -out system for Arabidop sis, schools, and served as an instructo r for rhe ogy from 1963 to 1992. The Gibbs Medal is using the T-DNA of Agro bacterium as an in­ Virginia Native Plants Soc iety. He has been a presented biennially to an individual who has sert ion mutagen, was one such technology. councilor at the Council on Undergraduate pioneered advances that have served to es­ Since the late 1980s these mutants have pre­ Research since 1996 an d is currentl y on the tablish new directions sented an expeditious path to the identifica­ CURExecutive Committee and chair of the of investigation in the tion of a mutated gene." Feldmann noted that Biology Division. H e also initiat ed a CUR plant sciences. Th e .' he was "most ind ebted to Drs. M . David Prize for Excellenc e in Menr orin g Under­ winner will receive the Marks and Michael Christia nso n for their graduate Research. At BlOSCI Dr. M onroe medal and will be in­ many contributions to the development of a founded and is co -discussion lead er of the vited to convene a T-DNA insertion mutagenesis system for "Plant-ed" newsgroup, the highly rega rded, Martin Gibbs Medal Arabidopsis. Without their guidan ce and ex­ worldwide resource for exchanging inform a­ Symposium at the an­ pertis e, a practical plant tran sfor mat ion sys­ tion and ideas for teach ing plant biology. At nual meeting the fol­ tem would have rema ined just an idea . I am ASPB Dr. Monroe has been very active in the lowing year. also thankful to man y colleag ues for help ing Washin gton Area Section . He has also been a to screen thou sands of transgenic plants for co-chair of the Primar ily Undergradu ate In­ Ken Feldm ann is recognized for his eno rmo us mut ant phenotypes and for integratin g these stitution Working Group and was a co -de­ imp act on plant physiology, as well as plan t mutants into their resear ch programs. I thank veloper of the ASPB Summer Undergradu ate developmental biolo gy and plant genetics. He my grad uate mentors Drs. Jean Amos and Research Fellowship Program. It is fair to say was responsible for pioneering the develop­ Randy Scholl for training in the areas of tis­ that Dr. M onroe's wor k has been fund amen­ ment of a T-DNA-tagged Ara bidopsis mu­ sue culture, mutagenesis, and biochemi cal tal to building a bro ad community of educa­ tant population. The genera tion of this re­ genetics, three subjects that proved instrumen­ tors in plant biology, from the introductory source, and its availability to the plant com ­ tal in developing a whole plant tra nsfor ma­ classroom to the research lab or ato ry. munity, was the most important scientific con­ tion system. Finally, I would like to recog nize We are pleased to recognize Dr. Jon athan tribution to the rise of Arabidopsis as th e [the late] Dr. Joe Varner, the advice of whom Monroe's outstanding contri butions to plant model plant system for the 1990s. T he col­ I will always cherish." ~~ biology with the 2001 Exce llence in Teach­ lection of mutants has enabled the molecular ing Award. cloning of a long list of genes, including the When asked his react ion to being selected, first Arabidopsis home ot ic gene (AG) impo r­ New from Plant Physiology Monroe said, "I was thr illed and hon ored to tant in flower development, the first pho to­ hear that I was selected to receive this awa rd. morphogenesis gene (COP1), and the first Raf 75th Anniversary: I have made it a high priority to integra te in­ hom ologue found in plants, CTR1, a first clue Conceptual Breakthroughs in vestigat ive activities into my co urses and to to the signal transdu ction pathway initi ated Biology provide oppo rt unities for undergradu ates to by eth ylene. The ability to identify lines mu­ (item 30045) learn by doin g researc h. It is gra tifying to be tated in a particular gene by PCR is now a recognized by my peers for those efforts. In centerpiece of plant research to und erstand $25.00 addition to all of the inspiring teachers I had the in vivo functions of genes in the pos t-ge­ To order, visit https://www.aspb,org/ at the University of Mi chigan and at Co rnell nomic period. The committee also noted that securejonnsrpuborder.ctm University, I would most like to thank my progress to identify mutant lines will be even parents, both form er educators, for setting an more rapid in the near future, as the sequence orcall example of excellence in teachin g. Wheth er flanking insertion sites are determ ined. Ken 301-251-0560 J ext. 142 it was an elementary student with a learni ng developed a key tech nology and best fits the

10 • ASPB News. Vo l. 28.NO.4 WSSA UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD - YEAR 2002

The Weed Science Society of America has developed an Undergraduate Student Research Grant designed to encourage and involve exceptional undergraduates in agricultural research. Interested faculty members are encouraged to identify potential award candidates and discuss the possibility of sponsoring a research project. Awards may be used as a stipend, for research budget expenses (travel, supplies, etc.), to defer fees, to defray living expenses for summer research, or any combination of these items.

AWARD: Up to $1000 for support ofundergraduate research to be conducted over a minimum of one quarter/semester during 2002. This award may be used to defray the cost of research supplies or as a stipend. Support of a faculty sponsor is required. Awards will be made to the student, to be adminis­ tered by the faculty sponsor's department.

APPLICANT: The applicant is an undergraduate student with a strong interest in Weed Science. Students majoring in all related disciplines may apply.

TO APPLY: Applicants should prepare a 2-3 page research proposal including name, address, phone number, title, objective, experimental approach, discus­ sion, budget and references. The discussion section of the proposal should describe the expected results and their possible significance to Weed Sci­ ence. The student should provide a cover letter in which general aca­ demic and career goals are discussed. A copy of the student's academic transcripts should also be provided.

FACULTY Any faculty member who is actively engaged in Weed Science research is SPONSOR: qualified to be a sponsor. The faculty sponsor should review the research proposal with special attention to the budget; the distribution of funds should be approved by both the student and sponsor. In addition, the spon­ sor should provide a letter of reference including a statement of hislher willingness to supervise the proposed research and to provide needed space, equipment and supplies above those requested in the proposal. The spon­ sor is encouraged to assist the student in presenting his/her results at a regional Weed Science Meeting.

HOW TO APPLY: The completed proposal, academic transcripts, cover letter and faculty letter of support should be forwarded to: Dr. John Jachetta, Dow AgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054; phone (317) 337-4686, fax (317) 337-4649, [email protected]. Proposals should be received no later than November 15, 2001. Funding decisions will be made by January 25, 2002, and presented at the 2002 WSSA National Meeting Awards Banquet.

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The Bioethics Imperative II

"Mokita": The truth we all know and scientific process was devoid of human be­ • our interactions with the public, espe­ agree not to talk about. Papua New Guinea ings and completely insulated from society. cially The Greens and other ecoterrorist (continued from the May/June 2001 issue None of my training in science had prepared groups of the ASPB News) me for how to deal with this incident. As sci­ • the short- and long-term ecological entists, we are not educated in bioethics and, ramifications of bioengineering The room was very quiet. This doctoral by and large, we in turn are not educating • bioremediation, including global warm­ candidate's suicide resulted from an unre­ our students about these issues. We do not ing, of soils, water, and air solved bioethical dilemma with the take the time. This incident opened my eyes • the ethical use of genomics data in pro­ candidate's principal investigator (PI). Several to what bioethics is and why it is imperative viding a uniformly distributed food supply of the Ph.D. candidates around the table be­ that we as scientists and human beings change • medical consequences of bioengineering came very red-eyed or actually began to cry the sta tus quo. (how much science do you apply to prolong quietly. The tension was tangible. I gulped. As scientists we have a responsibility to or preserve life?) We talked about the guilt of the PI, the com­ ourselves, our students, and our society to • evolutionary consequences of tamper­ plexity interjected into the relationship be­ deal openly and actively with the burgeoning ing with our own gene pool (saving genetic tween the postdoc who told us the story and awareness of the impact of modern science lineages that cannot reproduce without sci­ the PI, and the ripple effect that this event on bur lives. Bioethical issues are wrapped entific intervention, in vitro fertilization). had on the department. We talked about the into many pressing societal issues. For warning signs of depression and how to in­ example- Next issue: Bioethics in the grocery store. tervene on behalf of a depressed person. We • public awareness of what we do and See http://www.aspb.org/membersinaction/ shared stories of professional conflict in the why we do it (the public pays for our research, bioethics.cfm for additional supporting labs of those around the table and eventually so it is incumbent on us to teach them what materials and to read Bioethics Imperative I, worked back around to finish the case we are learning) which was featured in the May/June 2001 is­ studies. • what we teach in schools (creationism sue of the ASPB News. \(1, Bioethical issues in science have been and/or evolution?) mokita. We teach the nuts and bolts of sci­ • what we eat, both the genetic make-up Dina Mandoli ence-how to make a poster, etc.-as if the and rearing of plant and animal foods University of Washington, Seattle mandoli@u,washington.edu

