The annual meeting of the California Population and Evolutionary Genetics
Group (CalPEG) will be held in Berkeley November 15-17, 1996. This is an
informal meeting at which there are no concurrent sessions. Anyone who wishes
to give a 15-20 minute talk can do so. All areas of evolutionary genetics,
including molecular evolution and human population genetics, are welcome.
There will be one invited speaker, Brian Charlesworth, who will give a longer
talk entitled "The effects of background selection on molecular variation and
evolution"
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday (Nov. 15th), 7:00-9:00 PM. Reception, Shattuck Hotel (2086 Allston
Way, Berkeley),
Saturday (Nov. 16th), 9:00-12:00, 1:30-3:30. Contributed talks, .
Saturday (Nov. 16th), 4:00-5:00. Brian Charlesworth,
Saturday (Nov. 16th), 6:00-8:00. Banquet at Kanit Thai restaurant, $15 per
person, if at least 50 people sign up by Nov. 1.
Sunday (Nov. 17th). 9:00-12:00. Contributed talks..
REGISTRATION
On line registration at our web page,
http://mw511.biol.berkeley.edu/calpeg/calpeg.html or complete the
registration form at the end of this message and mail it, along with a check
payable to "CalPEG 96" to
John P. Huelsenbeck
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
We will post the names of all registrants on the web site. There is no
deadline for registration, although the deadline for submission of titles of
talks and for signing up for the banquet is Nov. 1.
TALKS
If you wish to give a talk, send the title, author(s), and affiliation(s),
along with your registration form and check, to the address given above.
This information may also be submitted by email to
www at mw511.biol.berkeley.edu. For your talk to be on the schedule, we must
receive the title and your registration fee by Nov. 1. To the extent
possible, talks will be 20 minutes in length, including time for questions.
We will reduce the length to 15 minutes if enough people want to speak. You
can use 35 mm slides or overhead transparencies, but no videos or computer
demonstrations. We will list the titles of all talks on our web site. All
the talks will be given in Room 2060 Valley Life Science Building (VLSB) on
the UC Berkeley campus.
BANQUET
We have arranged with the Kanit Thai restaurant, one block from campus, to
hold a banquet at 6 on Saturday evening for $15 per person. The price
includes food, soft drinks, tax, tip, but not alcoholic beverages. We would
have the whole restaurant. We have to have at least 50 people sign up by
Nov. 1. If you like to attend the banquet, please tell us and send a
SEPARATE check for $15 payable to CalPEG 96 by Nov. 1. Your check will be
returned if there are not enough people signed up by the deadline. We will
post on the web site the number of people who sign up for the banquet.
HOUSING
We have arranged with the Shattuck Hotel, three blocks from campus (2086
Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704; Telephone: (510) 845-7300 Fax: (510)
644-2088), to have rooms at a discount ($59 for s single, $69 for a double,
$79 for a triple) with secure overnight parking slightly extra. You have to
contact the Shattuck Hotel yourself to make a reservation. Mention CalPEG to
get the discount.
For graduate students, we will try to arrange housing with graduate students
here who live near campus. Contact Rasmus Neilsen
(rasmus at mws4.biol.berkeley.edu) before Nov. 1 to ask him to arrange for
graduate student housing.
PARKING ON CAMPUS
On Saturday, Nov. 16h, you can park on campus all day and into the evening
for $3.00. On Sunday, parking on campus is free until 1:00 PM, and $3.00
after that.
WEB SITE
http://mw511.biol.berkeley.edu/calpeg/calpeg.html
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CalPEG 96
Annual Meeting of the California Population and Evolutionary Genetics Group
Name:
Affiliation:
Mailing Address:
Email Address:
I will give a talk:______(Yes/No).
Talk Title:
Authors:
Affiliations:
Fees:
Registration: $15.00 (Required for attendance)
Banquet: $15.00 (Optional, send a separate check)
Talks will be 15 to 20 minutes in length, depending on the number of
speakers. Please complete this form if you plan to attend the meeting and
mail it, along with your check(s) made payable to CalPEG 96, to:
John P. Huelsenbeck
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720
Your registration will be acknowledged by email when we receive your check.
Talk titles may be submitted by email to www at mw511.biol.berkeley.edu and will
be posted on the CalPEG web page. Additional information about CalPEG '96 is
available at the web page http://mw511.biol.berkeley.edu/calpeg/calpeg.html.
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