IASPRR Medals

Young Scientist Presentation Awards:

The board decided to grant three awards at this congress to junior scientists. One award was given for the best presentation and two awards for the best posters. The awards were presented on behalf of the award committee by Prof. Vipen Sawhney. [Photo 1]

Best Presentation:

• Giampiero Cai, Departimento Scienze Ambientali, Universitá di Siena, via Mattioli 4 53100 Siena, Italy, for his presentation: "Cytoskeleton and cytoplasmic motility in the pollen tube." [Photo 1] [Photo 2]

Best Poster: (alphabetical)

• Maria-Helena S. Goldman, Department of Biology, FFCLRP/USP, 3900 Ribeirao Preto, SP 14040-901, Brazil, for her poster: "Cloning and expression of the cDNA encoding the lectin KM+ from Artocarpus integrifolia seeds," co-authors L. L. P. DaSilva, J. B. Molfetta, G. H. Goldman and M. C. Roque-Barreira [Photo 1]
• K. Melih Taşkin, Department of Field Crops, University of Akdeniz, PO Box 510, Antalya, Turkey, for his poster: "Apomictic development in Arabis gunnisoniana as a model to study apomixis," co-authors K. Turgut and Rod J. Scott [Photo 1]