2005 Maize Meeting

47th Maize Genetics Conference
March 10-13, 2005

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Speakers

Dorothy Shippen, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A & M
Unraveling the ends: telomere function and dysfunction in Arabidopsis

David Jackson, Associate Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Genetic and cellular analysis of signaling, branching and phyllotaxy in the maize shoot meristem

W. Zacheus Cande, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Unraveling the meiotic chromosome condensation network using maize meiotic mutants

Detlef Weigel, Director - Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology
Function and specificity of plant microRNAs: insights from whole-genome studies

Workshops

Transformation systems for site-specific DNA integration
Organizer: Martha James, Iowa State University

Strategies for cloning maize genes
Organizer: Jay Hollick, University of California, Berkeley

2005 Steering Committee

The steering committee for the 2005 meeting is as follows:
Chair: Martha James, Iowa State University
Co-Chair: Jay Hollick, University of California - Berkeley
Local Host: Marty Sachs, USDA / ARS
Richard Schneeberger, CERES, Inc.
Ed Buckler, Cornell University
Anne Sylvester, University of Wyoming
Wes Bruce, Pioneer Hi-Bred
Marja Timmermans, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Monika Frey, Tech Univ. Munchen
Mike Scanlon, Univ. of Georgia
Daniel Grimanelli, IRD
Karen Cone, ex officio, Permanent Treasurer, University of Missouri
Mary Polacco, ex officio, Abstract Coordinator, USDA-ARS, University of Missouri

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