Illustrations: Symposium logo by Sam Day. Confocal image of a stomatal complex in Arabidopsis, showing the actin cytoskeleton (green) and chloroplasts (red), courtesy of Xiaodong Xie and Patrick Hussey. A Fucus zygote showing asymmetric secretion of sulphated polysaccharides into the cell wall, courtesy of Colin Brownlee. Confocal image of cortical microtubules in a germinating zygote, courtesy of Colin Brownlee. GUS staining of trichomes in a 9 day old leaf, courtesy of Jo Calcutt. Electron micrograph of an Arabidopsis leaf trichome, courtesy of Julie Gray. The role of the extracellular matrix in the control of plant development is sponsored by the New Phytologist Trust.

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