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/
