*-*-*-*-* Ninth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium*-*-*-*-*-
June 17, 2015 to June 19, 2015
K-State Alumni Center, Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Symposium Website: http://www.ksu.edu/agc
ABSTRACT DEADLINES IN 2015
Monday, March 9 – If you DO wish your abstract to be considered for an oral
presentation/General Session talk.
Monday, March 9 – If you DO wish your abstract to be considered for a poster
presentation at the IGTRCN pre-meeting workshop.
Wednesday, May 20 - If you do NOT wish for your poster abstract to be
considered for oral presentation and DO want to present a poster.
TRAVEL GRANTS AVAILABLE
Two separate travel grants are available to attend the meeting:
1) IGT-RCN – sponsored by the Insect Genetic Technology Research
Coordination Network.
Deadline: March 9, 2015
2) Eck Institute Travel Grants for Vector Biologists – sponsored by the Eck
Institute for Global Health.
Deadline: March 30, 2015
Additional information is available on the Travel Grants page of the symposium
website.
REGISTRATION
Please register online at the Symposium website,
http://www.k-state.edu/agc!<http://www.k-state.edu/agc>
Early bird deadline for reduced fees is April 10.
Deadline for general registration is June 5.
SPEAKERS
Keynote Speaker: David A. O’Brochta, Institute for Bioscience and
Biotechnology Research & Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
College Park
Featured Speakers:
+Michelle Cilia, USDA-ARS, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell
University, USA
+Martin J. Donnelly, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Wellcome
Trust Sanger Institute, UK
+Rosemary G. Gillespie, University of California, Berkeley, USA
+Sijun Liu, Iowa State University, USA
+Frank Lyko, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
+Duane McKenna, University of Memphis, USA
+Armin P. Moczek, Indiana University, USA
+Amanda J. Moehring, Western University, Ontario, Canada
+Daniel E. Neafsey, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, USA
+Greg Ragland, Kansas State University, USA
+Anne-Nathalie Volkoff, INRA (UMR1333), Montpellier 1 University, France
The symposium focuses on new insights gleaned from analyzing arthropod genomes
and is designed for scientists interested in genomic studies of Arthropods,
both model organisms and those of agricultural or health relevance. The program
will include platform presentations, welcome reception, Genome Train Workshop,
Annotation Café, and arthropod genomics-related poster sessions. A few poster
abstract submissions will be selected for platform presentations. Postdoctoral,
graduate, and undergraduate students are also encouraged to attend. Sessions
conclude Friday evening, followed by an optional evening at Konza Prairie with
dinner and live music by the
Red State Blues Band<http://www.redstatebluesband.com>.
*-*-*-*-* Pre-Symposium Workshop *-*-*-*-*-
INSECT GENETIC TECHNOLOGY workshop
June 17, 2015 (Wednesday morning and afternoon)
Robust protocols to manipulate genes and genomes have not yet been developed
for most insects other than Drosophila melanogaster, and this shortfall is
limiting research progress in many aspects of arthropod genomics. The NSF-RCN
on Insect Genetic Technologies (IGTRCN: 2014-2019; igtrcn.org) seeks to remedy
this problem by facilitating the communication of best practice and new
techniques among arthropod genomicists.
This IGTRCN-sponsored workshop will comprise (1) talks that showcase the latest
genetic technologies, (2) discussion sessions for exchange of ideas and
solutions for effective insect genetic engineering, and (3) posters. Proposals
from the workshop will be integrated into the IGTRCN program of hands-on
practical workshops, fellowships, and the IGTRCN KnowledgeBase. Early-career
researchers are particularly encouraged to present their research at this
workshop. A limited number of travel grants to attend the workshop are
available for early stage investigators. For more information on poster
abstract and travel grant submission for the workshop, go to
http://www.k-state.edu/agc/symposium_level/workshop/index.html.
ANNOTATION CAFÉ
The i5k Workspace@NAL and the Web Apollo development team are hosting an
Annotation Café during poster sessions where both experienced and novice
annotators can ask questions to an expert, share curation advice with other
annotators, or chat with scientists from the National Agricultural Library and
Web Apollo teams about the annotation services they provide.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM for SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, June 17 – Workshop: Insect Genetic Technology Research Coordination
Network (IGT-RCN)
Wednesday evening, June 17, 7:30 pm - Arthropod Genomics Symposium begins with
keynote presentation and welcome reception
Thursday, June 18 – Symposium Platform Sessions, Poster Session 1:15 – 2:30
Thursday evening, June 18, 7:00 to 8:45 pm – Genomics Training Workshop
Thursday evening, June 18, 8:00 to 10:00 pm – After dinner on your own, return
to view posters and network with other scientists.
Friday, June 19 – Symposium Platform Sessions, tentatively concluding at 5:00
p.m.; Poster Session 1:15-2:30.
Friday evening, June 19 – Optional dinner at Konza Prairie Biological Station
with nature hikes, bison viewing, opportunity to collect insects, and
entertainment by the Red State Blues Band.
VENUE: The 2015 Symposium is being hosted by the Arthropod Genomics Center at
Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Symposium sessions will be held
at the K-State Alumni Center on campus located at the corner of Anderson and
17th Street. If you are arranging travel/flights, try MHK first to fly directly
into Manhattan. Manhattan is approximately a 2 ½-hour drive west from Kansas
City International airport (MCI).
HOTEL/DORM ROOMS: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn
Manhattan at the Campus. Reservation deadline for the room block discounted
price is May 20. Campus dormitory rooms will also be available.
QUESTIONS: Contact Doris Merrill at [email protected]
If you would like to join the ArthropodNews listserv to ensure receiving future
notices, please send an e-mail with your name and e-mail address to
[email protected].
PLEASE SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS!
SPONSORS:
*Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University
*Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame
*Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CORPORATE SPONSORS:
BASF Corporation
2015 SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
At Kansas State University:
Susan J. Brown, Chair, Professor in the Division of Biology and Director,
Arthropod Genomics Center
Kristin Michel, Division of Biology
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Department of Biochemistry
Yoonseong Park, Department of Entomology
Gregory Ragland, Department of Entomology
Anna Whitfield, Department of Plant Pathology
At University of Notre Dame:
Mary Ann McDowell, Department of Biological Sciences, Eck Institute for Global
Health
Molly Duman Scheel, Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, Eck
Institute for Global Health
At University of Illinois: Hugh Robertson, Department of Entomology
by
Doris Merrill, Event Coordinator
K-State Arthropod Genomics Center
Division of Biology, Kansas State University
[email protected]
