From gilbertd from net.bio.net Mon Nov 23 15:53:37 2009 From: gilbertd from net.bio.net (Don Gilbert) Date: Mon Nov 23 15:54:37 2009 Subject: [Arthropod] Entomological Society meeting, December 13-16, 2009, has arthropod genomics Message-ID: <200911232053.nANKrbL29910@net.bio.net> Dear arthropod folks, The Entomological Society of America will hold its 57th Annual Meeting at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana from December 13-16, 2009. See http://www.entsoc.org/am/cm/index.htm This meeting will include many sessions on insects and other arthropods; these two among them focus on genomics and informatics. 1.......... Integrative Physiological and Molecular Insect Systems http://esa.confex.com/esa/2009/webprogram/Session11486.html Monday, December 14, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM Fixing bugs, insects, and arthropods in computers Margaret L. Allen, USDA ARS Computer support for community knowledge: information technologies for insect biologists to automatically annotate their molecular information Bruce Schatz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign New genome informatics for insect genomicists Don Gilbert, Indiana University NCBI's resources for insect genomics, or 101 things you never knew how to do at NCBI Terence Murphy, National Center for Biotechnology Information 2................. Celebrating the Role of Entomology in the Genomics Revolution http://esa.confex.com/esa/2009/webprogram/Session10604.html Wednesday, December 16, 2009: 7:15 AM-11:00 AM Systems genetics of quantitative traits in Drosophila Trudy F. C. Mackay, North Carolina State University Genomic insight into the amino acid relations of the pea aphid with its symbiotic bacterium Buchnera aphidicola Alex C. C. Wilson, University of Miami;.. Ecological genomics of adaptation in cactophilic Drosophila Luciano Matzkin, University of Arizona Condition-dependent transcription and neofunctionalization: Insights from genome-wide expression profiling in Daphnia and Nasonia John K. Colbourne, Indiana University; .. VectorBase, a bioinformatics resource for the genomes of arthropod vectors of human pathogens Frank H. Collins, University of Notre Dame The history and future of arthropod genome sequencing Stephen Richards, Baylor College of Medicine Developing a genomic model chewing herbivore of Arabidopsis thaliana Noah K. Whiteman, Harvard University;.. Genomics of behavior and sociality in non-model social insects, Polistes paper wasps Amy Toth, University of Illinois.. From molecules to metapopulations: Finding the variation affecting butterfly dispersal in a fragmented and dynamic landscape Christopher W. Wheat, University of Helsinki and Pennsylvania State University; .. Human body louse genome: A little genome that causes big problems John M. Clark, University of Massachusetts ------- By the way, Indianapolis is an interesting city. It has a nice zoo, museums, part, university, etc. within walking distance of the convention center. -- Don Gilbert -- d.gilbert--bioinformatics--indiana-u--bloomington-in-47405 -- gilbertd@indiana.edu--http://marmot.bio.indiana.edu/ From luisa.orsini from bio.kuleuven.be Mon Nov 30 11:35:08 2009 From: luisa.orsini from bio.kuleuven.be (Luisa Orsini) Date: Mon Nov 30 11:57:31 2009 Subject: [Arthropod] DGC conference registration open Message-ID: <4B13F43C.5070406@bio.kuleuven.be> Can you please post the following ad for our upcoming conference? thanks, Luisa Orsini ************************** Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC) Meeting 2010 When: 26th through 30th of March, 2010 Where: Leuven, Belgium Pre-registration and abstract submission is now open! http://bio.kuleuven.be/DGCmeeting2010.html Early registration and abstracts submission deadline is January 15, 2010. Please register early, because space is limited to 120 participants. Dear colleagues and friends, We are pleased to invite you to the DGC Meeting 2010. The Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC) is an international network of scientists with a common goal to foster the freshwater crustacean Daphnia as a premier model system for genomics in ecology, evolution and the environmental sciences. This meeting aims to bring together the members of the consortium at large, to facilitate the exchange of information on recent developments and results obtained from the ongoing investigations into the genome biology of Daphnia. Additionally, we welcome researchers working with Daphnia who are not yet DGC participants and researchers working with other model or non-model organisms in the field of ecological genomics. The DGC meeting will have a significant impact on the future development of the research groups involved in the consortium. By this time, we will have finalized our initial investigations of the draft D. pulex genome sequence, and we will begin the work of exploring data obtained from the D. magna genome sequencing project. This upcoming meeting continues the tradition of also promoting collaborations between researchers working within related disciplines, including limnology, ecotoxicology, quantitative and population genetics, systematics, molecular biology and evolution, developmental biology, genomics and bioinformatics. The meeting will have plenary lectures from keynote speakers in several research fields related to Daphnia and other model organisms. The symposia of our meeting will touch on several research topics: * Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics * Toxicology and Environmental Genomics of Natural and Human Stressors * Genotype by Environment Interactions * Comparative Genomics and Development * Gene Expression and Gene Function Plan to also learn about the latest open source bioinformatic and high-throughput research tools, including databases, expression and genotyping microarrays, mapping panels for trait locus mapping, molecular genetic protocols and services. The venue is at the five century-old Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Belgium. Leuven is a beautiful medieval town that combines a rich historical patrimonium with a cheerful, flourishing city culture and a creative atmosphere for lively exchanges and debates. We look forward to welcoming you in Leuven. The local organization committee (Luc De Meester, Luisa Orsini, Ellen Decaestecker, Kevin Pauwels, Mieke Jansen, Joost Vanoverbeke) and the co-organizers Dries Knapen, Ronny Blust and Wim De Coen (University of Antwerp), Karel De Schamphelaere and Colin Janssen (University of Gent), Michael Pfrender (University of Notre Dame) and John Colbourne (Indiana University). on behalf of the committee -- *************************************************** Dr Luisa Orsini Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ch. Deberiotstraat 32, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Phone: +32 016323707 Fax: +32 016320771 e-mail luisa.orsini[at]bio.kuleuven.be website:http://bio.kuleuven.be/de/dea/people.php ***************************************************