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Sunday, July 31st

Sunday, July 31st
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session WS11: Workshop: Applying to Graduate School: Tips for Success
Presiding: Anna K Monfils, Central Michigan University
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WS11001July 31st 1:00 pmApplying to Graduate School: Tips for Success
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Conference WideWorkshopMonfils, Anna K; Sakai, Ann.Undergraduate Students
Broadening Participation
Graduate School
Sunday, July 31st
3:15 pm to 5:15 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session WS15: Workshop: Crafting an effective elevator speech and Communicating Broader Impacts of Your Work: A Workshop for Students and PostDocs.
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WS15001July 31st 3:15 pmCrafting an effective elevator speech and Communicating Broader Impacts of Your Work: A Workshop for Students and PostDocs
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Conference WideWorkshopMcDonnell, Angela Jean.

Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st
11:00 am to 12:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session S3: Special Lecture: Annals of Botany Special Lecture
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S3001August 1st 11:00 am
Canceled
Mutualistic networks in the Galápagos Islands and how alien species modify their structure
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Annals of Botany Lecture - Anna TravesetSpecial AddressTraveset, Anna.ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS
pollination
Seed dispersal
ALIEN INVASIONS
GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
Monday, August 1st
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session SY03: Symposium: Horsetails through form, space and time
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SY03SUMAugust 1st 1:30 pmHorsetails through form, space, and time
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumRothwell, Gar W; Stevenson, Dennis WM.
SY03001August 1st 1:30 pmHorsetails through form, space, and time; introduction and overview
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumRothwell, Gar W.Equisetum
horsetail
evolution
structure and development
homology
systematics and phylogeny
SY03002August 1st 1:45 pmThe enigmatic morphology and anatomy of horsetails
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumStevenson, Dennis WM.Equisetum
Branching
Phyllotaxis
Pseudowhorls
SY03003August 1st 2:00 pmHorsetails: enigmatic Devonian source
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumStein Jr, William E; Berry, Christopher.Pseudosporochnales
horsetails
SY03004August 1st 2:30 pmModularity and hierarchy: development meets the fossil record in a hypothesis for the origin of the Equisetum strobilus
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumTomescu, Alexandru; Escapa, Ignacio H; Rothwell, Gar W.Equisetum
sphenophyte
fossil
Development
strobilus
evolution
fossil record
sphenopsid
Modularity
SY03005August 1st 3:00 pmEquisetalean evolution in deep time
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumEscapa, Ignacio Hernan; Tomescu, Alexandru; Rothwell, Gar W; Elgorriaga, Andres.Equisetales
Equisetum
phylogeny
Fossils
Upper Paleozoic
August 1st 3:15 pmBreak
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and Time
SY03007August 1st 3:45 pmEquisetum morphology: An evo-devo perspective
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumAmbrose, Barbara; Vasco, Alejandra.ferns
leaf development
megaphyll
microphyll
SY03008August 1st 4:15 pmEquisetum and its place in vascular-plant phylogeny
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumGraham, Sean W; Rothfels, Carl; Lin, Qianshi; Zhan, Shing Hei.Equisetum
ferns
Monilophytes
Congruence
Long Branch Attraction
SY03009August 1st 4:30 pmIs Equisetum really a fern? Evaluation of possible Long Branch Attraction in resolution of the "monilophyte" clade
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Horsetails Through Form, Space, and TimeSymposiumNixon, Kevin.Equisetum
Long Branch Attraction
Monday, August 1st
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session M23: Meeting: Herbarium Curator's Meeting
Presiding: Robert Naczi, The New York Botanical Garden
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August 1st 7:00 pmHerbarium Curators meeting
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Systematics

