University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Life Sciences Progam
March 26, 2003
Title: “Plasmodesmata & Macromolecular Trafficking: The Long & the Short of it All”

Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
International Meeting: “Intra- and Intercellular Communication in Plants”
May 8-10, 2003
Symposium Address: “Plasmodesmata & Macromolecular Trafficking: The Long & the Short of it All”

RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan
July 17, 2003
Title: “ Plasmodesmata & Macromolecular Trafficking: The Long & the Short of it All !”

ASPB Annual Meeting, Hawaii Convention Center
July 25 – 30, 2003
President's Symposium Address: “ Plasmodesmata: pathways for intercellular trafficking of macromolecules”

International Conference on Phloem Transport, University of Bayreuth, Germany
August 31 – September 5, 2003
Opening Address: “Plasmodesmata & Macromolecular Trafficking: The Long & the Short of it All!”

University of Tokyo, International Symp.: New Frontiers in Plant Developmental Biology
October 9 – 10, 2003
Symposium Address: “ Plasmodesmata & Macromolecular Trafficking: The Long & the Short of it All!”

Academia Sinica, Institute of Botany & Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Taipei
Symposium on Plant Functional Genomics
November 17 – 19, 2003
Symposium Address: “ The Plant Information Superhighway: Functional” Proteomics – An Exciting Journey!

Academia Sinica, Institute of Botany & Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Taipei
March 12, 2004; Lecture 1: “What Does it Take to Be a Successful Scientist?”
March 15, 2004; Lecture 2: “Plasmodesmata: A Frontier of Plant Biology”
March 17, 2004; Lecture 3: “RNA-Based Information Superhighway in Plants”
March 19, 2004; Lecture 4: “RNA Surveillance: Evolution and Function”

National Chung Hsing University, TaiChung, Taiwan
March 22, 2004
Title: “Plasmodesmata: An Intercellular Organelle that Allowed Plants to Evolve!”

EMBO Plant Developmental Biology Course: Molecular & Cellular Basis, GIS, Lisbon
April 1-6, 2004
Title: “Plasmodesmata, Macromolecular Trafficking & the Supracellular Nature of Plants”
Title: “RNA-Based Information Superhighway in Plants”
Title: “RNA Surveillance: Evolution & Function”

Dept of Biological Sciences, Chico State University
May 7, 2004
Title: “Plasmodesmata & Macromolecular Trafficking: The long & the Short of it All”

FASEB Meeting
August 2004

International Conference on Plasmodesmal Biology, Monterey, CA
August 17 , 2004
Plenary Address

University of Guelph, Graduate Student Symposium Speaker, Guelph, Canada
September 14, 2004
Title: "Plasmodesmata, the Phloem & Macromolecular Trafficking: More Questions than Answers!

University of Arizona, Dept. of Plant Sciences, Tucson
December 6, 2004
Title: "Plasmodesmata as a Supracellular Control Network in Plants"