International conference on iridescence

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRIDESCENCE

The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University is pleased to announce an integrative 4-day conference on iridescent colors in nature, entitled '*Iridescence: More than Meets the Eye'. This *is a graduate student initiated and organized conference that aims to connect diverse groups of researchers to catalyze cross-disciplinary discussions on iridescent coloration in nature, identify new avenues of research, and explore the potential for iridescence to provide novel insights in fields as divergent as materials science, sexual selection and primary science education. We invite you to join us for this exciting event.

 Conference program:

Each day of the conference will involve talks from invited speakers (see list below), oral and poster presentations from conference participants, and discussions centered on the four broad topics listed below.

Day 1: Mechanisms and Measurement
Day 2: Development
Day 3: Evolution
Day 4: Education and Outreach

We are pleased to announce that the following invited speakers have confirmed their participation: Dr. Stephanie Doucet, Dr. Helen Ghiradella, Dr. Roger Hanlon, Dr. Darrell Kemp, Dr. Kevin McGraw, Dr. Daniel Osorio, Dr. Richard Prum, Dr. Ronald Rutowski, Dr. Matthew Shawkey, Dr. Mohan Srinivasarao, Dr. Doekele Stavenga, Dr. Peter Vukusic

Conference dates: February 6-9th, 2008
Student travel grant deadline: October 19th, 2007
Abstract submission deadline: October 26th, 2007
Early registration is FREE and will be available until November 16th, 2007.
Late registration ($50 fee) will run from November 17th through February 6th .

 For more information, please visit our website:
http://sols.asu.edu/rti/frontiers/iridescence
Feel free to contact the conference organizers with any questions at
animalcoloration@gmail.com or contact Lisa Taylor directly at
Lisa.A.Taylor@asu.edu or (480) 965-2593.