Crop Gene Flow Meeting Announcement
   
Dates: December 12 & 13, 2007
Location: The Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, Missouri
Purpose:

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together academic, industry, government, and other interested scientists to discuss recent and ongoing research on topics related to gene flow from transgenic plants.

The meeting will focus on: 1) within-species gene flow; 2) hybridization and gene introgression between transgenic plants and their sexually compatible relatives; 3) consequences of gene flow from transgenic and non-transgenic plants; 4) approaches to managing gene flow; and 5) modeling gene flow.

Research papers and posters on transgenic plant species of agronomic, horticulture, forestry, and bio-fuels are being solicited.

Program:
 
The Gene Flow Symposium will start at 8:00 am Wed. Dec. 12th and end Dec. 13th at noon (1.5 days). The program for the Gene Flow Meeting is contained in the program for the North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting and can be found by clicking the link to the right.
Meeting Registration Information:
 

Register for the Gene Flow Meeting by clicking on the link to the right. The link will take you to the North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting information page. A mail in form or online registration process is available under meeting information.

Hotel Registration:
 

Hotel registration information is available at the following link. Click the button to the right.

Organizing Committee:
 

Michael Horak, Chair. Monsanto Company ([email protected]; 314-694-3476.
David Gealy, USDA, ([email protected])
Hector Quemada, Crop Technology, Inc.([email protected])
Allison Snow, Ohio State Univ. ([email protected])
Neal Stewart, Univ. of Tennessee ([email protected])
Mark Westgate, Iowa State Univ., ([email protected])
Sponsor: The North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS) is sponsoring the Crop Gene Flow Meeting in conjunction with their annual society meeting.  This sponsorship offers several advantages to meeting attendees including access to the NCWSS program, affordable hotel rates in an excellent meeting facility, and an easily accessible central U.S. location.
Questions and comments regarding the NCWSS are welcome.
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