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Job Opportunities in Seed Conservation Research:
As part of an expansion of fundamental seed biology research in the Seed Conservation Department, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Wakehurst Place, UK, the group of Prof Hugh W. Pritchard has the following four staff posts and studentships available: 1) Molecular Biologist: http://www.kew.org/about-kew/jobs/ref_April13_MolecularBiologist.html 2) Research Support: http://www.kew.org/about-kew/jobs/ref_April13_Researchsupportofficer.htm 3) PhD studentship in seed dormancy: http://www.kew.org/about-kew/jobs/ref_April13_PhDstudentSeedDormancy.htm 4) PhD studentship in seed quality (EcoSeed Project, EU): http://www.kew.org/about-kew/jobs/ref_April13_PhDstudentEcoSeed.htm The positions are also advertised on the New Scientist webpage (http://jobs.newscientist.com ... Read more »
A case for educational technology
This isn't about seed biology; but as many ISSS members are involved in education, it may be of interest. It arises from correspondence between the Secretary and Mercedes Bell: 'I’m a researcher for a site dedicated to assisting students in furthering their education. I found your site http://seedscisoc.org/useful-links/ during my research and I thought you’d be interested in an article I recently published about education tools. Feel free to include a link to the resource on your ... Read more »
Post-doc opportunity (6years) in Vienna
Not specifically for seed physiologists and ecologists, but they're not excluded either. Great job, great city. Postdoc in plant ecophysiology We are offering a 6-year position for a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute of Botany of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna. Focus of our group are plant water relations, functional wood anatomy, stress physiology, global change, and ecology and ecophysiology of tropical plants. Candidates should have experience in one or several of these areas. Monthly ... Read more »
Research opportunity; 4 months per year; Italy
Alma Ballestrazzi, from the University of Pavia would lik eto draw ISSS members' attention to a research opportunity in Italy, on biochemical and molecular aspects of seed vigour; thus: 'I am a researcher at Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Biotechnology-University of Pavia (Italy) and I am currently involved in research projects dealing with seed vigor together with my friends and collaborators Prof. Graziano Rossi (Lombardy Seed Bank) and Prof. Armando Buttafava (Radiation Chemistry) of the ... Read more »
Hardseededness isn’t just about delaying germination
Ken Thompson has privided the following summary of a paper recently published in early view , to which several other ISSS members have also contributed: 'Physical dormancy is defined by the existence of water-impermeable (“hard”) seed coats that need to breached before the seed can absorb water and germinate. In nature, seed coats are usually ruptured due to attrition, fire or large temperature fluctuations, and this trait has been interpreted as a mechanism of seed dormancy. For at ... Read more »
Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination; Paris, July ’13 – latest update
The organisers of the upcoming "4th Workshop on the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination", to be held in Paris in July, would like to remind ISSS members and others that the website of the workshop is regularly up-dated. The latest updates include a list of hotels near the workshop venue. Either visit the site for latest information: http://www.congres.upmc.fr/paris-isss2013/ or contact the Organising Committee: parisISSS2013@upmc.fr The latest flyer( WorkshopISSS ) is also available to download; and for circulation tofriends, colleagues and students. Please note ... Read more »
EcoSeed: A new EU project to research and enhance seed quality.
For more information, follow this link EcoSeed press release Feb 2013
Plant Breeding Congress; Turkey, November 2013
Members may be interested interested to know about the International Plant Breeding Congress scheduled for 10-14 NOVEMBER, 2013; in ANTALYA, TURKEY Follow this link to download a flyer Venue The Congress will take place in WOW Topkapi Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey. http://www.wowhotels.com/wowtopkapipalace.asp) Subjects Congress will cover following subjects: * Conventional Breeding * Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology * Genetic Engineering and Genomics * Genetic Resources for Pre-Breeding Contact e-mail address ipbc2013@gmail.com Kind Regards from Edirne Turkey... Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yalçın KAYA President of International Sunlower Association Read more »
Wolfgang Stuppy’s latest seed blog from the MSB
This time it's the wierd and wonderful 'snake gourd. Follow the link for the Wolfgang's latest Seed Blog: http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/millennium-seed-bank/the-weird-and-wonderful-snake-gourd.htm
Plant Dormancy Symposium – New Zealand, November 2013
ISSS is supporting the 5TH INTERNATIONAL PLANT DORMANCY SYMPOSIUM, from 4-7 November 2013; in Auckland, New Zealand. Plant dormancy, with all its complexities, is gradually being teased apart by recent advances in the molecular, physiological and morphological aspects of its biology. This symposium, the fifth in a series — following those in Oregon USA, 1995; France, 1999; The Netherlands, 2004 and Fargo USA, 2009 — is an excellent opportunity to bring together international experts and emerging scientists with ... Read more »
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