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December 2003 - April 2004 Activities
























































































































































December



12/3/03


Gave a presentation to the California Tomato Research Institute, Sacramento, CA


12/4/03


Arranged meeting with College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Genome Center representative and Harris Moran


12/5/03


Upgraded SBC Web site to improved design


12/8/03


Met with field representatives of cucurbit seed producing companies to discuss isolation standards and the web-based mapping project, Colusa


12/9/03


Met with Pichet Choorak, newspaper journalist from Thailand, while visiting with US Department of State's International Visitor Program


12/19/03


Advised California Plant Health Association regarding ballot initiative in Mendocino County to ban production of genetically engineered organisms


January


 


 


1/6/04


Interviewed with Mike Lee, Sacramento Bee, about intellectual property aspects of agricultural biotechnology


1/7/04


Presented tomato mutation project at Tomato Day


1/7/04


Received donation of equipment from Syngenta


1/10-11/04


Attended Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA


1/16-17/04


Hosted W168 Regional Research Meeting at SBC


1/21/04


Visited with Eric Sachs and George Gough from Monsanto


1/27/04


Conducted phone interview with Mike Adair, Willets News, on Mendocino County Proposition H


February


 


 


2/2/04


Attended California Crop Improvement Assn. course on web mapping


2/2/04


Met with George Gough, Monsanto, to discuss Mendocino County Proposition H


2/3/04


Visited with Clinton Neagley to advertise the workshop: "Protecting, Defending and Enforcing Plant Variety Intellectual Property Rights"


2/4/04


Advised American Seed Trade Association and Canadian Seed Trade Association on use of molecular markers in variety protection


2/10-11/04


Organized and taught "Breeding with Molecular Markers" course


2/11/04


Presented final report on Bakanae to Rice Research Advisory Board


2/17/04


Attended and gave a presentation at the Seed Advisory Board, Sacramento, CA


2/19/04


Met with Cargill to discuss research opportunities


2/20/04


Visited with Seminis to discuss research opportunities


2/23/04


Conducted a phone interview with Edie Lau, Sacramento Bee, on Union of Concerned Scientists report on transgene contamination of non-GE varieties


2/26/04


Met with SBC Advisory Council members and Neal Van Alfen, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences dean, to discuss future funding of SBC


2/26/04


Met with SBC Advisory Council members and Richard Michelmore, Genome Center director to discuss the relationship of the SBC with the Genome group


2/26/04


Served as a panel member at a public education forum on Measure H and GMOs, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA


2/24-25/04


Hosted Western Seed Physiology Research Group meeting


March


 


 


3/2/04


Attended "Protecting, Defending and Enforcing Plant Variety Intellectual Property Rights"


3/4-4/04


Attended Keystone meeting Taos on comparative genomics, Taos, New Mexico


3/15/04


Visited with Harris Moran researchers to discuss research opportunities


3/19/04


Interviewed with television crew from Nigeria for program on agricultural biotechnology


3/21-23/04


Attended California Seed Association Annual Meeting, Dana Point, CA


3/22/04


Organized and hosted SBC Seed Advisory Council meeting, Dana Point, CA


3/23/04


Visited with cooperating firm to discuss BioStar research project, Malibu, CA


3/24/04


Hosted group and tour of Japanese exchange students in collaboration with Modesto Junior College


3/29/04


Met with Progeny Advanced Genetics to discuss research opportunities


3/30/04


Participated in the California Department of Food & Agriculture Teamseed workshop, Woodland CA


April


 


 


4/9/04


Presented information on California seed production to teachers from China


4/17/04


Developed and presented a display for UC Davis Picnic Day


4/7/04


Interviewed with television crew (Jennifer Olney) from KGO ABC 7 from San Francisco about ag biotech and the Mendocino Measure H


4/13/04


Interviewed with television crew (Jason Marsh) of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism for a program on Mendocino Measure H and GM crops


4/13/04


Presented Tomato Mutation project at Livermore conference


4/14/04


Advised California wheat growers on genetic testing in wheat


4/16/04


Met with six members of the German Bundestag's Committee for Consumer Protection Food and Agriculture to discuss agricultural biotechnology


4/28/04


Hosted director of Vegetable Institute, Quandon province, China