Talks
Monday April 14th, 2 pm
Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak read from "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food" on Capital Public Radio's "Insight" Hosted by Jeffrey Callison, weekdays at 2:00p on KXJZ. Insight is an in-depth talk program featuring a variety of people and issues of interest to listeners in the Sacramento region and Western Nevada.
Thursday, April 24, 7:30p
Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak read from "Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food" at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley, CA (510) 704-8222
Past Invited Speaker Presentations
1991
International Society Plant Molecular Biology, Tuscon, Arizona
1992
Faseb meeting in Plant Molecular Biology, Steamboat Springs, CO
Pacific rim conference on Plant Biology, Sacramento, CA
International workshop on biotechnology, Bogor, Indonesia
1993
International Rice Blast Conference, Madison Wisconsin
International Society Plant Molecular Biology, Yokohama Japan
Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Program on rice biotechnology, Phillipines
1994
International Plant Genome Conference, San Diego, CA
1995
American Phytopathological Society, Pittsburgh, PA
Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Resistance genes. Banbury Conference, CSHL
International Plant Genome Conference, San Diego, CA
International Program on rice biotechnology, Philippines
Plant Phosphorylation, symposia, Keystone, CO
Plant Biotechnology Dept, Cornell University
Dept. of Plant Biology, UC Berkeley, CA
1996
World Congress on In vitro biology, SF, CA
Plant Phosphorylation, symposia, Columbia MO
3rd International Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Symposium, Hangzhou, China
Biology Graduate Student Association, Humboldt State University
CSIRO, Div of Plant Industry, Australia
Ciba-Geigy Biotechnology Research Corporation, RTP, NC
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
Seminar at Monsanto Co, St. Louis MO
1997
EMBO Workshop on Plant disease resistance gene Function, Italy
Plant and Animal Genome V conference
International Program on Rice Biotechnology Malacca
Gordon Research Conference on Plant Cell Genetics and Development
Information processing in plants: their evolution & function, UCD
Fourth Annual Pest Conference, UCD
Career Day, Chico State University CA
Institut des Sciences Vegetales (ISV) CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette/France
CIRAD Montpelier, France
Plant biology seminar series, UCD
Issues in Government seminar series, UCD
Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, IA
Monsanto Co, St. Louis MO
Plant Pathology Dept., Kansas Sate University
1998
International Rice Blast Conference, Montpelier, France
US-Mexico Symposium on Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mexico
Annual meeting of the Society of Biology, Pucon, Chile
NSF workshop on Cells and Signals, Santiago Chile (11/98)
Scripps Inst, San Diego, CA (8/98)
Plant Gene Expression Center, UCB, CA (10/98)
Zeneca, Richmond CA 10/98
Plant-Microbe Interactions, Michigan State University (12/18)
California Rice research Board (12/98)
1999
8th US-Japan Seminar, CA (6/99)
IC-MPMI, Amsterdam, Holland (7/99) (postdoc attended in my place)
ASPP, Maryland (7/99) (postdoc attended in my place)
Nusbaum Symposium, North Carolina State University
2nd Temperate Rice conference, Sacramento, CA. June 13-17.
International symposium on plant genetic engineering, Havana, Cuba (12/6-10)
Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, Iowa
ISU Interdepartmental Genetics Workshop, Ames Iowa
Plant breeding and genetics program, U. of Wisconsin, Madison
2000
Keystone Symposia Signals and Signal Perception in Biotic Interactions in plants Taos, New Mexico (2/00)
Plant & Soil Conference "Issues in Agriculture Biotechnology", Stockton, CA.
