Botany 2012 Symposia and Colloquia Schedule

Monday, July 9th Morning Ephedra pollination and other gnetalean oddities Organizers: Catarina Rydin, Stefanie Ickert-Bond Sponsored by: ASPT, BSA Systematics Section Section Are We Having A Broader Impact? Organizers: Stokes Baker, Santokh Singh, Phil Gibson Sponsored by: CBA/ABC Teaching Section, BSA Teaching Section Colloquium - Carnivorous Plants: New Horizons in Hungry Foliage Organizer:  Douglas W Darnowski Sponsored by: BSA Physiological  Section, BSA Developmental & Structural Section Colloquium - Integrative species delimitation: incorporating multiple types of data Organizer:  Craig Barrett Sponsored by: ASPT Afternoon Growing the Next Generation in Plant Genomics Organizer: Ashley Egan Sponsored by: ASPT, BSA Systematics Section, BSA Genetics Section Water transport in plants at multiple scales: A physiological, ecological, and evolutionary appraisal Organizer: Peter J Melcher Sponsored by: BSA Ecological  Section, BSA Physiological Section   Tuesday, July 10 Morning Colloquium in Honor of John McNeill Organizers:  Vicki Funk, Warren Wagner, Nicholas Turland Sponsored by: ASPT, IAPT, BSA Systematics Section Rhizosphere interactions: the root microbiome Organizer: Darlene Southworth Sponsored by:CBA/ABC, BSA Mycololoical Section, BSA Ecological  Section, BSA Developmental and Structural Section   Afternoon Where is plant systematics headed in the next ten years? Organizers: Tod Stuessy, Vicki Funk Sponsored by: ASPT, IAPT, BSA Systematics Section Section Ecological interactions affecting the evolution of plant mating systems: Current research and future directions Organizers: Rupesh R Kariyat, Jordan Sinclair Sponsored by: BSA Genetics Section, BSA Ecological  Section Colloquium - Principles of crucifer evolution Organizers:  Marcus Koch, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, Donovan Bailey Sponsored by: ASPT, BSA Systematics Section Wednesday, July 11 Morning Transplantations and relocation of species at risk: learning from the past to plan for the future Organizer: Liette Vasseur Sponsored by: CBA/ABC Ecological Section, BSA Ecological  Section Experimental Morphology and Morphogenesis Then and Now:  A Symposium in Memory of Elizabeth G. Cutter Organizer: Judy Jernstedt Sponsored by: BSA Developmental and Structural Section Colloquium - Evolution on Islands: a colloquium to honor the careers of Daniel Crawford and Tod Stuessy Organizers:  Mark Mort Sponsored by: ASPT Afternoon Building a High-Resolution, Specimen-Based Picture of Life: Possibilities and Challenges Organizers: Austin R Mast, Pamela Soltis Sponsored by: ASPT, BSA Systematics Section, BSA Ecological  Section From canonical to new model systems: The future of plant development Organizers: Arunika Gunawardena, Christian Lacroix Sponsored by: CBA/ABC Developmental and Structural Section Colloquium - Orchid Biology: Darwin's Contrivances 150 Years Later Organizers:  Rafael Arevalo, Kathryn Theiss Sponsored by: ASPT, BSA Ecological Section Colloquium - Phenology and Conservation Implications Organizers:  Kellen Calinger, Jake Weltzin, Dan Herms Sponsored by: BSA Ecological Section