Horticulture
Dec 5, 3:30 pm, HORT 117
George J. Wagner
Agronomy Dept.
Univ. of Kentucky
"Aspects of Heavy Metal Accumulation and Accommodation in Plant Cells, and Cadmium Accumulation Characteristics of Plants Expressing Animal Metallothioneins"
Botany & Plant Pathology
Dec 4, 3:30 pm, ARB 116
Virginia Walbot
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Stanford University
"Anthocyanin - A Model Pigment for Understanding Vacuolar Sequestration of Plant Natural Products"
Brown Bag Seminars for Faculty & Staff
Dec 4, 12 pm, ARB 116
John Trott
"Purdue Ag Centers"
Biological Sciences
Dec 4, 4 pm, LILY G-126
Don Clewell
Dept. of Oral Biology
Univ. of Michigan School of Dentistry
"Enterococcal sex pheromones, aggregation and plasmid transfer"
Plant Cell & Molecular Biology
Nov 26, 4 pm, ARB 116
Edger Spalding
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
"Ion Channels, Blue Light, and Growth"
Dec 3, 4 pm, ARB 116
Laurie Smith
Univ. of North Carolina
"Genetic Analysis of Cell Pattern in the Maize Leaf"
Additional seminar announcements are posted on the 2nd floor bulletin board.
Ag Faculty Meeting - December 3, 3:30 pm, STEW 306.
Thanksgiving - November 28 & 29 - official University holiday.
1996 Poinsettia Day - December 3, 9 am - 3 pm. Purdue University Greenhouse at Bennett's Greenhouses. Contact Allen Hammer or Terri Kirk if you would like additional information.
Congratulations to faculty and staff being honored at Recognition Programs for their years of service to Purdue. They include:
Jules Janick - 45 yrs
Leon Emerson - 40 yrs
Gene DeTurk - 20 yrs
Don Molnar - 15 yrs
Kent Schuette - 15 yrs
Mike Hasegawa received $125,000 from USDA-CSREES-BARD to support his project entitled "Osmotin and osmotin-like proteins as a novel source for phytopathogenic fungal resistance in transgenic carnation".
Jim Simon and Bob Joly received $2,000 from the Mint Industry Research Council.
Mike Dana received $200 from the Carpenter Perennial Farm to support wild flower carpet study.
Jim Simon received $5,000 from Island Organics, Inc. in support of his medicinal plant improvement program.
Hao, Z, DJ Charles, L Yu, and JE Simon. 1996. Purification and characterization of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase from Ocimum basilicum. Phytochemistry 43(4):735-739.
Botella, Miguel A., Yi Xu, Tyakal N. Prabha, Yuan Zhao, Meena L. Narasimhan, Karl A. Wilson, S. Suzanne Nielsen, Ray A. Bressan, and Paul M. Hasegawa. 1996. Differential Expression of Soybean Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor Genes during Development and in Response to Wounding and Methyl Jasmonate. Plant Physiol. 112:1201-1210.
Erik Gerdes was in Indianapolis November 14, 1996 to attend an Apple briefing.
Glenn Sullivan was in Ontario, Canada November 11-14, 1996 to give a presentation to the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers' Marketing Board.
Glenn Sullivan was in Recife, Brazil November 15-21, 1996 as an invited speaker at the International Conference on Processing Tomatoes.
HORTA has elected new officers and they are as follows:
President - Polly Kaufmann
Vice President - Dale Karlson
Social Chairs - Shawn Chase and Jonathan Frantz
Nov 26, 10 pm - Thanksgiving vacation begins.
Dec 2, 7:30 am - Classes resume.
Dec 2 - Final examination reports must be received for all graduating students by the Graduate School, Room 170, YONG.
Dec 6 - One bound plus one unbound copy of the doctoral thesis must be deposited in the Library Thesis Deposit Office, Rm 279, STEW.
Dec 9 - Thesis Receipt must be delivered to the Graduate School, Room 170, YONG.
(See the Job Opportunities bulletin board on the 2nd floor for additional information about these and other positions.)
Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems. Non-tenure track senior fellow position with the College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences with a flexible appointment of one week to one year duration. University of Minnesota. See posting on bulletin board.
Julio Gallo Director's Chair. Viticulture and Enology Research Center, California State University, Fresno. Application deadline: December 2, 1996.
Assistant/Associate Professor, Horticulture. PhD. Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman. Application deadline: February 15, 1997.
Extension Educator-EFNEP Supervisor (Elkhart Area). MS(A). Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service. Application deadline: November 30, 1996.
Graduate Research Traineeship. BS. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University.
Research Chemist. USDA-ARS Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research, Corvallis, OR. Application deadline: December 16, 1996.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens. Application deadline: February 15, 1997.
Simple Pleasures
Simple pleasures
Talking with a friend
Laughing and sharing secrets
Hoping it will never end
Simple pleasures
Sitting with the one you love, watching the sun rise
Waiting for the first ray
Then peering into each other's eyes
Simple pleasures
Taking a walk alone
Collecting your thoughts
And greeting someone previously unknown
Simple pleasures
Helping someone in need
Passing on your knowledge
Putting aside your greed
Simple pleasures
Falling asleep with someone by your side
Knowing that they will always be there
Traveling with you on life's ride
The Plant Poet