Plant Cell and Developmental Biology
Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
May 31 – June 4, 2011
Abstract Deadline:April 8, 2011

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Arranged by:
Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University, USA
Xiao-ya Chen, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, China
Hong Ma, Fudan University, China/The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Natasha Raikhel, University of California Riverside, USA
Weicai Yang,Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China
Zhenbiao Yang, University of California Riverside, USA

We are pleased to announce the 1st Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Plant Cell and Developmental Biology which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China. The conference will begin at 7.30pm on the evening of Tuesday May 31st, and will conclude after lunch on Saturday, June 4th, 2011.

This conference is similar in design to the famous Cold Spring Harbor meetings series, a program now in its 75th year. The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in plant biology research. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

Topics:
- Cell polarity
- Cytoskeleton
- Membrane trafficking, Meiosis
- Pollination and fertilization
- Reproductive cell differentiation
- Root development
- Self-incompatibility

Keynote Speakers:
Jiayang Li, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS
Hong Ma, Fudan University, China/Pennsylvania State University, USA
June Nasrallah,Cornell University,USA

Invited Speakers:
Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University, USA
Xiao-ya Chen, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, China Zhukuan Cheng, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, China
Sacco deVries, Wageningen University, Holand
Thomas Dresselhaus, University of Regensburg,Germany
Jiri Friml, Universiteit Gent,Belgium
Ying Fu, China Agricultural University, China
Markus Grebe M, Umeå University,Sweden
Ueli Grossniklaus, University of Zurich,Switzerland
Ikuko Hara-Nishimura, Kyoto University,Japan
Tetsuya Higashiyama, Nagoya University,Japan
Teh-hui Kao, The Pennsylvania State University,USA
Cris Kuhlemeier, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern,Switzerland
Daniel Lew, Duke University, USA
Bo Liu, University of California, Davis,USA
Hong Ma, Fudan University, The Pennsylvania State University,USA
Li-Jia Qu, Peking University, China
Natasha Raikhel, University of California, Riverside,USA
Laurie Smith, University of California, San Diego,USA
Kaiko Torii, University of Washington,USA
Jaimie Van Norman, Duke University,USA
Xuelu Wang, Fudan University, China
Hong-wei Xue, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, China
Weicai Yang, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, China
Zhenbiao Yang, University of California, Riverside,USA

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

Fellowship:
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $100-$500) awards. For more details, please visit Stipends

We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in June 2011.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:

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    Please kindly note:

1. The early & normal price will be available if the full payment is finished before the exact due date.
For USD participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if we could not successfully charge the full payment from your registered credit card before the deadline.
For CNY participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if our bank account could not receive your full payment by wire transfer before the deadline.

2. For Student Package registered participants, please add your roommate requirement during the online registration. Otherwise, we’ll assign you a roommate among other student participants.

3. For late registrations, your housing & registration materials may not be guaranteed since the order is usually made in advance.

4. Please inform us your request on extra day (USD 75/CNY 500 per day) and food (vegetarian, kosher…etc.) during the online registration or email us as early as possible so that we could make relevant arrangement accordingly.

5.We offer CSHA endowed student package for graduate students (student ID is required). This special offer only includes the meeting session pass. Housing, food and social activities are not included in the package.

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