Conference: 49th Annual Maize Genetics Conference to be held in St. Charles, IL on March 22-25, 2007.

第49届玉米遗传学年会将于2007年3月22日至25日在伊利诺伊州圣查尔斯市的野鸡跑步度假村和水疗中心举行。这次会议为玉米遗传学社区的成员提供了展示和讨论他们最新研究成果的机会。课程涵盖了从经典分子遗传学到分子遗传学的广泛主题。第49届年会将包括4位受邀演讲者45分钟的演讲，个人与会者15分钟的演讲和两个海报环节。受邀的演讲者将是：植物基因表达中心的Sarah Hake、爱荷华州立大学的Martha James、麻省理工学院怀特黑德研究所的Susan Lindquist和特拉华大学的Blake Meyers。玉米遗传学会议为研究生提供了一个绝佳的机会，让他们在这一领域与科学家见面和互动，以演讲或海报的形式讨论他们的研究想法，并开始建立科学网络，这些网络将在他们的职业生涯中被证明是非常宝贵的。

The 49th Annual Maize Genetics Conference will be held March 22-25, 2007 at thePheasant Run Resort and Spa in St. Charles, IL. The meeting offers members of theMaize Genetics community the opportunity to present and discuss their most recentresearch results. A wide range of topics are covered, ranging from classical tomolecular genetics. The 49th Annual meeting will feature 45-minute talks by four invitedspeakers, 15 minute talks given by individual participants and two poster sessionss.The invited speakers will be: Sarah Hake, Plant Gene Expression Center; MarthaJames, Iowa State University; Susan Lindquist, Whitehead Institute, MIT; and BlakeMeyers, University of Delaware.The Maize Genetics Conference provides an outstanding opportunity forgraduate students to meet and interact with scientists in the field, to discuss theirresearch ideas as talks or posters, and to begin to establish the scientific networks thatwill prove invaluable throughout their careers.