Retreat

Plant Center Retreat 2009 - Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20

Sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

 

Registration deadline Friday, October 16

Retreat Registration Form

Poster Abstract Form

Tentative Schedule

19-November-2009, Thursday
1:00 PM Buses depart from UGA Bus Stop at Miller Plant Sciences Bldg.
3:00-3:45 PM Susan Wessler, University of Georgia Foundation Chair in the Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Plant Biology Department, University of Georgia

Debussy 1

4:00-4:45 PM Richard M. Amasino, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Use of rapid-cycling Brassica rapa in K-12 and undergraduate education"		 Debussy 1
5:00-5:45 PM Sarah (Sally) C.R. Elgin, Viktor Hamburger Professor of Arts and Sciences, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis
"Integrating research in genomics into the undergraduate curriculum" 		Debussy 1
6:00-7:30 PM Dinner Cafe Elan Restaurant
8:00-11:00 PM Postdoc and graduate student poster competition / evening social Debussy 2
20-November-2009, Friday
6:30-8:00 AM Breakfast Versailles Room
8:15-9:00 AM Richard M. Amasino, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Vernalization: remembering winter with an environmentally induced epigenetic switch"		 Debussy 1
9:15-10:00 AM Scott A. Jackson, Professor of Agronomy, Purdue University
"Evolution of genome structure and function in soybean" 		Debussy 1
10:00-10:30 AM Center Business Meeting Debussy 1
10:30-Noon Brainstorming / interaction  
11:45 AM Hotel check-out time is 12:00 (luggage can be stored at the Bell stand) Front Desk
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch Versailles Room
1:15 PM Buses depart for Athens Front of resort

Retreat Registration Form