2^nd Pan American Plant Membrane Biology Workshop

The Pan American Plant Membrane Biology Workshop is held every three years to provide an opportunity for researchers in North and Latin America to present and discuss current topics in plant membrane biology. The aim is to provide an opportunity for researchers from the Western Hemisphere to exchange the most recent information and ideas relating to the biology of plant membranes in a workshop environment. The conference will address such topics as Hormone Responses, Environmental Signal Perception, Nutrient Acquisition, Membranes and Development, Source/Sink Transport, Water Relations, Genomics, Evolution of Transporters, Structure/Function Relationships, and Practical Applications of Membrane Research. Oral and poster presentations will be thematically grouped and sessions will include a representative mixture of experimental and intellectual approaches to important topics in plant membrane biology. Sections will be led by prominent researchers in the focus area with talks presented by postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate researchers. In keeping with the workshop format, provision for more extended discussion following talks has been made in the meeting schedule. PIs and faculty advisors of speakers are requested to attend and contribute to the discussion of presentations.

The first Workshop was held in 2003 in Cuernavaca, Mexico with participants attending from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other Latin American countries. The site for this next meeting is South Padre Island, which is located at the southern tip of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. The island is cooled by an onshore breeze and is renowned for watersports and its beautiful beaches. The meeting site has been selected for its proximity to the US-Mexico border and its suitability for an interactive workshop environment. Travel grants and registration fee subsidies are available for student participants.