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Dear APS Pacific Division Members, 
APS-Pacific will meet in Tucson, AZ March 14-16, 2023. We have organized a neat field trip to Biosphere2 and a pistachio orchard, and we will offer Careers 101, with a focus on networking. 

• Dates offered: April 25-27, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 5
• Length of time: 3 days - in-person

PPCDL Scientists are adding an additional hands-on workshop in 2023. The Bioinformatics Workshop Module HTS 102 Workshop will be given in-person, over a 3-days on April 25-27, 2023. This is a unique opportunity for just 5 participants to attend a primarily hands-on based training that familiarizes participants with the latest in HTS technologies and analysis tools.

If you are interested in participating in any of these workshops, please contact Barb Riker at br347@cornell.edu cc' Karen Snover-Clift at kls13@cornell.edu.

We are encouraging everyone to register for their preferred workshops by December 21st, 2022, however, we will keep the registration window open through January 31, 2023.

If you are interested in participating in any of these workshops, please contact Barb Riker at br347@cornell.edu cc' Karen Snover-Clift at kls13@cornell.edu.

We are encouraging everyone to register for their preferred workshops by December 21st, 2022, however, we will keep the registration window open through January 31, 2023.

Find Workshop Information in the 2023 PPCDL/Beltsville Workshop Page 

• Dates offered: March 27 – 29, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 20
• Length of time: 3 days – virtual

The Bioinformatics Module HTS workshop is taught over 3 days and has both lecture and hands-on activities.

• Dates offered: March 27 – 28, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8
• Length of time: 2 days - in-person

The citrus canker molecular detection workshop is being offered in person for the first time in 2023. The workshop will have lecture and hands-on components. The lectures will cover the disease characteristics and an overview of citrus canker diagnostic testing at the USDA-APHIS-PPQ S&T Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory (PPCDL).

• Dates offered: Two Sessions: March 16-17, 2023 or March 23-24, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8 per session
• Length of time: 2 days per session - in-person

The isothermal amplification workshop for 2023 will be offered in-person and will have lecture and hands-on components.

• Dates offered: Two Session: March 6-8, 2023 or March 20-22, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8 per session
• Length of time: 3 days per session - in-person

The Phytophthora 101 Workshop is a 3-day workshop that has lectures and hands-on components. The lectures include a review of Phytophthora ramorum, DNA extraction, the real-time PCR protocols using P. ramorum (ITS and Elicitin) and Phytophthora kernoviae (ITS1 and ITS2) as the targets, and interpretation of results.

• Dates offered: Two Sessions: March 16-17, 2023 or March 23-24, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8 per session
• Length of time: 2 days per session - in-person

The isothermal amplification workshop for 2023 will be offered in-person and will have lecture and hands-on components.

• Dates offered: March 14-15, 2023
• Maximum course enrollment: 8
• Length of time: 2 days - in-person

The Phytoplasmas Molecular Detection Workshop is a 2-day workshop that has lectures and hands-on components. The lectures include an introduction to phytoplasmas, their taxonomy and the disease symptoms associated with some of these bacterial pathogens of interest to APHIS PPQ.