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I. Molecular Plant Sciences Mini-Symposium

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When: January 29, 2010

Where: VBI Conference Center, Washington Street, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Program:

8:45 AMWelcome Address
9:00 AMOpening Lecture by Richard Sayre, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
10:00 AMPoster Session for graduate and undergraduate students
12:20 PMMCBB lecture by Jean Greenberg, The University of Chicago
1:30 PMLunch buffet
2:30 PMGraduate Student Oral Presentation Competition
4:00 PMClosing lecture by Luca Comai, University of California, Davis
5:00 PMAnnouncement of winners of graduate student competition and best graduate and undergraduate poster.

Costs:

Symposium attendance including lunch and coffee is free. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Main Street Inn for the special price of $98/night for the night from January 28 to January 30. If you want to book one of the rooms for yourself, you need to contact the Main Street Inn (Phone: 540 552 6246) before January 15, 2009, and mention that you will be attending the Molecular Plant Sciences Symposium. If you want to share a room, please, e-mail vinatzer at vt.edu before you book your room with Main Street Inn so that we can tell you with who you may share a room.

Registration:

Register online and submit an abstract by December 15, 2009, to apply for a travel award and/or if you want to participate in the graduate oral presentation competition. We will contact you shortly after the deadline to let you know if you qualified for an award.

Register online by January 15, 2010, if you are an undergraduate or graduate student and you want to present a poster but you are not interested in a travel award.