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• root water uptake• regulation of water flow by aquaporins• long-distance transport and xylem hydraulics• guard cell physiology and development• mechanisms controlling transpiration from the leaf to the globe

Plant Physiology is proud to sponsor an upcoming meeting on the same topic.The Biology of Transpiration: From Guard Cells to Globe will be held October10–14, 2006, at Snowbird Mountain Resort in Utah. For more information, goto http://www.aspb.org/meetings/transpiration06/.

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There have been a number of successfulmeetings on stomata in past years, start-ing with a SEB symposium in Lancaster

in 1979, followed by meetings in Hawaii (1983), aFESPP workshop in East Berlin (1989), a SEBsponsored symposium in Canterbury in 1997, anda meeting sponsored by New Phytologist inBirmingham in 2001. This meeting will continueand expand that tradition, using the topic of tran-spiration as a focal point. In the past five years,there have been rapid advances at several organi-zational levels in the understanding and measure-ment of the biology of transpiration. These areashave developed separately, yet each has majorimplications for the others. To catalyze neededinteractions among scientists working in diverseareas, all aspects of water transport will be cov-ered at levels spanning from gene expression toglobal modeling, including:

• root water uptake• regulation of water flow by aquaporins• long distance transport and xylem hydraulics• guard cell physiology and development• mechanisms controlling transpiration from the

leaf to the globe.

A goal of this meeting is to bring togetheroutstanding scientists from around the globe whomight not otherwise meet. To provide the partic-ipants with an intimate retreat-like atmospherefor debate and interaction, the meeting will belimited to approximately 200 participants. Themeeting will include invited talks, talks chosenfrom abstracts, and poster discussions; each day’sprogram will cover topics at several organization-al levels.

Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University,USA) A genomics approach to understand-ing guard cell development Joseph Berry (Carnegie Institution, USA)The stable isotopic signature of stomata inthe atmosphereMichael Blatt (University of Glasgow, UK)Vesicle trafficking and ion-channel regula-tion in guard cellsSusanne von Caemmerer (ANU, Australia)Stomatal behavior in photosynthetic mutants William Davies (Lancaster University, UK)Root signaling of water statusGraham Farquhar (ANU, Australia)Revisiting optimization theory and transpi-ration efficiencyCarl Bernacchi (ISWS/University of Illinois,USA) Stomata, evapotranspiration andatmospheric changeDavid Fowler (Centre for Ecology andHydrology, UK) Rising tropospheric ozone:the role of stomata in mediating damage Alistair Hetherington (Lancaster University,UK) Signaling networks in guard cellresponses to ABA and CO2 Rainer Hedrich (University of WürzburgGermany) Guard-cell electrophysiology inthe intact leafN. Michele Holbrook (Harvard University,USA) The interplay between the xylem andtranspiration Hamlynn Jones (University of Dundee, UK)Remote sensing of stomatal behavior fromleaf to landscape

Christophe Maurel (INRA/CNRS, France)Aquaporins and water transport through rootsJennifer McElwain (The Field Museum,USA) Functional adaptation of transpira-tion to past climates and atmospheresRussell Monson (University of Colorado,USA) Landscape-atmosphere exchanges:the role of stomataFred Sack (Ohio State University, USA)Division regulation in Arabidopsis stomataldevelopmentJulian Schroeder (UCSD, USA) Thegenomics and cell biology of guard cells Ken-ichiro Shimazaki (Kyushu University,Japan) Blue light regulation of stomatalfunction John Sperry (University of Utah, USA)Coordination of stomatal and xylem functionF. Ian Woodward (Sheffield University, UK)Vegetation dynamics and the role of stomata

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Plant Physiology Special IssueBiology of TranspirationJanuary 2007http://www.aspb.org/BiologyofTranspiration