Contents: BIGMAP, CAB International sign agreemendt to devleop compendium; Biotechnology and law focus of Fifth BIGMAP Symposium; Seed Science Center hosts Eastern and Souther Africa Seed Alliance; Open house planned for Seed Science/BIGMAP addition; New course offered in science, policy, and food; Coates, Harries conduct Seed Quality Management Workshops; Misra receives Order of the Knoll Award; Seed Science Center, BIGMAP Joint Advisory Council meet; Magnetic capture hybridization combined with real-time PCR; 2008 Veishea display; Seed Science Center profiles; Seed Health Testing Workshop; STB program adds courses