Thanks for a great #Worm17! The next International C. elegans Conference will be held in Los Angeles, CA, June 20–24, 2019.
Cutting-edge research is presented on diverse topics,
including: physiology, neurobiology, development, ecology
and evolution, behavior, aging, ecology, gene regulation, germline and
genomics. Plenary, platform and poster session presentations are all driven by submitted abstracts. In addition to the scientific sessions, there are networking opportunities, a publishing workshop, poster awards and the Worm Art Show.
Be sure and mark your calendars now for the abstract submission deadline of March 30. The Conference will begin on Wednesday evening, June 21 with an opening session from 7:00 pm until
10:00 pm, followed by a Welcome Reception. The meeting
will end on Sunday, June 25 at 12:00 noon. The meeting will be returning to the University of California, Los
Angeles.
We are pleased to announce that the Keynote Address will be presented by:
Judith Kimble
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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In addition, each plenary session will feature one of the following invited speakers:
Jonathan Ewbank |
CIML, Marseille, France |
Coleen Murphy |
Princeton University, USA |
Piali Sengupta |
Brandeis University, USA |
Xiaochen Wang |
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Conference Organizers
Andrew Chisholm |
University of California, San Diego, USA |
Marie Anne Félix |
École Normale Supérieure, France |
Scientific Committee
Julie Ahringer |
Gurdon Institute and Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK |
Erik Andersen |
Nothwestern University, IL, USA |
Maureen Barr |
Rutgers University, NJ, USA |
Mike Boxem |
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands |
Julie Claycomb |
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
Luisa Cochella |
Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria |
Daniel Colon-Ramos |
Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA |
Meng-Qiu Dong |
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China |
Ronald Ellis |
Rowan University, NJ, USA |
Danielle Garsin |
University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX, USA |
Andy Golden |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, MD, USA |
Malene Hansen |
Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, CA, USA |
E. Jane Albert Hubbard |
Skirball Institute and New York University Medical School, NY, USA |
Karin Kiontke |
New York University, NY, USA |
Sandhya Koushika |
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India |
Michael Krause |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, MD, USA |
Junho Lee |
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea |
Siu Sylvia Lee |
Cornell University, NY, USA |
Ben Lehner |
Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain |
Eric Miska |
Gurdon Institute, Cambridge, UK |
Jeremy Nance |
New York University, NY, USA |
Kiyoji Nishiwaki |
Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan |
Patrick Phillips |
University of Oregon, OR, USA |
Benjamin Podbilewicz |
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel |
Bill Schafer |
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK |
Gillian Stanfield |
University of Utah, UT, USA |
Nektarios Tavernarakis |
IMBB, Crete, Greece |
Jennifer Watts |
Washington State University, WA, USA |
Alison Woollard |
Oxford University, Oxford, UK |
Mei Zhen |
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Institute, Toronto, Canada |
Organizers of the GSA Poster Awards
Erin Cram |
Northeastern University |
Tina Gumienny |
Texas Women's University |
Laura Vallier |
Hofstra University |
Jared Young |
Mills College |
Organizer of the Worm Art Show
Ahna Skop, University of
Wisconsin, Madison
IMPORTANT REMINDER: The full text of all abstracts submitted by
the deadline date will
ONLY be available online and will not be printed in the
program book. The program book will still contain the full
schedule information, including platform and poster session
date, time, title, authors, gene index and the listing of
exhibitors. Late abstracts will only be accepted if space
permits and will not be included in the
online search.
Any questions? Contact us.
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