International symposium on Plant Signaling; Penn State Intercollege
Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (5/00)
Novartis meeting on disease resistance, Cardona Spain (7/00)
Agricultural Policy and Crop Breeding Symposium, UC Davis March
Maxygen, Redwood City, CA (5/00)
Agritope, Portland Oregon (6/00)
Novartis Agribusiness meeting on disease resistance, Cardona Spain (7/00)
Martin-Luther University, Institute of Genetics, Halle. Germany, November
Syngenta, Mogen, Leiden, Holland, November
Molecular Biology lab, CNRS/INRA, Toulouse, France, November
John Innes Center, Norwich, England, December
2001
ISMPMI, Madison Wisconsin (7/01) (Postdoc attended in my place)
ASPP Providence, Rhode Island (Postdoc attended in my place)
Plant Phosphorylation Symposia, N. Lake Tahoe, CA
Maxygen, Redwood City, CA (1/01)
Cal Academy, SF (2/01)
University of Arizona, Tuscon, February
Davis Area Technology Association, February
Syngenta meeting on disease resistance, San Diego (7/01)
Bioethics symposium for high school teachers (12/01)
2002
International rice blast conference, Japan
Haas School of business, UCB
Michigan State University
San Francisco State University
2003
In vitro Biology, Portland Oregon (6/02)
Plant Genome NSF funded workshop on rice germplasm (1/02)
Plant Kinase Workshop, UCSD (1/02)
22nd Plant biology symposium. Frontiers of Plant Cell Biology: Signals and Pathways, Systems-Based Approaches" UC Riverside. Jan
International Society for Plant Microbe interactions, St. Petersburg, Russia (7/02)
Hazelwolf Environmental film festival: panel on genetically engineered crops (3/02)
Seminar on genetic engineering, Tokyo, Japan
Plant Phosphorylation, Clearwater, Florida
NSF Plant Genome Awardees meeting
Kinase Workshop, Asilomar
Rice Functional Genomics Workshop, Shanghai
Plant phosphorylation, Tampa
Genomic approaches in Pant Biology. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (3/03)
UC Riverside, June
2004
Rice Functional Genomics, Korea, April
2nd International meeting on Bacterial leaf blight. Tskuba (postdoc attended in my place)
Rice Functional Genomics, Tskuba, Japan
American Phytopathological al Society, Anaheim
European Signaling Composium, Alsace, France
Plant Functional Genomics Symposium, Jeju, Korea
NSF Plant Genome Awardees meeting
Briefings to U.S. Congressional representatives for the American Society of Plant Biologists, Washington D.C (3/04)
International Rice Functional Genomics, Tuscon
Plant Phosphorylation, Snowbird
Bowdoin College
University of Cologne, Germany
Postech University, Pohang, Korea
Regulatory frameworks: Potential Invasiveness of genetically engineered crops in the USA and International Centers of Biological Diversity, UCD
UCD Women and Science panel
Science @ Work, the 10th Annual Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibition & Reception on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
State of California, Oakland
Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts
U.S.D.A. Rice Caps
2005
Allard Symposium, Wuhan, China
ASPB ,Seattle
Mid Atlantic Plant Molecular Biology Conference, Beltsville, Maryland
Pacific Food Conference, UCD
Rice Caps, Little Rock Arkansas
Briefings to U.S. Congressional representatives for the American Society of Plant Biologists, Washington D.C (3/05)
Salamini Synmposium, UCD
Keynote Address at the Plant Molecular Biology Annual retreat, N. Carolina
Future of foods panel presentation
Invited speaker UCD student GEO panel
Invited speaker Whole Earth Festival GEO panel
UCD Plant Biology seminar series
International Food Information Council
Consortium for Women and Research, GEOs
UC Genome Center
Boyce Thompson Institute
2006
Sackler Symposium, National Academy of Science (4/06)
Rice Caps – Houston (2/06)
Rice Technical Working Group Symposium on Genetically Engineered Organisms Houston (2/06)
NSF Plant Genome Awardees meeting (9/06)
24th Stadler Genetics Symposium, U of Missouri-Columbia (10/06)
Iowa State University Plant receptor symposium
IFAFS national meeting on University-Industry relationships, Washington D.C.
