The 2014 Yeast Genetics Meeting is taking place July 29 – August 3, 2014 at the
University of Washington, Seattle. This is the premier meeting for students, postdoctoral fellows, research staff and principal investigators studying various aspects of eukaryotic biology in yeast. The conference will begin on Tuesday, July 29 with an opening session from 7:00 pm until 8:15 pm, followed by a Welcome Reception. The meeting will end on Sunday, August 3 at 12:00 noon.
On-site registration spots are still available. Attendees and non-attendees alike are invited to participate in live online discussions of the conference on Twitter under the hashtag #YEAST14.
Important information for attendees
Abstracts and programming
- Download the entire
Abstract Book (PDF) (NOTE: Text of abstracts will not be distributed at
the meeting)
- Use the Abstract Search tool (by author, title, keyword) to make a personalized schedule
(excluding late abstracts)
- Download the Program Book (PDF)
(full schedule information, including platform and poster session dates and times, titles, authors, gene index and the list of exhibitors)
Mobile website: http://y.gsaconf.org (for quick links to the schedule, PDF downloads,
registration/exhibitor lists and more)
First-time attendee reception: Members
of the Organizing Committee and other leaders in the field
want to personally welcome first-time attendees to the meeting. Join them at
6:00 pm on Tuesday in the Meany Hall lobby for a cookies and lemonade
social.
Replacement receipts and invitation letters can be requested here.
Along with presentations from the submitted abstracts,
the following awards and lectures, which are a cornerstone of the meeting,
will be presented:
In addition, there will be two special presentations:
Jon Lorsch, Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences,
NIH will discuss the future plans of the Institute and
Gerry Fink, MIT, will give a retrospective look at Fred
Sherman’s life and his impact on the field of yeast
genetics research.
Any questions?
Contact us.
Conference Organizers
Trisha Davis (Chair) |
University of Washington, Seattle |
Mike Snyder (Co-chair) |
Stanford University |
Program Committee
Karen Arndt |
University of Pittsburgh |
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Sue Biggins |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Jef Boeke |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Orna Cohen-Fix |
NIDDK, National Institute of Health |
Liz Conibear |
University of British Columbia |
Maitreya Dunham |
University of Washington, Seattle |
Richard Gardner |
University of Washington, Seattle |
Tim Hughes |
University of Toronto |
Leonid Kruglyak |
University of California,
Los Angeles |
Michael Lichten |
National Cancer Institute |
Vicki Lundblad |
The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences |
Mike McMurray |
University of Colorado, Denver |
Yoshikazu Ohya |
University of Tokyo |
Steve Oliver |
Cambridge Systems Biology Centre |
Dave Toczyski |
University of California, San Francisco |
Phong Tran |
University of Pennsylvania |
Olga Troyanskaya |
Princeton University |
Toshi Tsukiyama |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Fred van Leeuwen |
The Netherlands Cancer Institute |
Eric Weiss |
Northwestern University |
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