Registration is now open to attend the 5th Annual Ecological Genomics
Symposium on November 9 - 11, 2007, at the InterContinental Hotel in Kansas
City on the Country Club Plaza. The Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes
Symposium will begin on Friday evening, November 9, and conclude at noon on
Sunday, November 11. For more complete information regarding poster
abstract submission, registration and hotel reservations, please visit our
Symposium website, www.ksu.edu/ecogen/symp2007.html.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Andrew Clark, Cornell University
Genome-wide population genetic inference from 454 and Solexa sequence runs
Michael A. Herman, Kansas State University
Ecological genomics of nematode community responses: Model and non-model
approaches
Stefan Jansson, Umeå University, Sweden
Natural variation in Populus
Thomas E. Juenger, University of Texas at Austin
Natural variation in the physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana: The ecological
genetics of drought adaptation and acclimation
James H. Marden, Penn State University
Functional genomics of a butterfly metapopulation: Genes that matter for
population dynamics, life history traits, and spatial ecology
Therese Ann Markow, University of Arizona
Ecological genomics of cactophilic desert Drosophila
Jennifer B.H. Martiny, University of California, Irvine
The ecological significance of microbial genetic diversity
Mónica Medina, University of California, Merced
Coral reef health: Genomic approaches to the study of symbiosis, bleaching
and disease
Nancy A. Moran, University of Arizona
The ecological genomics of symbiotic bacteria in insects
James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University
Genomic insight from among close bacterial relatives
POSTER ABSTRACTS:
Please submit your poster abstract online before Friday, September 28, 2007.
Abstract submission guidelines are available at:
http://www.k-state.edu/ecogen/Posters-2007.htm.
A limited number of submitted poster abstracts will be selected for oral
presentation.
If you have questions, please contact us at (785) 532-3482 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Additional information about this interdisciplinary
research initiative is available at www.ksu.edu/ecogen.
DEADLINES:
9/28/07 Poster Abstracts are due
(https://www.dce.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/conf/eco_proposal.cgi)
9/28/07 Early Registration
(https://outreach.ksu.edu)
10/10/07 Hotel Reservations
(Select Reserve Hotel link on www.ksu.edu/ecogen/symp2007.html)
Funding for this symposium is provided by Kansas State University.
Ecological Genomics Institute
Project Directors:
Dr. Loretta Johnson and Dr. Michael Herman
Kansas State University
104 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901
www.ksu.edu/ecogen
Doris Merrill, Program Coordinator
Kansas State University
(785) 532-3482, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
