FIFTH WESTERN PHOTOSYNTHESIS CONFERENCE

The Fifth Western Photosynthesis Conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California. The Asilomar Conference Center is about a 2 hour drive south of the San Francisco International airport and about a 1 hour drive south of the San Jose International Airport. Free parking is available. There is also an airport in Monterey. Several airlines provide shuttle service to Monterey from the major California airports. Ground transportation from the Monterey airport to the Asilomar conference center should not be a problem. Further details about the conference center will be sent in mid-December. The full expense of the conference (including registration, shared-occupancy accommodation, three meals per day (including dinner on Tuesday and lunch on Friday), refreshments, informal socials, and conference facilities (lecture/poster rooms and accessories)) is $230 for students and $280 for postdocs and faculty. Single-occupancy accommodations are very limited and the cost is correspondingly higher (see Registration form).

PROGRAM

There will be six symposia. The first symposium will commence on Tuesday evening following dinner. On Wednesday and Thursday there will be morning and evening sessions, with the afternoons free for poster viewing, discussions, or exploration of the beautiful grounds of the Asilomar State Park, the Monterey Coast, or nearby Monterey, with its famous aquarium. The last session will conclude just before lunch on Friday. The conference is designed to provide students and postdocs with an opportunity to present and discuss their work with students, postdocs, and faculty from throughout the Western United States and with leading photosynthesis researchers invited from the Midwest and Canada. In each symposium there will be two plenary lectures given by invited speakers followed by four to six 15-20 min presentations by students, postdocs, or faculty. Informal socials will precede dinner and follow each evening session. Snacks and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. EACH ATTENDEE IS ENCOURAGED TO BRING A POSTER AND TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT. Individuals (including speakers) may bring more than one poster. Awards will be given for the best oral presentation by a student and for the best poster presentation by a student.

REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACTS

REGISTRATION FORM AND FEES SHOULD BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 7, 1995. (Students who are paying with their personal funds may send a 50% deposit, with the balance due on December 5th). The organizers must inform the Asilomar Conference Office of the number of rooms that we will require (and that we will be required to PAY for) by this date. Registration after November 7th is still possible, but there is no guarantee that accommodations on the Asilomar grounds will be available. On the registration form, please indicate if you desire to deliver an oral or poster presentation, in which symposium you wish to deliver your presentation(s), and supply a tentative title (or titles). A final program will be distributed in mid-December.

ABSTRACTS AND FINAL TITLES SHOULD BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 5, 1995. Abstracts received by this date will be incorporated in the program/abstract book to be distributed at the conference. The format of the abstract should be as follows: 1. TITLE (in capitals), 2. Authors (on a separate line from the title, with first names included and the name of the presenting author underlined), 3. Authors' department and institution affiliation(s), 3. Text (starting on a separate line) in 12 point type and the same font throughout, not to exceed 500 words. Abstracts should be printed in black ink on a standard sheet (8.5" x 11") of white paper. To facilitate duplication and binding, please use left/top margins of 1.5 inches and right/bottom margins of 1.0 inch. Abstracts should be sent by U.S. mail or by Express mail to:

Western Photosynthesis Meeting, c/o Rick Debus
Department of Biochemistry
University of California, Riverside
3401 Watkins Drive
Riverside, CA 92521-0129

Please do not send abstracts by email because they will have to be reformatted. Please do not send abstracts by fax because they will not reproduce well when duplicated for the program/abstract book.

CONFERENCE FEES

Rooms currently assigned to us are mostly doubles (2 beds to a room). All are non-smoking rooms (Asilomar prohibits smoking inside any of its buildings). A few triple and single rooms are also available. Rooms will be filled in the order that registration payments are received.

Students:

$230, for double/triple/quadruple*-occupancy accommodation
$380, for single-occupancy accommodation
$ 80, when no accommodation or meals is required

Postdocs/Faculty:

$280, for double-occupancy accommodation
$380, for single-occupancy accommodation
$ 80, when no accommodation or meals is required

Guests:

$230 for double-occupancy accommodation
$380 for single-occupancy accommodation

Cancellations should be addressed to Rick Debus, in writing, and, if received after December 7, 1995, are subject to forfeiture of paid fees if space is not resold.

(*If our accommodation building assignments change, we may acquire some rooms with four beds.)

Rick Debus
Department of Biochemistry
University of California at Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521-0129
Tel.: (909) 787-3483
Fax.: (909) 787-3590
Email: debusrj@citrus.ucr.edu

Gerry Edwards
Department of Botany
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4238
Tel.: (509) 335-2539
Fax.: (509) 335-3517
Email: edwardsg@wsunix.wsu.edu

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_____ Male; _____ Female;

_____ Vegetarian

_____ Disability access required - Disability: ____________(Requested by Asilomar)

Department: ______________________________________________________

Institution: _______________________________________________________

Street Address: ____________________________________________________

City/State/Zip Code: ________________________________________________

Telephone: __________________; Fax: __________________;

Email: __________________________

Please Check One: ____ Graduate Student; ____ Postdoc; ____ Faculty; ____ Other

If Other, please specify: _______________________

I will bring ______ guest(s) (at extra charge) who will not participate in the conference, but who will require accommodations and meals.

Name of guest(s); __________________________________________________

Lodging Preference (Rooms currently assigned to us are mostly doubles (2 beds to a room), with a few triples and singles available. Rooms will be filled in the order that registration payments are received):

____ double room; ____ triple/quadruple* room (same price as double);

____ single room (extra cost)

(*If some of our building assignments change, we may acquire some 4-bed rooms - same price as double and triple rooms)

Name(s) of preferred room-mate(s) (if any):

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Presentation:

Do you wish to deliver an oral presentation? _____ yes; _____ no

Do you wish to present a poster? _____ yes; _____ no

In which symposium?

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Tentative title(s) of presentation(s):

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REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT SHOULD BE SENT IN THE SAME ENVELOPE BY NOVEMBER 7TH TO:

Western Photosynthesis Meeting, c/o Rick Debus
Department of Biochemistry
University of California, Riverside
3401 Watkins Drive
Riverside, CA 92521-0129

PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE BY CHECK TO: "UC Regents - Photosynthesis"

AMOUNT PAID: _________

(Students who are paying with their personal funds may send a 50% deposit, with the balance due by December 5th)

If one payment is to cover multiple registration fees, please indicate the names of the individuals that the payment is intended to cover:

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