The Society for Conservation Biology informs you that the submission deadline has been extended until Monday 29 October 2007, due to technical difficulties, now resolved. If you haven't submitted yet you can still submit!
The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology will be hel d in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
The title of the meeting is From the Mountains to the Sea and will examine three extended themes:
- Land Conservation and Terrestrial Diversity
- Freshwater Ecosystems, and
- Coastal and Marine Conservation
As always, contributions from all fields of conservation research and pract ice are welcome.
General information on the meeting is available here:
http://www.conbio.org/2008
Details for the call can be found at the conference site:
http://www.conbio.org/2008/call
The next call (for contributed papers, posters, and speed presentations) will be open soon and the submission deadline will be January 16 2007.
For more information about the meeting, please send an email to 2008@conbio.org
Please join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) and Ventana Wildlife Society (VWS), in cooperation with the Institute for Bird Populations (IBP), for an advanced ageing and sexing of passerines workshop on May 19-23, Monday - Friday, 2008. Peter Pyle, IBP Biologist, and author of The Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part I, will be the primary instructor. The action-packed week will consist of presentations, study of specimens, field mist-netting, banding, and processing at multiple locations on the central coast of California, and field trips to renowned birding locations. Participants will be trained in a synthesis of methods pertaining to identification, ageing, and sexing of landbirds in the hand and in the field. Participants should already be familiar with bird handling and basic mist-netting and banding techniques. Cost is $750 ($650 early registration, by April 7th). Breakfasts and lunches are included; lodging not provided. For more information and a registration form please see our website at http://www.sfbbo.org/activities/education.php or contact Jessica Griffiths at the Ventana Wildlife Society (jessicagriffiths@ventanaws.org).
The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in a partnership with these scientific institutions: Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California-Davis, University of California-Berkeley, and the Carnegie Institution for Science is a new multi-organizational institute of world-class facilities and expertise located in one facility at Emeryville, California.
The goal of JBEI is to use rapidly advancing scientific techniques, such as systems and synthetic biology, to accelerate development of the nation's biofuels industry.
JBEI's goals focus on breaking the barriers to efficient conversion of lignocellulosic material into biofuels. The team is establishing a highly integrated research center aimed at engineering plants for better processing, efficient protocols for pretreatment and optimized microorganisms for increased biofuels production.
We are currently looking for a start-up team of bioinformaticians, postdoctoral researchers, and technicians in the areas of plant biology, enzymology, biochemical and chemical engineering, functional genomics, applied microbiology, fermentation, molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics that will expand to approximately 150 staff by the end of summer 2008.
Besides, JBEI (through LBNL) is currently looking for scientists and technicians interested in working on the various aspects of biofuels research, especially in plant cell wall synthesis, deconstruction and microbial engineering. Highly motivated individuals with expertise in molecular biology, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics and 'omics' are encouraged to submit a resume/CV and letter of interest to resumes@jbei.org
Special Paper Session for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), April 15-19, Boston, Massachusetts
The estimation of carbon fluxes between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere has important scientific and political implications. Remote sensing has proven a valuable tool for directly or indirectly estimating terrestrial carbon fluxes at landscape, regional, continental, and global scales. Remote sensing is also effective in estimating vegetation biophysical properties including vegetation biomass, leaf area index (LAI), fractional vegetation cover, and phenology that are explicitly used for estimating ecosystem carbon fluxes in empirical approaches or process-based biogeochemistry models.
This session will focus on the use of remote sensing data and techniques for estimating ecosystem carbon fluxes and vegetation biophysical properties at various spatial and temporal scales. This session will include, but not limited to, the following topics:
(1) Scaling-up site-level measurements on ecosystem carbon fluxes (e.g., eddy covariance measurements) to regional or continental scales using remote sensing data;
(2) Quantifying ecosystem carbon fluxes at landscape, regional, or continental scales using remote sensing data and techniques;
(3) Detecting land use/land cover change, disturbances (e.g., fires, and insect defoliation), and extreme climate events (e.g., droughts) and understanding their impacts on regional carbon budgets by combining remote sensing and other techniques;
(4) Estimating vegetation biophysical properties including vegetation biomass, LAI, fractional vegetation cover, and vegetation phenology at landscape, regional, or continental scales using optical or microwave remote sensing.
We also encourage submissions simulating ecosystem carbon fluxes at regional or continental scales using empirical or biogeochemistry models driven by remote sensing data (e.g., vegetation indices, LAI, vegetation phenology).