Lessons from a Fiend

It is 48 hours now out of the office. We spent six years together, teaching me this before I even knew her, while since we parted. I left and although we were ready to go our sepa­ I was still an undergraduate at Miami Uni­ her in good hands, and rate ways, I know she'll always be a part of versity. That's when I began to learn that in­ I know she'll be safe me. I left her with 120 pages, perfect mar­ dependent funding, whatever the amount, and in good company. gins, and a few really good figures. She was opens the doors of possibility. The lesson con­ It was the right thing my dissertation, and she taught me much tinued as I started graduate school at Ohio to do, and my steps felt a bout a life in science. State University. After choosing a lab and lighter as I passed Her first lesson for me was on the impor­ settling into classes and a research project, I through the doors and Chris Wolverton tance of a grant proposal. She actually started found myself overwhelmed by the breadth of

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Educational Activities at Plant Biology 2001

Compiled and edited by Gary Kuleck, Biology Department,Loyo la Marymount University, 7900 Loyola Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045, e-mail [email protected] .edu

Thi s issue's Ed Forum focuses on the plethora Alab ama, "Infusion of new electrophysio logy URl Submission Request of educational activ ities at the ASPB an nua l tech nology into the curriculum" If yo u mai ntain a web site a bo ut yo ur re­ meet ing that took place in Prov ide nce J uly • Shei la A. Blac kman, Biology Depa rt ­ search, the ASPB Education Committee would 21- 25. The focal points for edu cation were , men t, Gran d Valley State Un iversity, be happy to pro vide a link to your site from of course, the ASPB Education Booth and the Allenda le, M ichigan, "The effect of ABA on the ASPB Educa tion Page an d a listing in the education pos ters. This year's boo th featu red somatic embryo development and co nvers ion on line Resou rce Links Librar y. T his is par t three exciting active exh ibits, a display of in Dauc us carota " of a project to develop a list for web sites fo­ computer enh ancements for education, and •M att H alfhill, H. A. Richards IV, E. cusing on research areas in plant biology. T his the three newes t bookmarks (based on the Naegle, C. N . Stewa rt, Jr., North Ca ro lina list wo uld be sorted by topic and placed on 12 Principles of Plant Bio logy; http:// Sta te University, University of North Caro­ the ASPB Education web site and in the Re­ www.aspp.org/education/ bookmark.ht m). lina-Greensb oro, "Plant tr ansformation source Link s Library. It is our belief that such The many edu cation posters were located near la boratory exe rcises using green fluorescent a list will serve as a resou rce for scientists, the booth and cove red topics ranging fro m protein" teac hers , and studen ts who visit the ASPB interactive web-based techn ology to directed Congratulations to all those who su bmitted Educa tion Page seeking information on plant inqui ry-based laboratory exercises. A nu m­ and best of luck to all exhib itors and present - biology. ber of visitors joined us to take part in the ers. If yo u wo uld like to have yo ur web site hands-on exh ibits availab le at the booth . This yea r's Ed uca tion Worksho p o n incl uded, please forw ar d your U R L to T his year's booth compet ition included "Teaching Portfolios" was presented by Dr. paula@asp b.org or su bm it it online at htt p:/ more o uts tan ding proposals tha n we had Bob Beckmann from the Botany Department /w ww.aspb.o rg/resourcel in ks/submitl ink. space to accommodate. Many of the competi­ of Nort h Carolina State University. T he work­ d m by se lec ting the ASPB M em ber Re­ tor s submitted posters and several took ad­ shop was a lively dialogue on the merits of a search category. If you are aw are of other vantage of computers to present their work. teachi ng po rtfolio that allowed participants web sites th at would be o f interest tha t T he exhibitors chosen to present received a to begin creating a portfolio right there on­ co uld be added to our list, please feel free complimentary meeting registration and a site. The event was well attended and received; to provide th ose URLs as well. Thanks for $50 0 cash gra nt . T hey were- we loo k forward to bringing topical issues in your help in b uilding a dynamic, on line • Alexander G. Volkov, Depart ment of education to future ASPB meetings. plant co mm unity resource. l(', Chemistry, Oakwood Co llege,H un tsville,

ASPSNews. Vol. 28. NO. 4· 31 Folke Skoog: A Personal Reflection on the People Who Change Our Lives

When Folke Skoog, quickly discover ed th at Newc's lab was an N ancy Malmgren , a lab techn ician, dressed a eminent plant physi­ excitin g, friendly place. Students and postdocs piece of foam ru bber padding in a thick coat ologist and co-discov­ were doing cutting-edge work on microtu­ of chocolate icing, then presented it on a plat ­ erer .of cytok inins, died buies, cell walls, sieve tub es, and peroxisomes, ter to Skoog for the first slice. When the knife not long ago, his pass­ and they would gladly show me the ropes. bounced back having barely dented the foam, ing reinforced a real­ To be fait; though, Newc suggested I speak Skoog tried again, with just a faint grunt of ization th at had been with other faculty. At the top of his list was ann oyance. When the second attempt proved building for years. Folke Skoog, so he directed me to Skoog's equally fruitles s, he realized what was hap­ Folke was one of sev­ office one floor a bove. It was an experience pening-and laugh ed heartily with the rest eral names on my life- th at forever will be etched in my memory. of us. list of "ch aracters"-people who mad e an in­ With his usual gruff demeanor, Skoog ran I can't say exa ctly why I cam e to revere delible impression in my march through time. through a veritable encyclopedia of the or­ Skoog so. Newcomb certainly had more of a My memories are tinged with sadness, though, ganic chemistry of cytokinins, with forays into direct impact on me. As a major professor, he becau se I fully realized the impact of these tob acco callus cultu res. He flashed a recent prize d high standards and the value of me­ people long after the fact. I wish I had the thesis-probably for effect- that look ed as ticulous work. On my first day in lab, Newc foresight to savor my interactions with them thick as the Brooklyn telephone directory! It showed me a series of electron micrographs when they happened. As they say, hindsight took about half an hour for me to high tail it and asked me to pick the best one. To my is 20120-and youth is wasted on the young. back to Eldon's lab, probably leaving Skoog untrained eye they were identi cal, but Eldon grinning ear to ear. He must have gotten a had his favorite. He has a great aesthetic First Date big kick out my reacti on. Despite the rough sense-a feel for the aesthetic side ofscience­ A greenh orn from Brooklyn who never ven­ start, Skoog and I hit it off well over the next that he tr ied to instill in all of us, from fram ­ tured farth er from home than Washington, five years. A form er Olympic runner with a ing of an image on the electron microscope DC, I left New York's JFK airport in late sum­ Sant a-like twinkle in eyes set firmly in rosy to delicately balancing size, brightness, and mer of 1966 and land ed next to a Madison, cheeks, he was alw ays nice to me. contrast in the darkroom. Every one recog­ Wisconsin, corn field. Th at, and a tin roof Folke was a study in contrasts. His intimi­ nized a Newcomb micrograph. barely covering the outdoor luggage bin, were dating exter ior hid a great sense of humor Eldo n also taught me ethics, gave me an the first in a five-year-long series of culture and a warm heart (I'm sure he had his warts, appreciation for nature, and insisted by ex­ shocks. I used to think that a blue jay was an but I never saw them). Skoog was a hard­ ampl e that I was earn ing a degree in plant exotic bird compared to a New York starling. driv ing scientist who almost never missed af­ biology, not just ultr astructure. Most of all, Eldon Newcomb, major profe ssor and resi­ ternoon coffee with faculty, stu dents, and in hindsight, he was the first person to show dent ornithologist, soon alerted me to the staff. He was a stickler for detail wh o pur­ me that good writin g is more than a series of beauty of cedar waxwings. I saw my first bald posely mispronounced people's name s just to words on paper. He prided him self on his eagle on the Wisconsin River. get a rise out of them. I was "Paleface"; Larry writing skills and set a high bar for his stu­ The next big shock as a University of Wis­ Dunkle, one of Paul Allen's student s, wa s dents. Having written my share of college term consin new comer ca me not long after I "Lernkel." As Newcomb wro te in the May! papers in the hum anities, it's ironic that it took showed up at Newcomb's office for the first Jun e 2000 issue of the ASPB News, Folke was a scientist to show me to the beauty of the time. Newc, as he was affectionately known "remarkably accessible and totally devoid of English language. After leaving the lab, people to every on e in the lab, had written in th e stuffiness." wh o discovered I was a Newcom b product spring (longhand , not e-mail) to interest me Everybody from those days probably has a told me how much they loved to read his pa­ in his research. It didn 't take much persua­ few "Skoog stories." My favorite is the time pers. Good writing impresses people-it was sion to convince me that looking at the in­ we conspired to test his sense of hum or and a lesson worth learning. nards of plant cells was my cup of tea. I weakness for cookies and cake.

