August 2008 - Plants-grads - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Teaching Assistant Positions Still Available
by Martha Blouw 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Teaching assistant positions are still available for the fall term: PLNT 0760 Special Crops; PLNT 2510 Fundamentals of Horticulture; DAGR 0420 Introductory Soils and Crops (for the crops labs). Let me know right away if you want to apply for any of these. -- Martha Blouw, Academic Advisor Department of Plant Science 226 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8223 Fax: (204) 474-7528 http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/plant_science/

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[Fwd: Grad. lounge petty shop]
by Bev Godard 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Grad. lounge petty shop Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:42:00 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca --------------- Hi all, The petty shop is back at the grad. lounge and we only sell pocket/cup noodles and pops at this time. We bought a mouse proof container - please make sure the container is always closed. Cost of the items: Pocket noodles: 25 cents each Cup noodels: $1 each Pop: 50 cents each Please *PAY *for your purchase. The coin box is located in the shelves. Thanks Muthu -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: Postdoctoral position - crop modeling]
by Bev Godard 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Postdoctoral position - crop modeling Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:37:16 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca ---------- Post doctoral position in crop modeling at INRA, France The postdoctoral research fellow will work as part of a young interdisciplinary team in an exciting bilateral research initiative between France (UMR1095 GDEC, Clermont-Ferrand) and Great Britain (University of Nottingham, John Innes Centre, and Rothamsted Research) (http://www.rothamst ed.bbsrc. ac.uk/bab/ mas-projects/ NUE.html <http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/bab/mas-projects/NUE.html>). This project aims at a better understanding of the ecophysiological and genetic determinism of high nitrogen use efficiency and high and stable grain protein concentration under variable environment for bread wheat. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary group of scientists (crop physiologists, modellers, geneticists, and molecular biologists) actively working on wheat ecophysiology and genetics, and developing the /SiriusQuality/1 wheat simulation model [Plant Physiol. 133(4)1959-1967; Eur. J. Agron. 25(2):138-154] . This model is designed to simulate mechanistically, at the square meter scale, wheat development, growth, and dry matter and nitrogen allocations. It allows to better understand genotype x environment interactions and to decompose complex traits, such as NUE and grain protein concentration, into elementary processes and traits, which are independent of the environment. The successful applicant will be in charge of the model validation based on the large experimental dataset obtained during the first part of the project. This dataset includes two years, 4 locations, 16 genotypes and 2 nitrogen fertilisation treatments. This work should highlight the possible lack in the model framework and lead to their correction. In a second time a global sensitivity analysis of the entire model input variables and parameters should be performed. This work aims at detecting parameters that are proxies for true and simple physiological traits that have stable effects on variable of interest like yield, grain protein concentration and nitrogen use efficiency. The genetic determinism of the physiological traits identified through simulation analysis will then be analysed for several related mapping populations (QTL detection). The latter part of the work will be performed by the geneticists involved in the project. The results of these researches should identify physiological traits and genetic loci associated with improved stability of grain protein concentration and high nitrogen use efficiency while conserving high grain yield potential. For the full announcement, please see the project web site at :<http://www.rothamst ed.bbsrc. ac.uk/bab/ mas-projects/ NUE/Downloads/ PostDocINRA. pdf> <http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/bab/mas-projects/NUE/Downloads/PostDocINR…>: Best regards, Muthu -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: Information for Graduands]
by Martha Blouw 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

Please see the attached information regarding deadlines for graduation. -- Martha Blouw, Academic Advisor Department of Plant Science 226 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8223 Fax: (204) 474-7528 http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/plant_science/

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[Fwd: Fwd: Announcement of Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships for 2008 - Candidate]
by Bev Godard 19 Aug '08

