ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS SYMPOSIUM, Kansas City, 11/14-16/2008
Symposium website: www.ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2008
Hotel and Poster Submission Deadlines Extended; Registration continues to be
open; Schedule is now available.
It's not too late. You can still register to attend and submit a poster
abstract for presentation at the:
6th ANNUAL ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS SYMPOSIUM
November 14 to 16, 2008
Kansas City, InterContinental Hotel on the Plaza
The Symposium will begin on Friday evening, November 14, and conclude on
Sunday, November 16, at noon. The Symposium site is the InterContinental
Hotel in Kansas City on the beautiful Country Club Plaza.
DEADLINES:
10/28/08 Hotel Reservations at the InterContinental Kansas City on the Plaza
11/4/08 Extended deadline for Poster Abstracts
11/15/08 Registration
Online registration and hotel reservation links, the schedule, and
additional information are available at: www.ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2008.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
**Kathleen Donohue, Duke University, Seeds and seasons: Germination and
life-history variation in Arabidopsis thaliana
**Michael B. Eisen, University of California-Berkeley, Genomes and Genomics
of Drosophila
**William Jeffery, University of Maryland at College Park, Dark Caves and
pleiotropy: Evolution of blindness in the Mexican cavefish, Astyanax
**Carol Eunmi Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Exploring genomics
targets of selection during habitat invasions
**Bryant F. McAllister, University of Iowa, Genome structure and local
adaptation
**Leonie C. Moyle, Indiana University, Salad Speciation: Genetics of
adaptation and reproductive isolation in Solanum
**Patrick Phillips, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University
of Oregon, Perception and environmental context: The ecological genomics of
the response to temperature, chemicals, and food within the nematode C.
elegans and its relatives
**Ralf J. Sommer, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen,
Germany, Tritrophic interactions of Pristionchus nematodes with beetles and
bacteria
**Stephen M. Welch, Kansas State University, Floral gene pathway sensitivity
estimation by photothermal modeling
**Mark Young, Montana State University-Bozeman, Viral population dynamics in
Yellowstone's hot springs
QUESTIONS:
If you have questions, please contact us at (785) 532-3482 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
We look forward to seeing you in Kansas City in November!
Symposium Organizing Committee:
Michael Herman, Co-Chair, Division of Biology
Loretta Johnson, Co-Chair, Division of Biology
Ted Morgan, Division of Biology
Tim Todd, Department of Plant Pathology
Kun Yan Zhu, Department of Entomology
Lindsey Fallis, Graduate Representative, Biology
Funding for this symposium is provided by Kansas State University.
Ecological Genomics Institute
Project Directors:
Dr. Loretta Johnson and Dr. Michael Herman
Kansas State University
104 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901
(785) 532-3482, www.ksu.edu/ecogen
