Plant Biology 2009

July 18-22, 2009 Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Joint Annual Meetings of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Phycological Society of America
Housing: (Now Open!) Discounted rate deadline June 1, 2009 Exhibits/Sponsorship Registration (Now Open!) Early bird deadline April 24, 2009 Pre-registration deadline June 5, 2009 SURF 2008 Awardee Information Abstracts:(Now Open!) Minisymposium deadline February 13, 2009 Program book deadline April 24, 2009 Travel Grants: Application process is closed. Applicants will be notified by February 2, 2009 Post-Meeting Workshop: "C3 to C4: A Workshop to Evaluate Strategies for Engineering C4 Photosynthesis into C3 Plants.". This limited post-meeting workshop is listed at an additional fee on the registration form. Education Booth Competition: ASPB's Education Committee seeks new and creative techniques, technologies, or strategies to teach plant science in the laboratory, classroom, or during outreach events. For Attendees: Carbon Offset Program Airline Discounts Job Board Preliminary Schedule Child Care Funds Available Hawaii Tours & Activities Connect Online Before The Meeting List of Attendees Alpha List of Attendees by Country Request Letter of Invitation U.S. Meeting VISA Information	Highlights Six Major Symposia in 2009 ASPB-CSPP Joint Symposium Crop Functional Genomics Jeffrey Bennetzen, University of Georgia and Xioaya Chen, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology ASPB-PSA Joint Symposium: Genomics Approaches for Systematics, Energy Metabolism and Acclimation in Algae Sabeeha Merchant, UCLA, and Alison Sherwood, University of Hawaii President’s Symposium Sarah M. Assmann, Pennsylvania State University Darwin’s Legacy: Evolution and Plant Biology Barbara Schaal, Washington University Illuminating Plant Photomorphogenesis Richard Vierstra, University of Wisconsin Plant Natural Products - Chemical Evolution in Time and Space Robert Last, Michigan State University DOWNLOAD FLYER Early Bird Registration (until April 24, 2009) Member $325 Nonmember $495 Post-Doc $245 Nonmember Post-Doc $365 Graduate Student $150 Nonmember Graduate Student $245 Undergraduate Student $ 50

Partnering Societies The American Society of Plant Biologists is delighted to partner with the listed organizations, whose members are invited to register at ASPB member rates. Australian Society of Plant Scientists Botanical Society of Korea Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists Chinese Society of Plant Physiologists Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists New Zealand Society of Plant Biology Phycological Society of America