Abstract submission details are available at the AAG website (http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/papers.htm ). If you are interested in participating in this special session, please submit your abstract through the online submission system by October 31, 2007. After you submit you abstract, please send me an email containing: (1) Your name, affiliation, presentation title, and abstract; (2) The PIN number assigned to you by the online submission system.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions for the special session or the abstract submission procedures.
Dr. Jingfeng Xiao
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Purdue University
CIVIL 550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
Tel: (765) 496-8678; Fax: (765) 496-1210
Email: jing@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~xiao3
Welcome! Fellowships for undergoing higher research, short-term training, graduate programme, attending conferences, etc are made available on this new site. More coming up.. CLICK HERE to Subscribe Fellowships Alerts by Email
It is organized by Faculty of Applied Mathematics of Dniepropetrovsk National University with participation of Research Institute of Cybernetics of Ukrainian National Academy of Science named after V.M. Glushkov. The conference will takes place in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine in November 14-16, 2007.
The conference programme includes the following topics:
1. Expert and learning systems
2. Pattern recognition
3. Mathematical models of biological, social, and economic systems
4. Neurofuzzy technologies
5. Mathematical methods of artificial intelligence
6. Use of artificial intelligent decision-making systems in economics, sociology, industry
7. Dataware technologies
8. Teaching of artificial intelligence.
The conference website (www.mpzis-dnu.dp.ua ) provides information about the conference programme, registration process, travel and accommodation details. Abstracts (1-2 pages in MS World format, 14 pt. Times Roman font) should be submitted not later then November 1, 2007.
If you have some questions, do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail svc@a-teleport.com or by phone 38 (056) 745-14-11
Climate change is already transforming the physical, ecological and social configuration of places across the world, and the meaning and experience of place is also certain to change significantly. What defines the character of places, and how can their design respond to the shifting climate?
In a special theme section of its issue to be published in August 2008, the journal Places invites scientists, essayists and designers to engage in a discussion of the impacts of climate change on the diverse dimensions of place and the role of design in minimizing its impact on human and ecological wellbeing. We are interested in explorations and reflections as well as examples of practices, real design schemes, and places that have responded to climate change. The themes for the special section range from the impact of climate change on places that support biodiversity and human wellbeing to how climate change and resulting biophysical changes alter our perception and meaning of place.
In our role as a forum of design for the public realm, we ask: What are the implications of climate change and its impacts on the experience of place? How can planning and design best respond to climate variability and help us adapt to the changes to come? We welcome a variety of contributions, including: Reflections and explorations on how climate change may affect the multiple dimensions of particular places (max. 2000 words). Research essays that respond to existing and anticipated effects of climate change on the biophysical and social dimensions of place (max. 3000 words).
Dispatches or project reports that describe significant events or examples of design that address climate change at a variety of scales (max. 1000 words). Contributions should include compelling, high-quality graphics. In addition, photo or graphic essays of places shifting as a result of climate impacts may also be considered.
Deadline for submission of two-page proposals: November 1, 2007.
Deadline for completed manuscripts, following initial selection by editors:
January 15, 2008.
Deadline for final revised manuscripts, following peer review and revision:
May 1, 2008
Expected publication date: August 1, 2008
Questions should be directed to Marina Alberti malberti@u.washington.edu and Nancy Rottle nrottle@u.washington.edu , invited co-editors for this theme section, which is being produced in association with Daniel Friedman, the Dean of the University of Washingtons College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and a member of the Places Editorial Advisory Board.
Call for papers on land use for AAG 2008
Call for papers related to land use change and ecology/environment, as well as hydrology at the American Association of Geographers Conference in April 2008 in Boston (for conference information see http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/index.htm).
Studying Land Use Change: Determining the Environmental Impacts of Sprawl
Despite nearly stagnant human population growth in several regions of the US (such as the Northeast), human consumption of rural land continues as it is being converted to 0.5 to 5 acre suburban and exurban residential lots. This low density exurban development (sprawl) not only consumes vast tracts of prime agricultural lands, but also leads to the fragmentation and deterioration of existing habitats for terrestrial plants and animals, the spread of invasive species, and the alteration of aquatic ecosystem structure and functionality. This session will focus on illustrating and understanding the broad range of impacts on the environment, as well as potential approaches for mitigation. While presentations from the Northeast are encouraged, others will be considered.
