ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS SYMPOSIUM, Kansas City, 11/13-15/2009
Deadline to Register at Early-Bird Rates: Tuesday, 10/13/09 Deadline to submit Poster Abstract for oral presentation consideration: Tuesday, 10/13/09 Deadline to reserve hotel room within room block: Friday, 10/23/09 REGISTRATION: After October 13, we will continue to welcome your registration to attend the 7th Annual "Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes" Symposium at a slightly higher cost. POSTER ABSTRACTS: Please note that if you wish to have your poster abstract considered for an oral presentation, the deadline for submission is Tuesday, October 13. Abstract submission guidelines for submitting your poster abstract are available at: www.ecogen.k-state.edu/symp2009. Poster sessions will be held on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Poster topics should be related to the field of Ecological Genomics. A limited number of submitted poster abstracts will be selected for oral presentations. PLENARY SPEAKER: Jonathan F. Wendel, Iowa State University, "Genes, jeans, and genomes: Exploring the mysteries of polyploidy in cotton" FEATURED SPEAKERS: +Andres Aguilar, University of California-Merced, "Genomic differentiation and adaptive divergence in rockfish (genus Sebastes)" +May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Cytochrome P450 genes in plant-insect interactions: War and peace?" +Jeffrey L. Feder, University of Notre Dame, "Sympatric speciation in Rhagoletis: Islands of speciation or genomic continents of divergence?" +David C. Queller, Rice University, "The selfish gene at the genetic level: Cooperation and cheating in social amoebas" +Matthew Rockman, New York University, "Causes of heritable variation in C. elegans" +Erica Bree Rosenblum, University of Idaho, "The genetics of adaptation: Investigating the functional basis of phenotypic convergence" +Jay F. Storz, University of Nebraska, "Genetics of high altitude adaptation in vertebrates" +Chris Toomajian, Kansas State University, "Flowering-time genes as genomic targets of selection in Arabidopsis thaliana" +Michael J. Wade, Indiana University, "The evolutionary genetics of spatially and temporally plastic phenotypes" SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE: The Ecological Genomics Symposium will convene in the historic Muehlebach/Marriott Hotel in downtown Kansas City Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. and conclude on Sunday at noon. For a complete schedule, please visit our Symposium website, http://ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2009. DEADLINES: 10/13/09 Registration deadline at early bird rates. 10/13/09 Poster Abstracts are due for oral presentation consideration. 10/23/09 Hotel Rooms must be reserved to receive reduced group rate. 10/31/09 Poster Abstracts are due if NOT being considered for oral presentation. SPONSORS: Kansas State University Targeted Excellence National Science Foundation JMP Genomics INFORMATION will be posted on our website, ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2009, as details are finalized. We have an outstanding lineup of speakers for the 2009 Symposium and we encourage you to attend! Please share this announcement with colleagues and students. If you have questions, please contact us at (785) 532-3482 or <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]. Symposium Organizing Committee: Michael Herman, Co-Chair, Biology Loretta Johnson, Co-Chair, Biology Ted Morgan, Biology Tim Todd, Plant Pathology Kun Yan Zhu, Entomology Lindsey Fallis, Graduate Student Rep, Biology Doris R. Merrill, [email protected] Program Coordinator, Kansas State University ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS INSTITUTE Kansas State University Biology, 104 Ackert Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-4901 (785) 532-3482, <http://www.ecogen.ksu.edu/> ecogen.ksu.edu