19 Aug '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Announcement of Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships for 2008 - Candidate Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:16 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Hi Bev, Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science. Thanks Muthu ----- Forwarded message from e.rossetti(a)CGIAR.ORG ----- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:08:18 +0200 From: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti(a)CGIAR.ORG> Reply-To: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti(a)CGIAR.ORG> Subject: Announcement of Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships for 2008 - Candidate To: "Rossetti, Elisabetta (Bioversity)" <e.rossetti(a)CGIAR.ORG> > <<VFF 2009.zip>> > > Dear Scientist, > > Following your espression of interest in the recent past, I am glad to > inform you that the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2009 have been > announced. > Please find attached the English files of announcement, application > form and guidelines for preparation of research proposals; the files > are also downloadable from our website > http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=49#c285 where you > can also find someadditional information on the fellowship scheme and > the past awarded fellows, as well as French and Spanish version of the > files; should you have any problem in downloading from the website, > please do not hesitate in contacting me. > Should you not be interested anymore, please could you distribute > these as widely as possible among your network, colleagues and young > scientists, including at any meetings and training courses you attend. > The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships Fund aims to encourage the > conservation and use of plant genetic resources in developing > countries by awarding Fellowships to outstanding young researchers to > carry out relevant innovative research at an advanced research > institute outside their own country for a period of between three > months and one year. > The Fellowships are supported by the Grains Research and Development > Corporation (GRDC), Australia and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., > United States, a DuPont Company. The closing date for this year's > Fellowships is 9 November 2008. > The age limit of 35 is applied strictly on these Fellowships. > I remain at your disposal for any further help or support. > I wish you success in your work. > Yours sincerely > Elisabetta Rossetti > Vavilov Frankel Fellowship Secretariat > ************************************ > Elisabetta Rossetti > Programme Assistant to Head > Capacity Development > Research and Support Unit > Bioversity International > Via dei Tre Denari 472/a > 00057 MACCARESE (Fiumicino) > Rome, Italy > Email: e.rossetti(a)cgiar.org > Tel. (39) 06 6118207 > Fax (39) 06 61979661 > www.bioversityinternational.org > Bioversity International, Bioversity for short, is the operating name > of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) and the > International Network for Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP). > With our partners, we undertake research aimed at improving people's > lives through the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity. > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: Information for Graduands]
by Bev Godard 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Information for Graduands Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:46:03 -0500 From: Brenda Grabowski <Brenda_Grabowski(a)umanitoba.ca> -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: children's garden]
by Bev Godard 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: children's garden Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:27:52 -0500 From: umvaisma(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: Bev Godard <godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca> Hi Everyone! Once again, good job to everyone for helping out at the BBQ! We've raised 500$ for the children's garden. We are organizing a trip down to the garden to see how they are doing and to lend a hand one afternoon. Their program runs on Wednesdays from 3 pm to 5 pm. If you are interested in visiting the garden, please let me know as soon as possible, which day is better for you: Wednesday August 20 or Wednesday August 27 The garden is in the Spence neighbourhood. We will all go to the garden together, so don't worry if you don't know the way! Iris -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: NSERC Doctoral Prize Call for Nominations]
by Martha Blouw 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

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Theses in Rm 215 Reading Room
by Bev Godard 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Good afternoon to all, I will be taking an inventory of all the theses in Rm 215 next week. If you have taken a thesis(es) from that room (which you are not supposed to do), would you please return it. Thank you. Have a good weekend. Bev -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: 2009 Plant Science Graduate Student's Symposium]
by Bev Godard 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 2009 Plant Science Graduate Student's Symposium Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:01:24 -0500 From: Victoria Gauthier <umgauthv(a)cc.umanitoba.ca> To: Bev Godard <godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello everyone! The graduate symosium is coming up and in order for it to be a success we need financial help from corporations. For those of you who don't know what the graduate symposium is, it is a set of seminars put on by the graduate students from the department of plant science from the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Manitoba and the University of North Dakota. Every year the symposium rotates between these three universities. This year (March 2009) we will be hosting this event. What I am asking of you is if you have any connections with an agricultural (or otherwise) corporation that would be willing to make a financial donation to this symposium. Please let me know as we have set the deadline for hearing back from the sponsors to September 8 (which is coming up VERY quickly). Please let me know if you can help us out. Thanks! Victoria (umgauthv(a)cc.umanitoba.ca <mailto:umgauthv@cc.umanitoba.ca>) -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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