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PLANT CANADA 2019
Canadian Society of Plant Biologists Inc.
Société canadienne de biologie végétale inc.
About the CSPB-SCBV
The Canadian Society of Plant Biologists grew out of informal meetings and
conferences in the 1950s and was founded in 1958 as the Canadian Society of Plant
Physiologists. In 2012, the Society adopted its present name to represent the inclusion
of all types of botanical research. CSPB-SCBV Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation and a
registered charity. It is a founding member of both Plant Canada and the Global
Plant Council and is a member of the Partnership Group for Science and
Engineering.
Botany, published by NRC Press, is the official journal of both the CSPB-SCBV and
the Canadian Botanical Association.
Our more than 400 members include undergraduate and graduate students,
postdoctoral fellows and research associates, professional scientists and a few
corporations. Members have interests in [alphabetical order] adaptations to biotic and
abiotic stress, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, cell and molecular biology,
development of research techniques and equipment, education, genomics,
metabolism, metabolomics, natural products, physiological ecology, physiology, plant
development, and proteomics. Members of the CSPB are engaged in basic and
applied research, undergraduate and graduate education, management, extension,
and the design and manufacture of scientific equipment.
CSPB-SCBV Executive Committee
President: Geoffrey Wasteneys (UBC, Vancouver)
Vice President: Daphne Goring (U of T St. George)
Past President: Anja Geitman (McGill)
Secretary: Sherryl Bisgrove (Simon Fraser)
Treasurer: Sheila Macfie (Western)
Eastern Regional Director: Robert Mullen (Guelph)
Western Regional Director: David Bird (Mount Royal)
Communications Director: Ingo Ensminger (U of T Mississauga)
Education Director: Steven Chatfield (U of T Mississauga)
Science Policy Director: Owen Rowland (Carleton)
Senior Director: Jean-Benoit Charron (McGill)
Student/PDF Representative: Ryan Eng (Max Plank Institute)
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