MEMBER ACTIVITIES
- Gary Stutte had an experiment sent into space last year. Please follow this link for further information: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/bricsynrge.html
- Sylvia Mitchell shared with TVJ, a local radio station in Jamaica, about the ex vitro growth of ginger plantlets on January 6th, 2012. A link to the interview can be found here: http://televisionjamaica.com/Programmes/SmileJamaica.aspx/Videos/14903
- Gordon Reese has a new job. He is now the Product Manager of Preserved Specimens, and Prepared Slides at Carolina Biological Supply Company. Carolina provides tools for teachers to teach science and math. Preserved Specimens include specimens for dissection, insect collection supplies, Herbarium supplies and display mounts of both plants and animals. Slides include botany, pathology, histology and custom work. He is excited about this opportunity to help promote and support science education. He can be contacted at gordon.reese@carolina.com
- Several members of SIVB are also board members of ACMAP. Please see below the ACMAP officers for 2012
President, Dr. Agnes M. Rimando, USDA-ARS
Vice President, Dr. Fabricio Medina-Boliver, Arkansas State University
Secretary, Dr. Jeff W. Adelberg, Clemson University
Treasurer, Dr. Carol M. Stiff, Kitchen Culture Education Technologies
Member-at-Large, Rao S. Mentreddy, Alabama A&M University
Member-at-large, Dr. Prahlad Parajuli, Wayne State University
Member-at-large, Dr. Jeanine Davis, North Carolina State University
MEETING NOTICE
The 3rd Annual Conference of the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP) will be held at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas, between May 22 and May 25, 2012. The conference will include plenary and concurrent talks, poster sessions, a tour of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute and a field trip. World renowned speakers from across the United States and abroad will present their work related to medicinal uses of plants, biotechnology and production of natural health products and uses of plant-derived products as therapeutics and as cancer preventing agents. This conference will provide a unique network opportunity for students, faculty, industry and medical field representatives to share their science and ideas and develop productive collaborations. For further information about how to participate and register in this conference please visit www.acmap.org.
ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES
· SIVB is on LinkedIn. We are encouraging you to take part. http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Society-In-Vitro-Biology-1860938
· Academia is also a good place to join. It makes your papers more visible. Follow the links: www.academia.edu
