Can you please post the last call for our upcoming conference?
regards, Luisa
Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC) Meeting 2010
When: 26th through 30th of March, 2010
Where: Leuven, Belgium
Deadline for registration and abstract submission is 15th of January!
http://bio.kuleuven.be/DGCmeeting2010.html
!!!!!!note the updated list of our keynote speakers!!!!
Visit our website for the latest updates on the conference
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.
Our keynote speakers are:
John Colbourne (Indiana University )
Donald Gilbert (Indiana University)
Joseph Shaw (Indiana University)
Dieter Ebert (Universität Basel)
Amanda Callaghan (University of Reading)
Michael Pfrender (University of Notre Dame)
Christian Laforsch (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München)
Jean-Christophe Simon(Inra France)
Denis Tagu (Inra France)
Abraham Tucker (Indiana University)
Kelley Thomas ( University of New Hampshire)
John Manak (The University of Iowa)
Ralph Pirow (University of Münster)
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
Luisa Orsini
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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
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