5th Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium

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!

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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