32 • ASPS News, Vol. 28, No .4 Still, Skoog was the first megalab scientist Many Others tor in the literary sense. By meticulously hon­ met. That's not to detract from N ewc's There are lots of people to thank. One of ing my writing, he made my papers much group, which was very active, too . Skoog was my first contacts at the National Science Foun­ better. Wh en I became editor of Protoplasma different, though, and he taught me that you dation as a new assistant professor was years later, I tried to pa ss the torch by help­ can succeed in big leagu e science and still Gertrude Kasbekar. For years she encouraged ing other authors as Anton helped me (though make time for people like me. me like a goo d Jewish mother. I had a mar­ never matching his skill and thoroughness). I velous high school biol ogy teacher named still have the handwritten picture postcards Dynamic Duo Milton Lesser, who's gentle deme an or and of flowers Anton sent me over the years, with Jack Hesl op-Harris on sho wed up in Madi­ love of biology remain fresh in my mind . In upd ates on my papers and requests to review so n not long after I got there . Jack was leg­ college, three botanists-Clara Blake, Peter manuscripts. endary for having worked on more subjects Nelson, and Carl Withner-took me under Two other people stand out from my than the queen had jewels, but I never really their collective wing. They had enough faith Sta nford days: Peter Ray and Paul Green. got to know him well personally. Wh en he in me to forgive one really lous y semester and Together with Hepler, they ran a plant devel­ offered a course with Skoog on plant devel­ w rite good letters of recommendation for opment seminar affecti onately known as the opment, I couldn't pass it up. graduate school. That's how I got to Wiscon­ " Peter and Paul Show." They were also regu­ Skoog talked about hormones and related sin. Fred Sack and I have traded great stories lars at the Ca rnegie Institution's weekly con­ top ics, with a generous dollop of anecd otes­ about Carl Withner, wh o cared so much about clave. Ray's incisiveness (and wry sense of especially about F. C. Steward, pioneer re­ students that he took his entire class to the humor), plu s Paul's devot ion to science, im­ searcher in plant tissue culture, and Armin Great Shanghai restaurant in upper Manhat­ pressed me. I didn't alw ays understand what Braun, w ho worked for many yea rs on tan every year. He also put together an awe­ Paul was saying, but the way he said it, and Agrobacterium induced tumors-to spice some fruit lab-the best I've ever seen, or his ceaseless interest in ideas and mechanisms, things up. He slop-Harrison held forth on ev­ tasted. stood out. Paul was a grea t person to bounce erything else und er the sun , backing it up with Newcomb once taught a seminar course on ideas off of. He also p ro vided me with a an encyclopedic knowledge of the plant lit­ the plant cytoskeleton-though we didn't call sam ple of the charophyte alga, Nitella, which erature. Jack had a kind of "presence"- with it that back then-in preparation for his land­ I cultivated for many yea rs. It wa s Paul's a booming voice, you always knew he was in mark 1969 Annual Review on the subject. It Nitella that allowed me to identify F-actin in the room . It was an aw esom e experience, lis­ made such a big impression on me, especially plants. I wa s saddened when he died several tening to tho se two work together in front of reading a paper by Reik o Nagai and Lionel years ago. a class. Rebhun, that I ended up working on micro­ Jack had the uncanny ability to publish tubules and microfilaments as a postdoctoral It Never Stops quickly. I'll never forget the time I left Madi­ fellow in Peter Hepler's lab oratory at Stanford Thank goodness I still encounte r role mod­ son on a Friday afternoon, and as I exited (I had the hon or of getting to know Reiko a els. Alan Jaworski, my late department head Birge Hall, Jack proclaimed that he was re­ few years later-e-what a wonderful scientist, at Georgia, recognized the value of altruism ally onto som ething. Wh en I got back Mon­ with a heart of gold and a smile to match). in the success of any ente rprise. Alan taught day morning, he had just put the finishing Hepler let me do my thing, not insisting that me the value of consensus and the need to be touches on a manuscript! I never got the hang I study a pet project. H is wisdom and trust a good listener. Always upbe at, he was a dedi­ of working that quickly, but Jack taught me paid off handsomely, and when it cam e time cated teacher and great people person. I miss the value of reading widely, and wh en I had to run my own lab, I ad opted his phil osophy. him. more freedom as a postdoctoral fellow, I spent Having come out of Newcomb's laboratory Marshall Darley, another Georgia colleague hours in the library doing just that. I was never him self, Hepl er a lso respected th e written and friend, is the most dedicated teacher I ever very close to Skoog in a collaborative sense, word and helped refine my papers. But the met. He works tirelessly to promote effective, but getting to know H.-H. led years later to real eye op ener vis-a-vis writing came when I innovative teaching at the undergraduate level an exchange of ideas on pollen tubes. The last encountered Anton Lang, then ed itor of and encourages graduate students who care lett er came not long before his death. Jack's Planta. That's where I sent my first paper on a bout ins truction in add ition to research. enthusiasm for science was infectious. I've guard cell differentiation. Anton was an awe­ Marshall never forgets what colleges and uni­ never met any one else wh o loved wh at s/he som e editor. Not content to act as a mere versities ar e supposed to be about: students. does more than Jack loved his work. And he "traffic cop" passing judgment solely on the had a great smile. basis of referee comments, he was as an edi- continued on p age 34

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Last, but not least, I've been fortuna te to Pla nt develo pmental from his la b. Over the years we collaborated have another outsta nding writer as mentor biology lost a distin­ on many aspects of these studies; in the end and friend . Ricki Lewis taught me much mor e gu ished mem ber with we published 17 papers togeth er. than the essentials of good style for general the untimely an d unex­ After leaving my la b Dave assumed the aud iences. A geneticist and writer with nu­ pected death of David position at San Diego State Univers ity an d merous articles and books to her credit, she L. Ra yle on June 17, rose th rough the ra nks, serving as cha ir of saw promise in my ab ility to translate sciences 2001, and I lost a dear botany from 197 6 to 1980. But he was not into commo n English in a way that still made frie nd. Dave Rayle is alway s in residence there. Th ere were several the subject interesting. She helped hone my proba bly best known more stints in my la b, as well as a year in skills, provided invaluable ad vice and criti­ to the scient ific community as on e of the origi­ Germany with Ze nk. When his buildi ng at cism, and un flaggingly supported and enco ur­ nators of the acid -growth theo ry of cell elon­ SDSU had to be closed for a year to remove aged me. We con tinue to pub lish together. ga tion. Da ve had just tak en early retirement asbe stos, he joined Terri Lomax at Oregon I'm sure I left people out of this essay, ma ny fro m his pos ition as pro fessor in the Biology State University and pa rlayed th e on e year of whom had subtle but no less important Depa rtment of San Diego State University and into nearly three. There he was an important influ ences on me. A hint here, a suggestion was full of plans for the immedi ate future. pa rt o f studies on gravitr op ism, usin g th e there, mad e a differ ence. I ap ologize for any Born in Pasadena in 1942, he attended the diageotropica mutant of tomato.Dave was om issions. Un ive rsi ty of Ca lifo rn ia, Santa Barbara, one of the best bench scient ists I have know n. Having had the privi lege of kno wing som e where he earned both B.A. and Ph.D. degrees. He was a mas ter at do ing precise, care ful, an d really neat people who helped me alon g the Dave, with his wife Merilee, spen t a year at thoughtful experime nts. T here was never any way, having advised biology majors for about the MSU-DOEPlant Research Lab an d then qu estion about the validity of the data th at 10 years, and having gu ided my share of joined my lab as a postdoc in 196 9. Follow­ he publ ished. graduate st udents and postdoctoral fellows, ing up on som e data in Mik e Evans's thesis, Dave 's passion, in addi tio n to his research I'm convinc ed that goo d mentoring is impor­ we decided to see if cell elongation in coleop­ an d his family, was fishi ng. Wh enever the tan t. We ten d to underestimat e our impact tiles is sensitive to pH . Du ring the next two steelhead were running, Dave was itching to on stud ents and young scientists. We often years,D ave carrie d out a se ries of get out there, regardless of the weather. In tak e them for granted and don 't realize how gr o und breaking ex periments that showed recent years , fly fishing wh ile rafting down much we influence them. Young people look that plant cells elongate in response to acid Montan a rivers was an essential part of sum­ to us for gu idan ce- not necessari ly in a con­ and that th is is due to acid-induced wall loos­ mer. It is hard to believe that he will not be scious, cereb ra l wa y, but in a more matter-o f­ ening. This discovery led to the "acid-gro wth out there aga in this summer, ra in or shine, fact man ner that's acknow ledged in a co n­ theo ry," for mul ated simultaneo usly but inde­ trying to outwit tho se darn fish. ~~ versation or note months or years late r. pendently with H ager and cowor kers. Da ve We owe students our time, concern and best then demonstrated that auxin causes acidifi­ Robert Cleland advice. After all, what are we here for that's cation of cell wa lls. Over the next two de­ University of Washington. Seattle c lela nd @u.wa shington.edu more important? ~~ cades, he was involved in testing this theory, and many of the most important results came Barry A. Palevitz University of Georgia, Athens palevitz@ d ogwood,bota ny,uga ,edu

