ARTHROPOD GENOMICS 2014 Registration is now open for the 8th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium.
Important Dates: Thursday, April 17, 2014: Deadline to submit poster abstracts Monday, April 21, 2014: Early-bird registration deadline The 8th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium will be held Thursday, June 12 – Saturday, June 14, 2014, hosted by the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The link for conference registration and abstract submission is below. Two speakers for each session of the symposium will be selected from among the submitted abstracts. The symposium will feature sessions on the i5k consortium, vector biology, social insects, microbiomes, and population and comparative genomics. Patricia Wittkopp (University of Michigan) will give the keynote lecture on the evolution of promoters and gene regulation in Drosophila on Thursday evening. Judy Willis (University of Georgia) will give a retrospective lecture on 50 years in insect genomics on Friday evening. All are also invited to register for a pre-symposium Epigenomics Workshop to be held on-site on June 12. To register for the Arthropod Genomics Symposium or view more information visit:http://conferences.igb.illinois.edu/arthropod/
