REGISTRATION is now open… ...to attend the 9th Annual “Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes” Symposium on November 4, 5, & 6, 2011, in Kansas City. We will convene in the Muehlebach/Marriott Hotel in downtown Kansas City at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and conclude on Sunday at noon. Please visit the Symposium website, www.ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2011 , to register for the Symposium. You may also register to attend the optional Saturday night banquet which will be held in the nearby Kansas City Power and Light District for an additional fee.
SYMPOSIUM WEBSITE: www.ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2011 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 2011 Symposium and we encourage you to attend! PLENARY SPEAKER: +Louis Bernatchez, Université Laval, “Testing for parallel evolution at multiple-levels during the time course of an adaptive radiation (and lessons for conservation)” FEATURED SPEAKERS: +Byron Adams, Brigham Young University, “Evolutionary and ecological stoichiometry of Antarctic nematodes” +Justin Borevitz, University of Chicago, “The genetic basis of growing season adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana” +Daniel H. Buckley, Cornell University, “Gene exchange and the evolutionary dynamics of microbial populations” +John Kenneth Colbourne, Indiana University, “Duplicating genes allow Daphnia populations to thrive in toxic environments” +John Jaenike, University of Rochester, “Endosymbiont-mediated protection against parasitic nematodes” +Brian Lazzaro, Cornell University, “Pleiotropy and environment in resistance to bacterial infection in Drosophila” +Jeremy L. Marshall, Kansas State University, “Speciation genetics in the age of -omics and systems biology” +Emilie Snell-Rood, University of Minnesota, “Constraints on the evolution of plasticity: Genomic approaches in horned beetles across nutritional environments” +Victoria L. Sork, University of California-Los Angeles, “Population and landscape genomics of valley oak (Quercuslobata), a California endemic” POSTER SESSIONS: A poster session will be held on 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. DEADLINES: Friday, 10/7/11, REGISTRATION deadline at early bird rates. Friday, 10/7/11, POSTER ABSTRACTS are due for oral presentation consideration. Friday, 10/7/11, HOTELrooms must be reserved to receive reduced group rate. INFORMATION will be posted on our website, www.ecogen.ksu.edu/symp2011 , 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 Michael Herman or Loretta Johnson. Funding for this symposium is provided by Kansas State University. Ecological Genomics Institute Directors: Dr. Loretta Johnson, [email protected] Dr. Michael Herman, [email protected] Kansas State University, Division of Biology 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901 ecogen.ksu.edu by Doris Merrill [email protected]