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ACADEMIC/GOVERN MENT/ emphasis on po tato late blight disease, func­ metabolic pa thw ays and thei r regul ation , but tional and str uctur al genomics in Solanaceae applicants with outstanding research reco rds in IND USTRY PERMANENT fami ly, an d applied plant breeding, strong all areas of plant bioche mistry and its reg ulation POSITrONS (Ph.D.) experience in map-based clon ingtechniques: BAC are encou rage d to ap ply. Can didates will be library construction, mo lecular genetic mapping, expected to estab lish a vigorous, externally Specialist BAC conrig assemb ly, and Agroinfiltrations, and fund ed, independent research program an d to Plant Gene Expression Cen ter strong experience in insert ional mutagenesis (i.e. teach in the department. Mic higan State Alban, California Transposon, T-DNA, gene targeting). Send Univers ity has a traditional and expanding focu s (Received 05/ 30) curr iculum vitae and name/address of three in plant bioch emistry which is supported by A speci alist position is availab le to lead a potato references by August 31, 200 1 to Dr. Shirleko superb infras tructure inclu ding new facilities for genome project. Incumbent will be solel y Da i, Plant Gene Expression Cen ter, 800 high-throughp ut DNA sequencing, pro reomics, responsible for the conception, desig n, and Buchan an St., Albany, CA 94710; fax 510-559­ 900 MHz N MR, and microarrays, Faculty at imple mentation of innovative method s/ 5678. The Univers ity of Ca lifornia is an equa l MSU are eligible for funding from the $50 app roaches of the project. Inc um bent will plan, opportunity/affirmative action employer million per year M ichiga n Life Sciences sup ervise, direct, and evaluate the work of Corridor. Review of app lications will begin research associates and lower level scientists. August 15 an d continue until suitable candidates Incumbent will prepare ptogress reports, Assistant/A ssocia te Professor are identified. Interested persons sho uld subm it a scientific papers an d book chap ters and will M ichigan State University, Eas t Lansing letter of app lication, a summary of research and prepare and defen d pa tent disclos ures and patent (Received 05/ 31) teach ing goa ls, and curriculum vitae with names app lications. Incum bent will collaborate on T he newly organized Department of Plant of three references to John Ohl rogge, Plant origi nal proposals and extens ions. A Ph .D Biology invites applications for a tenu re-track, Metabolism Search Committee, Dep artment of degree in plant genetics and molecular biolog y is academic-year position as assistant or associa te Plant Biology, Michigan Sta te Uni versity, East preferred plus 10 years experience. App licants professor in plant bioc hemistry and met abolic Lansing, M I 48824-1312. Wome n and under­ should have publications in respected journals, engineering. Examples of resea rch areas in which represented minorities are strongly encouraged demonstrated success in fellowship and grant candidates are so ught include investigation an d to apply. MSU is an affirmative action/equ al pro posal applications, technical proficiency, application of hiochemical diversity within the opport unity institution. scient ific crea tivity, independent thought, and plant kingd om, metabolic engineering of novel collaboration with other scientists, expert prod ucts in plants, and genet ic or genomic knowledge in plant disease resistance with approaches toward understa nd ing plant

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Eukaryot ic Molecular Geneticist will be mad e to maintain co nfidentiality until the experience in molecul ar biology and plant Lou isiana Tech University, Ruston final slate of candida tes is selected. Review of ph ysiology are invited to apply. The selected (Received 06/ 19) applications will begin Octo ber 1, 2001, and will candidate will join a team of researc hers active A tenure-track, nine-month assistant pro fessor continue unt il the position is filled. Please send in various aspects of plant development and position is available September 1, 200 1, in the app lication materials to Chairperso n Search adaptatio n to environment al stresses. Th e Schoo l of Biologica l Sciences, Louisia na Tech Committee, Department of Plant Biology, candida te will be expected to develop an University. The successful ca ndidate will Mic higan State University, East Lansing, Ml independent research program within the con tribute to the teaching of undergraduate an d 4 8824- 1312. Women and minorities are strongly framework of the department.The pos ition is gradu ate courses, including genetics, molecular enco urage d to apply. MSU is an affir mat ive ope n to Israeli or prospective Israeli citizens . biology (eukaryotic), and courses in the action /eq ual opportunity employer. Interested persons are reque sted to send their candidate's area of expertise. An externally curr iculum vitae, including list of publications, funded research program involving graduate and na mes, and addresses of at least three referees, undergrad uate students is expected. Applic ants Chairperso n as well as a tent at ive research plan to Prof. must have a Ph.D. in biology or a closely related Michigan State University, East Lansing Sammy Boussiba, Head , Th e Albert Katz field; postdoctoral experience is preferre d. (Received 06120) Department of Dryland Biotechno logies, Ben­ Applicants having experience with plant Mic higan State Univers ity invites applicatio ns Gurio n University of the Negev, T he Jacob molecular genetics are enco urage d to apply. and nominations for the position of chairperson Blaustein Institute for Desert Researc h, Sede­ Review of applications will begin on Jul y 20, for its new Department of Plant Biology. Boker Campus 84990, Israel; telephone +972 -8­ 2001, and co ntin ue until the position is filled. Candidates shou ld be quali fied to hold the ran k 6596795, fax +972- 8-6596 802, e-ma il Send lett ers of app lication , curriculum vitae, an d of tenured full pro fessor. Th e department has sammy@ bgumail.bgu.ac .il. contact information, including e-mail addresses more than 30 facu lty members, stro ng gradua te of three references, to Chair, Euk nryotic and undergraduate programs, and a support sta ff Molecular Geneticis t Search Committee, School of career pro fessionals. It is built on the concept Assistant Professor of Biologica l Sciences,Lou isiana Tech Uni versity, of integ rating all subdisciplines of plant biology, California Polytechnic State University, PO Box 3179, Rus ton , LA 71272. Review of rang ing from evolution and ecology to mo lecular San Luis Obispo appli cations will begin July 20 and continue genetics. Resea rch is conducted in a mo dern (Received 06/26) until the position is filled. Materials may be researc h building, at an on-campus field facility, A full-time, academic year tenure-track assistant submitted electronically to mckillip@1atech .edu . at the Kellogg Biological Station, an d at field pro fessor position in the Cro p Science Depart­ Louisiana Tech Univers ity is a member of the sites throughout the world. The new chairperson ment at California Polytechnic State University University of Louisiana System, ANEOE . will have the opportunity to significa ntly is ava ilable with a star ting date of Janu ary 7, influence the future direction of the new 2002. Thi s position is avai lable due to a department th rough the filling of severa l ope n genero us endowment fund pro vided by J. G. Chairperso n positions . Th e chairperso n is expected to provide Boswell Fou ndati on. Th e posi tion is 75% Michigan State University, East Lansing leadersh ip an d to prom ote a crea tive enviro n­ teaching and 25 % research with opportunities (Received 06120) ment for teaching and resear ch. Candida tes must for summer quarter applied research assign­ Mic higa n State University invites applications possess an estab lished record of schola rship, ments. Teaching assignments are to be in the and nominations for the posit ion of chairp erson proven leadership and interperson al skills and a introductory and advanced plant genetics and for its new Depar tment of Plant Biology. vision of innovative programs in researc h and plant biotechnology (in pa rticular related to Candida tes shou ld be qualified to hold the rank education . Co ntinuation of an acti ve research cotton and other agronomic fiber cro ps). Salary of tenured full professor. The department has progra m is encouraged and supported. App li­ and benefits will be commensurate with mor e than 30 faculty members, strong graduate cants sho uld submit a complete curri culum vitae experience and qualifications. A Ph.D. in Plant and undergradu ate programs, and a support staff and any supplemental material that they deem Science, Plant Genetics, Plant Biotechno logy, of career professionals. It is built on the conce pt helpful for a preliminary screening. Every effort Crop Science, Agronomy or related field is of integrat ing all sub disciplines of plant biology, will be made to maint ain confidentiality un til the req uired. Prior exp eriences in Universi ty level ranging from evolution and ecology to mo lecular fina l slate of cand ida tes is selected. Review of teaching, applied research, and/or industry genetics. Research is cond ucted in a mode rn applications will begin Oc to ber 1, 2001, and will experiences preferred. Ca l Poly is stro ngly research building, at an on-campus field facility, con tin ue unt il the pos ition is filled. Please send committed to achieving excellence through at the Kellogg Biologica l Station, an d at field application mate rials to Chairperso n Search cultura l diversity. Th e university ac tively sites throughout the world . The new chairperson Co mmittee, Depa rtment of Plant Biology, enco urages applications and nominat ions of will have the opportunity to significan tly Michigan State University, East Lansing, M I wom en, perso ns of color, applicants with influence the future direction of the new 48824-1312. Women and minoritie s are strongly disabilities and members of other under­ department thr ough the filling of several open encouraged to apply. MSU is an affirm ative repres ente d gro ups. ANEEO. Co ntact Dr. Ma rk positions. The chairperson is expected to provide act ion/equal opportun ity employer. Shelton , Associate Dean, College of Agricult ure, leadership and to promote a crea tive environ­ California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ment for teach ing and research. Candidates must Obispo, CA 93 407; telephone 805-756-21 61, possess an established record of scholarship, Tenure Tr ack Position fax 805-756-6577. Applications must be prove n leadersh ip and interpersonal skills and a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, postmarked by November 1, 2001, sent to the vision of innovative programs in research and Sede Boker Camp us, Israel address listed above, and include a letter of education. Continuation of an active research (Received 06/25) interes t, curricu lum vitae, three letter s of program is encouraged and supported. Appli ­ The AlbertKatz Department of Dryl and reference, and the Cal Poly Faculty Applicatio n cants should submit a complete curr iculum vitae Biotechno logies is offering an academic tenure­ form . Refer to recr uitment code #3075. and any supplemental mate rial that the y deem track position in plan t biology. Can dida tes with helpful for a preliminary screening. Every effort postdoctoral training and sta te-o f-the-ar t