If you are interested in having your abstract considered for this session, please e-mail it to me no later than Oct 25; consideration of abstracts will begin immediately:
Dr. Monika Calef - mcalef@albany.edu
Dept. of Geography and Planning University at Albany
Albany, NY
Additionally, the abstract has to be submitted to AAG by Oct 31 which is only possible, after you have completed registration for the conference and received a PIN number. For more information on abstract submission see http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/abstract.htm
Please contact either in the address given above or Dr. Gary Kleppel
gkleppel@albany.edu if there are any additional questions.
November 9 to 11, 2007
KANSAS CITY ON THE PLAZA
Just a friendly note to let you know you can still register and attend http://outreach.ksu.edu/ the 2007 Ecological Genomics Symposium being held November 9 to 11 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kansas City on = the Plaza.
Abstract https://www.dce.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/conf/eco_proposal.cgi submission is still open for posters as well. Please review the poster and abstract http://www.k-state.edu/ecogen/Posters-2007.htm guidelines and submit your abstract online.
Hotel http://www.k-state.edu/ecogen/HotelInformation.pdf accommodations are available at several hotels in the Plaza area. The Symposium site hotel, the InterContinental, has completely sold out and rooms are no longer available. Please visit our website for a list of nearby hotels that may have rooms available.
The 'Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes' Symposium will begin on Friday evening, November 9, and conclude on Sunday, November 11, at noon. The Symposium site is the InterContinental Hotel in Kansas City on the beautiful Country Club Plaza.
For complete registration, poster abstract and hotel information, please visit our Symposium website, www.ksu.edu/ecogen/symp2007.html . A complete brochure is also available.
The R statistical analysis package has emerged as a popular platform for implementation of powerful comparative phylogenetic methods to understand the evolution of organismal traits. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is organizing a hackathon focused on the integration of comparative phylogenetic methods within R. The event will take place on Dec 10-14, 2007, at NESCent in Durham, North Carolina. Having largely identified the set of developers to do the actual hacking, we are 1) soliciting applications for end-user participation and 2) comments and suggestions from the community. More information about the event is available at http://hackathon.nescent.org/R_Hackathon_1 .
We are actively seeking applications from end-users of comparative methods: biologists familiar with comparative phylogenetic methods who are interested in working face-to-face with developers to help prioritize needs, document and test the code being developed, provide feedback regarding usability, and ensure the community value of the code being written at the event. End-users need not be experienced programmers.
CALL FOR END-USER PARTICIPATION
We invite all individuals interested in attending to respond by email to the questions below. We encourage applications from:
* Members of underrepresented groups, specifically women and members of minorities.
* Graduate students and postdocs.
Please email your responses and, if possible, a CV to hackathon2@nescent.org by October 25. Also, please be aware that the funds, as well as the space, for this event are limited, and the organizers need to balance the skills of the attendees, so not all qualified applicants can be guaranteed acceptance.
1. Please indicate if you would be available for all or only for part of the Dec 10-14 time period.
2. Briefly describe your qualifications (e.g. your familiarity with comparative phylogenetic methods, particularly those implemented in R). How you would like to contribute and how you would expect to benefit?
3. Please state what you would most like to see accomplished at the hackathon.
4. Please indicate if you are a member of an underrepresented group (including women, persons with disabilities, and any of the following minorities: African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander).
The Organizing Committee
From NESCent: Hilmar Lapp, Brian O'Meara, Samantha Price, Todd Vision, Amy Zanne
From UC Berkeley: Steven Kembel
Inviting you to participate in Mini-Symposium 6, "Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms", being held at the 11th ICRS in Fort Lauderdale, July 7th-11th 2008.
The 11th International Coral Reef Symposium science program will address scientific questions within the framework of a series of Mini- Symposia developed to address problems and issues on contemporary coral reefs that will assist management to sustain future reefs.
The central theme for the 11th ICRS is "REEFS FOR THE FUTURE". The Symposium goals are to provide a scientific basis for coral reef ecosystem management by articulating the state of the science with respect to current and emerging stressors; improve the understanding of reef condition, function, and productivity; and grow the fields of coral reef ecosystem science, conservation, and multidisciplinary research by facilitating the exchange of ideas.
We have invited four distinguished speakers to provide a broad perspective on the main questions posed by the Mini-Symposium. The central topics of Mini-Symposium 6 and the invited speakers are as follows:
1) What is the role of genome science in coral reef ecology and evolution, examples from symbiosis, bleaching, disease, microbial communities and phylogenomics? Sandie Degnan, University of Queensland
2) What genomic approaches are already available for coral reef science? Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University
3) What are the challenges for integrating global climate data with genomic data? Ove Huegh-Guldbergh, University of Queensland
4) Do genomic approaches hold promise for developing environmental monitoring? Cheryl Woodley, NOAA
We welcome abstract submissions on these topics as well as all aspects of "Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms". Submissions that address these questions are encouraged but not mandatory. If you have an alternative question or questions you are addressing, please so note. All submissions addressing ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms are encouraged to be submitted for consideration.
