Awards Presented at the XXIInd International Congress on
Sexual Plant Reproduction
Melbourne, Australia - February 13-17, 2012
Young Scientist Presentation Awards:
- H.F. Linskens Presentation Awards: (alphabetical)
- Kristin M. Beale, MCB Department, Brown University, USA, for her presentation: "The Arabidopsis block to polytubey is initiated by gamete fusion," co-authors Alexander R. Leydon and Mark A. Johnson
- Youssef Chebli, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Canada, for his presentation: “Spatio-temporal expression of pectate lyases in Arabidopsis male gametophyte,“ co-author Anja Geitmann
Young Scientist Poster Awards:
- M.T.M. Willemse Poster Awards: (alphabetical)
- Said Hafidh, Institute of Experimental Botany, Prague, Czech Republic, for his poster: “Comprehensive analysis of tobacco pollen transcriptome unveils common pathways in polar-cell expansion and underlying heterochronic shift during spermatogenesis,“ co-authors K. Breznenová, P. Puzicka, J. Feciková, V Capková and David Honys
- Tsutsui Hiroki, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan, for his poster: “Analysis of synergid cell specific genes based on laser microinjection technique,“ co-authors Satohiro Okuda, Keiko Shiina, Narie Sasaki and Tetsuya Higashiyama
- Springer Poster Award:
- Patrick Allen, Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Australia, for his poster: “Identification of novel genes involved in mucilage release and cell wall development in the Arabidopsis seed coat,“ co-authors Song Li and Roger W. Parish