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Faculty Positions of receiving degree, and nam es a nd addresses o f as an e-ma il attachment to annesy l@uw yo .edu. Michigan State University, East Lansing at leas t th ree professional refer ences should be Pers on s see king employment at th e University of (Received 06/27) sent to Dr. Joe DiTomaso, Search Committee Wyoming sha ll be consid ered without reg ard to T he M SU-DOE Plant Research Labor ato ry Cha ir, Weed Science Program , Robbins H all , race, nat ional origin, sex, age , religion, political (PR L) ha s two ten ure-track faculty posit ion s Uni versity of California, Davis, CA 95616- 8746; belief, d isab ility, or sexual orienta tion. availa ble, one as an assi stant professor, the other telephon e 530-754-8715, fax 530-752-4604, e­ at any level. The specific areas of research are mail dit omaso@vegmail. not defined; however, we see k candidates ucdavis.edu . T he University o f Ca liforn ia is an Postdoctor al Positi on invest igating funda mental biol ogical pro blems affirmative act ion/e qua l opport unity em ployer. Universit y of Florida, Gainesville that are either unique to plants o r wh ere plant (Received 05107) systems o ffer particul ar advanta ges for study. A postdoctor al research p osition is available T he PRL, with funding from the U.S. Depart­ immediately for maize function al genomics. The POSTDOC T OR AL POSIT IONS me nt of Energy, and Michigan State Un iversity, selected candidate will be part o f a multi­ with unusual breadth and depth in th e plant institution, co llabor ative project for novel Postdoctoral Position sciences, offer a stimulating research envi ron­ cloning stra tegies of transposon tagged mutants. (cer eal metabolism/bioinformatics) ment with excellent co lleagues and facil ities. The candidate's project will focu s on the rough M od ern laboratory space, set-up funds, and McGill Universit y. Monrreal, Canada end osperm class of seed mutants in maize, w hich co ntinui ng researc h support will be pro vided . (Received 05102) disrupt normal endosperm gro w th and develop­ App lica tio ns should be received by September We are seeking a posrdoc to participate in an ment. Applicants should ha ve ex perience in on e 15, 2001, to assure co nside ration and include a inter-institutional (McGill University, Agriculture or more of th e following ar eas: plant genetics, curriculum vitae, a summary of research and Agri-Food Canada) resear ch project to molecular biology and cloning, microsco py, accomplishments, and a brief descripti on o f exploit informa tion on gene seq uences and bioinformatics, or biochemist ry. Please send a future plan s. Candidat es for an assistant metab olic pathwa ys in th e developmenr of DNA letter of int er est, curriculum vitae, and th ree professor position should ha ve th ree lett ers of markers for barley and oar. Pathwa ys of greatest letters of refe re nce to A. M ark Settles, Plant reference sent to th e sea rc h committee; ca ndi­ int erest to us are those of relevance to oat grai n Molecular and Cellular Biology, PO Box dat es for a senior position should provide th e quality (especially lipid biosynthesis) and barley 110690, Univ ersity of Florida, Gainesville, FL names and addresses of three referees. Wom en grain quality (especially germination/malting ). 32611; e-ma il [email protected] .ufl.edu. The and mino rities are stron gly encour aged to ap ply. The posrdoc will work as pa rt of a research team University of Florida is an affirma tive action/ M at erials should be sent to Fac ulty Sea rch that includes a breeder/QTL mapper, a molecular equal opportunity employer. Com mittee, MSU-DOE Plant Research gen et icist, a bioinformaticist, a crop ph ysiol ogist , La borato ry, Michigan Sta te Un iversit y, East a pro fess ional database progr ammer, two Ph.D. Lan sing, Ml 48 824. Mi chi gan State Un iversity is students and a research ass ista nt. The idea I Scientific Assist ant an equa l opportunity/affi rmative action candidat e for this position wi.ll be a recent PhD Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany em ployer. graduate w ith a high level of expertise in plant (Received 05/10) metab ol ic path wa ys and an interest in applying The Inst itute o f Biology/Plant Ph ysiology at th e thi s knowledge in genetic research. Knowledge Humboldt Un iversit y, Berlin, inv ites application s Assistant Professor/Physiological for the position of scientific assis ta nt and experience in bioinforrnatics and genetics Weed Geneticist (H ochschulas sisrenr/in, BesGr. C1) in the ar ea of wou ld be definite assets. T his position is University of California, Davis molecular cell or stress phy siology. The available now and will be filled when a suitabl e Positi on VL #00-09 appointment will be made for at least five years candidate is identified. Please contact Dr. D ian e (Received 06/29) with a sta rt at least in January 2002. The Mather bye-ma il at diane.rnarherts'rncgill.ca. A tenu re-tr ack posit ion in th e Agricultu ral successful ca ndida te will be expec ted to dev elo p Exp eriment Station and the College o f Agricul­ a strong, co m petitively fund ed , ind ependent tural a nd En vironmental Sciences is availa ble. resea rch program, which shou ld allow colla bora­ Postd octoral Research Position This academi c po sition has 50% or gan ized tion with th e research projects of the whole University of Wyoming, Laramie research and 50% instructi on and res earch group in th e area of chloroplast biogenesis, (Received 05102) expression, co ntro l and function of pigment respon sibilities. The ap pointee will be located in A po std octoral position is ava ilable immed iat ely th e De partment of Vegetable Crops at UC Davis. biosynthesis, ph otosynthesis, and co nt ro l of to study th e cell biol og y and genetics of ma ize ox idative stress. It wi ll be ex pec ted that the App ointee will dev elop a strong research leaf de velopment, focu sin g on a class of ge nes candidat e tak e a n active rol e in both under­ progr am investiga ting fundament al as pec ts o f that co ntrol cell divisi on and cell expansion . T he graduat e an d gra duate teach ing. A Ph.D. is wee d scie nce, pa rti cul arl y areas related to initial work will involve co nfirmi ng the identity required, an d appro priate postd octoral experi­ molecul ar biology and genetics. The appointee and characterizing the fun cti on of genes isolated ence is pr eferred. Application mat erials including will teach at the undergraduate and/or gradua te by transposon-tagging meth ods . Experience with a curriculum vitae, a statement o f research level in the area of herbi cide activity and topi cs molecula r techniques req uired. Cell biology interests, and names of references should be associated w ith weed molecul ar biol og y and expe rience (im muno loca lization, in situ submitted to Professor Bernhard Gr imm, genetics. Applica nts mu st hold a Ph.D . degree in hyb ridi zati on etc.) preferred but not required . Institute o f Biolog y/Plant Ph ysiology, Humboldt weed science or related discipline with em phas is Back ground in mai ze genetics preferred but not Uni versit y, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, on mo lecular biology or genetics. Postdoctoral requi red. Send a cov er letter, curr iculum vitae, Germany; e-ma il [email protected]­ ex perience is highl y desirable. Application s must and co ntact information for three references to berlin.de. Appli cation closing dat e is June 30 , be rece ived by October 15, 2001. A curriculum Dr. Anne Sylvester, Department of Botany, PO 2001. The Humboldt Universit y is an equal vitae, sta tement of resea rch and teaching Box 316 5, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY opportunity em ploy er. interests, official tran scripts if within five year s 82071 -3 165 or send the requ ested information

