<div dir="ltr"><div>*The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Wednesday, January 10th</div><div><br></div><div>from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.*</div><div><br></div><div>The PCA is excited to welcome Dr. Jeannette Whitton, Director of University of British Columbia Herbarium, Canada's SARAH & COSEWIC to speak with us about her</div><div>research from 2:00-3:00 pm ET, on January 10th. Dr. Whitton is a plant evolutionary biologist with interests that span the areas of population genetics, phylogenetics and speciation. Research in the Whitton lab takes a variety of approaches from comparative to experimental, from the level of populations, through the study of whole genera. Dr. Whitton's research group studies multiple systems in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Each system possesses some shared and some unique characteristics that allows her research to undertake complementary studies of specific processes. In particular, the family holds many examples of polyploid asexual (agamic) complexes, and numerous edaphic specialists that are a key focus of her research program. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>***If you are in the Washington, DC area and would like to attend this</div><div>meeting in person, please email Leah Prescott (lprescott at <a href="http://blm.gov">blm.gov</a></div><div><<a href="http://blm.gov">http://blm.gov</a>>) by COB Friday, January 5th*** </div><div><br></div><div>Please note, our meeting will be held at a different facility this month and it is important to RSVP by January 5th if you would like to attend.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*Join the live WEBINAR:*</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=blm&i=742990168&p=meeting&t=c">http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=blm&i=742990168&p=meeting&t=c</a></div><div><br></div><div>Number: 742990168 Passcode:</div><div>meeting Host: PEGGY OLWELL</div><div><br></div><div>Call-in Number: 1-877-414-1336 Call-in Passcode: 6177335#</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>** Be sure to enter the meeting number and passcode for this conference.</div><div>There may be previously stored information in your computer that</div><div>automatically populates the fields and can direct you to an alternate</div><div>meeting.*</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*UPCOMING PCA MEETINGS*</div><div><br></div><div>March 14, 2018: Margaret O'Gorman - President of the Wildlife Habitat</div><div>Council</div><div><br></div><div>*More about Dr. Jeannette Whitton*</div><div><br></div><div>Jeannette is an associate professor in the Biology Department at the University of British Columbia, and her work focuses on plant molecular systematics and evolution; the evolution of asexual polyploid complexes in higher plants. In addition to working on these systems, Dr. Whitton is part of a research collaboration led by Loren Rieseberg, with Keith Adams and Sally Otto that aims to look for the genetic traits that may enhance a species’ ability to become invasive. This project involves comparisons of invasive and native populations of 5 species in the sunflower family. She earned her bachelor's degree in Environmental Biology from McGill University. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut and completed her postdoctoral training at Indiana University. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d" style="font-size:12.8px">Leah Prescott</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Assistant</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#0c343d">202-912-7232</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span></div></div></div>
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