When submitting your abstracts, please use the session code: Mini- Symposium 6. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 November 2007.
For abstract submission, registration, and other information, please visit: http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/
Mini-Symposium 6 Ecological and evolutionary genomics of coral reef organisms
Co-conveners:
Monica Medina
Mary-Alice Coffroth
Jodi Schwarz
If you know of anyone who might be interested who might not receive this notice, please feel free to pass it along. We look forward to your participation. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
mmedina@ucmerced.edu , coffroth@buffalo.edu , joschwarz@vassar.edu
Call for Participation and Input
The R statistical analysis package has emerged as a popular platform for implementation of powerful comparative phylogenetic methods to understand the evolution of organismal traits. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is organizing a hackathon focused on the integration of comparative phylogenetic methods within R. The event will take place on Dec 10-14, 2007, at NESCent in Durham, North Carolina. We are broadly soliciting applications for participation as well as comments and suggestions from the community. More information about the event is available at http://hackathon.nescent.org/R_Hackathon_1 .
A hackathon is an event at which a group of programmers who otherwise do not have the opportunity to interact on a routine basis meet to collaboratively develop working code that is of utility to the community as a whole. This event will bring together different groups of developers and users of comparative methods to work towards a common set of objectives centering on common challenges of data exchange, interoperability, and usability.
CALL FOR INPUT
We are soliciting input from the community at large regarding the priorities and objectives of the hackathon. If you are a user of comparative phylogenetic software and have any ideas that you would like the community of developers to be aware of, please submit your input directly through the hackathon wiki (http://hackathon.nescent.org; click on 'Forum') or by email to hackathon2@nescent.org .
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
We invite all individuals interested in attending to respond by email to the questions below. We are specifically encouraging applications from:
* Members of underrepresented groups, specifically women and members of minorities.
* Those with skills and interests in documentation or visualization, as both are currently underrepresented among the initial set of attendees
* Biologists familiar with comparative phylogenetic methods who are interested in working face-to-face with developers to help prioritize needs, document and test the code being developed, provide feedback regarding usability, and ensure the community value of the code being written at the event.
* Graduate students and postdocs.
Please read the detailed description on the website (http://hackathon.nescent.org/R_Hackathon_1 ) prior to applying. Email your responses and, if possible, a CV to hackathon2@nescent.org by October 14.
1. Please indicate if you would be available for all or only for part of the Dec 10-14 time period.
2. All code produced at the event is to be made available immediately under an OSI-approved open-source license (specifically, the GPL for any code in R). Please indicate whether this would pose any difficulty for your participation.
3. Briefly describe your qualifications (e.g. your familiarity with comparative phylogenetic methods and/or R programming).
4. Please state what you would most like to accomplish at the hackathon. If you would not be writing software at the event, please state how you would like to contribute and how you would expect to benefit.
5. Please indicate if you are a member of an underrepresented group (including women, persons with disabilities, and any of the following minorities: African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander).
Please be aware that the funds, as well as the space, for this event are limited, and the organizers need to balance the skills of the attendees, so not all qualified applicants can be guaranteed acceptance.
The Organizing Committee
From NESCent: Hilmar Lapp, Brian O'Meara, Samantha Price, Todd
Vision, Amy Zanne
From UC Berkeley: Steven Kembel
Samantha Price, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)
2024 W. Main Street
Suite A200 Erwin Mills Building
Durham, NC 27705
USA
The 1st International Workshop on Camelid Genetics to be held the weekend of February 22-24, 2008 at The Hotel Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. The workshop is being organized by the Alpaca Research Foundation and the Alpaca Registry, Inc.
The impetus for the workshop is the availability of the radiation hybrid map of the alpaca genome and the scheduled completion of the 2x sequence in 2007. The purpose of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for camelid researchers, veterinarians and geneticists to meet, exchange ideas and information and to discuss future priorities and collaborations. The tentative program is available upon request.
Participation in the workshop is limited to a total of 40 invitees If you would like to participate in the workshop send a letter of interest to Patricia Craven at alpacone@hughes.net as soon as possible but no later than Nov 1, 2007.
