News From The Plant Breeding Center at UC Davis
Attached is the March PBC newsletter. This month we hear from Dr. Leah McHale, Assistant Professor of Horticulture & Crop Science at the Ohio State University and alum of the Michelmore lab. We will be visiting Wolfskill Experimental Orchards on March 19th for Third Thursday, where Professor Tom Gradziel will lead our seminar. Vans will be available for transportation if you need, but you must register to use them here:
2015 UC Davis Plant Breeding Symposium: "Challenges in Plant Breeding: Past, Present, and Future"
Sponsored by DuPont Pioneer and held at University of California, Davis
Friday April 10, 2015 8am-5pm in the Student Community Center
SPEAKERS:
Howie Smith, DuPont Pioneer
Isabelle Goldringer, INRA
Louise Sperling, Catholic Relief Services
Dani Zamir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Andy Baumgarten, DuPont Pioneer
Jean-Marcel Ribaut, Generation Challenge Program
A networking opportunity sponsored by Sierra Nevada and Sundstrom Hill Winery will be held after the symposium for registered attendees.
REGISTRATION
Registration is free and includes lunch.
Register today at http://plantbreeding2015.ucdavis.edu/
We also have 2 student talks. For that we have opened an abstract submission form, where any student can submit their work and from that we will select 2 for speaking. The Deadline for that is March 15.
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