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ASBS Newsletter

Number 108, September 2001

Contents


ASBS Inc. Business
The Society and legal issues........................................... 1

ABRS Report
Launch of Acacia/Wattle ................................................. 2
Twenty years of Flora of Australia ............................ 3
Recent publication ............................................................. 3
Coming soon..................................................................... 3
Book award......................................................................... 4

ABRS Research Grants 2002/03
New information on web ...................................................... 4
Research priorities 2002/03 ................................................ 4

ABLO Report...................................................................... 5

Eichler Research Fund Report............................................. 6
Chloroplast DNA variation in Eucalyptus series Subulatae ........... 6

Articles
The Biological Detection of Jack-the-Ripper....................... 8

News
A Temporary Move for DNA ‘Thousands lost’ as big stink shuts firm............ 13
Changed visitor access to the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) ...... 13
Australia's Virtual Herbarium: bringing a vision to reality ........... 14

Reviews
Another milestone in the advancing taxonomy of Grevillea Flora of Australia Vol. 17A: Proteaceae 2, Grevillea. .................. 15

Obituaries
Richard E. Schultes: authority on medicinal and hallucinogenic plants of the Amazon.......... 17

Letters
Fanny de Mole’s Wild Flowers of South Australia........................ 19
Volunteer work in Costa Rica.................................................... 19

Requests
Rubus: a note for curators, mounters and volunteers ............................ 20

Coming conferences
Flowers: Diversity, Development and Evolution....................... 21

Conference Reports
Fourth International Legume Conference ........................... 22

Federation of Australian Scientific & Technological Societies (FASTS)
ASBS at Science Meets Parliament 2001 .......................... 23
FASTS' media releases ................................... 24
Policies for the next election: forget tax – science holds the future .............. 24
Report on universities welcomed ...................... 25
Minchin vs. Evans: science policy debate is on....................... 25

INCITES
National industry strategy to exploit biodiversity ........................ 26

Funding sources
University of Technology Sydney Science Postgraduate Research programs (advertisement)...... 29
Call for proposals: National Science Week 2002 Project Grants ................ 30

A.S.B.S. Publications................................................. 31

A.S.B.S. Chapter Conveners.......................................................... 32

Contacting Major Australian Herbaria and Systematic Institutions .......... 32

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