Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists

and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists

Société Canadienne de Physiologie Végétale

Hynes Convention Center

Boston, MassachusettsAugust 5-9, 2006

For more information: American Society of Plant BiologistsTelephone: 301-251-0560 • Fax: 301-279-2996 • E-Mail: info@aspb.org • Web Site: http://www.aspb.org/meetings/pb-2006

Photo Credit: Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau

SYMPOSIAPlants Mitigating Global Change—Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois

Legumes: Genomes to Biology—Douglas R. Cook, University of California-Davis

Ion Channels and Cellular Signaling—Julian I. Schroeder, University of California-San Diego

Gibbs Medal Symposium: Genome Scale Biology—Joseph R. Ecker, The Salk Institute

President's Symposium: Plant Responses to the Environment—Michael F. Thomashow, Michigan State University

CSPP President's Symposium:Tree Physiology and Genomics—Dr. Robert D. Guy, University of British Columbia

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What does our author community think about Open Access? To gauge the plant sciencecommunity’s interest in this new approach to publishing and to help ASPB determine theviability of “author-pays” publishing models, the Society is conducting an 18-month OpenAccess “experiment.” Beginning with the December 2005 issues of The Plant Cell and PlantPhysiology, authors of articles accepted by the journals will be given the option to pay a sur-charge to make their online article free from the moment of publication to anyone withInternet access. The surcharge, which is in addition to the usual author charges, will be$1,000 (discounted to $500 if the author’s institution subscribes to the journal).

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Department of Molecular, Cellularand Developmental Biology

The Molecular, Cellular and Developmental BiologyDepartment of Yale University invites applicants for atenured Associate or Full Professor in the area of PlantMolecular Pathology and Genomics. We seek scholarswith a record of outstanding achievement in researchwho are accomplished and creative teachers at both theundergraduate and graduate level. We are interested inboth external and internal candidates with breadth ofexpertise pursuing molecular, genetics, and genomicapproaches to problems in plant pathology.

Please send curriculum vitae, description of researchinterests along with the names, postal and emailaddresses, and phone numbers of at least three refereesby August 15, 2006, to: Plant Pathology andGenomics Search, c/o Chair, Department of Molecular,Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University,P.O. Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103.Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal OpportunityEmployer. Women and members of minority groups areespecially encouraged to apply.

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There have been a number of successfulmeetings on stomata in past years, start-ing with a SEB symposium in Lancaster

in 1979, followed by meetings in Hawaii (1983), aFESPP workshop in East Berlin (1989), a SEBsponsored symposium in Canterbury in 1997, anda meeting sponsored by New Phytologist inBirmingham in 2001. This meeting will continueand expand that tradition, using the topic of tran-spiration as a focal point. In the past five years,there have been rapid advances at several organi-zational levels in the understanding and measure-ment of the biology of transpiration. These areashave developed separately, yet each has majorimplications for the others. To catalyze neededinteractions among scientists working in diverseareas, all aspects of water transport will be cov-ered at levels spanning from gene expression toglobal modeling, including:

• root water uptake• regulation of water flow by aquaporins• long distance transport and xylem hydraulics• guard cell physiology and development• mechanisms controlling transpiration from the

leaf to the globe.

A goal of this meeting is to bring togetheroutstanding scientists from around the globe whomight not otherwise meet. To provide the partic-ipants with an intimate retreat-like atmospherefor debate and interaction, the meeting will belimited to approximately 200 participants. Themeeting will include invited talks, talks chosenfrom abstracts, and poster discussions; each day’sprogram will cover topics at several organization-al levels.

Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University,USA) A genomics approach to understand-ing guard cell development Joseph Berry (Carnegie Institution, USA)The stable isotopic signature of stomata inthe atmosphereMichael Blatt (University of Glasgow, UK)Vesicle trafficking and ion-channel regula-tion in guard cellsSusanne von Caemmerer (ANU, Australia)Stomatal behavior in photosynthetic mutants William Davies (Lancaster University, UK)Root signaling of water statusGraham Farquhar (ANU, Australia)Revisiting optimization theory and transpi-ration efficiencyCarl Bernacchi (ISWS/University of Illinois,USA) Stomata, evapotranspiration andatmospheric changeDavid Fowler (Centre for Ecology andHydrology, UK) Rising tropospheric ozone:the role of stomata in mediating damage Alistair Hetherington (Lancaster University,UK) Signaling networks in guard cellresponses to ABA and CO2 Rainer Hedrich (University of WürzburgGermany) Guard-cell electrophysiology inthe intact leafN. Michele Holbrook (Harvard University,USA) The interplay between the xylem andtranspiration Hamlynn Jones (University of Dundee, UK)Remote sensing of stomatal behavior fromleaf to landscape

Christophe Maurel (INRA/CNRS, France)Aquaporins and water transport through rootsJennifer McElwain (The Field Museum,USA) Functional adaptation of transpira-tion to past climates and atmospheresRussell Monson (University of Colorado,USA) Landscape-atmosphere exchanges:the role of stomataFred Sack (Ohio State University, USA)Division regulation in Arabidopsis stomataldevelopmentJulian Schroeder (UCSD, USA) Thegenomics and cell biology of guard cells Ken-ichiro Shimazaki (Kyushu University,Japan) Blue light regulation of stomatalfunction John Sperry (University of Utah, USA)Coordination of stomatal and xylem functionF. Ian Woodward (Sheffield University, UK)Vegetation dynamics and the role of stomata

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The Biology of Transpiration: From Guard Cells to Globe

Snowbird Mountain Resort, UTOctober 10-14, 2006

Organizers: Sally Assmann, Steve Long, and Keith Motthttp://www.aspb.org/meetings/transpiration06

Confirmed Speakers and Tentative Titles

Plant Physiology Special IssueBiology of TranspirationJanuary 2007http://www.aspb.org/BiologyofTranspiration