2009 PMBB Research Symposium
Function of Protein and DNA Modifications in Plants
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Steven Henikoff
Friday, April 24 through Saturday April 25, 2009
OSU - Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive [OSU Campus Map]
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Organizing committee:
Guo-Liang Wang (wang.620@osu.edu), Tom Mitchell, Tea Meulia, Eric Stockinger and Robert Tabita.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
The PMBB program would like to invite you to the 2009 Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology (PMBB) Symposium, to be held at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on the evening of Friday, April 24 and during the day Saturday, April 25. As in the past, there will be no registration charge and we will provide meals and refreshments until the conference ends at about 5 PM on Saturday.
This year we have Dr. Steven Henikoff, HHMI Investigator and Member of US National Academy of Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to be our Keynote Speaker on Friday evening at 6 PM, with a seminar entitled “Histone Variants and Chromatin Dynamics”.
This will be followed by a reception at 7 PM. On Saturday, we will have a morning session of 30 minute presentations in the general area of protein and DNA modifications in plants. This will be followed by student/postdoc short talks and poster presentations on any topic relative to plant molecular biology and biotechnology. We’d like to invite students and postdocs to participate in the program by submitting abstracts for short talks and/or posters. There will be prizes for the best short talks and posters.
We hope that you all are able to attend as we feel that this Symposium will provide an excellent mechanism to interact with colleagues throughout the state and region.
Please note the deadline for registering is March 19, 2009 and the deadline for abstract submittal is March 25, 2009.
OSU AREA ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
A number of rooms are being held at the University Plaza at the OSU rate for those out of towners interested in staying over to attend Saturday's Symposium Session. RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CUT OFF DATE: 04/01/2009. Please use group code PMBB. The rate includes a room with a King size bed (w/rollaway) for $99.00.
3110 Olentangy River Road,
Columbus, OH 43202
Phone614-267-7461 Fax 614-456-1157
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Schedule of Events
Friday, 24 April 2009
1:00pm - 5:00pm |
MPMI@OSU Mini-Symposium |
5:00pm |
PMBB Symposium poster set up |
6:00pm |
Keynote Speaker, Steven Henikoff, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: |
7:00pm |
Reception and buffet dinner |
Saturday, 25 April 2009
7:30am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30am |
Welcome and announcements; Bob Tabita and Guo-Liang Wang |
8:40am - 11:55am |
Morning Symposium (25 min talks plus 10 min discussion) |
10:25am |
Coffee Break |
11:55am |
Posters, discussions, and boxed lunch at the Museum |
2:00pm |
Short talks selected from submitted abstracts (postdocs and students) |
3:00pm |
Coffee Break |
4:00pm |
3 more short talks |
4:45pm |
Break; judging of talks and posters |
5:00pm |
Awards for best poster and poster talk Bob Tabita and Guo-Liang Wang |