July | |
7/1/03 | Met with Dr. John Yu and Mr. Allen Bah from |
7/10/03 | Conducted telephone interview with Art Gorlick of Marine Digest on implications of EU biotech food labeling regulations |
7/15/03 | Visited with Christian Giannini and Martin Lee about Chinese Agriculture and |
7/16/03 | Met with Scott Thenell to discuss biotechnology regulatory hurdles in horticultural crops |
7/17/03 | Represented the SBC during the Nuffield Farming Scholars stay in |
7/18/03 | Hosted Fabrice Paradies to discuss the |
7/22/03 | Presented an SBC overview to the California Ag Fellows |
7/28/03 | Prepared a presentation for the Association of American Seed Control Officials |
August | |
8/15/03 | Participated in a TV interview with Jay Greenberg, KVIE Sacramento, for program on the Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Technology for PBS; program aired on 8/28/03 |
8/15/03 | Discussed cotton molecular marker project with Dr. Stelly, Texas A&M |
8/20/03 | Met with Paul Elias, reporter, Associated Press, |
8/21/03 | Visited with Beth Weise, reporter, USA Today, |
8/21/03 | Met with |
8/25/03 | Participated in the Web Mapping Isolation class |
September | |
9/3-5/03 | Attended UPOV meeting on molecular markers for variety registration, |
9/3/03 | Met with representatives of Eurosemillas, to discuss licensing and marketing UC germplasm in Europe, South America, and |
9/4/03 | Attended Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals Field Site Tour sponsored by Monsanto, |
9/11/03 | Participated in California Seed Association meeting and assisted in organizing program for the Plant Breeders and Biotechnology Committee, |
9/18/03 | Co-hosted California Seed Association Student Tour and gave a presentation on the SBC |
9/26/03 | Hosted the Von Humboldt Group for SBC tour |
October | |
10/6/03 | Met with Valeriy Mykytyuk, First Vice Rector, State Agricultural Ecology University of Ukraine and Andriy Spodin, Deputy Head, Division of Agricultural Education, Department of Personnel Policy, Agricultural Education and Research, Ministry of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine, to discuss the role of academic and business partnerships in community development |
10/6/03 | Gave a presentation on seed biotechnology and organized day-long program for participants from six southeast Asian countries on Agricultural Biotechnology sponsored by |
10/8/03 | Met with Syngenta to discuss research opportunities |
10/8/03 | Hosted UC Davis College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Dean's Advisory Council Tour |
10/14/03 | Organized and attended a meeting for California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors |
10/15/03 | Co-organized and hosted dedication celebration for the Plant Reproductive Biology building |
10/15/03 | Hosted Seed Biotechnology Center Advisory Council meeting |
10/22/03 | Chaired panel on Freedom to Operate and made presentation on "FTO for Horticultural Crops in the Current Regulatory Environment" at the University/Industry Consortium meeting, |
10/23/03 | Gave a presentation on Horticultural Biotechnology for Norwegian Study Tour on Agricultural Biotechnology and Novel Foods, sponsored by Norwegian Research Council and Norwegian Trade Council |
10/29/03 | Met with Sutter Seeds to discuss research opportunities |
10/24/03 | Met with Japanese governmental officials to discuss agricultural biotechnology issues |
10/30/03 | Visited with an agricultural biotechnology company to discuss BioStar research project |
10/31/03 | Discussed research opportunities with Qualiveg |
November | |
11/7/03 | Attended National Science Foundation Compositae Genome Project meeting |
11/9/03 | Interviewed by Angela Dansbury, Seed World; excerpts published in December issue (vol. 141, No. 10, pp. 16-18) |
11/13/03 | Taught session on biotechnology and the press for California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors board of directors, |
11/13/03 | Interviewed by Channel 1 educational TV station |
11/18/03 | Presented and hosted a discussion on issues in Horticultural Biotechnology with USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Jr. Professional Advisory Committee |
11/19/03 | Hosted Orion genomics to discuss National Science Foundation proposal and seminar |
11/20/03 | Hosted FARMS Leadership Program high school student's field day |
11/20/03 | Presented tomato mutation project to McClellan research group. |
11/21/03 | Visited with Harris Moran to discuss research opportunities |
11/25/03 | Discussed research opportunities with Canadian potato scientists |