Plant Biochemistry

• October, 2009

  The Plant Genomics European Meetings 2009 will take place on 7-10 October, 2009 at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa Rectory. Early registration deadline: July 24, 2009. Abstract submission deadline: June 30, 2009.

• April, 2009

  IUBMB has announced that a IUBMB Special Meeting on Mechanisms of plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Biochemical and molecular aspects will take place in Marrakech, Morocco. Early registration deadline: November 30, 2008. Abstract submission deadline: November 30, 2008. Paper submission deadline: January 21, 2009.

• December, 2008

  On 18 December 2008, in Lisbon, the SPB affiliated society SPFV elected new governing bodies for the period of 2009-2012. The elected governing bodies are as follows:
  
  Executive Committee:
  
  President: Margarida Oliveira (ITQB)
  Secretary: Nelson Saibo (ITQB)
  Treasurer: Manuela David (UAlg)
  
  General Assembly:
  
  President: João Santos Pereira(ISA)
  1st Secretary: Cristina Máguas (FCUL)
  2nd Secretary: Mª Conceição Caldeira(ISA)
  
  Fiscal Committee:
  
  President: José António Matos (INETI)
  Secretary: Fernanda Simões (INETI)
  Member: Fernando Cardoso (INETI)
  
  

• September, 2007

  The 13th International Symposium on Acclimation and Establishment of Micro-propragated Plants will take place on Spetember 12-15 at University of Algarve, Portugal. For more details download the original announcement. Early registration deadline: May 30, 2007. Abstract submission deadline: April 1, 2007. Paper submission deadline: September 1, 2007.

• June 18-22, 2007

  The Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon in collaboration with other institutions will hold the course Potential & Applications of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants on June 18-22, 2007. This workshop has a theoretical and practical program. For more details, please go to http://www.fc.ul.pt/sites/curso-PAM. Application deadline: April 30, 2007.

• October, 2006

  The Biology of Transpiration: From Guard Cells to Globe meeting will take place on October 10-14 at Snowbird Mountain Resort, Utah, USA. Registration deadline: September 22, 2006.

• September , 2006

  The Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon in collaboration with other institutions will hold the course Potential & Applications of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants on September 18-22, 2006. This workshop has a theoretical and practical program. For more details, please go to http://www.fc.ul.pt/sites/curso-PAM. Application deadline: July 21, 2006.

• April 3, 2006

  The Biology Department at the University of Minho will hold the course Nutrition in Plants: Transmembrane Transport & Translocation of Water and Mineral & Organic Nutrients on April 3-8, 2006. This workshop has a 20-hour practical program and 20-hour theoretical component. For more details, please go to http://www.ecum.uminho.pt/aprendizagem or contact Hernani Góis (geros@bio.uminho.pt).

• February 13, 2006

  The Biology Department at the University of Minho will hold the Plant Secondary Metabolism Workshop on 13-19 February 2006. This workshop has a 33-hour practical program and 12-hour theoretical component. For more details see the workshop's program and schedule. For more details, please go to http://www.ecum.uminho.pt/aprendizagem or contact Prof. Alberto Dias (acpdias@bio.uminho.pt).