[PCA] Botanical Partners Lecture Series: Dr. Michael J. Balick - 6 April at 4:00pm

[Gary Krupnick]

Please join the United States Botanic Garden and the Smithsonian
Institution's Department of Botany for a new talk in the Botanical Partners
Lecture Series:

"Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine: Plants, People, and Cultures in the
Tropical Rainforest"
Dr. Michael J. Balick, Vice President and Chair, Botanical Science Research
and Training, Director and Philecology Curator, Institute of Economic
Botany, The New York Botanical Garden

Date: Thursday, April 6, 2006
Time: 4:00 p.m. with reception to follow

Location: USBG Conservatory, 100 Maryland Avenue SW

RSVP to Katie at (202) 226-8038 or kpalm at aoc.gov; space is limited.

The Botanical Partners Lecture Series is designed to bring together the
Washington scientific community interested in botanical studies.  Invited
speakers have been chosen to attract participants from a broad spectrum of
the local community who are interested in the botanical sciences.  An
informal reception after the talk will be hosted to promote discussion and
exchange of ideas.  Please share this announcement with colleagues in your
department or office.


Gary Krupnick, Ph.D.
Head of the Plant Conservation Unit
Department of Botany
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
NMNH, MRC-166
Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
Tel: 202-633-0940
Fax: 202-786-2563

*** New E-Mail Address***
E-mail: KrupnickG at si.edu