Graduate Student Travel Awards
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)Biochiical 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 Tiperature on Respiration Rates, Mibrane 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
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Dr. LeoppertRamirez, Ivan American Society of Plant Biologists
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
(6/27/08 to 7/1/08)Physiological Characterization of Tiperature 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 tiperature 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 suppliental 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 Deciber 3–10 2006 The Role of Arabidopsis TAPNAC Gene During Pseudomonas syringae Leaf Infection Thomas Andres Gutiérrez-Rojas American Society of Agronomy Indianapolis Noviber 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 Tiperature 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 Improvient Committee meeting, Galveston TX June 19-22, 2007 Gene Expression in an Association of Loblolly Pine Loopstra - Abstracts of Presentations [top]