November 14-16, 2007
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas
Abstract Deadline - October 15, 2007
All participants are invited and encouraged to present some aspect of their scholarly work in a contributed paper or poster. Submission of abstracts and other relevant information for contributed papers and posters will be carried out online. The deadline for receiving abstracts is October 15, 2007. Electronic submission of abstracts is required and all presentations (poster and oral) require an Abstract.
Submit Abstract -
http://www.texasinvasives.org/conference07/abstracts.html
View Submitted Abstracts -
http://www.texasinvasives.org/conference07/Abstract_Session.asp
Program Chairs: Dr. Damon Waitt (dwaitt@wildflower.org ) and Dr. Earl Chilton (Earl.Chilton@tpwd.state.tx.us ).
To Sponsor Conference, contact Gina Lee Jamison, gjamison@wildflower.org , 512-232-0138.
To Exhibit at Conference, contact Cathy White, cwhite@wildflower.org, 512-232-0164.
To Learn More or Register for the Conference, visit - http://www.texasinvasives.org
R. Deborah Overath, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Life Sciences (ST 312)
6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5800
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Phone: (361) 825-2467
Fax: (361) 825-2742
Wednesday, 5th December 2007, 10 am
Venue: Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, London, UK
The annual Young Systematists' Forum represents an exciting setting for postgraduate students and young postdoctoral researchers to present their data, often for the first time, to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetic inference. This well-established event provides an important opportunity for budding systematists to discuss their research in front of their peers within a supportive environment. Supervisors and other established systematists are also encouraged to attend.
Prizes will be awarded for the most promising oral and poster presentation as judged by a small panel on the day.
Registration is FREE. Please let us know is you wish to attend. Send applications by e-mail to Peter Olson (P.Olson@nhm.ac.uk ), supplying your name, contact address and stating whether or not you wish to give an oral or poster presentation. Space will be allocated subject to availability and for a balanced programme of animal, plant, algal, molecular and other research.
Abstracts must be submitted by e-mail in English no later than 16th November 2007. The body text should not exceed 150 words in length. If the presentation is co-authored, the actual speaker (oral) or presenter (poster) must be clearly indicated in BOLD text.
All registered attendants will receive by e-mail further information about the meeting, including abstracts, one week in advance. This information will also be displayed on the Systematics Association website (www.systass.org/events/ ).
Dr Peter D Olson
Department of Zoology
709 Darwin Centre
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
United Kingdom
+44 (0)207 942 5568 (Office)
+44 (0)207 942 5151 (Fax)
+44 (0)207 942 5427 (Molecular Biology Unit)
http://www.nhm.ac.uk//research-curation/staff-directory/zoology/cv-6456.html
Inviting you to participate in the 5th Annual International Conference "Mathematical and computer methods of artificial intelligence". It is organized by Faculty of Applied Mathematics of Dniepropetrovsk National University with participation of Research Institute of Cybernetics of Ukrainian National Academy of Science named after V.M. Glushkov. The conference will takes place in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine in November 14-16, 2007.
The conference programme includes the following topics:
1. Expert and learning systems
2. Pattern recognition
3. Mathematical models of biological, social, and economic systems
4. Neurofuzzy technologies
5. Mathematical methods of artificial intelligence
6. Use of artificial intelligent decision-making systems in economics, sociology, industry
7. Dataware technologies
8. Teaching of artificial intelligence.
The conference website (www.mpzis-dnu.dp.ua ) provides information about the conference programme, registration process, travel and accommodation details. Abstracts (1-2 pages in MS World format, 14 pt. Times Roman font) should be submitted not later then November 1, 2007.
If you have some questions, do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail svc@a-teleport.com or by phone 38 (056) 745-14-11.
Members of Organising Committee
Prof. E.M.Kiseleva,
Prof. S.V.Chernyshenko
November 9 to 11, 2007
KANSAS CITY ON THE PLAZA
Dear Colleague,
Just a friendly note to let you know you can still register at http://outreach.ksu.edu to attend the 2007 Ecological Genomics Symposium being held November 9 to 11 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kansas City on the Plaza.
Abstract submission is still open for posters as well. Please review the poster and abstract guidelines and submit your abstract online at https://www.dce.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/conf/eco_proposal.cgi .
Hotel accommodations are available at several hotels in the Plaza area. The Symposium site hotel, the InterContinental, has completely sold out and rooms are no longer available. Please visit our website, http://www.ksu.edu/ecogen/HotelInformation.pdf , for a list of nearby hotels that may have rooms available.
