Plant Chemical Genomics: Methods and Protocols , expert researchers in the field detail many of the techniques used for identification of bioactive compounds from a large selection of fields in plant biology including plant pathogenesis, immune responses, small RNA processing, endomembrane trafficking, lipids, plant hormone signaling and cell wall. The presentation of these and other examples as well as synthetic chemistry, computation and target identification provides a comprehensive overview of the practical aspects of chemical biology that are possible in plant systems. Small molecules and natural products that produce a phenotype in plants have been known for decades. The agrichemical industry has utilized small molecules based on known natural molecules such as auxins, cytokinins, abscissic acid and other growth regulators. In recent years, the screening and characterization of novel small molecules has enhanced our understanding of protein function, metabolic, signaling and endomembrane pathways, and their interactions in basic plant research. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

"Plant Chemical Genomics: Methods and Protocols ," expert researchers in the field detail many of the techniques used for identification of bioactive compounds from a large selection of fields in plant biology including plant pathogenesis, immune responses, small RNA processing, endomembrane trafficking, lipids, plant hormone signaling and cell wall. The presentation of these and other examples as well as synthetic chemistry, computation and target identification provides a comprehensive overview of the practical aspects of chemical biology that are possible in plant systems. Small molecules and natural products that produce a phenotype in plants have been known for decades. The agrichemical industry has utilized small molecules based on known natural molecules such as auxins, cytokinins, abscissic acid and other growth regulators. In recent years, the screening and characterization of novel small molecules has enhanced our understanding of protein function, metabolic, signaling and endomembrane pathways, and their interactions in basic plant research.

Written in the highly successful "Methods in Molecular Biology "series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Sugar Research Foundation, Scientific Report Series, No. 4.

In the short story collection, As We Are you meet a diverse group of compelling characters as they negotiate the trials of love and loss during intimate moments of crisis and revelation. You will encounter a murderous whale and the woman who grows to trust him, a deaf trumpet player and a reverse Cinderella story. We meet Oscar while Rose, the love of his life, lies dying in hospital. Their son Max is searching the streets of New York City looking for his estranged adopted sister Maria, will Max find Maria in time? And can Oscar keep his sanity and the secret he promised Rose he would take to the grave? Through a magnetic narrative that is both sensual and spiritual the reader is drawn into contemplations of their own life and loves and will be left wanting more.

Sugar Research Foundation, Scientific Report Series, No. 4.

"The Melting Potential of Fire" is a contemplation of love within the challenges of freedom and competing solitudes. This lyrical collection of poems is part love letter, part travelogue. Set against the glowing landscape of Italy, it is full of the sights and sounds of the cities of Amalfi, Salerno, Furore, Capri, Rome, Florence and Incisa.

The author was reading Rainer Maria Rilke's "Letters To A Young Poet" during these travels, and Rilke's meditations on solitude influence these verses, illuminating the possibility and practicality of a long term love relationship lived primarily within a crucible of passion, and a belief that passion gives lovers the ability to transcend the natural barriers of solitude.