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UBC Botanical Garden, Perennial Plant Sale
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
Calling all gardeners, new and expert! Looking for hard-to-find plants? Seeking quality stalwarts that will launch a new garden successfully? Searching for “just the right” plant to fit that garden trouble spot? The annual Perennial Plant Sale at UBC Botanical Garden has what you are looking for.
Featuring a wide selection of plants propagated by the Friends of the Garden, the sale is a popular gardening event.
Venue: Botanical Garden Parking lot
Date: Sunday May 13, 2007
Time: 10am - 4pm.
For more info, visit UBC Botanical Garden Perenial Plant Sale
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 12:06 PM on May 7, 2007
5th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop
Category(-ies): Conferences
This workshop will bring together Canadian researchers and internationally-renowned scientists to explore recent advances in genomics research and it’s integration within the plant sciences. The meeting will examine the latest developments in genomics; insights into the processes and pathways that control plant development, metabolism, or interactions with the environment and other organisms; and new opportunities for biotechnology.
The 5th Canadian Workshop will be held July 30 - August 2, 2007 at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside, 1133 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Critical dates:
* March 1: registration opens
* May 11: early bird registration deadline
* May 11: deadline for abstracts to be considered for oral presentation
* May 29: accommodation registration deadline
* June 01: deadline for abstracts to be included in abstract book
For more information please visit 5th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 10:16 AM on May 2, 2007
Graduate opportunities
Category(-ies): Opportunities
Up to two graduate student opportunities are available in the Centre for Plant Research, University of British Columbia, in the following areas:
(1) Phylogenetic and evolutionary studies in the Salicaceae
(2) Evolutionary and molecular developmental genetics of leaf morphology in poplar
(3) Evolutionary and molecular approaches to understanding flower morphology in legumes
(4) Other topics in the general area of plant evolutionary developmental genetics (plant evodevo)
see UBC Cronk Lab
Contact: quentin.cronk@ubc.ca with cv and note of scientific interests
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 5:32 PM on May 1, 2007
Vancouver Orchid Show and Plant Sale
Category(-ies): Website News
The Vancouver Orchid Society 30th Anniversary show and plant sale will be held at the Richmond Curling Club, 5540 Hollybridge Way, Richmond, on Saturday May 5, 9 am-5 pm and Sunday May 6, 9 am-4 pm.
For more information visit Vancouver Orchid Society
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 12:53 PM on May 1, 2007
