Cambridge University, England

“The Roles of Small Silencing RNAs in the Life Cycles of Algae and Higher Plants”
Sponsored by University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

and

Peter Raven
Missouri Botanical Garden, USA

Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austria

“RNA-Directed DNA Methylation”
Sponsored by University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

and

Phil Benfey
Duke University, USA

University of California-Riverside, USA

“Plant Endomembrane System and Chemical Genomics”
Sponsored by Washington University

and