Mosses in the news

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Colleagues,

Physcomitrella made the headlines again: Biotechnology: engineered moss
can produce human proteins.

See http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090510200001.htm

The reference to the original research article is included in the above
article.

Bernard

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Dr. Bernard Goffinet
Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
75 North Eagleville road
University of Connecticut
Storrs CT
06269-3043 USA
Ph: 1-860-486-5290
Fax: 1-860-486-6364
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/goffinet
Check out the on-line classification of mosses:
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/goffinet/Classificationmosses.html

Physcomitrella genome workshop

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Dear all,

in case you're interested, you can find the announcement of the 2nd
Physcomitrella patens genome workshop on the http://www.cosmoss.org/
start page.

Cheers,
Stefan

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PD Dr. Stefan A. Rensing
Lecturer Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
FRISYS, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
Hauptstr. 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Fon: +49 761 203-6974
http://plantco.de/

Bryophytes of Southeast Alaska

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For those that might be interested, I have compiled a reasonably
comprehensive list of bryophytes for Southeast Alaska. The bulk of the
list is due to Ian Worley from his PhD dissertation completed in 1972 at
University of British Columbia. I am very thankful for his permission
and enthusiasm when I asked if it was okay for me to include information
from his dissertation. In addition, I am thankful to Richard Andrus
who provided a list of Spahgnum species for the region. This list was
relayed to me by Kitty LaBounty, who has also provided a great deal of
help with names and identifications, and I grateful for her help, as well.

A not-quite-complete taxonomic list can be found here (a few of the
smaller families are missing):
http://www.sitkanature.org/wiki/Bryophytes

A complete list that is alphabetical by scientific name can be found here:
http://www.sitkanature.org/wiki/Category:Bryophyte

I would certainly appreciate any suggestions or corrections. There have
been many name changes, and I am not a specialist, by any means.

Thanks,

Matt Goff
http://www.sitkanature.org/