1) The Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB) Director Natasha Raikhel and CEPCEB member Zhenbiao Yang from Botany & Plant Sciences organized the 22nd Symposium in Plant Biology held on January 15-18, 2003 at the Riverside Convention Center. A report highlighting this international meeting, entitled "Frontiers of Plant Cell Biology: Signals and Pathways, System-Based Approaches 22nd Symposium in Plant Biology (University of California--Riverside)" is located on pages 428-435.
2) The "Editor's Choice" article is a summary report written with the assistance of participants at a DOE workshop held at the Mission Inn on January 19, 2003, the day after the 22nd Symposium in Plant Biology. The report entitled "Achieving the in Silico Plant. Systems Biology and the Future of Plant Biological Research" can be found on pages 404-409.
3) The first article of the issue, listed under "Perspectives on Systems Biology," is a collaborative effort among CEPCEB members from Botany & Plant Sciences (Thomas Girke, David Carter and Natasha Raikhel) and Electrical Engineering (Mihri Ozkan). This lead article, titled "Towards a Modeling Infrastructure for Studying Plant Cells" is located on pages 410-414.
4) The cover of the issue was designed and developed by Jocelyn Brimo, a CEPCEB staff member and assistant to Natasha Raikhel. The editorial for the issue was co-authored by Raikhel.
The Center for Plant Cell Biology was established in early 2002 and attempts to answer significant outstanding questions in plant biology by integrating genomic, bioinformatic, cellular, molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches. The mission of the center is to incorporate scientists from diverse disciplines in a team approach toward determining the function of proteins within living plant cells in the context of whole plants. The center addresses a broad spectrum of research topics, including cell architecture, intracellular protein transport, cell-cell communication, signal transduction, cytoskeleton, cell cycle control, mechanisms of gene regulation, responses to environmental changes, and mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions.
The University of California, Riverside offers undergraduate and graduate education to nearly 16,000 students and has a projected enrollment of 21,000 students by 2010. It is the fastest growing and most ethnically diverse campus of the preeminent ten-campus University of California system, the largest public research university system in the world. The picturesque 1,200-acre campus is located at the foot of the Box Springs Mountains near downtown Riverside in Southern California. More information about UC Riverside is available at www.ucr.edu or by calling 909-787-5185. For a listing of faculty experts on a variety of topics, please visit http://mmr.ucr.edu/experts/.
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