How do plants choose their mates? Find out at York University Biology Symposium

TORONTO, March 11, 1999 -- How plants choose their mates and how wolves interact with their prey will be among the topics discussed during a one-day biology symposium at York University, March 13, 1999, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sponsored by York University's Association of Graduate Students in Biological Sciences (AGSBS), the symposium will bring together scientists and biologists from across North America to discuss their unique research. The Symposium is free and open to the public.

WHO:
Dr. Martin Feder (University of Chicago) Heat Shock Proteins: Interacting molecules, perspectives, discipline, and level of organization, 10:30 a.m - 11:20 a.m.

Dr. John and Mary Theberge (University of Waterloo) Wolf Predator-Prey Interactions, 11:20 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. (The Theberges have been vocal critics of wolf conservation policies in Algonquin Park. John Theberge is author of Wolf Country, published in the fall.)

Dr. David Draper (John Hopkins University) Protein Recognition of an RNA Tertiary Structure, 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.

Dr. Daphne Preuss (University of Chicago) How Plants Choose Their Mates: Cell adhesion during Arabidopsis pollination, 2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

Dr. Nicholas Tonks (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases and Signal Transduction, 3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.

WHAT:
1999 AGSBS Spring Biology Symposium - York University WHEN:
Saturday, March 13, 1999, 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

WHERE:
Vari Hall "A"
York University, 4700 Keele Street

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For more information, please contact:

Debashish Ray
Department of Biology
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 70352

Ken Turriff
Media Relations Officer
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22086
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