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Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring & Summer 2008

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    Student Name Meeting Title of Presentation Advisor
    Feng, Yue

    American Society of Plant Biologists
    Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
    (6/26/08 to 7/1/08)

    Biochemical and genetic characterization of Arabidopsis CTD phosphatases: Small SCP1-like Phosphatases (SSP) Dr. Hisashi Koiwa

    Irigoyen, Sonia

    American Society of Plant Biologists – Southern Section.
    Shreveport, LA
    (3/1/08 to 3/3/08)

    Phenotypic analysis of an Arabidopsis knockout mutant for the plastidic phosphate transporter PHT4;2 Dr. Wayne Versaw

    Marr (Lindgren), Kourtnee

    93rd ESA Annual Meeting
    Milwaukee, WI
    (8/3/08 to 8/8/08)

    Rainfall redistribution and warming effects on leaf dark respiration rates in three dominant species of the southern oak savanna Dr. Mark Tjoelker

    Mohammed, Abdul

    Rice Technical Working Group
    San Diego, CA
    (2/18/08 to 2/21/08)

    Effects of High Nighttime Temperature on Respiration Rates, Membrane Thermal Stability, Total Antioxidant Capacity, Pollen Viability and Yield of Rice Plants Dr. Lee Tarpley

    Palle, Sreenath

    Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA
    (1/12/08 to 1/16/08)

    Gene Expression Analysis in an Association Population of Loblolly Dr. Carol Loopstra

    Raghvan, Tushara

    32nd Rice Technical Working Group -2008
    (2/18/08 to 2/21/08)

    The Straighthead Susceptibility Trait is Not Related to Grain Arsenic Concentration

    Dr. Gentry
    And
    Dr. Leoppert

    Ramirez, Ivan

    American Society of Plant Biologists
    Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
    (6/27/08 to 7/1/08)

    Physiological Characterization of Temperature Induced De-Etiolation Dr. Scott Finlayson

    Rao, Sheetal

    Microscopy & Microanalysis 2008 Meeting
    Albuquerque, NM
    (8/3/08 to 8/7/08)

    An Ultrastructural Study of Salt Glands in Zoysia matrella Dr. Marla Binzel

    Seeve, Candace

    Plant & Animal Genome XVI
    San Diego, CA
    (1/12/08 to 1/16/08)

    Variations In Defense-Related Gene Expression In An Association Population of Loblolly Pine Dr. Carol Loopstra

Graduate Student Travel Awards, Fall 2007 9/1/07 & 12/31/2007

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    Student Name Meeting Title of Presentation Advisor
    Esten Mason ASA-CSSA-SSSA Intl. Meeting New Orleans LA 11/4/2007 QTLs for tolerance in wheat (Triticum asetivum) to high temperature Hays
    Hui Mei 25th Yeast Transport & Energetics Bahia, Brazil 9/1/2007 A S. cerevisiae type II cation/H antiporter YNL321W Hirschi/Gould
    Abdul R. Mohammad ASA-CSSA-SSSA Intl. Meeting New Orleans LA 11/4/2007 Growth and yield responses of Southern US rice cultivars to supplemental ultraviolet B radiation Tarpley
    Tushara Raghvan ASA-CSSA-SSSA Intl. Meeting New Orleans LA 11/4/2007 Screening rice cultivars for grain Arsenic concentration and speciation Gentry
    Sheetal Rao Texas Society of Microscopy Denton TX 11/19/2007 Elucidation of mechanisms of salinity tolerance in turfgrass (Zoyzia matrella) Binzel
    Jung Hwa Do ASA-CSSA-SSSA Intl. Meeting New Orleans LA 11/4/2007 QTL mapping heat tolerance during reproductive development in wheat (Triticum asetivum). Hays


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MEPS Student Travel Awards FY2007 9/1/2006 to 8/31/2007

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    Student Name Meeting Title of Presentation Advisor
    Veria Alvarado Seed Transplant and Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops, San Antonio December 3–10 2006 The Role of Arabidopsis TAPNAC Gene During Pseudomonas syringae Leaf Infection Thomas
    Andres Gutiérrez-Rojas American Society of Agronomy Indianapolis November 2-16 2006 QTL Mapping of Modifiers for the Gene opaque-2 and Other Genes Affecting Endosperm Traits in Maize (Zea mays L.) Pepper/ Menz
    Emily Hollister Soil Ecology Society Moab UT April 29-May 3, 2007 Soil Microbial Diversity in a Mesquite Savanna Boutton
    Esten Mason North Am. Wheat Workers Workshop Saskatoon, Canada March 12-14, 2007 Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Heat Tolerance during Reproductive Development in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Hays
    Abdul Mohammed Botanical Soc. Am. Plant Biology, Chicago July 7-11, 2007 Impact of High Nighttime Temperature on Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Growth, Development and Physiology Tarpley
    Jay Morris Experimental Biology Washington D.C. March 31-April 4, 2007 Plants Defective in Calcium Oxalate Crystal Formation Have More Bio-available Calcium Herschi
    Shreenath Palle & Candace Seeve Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee meeting, Galveston TX June 19-22, 2007 Gene Expression in an Association of Loblolly Pine Loopstra
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