SAVE THE DATES.
and plan to attend the 7th Annual "Genes in Ecology, Ecology in
Genes" Symposium on November 13, 14, & 15, 2009, in Kansas City.
We will convene in the Muehlbach/Marriott Hotel in downtown Kansas City at
6:00 p.m. and conclude on Sunday at noon.
Registration will be opening soon!
Ecological Genomics is a field at the interface of ecology, evolution and
genomics that seeks to place the functional significance of genes and
genomics into an ecological and evolutionary context.
We have an outstanding lineup of speakers for the 2009 Symposium and we
encourage you to attend! Confirmed speakers include the following:
PLENARY SPEAKER:
-Jonathan F. Wendel, Plenary Speaker, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and
Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
-Andres Aguilar, School of Natural Sciences, University of California,
Merced
-May R. Berenbaum, Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-Jeffrey L. Feder, Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
-David Queller, Ecology and Evolution, Rice University
-Matthew Rockman, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Biology, New York
University
-Erica Bree Rosenblum, Biological Sciences, University of Idaho
-Jay F. Storz, Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
-Christopher Toomajian, Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
-Michael J. Wade, Graduate Student Invited Speaker, Biology, Indiana
University
POSTER SESSIONS: Poster sessions will be held on Friday night and Saturday.
Poster topics should be related to the field of Ecological Genomics. A
LIMITED NUMBER OF SUBMITTED POSTER ABSTRACTS WILL BE SELECTED FOR ORAL
PRESENTATIONS.
Information will be posted on our website, ecogen.ksu.edu, as details are
finalized. Please share this announcement with colleagues and students who
are interested in learning more about the field of Ecological Genomics. If
you have questions, please contact us at (785) 532-3482 or [email protected].
Funding for this symposium is provided by the National Science Foundation
and Targeted Excellence at Kansas State University.
Ecological Genomics Institute Directors:
Dr. Loretta Johnson
Dr. Michael Herman
by
Doris R. Merrill, [email protected]
Program Coordinator
Ecological Genomics Institute, www.ecogen.ksu.edu
Kansas State University, Division of Biology, 318 Ackert
Manhattan, KS 66506-4901
Phone: (785) 532-3482, Fax: (785) 532-6653
