BSA Announcement Board

• La Selva Biological Station "Earthquake Relief" Call for Support

• Molecular Mapping & Marker Assisted Selection in Plants - February 3-6, 2009, Vienna - Austria
  The Scientific Program offers a wide range of interesting topics. Top quality presentations will cover the entire range of disciplines, including basic and applied subject matters. The program is designed to offer professional state-of-the-art information for basic and applied scientists and plant breeders, and intends to bring together young and more experienced specialists, researchers and practitioners. The Scientific Program is organized in Plenary Lectures, Five Sessions, and Poster Communications. For more information please go to: http://www.univie.ac.at/molmapping/
  

• International Conference on Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance - February 8-11, 2009, Vienna, Austria
  The International Conference “Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance” will provide insights into Stress Tolerance and cover the following areas:
  Plant Response to Cold and Heat Stresses, Plant Response to Drought, Salt, and Osmotic Stresses, Plant Response to Heavy Metal and Oxidative Stresses, Plant Response to Nutrient Stresses, Signal Transduction of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, Functional Genomics of Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Breeding and Biotechnology of Abiotic Stress Tolerance. The Conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, one of the most well-preserved traditional European capitals, always offering new, undiscovered sights and features to be explored. Amongst the invited speakers are internationally known names such as K. Shinozaki, W.-R. Scheible, J. Sheen, R.A. Bressan, J. Kangasjärvi, J.-K. Zhu, A.D. Amtmann, K.-J. Dietz, M.W. Humphreys, W. Weckwerth, H. Hirt  and others. The program combines plenary lectures, poster sessions, and sightseeing tours. Approximately 300 participants are expected including almost 40 speakers and many presentations selected from abstracts, which can be submitted to the organisers until November 10th, 2008. Contact: Prof. Alisher Touraev Email: stressplants.pflanzenmolbio@univie.ac.at
  Webpage of the conference: http://www.univie.ac.at/stressplants/
  
  
• 9th North American Paleontological Convention - June 21-26, 2009, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  Proposals for Symposia are due 15 September 2008. The webpage can be found at http://www.uc.edu/geology/faculty/miller.html

• Celebrating the Global Garden - June 23-27, 2009, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
  Annual conference of the American Public Garden Association. Presentation submissions are being accepted until October 6, 2008. Please visit the conference flyer for more information. https://www.publicgardens.org/Core/ContentManager/uploads/PDFs/Annual%20Conference/2009%20Conference/2009%20final%20call.pdf

• National Science Foundation-IGERT funding available for graduate studies in Tibetan Ethnobotany at the Missouri Botanical Garden -Fall 2009
  Enrolling autumn 2009 in associated doctoral programs at Washington University or University of Missouri, St Louis (NSF funds US citizens only)
  For further information contact: Dr. Jan Salick, Senior Curator of Ethnobotany, Missouri Botanical Garden, jan.salick@mobot.org