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]