Crop Sciences Newsletter #105, October 12, 2004

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

...Congratulations to Curt Hill, who received $87,750 from USDA/ARS for the project “Evaluation of Soybean for Disease Resistance” and $89,721 for “Evaluation of Elite Soybean Lines for Disease Resistance”; Susan Li, who received $26,400 from the SIU/United Soybean Board for “Coordinating Biotechnology Solutions to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome”; Wayne Pedersen, who received $90,000 from USDA/CSREES for “Evaluation of Fungicide Application Methods and Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Soybean Rust on Glycine max in Post Flowering Soybeans”; Dean Riechers, who received $13,261 from ISPOB for Weeds Managed Research Area 2005; and, Pat Tranel, who received $21,683 from the Research Board for “Gene Exchange Among Amaranthus Species”.

...Congratulations to Ryan Frieders and Sarah Jones on the completion of their M.S. degrees. Sarah worked under the direction of Lila Vodkin and will continue her studies toward a Ph.D. Ryan was advised by Fred Below.

FROM OUR OFFICE TO YOURS

...2005 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS. Nominations for the College of ACES Faculty and Staff Awards and the Paul A. Funk Recognition Award are due October 25, 2004 and supporting materials are due December 8, 2004. Information and applications are available only online at www.aces.uiuc.edu/awards.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Oct. 19, Crop Sciences Fall Social--Piefest, 3-4 p.m., Heritage Room

Oct. 20, Investiture Ceremony for Lila Vodkin as the holder of the Charles Adlai Ewing Endowed Chair, 3:00 p.m., Heritage Room, LIAC

Oct. 21-22, Extension Annual Conference, Springfield Crowne Plaza

Oct. 29, ACES Family Reunion (Homecoming), Holiday Inn, Urbana

Oct. 31-Nov. 4, ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA

Nov. 4, Gamma Sigma Delta Graduate Fellows Recognition, 3:30 p.m., Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor

Nov. 22, Fertilizer Dealer Clinic in Champaign

Nov. 29, Fertilizer Dealer Clinic in Springfield

Nov. 30, Fertilizer Dealer Clinic in Galesburg

Dec. 2, Fertilizer Dealer Clinic in Effingham

Dec. 6, Fertilizer Dealer Clinic in Pontiac

Dec. 7, Fertilizer Dealer Clinic in Rochelle

Dec. 10, Jonathan Baldwin Turner Banquet

March 11-12, 2005, ExplorACES

Apr. 26, 2005 ACES and Paul A. Funk Recognition Awards Program, Illini Union

May 15, 2005, U of I Commencement

UPCOMING CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA & WORKSHOPS

...The 37^th Annual Southern Illinois Fertilizer & Pesticide Conference will be November 23, 2004 at the Holiday Inn, Mt. Vernon, IL.

...CALL FOR PAPERS to the Soil and Water Conservation Society 2005 Annual Conference to be held July 30-August 4, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency and Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, NY. Proposals may be submitted using their website form at www.swcs.org/t_what_callforpapers05.htm.

...The 6^th International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease will be held October 30-November 2, 2005 at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel, Chicago.

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS

...A Churchill Scholarship provides one year of post graduate study leading to a degree in engineering, mathematics, and/or the sciences at Cambridge University, England. Seniors and graduate students who are U.S. citizens and under the age of 26 are eligible to apply. Students must apply to the Office of Scholarships for International Study by October 21; further information about the award is available.

...The Humboldt Research Fellowship supports highly qualified scientists and scholars of all nationalities and disciplines so that they may carry out long-term research projects in Germany. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree and be less than 40 years of age. Applications and information is available. U.S. citizens and residents may also apply for 3 x 3 Research Fellowships, 2-year Research Fellowships and National Academies and Humboldt Foundation’s Link Program Fellowship.

PERSONALS

Thanks to everyone for their condolences, and to the Department for the very nice flowers, on the recent death of my brother Joe. Emerson Nafziger

I wish to thank the faculty and staff members of the Department of Crop Sciences who sent me flowers, cards or called to wish me a speedy recovery from my total knee replacement surgery. Your concerns about my health helped me to endure the boredom of physical therapy. Amazingly, I can walk again. Ted Hymowitz

PUBLICATIONS

Ortiz-Ribbing, L.M. and Eastburn, D.M. 2004. Soybean root systems and sudden death syndrome severity: Taproot and lateral root infection. Plant Dis. 881011- 1016.

SEMINARS

Oct. 14, noon, Nick Fassler, “Efficacy and degradation of mesotrione and isoxaflutole in the soil”, W-109 Turner.

Oct. 14, noon, P. Leslie Dutton, Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, “The electron transfer chain of biology”, B102 CLSL.

Oct. 15, noon, Walt Hurley, Professor, Veterinary Medicine, “A case for online case studies”, 245 Wohlers, Hall.

Oct. 15, noon, P. Leslie Dutton, Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, “De novo design of metalloproteins: folding in function and structure”, B102 CLSL.

Oct. 18, noon, Jian-Kang Zhu, UCR Institute for Integrated Genome Biology, University of California Riverside, title unavailable, W-109 Turner.

Oct. 21, noon, Jared Schroeder, “Implications for the present and future of the variant Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte”, W-109 Turner.

Oct. 22, noon, Johannes Rudolph, Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, “Cdc25: mechanism and regulation of a protein phosphatase”, B102 CLSL.

Oct. 27, Justin Borevitz, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of Chicago, “High resolution patterns of variation in the Arabidopsis Genome, W-109 Turner.

Oct. 28, noon, Jennifer Freeman, “Developmental impact of atrazine on metamorphing Xenopus laevis as revealed by nuclear analysis of morphology”, W-109 Turner.

Oct. 29, noon, Arthur Schmidt, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, “Stimulating student learning and self-discovery with Illinois Compass-- observations from an engineering capstone design course, 245 Wohlers Hall.

Oct. 29, noon, Richard Armstrong, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, “Membrane protein structure and dynamics revealed by amide h/d exchange mass spectrometry”, B102 CLSL.

Nov. 12, noon, Janet Gaffney, Associate Professor, Special Education, “Web page presentations of realworld projects by class teams (SPED 177 The Culture of Disability Across the Life Span), 245 Wohlers Halls.