Tuesday, August 2nd

Tuesday, August 2nd
11:00 am to 12:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session S4: Special Lecture: Regional Botany Special Lecture
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S4001August 2nd 11:00 amAncient Mountains to Recent Shorelines: Adventures in the Flora of Georgia
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Regional Botany Special Lecture - Wendy Zomlefer & Linda ChafinSpecial AddressZomlefer, Wendy; Chafin, Linda.
Tuesday, August 2nd
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session S6: Special Lecture: Kaplan Memorial Lecture
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S6001August 2nd 3:30 pmHeteroblasty and Heterophylly – when two programs collide
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Kaplan Memorial Lecture - Neelima SinhaSpecial AddressSinha, Neelima; Chitwood, Dan; Ichihashi, Yasunori; Ostria-Gallardo, Enrique; Zumstein, Kristina; Rowland, Steven.
Tuesday, August 2nd
4:45 pm to 5:30 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session M27: Meeting: BSA Members Meeting
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August 2nd 4:45 pmBSA Members Meeting
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BSA-Wide

Wednesday, August 3rd

Wednesday, August 3rd
8:00 am to 12:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session SY09: Symposium: Wood: Biology of a Living Tissue
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August 3rd 8:00 amIntroduction
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Wood: Biology of a Living Tissue
SY09SUMAugust 3rd 8:00 amWood: Biology of a Living Tissue
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Wood: Biology of a Living TissueSymposiumSchenk, H. Jochen.
SY09002August 3rd 8:15 amDevelopment of symplasmic networks in woody stems
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Wood: Biology of a Living TissueSymposiumSpicer, Rachel; Evanich, Daniel.Parenchyma
symplast
xylem
sapwood
heartwood
vascular cambium
plasmodesmata
SY09003August 3rd 8:45 amThe role of living cells in water transport and storage
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Wood: Biology of a Living TissueSymposiumSteppe, Kathy.water relations
hydraulic capacitance
drought
woody tissue photosynthesis
cavitation
SY09004August 3rd 9:15 amThe Role of Xylem Parenchyma in Pathogen Defense
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Wood: Biology of a Living TissueSymposiumBlaedow, Ryan; Park, Ji-Hyun; Juzwik, Jennifer.xylem
Parenchyma
defense
pathogen
August 3rd 9:45 amBreak
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Wood: Biology of a Living Tissue
SY09006August 3rd 10:15 amXylem vessel development in the secondary xylem of woody plants
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Wood: Biology of a Living TissueSymposiumJacobsen, Anna L.xylem
vessel
Development
anatomy
hydraulics
SY09007August 3rd 10:45 amThe structure and multiple functions of vessel-associated cells in xylem
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Wood: Biology of a Living TissueSymposiumMorris, Hugh; Schiele, Sandra; Klepsch, Matthias; Schenk, H. Jochen; Jansen, Steven.xylem
axial parenchyma
radial parenchyma
wood anatomy
surfactants
amorphous layer
pit membrane
transmission electron microscopy
water relations
SY09008August 3rd 11:15 amCarbohydrate storage in sapwood of chaparral shrubs: the associations with parenchyma and dehydration tolerance
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Wood: Biology of a Living TissueSymposiumPratt, R. Brandon.chaparral
cavitation
drought
xylem
August 3rd 11:45 amDiscussion
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Wood: Biology of a Living Tissue
Wednesday, August 3rd
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session S8: Special Lecture: Pelton Award Lecture - Hawes
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S8001August 3rd 3:00 pmThe role of the extracellular matrix in defense: New insights into plant and animal immune responses
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Pelton Award Lecture - Martha HawesSpecial AddressHawes, Martha.extracellular defense
Wednesday, August 3rd
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm · Oglethrope Auditorium/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session S9: Special Lecture: Address of the BSA President-Elect
Presiding: Tom A. Ranker, University Of Hawaii At Manoa
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S9001August 3rd 5:00 pmConvergent Evolution of National Science Education Projects: How BSA Can Influence Reform
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Address of the BSA President-Elect - Gordon UnoSpecial AddressUno, Gordon.science education
student outcomes
professional development

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