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<p>Plant Reproduction 2016, the 24th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction will be held at the Tucson Marriott University Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA, March 18-23, 2016. </p>
<p><span class="s1">Conference website: <a href="http://plantreproduction2016.org/">http://plantreproduction2016.org</a></span></p>
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<p>1. All UA-affiliated attendees can register at a deeply discounted rate till <strong>February 18, 2016 (next Thursday)</strong>. To avail these discounted rates, students should pay by choosing the 'student IASPRR member' option and all others should pay
by choosing the 'IASPRR member' option; once making the payment, please contact Ravi Palanivelu (<a href="mailto:rpalaniv@email.arizona.edu" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">rpalaniv@email.arizona.edu</a>) with the payment
details. The registration fees includes most of the meals and the dinner banquet in the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (<a href="https://www.desertmuseum.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span class="s2">https://www.desertmuseum.org/</span></a>). </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">2. The deadline to submit abstracts for poster presentations is <strong>February 18, 2016</strong>. <a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/pr2016/abstract-submission">https://cals.arizona.edu/pr2016/abstract-submission</a></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">3. An exciting program is in store for Plant Reproduction 2016, encompassing 9 non-overlapping sessions, allowing all attendees to attend all sessions. Research in many model organisms
are represented: </p>
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<li class="li3">Floral Induction and Floral Organ Development </li><li class="li3">Sporogenesis, Meiosis & Apomixis </li><li class="li3">Gametogenesis </li><li class="li3">Pollen-Pistil Interactions </li><li class="li3">Gametophyte Interactions and Fertilization </li><li class="li3">Embryogenesis </li><li class="li3">Endosperm Development </li><li class="li3">Regulation of parental genome expression </li><li class="li3">Fruit & Seed Development </li></ul>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">For additional details, please visit the conference website: <a href="http://plantreproduction2016.org/"><span class="s2">http://plantreproduction2016.org</span></a> </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Sincerely, </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Organizing Committee, Plant Reproduction 2016 organizing committee:</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Alice Cheung (Univ. Mass., Amherst) </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Gary Drews (Univ. Utah) </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Anja Geitmann (McGill Uni.) </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Mark Johnson (Brown Univ.) </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Ravi Palanivelu (Univ. Arizona), Co-Chair </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Karen Schumaker (Univ. Arizona) </p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Ramin Yadegari (Univ. Arizona), Co-Chair </span></div>
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<div>Ravishankar Palanivelu, Ph.D.</div>
<div>Associate Professor</div>
<div>School of Plant Sciences</div>
<div>University of Arizona</div>
<div>Tucson, AZ 85721</div>
<div>Phone: 520-626-2229</div>
<div>Fax: 520-621-7186</div>
<div>Web: <a href="http://www.ag.arizona.edu/research/ravilab">http://www.ag.arizona.edu/research/ravilab</a></div>
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