18th International C.elegans Meeting, June 22-26, 2011

18th International C.elegans Meeting
June 22-26, 2011
UCLA
http://www.celegans.org/2011/

important dates
February 15 Abstract Submission Opens
February 22 Registration Site Opens
March 21 Housing Site Opens
March 24 Abstract Submission Deadline
March 25 Abstract Revision Deadline
March 25 Abstract Withdrawal Deadline
May 3 Financial Aid Application Deadline
May 20 Meeting Registration Deadline
May 20 Housing Reservation Deadline

The Organizing Committee invites you to attend the 18th International C. elegans Meeting, sponsored by the Genetics Society of America. The meeting will be held June 22 – 26, 2011 at the University of California, Los Angeles campus. The meeting will begin on Wednesday evening, June 22 at 7:00 pm and will end on Sunday, June 26 at 12:00 noon.

On Friday, June 24 at 5:00 pm there will be a Keynote Address by
Joseph Culotti, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

Additional invited speakers include:
Andrew Dillin, Salk Institute
Geraldine Seydoux, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fabio Piano, New York University
Yuichi Iino, University of Tokyo

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Plenary session chairs include:
Cynthia Kenyon, University of California, San Francisco
Jonathan Hodgkin, Oxford University
Susan Strome, University of California, Santa Clara
Jim Priess, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Leon Avery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ikue Mori, Nagoya University
Stuart Kim, Stanford University
Barbara Meyer, University of California, Berkeley

Abstract submission is now open (Deadline March 24th)