Dear BSA Members:
1. BSA Bylaws Approved
2. Botany & Mycology 2009 & CALL
FOR WORKSHOPS
3. BSA Call for Nominations
4. Call for Proposals - Student Research Awards
5. 2009 Student Travel Awards
6. American Journal of Botany - Darwin Bicentennial:
The Abominable Mystery
7. Plant Science Bulletin - LIVE ONLINE
8. PlantingScience
- UPDATE
9. Chlorofilms - plant videos on YouTube
1. BSA Bylaws Approved
I'm pleased to report that the mail ballot requesting members to approve changes to the BSA Bylaws was resoundingly approved.
2. Botany & Mycology 2009
Plans for Botany & Mycology 2009 are well underway! Abstract
submissions are now being accepted! Conference Registration and
Housing are also open and ready to go! All available at www.2009.botanyconference.org.
Abstract Submissions: www.2009.botanyconference.org/engine/login.php?next=abstract
Registration: https://payments.botany.org/engine/login.php?next=registration
Housing Information: www.2009.botanyconference.org/Lodging/index.php
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS
There is still time to present your favorite Scientific or Educational
workshop at the Botany & Mycology 2009 at Snowbird.
Workshops will be held on Sunday, July 26th. Join us....share
new techniques, strategies, and projects with your colleagues.
Workshops are typically hands-on sessions, they are free to participants
and can be two-hour, half-day or full-day in length. The Workshop
submission form is posted on the conference website at: www.2009.botanyconference.org/2009Calls/2009ls_Workshops.php
The deadline for submission has been extended to February
15th. If you have any questions or
comments - please let me know! Workshops really enhance the quality
of the conference....and you can help!
We look forward to seeing you all in Snowbird!
3. BSA Call for Nominations - your participation is appreciated!
» BSA
Offices 2009 - President Elect & Secretary - Due February 15,
2009
» BSA
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS - Due April 1, 2009
» Starting February 1, BSA Student Representative to the
Board - Due March 1, 2009
» BSA Merit Award
- Due March 1, 2009
» BSA Young
Botanist Awards - Due March 1, 2009
» Charles Edwin
Bessey Teaching Award - Due March 1, 2009
» Darbaker Prize - Due
April 1, 2009
» Grady L. Webster Publication
Award - Due April 1, 2009
4. Call for Proposals - Student Research Awards
» BSA Graduate
Student Research Awards - Due March 1, 2009
» Genetics
Section GSRA - Due April 1, 2009
Please note: In February we will announce an undergraduate
research award program. Submissions will close in early June.
5. 2009 Student Travel Awards
» Vernon I Cheadle STA
- Due April 1, 2009
» Triarch (Conant) "Botanical
Images" STA - Due April 1, 2009
» Developmental & Structural
Section STA - Due April 1, 2009
» Ecological Section STA
- Due April 1, 2009
» Genetics Section STA
- Due April 1, 2009
» Mycological Section
STA - Due April 1, 2009
» Phycological Section
STA - Due April 1, 2009
» Phytochemical Section
STA - Due April 1, 2009
» Pteridological Section
STA - Due April 1, 2009
6. American Journal of Botany
- Darwin Bicentennial: The Abominable Mystery
In 2009, researchers from many fields are celebrating the 200th
anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary
of the publication of On the Origin of Species.
In reflecting on how Darwin influenced the field of botany, and
in honor of his bicentennial, the American Journal
of Botany has published a special issue for January,
2009 that presents a series of articles on Darwin’s “abominable
mystery”: the rapid origin, evolution, and rise to dominance
of flowering plants. Just as Darwin and his contemporaries did
not agree on their scientific theories, our authors provide a
wide range of expertise---and often differences of opinion---on
the topics presented in the issue. The abominable mystery is still
as hot a topic today as it was in 1879, when Darwin first penned
this most frequently quoted phrase, and this issue assembles a
group of papers from such diverse approaches as history of science,
anatomy, morphology, paleobotany, pollination biology, molecular
systematics, genetics, and ecology.
