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IPMB director Tuan-hua Ho elected president of the American Society of Plant Biologists (6-19-2008)
Tuan-hua David Ho, current director of IPMB and Academician of Academia Sinica has been elected to the presidency of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) in the society¡¦s election conducted this spring. In honor of this historic event, and the selection of Professor C.Y. Lin of National Taiwan University as a corresponding member of ASPB, a reception was held on June 10th at IPMB to congratulation both Dr. Lin and Dr. Ho on these latest achievements and to recognize their long and continuing contributions to plant science in Taiwan and the world. Click here to see a photo collage of the reception honoring Drs. Ho and Lin ... Read more
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| Aspirins and carbohydrates promote direct somatic embryogenesis in orchid leaf culture (8-19-2008) |
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| Small amounts of salicylic acid are known to be present in plants. Originally salicylic acid was extracted from the willow bark to make the well known pain relief medication Aspirin. Salicylic acid is thought to promote disease resistance, increase flower life, inhibit seed germination, and promote ethylene synthesis. Wei-chin Chang¡¦s team found that small amount of exogenous salicylic acids highly enhances somatic embryo formation directly from cultured pieces of orchid Oncidium leaf (Hong PI, JT Chen, WC Chang, Effects of salicylic and acetylsalicylic acid on direct somatic embryogenesis of Oncidium, J. Plant Biochem Biotech, in press). The response is pretty sensitive - too much aspirin will kill the leaf pieces - putting a quarter of a tablet in about half a liter of water should work. Another report attempts to modify carbon sources of media for promoting embryogenesis in two cultivars of Oncidium, and has been accepted by Biologia Plantarum (Hong PI, JT Chen, WC Chang, Promotion of direct somatic embryogenesis of Oncidium by adjusting carbon sources). |
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Variation in rDNA loci producing 45S ribosomal RNA (45S rRNA) in Oryza species (7-18-2008) |
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| Variations in the number and the position of rDNA loci among species can provide valuable information of evolution and genome organization at the chromosomal level. Mei-Chu Chung¡¦s group has reported polymorphisms in the number of rDNA loci and in their chromosomal positions among Oryza species by using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) (Theor Appl Genet 116:745¡V753, 2008). They thus provided cytological evidence to support the hypothesis that chromosomal inversion as well as amplification and transposition of rDNA can occur during Oryza species evolution. ... Read more |
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A life-long achievement honor (05-26-2008) |
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In May 2008, Academician Chu-Yun Lin, Professor Emeritus at National Taiwan University and also a current member of the IPMB Advisory Committee, was given the honor of permanent Corresponding Membership by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), the largest plant biology society in the world. The society makes the award to outstanding plant researchers who live outside the United States, with the stipulation that the total number of corresponding members cannot be more than 2% of the total society membership.... Read more |
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Prestigious Young Investigator Award(5-15-2008) |
I am extremely pleased to inform you that Dr. Shu-Hsing Wu has been awarded the Academia Sinica Young Investigator Award. This is a prestigious award for the most |
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promising young scientists in Taiwan (not just for PIs in AS), and Shu-Hsing is the first person from IPMB getting this recognition. Please join me in congratulating Shu-Hsing for receiving this honor. --Tuan-hua |
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