Cereal Disease Laboratory : North American Cereal Rust Workshop

April 2 -4, 2007

Workshop convenes at 1:00 pm April 2, 2007 in the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. The workshop wraps up at noon April 4.

Mark your calendars! The upcoming North American Cereal Rust Workshop has been set for April 2-4 on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. We would like all participants to contribute to the program so we are asking for tentative titles for oral and poster presentations in the following general areas: rust survey reports; rust population genetics, biology, and epidemiology; host resistance to rusts; rust genomics and molecular biology; taxonomy and phylogenetics of rust fungi.

Questions? Please email: markh@umn.edu

Workshop Update
There's still time to register for the upcoming North American Cereal Rust Workshop! We are putting together an exciting program and will be having sessions in the following areas: Cereal Rust Race Surveys; Host Resistance to Rusts; Rust Biology and Taxonomy; Detection, Surveillance, and Quarantines; Molecular Biology and Host-Pathogen Interactions. Oral presentations will be 15 min. long (~10 min talk + ~5 min. for questions). You may give presentations in multiple sessions (i.e., present rust survey data in that session, resistance genetics work in the Host Resistance session). If you would like to participate, send us a tentative title of your oral presentation and what session you would like to present it in. We will also have space for poster presentations. See you in April in St. Paul!

Once we receive all the titles, we will be asking for abstracts of your presentations to be put into a program book. A complete proceedings of Powerpoint presentations (both oral and poster) will be made available online after the meeting.

Workshop Program - final update 3/29

Poster presentations

There are no set size specifications for posters, perhaps something in the 42" x 42" or thereabout would be a good choice. The posters will be mounted on fabric wall panels in the workshop room and on the walls immediately outside of the room using T-pins and 3M temporary adhesives (both provided), respectively.

Real-time PCR protocol overview session

A couple of people have expressed interest in visiting the CDL on Thursday April 5th to review the protocol we use to detect rust spores in rain. We will go through the extraction procedure and the nested real-time PCR assay beginning at 9 am and will likely be finished by noon, but the time frame is flexible.

If you would like to participate in the session, please contact Charlie Barnes, at barn0107@umn.edu

For questions on the workshop, please email: markh@umn.edu

Hotel reservations
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Roseville Radisson Hotel at a special rate, including a limited number for those arriving on Saturday, March 31 or Sunday, April 1, as well as for those choosing to stay additional nights on April 4 and 5. Reservations can be made directly with the hotel at 651-636-4567 or 1-866-444-6835. Be sure to mention that you are with the University of Minnesota Cereal Rust Workshop. A shuttle will be run from the hotel to meeting on the St. Paul campus.

Please note: Hotel reservations must be made by March 1, 2007 to guarantee a room.

Further details on registration and the program will be forthcoming as they develop. Hope to see you in St. Paul this spring!

Marty Carson

Registration
The registration fee, which includes breaks, an evening reception on April 2, lunch on April 3 and dinner on April 3, is $160. Please submit the registration form by March 15, 2007.

Directions

Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport

University of Minnesota campus shuttle service

Please share this announcement with any colleagues who might be interested.

Questions? Please email: markh@umn.edu