Hi Fellow Graduate Students,

Just a reminder that the DEADLINE for title submission for the 33rd annual plant science graduate student symposium is tomorrow, JANUARY 31st 2017. Registration deadline is March 5th, 2017.

The 33rd annual plant science graduate student symposium will be held at the University of Saskatchewan from March 31st to April 1st, 2017. This symposium encourages graduate students to share the preliminary results of their research (or their proposal for new students). All presentation are oral and there is no poster section. Students from the University of Alberta, University of Saskatchewan, University of Manitoba, and North Dakota State University will be participating. This symposium is a great opportunity to network and share your research with other students in the same fields. I highly encourage you consider attending.

In addition to hearing about other graduate student research, this year's symposium also features an impressive list of invited speakers, including:

Dr. Matthew Moscou (Group Leader, the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)

Dr. Scott Allen Jackson (Professor and Director, Centre of Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, USA)

Dr. R.J. Neil Emery (Professor and Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Trent University, Canada)

Dr. Clarence J. Swanton (Professor, University of Guelph, Canada)

Dr. Juli Carrillo (Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada)

Dr. Thomas Fetch Jr. (Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon Research and Development Centre, Canada)

Dr. Curtis J. Pozniak (Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Dr. Jonathan Lundgren (CEO, Blue Dasher Farm, Director ECDYSIS Foundation)

Dr. Ian Affleck (Executive Director, Biotechnology, CropLife Canada)

Dr. Tom Warkentin (Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

Mr. Chad Koscielny (Research Scientist, DuPont Pioneer, Carman, Manitoba)

Please see this link for the tentative schedule: http://agbio.usask.ca/plscgradsymposium/program.php