Briefings for U.S. House of Representatives on Agricultural Intellectual property (5/06)
Briefings for USDA staff on Agricultural Intellectual property
Briefings for U.S. Senate Agricultural committee on Agricultural Intellectual property
International Rice Functional Genomics Meeting, Montpelier, France
Phosphorylation meeting, Asilomar
Agricultural Biotechnology Research for Public Goods and Private Goods: The Roles of University-Industry Relationships, May 1, 2006 Washington, D.C.
USDA-CSREES NRI Rice Functional Genomics meeting, The Woodlands, TX (2/06)
Rice Technical Working Group meeting, Houston, TX (2/06)
Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology lecture for UN Ambassadors, UCD June
Organizer and moderator for panel on food and farming: Author Michael Pollan, Dean, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty in American Studies and others
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Briefings to U.S. Congressional representatives for the American Society of Plant Biologists, Washington D.C. (3/06)
Seminar on Submergence Tolerance, Calgene, Davis CA
UC Davis, Community Book Project: The Future of Food
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. Plant and Microbial Biology
Ceres, Thousand Oaks, CA
Parco Technologico, Lodi, Italy
INRA-CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
NSF Plant Genome Awardees meeting, Washington DC
NSF microarray advisory board meeting
The Danforth Center, St. Louis Missouri 10/06
Presentation to the Mohr Davidson investment group on Bioenergy
Presentation to the Ambassadors of the United Nations on Rice breeding and genomics
Presentation to the UC Davis Development team on Gateways Big Idea
Presentation to CA state secretary of Agriculture AG Kawamura on UCD Bioenergy
2007
Gordon Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology, Ventura CA (3/07)
Minisymposium on Plant-Microbe Interactions at National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing China (10/07)
UC Berkeley Plant Gene Expression Center (2/07)
International Society of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento Italy (7/07)
4th International Rice Blast Conference, Changsa, China (10/07)
Keynote address, Fifth International meeting on Rice Functional Genomics, Japan (10/07)
Plant and Animal Genome meeting, San Diego, CA (1/07)
Colorado State University Program in Plant Molecular Biology (4/07)
California Rice Research Board, UC Davis (2/07)
A Global Eye on California’s Bioerefinery Industry, Davis, CA (6/07)
Continuing Evolution of the UCD Research Endeavour, Presentation to Mars, Davis 6/07
Sagehen Summer Science Speaker Series. Tomorrow’s Table 7/07
Targeted Growth Inc., Seattle 8/07
International conference on Bacterial Blight, Nanjing, China 10/07
Symposium on Plant-Microbe Interactions, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 10/07
4th International Rice Blast Conference, Changhua China 10/07
International Rice Functional Genomics, Tskuba Japan 10/07
Nara Institute of Science and Technology Global COE International
Symposium on Plant Biology 2007 Ikoma, Japan 10/07
The Danforth Center International Fall Symposium 10/07
2008
International Genetics Congress, Berlin, Germany (7/08)
Purdue University (2/08)
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (2/08)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (3/08)
Kyoto University (3/08)
International Rice Functional Genomics, Jeju, Korea (11/08)
Kyoto Prefectural University (3/08)
University of Kyoto (3/08)
JBEI industrial advisory board (4/08)
Other media events:
Science Today; The New York Times; The Wall Street Journal; Beijing Daily; Voice of America; Cosmos Japan; The Hazelwolf environmental film festival; Sacramento TV stations KCRA 3 - NBC, KXTV 10-ABC, and KOVR 13 – CBS; the Bill Nye show; KCTS Seattle Public TV and the Sacramento Bee features and documentaries on genetically engineered crops. Science Today, Frontiers, UCTV featuring UC Davis faculty and staff, CNN, BBC, Agence France – Presse, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Magazine, Discover Magazine, KGO TV, SF Chronicle; National Public Radio, Capital Public Radio (2007 and 2008), Seed magazine, QUEST’s TV story, Biofuels: Beyond Ethanol on KQED