The "Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes" Symposium will begin on Friday evening, November 9, and conclude on Sunday, November 11, at noon. The Symposium site is the InterContinental Hotel in Kansas City on the beautiful Country Club Plaza.
For complete registration, poster abstract and hotel information, please visit our Symposium website, www.ksu.edu/ecogen/symp2007.html . A complete brochure is also available.
We look forward to seeing you in Kansas City!
* * * * *
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Andrew Clark, Cornell University
"Genome-wide population genetic inference from 454 and Solexa sequence runs"
Michael A. Herman, Kansas State University
"Ecological genomics of nematode community responses: Model and non-model approaches"
Stefan Jansson, Umeå University, Sweden
"Natural variation in Populus"
Thomas E. Juenger, University of Texas at Austin
"Natural variation in the physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana: The ecological genetics of drought adaptation and acclimation"
James H. Marden, Penn State University
"Functional genomics of a butterfly metapopulation: Genes that matter for population dynamics, life history traits, and spatial ecology"
Therese Ann Markow, University of Arizona
"Ecological genomics of cactophilic desert Drosophila"
Jennifer B.H. Martiny, University of California, Irvine
"The ecological significance of microbial genetic diversity"
Mónica Medina, University of California, Merced
"Coral reef health: Genomic approaches to the study of symbiosis, bleaching and disease"
Nancy A. Moran, University of Arizona
"The ecological genomics of symbiotic bacteria in insects"
James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University
"Genomic insight from among close bacterial relatives"
Funding for this symposium is provided by Kansas State University.
Ecological Genomics Institute
Project Directors:
Dr. Loretta Johnson and Dr. Michael Herman
Kansas State University
104 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901
(785) 532-3482, http://www.ksu.edu/ecogen
The New Zealand Bioethics Centre in association with the Health Research Council of New Zealand is happy to announce that the biennial New Zealand Bioethics Conference will be held in Dunedin 1-3 February 2008. Papers are invited on any topic; however topics in this international conference will include ethical issues in the following areas: - Biotechnology
- The Politics and Governance of Technology
- Indigenous and Cultural Implications of Technology
- Therapeutic and Enhancement Technology
- Reproductive Technology
- Holistic Health Care and Technology
- Information Technology in Health Care
Expressions of interest to: sally@events4you.co.nz Abstracts can be sent to: Sally Boult
New Zealand Bioethics Conference
Events 4 You Limited
PO Box 7168
Dunedin, New Zealand Tel +64 3 487 6622
Fax +64 3 487 6625
Email sally@events4you.co.nz
You are invited to participate in the 12th Annual Hilton Head Workshop entitled, Regenerative Medicine: Advancing to Next Generation Therapies being held March 12-16, 2008 at the beautiful Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island. The goals of the workshop are to bring together academic and corporate scientists and their students working at the cutting edge of tissue regenerative technologies and provide an intimate forum for sharing the latest insights and discoveries in this rapidly progressing field. The scientific program will focus on translational testing of the latest advances towards next generation therapies in regenerative medicine including: 
animal models
cell and gene delivery
growth factors
natural & synthetic biomaterial scaffolds
controlling the cellular microenvironment
noninvasive imaging
stem cell technology
technology transfer
clinical translation Invited presentations will lead off each session followed by talks selected from submitted abstracts. The program will also include "rapid-fire" talk sessions and an evening poster session. Active researchers, graduate, postdoctoral student researchers, and those interested in keeping pace with the latest developments in regenerative medicine are encouraged to participate. This workshop has grown over the years to more than 200 participants and provides a unique "Gordon Conference-style" environment and is structured to allow ample opportunity for participants to interact with each other, both within the formal sessions and informally at other times. Website: http://www.hiltonhead.gatech.edu/
17 to 19 December 2007Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWebsite: http://www.bsgc2007.net Contact name: Secretariat BSGC ( bsgc@um.edu.my) The BSGC is an annual event jointly organized by the Postgraduate Students from three universities: the University of Malaya (UM, Malaysia), National University of Singapore (NUS, Singapore) and Chulalongkorn University (CU, Thailand). Organized by: Institute of BIological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 5 October 2007
4 to 6 September 2008Braga, PortugalWebsite: http://www.deb.uminho.pt/chempor2008/Contact name: Eugenio Ferreira CHEMPOR 2008 will provide an excellent opportunity for presenting new results and to discuss the latest research and developments in the field of chemical and biological engineering. Organized by: University of Minho / Ordem dos Engenheiros Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 18 March 2008
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