{"id":173,"date":"2004-02-28T17:15:41","date_gmt":"2004-02-28T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/?p=173"},"modified":"2008-09-06T17:16:38","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T21:16:38","slug":"february-2004-meeting-usda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2004\/02\/february-2004-meeting-usda\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2004 Meeting &#8211; USDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I.  USDA Tissue Culture Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>The tour was interesting, and we made two very good new contacts &#8211; our guide herself went out of her way to help us, and is interested in our group herself, and in helping us find what we need in the future. So it was gold just on that alone. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But our guide also introduced us to a former coworker in the field of plant TC, and she is a gem as well. Enthusiastic, helpful, and willing to help more in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of future consultation, assistance, and advice that was offered far exceeded anything I had even thought about &#8211; it never dawned on me that they would offer such help.<\/ul>\n<p><strong>II. USDA Trip in Pictures &#8211; Ghazanfar Ghori<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">I woke up at 6 AM &#8211; determined to get to Cristy&#8217;s  place by 8:30 AM. As usual, something came up  at the last minute and I wasn&#8217;t able to leave the  house on time. After fighting morning traffic, I made  it to the USDA just in time!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">I was the last one to walk in but I didn&#8217;t miss anything. I was surprised  at the turn out &#8211; I thought more people would have  shown up &#8211; but it ended up being just Robert, Cristy,  Rick and myself.   So &#8211; it started with a brief overview of the USDA&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">I&#8217;ll be honest &#8211; I was more interested in the bees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Bee Closeup!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">After the brief overview &#8211; we got a tour of the  grounds. First stop &#8211; WOAH! What a big pile of ##!@#$!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">&#8230;and we got to see where this all comes from.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">..no..no &#8211; this wasn&#8217;t the only one responsible.   Moooooooviing right along&#8230;.  A calf born of a clone! SOME type of tissue  culture &#8211; right? Cooooool!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">&#8230;finally we made it to the TISSUE CULTURE LAB!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Robert lagging behind &#8211; hoping to pocket one  of the hoods when noone&#8217;s looking.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Trying to absorb as much information as possible&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/11.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">What&#8217;s this? Tissue culture of a common aquarium  plant!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/12.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Hey! Wait a second. Is that&#8230;? GASP!  Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/13.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">A closer look.  Its duckweed!  BTW &#8211; the good people at the USDA have come up with  an even smaller version of the plant. Now you&#8217;ll  just have the throw out the tank if you want to rid  yourself of this plant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/14.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Growing racks&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/USDA\/thumbs\/15.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">The green house&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. USDA Tissue Culture Lab The tour was interesting, and we made two very good new contacts &#8211; our guide herself went out of her way to help us, and is interested in our group herself, and in helping us find what we need in the future. 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