February 2017 - Plants-grads - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Another Paint Friday event on Feb 17th
by Jia Sun 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

Dear grad students, The PSGSA will be holding another Paint Friday for all grad students from 2:30-4:30 pm on Friday, Feb 17th. This time we have three options for you so please vote for your favourite painting if you're interested in coming, and we will paint the most popular one together next week! The three painting are (please vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XYFRDJ7): 1. Nothern Lights [cid:dc107ea7-bf17-4676-8525-ad9fd44dfe6b] 2. Birch Trees [cid:f298fb38-fd5f-4bc9-80aa-30296483a9c6] 3. Tulips [cid:092e75b5-691c-488e-9671-82de3988fd35] Same as last time the cost of attending this event is $5/person, which includes everything (paint, brushes, canvas, etc.). Snacks and pops will be provided too. Again you can take your masterpiece back home with you at the end of the event. The deadline for signing up is this Friday, Feb 10th. You can make the payment at the event to Laura. Email me (sunj2458(a)myumanitoba.ca) to sign up or if you need more details about this event. I'll also leave a sign-up sheet in the grad student lounge. Looking forward to seeing you all there! Jia Sun PhD Student PSGSA Vice-President 2016-2017 Department of Plant Science 222 Agriculture Building University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

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Extend the submission of title and abstract for the 33rd annual plant science graduate student symposium
by Yang Lin 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Dear fellow grad students For the 33rd annual plant science graduate student symposium, the submission of the oral presentation title and abstract have been extended until Feb 24th, 2016. So far, seven students from our department have signed up. I highly encourage more fellow grad students to consider attending this event. Please see this link for the further detail informaiton http://agbio.usask.ca/plscgradsymposium/ Best Regards, Yang Lin Ph.D Student Room 148 at Agriculture Building Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Tel: (204) 963-5329 ________________________________ From: Petruic, Moria <mep985(a)mail.usask.ca> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 8:47 AM To: Yang Lin Cc: Brar, Gurcharn Subject: Re: Symposium title submission Hi Yang, I have 7 titles submitted from the U of M: 1) Karuna Kapoor 2) Laura Schmidt 3) Yang Lin 4 )Bruce Pei (He said he was from both U of M and AAFC) 5) Harunur Rashid 6) Ashley Ammeter 7) MM Uzzal Ahmed Liton As Gurcharn said, title submission has been pushed back until February 24th. If you have any more questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to let us know! Thank you for your participation! We are looking forward to hosting you at the end of March! Moria Petruic MSc Candidate Department of Plant Sciences Room 4C18, 51 Campus Drive University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8 Phone: 306.868.7687 ________________________________ From: Brar, Gurcharn Sent: February 2, 2017 9:06 PM To: Yang Lin Cc: Petruic, Moria Subject: Re: Symposium title submission Hi Yang, Thanks for your message. Moria Petruic (cc’ed here) will be able to help you out with your question on submissions as she is the key person taking care of all submissions. Actually, we have extended the deadline for title submissions to Feb. 24, which is also deadline for abstract submission. If you visit symposium website again, there’s link for both submissions on homepage. It will be great to have at least 10-15 students from Manitoba as we have spot for at least 80 students in total. This symposium will be no different from a good National Level conference or even better and our ultimate goal was to make this symposium series more exciting. So, you are talking about a total of about 5 submissions from Manitoba only? Please feel free to pose any question that you may have. Thanks, Gurcharn From: Yang Lin <liny3457(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:liny3457@myumanitoba.ca>> Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 7:04 PM To: Gurcharn Brar <gurcharn.brar(a)usask.ca<mailto:gurcharn.brar@usask.ca>> Subject: Re: Symposium title submission Hi Gurcharn Would you mind helping me to check how many people from UofM officially had submitted their ora preparation titles until Feb 1st? I think it is 5 people from uofm submitting the titles but like to confirm with you. Also, will it be possible to other people to still submit their abstracts on feb15 even though they missed the deadline of title submission? I will try my best to encourage others to attend this meeting, since you guys have spent so much time and efforts to organize a such high level symposium with many great keynote speakers. Yang Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2017, at 11:16, Brar, Gurcharn <gurcharn.brar(a)usask.ca<mailto:gurcharn.brar@usask.ca>> wrote: Hi Yang, I hope you are doing well. Can you please send a reminder in your department to other grad students to submit titles for symposium. The deadline is January 31 for title submission. We did not receive many from U of M. Symposium website link is: http://agbio.usask.ca/plscgradsymposium/index.php Thanks.

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McVetty Plant Breeding Scholarship in the Department of Plant Science
by Martha Blouw 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Peter B.E. McVetty Plant Breeding Scholarship in the Department of Plant Science The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize students who have achieved academic excellence in a Master's or Ph.D. program in plant breeding in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Manitoba. One or more scholarships will be offered to graduate students who: * are enrolled full-time in their second year of a Master's program, or in their second or third year of a Ph.D. program in plant breeding in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Manitoba; * have achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.5; * have demonstrated achievement in plant breeding research applicable to the Canadian Prairies. Applications must be submitted to Dr. Fouad Daayf, Head, Department of Plant Science by February 27, 2017 and must include: * A covering letter describing: a) the status and progress of the applicant's research program and coursework; b) the value of the applicant's research project to cultivar development in the Canadian Prairies; * An abstract of the applicant's research project; * A copy (photocopy is acceptable) of the transcript of the applicant's graduate student program academic record; * A letter of recommendation from one member of academic staff. While the scholarship is open to all graduate students engaged in plant breeding research, preference will be given to graduate students engaged in canola/rapeseed plant breeding research. VALUE: $2900 DEADLINE: February 27, 2017

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Manitoba Horticulturists Graduate Scholarship
by Martha Blouw 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Manitoba Horticulturists Graduate Scholarship The Manitoba Horticulturists Graduate Scholarship was established in 1990 to promote the development of horticulture in Manitoba by supporting horticulture research. A $1000 scholarship award is available to a graduate student at the University of Manitoba who is conducting applied or basic horticulture research. This award shall be granted to a promising student who: C has successfully completed, with high standing, one year of a Master's or Ph.D. program at the University of Manitoba; C is registered for a second year in a Master's program or for a second or third year in a Ph.D. program at the University of Manitoba; C has demonstrated achievement in horticulture research applicable to the Canadian prairies. Preference will be given to a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident. APPLICATION PROCEDURE Applicants are to submit the following documents to Martha Blouw, Department of Plant Science (222 Agriculture Building): C a covering letter describing: a) the status and progress of your research program and coursework; b) the value of your research project to horticulture on the Canadian prairies; C an abstract of your research project; C a copy (photocopy is acceptable) of the transcript of your academic record or University of Manitoba student history. Application Deadline: February 27, 2017

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