1.  UPTAKE OF HEAVY METALS BY MAIZE (ZEA MAYS) PLANTS CULTIVATED ON MINE SPOILS.

          Authors: DORINA PODAR, CRISTINA DOBROTĂ, MIHAI TRIFU.

2.  ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS: CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO SER/THR TYPE ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA PROTEIN KINASES: THEIR POSSIBLE ROLES IN REGULATION OF ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSES.

          Authors: ÁGNES CSÉPLŐ, CSABA KONCZ, LÁSZLÓ SZABADOS, KLAUS PALME, OLAF TIETZ, ANNAMARIA KIRÁLY, HAJNALKA KOVÁCS, LAURA ZSIGMOND, DORINA PODAR, GYÖNGYI SZÉKELY, FERHAN AYAYDIN, GÁBOR RIGÓ.

3.  THE ROLE OF ARABIDOPSIS GENES INVOLVED IN ABIOTIC (OSMOTIC, OXIDATIVE AND GRAVITROPIC) STRESS RESPONSE REGULATIONS.

          Authors: ÁGNES CSÉPLŐ, CSABA KONCZ, LÁSZLÓ SZABADOS, ANNAMÁRIA KIRÁLY, HAJNALKA KOVÁCS, LAURA ZSIGMOND, FERHAN AYAYDIN, DORINA PODAR, GYÖNGYI SZÉKELY, GÁBOR RIGÓ.

4.  ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS L. POPULATIONS FROM TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA.

          Authors: ZOLTAN R. BALÁZS, ROBERTA GARGIULO, MICHAEL F. FAY, DORINA PODAR.

5.  PLANT ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE: MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND ROLE IN OXIDATIVE STRESS.

          Authors: IMOLA FÁBIÁN, EDINA TÖRÖK, DORINA PODAR, GYÖNGYI SZÉKELY.

6.  IDENTIFYING HEAVY METAL MULTI-RESISTANT BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM THE RHIZOSPHERE OF POTENTIAL METALLOPHYTES.

          Authors: DORINA PODAR, LUCIAN BARBU-TUDORAN, MIHAI-CRISTIAN GRIMM.