42 • ASPB News, Vol. 28, NO.4 Postdoctoral Research Associate Position struc ture and architecture. The pos ition is open used to ident ify suita ble alfalfa candida te genes Rutgers University Sep tem ber 1,2001, or until a suita ble ca ndi da te for cloning and sequencing. The position will New Brunswi ck, Ne w Jersey is identified. Investig at ion s range from mapping co ntribute to marker development and mapping (Received 05/16) and positional cloning o f the a ffected genes to research for genetic imp ro vement o f d rou ght­ A postd octoral research associate position is cha rac terization of the cytological and biochem i­ stress tolerance in a lfa lfa. Required qu al ifica ­ available at th e Biotech Center a t Rutgers ca l bases of the defect. Experience in a ll tion s include a Ph.D. in a genetics-related field Univ ersity to study the effects of pokeweed mol ecular genetic techniques, including high­ and goo d wet lab, computer, and int erp erson al a ntivira l protein (PAP) on mRNA sta bility in resolution mapping, is ab solutely req uired. skill s. Experienceltraining in co mp uta tiona l Arabidopsis and in yeast. PAP is a ribosome Knowledge of cell wall biology an d carbohydra te biology and bioinforrnati cs is a plus. Salar y is inac tivating protein with broad-spe ctrum activity analys is is desirable but not essential. A commensurate with experience; competitive aga inst viral and fungal pathogens. PAP successful candidate will also po ssess good benefits. Please send a letter descri bing yo ur recognizes th e cap structure on cellul ar a nd vira l written and oral communication skills an d be interests, complete curriculum vitae, and contact RNA s and inhibits translation in vitro by able to lead a team investigating several as pects information (telephone, e-m ail) for th ree depurinating the capped RNA. A postdoctor al of cell-wall biology. The position is for one-year professional references to Dr. Ian Ra y, Depart ­ research associate is sought to characterize the minimum, with extension possible. A com peti­ ment of Agronomy and Horticulture, MSC 3Q, mech ani sm by which PAP destabilizes mRNA. tive salary will depend on the research an d New Mexico State University, Las Cr uces, NM Th e pr oject will involve microarray analysis to lead ership experience of the candidate . Appli­ 88003-8003; e-mail iaray@nm su. edu . cha rac terize expression profiles of Arabidop sis ca nts are requested to send or e-ma il curriculu m pla nts exp ress ing PAP mutants. Qualificati ons vitae , including reprints/electronic files of include a Ph.D. in a related field, ex perience principal works, and the names of three Postdoctoral Position (Bat lla) w ith RNA biochemistr y, molecular biology, and refer ences who ma y be asked to supp ly letters o f TU Muenchen, Munich, Germany dem on st rat ion of an active publication record. recommendation to Dr. Nicholas C. Ca rp ita, (Received 06/11) Please send the names and addresses of three Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Th e position is a vailable imm edi at ely to stu dy references to Dr. Nilgun Turner, Biotech Ce nte r, Purdue Un iversit y, West Lafa yette, IN ; 47907­ reg ulation of metabolism in maize. The Foran Hall, Cook College, Rutgers Uni versity, 1155 ; telephone 765-494-46 53 , fax 765-494­ biosynthetic pathways -leading to trypt oph an and New Bru nswick, N J 08901-8520; e-ma il 0363, e-mail carpita@btn y.purdue.ed u. Pu rdue to secondary meta bolites deriv ed from tryp­ tu me [email protected]. Un iversity is an equal opportunity/affirm ative tophan wiU be used as a model network . Th e action employer. Women and min or ities are exact project is flexible, but, initially, we will encouraged to apply. focus on the isolation and char act erizati on of Postd octoral Position transcription factors involved in th e biosy nt hesis INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Quebec, Canada of tryptophan and its derivatives. The positi on (Rece ived 05/18) Postdoctoral Position requires a good background in plant mo lecular A pos tdo cto ral position is available immediat ely. Univ ersity of Kentucky, Lexington biology, and some experience w ith pr otein Th e research program aims at the development (Received 06/04) techniques. Candidates holdi ng a Ph .D . in a n of a repl icon based on turnip mo saic potyvirus A postdoctoral position is available for a appropriate area are enc ouraged to send thei r (Tu M V) (Leo na rd et al. J. Virol. 74, 77 30; 20 00 ) molecula r biologist to study meta bolic engineer­ curriculum vitae and a letter of interests for th e production of pharmaceutical proteins in ing of plant tr ichomes (N SFIUSDA-funded (including names and e-m ail addresses o f two plants. O ne project focu ses on the establi shment pro ject) . Trichome glands represent an excellent refe rees) to Dr. Ulrich Genschel , Instirur fuer of an inducible ex press ion system to driv e TuMV system for basic research in plant metab olic Genetik, Technische Univ ersita et Mu ench en, ex press ion in transgenic plants. Th e second engineer ing a nd a potential factory for produc­ 857 47 Garching, German y; fax +49-8 9­ project focu ses on the mapping of the replica tion tion of valua ble biochemic als th rou gh metab olic 28 912892, e-m ail genschel@bio. tum.de. For module of TuMV for a minimal-sized expressio n engineer ing (see Nature Biotech 19, 371-374, more information on our research activities, vector. Sol id ex perience in molecul ar biology is 2001, and http://www.uky.edu/- gjwagn2/). The pleas e visit http://www.lrz -mu enc hen.de/ required. Salary is competitive. INRS-Institut position is open immediately. Inv estigati on s wiU -gcnerik/Research.htrn. Armand-Frappier is located in the Montreal involve esta blishment of gene libraries of area. Please send (preferably via e-m ail) your organisms containing potentially useful genes for a pplica tio n with curriculum vitae including the tr ansfer to plant trichomes, cloning of gene s, Postdoctoral Position nam es, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses th eir introduction into rrichornes, an d ana lysis of CorneU University, Ithaca, New York of tw o references to Mr. jean-Francois Laliberte, product outcomes. Experience in plant molecular (Received 06/12) INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier 531, Boulevard biolo gy is absolutely required. Please sen d A postdoctoral position is availa ble in summer des Pra iries Ville de Laval (Quebec) H7V 1B7, curriculum vitae along with names of three or fa ll 2001 to study the dynamic interaction s of Canada ; fax 450-686-5626, e-mail jean­ reference s to [email protected] or G. Wagner, intrac ellular organelles. Our labo ratory has franc ois.lal ibert [email protected] or 200L THRl, Uni versity of Kentucky, Lexi ngto n, obtained new views of the plant ceU by lab eling [email protected] estry.ca. KY 4 054 6. a number of subcellular locati ons w ith fluores­ cent proteins in transgeni c plants (http://www. mbg.comell.edu/hanson/han son .html). We are Postdoctoral Position Postdoctoral Research Associate particularly interes ted in th e role of tubular Purdue University, West Lafa yette, Indiana New Mexico State University, Las Cruces plastid extensions in int racellul ar co mm unica­ (Recei ved OS/29) (Recei ved 06/07) tion , through which proteins may traffic (see J. A postd octoral position is ava ila ble for a A full-time two-year po sition is available Cell Science 113, 81-89, 2000; a nd 113, 3921­ molec ular geneticist to lead a team inves tiga ting O ctober 2001. This two-year project w ill ut ilize 3930, 2000). Background in mo lecular biology is the use of Fo urier transform infrared cDNA microarray technology to identify essential; prior experienc e in microscop y is not rnicrospectroscopy to identify mutants of drought-responsive genes from alfalfa . Arr ay required. This is an opportunity to receive arabido psis and maize with altered cell wall ana lysis, data mining, and integrat ion will be training in cell biology and co nfocal and

