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The International Society for Seed Science was inaugurated on January 28, 1999 at the 6th International Seed Workshop in Merida, Mexico. Its registration as a Charity with its official address in England was accepted in June 2000. Its objects are "the advancement of education and research for the public benefit in the scientific study of seeds."
a) Availability from the publishers, CABI, of Seed Science Research (the official journal of ISSS) at reduced subscription rate. CABI also offers to members a 25% reduction on the price of its books on seeds.
b) Co-ordination of and assistance in organising
conferences, workshops or more specialised meetings. The 7th International
Seed Workshop (Salamanca, Spain, 12-16 May 2002) is the first
organised ISSS meeting. Discussions are now in progress about
the organisation of smaller, specialised meetings before and after
Salamanca.
Note: The registration fee for attendance at
ISSS meetings is reduced for members. For example, the saving
on fees for registration for the 7th International Seed Workshop
(Salamanca, Spain, 12-16 May 2002) is more than the membership
fee for ISSS. For program and preliminary registration for the
7th International Seed Workshop, see the conference web site:
http://www.geocities.com/workshop_on_seeds/.
c) Assistance for attendance at ISSS conferences etc. (e.g., grants to student members for the Salamanca meeting have already been announced).
d) Publication of a newsletter.
e) Publication of proceedings of ISSS conferences and other meetings (sold at reduced price to ISSS members).
f) Posting of job listings.
g) Organisation of slide exchanges.
h) Sponsorship of courses in seed biology, support for educational activities, sharing of course materials, etc.
i) Involvement in political and public relations activities affecting seed research and utilisation.
j) Establishment of prizes and honours for meritorious work in seed biology.
k) Dissemination of information in various forms, including supporting e-mail groups like SEED-BIOLOGY-L, networking of members, etc.
Daniel Côme (France), President <come@ccr.jussieu.fr> (Trustee)
Kent Bradford (USA), Secretary <kjbradford@ucdavis.edu> (Trustee)
Hugh Pritchard (UK), Treasurer <h.pritchard@rbgkew.org.uk> (Trustee)
Michael Black (UK) michael.black@kcl.ac.uk (Trustee)
Ken Thompson (UK) ken.thomson@sheffield.ac.uk (Trustee)
Ralph Obendorf (USA), President-elect <rlo1@cornell.edu> (Non-trustee)
Ordinary Committee Members
Henk Hilhorst (The Netherlands) <Henk.Hilhorst@algem.pf.wau.nl>
Yitzchak Gutterman (Israel) <gutterma@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>
Regional representatives
Steve Adkins (Australia) <s.adkins@mailbox.uq.edu.au> for Australia and New Zealand
Patricia Berjak (South Africa) <berjak@biology.und.ac.za> for Southern Africa
Renata Bogatek (Poland) <bogatek@ibb.waw.pl> for Central and Eastern Europe
Roberto Benech-Arnold (Argentina) <benech@ifeva.edu.ar> and Mirian Eira (Brazil) <meira@cenargen.embrapa.br> for South America
Paul Cavers (Canada) <pcavers@julian.uwo.ca> for North America
Jorge Vazquez-Ramos (Mexico) <jorman@servidor.unam.mx> for Mexico and Central America
Jia-Rui Fu (China) <lssfjr@zsulink.zsu.edu.cn> for China and Japan
Swati Sen-Mandi (India) <senmandi@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> for India
The Executive Committee will include one representative from the seed industry and one from affiliated Societies.
ISSS is a non-profit organisation with a registered office in England.
Application forms for membership are available from members of the Executive Committee or from the ISSS web site < http://www.css.cornell.edu/ISSS/isss.htm>.
Secretary:
Kent J. Bradford
Seed Biotechnology Center
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8631
USA
Phone: +1 530 752 6087
Fax: +1 530 752 4554
email: kjbradford@ucdavis.edu