FIRST INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 'OMICS SYNTHESIS CONFERENCE Cardiff University, UK, 9-11 September 2013
http://www.environmentalomics.org/ieos2013 FINAL CALL - ABSTRACTS AND REGISTRATION ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 31 July 2013 REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 1 August 2013 We are pleased to announce the last few days to submit an abstract or register to attend the first ever conference on 'omics applications, tools and resources focused on the environmental sciences. The meeting covers genomics, metabolomics and other high-throughput approaches in biology ('omics). The meeting is targeted both at current and future users of 'omics, and for developers of bioinformatics and 'omics technologies. The conference includes dedicated introductory talks and training sessions on day one, for those who are new to the field, followed by two days of world-class science presentations delivered by several international leaders in environmental 'omics. The conference will promote exchange of ideas between all of these groups. We encourage submission of abstracts to be considered for oral and poster presentation, and in particular encourage submissions from PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. To register - with optional submission of an abstract - see: http://environmentalomics.org/ieos_registration KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: - ESKE WILLERSLEV, Natural History Museum of Denmark - JACK GILBERT, University of Chicago - JOHN COLBOURNE, University of Birmingham INVITED SPEAKERS: Archeaological 'Omics: Learning from the past to inform the future - TERRY BROWN, University of Manchester - ROBIN ALLABY, University of Warwick Ecological 'Omics: From biodiversity to molecular adaptation - ANDREW WHITEHEAD, University of California, Davis - CAROLE GOBLE, University of Manchester Epigenetics: From molecules to phenotypes - KEVIN CHIPMAN, University of Birmingham - PETER KILLE, Cardiff University - DANIEL BARKER, University of St Andrews Evolutionary 'Omics: Phylogenetics and the Tree of Life - SANDRA BALDAUF, Uppsala University - MARGARET RILEY, University of Massachusetts Amherst - MIKE BRUFORD, Cardiff University Integrated and Systems 'Omics: Towards environmental systems biology - JOE SHAW, Indiana University - FRANCESCO FALCIANI, University of Birmingham Community Ecology: Community profiling (metagenomics and metabarcoding) to function - DOUGLAS YU, University of East Anglia - PHILIP POOLE, John Innes Centre PROGRAM: http://environmentalomics.org/ieos_agenda SPONSORED in part by the Natural Environment Research Council, UK (NERC); the Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK; Thermo Fisher Scientific; Cambio; and BGI. This conference is coordinated by the NERC Environmental 'Omics Synthesis Centre: http://environmentalomics.org We hope to see you in Cardiff in September. Daniel Barker Lecturer in Biology, University of St Andrews [email protected] On behalf of the organising committee: Peter Kille, University of Cardiff; Mesude Bicak and Tracey Timms-Wilson, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Daniel Barker, University of St Andrews; Claire Gachon, Scottish Association for Marine Science; and Mark Viant, University of Birmingham. http://www.environmentalomics.org/ieos2013 -- Daniel Barker http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/db60 The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532