ASPB News, Vol. 28, No. 4· 43 mul tiphoron microscopy. Send cover lett er, an NIH funded project we pla n to bioengineer develo pmen t and physiology, molecul ar bio logy, resume, and con tact informati on for th ree selenium biotransfor ma tion in vegetab les with elect rophysiology, and plant biochemistry. referees bye-mail o r fax to M au reen Hanson , the aim of producing seleni um enric hed, plant Require d qua lifications incl ude a Ph.D. in a Professor, Department of Molecular Biology & based, nu tritional suppleme nts as cherno­ plant ph ysiology-relat ed field, as well as wet lab, Genetics, Cornell University, Ith aca, NY 14 853; pr even tat ive prod ucts for human cons umption. computer, and interpersonal skills. Experience/ fax 607-255-62 49 , e-mail m rh 5@co rnell. edu . To ach ieve this we will clone gen es from the training in computer programming, electronics, selenium hy peraccumulating plant Astragalus or microelectrodes is a plus. Salary is commensu­ bisulcatus that are involved in selenium rate with experience and includes benefits. Please Postd octoral Position biotransfo rmati on an d over exp ress these genes send a letter describing you r interests, complete Co rne ll Univ ersit y, Ithaca, N ew York in vegetab les such as Indian musta rd. As pa rt of curr iculum vitae, and three profession al (Receive d 06/12) this project there is a two-year postd octo ral reference lett ers to Dr. D. Mar shall Porterfield , A postd octo ral position is ava ilab le in summer fello wshi p ope n imme dia tely to perform clo ning, Department of Biological Sciences, 105 Schrenk or fall, 2001, to study the mec ha nism of RN A biochemical character ization and over expres­ Hall, Un iversity of M issouri- Rolla, Ro lla, MO editing in chloroplasts of vascul ar plants. Abo ut sion st udies of genes invo lved in selenium 65409; e-mail mporterf@um r.edu. UMR is an 30 C nucleotides in chlorop last-encoded mRNAs bio tra nsformation. If yo u are int erested and equal opp ortun ity employer. are mod ified to U by RNA editing, but little is qualified to work on this project, please send a known of the ma cro molecules involved in full curriculu m vitae with contact information recognition and alteration of the RNA (see Nuc. for th ree referees to Dr Da vid Salt at the Postdoctor al Positions Acids Res., 29 , 150 7-1513,200 1, or Trends in Depart ment of Horticulture and Landscap e University o f New Hampshi re, D urh am Plant Science, 1996, 1, 57-64). Background in Arc hitecture, 1165 Horticulture Building, Purdue (Received 06 /18) mo lecu lar bio logy is essential; prior experience University, West Lafaye tte, IN 47907-1165; Two NSF-funded postd octoral position s are with plants is no t required. T his is an opportu­ e-ma il sa lt@ho rLp urd ue.edu. ava ilable Novem ber 1, 20 01, to pu rsue nity to recei ve trai ning in chloroplast biology functional ana lysis of two-component signaling and transformatio n methods. Send cover letter, elem ents fro m Arabidopsis, Two-compo nent resume, and con tac t informa tion for three Postdoctor al Researcher signaling eleme nts, such as histidine kin ases, referees bye-ma il or fax to M aureen Hanson, Loui siana State University, Baton Rouge response regul ato rs, a nd histidine-containing Pro fessor, Department of Molecular Biology & (Receiv ed 06/15) phosphorransfer pro teins, participate in Genetics, Cornell University, Ith aca, N Y 14853; A po std octo ral resear ch position is available for phosphorelays that can tr ansduce a signal fro m fax 607-255-6249, e-mail [email protected] ). the study of protein-cofactor and protein-protein mem brane to nucleus. In Arabido psis, two­ inter actions in Pho tosys tem II in both co mpo nent signa ling eleme nts have been cya nobacteria and higher plants (see ht tp:// implicat ed in signaling by cytok inins an d Postd octoral Positi on Available www.bio logy.lsu.edu/we bfadtbr icker/ ethylene. Research will employ current mo lecu­ Purdue Un iversity, West Lafayett e, Ind ian a index .ht ml). App lica nts mu st possess a Ph.D . in lar, gene tic, and protcomic techniques to ident ify (Recei ved 06/13 ) biochemistry, plant biology, microbiology, the signa ling pa thways in which each gene is To understand the molecula r basis behind the mole cular bio logy, or. related ar ea. Ant icipa ted involved, to del inea te exp ression at th e subcellu­ enh anced vacuolar Ni accumulat ion in the Ni hire da te is September 1, 2001, pending fina l lar and tissue levels, and to determine ho w th ese hyp eraccum ulati ng plant Thla spi goesingense, approval. Application deadline is Jul y 31 or until elements int eract to ach ieve specificity in we have cloned several members of the CDF candidat es are selected. Submit lett ers of signaling. Candidates should have a Ph.D. and metal-ion tranport family fro m this plant . These appl icati on, cu rricu lum vitae, and at least two exp ertise in molecu lar techniques. Salary is genes are mo re highly expressed in the letters of reference to Dr. Terry M. Bricker, co mpetitive and includes benefits. To apply, send hyperaccurnulator co mpa red to non-accu mulato r Departm ent of Biological Sciences, Louisiana a curriculum vitae, a brief sta teme nt of resea rch species, and exp ress ion of these genes comple­ Sta te University, Baton Rou ge, LA 70803. T his ex per ience, and contact informa tion for three ments the N ilZn/Co/Cd sensitive phenotype of ad vertise ment is directed pr ima rily at U.S. refere nces to G. Eric Scha ller, Dep artment of yeas t mu tan ts lackin g the vacuolar me tal citizens and permanent residents. LSU is an Biochemistr y and Molecular Biology, University transporters COT1 and ZRC1. As part of an equal opportunity/access institution with a of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824; NSF-funded pro ject to further characterize the commitment to diversity. telephone 603-862-0565, e-mail egs@hopper. rol e of these proteins in Ni hyp eraccumulat ion, unh.edu; Web site htt p://www.unh.edu/schaller­ there is a th ree-year postdoctoral fellows hip lab/, Thi s is a collabora tive grant with th e op en immediately to perform mem brane Postdoctoral Resear ch Associate la bor at ory of Joe Kieber (University of Nort h localization, ion tra nsport ,and over-expression Universit y of Missouri, Rolla Carolina), a nd ap plicants for posi tio ns in the stu dies . If you are interested an d q ua lified to (Received 06 / 15 ) Scha ller lab will also be co nsidered for posi tio ns work on this project, please send a full curricu­ A full-tim e two-year posi tion is avai lab le in the Kieber la b if desired. lum vitae with contact inform ation for th ree September 15, 2001. T his is a uniqu e opportu­ referees to Dr. Davi d Salt at the Departmen t of nity to utilize ad vance d micro sensor techn ologies Horticultu re an d Land scap e Architecture, 1165 to understand the relationship between basic Postdoctor al Resear cher Horticultu re Building, Purdue University,West met ab olism and ion transport activity in the University of Ca liforn ia, Riverside Lafayett e, IN 47 907-1165; e-m ail sa lt@hort. roots of Zea mays. The project seeks to (Received 06/18) purdue.edu, understand how ion transport activities of roo ts A two-year pos tdoctoral resea rch pos ition is cha nge during hypoxia and how ex pression of available for the study of gene and aux in Postd octo ral Position Available alcohol deh yd rogenase co ntr ibutes to mainte­ regulation of leaf developme nt in pea iPisum Purdu e University, West Lafa yett e, India na nance of these activi ties . Ca nd ida tes with sativum). T he start date is September 15, 200 1 (Received 06 /13 ) ex perience in the follo wing areas will be or thereafter. Auxin tran sport inh ibitor exp eri ­ Vario us chemical forms of selenium are known co nsidered: plant stress physiology, root ments , hormon e rescue of muta nts, IAA to be effective anticarcinoge nic age nts . As pa rt of

LlLl • ASPS News. Vol. 28. No, Ll transport assays, cloning of the IAA efflux genes Postdoctoral Position Postdoctoral Fellow and gene expression studies in various mutants University of Missouri, Columbia Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada will be conducted to address the objectives. The (Received 06/21) (Received 06/21) successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in a A postdoctoral position is currently available to The candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary biological science and a strong background in study the NPH3 protein of Arabidopsis. NPH3 is team to express recombinant human proteins of plant molecular biology. To apply, please submit a novel protein essential for phototropism in low therapeutic value in plant vegetative and seed a cover letter, full curriculum vitae, copies of light conditions that has been found to interact tissues. Target plant species will include maize, relevant publications, and names and contact with the phototropin 1 (phot1) photoreceptor in sunflower, soybean and Arabidopsis. The information (including e-mail addresses) for vitro and in yeast (Motchoulski and Liscurn, candidate should have experience in molecular three referees to Dr. DarIeen A. DeMason, Science 286, 961-964, 1999; also see http:// and cell biological techniques and preferably Botany and Plant Sciences, University of www.biosci.missouri.edu/liscum/ have experience in the area of protein targeting California, Riverside, CA 92521; telephone 909­ Liscuml.abl'age.html for more information and/or protein glycosylation. Salary will start at 787-3580, e-mail [email protected]. about the lab). Current research includes 30,000 p.a. plus 8% benefits. The position is structure-function studies of the NPH3 protein. available now and will initially be offerred for Large numbers of nph3 mutants are being, and one year, but based on satisfactory progress and Postdoctoral Position will be, generated by directed and random continued funding, it has a potential duration of University of Missouri, Columbia mutagenesis and then assayed via transgenic four years. Please send curriculum vitae plus (Received 06/19) complementation (or partial/non-complementa­ three letters of reference to Dr. Allison Kermode, A postdoctoral position in functional genomics is tion) of known nph.I-null mutants. In addition Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser currently available to study the expression and we will use BRET (Bioluminescence Resonance University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 156; fax function of all members of the NPH3/RPT2 Energy Transfer) technology being developed by 604-291-3496, e-mail [email protected]). family of Arabidopsis. NPH3 is a novel protein Albrecht von Arnim (U Tenn) and Carl Johnson essential for phototropism in low light condi­ (Vaderbuilt U) to examine phot1-NPH3 tions that has been found to interact with the interaction in planta. These studies together with Postdoctoral Position phototropin 1 (phot1) photoreceptor in vitro and other traditional biochemical and genetic Ohio University, Athens in yeast (Motchoulski and Liscurn, 1999, Science approaches are being used to elucidate the (Received 06/27) 286,961-964), while RPT2 has been found to biochemical function(s) of the NPH3 protein. A postdoctoral position is available September 1, function in phototropic signaling under high Applicants for this position should have a Ph.D. 2001, to study the molecular interactions and light conditions (Sakai et al., Plant Cell 12, 225­ in biology/biochemistry with experience in plant functions of LeAGP-1, a modular plasma 236; 2000) and presumably interacts with the molecular biology. Experience with protein membrane arabinogalactan-protein, as part of a high light-responsive phot2 receptor. The current chemistry is certainly a bonus. Interested four-year NSF-funded project (see Plant J. 18, working hypothesis for NPH3 and RPT2 candidates should send a cover letter, curriculum 43-55, 1999; Plant J. 19,321-331, 1999; Planta function in early phototropic signaling is that vitae, and names/addresses of three references to 210, 865-874, 2000). Candidates should have a these proteins act as modular scaffold proteins to Mannie Liscurn, preferably bye-mail Ph.D. in biology or chemistry and research recruit or activate enzymatic components of the ([email protected]). experience with one or more of the following: transduction chains mediating low and high glycoprotein purification and characterization, f1uence rate phototropic responses, respectively production and characterization of transgenic (Liscurn E and Stowe-Evans EL Photochem Postdoctoral Position plants, electron microscopy, ligand binding Photobiol 72, 273-282; 2000.). By extension we University of New Hampshire, Durham assays. A salary of $28,000 plus benefits is hypothesize that additional members of the (Received 06/19) available for this position, which is renewable. NPH3IRPT2 family also act as molecular A postdoctoral position is available to study the Applicants should send (preferably via e-mail) a scaffolds but in a (potentially) wide variety of functional genomics of Arabidopsis protein cover letter detailing experience, curriculum biotic and abiotic responses. Three major areas kinases. Research will focus on members of the vitae, reprints, and three letters of reference to of research are underway: 1) To determine the CDPK/SnRK superfamily (CDPK = calcium­ Dr. Allan Showalter, Ohio University, Depart­ pattern(s) of expression (both mRNA and dependent protein kinase; SnRK = SNF1-related ment of Environmental and Plant Biology, protein) for each member of the NPH3/RPT2 kinase). The goals of the project are (1) to Athens, OH 45701; fax 740-593-1130, e-mail family, 2) to isolate both loss- and gain-of­ identify substrates for members of this superfam­ [email protected]. Ohio University is an equal function alleles for each member of the NPH3/ ily using substrate traps and (2) to determine the opportunity/affirmative action employer and RPT2 family, and 3) to use these mutants along subcellular location of membrane-associated encourages applications from underrepresented with expression data to determine biological proteins in this family using GFP tags. Position groups, including minorities, women, and people functions for each member of the family. For will start in fall 2001 and is for one-year with disabilities. more information see our preliminary project minimum with the possibility of renewal. Salary Web page at http://www.biosci.missouri.edu/ is competitive and includes benefits. Candidates Iiscum/NPH3-RPT2family.html. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and expertise in molecular Postdoctoral Positions should have a Ph.D. in biology/biochemistry biology techniques. Experience with yeast two­ Virginia Tech, Blacksburg/University of Iowa with experience in plant molecular biology. hybrid analysis and confocal microscopy are Iowa City Experience with protein chemistry is certainly a desirable. Please send a curriculum vitae, a cover (Received 06/29) bonus. Interested candidates should send a cover letter detailing research experience, and contact Applications are invited for four postdoctoral letter, curriculum vitae, and names/addresses of information for three references to Estelle positions to join a collaborative research three references to Mannie Liscurn, preferably by Hrabak, Department of Plant Biology, 46 program in functional genomics funded by the e-mail ([email protected]). College Rd., University of New Hampshire, NSF 2010 Project. This three-year study will Durham, NH 03824; telephone 603-862-0716, determine the biological function of the e-mail [email protected]. Arabidopsis thaliana beta-glucosidases and beta-

