The Daphnia Genomics Consortium Meeting 2010
Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC) Meeting 2010
When: 26th through 30th of March, 2010
Where: Leuven, Belgium
http://bio.kuleuven.be/DGCmeeting2010.html.
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are pleased to invite you to the DGC Meeting 2010.
The Daphnia Genomics Consortium (DGC) is an international network of scientists with expertise in the fields of ecological genomics and evolutionary ecology. Our common goal is to make the freshwater crustacean Daphnia a model system in ecology, evolution and environmental sciences.
This meeting aims to bring together the members of the consortium at large, to facilitate the exchange of information on recent developments and results obtained from the ongoing investigations into the genome biology of Daphnia. Additionally, we welcome researchers working with Daphnia who are not yet DGC participants and researchers working with other model or non-model organisms in the field of ecological genomics.
The DGC meeting will have a significant impact on the future development of the research groups involved in the consortium. By this time, we will have finalized our initial investigations of the draft D. pulex genome sequence, and we will begin the work of exploring data obtained from the D. magna genome sequencing project. This upcoming meeting continues the tradition of also promoting collaborations between researchers working within related disciplines, including limnology, ecotoxicology, quantitative and population genetics, systematics, molecular biology and evolution, developmental biology, genomics and bioinformatics.
The meeting will have plenary lectures from keynote speakers in several research fields related to Daphnia and other organisms. The symposia of our meeting will touch on several research topics:
Invited Speakers:
Plan to also learn about the latest open source bioinformatic and high-throughput research tools, including databases, expression and genotyping microarrays, mapping panels for trait locus mapping, molecular genetic protocols and services.
The venue is at the five century-old Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Belgium. Leuven is a beautiful medieval town that combines a rich historical patrimonium with a cheerful, flourishing city culture and a creative atmosphere for lively exchanges and debates. We look forward to welcoming you in Leuven.
Important dates
| 1 December 2009 | : Registration and abstract submission is open |
| 15 January 2010 | : Deadline abstract & poster submission |
| : End of early registration | |
| 1 March 2010 | : Final Programme |
The local organization committee (Luc De Meester, Luisa Orsini, Ellen Decaestecker, Kevin Pauwels, Mieke Jansen, Joost Vanoverbeke)
and the co-organizers Dries Knapen and Ronny Blust (University of Antwerp), Karel De Schamphelaere and Colin Janssen (University of Gent), Michael Pfrender (University of Notre Dame) and John Colbourne (Indiana University).
