A one day event to honour Chris Lamb's remarkable contribution to plant science

The Memorial Symposium to honour Chris Lamb took place on 4th March 2010 in the John Innes Centre Lecture Theatre. It reunited many of his colleagues and lab members and was a great day of science, whilst reflecting on all that Chris achieved.

As well as talks there were two informal sessions where members of the audience were invited to say a few words about Chris either as a person or as a scientist.

The Programme

• Caroline Dean and Jane Lamb - Welcome and Introduction 

• Joanne Chory - Twenty-five years of plant research at the Salk Institute: From Fly-Away Greenhouses to New Signalling Paradigms (permission not given - recording not available)

• Mike Lawton - Speaking of Plants: Chris Lamb and the Elucidation of the Plant Defense Response

• Informal Session - Recollections of Chris

• Massimo Delledonne - Plants fighting against pathogens: war school at the Salk Institute

• Peter Doerner - Standing on Chris' shoulders: Dissecting plant growth in La Jolla and Edinburgh

• Beat Keller - The Lamb lab in the late 80’s as a postdoctoral melting pot: cell walls, resistance and beyond

• Detlef Weigel - Next-generation genetics in plants: Evolutionary tradeoffs, immunity and speciation

• Informal Session - Recollections of Chris

• Rick Dixon - Simple questions with profound implications: Chris’ Lamb’s legacy to plant biotechnology