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galactosidases. Beginnin g September 1, 200 1, that control cell division and cell expansion. The contact M annie Liscum via e-mail two positi on s are ava ilab le at each institution. initial work will involve confirming the identity ([email protected] ) for informat ion on One position requires a Ph.D. in molecular and characterizing the functi on of genes isolated where to send their application. biolog y and expertise in protein overex press ion by transposon-tagging meth ods. Exp erience with in suit abl e hosts. The seco nd position requ ires a molecular techniques required. Cell biology Ph.D. with extensive expe rience in enzyme and/ experience (immunolocalization, in situ ASSISTANTSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, or substrate (glycosides or other secon dary hybridization erc.) preferred but not required . INTERNSHIPS metabolites) purification and characterizati on. Background in maize genetics preferred but not To apply, please send a brief desc ript ion of requ ired. Send a cover letter, curr iculum vitae, Gr adu ate Research Assistantship research experience and interests, curriculum and contact information for three references to West Virginia Un iversity, Morgantown vitae with list of publications, and three Dr. Anne Sylvester, Department of Botany, PO (Received 05/16) reference letters to Dr. Asim Esen (those Box 3165, University of Wyoming, Laramie,WY The Division of Plant and Soil Sciences at West interested in Virginia positions), Dep artment of 8207 1-3 165 or send the reque sted inform ati on Virginia Univer sity is seeking qu alified individu­ Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,VA 24061­ as an e-mail attachment to annesyl@uwyo .edu . als interested in obta ining an M. S. or a Ph.D. 040 6; e-mail [email protected], or Dr. Jon athan Persons seeking em ployment at the University of degree. The positi on is available September 2001 Poulton (those interested in Iowa positions), Wyoming shall be considered without regard to or anytime thereafter until a suitable candidate is Department of Biological Sciences, University of race, national origin, sex, age, religion, politi cal found . The assist antship provides a monthly Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242; e-mail jonatha n­ belief, disability, or sexual orient ation. stip end and tuiti on wa iver. Th e successful po ulton@uiowa. edu. Equ al opportunity/ candidate will conduct research on the affirmative action em ployers. po sth arvest physio logy of crops with an Technician Position emphasis on ethylene action and its role in University of Mi ssouri, Columbia senescence. The research involves the use of Postdoctoral Positions (Received 06/19) recom binant DNA techniques and plant Wake For est University, A research specia list (techni cian ) positi on in transformation, as well as physiological/ Win ston- Salem, North Carolina func tional genom ics is curre ntly availab le to biochemical mea surements to study senescence. (Received 06/29) study the expression and func tion of all members The specific focus of our research is the Two postd octoral positions are currently of the NPH3/RPT2 family of Arabidopsis. NPH3 regulation of ethylene perception and signal available to study the regulation of au xin is a novel protein essential for phototro pism in transdu ction before and during senescence . transport during gravitropism in Arab idopsis low light cond itions that has been found to Students with back grounds in horticulture, and will be funded for one to three years. Recent interact with the phototropin 1 (phot1) botany, or biolog y are encouraged to apply. eviden ce has implic ated endogenous flavonoids photor eceptor in vitro and in yeast (Motchoulski App licants with som e experience in molecular and reversible protein phosphorylation act as and Liscum, Science 286, 961-964; 1999), biology and/or tissu e culture may be given regulatory signals controlling auxin transport whereas RPT2 has been fou nd to function in preference. Please submit a letter of ap plication, (Brow n et al Plant Phys, 126, 524-535; 2001 , phototropic signa ling under high light cond ition s a resum e, co llege transcripts , GR E scores, and Rashotte er al. (2001 ) Plant Cell 13: In (Sakai et al., Plan t Cell 12, 225-236; 2000) and TOEFL scores (foreign students), and three press; 2001). Current research in the lab oratory presumably interacts with the high light­ letters of reference to Sven Verlind en, Division of is summarized at http://www.wfu.edu/Academic­ responsive ph ot2 receptor. Th e current work ing Plant and Soil Sciences, PO Box 6108 , depa rtrnen ts/Biology/faculty/m uda y/. Ex per i­ hypothesis for NPH3 and RPT2 function in earl y Morgantown, WV 26 506 ; teleph one 304-29 3­ ments will focus on Arabid opsis mutants altered phototropic signa ling is that these proteins act as 6023, e-mail sverl [email protected] ; division office in auxin tran sport o r signal transduction or modular scaffold proteins to recruit or activate teleph one 304-293 -48 17 . transgen ic plants designed to have altered enzymatic components of the transduction calcium hom eostasis and will involve both chains mediating low and high fluence rate physiological analysis and genetic analyses. The phototropic responses, respectively (Liscum E Postdoctoral Fello w, Graduate Assistant ship and research pursued will depend on the experience and Stowe-Evans EL Photochem Photobioi 72 , Techni cian Positi on s and interests of the successful applicant. 273- 282; 2000.) By exten sion we hypothesize Rutgers University Applicants sho uld send a cover letter, cur riculum that additiona l members of the NP H3 /RPT2 New Brun swick, New Jersey vitae, a summary of research interests, and have family also act as molecular scaffolds but in a (Repeat) three lette rs of reference send to 0 r. Gloria (potentially) wide variety of biotic and abiotic Contact Dr. Eric Lam, Biotech Center, Rutgers Muday, Wake Forest University; Department of responses. Three major areas of research are Univer sity, New Brun swick, NJ 08903; e-ma il Biology; Box 73 25; Winston-Salem, NC 27109­ und er way: (1) To determine the pattern(s) of Lam@aesop .rutgers.edu . (Details M ay/June 2001 7325; teleph one 336-758-5316, fax 336-75 8­ expression (both mRNA and protein) for each ASPB News) 6008, e-mail [email protected]. member of the NPH3/RPT2 famil y, (2) to isolate both loss- and gain-of-function alleles for each membe r of the NPH3/RPT2 famil y, and (3) to RESEAR CH/TECHNICAL use these mut ants along with expression data to POSITIONS determine biologi cal functions for each member (Non-Ph.D.) of the family. For more inform at ion see our preliminary project Web page http:// Postdoctoral Research Position www.biosci.missou ri.edu/liscumINPH3­ Uni versit y of Wyomi ng, Laramie RPT2family.html. Applicants sho uld have a BS (Received 05/02) or an MS in biolog y/plant biology with A po std octora l position is available immediately exp erience in plant mo lecular biology and to study the cell biology and genetics of maize preferably experience with database curation/ leaf development, focusin g on a class of genes man agement. 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