1. ISPMB elections

   Cis and Trans Pages: 96 - 96

2. Appointments and awards

   • Lori A. Allison

   Announcement Pages: 97 - 97

3. An assembly database for arabidopsis ESTs

   • Steve Rounsley

   Arabidupdate Pages: 98 - 99

4. Cyanobacterial genome sequenced

   OrganelleIntel Pages: 100 - 101

5. Philip Thornber and Charlton Lewis: Two giants of photosynthesis

   OrganelleIntel Pages: 101 - 101

6. A revised nomenclature for chitinase genes

   • J. -M. Neuhaus
   • B. Fritig
   • J. Ryals

   Genetic Resources Pages: 102 - 104

7. The ISPMB’s plant gene registry in Norwich

   • David M. Lonsdale

   Genetic Resources Pages: 105 - 106

8. Construction of an arabidopsis BAC library and isolation of clones hybridizing with disease-resistance, gene-like sequences

   • Guo-Liang Wang
   • Randy Warren
   • Pamela C. Ronald

   Genetic Resources Pages: 107 - 114

9. Kanamycin rescue: A simple technique for the recovery of T-DNA flanking sequences

   • David Bouchez
   • Paola Vittorioso
   • Christine Camilleri

   Protocol Pages: 115 - 123

10. A focusing device for tissue transformation with the DuPont/BioRad PDS1000 helium microprojectile system

    • Rebecca Torisky
    • John P. Fellers
    • Glenn B. Collins

    Protocol Pages: 124 - 133

11. Determination of phosphinothricin acetyltransferase in genetically transformed canola seed by a two-antibody sandwich enzyme immunoassay

    • Brigitte Bauer-Weston
    • Arno Schulz
    • Raymond J. A. Deschamps

    Protocol Pages: 134 - 142

12. A simple method of DNA extraction from soil for detection of composite transgenic plants by PCR

    • Dieter Ernst
    • Evi Kiefer
    • Heinrich Sandermann

    Protocol Pages: 143 - 148

13. Efficient preparation of plant metaphase spreads

    • Winfried Busch
    • Reinhold G. Herrmann
    • Regina Martin

    Protocol Pages: 149 - 155

14. Identification of molecular markers in soybean comparing RFLP, RAPD and AFLP DNA mapping techniques

    • Jhy-Jhu Lin
    • Jonathan Kuo
    • Benjamin F. Matthews

    Protocol Pages: 156 - 169

15. Comparison of small-scale methods for the rapid extraction of plant DNA suitable for PCR analysis

    • Hilary J. Rogers
    • Nigel A. Burns
    • Helen C. Parkes

    Protocol Pages: 170 - 183

16. Workshop on transgenic plants: Biology and applications

    • C. S. Prakash
    • Allan Zipf

    Report of Meeting Pages: 184 - 189

17. Schedule of events

    Announcement Pages: 190 - 194