Individual copies of the Darwin issue are available at https://payments.botany.org/bsamisc/specialajb.php.
BSA members receive a discount on their orders.
I'd like to acknowledge and thank Ruth Stockey,
Sean Graham and Peter Crane
as special editors for a tremendous effort in evolving the concept
into a final product. It is also important to acknowledge the
efforts of Judy Jernstedt as Editor–in-Chief;
Amy McPherson and Richard Hund
as AJB staff in employing advanced technologies
to improve the AJB; and Beth
Hazen, Sophia Balcomb and Jan
Niehoff for their support as contract editors. And of
course, a big thanks to all of the authors and
reviewers taking part in the Darwin Bicentennial
Issue: The "Abominable Mystery." Several of you have
already started mentioning the issue on your blogs and communication,
such as Daniel Mosquin’s mention at www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2009/01/darwins_abominable_mystery.php.
I thank you for this publicity, and I encourage all of you to
spread the word!
Great effort team! And happy birthday Charles.
For a successful 2008, the Editor-in-Chief and editorial staff
of AJB extend heartfelt gratitude to
the authors who have contributed their work, and to all of the
Associate Editors and reviewers,
who have given generously of their time, expertise, and constructive
advice.
Remember, in November we moved the journal into a position where
we place articles online, ahead of print - AJB
Advance Access. You may sign up to receive notice
of these articles at www.amjbot.org/subscriptions/etoc.shtml.
The AJB home page will have RSS feeds,
available per section or for entire issues, very soon—stay
tuned.
7. Plant Science Bulletin
- LIVE ONLINE
Plant Science Bulletin needs a new editor
to begin with Volume 56 (March, 2010). Are you looking for a meaningful
way to serve the Botanical Society of America? Are you interested
in desktop publishing? Would you like to correspond with botanical
colleagues in many disciplines about books, articles, and matters
of interest to the BSA? Need more information?
If your answer to ANY of these questions is yes, please communicate
your interest to Dr. Pat Herendeen (Chair, BSA
Publication Committee). PATRICK HERENDEEN, Chicago Botanic Garden,
1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, 60022 Phone: 202/994-5828, 847-835-6956.
E-mail pherendeen@chicagobotanic.org
Applications are welcome any time and no later than July
1, 2009. The BSA Publication Committee will begin
reviewing interested candidates during summer of 2009.
For a description of the Plant Science Bulletin
see: www.botany.org/plantsciencebulletin/.
Remember, the Plant Science Bulletin
is now LIVE ONLINE. As articles, books for review, book reviews
and news come in, they go up on the web. There are also RSS Newsfeeds
available for those wishing to be instonanious about things -
www.botany.org/zrss.php.
8. PlantingScience
- UPDATE
We are pleased to report we have a full contingent of scientist
mentors for the Spring 2009 session! We are also pleased to report
the growing number of Scientific Societies coming on board as
PlantingScience
partners, including the American
Society of Agronomy, the American
Society of Plant Taxonomists, the American
Fern Society, the American
Bryological and Lichenological Society, the Society
for Economic Botany, American
Institute for Biological Sciences, and the
Ecological Society of America.
We extend a special thanks to the following BSA members who have
recently helped us test out some new features for PlantingScience
student registration: Antonio Arroyo, Robyn
Darbyshire, David Giblin, Tony
Haigh and his son Andrew, and Melissa
Islam. Their input has been invaluable in launching updates
and improvements to the registration process.
9. Announcing a video contest!
- Chlorofilms
- plant videos on YouTube
Up to $8,000 in prizes for fresh YouTube videos in plant biology.
BSA members entring - we'd also like to add your clip(s) to the
BSA videos page, Botany without Borders - www.botany.org/botany-without-borders.php.
Thank you for your time!
Sincerely,
Bill Dahl
Executive Director
Botanical Society of America
www.botany.org
www.BotanyConference.org
www.PlantingScience.org
Mission: The
Botanical Society of America exists to promote botany, the field
of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form,
function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and
uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.
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