ASPB 2004 (fwd)

Fri Nov 7 14:43:41 EST 2003

I am flexible, except that I have to be in Ithaca on Wed. evening.
If Mon and Tuesday can work, I can fly out on Sunday afternoon and take a return 
flight either Tuesday evening/Wed. morning.

Pankaj

Leonore Reiser wrote:

> Well some positive feedback from ASPB as well- so we seem to have
> interseted both Botany 2004 and ASPB. Given Toby's comments during the
> phone conference (willingness to present at Botany2004)- do we refine our
> request to them (not the wide list of speakers) and ask for a shorter
> workshop period.
> 
> Some dates/locations to consider
> 
> Botany 2004	Snowbird,UTAH	July 31- August 5, 2004
> 
> ASPB	Florida	July 24-28, 2004
> 
> ISMB	Glasgow, Scotland	July31-August 4, 2004
> 
> Crop Functional Genomics 	April 7-10, 2004 (Sue speaking)
> 
> Comparative Genomics of Plants (Keystone) Taos,New Mexico March 4-9,2004
> 
> So- how shall we proceed with the two sets of workshops currently on the
> table? Go for both /divvy up people going to one or the other to present
> but all meeting for collaborator meeting in Fla?
> 
> 
> Leonore
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:27:26 -0600
> From: EDGAR P SPALDING <spalding at facstaff.wisc.edu>
> To: Leonore Reiser <lreiser at acoma.Stanford.EDU>
> Cc: chambers at aspb.org
> Subject: ASPB 2004
> 
> 
> Dear Leonore,
> 
> Thanks for re-explaining your thoughts about workshops at Plant Biology 2004. The miscommunication was my fault, not Susan's, because
> I let some email slide last month, quite a lot actually! Anyway, I am enthusiastic about your plan to explain the POC to our
> attendees. The second workshop lines up well with ASPB's desire to present a conference with broad appeal. Also, it will be possible
> to arrange a meeting room at the site for your group to meet. You may not have known this, but PI's of NSF genome and 2010 grants have
> been sent such an offer. If members of groups are coming to ASPB 2004 anyway, they may as well get some work done too. Lunch could be
> arranged in the rooms for a modest fee so your members won't have to miss any of the program. Susan Chambers will help you with the
> room arrangements.
> 
> Thanks for your continued interest in our conference. Let us know if we can help in any other ways.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Edgar Spalding
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: Leonore Reiser <lreiser at acoma.Stanford.EDU>
> 
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2003 7:05 pm
> 
> Subject: RE: ASPB 2004
> 
> 
>>Dear Susan
>>Thank you for getting back to me about this. Actually, my original
>>messagehad to do with holding a Plant Ontology Consortium
>>Workshop. This is in
>>addition to presenting a TAIR workshop at the coming meeting. The
>>POC is a
>>new project, a collaboration with TAIR, Gramene, MaizeDB/MaizeGDB
>>and SGN
>>and Toby Kellogs lab. So in fact I am really asking to hold 2
>>separateworkshops.
>>
>>I was thinking that perhaps this year we would do the following
>>
>>1.TAIR Advanced Workshop (the latest data/tools)
>>2.Intro to the Plant Ontology Consortium Workshop
>>
>>In addition- we may want to schedule a collaborators meeting
>>(similar to
>>Deep Gene meeting). So the workshop would be targeted towards
>>users of the
>>database/tools and the collaborator meeting would be for current and
>>future developers of the resource. If we could arrange some
>>space/time at
>>the meeting for that it would be excellent.
>>
>>I hope this clarifies my request.
>>
>>Best
>>Leonore Reiser
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Susan Chambers wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Leonore: Sorry for the delay in responding. It seems that the
>>
>>TAIR> workshops have been very popular at our last two meetings
>>and well
>>
>>>attended. So we would be happy to provide you that venue again
>>
>>at the
>>
>>>Plant Biology 2004 meeting. Please let me know more specifically
>>
>>about> the length of workshops and a/v that you would need
>>sometime in the next
>>
>>>couple of months.
>>>Best regards,
>>>Susan
>>>
>>>Susan K. Rosenberry
>>>Director of Finance & Administration
>>>American Society of Plant Biologists
>>>15501 Monona Drive
>>>Rockville, MD 20855 USA
>>>phone: 301-251-0560, x. 111
>>>fax: 301-279-2996
>>>e-mail: chambers at aspb.org
>>>http://www.aspb.org
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Leonore Reiser [lreiser at acoma.Stanford.EDU]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:50 PM
>>>To: Susan Chambers
>>>Subject: Re: ASPB 2004
>>>
>>>
>>>Dear Susan:
>>>I dont know if you have had a chance to look into this issue
>>
>>yet. At our
>>
>>>phone conference today (the POC group) we were discussing our
>>
>>plans for
>>
>>>a
>>>workshop. We have made some inquiries with the organizers of Botany
>>>2004
>>>which does have some overlapping dates with the ASPB meeting.
>>>I think we would prefer to present at ASPB if that is at all
>>
>>possible.> Best Regards
>>
>>>Leonore
>>>On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Leonore Reiser wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dear Susan
>>>>Thank you so much for all your help with organizing the TAIR
>>
>>workshops> at
>>
>>>>the Hawaii meeting this year.
>>>>I am writing to inquire about a new workshop for next year.
>>
>>TAIR is
>>
>>>part
>>>
>>>>of a collaboration funded by the NSF to develop controlled
>>>
>>>vocabularies
>>>
>>>>for plant anatomy and development. This project will result in a
>>>
>>>database
>>>
>>>>and query tools for analyzing gene expression , mutant
>>
>>phenotypes and
>>
>>>>quantitative traits. Th ecollaboration incldues Gramene
>>
>>database,Maize> GDB
>>
>>>>and the Solanaceae Genome Network among others. It is an
>>
>>international> > collaboration.
>>
>>>>We are wondering if it would be possible to have a workshop or
>>
>>two on
>>
>>>this
>>>
>>>>new project. This is likely to be a smaller event - geared towards
>>>>researchers with functial genomics projects, breeders and
>>
>>other genome
>>
>>>>groups.
>>>>
>>>>What would be the best way to proceed towards arranging a
>>
>>workshop.> > Best
>>
>>>>Leonore Reiser
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>Leonore Reiser, Ph.D. lreiser at acoma.stanford.edu
>>>>The Arabidopsis Information Resource FAX: (650) 325-6857
>>>>Carnegie Institution of Washington Tel: (650) 325-1521 ext. 311
>>>>Department of Plant Biology URL: http://arabidopsis.org/
>>>>260 Panama St.
>>>>Stanford, CA 94305
>>>>
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>>>Leonore Reiser, Ph.D. lreiser at acoma.stanford.edu
>>>The Arabidopsis Information Resource FAX: (650) 325-6857
>>>Carnegie Institution of Washington Tel: (650) 325-1521 ext. 311
>>>Department of Plant Biology URL: http://arabidopsis.org/
>>>260 Panama St.
>>>Stanford, CA 94305
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>>Leonore Reiser, Ph.D. lreiser at acoma.stanford.edu
>>The Arabidopsis Information Resource FAX: (650) 325-6857
>>Carnegie Institution of Washington Tel: (650) 325-1521 ext. 311
>>Department of Plant Biology URL: http://arabidopsis.org/
>>260 Panama St.
>>Stanford, CA 94305
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