Dear Colleagues, The Eigth annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop will take place on May 4th-6th, 2018 at the Sierra Nevada Research Station, Yosemite National Park. This has become a great venue for a diversity of symbiosis researchers. We hope to continue to attract a diverse group in 2018!
Keynote speaker 2018: Dr. Tadashi Fukami from Stanford University! Information about our meeting: Why: Our continuing goal is to better integrate the broad groups of scientists that focus on symbiosis and microbiome research. Yosemite serves as an ideal site as it is both beautiful and secluded. This will be our 8th annual meeting and we have been consistently attracting scientists from all over the country and overseas. Who: The meeting is small by design (~50 participants) and we seek to focus on scientists interested in the microbiome, cooperation, mutualism, and symbiosis. In the past we have covered a range of symbiosis topics from ecology and evolution to molecular mechanisms in different model and non-model systems. We would like to make room for a diverse group of people so we will initially accept up to 3 lab members per group (including the PI) on a first come first served basis. When: The talks and formal meeting will be held May 5-6, 2018, though we make accommodation arrangements available for attendees to arrive on Friday the 4th to provide opportunities to enjoy the park. Since time at the conference is limited, we ask attendees to submit an abstract and a preference (talk versus poster). Priority will be given to those presenting. Past attendees and talks can be found here: http://www.sachslab.com/symbiosis-2015.php Abstract and early bird registration are due on March 16th, 2018. Where: SNRS has a set of cabins in Wawona and all within a short walk of the conference room. Costs: See details in the registration page. We will only be able to accept credit card payments this year. Link to meeting information: http://www.sachslab.com/symbiosis-2015.php The registration form for the 2018 Symbiosis Workshop is active: https://snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbiosis-workshop-2018-registration Please direct any questions to the organizers: Carolin Frank [email protected] Joel Sachs [email protected]
