DOE/NSF/USDA is sponsoring an Advanced Plant Biochemistry Course to be
held at Washington State University, Pullman, WA from July 11-24, 1999.
For more information about registration, see
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~ibc/pbrtc/99biochem.html or contact Karen
Maertens at maertens at mail.wsu.edu
The course is fairly inexpensive and is an excellent review of topics in
plant biochemistry for faculty wishing to update their lectures and for
graduate students, postdocs, industrial scientists wanting an overview of
this field.
The 1997 course included lectures by a number of outstanding plant
scientists (listed below). A list for the 1999 course should be available
early next year.
Mike Kahn
³Plant Biochemistry--Then², Paul Stumpf, Section of Molecular and Cellular
Biology, University of California-Davis
³Plant Biochemistry IS Different: Some Examples², Eric E. Conn, Section of
Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis
³Angiosperm Relationships Inferred from Gene Sequence Data², Doug and Pam
Soltis, Department of Botany, Washington State University
³Membrane Transport (Channels and Translocators)², William J. Lucas, Section
of Plant Biology, University of California-Davis
³Plasmadesmata (Intercellular Transport)², William J. Lucas, Section of Plant
Biology, University of California-Davis
³Mechanisms and Regulation of Membrane Transport², Leon Kochian, Soil and
Nutrition Laboratory, Cornell University
³Photosynthesis Light Reactions², David Kramer, Institute of Biological
Chemistry, Washington State University
³C3 Photosynthesis and Photorespiration², David J. Oliver, Department of
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Iowa State University
³C4 Photosynthesis², Maurice Ku, Department of Botany, Washington State
University
³Starch Structure and Enzymology², Jack Preiss, Biochemistry Department,
Michigan State University
³Metabolic Regulation and Cross-Talk², Bob Buchanan, Department of Plant
Biology, University of California-Berkeley
³Inositol Metabolism², Frank Loewus, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
³Biosynthesis of Lipids², John Ohlrogge, Department of Botany, Michigan
State University
³Structure/Function of Lipids², John Browse, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
³Synthesis of Cutins and Cuticular Waxes², Pappachan Kolattukudy,
Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University
³Overview of the Plant Cell Wall², Paul Bolwell, Department of Biochemistry,
Royal Holloway Bedford New College, University of London, United Kingdom
³Biosynthetic Pathway of Cell Wall Carbohydrates², Malcolm Brown,
Department of Botany, University of Texas
³Nitrate Reductase/Nitrate Assimilation², Robert L. Warner, Department of
Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University
³Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation², Michael L. Kahn, Institute of Biological
Chemistry, Washington State University
³Amino Acid Metabolism in Plants², Robert Last, Boyce Thompson Institute
Cornell University
³Iron, Sulfate, and Phosphate Metabolism², Mary Lou Guerinot, Biological
Sciences Department, Dartmouth College
³Introduction/Phenylpropanoids², Norman G. Lewis, Institute of Biological
Chemistry, Washington State University
³Flavonoids/Isoflavonoids², Rick Dixon, Plant Biology Division, Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation
³Alkaloid Biosynthesis², Vincenzo (Vince) De Luca, Institut Botanique,
University of Montreal
³Plant Isoprenoids: Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis², David McCaskill,
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
³Protein Localization², John C. Rogers, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
³Protein Transport², James C. Carrington, Institute of Biological Chemistry,
Washington State University
³Gibberellic Acid², Russell Jones, Department of Plant Biology, University of
California-Berkeley
³Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Biological Activity², M.K.
Walker-Simmons, USDA-ARS, Washington State University
³Auxin Biosynthesis, Conjugation, and Metabolism², Terri Lomax, Department of
Botany and Pathology, Oregon State University
³Polypeptide Hormones: Animals, Yeast, and Plants², Gregg Howe, Institute
of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
³Signaling Pathways for Plant Defensive Genes², Clarence A. Ryan, Institute
of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
³Disease Resistance Genes of Plants², Greg Martin, Department of Horticulture,
Purdue University
