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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
June 30 - July 20, 2006
This course provides an intensive overview of topics in plant physiology and development, focusing on molecular genetic approaches to understanding plant biology. It emphasizes recent results from Arabidopsis thaliana and other plants and provides an introduction to current methods used in plant molecular biology. It is designed for scientists with some experience in molecular techniques or in plant biology who wish to work with Arabidopsis and other plants using the latest technologies in genetics and molecular biology. The course consists of a vigorous lecture series, a hands-on laboratory, and informal discussions. Discussions of important topics in plant research will be presented by the instructors and by invited speakers. These seminars will include plant morphology and anatomy; plant development (such as development of flowers, leaves, male and female gametophytes, and embryos); perception of light and photomorphogenesis; synthesis, function and perception of hormones. Lectures describing bioinformatics tools available to the plant community, and the resources provided by plant genome projects are also included. Speakers will provide overviews of their fields, followed by in-depth discussions of their own work. The laboratory sessions will provide an introduction to important techniques currently used in plant research. These include studies of plant development, mutant analysis, histochemical staining, transient gene expression, applications of green fluorescent protein fusions, protein interaction and detection, proteomics approaches, transcription profiling, and techniques commonly used in genetic and physical mapping. The course also includes several short workshops on important themes in genetics.
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Organized by:
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Judith Bender, Lawrence Hobbie, Hong Ma, Shelia McCormick |
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Invited Speakers:
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Guest Lecturers to be announced
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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March 15, 2006 for applications
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Registration:
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Apply here
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E-mail:
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meetings@cshl.edu
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