Dear Colleagues:

  We are pleased to announce that the joint symposium on “Plant Science Communications 2010” will be held from November 16th to 18th, 2010 at the Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan. In 2009, the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) in a mutual effort to promote research in the field of plant sciences, joined hands with the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding (MPIPZ) in a new initiative aimed at stimulating academic and scholarly exchange. Also, NIBB has joined hands with the Singapore’s Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) in an academic cooperation program. While continuing to expand the cooperative program with the JSPS Machida Plant Meristems Project at the leading edge of plant development research in Japan, NIBB aims at expanding the boarders of the plant sciences community.

  This international joint symposium supported by NIBB, MPIPZ, TLL and Machida Plant Meristems Project, is dedicated to providing opportunities to create new networks of plant scientists.

  The organizing committee would like to express our sincere thanks to all participants and we intend to provide you with an exciting and unforgettable scientific experience.

Best regards,

Masayoshi Kawaguchi
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Kiyotaka Okada

Organizers, Plant Science Communications 2010
National Institute for Basic Biology